Synopsis
Crossing the Pacific, Gordon discovers how a view from above is helping protect hammerhead sharks and giant tortoises, and what it could reveal about the future of our coral reefs.
- Programme: Equator from the Air
- Episode: 03: Pacific
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2020
- Geography | Locational Geography
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