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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 – 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

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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A visit to Cortes Island

By Jan Vozenilek | Published: June 3, 2010

A walk on the shores of the remote and wild Canadian island of Cortes illustrates that plastic is polluting even the most remote and beautiful corners of our planet. Midway Journey members Chris Jordan, Manuel Maqueda, Jan Vozenilek and Bill Weaver reunited in May 2010 to attend the Media that Matters conference in Hollyhock, Cortes [...]

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First Dead Albatrosses

By Bill Weaver | Published: September 13, 2009

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