Ireland’s Deep Atlantic, Ken O'Sullivan

Irish underwater cameraman Ken O’Sullivan sets out on a series of voyages over two years from Ireland’s coast into the deep waters of the North Atlantic to try and find some of the largest animals ever to have on planet Earth, blue and sperm whales and attempt to map their migration routes. His journeys take him out to the edge of the continental shelf and 3,000 metres down into dark, cold Atlantic waters in search of life cold water coral reefs to see how life in the surface ocean waters is affected by what happens on the deep sea bed. Combining wildlife sequences of animals and behaviour filmed for the first time in any television documentary, with an enlightening, educational central narrative from passionate scientists and people who’ve built their lives around the ocean, this 90 minute documentary also seeks to pays homage to our earliest sea farers and investigates the health of our deep Atlantic waters and recent human impact.