RANGIROA, French Polynesia — Among the Islands of Tahiti, Rangiroa is in a class all its own. 50 miles from end to end, this ring of islands is the second-largest atoll in the world. Captain Noho ...

Reporting from RANGIROA, FRENCH POLYNESIA — “Hey, I just realized this doesn’t have auto-correct,” my husband, Jeff, said as he was scribbling on the first page of the journal we just had purchased at ...

Twice a day the tide changes on this South Seas atoll, and when it does, 8- to 12-foot-tall waves churn through Tiputa Pass, creating a thunder of clashing water, riptides and whirlpools that can kill ...

Twice a day the tide changes on this South Seas atoll, and when it does, 8- to 12-foot-tall waves churn through Tiputa Pass, creating a thunder of clashing water, riptides and whirlpools that can kill ...

After a couple of years traveling to French Polynesia, I began to notice that the territory's resort hotels are generally populated by two types of visitors: those that are pleased to be there, and ...

I knew that I've traveled way too far and way too long when, two years ago on a long, South Pacific cruise, I went back to Rangiroa – one of the truly most remote places on Earth – and actually knew ...

An expedition to the South Pacific to document beautiful and endangered coral reefs. Coral Reef Adventure follows filmmakers Howard and Michele Hall on a daring expedition across the South Pacific to ...