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PACIFIC ocean currents can carry objects to the Hawaiian Islands not only from North America, but also from Western Pacific islands and perhaps from the mainland of Asia. This is our conclusion from a recent examination of logs that have drifted to beaches of all the main Hawaiian Islands.
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STRONG, C., SKOLMEN, R. Origin of Drift-logs on the Beaches of Hawaii. Nature 197, 890 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197890a0
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