tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456942074372321303.post1817096211640590068..comments2024-03-25T12:21:19.464-07:00Comments on Amelia Earhart Archaeology: 2017 Nikumaroro Draft Research Plan - I: The Colonial VillageThomas F Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037819472341496713noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456942074372321303.post-11006071296579735512016-08-09T18:52:13.774-07:002016-08-09T18:52:13.774-07:00Just to clear up some points of confusion due perh...Just to clear up some points of confusion due perhaps to a lack of clarity on my part, my comment about environmental issues was just an aside about Kanton, not Nikumaroro; also, I wasn't suggesting a brief recon would be a sufficient study of the dump, only wondering if you thought perhaps something useful could be learned, for instance, verify the location of the dump and have a sense what it would take to sample it. Or perhaps identify other easier-to-study locations at the Loran base where discarded coastie artifacts are right at the surface. <br /><br />I understand that is easier said than done, and that the Loran site has probably gotten pretty wild again, so maybe not so easy. But you're looking for traces of one or two possible american castaways on an island that hosted a lot of Americans and their miscellaneous possessions not much later. Not studying the focal point of that American occupation site first hand does not seem ideal.<br />HBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11535652162082006469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456942074372321303.post-69924486542417221582016-08-08T08:48:15.794-07:002016-08-08T08:48:15.794-07:00Sorry to be long in responding; I don't check ...Sorry to be long in responding; I don't check the blog as often as I should. We've done some quick recon at the Loran station, whose vestiges are still visible, but I'm afraid it would take more than a quick recon to learn much about it. I agree that it may in time present health and environmental issues, but getting anything done about them may be tricky. It might be worth contacting the USDOD about it, though. Hmmm.<br /><br />And yes, the 2017 trip is on. I do need to prepare an update. Thanks.Thomas F Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00037819472341496713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456942074372321303.post-51877801613450748392016-07-04T23:53:59.506-07:002016-07-04T23:53:59.506-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04066778971446742982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456942074372321303.post-77089796126058566222016-07-01T13:46:04.813-07:002016-07-01T13:46:04.813-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456942074372321303.post-31349750969238667812016-06-24T15:55:27.805-07:002016-06-24T15:55:27.805-07:00Yes, I remember reading that the Loran Station tra...Yes, I remember reading that the Loran Station trash had been covered, but I figured it might not be too deeply buried since the soil/rubble overlying solid reef material isn't too deep, generally speaking, on an atoll. Are you pretty sure it would be hard to do a useful excavation there? Might it be worth a quick recon to verify that the trash dump can't be practically sampled?<br /><br />Are any vestiges of the Loran station still visible? In satellite imagery I don't see anything, but it would be pretty remarkable if traces of the station weren't still visible, it seems to me. At Kanton, I understand that many remnants of the old military and civilian airfields still remain, some of which may be problematic from a health and the environment standpoint. But Kanton was a much bigger operation than Niku/Gardner ever was, and I'm not surprosed that it wasn't cleaned up better when those facilities were mothballed/abandoned.<br /><br />BTW, is the second Betchart cruise to Niku a go? I thought June was a deadline of some sort. Can you provide an update on status?<br /><br />Thanks...HBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11535652162082006469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456942074372321303.post-32918972198307516052016-06-24T15:53:00.577-07:002016-06-24T15:53:00.577-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.HBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11535652162082006469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456942074372321303.post-91248316091243275132016-06-24T09:35:48.308-07:002016-06-24T09:35:48.308-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.HBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11535652162082006469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456942074372321303.post-48524218267427447752016-06-23T04:20:13.171-07:002016-06-23T04:20:13.171-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thomas F Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00037819472341496713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456942074372321303.post-82021118555447841912016-06-23T04:20:05.580-07:002016-06-23T04:20:05.580-07:00It certainly would be interesting and worthwhile t...It certainly would be interesting and worthwhile to study the Loran site, especially its garbage dump. Unfortunately, it seems that the Coastguardsmen dumped their trash in a bulldozed trench and then covered it. I'm pretty sure I know (roughly) where the trench was, but digging it would be a very major operation.Thomas F Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00037819472341496713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456942074372321303.post-75642460178638716292016-06-05T13:13:02.589-07:002016-06-05T13:13:02.589-07:00Perhaps if Betchart-based Niku archeology becomes ...Perhaps if Betchart-based Niku archeology becomes an ongoing part of your search for Amelia, an investigation of the 'Coast Guard Culture' would be in order. I think I have read that there is a dump site somewhere in the area of the Loran station, where their discarded junk was discarded. If that site is known and can be practically studied it might provide some interesting insights.HBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11535652162082006469noreply@blogger.com