Oceans (TV series)

Oceans (TV series)
Oceans
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Title sequence to Oceans
Genre Documentary
Country of origin United Kingdom
Language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 8
Production
Location(s) Indian Ocean, Sea of Cortez, Atlantic Ocean, Red Sea, Southern Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Arctic Ocean
Running time 60 mins
Production company(s) BBC
Broadcast
Original channel BBC Two
Original run November 2008 – present
External links
Website

Oceans is an eight part series on BBC Two, which seeks to provide a better understanding of the state of the Earth's oceans today, their role in the past, present and future and their significance in global terms. Paul Rose also documents some of the scientific observations his team made as a feature for BBC News.

Contents

Species Featured

Some of the species features in the series include: Sperm whale, Humboldt squid, Sea lion, Scallop, Hammerhead shark, Kelp, Weedy sea dragon, Maori octopus, Fur seal, Rock lobster, Lionfish[disambiguation needed ], Coconut crab, Seahorses, Whale shark, Dugong, Six gill shark, Great white shark, Tuna, Walrus and Beluga whale.

Episodes/Locations

There are eight episodes in the series.

  • 1: Sea of Cortez - First broadcast 12 November 2008

The marine experts carry out pioneering science on the 20-metre-long sperm whale.

Why are parts of the Southern Ocean warming twice as fast as the rest of Earth's oceans?

  • 3: Red Sea - First broadcast 26 November 2008

The team explores the remote and unexplored Southern Red Sea.

The team explores a corner of the Atlantic Ocean.

The team explores the tropics of the Indian Ocean and search for the elusive dugong.

  • 6: Indian Ocean - Coastal - First broadcast 4 December 2008

The team explores the coastal waters of the Indian Ocean.

An exploration of the profound effect that man is having on the Mediterranean Sea.

The team dive beneath the polar ice cap to explore how the ice is shrinking.

Crew

  • Paul Rose - Polar explorer, expedition leader
  • Lucy Blue - Maritime archaeologist

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