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ALL ABOARD!!! Next stop: Midway Atoll!! After our dinner and beers with the Honey Badger (Charles Littnan) and other CEM alums last night, we were given a single rule for today: be packed and inContinue reading
Waking up at the crack of dawn (or before) is surprisingly rewarding when it includes a trip to the Hawaiian Seafood Auction to experience the excitement of the auction and talk with a fleet ownerContinue reading
I hate birds. Well, perhaps hate is too strong. The feeling that comes up when I think of birds is probably more akin to jealousy. I’m a behavioral ecologist who studies cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises)Continue reading
The Journey Begins, and we hit the ground running! In our first day on Oahu, we began with a hiking trip to Diamond Head, a visit to Hawaii Pacific University to learn about plastic ingestionContinue reading
A few final observations at the end of our adventure Returning from Midway is always a difficult experience for me, because we arrive in urban Honolulu in the middle of the night. I usually try Continue reading
Our last day on the island was one of reflection on the environmental issues that plague this atoll, and of farewells to the people, place, and most of all, our little Laysan friends. We awokeContinue reading
Things never considered before the Midway experience Biking at night isn’t easy even with hat and bike lights. Big birds in the road (albatross) and overhead (petrels) and my own brand of night blindness makeContinue reading
After a busy morning despite unfortunate weather, we had the afternoon to ourselves and a great evening of music and games. Yesterday marked our third and final morning of working with Greg Shubert on variousContinue reading
On the morning of June 4th, 1942, George Junkin V was preparing to fly his Wildcat fighter jet from the USS Enterprise against the approaching Japanese fleet in the battle for Midway. The Japanese vesselsContinue reading
The class has been accompanying Tracy Wurth on her monk seal surveys and yesterday some of us helped her to tag a yearling seal One of the great things about Midway is the first-hand experienceContinue reading
