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Author Archives: Victoria Sloan Jordan
MIDWAY JOURNEY II – First Flight
Cinematographer Joe Schweers offers a lyrical portrait of the fledgling albatrosses as they respond to their instincts and the wind. Filmed and edited by Joe Schweers Narrated by Chris Jordan Music by Christen Lien
MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Junk Food II : Our First Dissection
Stomach contents of another dead baby albatross are revealed as Chris Jordan cuts the bird open with scissors from a dissection kit provided by US Fish and Wildlife Service. Filmed by Victoria Sloan Jordan Music by Christen Lien
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Plastic Water
Scientists say that plastic now outweighs plankton 6 to 1 in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The lagoon of Midway Atoll is the perfect laboratory to witness all sizes of plastic slowly breaking down into smaller and smaller pieces. A variety of plastic washes up on the beaches daily, but not before some local fish [...]
From here forward…
I’m confused by the abundant life and abundant plastic pollution here. It’s easy to slip into a fantasy that a sort of balance has been achieved on Midway Atoll. Birds nesting amidst plastic cigarette lighters, bottle caps, toys, umpteen bits and pieces of plastic; turtles pulling up on the beach to rest among plastic buoys [...]
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MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Kaleidoscope, a poem by Victoria Sloan Jordan