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Sharkwater
For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth. Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas. In an effort to protect sharks, Stewart teams up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
• Running time: 89 mins
• Courtesy of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society |
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The Dolphin Dealer
THE DOLPHIN DEALER is a haunting new documentary about the man who perpetrated the largest dolphin capture and export in history. This rare story revolves around Canadian Christopher Porter, a former dolphin trainer at the Vancouver aquarium, and his lead adversary, animal rights activist and former Flipper trainer, Ric O'Barry. Set in the Solomon Islands, the most beautiful yet most brutal nation in the South Pacific, The Dolphin Dealer examines the issues and ethics of the billion dollar swim-with-dolphins industry.
• Running time: 45 mins
• Courtesy of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society |
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Discovery of Song Dynasty Ship: NANHAI ONE
Nanhai One is a Chinese merchant ship that archaeologists are continuing to excavate artifacts from. The ship was sunk during the Song Dynasty, but later recovered upon its discovery in 1987 off the coast of the southern China. In Chinese, Nanhai means southern sea.
The ship is the largest of its kind to be pulled from Chinese waters, with its weight at 5,000 tons. The vessel is estimated to carry about 60,000 to 80,000 relics. Some of these pieces include porcelain (such as the piece pictured), coins, as well as gold and silver. Work is being done to retrieve the artifacts while also preserving the ship. Nanhai One is currently placed in the Marine Silk Museum in Yangjiang City, Guangzhou province. The vessel is being kept in the museum's underwater pool. |
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