Reporting from Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands — The tale is told that 23-year-old Herman Melville jumped ship when he visited the Marquesas Islands in 1842. Melville, who would eventually write the ...

The Marquesas are a beautiful, remote stretch of islands in the South Pacific. And, as of last weekend, they are also a UNESCO World Heritage site. The latest UNESCO convention added 24 new properties ...

I've a long history when it comes to fishing off The Marquesas Keys, an atoll situated approximately 28 miles west of Key West. My father, a dentist in Bay Harbor Islands, Fla., rates the Marquesas as ...

Recent botanical exploration efforts in the rugged Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) have increased the known flora of the archipelago by an impressive 20 percent. Field research projects have ...

Wearing choker necklaces made of boar tusks, traditionally tattooed Marquesan men fiercely grunt performing the “Pig Dance” alongside a hallowed banyan tree where cannibals buried skulls of ...

In 2018, I traveled solo to the French Polynesian islands. By day I surfed, snorkeled, sailed, and swam, stopping only to sleep in an over-the-water bungalow on stilts. On my final night, I lay ...

The 10-level, 413-foot Aranui 5, sailing into Papeete, above, features four bars, including the Sky Bar with sweeping views; an outdoor pool; and a spa. The ship, which doubles as a supply ship, ...