Journey of the Loggerhead

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For the past fifteen years, Environmental Media has produced media to support the work of environmental, education, and conservation organizations, yet until they began working on Journey of the Loggerhead, they had not come in contact with so many people with such passion for one goal: the worldwide conservation of marine turtles.

Adult female loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nested on Cape Island in the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina. After nesting, she was fitted with a satellite transmitter by the SC Department of Natural Resources as part of an ongoing study.  Environmental Media designed and filmed this interactive DVD in the company of countless staff and volunteers of local nesting beach monitoring programs, domestic and international agencies, colleges and universities, aquaria, nature centers, and rehabilitation programs, who were quite literally up to their necks in marine turtles. Despite the daunting statistics (all seven species of marine turtles are considered endangered by the IUCN), challenging work conditions (all-night turtle patrols on muggy, sandy beaches filled with mosquitoes), and the complexities of solving a global environmental crisis, the marine turtle community remains determined and optimistic.

View the photo gallery of images from Journey of the Loggerhead production.

The sum of our work is this interactive DVD containing GIS data, satellite tracking information, still photographs, extensive interviews, and a 30-minute documentary about the loggerhead and other marine turtle species and the people who are devoting their lives to their protection and conservation.

The content of the DVD currently includes:

• Journey of the Loggerhead–A 30-minute documentary featuring stunning terrestrial and underwater footage and interviews with leading marine turtle scientists.

• Cold Water - Written and performed by Damien Rice, the song accompanies a special segment on people and turtles.
  Cold Water song written by Damien Rice
  administered by Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd.
  administered in the United States by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
  performed by Damien Rice
  (p) & © 2003 Damien Rice
  Under license to Vector Recordings, LLC/Warner Bros. Records, Inc, 14th Floor Records. By arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing and Warner Strategic Marketing UK.

• Arribada video segment – Historical footage of endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles nesting in 1947 at Rancho Nuevo in Tamaulipas, Mexico.

• Ask the Scientists – Marine turtle scientists answer intriguing questions about marine turtles.

• Teacher’s guides

• Curriculum correlations – available for download now

• Still image library, including over 650 sea turtle images

• Web site links to more than 100 informative sites

• Loggerhead bibliography, more than 150pp. compiled by Kenneth Dodd, Jr., Ph.D.

• Print materials

• GIS/Maps

• Interview transcripts

In spite of eighteen months of work on the DVD, its content does not begin to capture the tireless devotion, intelligence, and passion of those with whom we worked. We thank them all for their ongoing labors, and hope that Journey of the Loggerhead will help advance their cause and will encourage others to join the marine turtle conservation community.

Journey of the Loggerhead Reviewers:

• Kenneth Dodd, Jr., Ph.D.: USGS - Florida Integrated Science Centers

• Karen Eckert, Ph.D.: WIDECAST and Duke University Marine Lab

• Llewellyn Ehrhart, Ph.D.: University of Central Florida

• Jerris Foote:Mote Marine Laboratory

• Sally Murphy: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

• Wallace J Nichols, Ph.D.: California Academy of Sciences

• David Owens, Ph.D.: College of Charleston - Grice Marine Laboratory

Ordering Information for Journey of the Loggerhead:

The DVD is available and we are accepting orders and are offering special discounts to resellers and marine turtle organizations.

Pricing categories:

• Educational use with public performance rights and multi-site license (no duplication) - $149.95

• Home use - $29.95

• Qualified turtle organizations – Discounted Price available based on size and type of Turtle Organization.

• To order contact Box Lunch Media or call 919-821-3644.

• For duplication and broadcast rights e-mail Box Lunch Media