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‘My father will go down like the captain of the Titanic’: life on the Pacific’s disappearing islands

‘My father will go down like the captain of the Titanic’: life on the Pacific’s disappearing islands

Update: 2022-01-08
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Many in the Saposa Islands are wrestling with the dilemma of starting a new life on the mainland or staying to watch their homes vanish. Deputy editor, David Munk, introduces this story
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‘My father will go down like the captain of the Titanic’: life on the Pacific’s disappearing islands

‘My father will go down like the captain of the Titanic’: life on the Pacific’s disappearing islands

2022-01-0810:25

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‘My father will go down like the captain of the Titanic’: life on the Pacific’s disappearing islands

‘My father will go down like the captain of the Titanic’: life on the Pacific’s disappearing islands

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