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Tribute to Volunteer Shirley Doell

Midway Atoll’s volunteer community lost a beloved and valued member on March 26 with the passing of Shirley Doell (right). Shirley’s deep-seated love of the ocean and its winged inhabitants started young. Her sister Kerstin recalls, “She learned to sail as a kid on San Francisco Bay in El Toros ... more

Posted: April 10, 2020 • Filed Under: Birds, Conservation, Education, People, Shirley Doell, Volunteers • Tagged With: albatross, bird counters, FWS Volunteers, laysan albatross, midway, Midway Atoll, Muav, Shirley Doell, USFWS

BETWEEN THE BATTLES

By Barbara Carr Whitman This year’s film MIDWAY has inspired Friends of Midway Atoll to unveil true stories, newly revealed and historical, in the words of those who stood watch, waiting for what most felt was inevitable. Descriptive language comes directly from personal letters, transcripts, ... more

Posted: November 1, 2019 • Filed Under: History, Life on Midway, World War II • Tagged With: Battle in the Pacific, battle of midway, Edgar Fox, Frank Dunlap, Friends of Midway Atoll, George Cannon, George Levin, Gooney Bird, Japanese destroyer Ushio, Midway Atoll, Midway Memorial, Midway movie, Pearl Harbor, pillbox, USS Saratoga, WWII

Of Sirens and Seals

By Barbara Carr Whitman Sitting together at lunch one day, Marcia Blyth was telling me about a young seal pup she had seen.  “At first glance I thought it had a net over its snout”, she laughed, “but it was different.”  I was wondering why a net over a seal snout would be funny but knowing Marcia ... more

Posted: October 14, 2019 • Filed Under: Uncategorized •

Midway Musings #1

Good morning. This is the first in a series of short blogs about the things I experience here on Midway Atoll and sometimes seemingly random thoughts. Every morning I wake up, get myself a cup of coffee, and weather permitting, sit outside to muse.  I watch things going on around me and think, ... more

Posted: August 30, 2019 • Filed Under: Life on Midway •

Kupu Interns: Two Paths, One Destination

By Barbara Carr Whitman Two resilient and impassioned women, literally worlds apart. Both instinctively guided to a tiny speck of coral sands in the vast expanse of the Pacific. ʻʻ One traveled over marble floors through huge museum halls adorned with rich textiles and priceless ... more

Posted: July 26, 2019 • Filed Under: Conservation, Life on Midway, People •

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