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An aerial view of Clipperton Island. In the early 1900’s some 100 Mexican
workers and their families lived here, receiving supplies from the Mexican
government. But when supplies stopped arriving, a desperate struggle for
survival broke out. (Photo www.clipperton.fr)
ANGIE ROMERO
By MANUEL RUEDA
Channel: Latin American Affairs
CONZ PRETI
A small team of artists and scientists sailed off toward the remote Clipperton
island today, in a rare, multidisciplinary expedition that will investigate the
island’s dramatic history and how it has been affected by global warming.
Currently uninhabited, Clipperton lies about 900 miles off the coast of Mexico,
surrounded by the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean.
Scientists say the tropical island provides an interesting example of how a
terrestrial ecosystem survives in the middle of the ocean. It is also a
thermometer of sorts for how global warming affects the planet.
“The Clipperton Project [as the expedition in known] aims to create a new kind
of discourse and presentation of climate change, using Clipperton Island as a
prism through which this broad theme can be seen,” project director Johnathan
Bonfiglio, said during a press conference on Monday, before sailing off to
Clipperton from the Mexican city of La Paz.
Bonfiglio said that participants in the expedition will collect data on different
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aspects of the island’s geographical make-up, and present their findings to the
public later this year.
NURIA NET
STEPHEN KEPPEL
One of Clipperton’s main features is a lagoon at the center of the island that is
only separated from the ocean by thin strips of land, but that inexplicably,
contains drinkable water.
Some members of the expedition –which includes a sculptor, a sociologist and
a writer- will also delve into Clipperton’s turbulent history, gathering insights on
the unfortunate people who once inhabited this deserted island.
France, the U.S. and Mexico have laid claims to this territory over the past 200
years, coveting its vast reserves of bird poop or guano, which was used as
fertilizer in the 19th century.
Mexico was the most eager to settle the island, and by the early 1900’s, some
100 Mexican workers and their families lived on Clipperton, receiving regular
shiploads of supplies from the Mexican mainland.
However, supplies stopped arriving after the beginning of the Mexican
Revolution in 1910, and according to historical records the island’s residents
began to die off in a desperate struggle for survival.
By 1915, historians say there was only one man left on the island, Victoriano
Alvarez, who shared the small Clipperton with 15 women and a few kids.
In surreal fashion, Alvarez declared himself “king,” and abused of the women,
but two of them eventually found a way to murder him. Two years later, the
survivors were rescued by a U.S. ship.
In 1930, France took over the island and still holds it to this day. The French
call it Passion Island or Ile de la Passion.
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