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NATURE & WILDLIFE
humboldt current, the

As it flows north from Patagonia to the equator, the Humboldt Current is a liquid
force which enables life in the sea and on land.

A female blue whale is the avatar we follow as she exploits the current from its
genesis in the chilly seas off Antarctica to her breeding ground in the tropics.
Along the way, the current provides a banquet for large and minute marine
creatures, while it impacts weather miles from the coast.

Episode One begins with the birth of the Current in southernmost Chile, Episode Definition Episodes
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Two follows the long stretch of coast to Peru, and Episode Three explores the Producer YOP
current as it veers towards the open Pacific to impact the Galapagos Islands. VisionHawk Films & 2021
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It not only feeds the largest creatures ever to live on Earth - blue whales - it fuels
the lynch-pins of the ocean’s food web, krill. Upwelling from the deep powers an
explosion of krill that supplies behemoths beyond the blues: Sei whales, pilot
whales and orcas vie for resources while humpbacks sing. It’s the only place to...