BBC South Pacific 6/6: Fragile Paradise (2009)

In this episode we did not get as many calming scenes as in the previous parts, mostly because of the fact this episode deals with how fragile the south Pacific actually is, about solutions to preserve what we are left with and dangers looming with population grow. However, we met a sea snail, called sea butterfly that uses elongated leg to well, kind of fly in the sea (it's nicknamed as: potato chips, because it's so widespread and eaten by almost everything bigger than itself), a female tiger shark nicknamed Scarface that's inquisitive but doesn't bite the spectators.

In the whole - it was a really nice, informative series. 

Beware - there be sharks.

BBC South Pacific 5/6: Strange Islands (2009)

In this episode we got: a kangaroo that lives and thrives on the treetops, a white bird with deep amber-red eyes, the method of fishing involving a spider's web, a tuatara - a reptile that lives very very slowly (can take one breath per hour), a festival involving pig debt on Vanuatu (I need to read more about it, it's fascinating and I already have found the book that, I hope, can mention that: Living Kinship in the Pacific (Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists) [Christina Toren, Simonne Pauwels]) and a penguin.

BBC South Pacific 4/6: Ocean of Volcanoes (2009)

In this episode we had many many islets and atolls that were once domineering volcanoes and now they are slowly sinking under the waves. 

There was also a marvelous scene of penguins swimming just under the surface filmed from below the whole and they truly looked like a flying squadron of tiny fighters. Surreal.

BBC South Pacific 3/6: Endless Blue (2009)

In this episode we learned about the vast region of a windy silence, the region with incredibly clear water - because it's an oceanic desert. The endless blue with virtually no life.

I also learned about the ocean layer called thermocline. 

BBC South Pacific 2/6: Castaways (2009)

 

In this episode we had info about how some animals can colonize islands way way beyond their reach, the giant saltwater crocodile and the initiation rite for youngsters of one of New Guinea group (Crocodile People), a mourning gecko that does not need a man in her life and some fishies. 

Also, the soundtrack is out there, available and, my dears, it's very very nice.

BBC South Pacific 1/6: Ocean of Islands (2009)

I have started a new documentary series about the South Pacific. It is narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch and it presents not only the wildlife of the remote islands, but also the lives of human settlers on these tiny pieces of land.