Meet the Ocean

Imagining our planet without the saltwater.

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Polar expedition diver Rory Mulloy describes an unbelievable encounter where a pod of Antarctic Killer Whales used a series of coordinated attacks to knock a seal off the ice. 

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A young naturalist speaks to the experience of growing up near Glacier Bay National Park in the vastness of Alaska. 

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Follow a journey that begins with a snowflake and ends with the densest ice on our planet crashing into the ocean. 

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We celebrate the day set aside by the United Nations in 1992 to emphasize how humanity benefits from the gifts the ocean gives.

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National Geographic photographer David Doubilet shares the legend of NASA's Voyager mission and how his image of the Red Sea was selected to represent planet Earth. 

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Join us on a dive into the ocean to experience the process from gear preparation to full submersion. All you have to do is not hold your breath.

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Fisheries scientist Hunter Snyder describes his effort to better understand the life cycle and resource management of wild Atlantic Salmon off Greenland's coast. 

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A conversation with Dr. Cara Field - Medical Director of the largest marine mammal hospital in the world - The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California.

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In the shallow waters of Baja California's western lagoons baby Gray Whales nurse, play, and occasionally approach close enough for a kiss. Multimedia artist Courtney Cox shares her story.

Dr. Hannah Kriesell describes her fieldwork discovering the subtle differences between male and female communication within a penguin colony. 

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Expedition diver Beau Price tells the tale of diving under the ice in Russia's Lake Baikal - the deepest lake in the world.

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Photographer Eric Guth tells of a once in a lifetime encounter being surrounded by Humpback Whales in a small boat floating off the western Antarctic Peninsula. 

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Founder of the Cultural Sanctuaries Foundation and National Geographic photographer Chris Rainier reflects on attending the Paris Climate Accord and hearing the president of Kiribati speak to the for…

SUNY Stonybrook Ph.D. Student Rachel Herman describes the plight (and occasional fright) of studying penguins in Antarctica.

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Research ecologist Jessica Farrer explains the finer details of collecting Killer Whale poo in Antarctica. 

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Hear the story of pirates overtaking a fishing boat at night in the Philippines told by legendary mariner Roel Cagoco.

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Wildlife cinematographer Ashley Michael Karitis tells the tale of a most epic day skiing across the sea ice in Antarctica to encounter several of the largest penguins on our planet.

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Marine scientist Carlos Navarro describes the wondrous marine mammals of Mexico's Baja California while highlighting the impending extinction of the smallest porpoise on our planet. 

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