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Discovery: Oceans - What Lies Beneath

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Episode 2: Oceans: What Lies Beneath: Part two

Oceans - What Lies Beneath

Oceans: What Lies Beneath: Part two

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First aired in 2009. Gabrielle Walker meets those who have ventured into the deep ocean

First aired in 2009. The deep ocean remains one of the least explored parts of our planet, but these bleak environments are home to breathtaking and varied life.

First aired in 2009. The deep ocean remains one of the least explored parts of our planet, but wherever scientists have been, in these dark, cold, inhospitable environments, they have found breathtaking and varied life. 

Gabrielle Walker meets the scientists who have ventured where so few have been before, and finds out why NASA have taken such an interest in life in the ocean abyss.

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Gabrielle Walker looks at how little we know about the oceans.

Gabrielle Walker looks at how little we understand the oceans, and talks to scientists making extraordinary discoveries.

It is an often quoted fact that we know more about the surface of the moon then we do about life beneath the ocean waves. They make up more than 70% of the Earth’s surface and remain the last great frontier of discovery on this planet. 

In this epic four-part series, Gabrielle Walker looks at how little we understand the waters on which human life depends, and talks to the scientists who are making some extraordinary discoveries deep beneath the ocean waves.

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