The amount of plastic objects that we are finding inside of the albatross carcasses that cover Midway Island is so shocking that it might be hard to believe. As soon as we landed on the island, we all agreed to adhere to a strict work ethic that is summarized in these three rules: No plastic [...]
Midway is a place suspended in time and in space. On this tiny island, the visitor is gently transported into a state of wonder which becomes a portal for instrospection. Cinematographer Jan Vozenilek has used his camera to sketch the subtle timelessness of Midway in a short video that we want to share with all [...]
Film director Bill Weaver talks about the ways the members of the Midway Team are bonded with one another, and with the power of nature that surrounds them on Midway. Music by Christen Lien www.itsnotaviolin.com … (más información)
Today we received a musical postcard from our friend Jeff Vander Clute in California. We were touched by it and wanted to share it with all of you. Thank you Jeff. Midway A bird majestic falls out of the sky At the edge of paradise The edge of night It’s a look into our future [...]
Chris and Manuel find comic relief as they rummage through a pile of plastic garbage collected on the beaches of Midway Island. Video by Jan Vozenilek
Video by Bill Weaver, voiceover by Chris Jordan
I caught a monster of a cold just as I arrived on Midway, and today was the first day I felt like I was on the upswing. Good thing, as it was the kind of morning I needed to be alert. As Manuel and I were watching the sunrise reflect beautiful light across an old [...]
It’s the end of Day 3 for us on Pihemanu (Midway Atoll) in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Pihemanu – “the loud din of birds” in Hawaiian – is relatively quiet now that the nearly 800,000 albatross are out to sea for the next few months. Other seabirds are easier to notice now. Terns, petrels, [...]
Chris gives a summary of day 2 on Midway, our first whole day of work on the island. Jan Vozenilek
On his first morning on Midway, Chris begins searching for the remains of albatrosses that have died from ingesting plastic. It didn’t take long to find his first photographic subjects. -Bill Weaver Voiceover by Chris Jordan
