Exploring Pristine Seas

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National Geographic

Science, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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National Geographic Explorer in Residence Enric Sala quit academia to explore and protect the sea. On his journey to keep the ocean pristine, he has swam with jellyfish in Palau, gone diving in the Arctic, and got acquainted with sharks at Millennium Atoll. Sala’s explorations have led to 24 marine preserves—with a combined area more than twice the size of India. But the hard work is far from over, as Sala aims to protect 30 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030. Want more? Learn more about the work of Pristine Seas on their website. Learn more about the recovery of the coral reefs around the southern Line Islands in November’s National Geographic magazine. There will be an in-depth article written by Enric, with some gorgeous photographs of this pristine ecosystem. The article is also available online here. Also explore: Dive deeper with two other Overheard episodes about the ocean: In “The Secret Culture of Killer Whales,” photographer Brian Skerry swims with killer whales and discovers these apex predators have unique cultures that aren’t that different from our own. In “The Gateway to Secret Underwater Worlds,” discover how Jacques Cousteau opened up the deep sea to humanity and left a legacy that continues to drive underwater exploration today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We were filming this colony of Rockhopper Penguins, and then all of a sudden we see the
0:17.0	water boiling, of sure.
0:19.5	Wow, what's that?
0:21.8	Explorer and Riksala found himself on the southern tip of Argentina on a remote island
0:26.4	called Isla de los Estados.
0:28.9	It's been off limits to tourism since 1923 when it was set aside as a reserve for fursales.
0:34.5	It's home to a forest of twisting southern beach trees, and two of the largest known Rockhopper
0:39.2	penguins colony is in Argentina.
0:41.6	And we see these dozens of penguins coming onto the shore.
0:49.2	And they were not just swimming, they were jumping and zigzagging.
0:53.3	Wow.
0:54.8	And this is a behavior that we've seen in other places where animals are trying to escape
0:59.7	from killer whales, from orcas.
1:02.0	Wow, is there an orca here?
1:04.5	An orcas to be seen.
1:06.6	And then in front of me, this big brown head comes out of the water, grabs a penguin and
1:15.0	takes it down.
1:16.2	That was a bull sealion, huge sealion with a huge head.
1:21.1	He was there underwater, waiting.
1:25.0	And when the penguins swam over him, he just snatched one and disappeared.
1:35.0	I'm Amy Briggs, executive editor of National Geographic History Magazine, and you're listening
1:39.8	to Overheard, a show where we eat, drop on the wild conversations we have at NatJow, and
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