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The Canary Islands

Season 1
The Canary Islands - isolated in the Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of Africa. Each island is unique with its diversity of terrain and climate - temperate coastlines, scorching deserts, tropical rainforests and frozen, snowcapped mountains. Here are the features of a small continent, supporting one of the richest and most diverse ranges of native species on the planet.
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  1. S1 E1 - Part I: Life at the Limit
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    December 2, 2016
    50min
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    Wind and water transported pioneer seeds, insects and animals to the isolated islands. They created the diversity and distribution of life here, with microclimates like the world's only surviving temperate cloud forests. Animals and plants evolved unique features to survive in these lands. The result is startling encounters with eccentric birds and with majestic whales!
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  2. S1 E2 - Part II: The World of the Fire Mountains
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    December 2, 2016
    50min
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    The World of the Fire Mountains highlights what it takes to survive in an unforgiving habitat, focusing on the fragile balance of life on the edge, in raw landscapes of spectacular beauty. Here, one lizard was saved from extinction by baby seagulls!
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Directors
Rita SchlambergerMichael Schlamberger
Studio
Indigenius
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