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Open Ocean (3/8)

This is also part of this series: Blue Planet - Seas of Life (8)

Subjects: Animals, Biodiversity, Biology, Ecology, Fisheries, Nature, Water

Grade Level: JrH-Adult
Producer: BBC
Closed Captioned: No

Running Time: 50 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 2001
Available in French: Yes

A void. Endless blue stretches in every direction. The sea bed is a staggering eight kilometres deeper down and the nearest island is 500 kilometres away.There is nothing save the burning sun above and the blackened abyss below. How, then, does life exist? Finding the only shelter under floating matter, half-moon fish pick off parasites from the bizarre three-metre-long sun-fish; loggerhead turtles pause to nibble particles on a log; huge schools of sardine,yellow-tails and trigger-fish bring the number sheltering under the flotsam to their thousands.Wonderful narration by Sir David Attenborough.FRENCH VERSION: see ‹‹ Le grand large ››

Awards: Broadcast Awards 2001/2-Best Documentary Series; Broadcasting Press Guild TV and Radio Awards-2001/2 Best Documentary Series; Palmares 2001 Festival Mondial de l’Image Sous-Marine Antibes-France Palme d’argent

Links: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/