An Incredible Journey Begins
Natural history adventure series. Nigel Marven follows a grey whale mother and her newborn calf as they undertake the longest mammal migration on earth, over 5,000 miles up the Pacific coast of North America from Mexico to Alaska. In Baja California in Mexico, the newborn grey whale calves spend their first months of life in the safety of the San Ignacio lagoon, suckling and learning swimming skills. At the lagoon, Nigel talks to the scientists who are studying the whales and finds unexpected birds of prey nesting at the water’s edge. As the whales start their journey north towards the border with the USA, he takes a parallel road trip through the cacti-studded desert, meeting rattlesnakes, lizards and antelope en route