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Wild Islands

Steve Backshall's journey from pole to pole continues. Steve and the crew continue their journey south, island-hopping across the Southern Ocean.

Steve Backshall and the crew continue their journey south, island-hopping across the Southern Ocean. Their adventures begin in the wild Falkland Islands where they meet the tiny-but-tough rockhopper penguin, encounter one of the Falklands' fiercest underwater predators and Steve tests the intelligence of the local bad-boy raptors, the striated caracara.

Next up, the team endure four days of hard sailing through some of the roughest seas on Earth to reach the rugged and remote Bird Island. Packed with stunning wildlife, immediately they are met by hundreds of Antarctic fur seals, prehistoric-looking giant petrels, and the magnificent wandering albatross performing its dazzling courtship display just fingertips away from Steve.

29 minutes

Music Played

  • Eliza Doolittle

    Big When I Was Little

  • HAIM

    The Wire

  • Foals

    Inhaler

  • Indiana

    Solo Dancing

  • The 1975

    Chocolate

  • Little Mix

    Word Up!

  • Calvin Harris

    Disco Heat

  • Of Monsters and Men

    Little Talks

  • Tinchy Stryder

    Bright Lights

  • Paloma Faith

    Only Love Can Hurt Like This

  • Raleigh Ritchie

    Bloodsport

  • Foals

    2 Trees

  • Ellie Goulding

    Lights

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Steve Backshall
Producer Laura Harvey
Series Producer Scott Alexander

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