Watch an exclusive sneak peek of the world premiere special PLANET EARTH: EXTREME JOURNEYS before its debut *** Sunday May 13 at 10pm/9c ***
Travel to Ascension Island, an isolated volcanic island surrounded by the vast expanse of the Atlantic Ocean – and watch as tiny green turtles take the first steps of their 1,400-mile-long journey from the beach where they’ve just hatched… to their feeding grounds in the waters off South America.
PLUS: find out why, years later, the turtles that survive this perilous first journey return to the same beach!
Every Sunday evening, relive the incomparable beauty of PLANET EARTH in back-to-back episodes, then dive deeper into the series’ most amazing moments in all new World Premiere Specials dedicated to the world’s most fascinating wildlife.
This week, we explore the remarkable stories of global animal migrations – why animals need to move, the vast distances they cover and how it is that they never give up – in PLANET EARTH: EXTREME JOURNEYS.
And don’t miss:
* Planet Earth: Incredible Families. Premieres Sunday May 20 at 10/9c
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