Island Chains

Voyage of the Continents episode 1: The history of Oceania is the history of the Earth as a whole. Along with scientists, we track the information recorded in its relief, from the first forms of life on Earth, to their destruction and rebirth. Welded to Antarctica for millions of years, Australia is today a deserted landscape that enjoys extraordinary stability. Its neighbours do not share the same luck. New Zealand is perilously located between two tectonic plates, and the volcanic islands of the Southern Pacific could explode, thus disappearing from the ceaseless Voyage of the Continents. In this episode we […]