Video describing conservation surrounding spinner dolphins, green sea turtles, Hawaiian monk seals and reef fish in Midway Atoll.
Category: oceans
Patricia Elena Villegas & Sarah Spiegler
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel
Day 13: Remember to Remember
Reflections from 41,000 feet. Day 13: Remember to Remember Going, going, gone. We’re 41,000 feet somewhere over the mighty Pacific Ocean on our way back to Honolulu. We’ve just spent 13 excellent days together betweenContinue reading
Whitney Knapp
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel
Day 12: Watch Out for Albatross!
Midway Atoll is home to the largest population of Laysan Albatross in the world, with close to half a million breeding pairs. Typically, Laysan Albatross form their nests and lay their eggs in mid-November, andContinue reading
Noah Chesnin
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel
Day 11: We were Schooled
The fringe reef and beach were our classroom as we shadowed schools of tropical fish and cut down ironwood trees. With John Miller from US Fish and Wildlife at the helm, the group made itsContinue reading
Day 10: Of Mice and Men
Mice abound but the rats have been eradicated, with enormously positive impacts on several species of seabirds Steinbeck wasn’t thinking about conservation or Midway Atoll when he wrote his novella. But his title was aContinue reading
Patricia Elena Villegas
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel
Day Nine
Spray before Waffle, Marine Debris, Short-tailed Albatross, and Tetanus Shots Another excellent and gorgeous day on Midway and I’ve been assigned the task of writing today’s blog. I’m saving my top-notch literary skills for theContinue reading
Katie Sweeney
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel, Video Posts
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel, Video Posts
Turning marine debris into art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsBusxbpuxM
Sarah Spiegler
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel, Video Posts
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel, Video Posts
Day 8: There’s No Squealing on Dolphin Watching Boats
(Except when CEM students observe the spinner dolphin population in the waters of the Midway Atoll). Today we spent the day on Midway Island in typical fashion—observing the spectacular wildlife, and pondering the implications ofContinue reading
Noah Chesnin
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel
Day 7: Who Belongs to this Stuff?
Very few people actually visit Midway Island and when they come, they are allowed to bring no more than 50 lbs of stuff. And yet many people, especially those living along the Pacific Ocean, haveContinue reading
Whitney Knapp
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel
2012 Trip, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, oceans, students, travel
Day 7: Midway Atoll During World War II
While Midway Atoll may seem at first glance to be a peaceful refuge for wildlife such as Laysan ducks, albatross, monk seals, and spinner dolphins, it was not always that way… Due to its uniqueContinue reading