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The Bahamas: It's Like Candy | Photographer | National Geographic


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·Nov 10, 2024

[Music] This is like the adventure of a lifetime. When we bought this boat, we basically didn't know where to start. We could have thrown a dart at a globe and landed anywhere.

But it is very difficult not to fall in love with a place like the Bahamas. It's like candy; it's gorgeous. There's beautiful wildlife, there's dolphins, there's sharks. It's a stronghold for many endangered species. But now they have an opportunity to drill for oil.

There's a shallow shoal and there's a company called the Stena I Max that has applied for a permit. We know what can happen when big companies drill for oil. So our story in the Bahamas is this moment, this crossroads. You know, Sea Legacy is for the fish, and we are for the whales and for the dolphins.

So our job in the Bahamas is to remind people that this is all still there, but you have to protect it. If we can make that happen here in the Bahamas, then we can make it happen elsewhere on the planet. So we have to succeed.

We know where the Stena I Max is, based on Marine Traffic. They've been at it for almost two months. My understanding is that they only have 12 days left. At some point, a dolphin's going to wash up on a beach; a whale's going to die from this. Something's going to happen.

So here's our plan. First, we're going to photograph the giant seagrass beds that were just discovered. Then we're going to sail looking for big marine animals: the whales, the sharks. And finally, we're going to make our way around the northern tip of Andros and sail through the night to get to the oil rig under the cover of darkness.

Great! So, we're going to have the biggest body of work ever created for the Bahamas, underwater and above, that showcases the beauty of this place. To contrast that, we're going to have Goliath.

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