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MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Plastic is Fantastic – Teaser

By Jan Vozenilek | Published: July 19, 2010

Coming soon… Chris and Victoria enjoy the wonders of a plastic lifestyle in their makeshift house on Midway Atoll.

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MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Kaleidoscope, a poem by Victoria Sloan Jordan

By Victoria Sloan Jordan | Published: July 16, 2010

In this poetic offering, a plastic filled bird carcass becomes a symbol for awakening. Filmed and edited by Jan Vozenilek Music by Christen Lien

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MIDWAY JOURNEY II – First Flight

By Victoria Sloan Jordan | Published: July 15, 2010

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

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MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Harbor Trap

By Jan Vozenilek | Published: July 14, 2010

Young albatrosses making their first foray out to sea can become waterlogged and exhausted, drifting back to the beach to rest and dry out. This disturbing video shows the plight of those unlucky enough to become trapped by the high metal retaining walls in Midway’s harbor. The doomed birds drown in an entanglement of dead [...]

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MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Junk Food III – Looking into the Mirror

By Chris Jordan | Published: July 12, 2010

Chris Jordan peels back the ribcage of a decaying albatross chick to reveal yet another belly-cargo of plastic. The ever present bottle cap is joined by a ballpoint pen cap, fishing float, and other assorted plastic junk from the human world that albatrosses forage from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, mistaking it for food. Video [...]

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MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Junk Food II : Our First Dissection

By Victoria Sloan Jordan | Published: July 10, 2010

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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MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Midway Brushstrokes III

By Jan Vozenilek | Published: July 9, 2010

Young Laysan Albatrosses look wizened and world-weary in their grizzled down, but they have only just begun to test their wings on the wind and water, and the success of their journey remains uncertain. Jan Vozenilek captures the presence and vulnerability of the fledgling birds of Midway in this next installment of his Brushstrokes vignettes. [...]

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MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Summer’s Heat on Midway

By Jan Vozenilek | Published: July 8, 2010

Vancouver, British Columbia-based cinematographer Joe Schweers joins us for this leg of Midway Journey. In this short video, he turns his lyrical eye toward the fledgling albatrosses’ struggle to keep themselves cool under the intense sub-tropical sun. Filmed and edited by: Joe Schweers Narrated by: Chris Jordan Music by: Christen Lien

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MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Junk Food

By Jan Vozenilek | Published: July 6, 2010

Brace yourself for this short video of the horrifying contents of the stomach of a dead baby albatross on Midway Atoll. The island will soon be covered with tens of thousands of carcasses like this, as the plastic-filled birds die from starvation, dehydration, and choking. Video by: Jan Vozenilek Music by: Christen Lien

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MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Zoom lens? The Albatrosses of Midway

By Jan Vozenilek | Published: July 5, 2010

Seabird photography calls for telephoto lenses, camouflage clothing, and stealth movements, right? Well, not on Midway Atoll. On their second day on the island, Chris Jordan, Jan Vozenilek and the rest of the Midway Journey team are adopted as brothers and sisters by the charismatic albatrosses of Midway. These magnificent creatures inhabit the vast and [...]