7pm WILD! The Vanishing World of Sea Gypsies - Nature
The Moken people of Thailand possess the remarkable ability to hold their breath for 5 minutes underwater and can free dive to a depth of 30 metres. Known as the Sea Gypsies, these indigenous people have led the same way of life for over 3000 years along the coastline of the Andaman Sea. Today, their existence is precarious, as the seas they rely on are depleted and development threatens the beaches they have lived on for millennia.
8pm NATURE: Penguin Post Office - Nature/Environment
Antarctica’s most popular tourist destination is a unique British post office located in the heart of the Antarctic Peninsula at Port Lockroy, about 700 miles south of Argentina and Chile. Enthusiastic cruise ship passengers from around the world come ashore throughout the Antarctic summer to see the colony of 3,000 gentoo penguins that takes up residence each year alongside Port Lockroy’s other summer inhabitants – the post office staff.
9pm BEARY TALES - Nature
Vaclav Chaloupek is a Czech wildlife photographer and filmmaker living in the Bohemian Forest, a low mountain range that runs through Central Europe. When a forest ranger shows up at Vaclav’s home with a pair of orphaned bear cubs, he agrees to care for them, quickly becoming an experienced bear "mom" — bottle feeding goat milk and honey to the cubs and cleaning up the messes they create. The emotionally engaging documentary Beary Tales chronicles the gradual maturation of the bear twins as they flourish under Vaclav’s care: their first steps, early forest outings, and development from defenseless babies to cheeky, 135-pound teenagers. Using a well-balanced mix of factual information and charming scenes of the playful duo, the film deftly illustrates the specific complexities that arise when bear cubs are influenced by humans.
