WILD SOUTH. DOLPHINS OF THE SHADOWLAND

Documentary series exploring the unique diversity of New Zealand's natural history.
This programme is about a pod of 60 bottlenose dolphins which have adapted to living in the cold dark waters of Fiordland, named by the Maori “Shadowland”.The confined environment of the fiords provides a unique opportunity to study these marine mammals in the wild. German biologist Karsten Schneider takes up the opportunity in a three year research project in Doubtful Sound. He reveals some of the mysteries of the “dolphins of Shadow land” .