Ship ME Out: A Wild Maine Adventure
Ship Me Out is a modern-day Viking saga about business, sea captains, CEOs and wicked good blueberry pie.
NEWS CENTER Maine
"Ship ME Out" tells the story of the people from around the world who get Maine wild blueberries from the barrens of downeast Maine to stores in Iceland, after they’re processed into jam and sailed across the Atlantic on a container ship. This five-part series is an economics story that shows how Maine's multi-million dollar investment connects the state to other countries and new neighbors.
It’s a modern-day Viking saga about business, sea captains, CEOs and wicked good blueberry pie.
NEWS CENTER Maine reporter Dustin Wlodkowski and photojournalist Kirk Cratty are the connective tissue binding together the characters you’ll meet on this journey for the first time on video. You can find the full series at shipmeout.com and on NEWS CENTER Maine's YouTube page.
E1 - 'Wild Blueberry Land' You’re about to go on a wild Maine adventure!
The episode’s title, "Wild Blueberry Land," has a double meaning. In the literal sense, it refers to the actual Wild Blueberry Land: a bakery, gift shop and museum house in a giant wild blueberry-shaped building in Columbia Falls, Maine. Figuratively, wild blueberry land can be interpreted as a description for Maine’s Bold Coast region, way Downeast. It's a place full of stunning natural beauty where you can stay overnight on an island in a lighthouse!
E2 - 'Jam Session' The wild Maine adventure heads south.
The second episode of Ship ME Out tells the stories of Mainers in York and Portland who turn wild blueberries into jam and get that jam sent out on a ship to Europe. This show picks up where Episode 1 left off. It begins at Stonewall Kitchen’s corporate headquarters in York, Maine.
E3 - 'Shipped Out' A first-hand look at life on a container ship.
In Ship ME Out Episode 3, Dustin and Kirk will show you what daily life is like on a cargo ship. The show focuses on their experience on the EF AVA on its first leg of the voyage to Reykjavik. Over the course of three days, the ship travels from Portland to Argentia, Newfoundland in Canada, another Eimskip port. While the ship was docked there, Dustin and Kirk took a quick taxi ride around a village.
E4 - 'Rolling to Reykjavik' Just how hard is it to get a piece of Maine to Iceland?
In this episode of Ship ME Out, Dustin and Kirk arrive in Iceland’s capital Reykjavik, after sailing through some 20-foot waves. The show starts in the middle of the open sea in rough weather. After that, it shows Dustin and Kirk arriving in Reykjavik pre-dawn. At that point, the pair get off the ship and figure out what happens to wild Maine blueberry jam after arrival, which leads us to the next question.
E5 - 'Full Wild Blue Golden Circle' Could two lands with unique cultures and wild landscapes help each other confront 21st century challenges?
In this episode Dustin and Kirk take a trip out into Iceland’s wilderness. They visit some of the most popular outdoor parks and sites in the country, many along the popular Golden Circle route. They then return to downeast Maine for a special reunion of sorts.
