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Nelson Island (Alaska) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (163 words) |
 | Nelson Island or Qaluyaaq Island is an island in western Alaska, at 60°37′N 164°22′W. |
| It is separated from the Alaska mainland to its east by a narrow channel and from Nunivak Island to its southwest by the Etolin Strait. |
| Nelson Island was named after Edward William Nelson, a Smithsonian Institution naturalist who studied the island and people there in 1878. |
| Robben Island Museum (222 words) |
| The duty of those who ran the Island and its prison was to isolate opponents of apartheid and to crush their morale. |
| Those imprisoned on the Island succeeded on a psychological and political level in turning a prison 'hell-hole' into a symbol of freedom and personal liberation. |
| Robben Island came to symbolise, not only for South Africa and the African continent, but also for the entire world, the triumph of the human spirit over enormous hardship and adversity. |
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