A look at the life on the Galápagos Islands.
Home to over 25,000 people, an archipelago for remarkable creatures found nowhere else on the planet, the Galapagos Islands are themselves endangered. We Are Galapagos weaves the intimate stories of a group of resourceful Galapageños who spearhead innovative conservation projects. Tinged with irony and humor, their determination and resilience presents a glimpse into community cultures making deep-rooted change.
Galapagos: Beyond Darwin is a 1996 documentary narrated by actor Roscoe Lee Browne. It premiered on the Discovery Channel on Sunday, August 18, 1996.[1] It was directed by Al Giddings.
This is the story of the incredible struggle for survival of the dragons of the Galapagos. On the island of Fernandina, each year Land Iguanas migrate up the steep slopes of the 5000ft active volcano to lay their eggs in the warm soil. If the rim of the crater is fully occupied they have to climb 1 km down the steep crater walls to the floor below. Many are killed finding a path down as the walls are steep & dangerously unstable causing many landslides.
1805, durant les guerres napoléoniennes, la HMS Surprise, commandée par le Capitaine Jack Aubrey se lance à la poursuite du vaisseau français Acheron à travers l'océan Pacifique (affrontant notamment le cap Horn). Ils croisent par ailleurs au large des îles Galápagos, dont la faune et la flore vont beaucoup intéresser le chirurgien Stephen Maturin, naturaliste passionné et précurseur de Charles Darwin. Mais les événements vont changer les plans du capitaine.
Two hundred years after Charles Darwin set foot on the shores of the Galápagos Islands, David Attenborough travels to this wild and mysterious archipelago. Amongst the flora and fauna of these enchanted volcanic islands, Darwin formulated his groundbreaking theories on evolution. Journey with Attenborough to explore how life on the islands has continued to evolve in biological isolation, and how the ever-changing volcanic landscape has given birth to species and sub-species that exist nowhere else in the world. Encompassing treacherous journeys, life-forms that forge unlikely companionships, and survival against all odds, Galápagos tells the story of an evolutionary melting pot in which anything and everything is possible.
Les Péruviens ont-ils traversé la mer ? En 1953, Thor Heyerdahl organisa et dirigea une expédition archéologique sur les îles Galápagos. Avec lui voyagèrent les deux archéologues norvégiens Erik K. Reed et Arne Skjølsvold. Le tournage d'une expédition archéologique norvégienne aux îles Galapagos. Une continuation de l'expédition Kon-Tiki.
Galapagos Suite is a 17-minute compilation of 16 days sailing around the Galapagos archipelago aboard the Anahi catamaran. It seeks to encapsulate and capture the experience with intimate videography by Jim Lawrence and an original music score by Christian Jessup.