2- The Deep

Start time	Theme, Contents	More detailed description (Filming location)
Until 20’10	Introduction	Overview of the deep
0’25-2’10	Further introduction	A vessel launching its two subs
2’10	The twilight zone: An overview	The ice wall & the submersible: Overview of life in the Antarctic waters and actually in the deep everywhere
6’50	Cock-eyed squid	One eye up, the other looking around
7’16-7’50	Barreleye	Fish with transparent head
8’05	Lantern fish	Migrating to surface for plankton, then return to darkness by day
8’45-11’30	Humboldt’s squid	Eating lantern fish by day. When there’s no more to be had they turn on each other
12’20-14’40	Lights show	Animals communicating to attract mates and deter enemies
17’56	Sea toad	Fish so highly evolved for bottom living its fins have changed to feet
18’55	Octopus	Rushes away as a shark appears
20’10-end	The ocean bottom
20’10-27’35	Sperm whale decaying	Whale carcass becomes a temporary oasis
20’15	First arrivals	Sixgill sharks are the first to the scene and in 24 hours 7 of them have eaten a 3rd of the carcass. This meal may last them for a whole year.
24’45	Clean up team arrives	Spider crabs and rock crabs among them. Sensed the carcass as soon as the sharks but can’t move as fast. A month on and almost 30 species of scavengers have eaten away the carcass.
25’40	Scabbard fish	Eating the scavengers
26’50	Zombie worms	Eating the bones
27’35-32’20	The beauties
27’35	Beautiful corals	Permanent oasis
29’30	Venus’ flower basket	Shrimps imprisoned inside the sponge
32’20-31’20	The beast
32’20	Overfishing	Destroying the bottom by using bottom trawlers that rip up the ground, leaving behind total destruction !
33’35-50’15	The (mainly nonliving) bottom
33’35	Methane
34’40	Brine	Life at the margins of the brine (35’45)
36’30-38’35	Eels	Can survive in the brine for short periods
38’50	Trench
42’55	Mid-ocean ridge	Global view showing the Mid-ocean ridge
43’28	Ocean floor torn apart	Filming of the volcanic activity
45’10	Hydro thermal vents	Chimneys with shrimps
48’25	The lost city	Constantly producing hydrocarbons
50’15	Into the blue	Filming in the Antarctic
58’19	Total time

Start time

Theme, Contents

More detailed description (Filming location)

Until 20’10

Introduction

Overview of the deep

0’25-2’10

Further introduction

A vessel launching its two subs

2’10

The twilight zone: An overview

The ice wall & the submersible: Overview of life in the Antarctic waters and actually in the deep everywhere

6’50

Cock-eyed squid

One eye up, the other looking around

7’16-7’50

Barreleye

Fish with transparent head

8’05

Lantern fish

Migrating to surface for plankton, then return to darkness by day

8’45-11’30

Humboldt’s squid

Eating lantern fish by day. When there’s no more to be had they turn on each other

12’20-14’40

Lights show

Animals communicating to attract mates and deter enemies

17’56

Sea toad

Fish so highly evolved for bottom living its fins have changed to feet

18’55

Octopus

Rushes away as a shark appears

20’10-end

The ocean bottom

20’10-27’35

Sperm whale decaying

Whale carcass becomes a temporary oasis

20’15

First arrivals

Sixgill sharks are the first to the scene and in 24 hours 7 of them have eaten a 3rd of the carcass. This meal may last them for a whole year.

24’45

Clean up team arrives

Spider crabs and rock crabs among them. Sensed the carcass as soon as the sharks but can’t move as fast. A month on and almost 30 species of scavengers have eaten away the carcass.

25’40

Scabbard fish

Eating the scavengers

26’50

Zombie worms

Eating the bones

27’35-32’20

The beauties

27’35

Beautiful corals

Permanent oasis

29’30

Venus’ flower basket

Shrimps imprisoned inside the sponge

32’20-31’20

The beast

32’20

Overfishing

Destroying the bottom by using bottom trawlers that rip up the ground, leaving behind total destruction !

33’35-50’15

The (mainly nonliving) bottom

33’35

Methane

34’40

Brine

Life at the margins of the brine (35’45)

36’30-38’35

Eels

Can survive in the brine for short periods

38’50

Trench

42’55

Mid-ocean ridge

Global view showing the Mid-ocean ridge

43’28

Ocean floor torn apart

Filming of the volcanic activity

45’10

Hydro thermal vents

Chimneys with shrimps

48’25

The lost city

Constantly producing hydrocarbons

50’15

Into the blue

Filming in the Antarctic

58’19

Total time

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