a few last wild places in our oceans are
disappearing
few people will ever see these pristine
places beautiful and fragile safe from
the impact of man
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we looked all over the earth for islands
with the potential to be pristine and
unprotected
what we found was San Felix and Sant
Ambrogio
the deaths venture out of silence 570
miles off the coast of Chile National
Geographic and Oceana Chile set out on
an expedition in February of 2013
this was our one chance we had only a
few weeks to prove that these islands
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it became clear right away that we were
somewhere special
somewhere pristine
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at the end of our dive the surprise the
Juan Fernandez fur seal this species was
thought extinct 100 years ago
their presence in Sant Ambrogio was an
encouraging sign but we only saw five on
the entire expedition
it is these moments where we feel most
connected to these places when our
curiosity is meant by the curiosity of
the ocean life after what we saw on the
dive we decided to launch the submarine
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at 100 meters there was life everywhere
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the most moray eels we've ever seen out
of their holes
hundreds of dogfish
giant lobsters almost 15 pounds each
alone or in groups I'm not kidding
it's about this size without the
antennae that's one of the largest
lobsters I've seen in my life
in these depths we encountered an
amazing diversity
of the species of deep fish we observed
at least 10 appear to be new to science
our goal was to explore collect data and
report to the Chilean's on how pristine
the dustbin tirado's islands are
this place is as pristine as a guest
to protect the dispenser Odyssey gives
us hope for these places that they can
survive that they won't disappear
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that they have the future
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