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Life on Fire | Pioneers of the Deep | PBS

Duration: 52:55 (Full Program)
Program: Life On Fire #106
Broadcast Date: Feb. 6, 2013

In the vast emptiness of the Pacific Ocean, tectonic movements construct or swallow islands. In the Tongan archipelago, two little-known animals have learned to cope with these ephemeral lands risen from the ocean depths: the sooty tern, a seabird that never dares wet its wings for fear of drowning, and the Alvin shrimp, a blind crustacean that manages to find its way around the abyss.

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Post Date: February 7, 2013