Why 30 People from One Family Won’t Leave Palmerston | 1 Ancestor, 0 Flights | Travel 4K

Palmerston is a ring of coral in the South Pacific, about 470 km north-west of Rarotonga. Around thirty people live on it, and almost all of them descend from one man: William Marsters, who stepped ashore in 1863 and never left. There is no airport, a supply ship calls roughly every three months, and the island school has twelve students. They hold New Zealand passports and could leave tomorrow. This is why they stay. Edge of the Map is a documentary series about the people who stay where almost no one else would. New episode every Saturday. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Cold Open 1:01 The Question 2:10 Where the Map Runs Out 3:32 No Way In 4:33 Ship Day 6:13 The Man Who Stayed 7:19 The Trader Who Never Came Back 8:29 An Island Nobody Wanted 9:36 Three Wives, Three Families 10:36 The Rule That Kept Them Alive 11:41 English, From Another Century 12:46 The Island Becomes Theirs 14:19 The Storms 15:27 A Fish With No Poison 16:50 Power From the Sun 18:24 The Lucky School 19:57 Welcome, Stranger 21:06 Why They Stay 🎬 Watch next: Why 240 People Stay on the Loneliest Island on Earth (Tristan da Cunha) :    • Why 240 People Stay on the Loneliest Islan...   🎬 Also: Why 40 People Won't Leave Pitcairn :    • They All Have British Passports. None of T...   📍 Subscribe:    / @edgeofthemapdocss   Visuals: original footage, licensed stock and AI-generated imagery. Narration written by Edge of the Map. Corrections welcome in the comments. #Palmerston #CookIslands #EdgeOfTheMap #WhyTheyStay #TravelDocumentary #RemoteIslands #4K