Unfortunately,
the lack of a lagoon or protected anchorage
presents very serious problems to the inhabitants of Kili.
The
unfavorable axis of the island (063-240°). in relation to the
prevailing northeast
narrow reef,
trade winds and the
shelving comparatively
are factors which cause the island to be isolated
during many months of the year.
From December through March
the equatorial front lies to the south, and northeasterly winds
prevail.
able.
Landing conditions are therefore generally unfavor-
From November into late March it is possible to get a
boat ashore only during a few very brief periods, because of
the large breakers which crash against the rocky beaches.
cannot be loaded and trade goods cannot be off-loaded.
Copra
These
unfavorable surf conditions naturally prevent utilization of
the important marine resources,
which at best are infinitely
poorer than those of the atoll of Bikini.
The Resettlement on Kili
The ex-Bikini people apparently experienced difficulty in
adjusting to Kili from almost the very beginning.
in part to the different ecological conditions.
This was due
The change
-from an atoll existance where marine resources were abundant
and the
could
lagoon and land areas
see,
to a
small,
stretched away as
isolated
island without a
far as
the eye
lagoon,
and
Without the rich marine resources which are found in an atoll
environment,
Kili
was
was and has
of adjustment.
same
Grastic.
This
continued
to be a
The
500950?
refusal
psychological attitude
vital
to accept
impertance
toward
in the lack
the move to Kili
as
final