Kiwi adventurer Ellis Emmett embarks on an incredible journey across the waves of the South Pacific. He must harness the power of the wind to explore some of the most remote islands and atolls on the planet; places only accessible by sailboat. Greeted by the isolated people who call these shores home, Ellis immerses himself in the fascinating, yet threatened cultures of Tonga, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna, the Marshall Islands, and Kiribati.
Returning Series
My Pacific Quest
July 11, 2017
August 15, 2017
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For thousands of years, the island peoples of the Pacific were masters of the ocean, braving angry seas in handmade canoes and navigating by the stars. But, these traditional ways are being lost to modernity. Adventurer Ellis Emmett helps get a traditional canoe back on the water, and sees first-hand how rising seas are changing life in the island chains of Kiribati.
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