Alby Mangels World Safari visits the Palmyra Atoll
Channel: Palmyra Atoll Digital Archive
Date: 2017-02-08

Australian adventurer Alby Mangels spent the early 1970's sailing around the Pacific in the world's oldest still sailing vessel, the Klaraborg. This documentary chronicles his trip, which stopped in Palmyra for several weeks. This video excerpt show footage from that visit. Fair warning, it features images any decent conservationist or nature lover will find disturbing, but is a valuable picture of Palmyra and how it was treated by visitors.

This material was scanned and catalogued as part of the Palmyra Atoll Digital Archive project, the largest collection of materials related to the history of Palmyra, from its discovery by western explorers in 1798, until its sale to the Nature Conservancy in 2001. You can connect with PADA, and learn more about Palmyra and our passion for its history, by visiting our website, PalmyraArchive.org.