[ISL] Five islands links: Unalaska, Haida Gwaii, Taiwan and Polynesia, Greenland, Madagascar

[rfmcdonald]

• The BBC reports on the Alaskan island of Unalaska, part of the Aleutian chain and fought over during the Second World War.


• Airbnb and short-term stays are apparently contributing to a housing crisis on Haida Gwaii, also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands. Global News reports.


• Duncan De'Aeth at Taiwan News writes about the Hawaiki Project, an initiative to connect the indigenous tribes of the Pacific with the tribes of Taiwan, distant relatives on Austronesians' island of origin.


• Though the shedding of icebergs from icecap in Greenland may attract tourists, it also endangers local communities. Wired reports.


• Marginal Revolution reports that, despite its deep poverty, Madagascar has some of the fastest broadband internet speeds on the planet.