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MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Junk Food
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
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 [...]
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A visit to Cortes Island
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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Plastic Beach
In the Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a king who was cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this throughout eternity. A beach cleanup on Midway Atoll made us feel just like Sisyphus. There are millions of tons of plastics present in our oceans, [...]
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Midway Brushstrokes 2
In the midst of the tragedy of plastic pollution on Midway, Jan Vozenilek’s camera tuns, for an instant, to the triumph of life over decay. During our journey, Jan would occasionally steal away from the group, and wander alone in the island with his camera. The rest of us would wonder where he was, and [...]
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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 [...]
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Papahanaumokuakea
In the middle of the Pacific lies a sandy island, where seabirds and humans mingle in a process of renewal and soul-searching. A place where the middle of nowhere becomes not only the middle of somewhere, but the heart of everything. Midway Atoll is a place of ancient power. A revered elder in a long [...]
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First Walk on the Beach
Midway borders a stunning coral reef. It’s north shore is graced by azure tropical waters and miles of white sand. But amidst all this beautiful Midway magic, Manuel and Chris find that a closer look easily reveals one of the planets biggest hidden threats. -Jan Vozenilek. (Video narrated by Manuel Maqueda) Español: La isla de [...]
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MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Kaleidoscope, a poem by Victoria Sloan Jordan