Voyage of the Continents: Series 1



Nature Documentary hosted by Doug Paulson, published by Arte in 2012 - English narration







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Over the many billions of years of Earth's history, our planet has never stopped changing. Massive tectonic forces have sculpted and resculpted our world in a never-ending journey.

Do you know that Scandinavia was once in the southern hemisphere? And that in the Ardennes we can find coral reefs like in the Bahamas? Or that the largest ocean in the world, the Pacific is endangered?

Since its formation 4.6 billion years ago, our Earth has been subjected to forces of incredible power. Around a still hot core, the earth's crust, driven by mantle convection movements, is in perpetual evolution, tirelessly redrawing the map of the continents and oceans.

As landmasses assemble and separate, they fuel volcanoes and spark earthquakes, building mountains and tearing valleys. They come together or separate on average by a few millimeters or centimeters per year, sometimes more. On the scale of geological time, they shape the reliefs and deep architecture of the continents. We see the Earth, eons in the making, through the eyes of geologists and other scientists.

The history of these continents is part of a "tectonic waltz" of land and sea, a concept as important for the history of the Earth as Darwin's theory of species for the evolution of Man. Tectonics have created life- and destroyed it as well. Huge volcanoes and devastating earthquakes continue to dominate human history. This is a story of high drama and intense beauty, the interaction of geology and life. A true Voyage of the Continents.



Directed by Christopher Hooke & Yanick Rose; A French-Canada Co-Production by La Compagnie des Taxi-Brousse / Ideacom International and ARTE France in participation with CNC, Discovery World HD, TFO, RTBF and CNRS Images



4)  Europe: Tropical Beginnings

Europe's geological history is mysterious. Continent was constructed out of three massive collisions by what was to become America, Asia and Africa.

Born of three massive tectonic collisions the continent has been transformed many times. Each impact caused cataclysms on a tremendous scale, creating a world of chaotic forms and bright colours. Over time, mountain chains that were even higher than the Himalayas sprung up in Scandinavia and Scotland, where today the great central plains lie. After millions of years of erosion, Europe has become a sea floor. It has been invaded by unusual life forms, and some of our species have modified the very shape of the continent. These metamorphoses in time and space are part of the ceaseless voyage of the continents. In this episode we discover ancient fossils, petrified forests and go diamond hunting in the depths of the earth.



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Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4

Video Bitrate: 3 320 Kbps

Video Resolution: 1920x1080

Display Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Frames Per Second: 25.000 fps

Audio Codec: E-AC3

Audio Bitrate: 224 kb/s CBR 48000 Hz

Audio Streams: 2

Audio Languages: english

RunTime Per Part: 51 min

Number Of Parts: 5

Part Size: 1.26 GB

Source: WEB DL (Thanks to DRY )

Encoded by: DocFreak08



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