[ISL] Five island links: Ireland, Norse Greenland, Rapa Nui/Easter Island, Nauru, Puerto Rico

[rfmcdonald]

• JSTOR Daily notes how severe drought in Ireland is revealing, to aerial and other observers, the outlines of ancient ruins.


• D-Brief examines how the export from Norse Greenland to Europe of walrus ivory played a key role in these lost settlements' economy.


• The people of Rapa Nui, Easter Island, have demanded a return of one of their moai statues from the British Museum, taken at their historical nadir.


• Asylum-seekers being held in detention by Australia on the island of Nauru have beseeched Canada, asking for refuge here. CBC reports.


• New York Magazine suggests that San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico, is despite recent horrors a good destination for tourists.