Turtle Beach (2019)
Scientists explore the extraordinary mass nesting behaviour of the olive ridley sea turtle, and reveal the hidden world inside a turtle nest. Locals call it the arribada, Spanish for “arrival”: the magical days and nights when tens of thousands of sea turtles come ashore on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast to lay millions of eggs. In Turtle Beach, a documentary from The Nature of Things, Canadian naturalist and cinematographer Hugo Kitching follows a team of international scientists on a groundbreaking expedition to uncover the mysteries of this rare phenomenon.
Primary Title
- Turtle Beach
Date Broadcast
- Wednesday 7 February 2024
Release Year
- 2019
Start Time
- 10 : 00
Finish Time
- 11 : 00
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- Whakaata Māori
Broadcaster
- Whakaata Māori
Programme Description
- Scientists explore the extraordinary mass nesting behaviour of the olive ridley sea turtle, and reveal the hidden world inside a turtle nest. Locals call it the arribada, Spanish for “arrival”: the magical days and nights when tens of thousands of sea turtles come ashore on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast to lay millions of eggs. In Turtle Beach, a documentary from The Nature of Things, Canadian naturalist and cinematographer Hugo Kitching follows a team of international scientists on a groundbreaking expedition to uncover the mysteries of this rare phenomenon.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Animals
- Documentary
- Nature
- Science
Contributors
- Hugo Kitching (Presenter)
- John Ralston (Narrator)
- Haley Smith (Director)
- Caroline Underwood (Director)
- Merit Jensen Carr (Producer)
- Jo Young (Producer)
- Gabriel Levesque (Director of Photography)
- Merit Motion Pictures (Production Unit)
- Renegade Pictures (Production Unit)
- Canada Media Fund (Funder)
- ARTE France (Funder)
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Funder)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (Funder)
- Roldan Valverde (Interviewee)
- Vanessa Bezy (Interviewee)
- Christine Figgener (Interviewee)