According to Gillespie, who is set to embark on a new $500,000 Nikumaroro expedition next summer, the two became castaways and eventually died there.

"We know that in 1940 British Colonial Service officer Gerald Gallagher recovered a partial skeleton of a castaway on Nikumaroro. Unfortunately, those bones have now been lost," Gillespie said.

The archival record by Gallagher suggests that the bones were found in a remote area of the island, in a place that was unlikely to have been seen during an aerial search.

A woman's shoe, an empty bottle and a sextant box whose serial numbers are consistent with a type known to have been carried by Noonan were all found near the site where the bones were discovered.

"The reason why they found a partial skeleton is that many of the bones had been carried off by giant coconut crabs. There is a remote chance that some of the bones might still survive deep in crab burrows," Gillespie said.

I believe i watched a show about her that said she was quite ill-prepared for that trip. Very sad for them both.

I didn't realize she had someone else with her. You learn something new every day. Glad she wasn't alone.

Oh now you got me thinking....i was thinking that it was two people from your clip, but now i can't remember. It might have just been her.
Did she, or didn't she have someone doing the navigating? Hmmm.... I'll have to go check--but maybe after i get supper made!

Yeah, i was right, she had her navigator with her.
http://www.ellensplace.net/ae_lflt.html
I guess they're making a movie about her, hey? I'd prob like to go see that.

"Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace."
Amelia Earhart.
My good friend printed that out for me because she knew i liked it, and i have it mounted, i really should get it up on my wall....

Okay, back to supper

“Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.”

http://thinkexist.com/quotes/amelia_earhart/

She had a nice face, didn't she?
Thanks for that link Merry, lot's of good quotes there

Thanks merrie for the link. That was good.

Very good...thankx