Studio of the Sea

Coral Reef

Blackbird Caye, Belize

Description: Diving at Blackbird Caye
Date: December 1992

Crown of Thorns

Mamanuka Islands, Fiji

Description: A crown of thorns seastar feeds on living Acropora corals at Nuku Reef
Date: June 2005
Music: Michel Lippitsch

Fluid Grace

Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Description: A pod of mellon-headed whales
Date: April 2007
Music: Michel Lippitsch

Jack Attack

Namena Reef, Fiji

Description: A school of jacks feeding at Didi's Paradise
Date: June 2005
Music: Michel Lippitsch

Jellyfish

Vatu-I-Ra Channel, Fiji

Description: A jellyfish floats by Mt. Mutiny
Date: June 2005
Music: Michel Lippitsch

Kamawali

Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Description: A whaleshark visits the ship, anchored near Alotau
Date: April 2006
Music: Michel Lippitsch

Magic Spot

Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Description: Scenes from the reefs of Raven Channel
Date: March 2006
Music: Michel Lippitsch

Octopus Masquerade

Thakau Momo, Fiji

Description: Dance with an octopus
Date: July 2005
Music: Michel Lippitsch

Parrotfish

Namena, Fiji

Description: A school of parrotfish feeding
Date: June 2005
Music: Michel Lippitsch

Sea Snake

Namena, Fiji

Description: A banded sea snake at South Save-a-Tack Pass
Date: June 2005
Music: Michel Lippitsch

Soft Corals

Namena, Fiji

Description: Soft corals filmed mostly at Namena Reef
Date: June 2005
Music: Michel Lippitsch

Canary is Dead

Phoenix Islands, Kiribati

Description: A case study of global warming devastating a coral reef
Date: December 2004
Music: Flipper Dalton and Daniel Mudford

Deep Trouble

East Island, Papua New Guinea

Description: Shark-finning fisherman at work
Date: March 2006
Music: Michel Lippitsch

Going, Going, Gone

Tokyo, Japan

Description: The Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan
Date: December 2006
Music: Michel Lippitsch

Whaling Wall

Northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Description: The state of whaling in today's seas
Date: May 2008
Music: Flipper Dalton

Bali Dance School

Bali, Indonesia

Description: A presentation by the students at the Bali Dance School
Date: December 2000
Music: Bali Dance School

Bora Bora Dance

Bora Bora, French Polynesia

Description: Dance groups compete at the annual Heiva festival
Date: July 2004
Music: Bora Bora musicians

Cook Islands Dance

Aitutaki, Cook Islands

Description: The Bishop Group dances
Date: August 2004
Music: Bishop Group

Egum Rock

Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea

Description: PCRF crew exchanges dances with the people of Egum Rock
Date: January 2000
Music: Trobriand islanders

Gaua Water Music

Gaua Island, Vanuatu

Description: Water music made by the women of Gaua, Vanuatu during their Arts Festival
Date: September 2007
Music: Gaua Arts Festival performers

Kula Canoes

Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea

Description: The Kula sailing canoe tradition of the Trobriand Islands
Date: January 2003
Music: Michel Lippitsch

Mbambanga Dance

Mbambanga Island, Solomon Islands

Description: The Kiribati people of this island perform
Date: June 2002
Music: Mbambanga islanders

Nukufetau Dance

Nukufetau Island, Tuvalu

Description: A celebration dance at Nukufetau, a small atoll
Date: February 2005
Music: Nukufetau islanders

Oceania Music

Suva, Fiji

Description: Musicians jam at the Oceania Center, University of the South Pacific
Date: January 2000
Music: USP Oceania Center

Vanuatu Dance

Tanna Island, Vanuatu

Description: A celebration through the night after a circumcision ceremony
Date: September 2005
Music: Tanna islanders

Aquanauts

Fiji

Description: Sea people at play in the open blue
Date: July 2005
Music: Michel Lippitsch

Belly of a Whale

Phoenix Islands, Kiribati

Description: From a humpback whale's perspective
Date: December 2004
Music: Humpback Whale

Come Sailing

Indonesia

Description: A taste of the seamanship training program aboard SV Infinity
Date: April 2007
Music: Michel Lippitsch

Homo Delphinus

Phoenix Islands, Kiribati

Description: Encounters with a pod of bottlenose dolphins at Kanton Island
Date: December 2004
Music: Nada

The Expedition

Indonesia

Description: A glimpse of expedition life
Date: April 2007
Music: Michel Lippitsch

Link TV

South Pacific

Description: A film made by Link TV in cooperation with Studio of the Sea
Date: January 2006
Music: Studio of the Sea/ Link TV