Cruising sailors rescue hungry islanders

11:03 PM Mon 10 May 2010 GMT

'Satellite image of Kanton and its lagoon' .

Some British cruising sailors who stopped off at a remote island 'because they liked the look of it' instead found the islanders in a state of stress because of the lack of food supplies. The island, Kanton, is part of the Kiribati group of islands in the South Pacific. Skipper Alex Bond is now helping co-ordinate an international rescue for the inhabitants. Bond and three crew members had anchored off Kanton Island on their way from Hawaii to Australia when they discovered that the 14 adults and 10 children who live there were surviving on just fish and coconuts in ...

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