The island sits near the center of the South Pacific Gyre, an ocean current that sweeps up debris carried from South America and deposited by fishing boats. Original image has been replaced.

From the remote speck of land they call home, the residents of Thitu Island have watched China’s presence creep closer, and grow more assertive, over the past decade. Boats belonging to ...

And planning ahead is key when only nine boat visits are made to the island each year. That’s why when residents are looking to get their Amazon Christmas shopping squared away, they must start ...

Heard and McDonald Islands - a territory which sits 4,000km (2,485 miles) south-west of Australia - are only accessible via a seven-day boat trip ... the fact that nowhere on Earth is safe from ...