Between the North Pole and the South, our Earth is tearing itself apart. For millennia, from a 10,000 mile gash in the ocean floor, molten rock has poured to the surface creating new lands, new islands, scattered across 31 million square miles of ocean. Mathematically, the Pacific may be bigger, but nothing can touch the Atlantic for its epic scale or its furious wild beauty. Without its beating heart, pumping warmth out of the tropics, the planet would freeze. And even today – with our satellites and our know-how – its immensity ensures that any exploration of this unique environment represents a huge challenge for the traveller. Uniquely, the Atlantic’s islands are an extraordinary mix of fire and ice….and Martin’s journey will explore the diverse landscapes of these two elemental forces.
From the Eden-like rainforests of little-known Equatorial archipelagos….to the thunderous glaciers of the Arctic Circle and the world’s biggest island. From space, the Atlantic’s islands are like pin-pricks. Some are lush and populous. Others are lonely; harsh; unforgiving, neglected; discovered accidentally, by explorers heading somewhere else. Places where people hold to values forged when nobody could reach, or judge, them.
How are they changing? Why do people choose to stay? Where did their ancestors come from? How has island life shaped them? And at what price does their precious solitude come? In these three films, Martin will travel south to north – from the African Galapagos to Greenland – from Funchal to the Faeroes – from fire to ice – returning, as always with a warm and hugely entertaining record of his encounters with the incredible people…….and animals…..of the Islands Of The Atlantic.
