Laysan

[ lahy-sahn ]

noun

1. an islet of Hawaii, in the Leeward Islands, NW of Niihau.

Example Sentences

The series focuses this season on wildlife migration, and the island of Laysan is a breeding hub for the Laysan albatross, a large seabird that calls the North Pacific home.

From Los Angeles Times

“The shoot itself was very interesting: It took six days to sail there from Hawaii, and I believe we are the first natural history series to film the maiden flight of a Laysan albatross. They’re the longest-lived birds of all, and they take this enormous journey around the planet for years before they breed for the first time,” Cordey told the outlet.

From Los Angeles Times

For the first episode of the four-part series, the crew traveled to the northwestern Hawaiian island of Laysan, more than 600 miles from the main Hawaiian Islands, sailing for six days to an incredibly remote location where they say no one has filmed before.

From Los Angeles Times

According to the documentary, when North Pacific ocean temperatures reach their peak toward the end of summer, and the nearly full-fledged albatross chicks are gearing up to brave the ocean in search of food, tiger sharks sense the shift and change course, heading straight for Laysan.

From Los Angeles Times

“The original idea was to do an underwater shoot with the tiger sharks waiting in the shallows at Laysan, but the first day the tiger sharks were around, the crew got into these inflatable boats, and two sharks attacked them. It was like something out of ‘Jaws.’”

From Los Angeles Times