Synopsis
Much of this blue wilderness is a marine desert, where sharks, whales and turtles must go to great lengths to survive.
- Programme: South Pacific
- Episode: 03: Endless Blue
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2009
- Geography
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