Remote Polynesian Islanders

Remote Polynesian communities on Easter Island/Rapa Nui and Pitcairn Island inhabit some of Earth's most isolated inhabited places—over 2,000 km from nearest continent. They face extreme isolation, limited resources, vulnerability to supply disruptions, cyclone exposure, and ecological fragility. Rapa Nui's moai stone statues reflect ancient civilization facing environmental collapse. Epic Polynesian navigation, extreme self-sufficiency, and survival on tiny isolated specks in vast Pacific characterize humanity's most isolated island cultures.