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My Family and the Galapagos follows award-winning TV host, marine biologist, and conservationist Monty Halls as he returns to his "favorite place on Earth”—The Galapagos Islands. This time his wife and two young daughters will be joining him for three months to experience this utterly unique place together. As a family, they will share spectacular wildlife encounters and life-changing adventures, living alongside creatures that can be found nowhere else on Earth.
But at a time when the islands are at a crossroads—with the human population expanding, invasive species being introduced, and illegal fishing threatening the fragile habitat more than ever before—they will also learn first-hand what is being done to protect The Galapagos Islands, one of the most bio-diverse places in the world.
Like Nowhere Else On Earth
As the Halls family settle into their new home, they quickly realize that the Galapagos islands are like nowhere else on Earth, a place where the remarkable wildlife views them as just another animal. Together the family goes in search of the islands’ most iconic resident, the Galapagos tortoise, and learn more about the island’s most famous visitor – Charles Darwin. Monty discovers that the Galapagos Islands are on the front line of the battle to save the shark from extinction. Then Monty takes Isla swimming with a sea turtle, and is interested in what is being done to protect these majestic but endangered animals. He joins a turtle tagging expedition which reveals new behavior in this iconic species.
A Delicate Ecosystem
Monty investigates whether the Galapagos can cope with the demands of all the people who live in and visit the islands plus the impact of invasive species on this delicate ecosystems. Monty joins a survey team monitoring juvenile sharks threatened by habitat destruction, visits a with marine conservationist to learn how to keep small scale fishing sustainable, and goes lobster fishing on a sustainable but terrifying night dive. The family visits Isabella Island, where they meet a local guide who describes the changes the islands have gone through in recent years. After joining an eye-opening local beach clean up, the family works out how they can reduce their own footprint on the islands, by growing their own food and introducing chickens to their garden.
A Time For Reflection
In their last few weeks on Galapagos, the family investigates the fate of the ocean’s most infamous creature – the shark. Monty joins a research expedition, traveling over a hundred and fifty miles from human habitation to tag and photograph whale sharks. The photos and tags from his trip will produce invaluable data for years to come, and help protect Galapagos’ sharks, and all of our oceans. The children go in search of one of Galapagos’ most peculiar but compelling inhabitants, the marine iguana. Monty takes Isla snorkeling with sharks, and reflects on what a remarkable experience this is for the family.