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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 – 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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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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Plastic Beach

By Manuel Maqueda | Published: December 13, 2009

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, [...]