Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1439 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-06-15
• Rating: Exempt
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 2

DVD Description
One Ocean. 20,000 Islands. A Quarter of The World’s Water.

The extraordinary wildlife, culture and history of this immense, fascinating ocean and its myriad islands are revealed in stunning detail in this acclaimed BBC series.

With its coral reefs, turquoise lagoons and dramatic oceanic atolls, the South Pacific is the archetypal paradise. But from the shores of Hawaii to Easter Island and a thousand tiny remote islands, this ocean holds some of the most bizarre and intriguing surprises on Earth…

The incredible photography and discoveries of this series capture the amazing natural sights of the region: from erupting undersea volcanoes to jewelled tropical reefs and from tiger sharks catching albatross chicks to giant crabs opening coconuts. It reveals how the islands’ isolation has helped evolve flesh-eating caterpillars, vampire bugs with antifreeze in their veins, a strange nocturnal parrot with a mating call like a bull frog and the fascinating monkey-tailed skink.

South Pacific also tells of the people whose ancestors journeyed thousands of miles to the islands. Some acquired new survival techniques such as the palolo worm-harvesting Samoans or the Solomon islanders who fish with spider webs and kites, while others developed bizarre rituals such as the Pentecost land divers who leap from 25-metre wooden scaffolds.

With incredible natural spectacles, dramatic footage and fascinating stories, South Pacific will change the way you view this ocean forever.

Synopsis
20,000 islands, one ocean, a quarter of the world's water. Welcome to the South Pacific. Narrated by Benedict Cumberpatch, SOUTH PACIFIC is the documentary series that explores this fascinating part of the world and the wonderful wildlife that lives there. From Hawaii's coastline to Eastern Island, South Pacific explores underwater volcanoes and jewelled reefs, and showcases species such as tiger sharks and flesh-eating bugs, all captured by the most incredible photography and will change the way you see the ocean forever.

Customer Reviews

Awe inspiring
A fabulous, calming, enormously interesting series. These are aspects of the 1000 islands that one would never get to see through travel alone...and a beautiful soundtrack too.

The beeb again
This is the latest beeb special on stunning nature and it compares well with previous productions. If you liked Wild Caribean and the like, this series will live up to your expectations. Again the beeb showes new sides of the topic and new spectacular images.

special
I have watched wild life programs all my life,but i have yet to see such brilliant photogrophy,the clarity of some of the shots are quite simply breath taking.South Pacific takes you away from the ugly side of the world we live in,and takes you into our real world whitch is, beautiful,absalutely mindblowing.The narration is not Sir David, but its done with heart and feeling,do yourself a favour and take a dip into the real world in whitch we live..