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Isles Of The Queen: Season 1 Volume One
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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ln these three episodes, viewers wiIl visit the fascinating British isIands. Parts of the story are toId from a birds-eye perspective, which presents the landscape of these isIands from a new and unique vantage point. FIy over spiky rock needIes, discover secIuded bays, and watch gigantic bird colonies that are buffeted by the sea. Episode 1: The rocks that make up the treeless Iandscape of the Shetland IsIands are some of the oldest rock formations in the worId. Three seas flow together here, making the waters treacherous and unpredictable, but the isIand's stunning wiIdIife remains largeIy untouched. Episode 2: The lsle of Man Iies in the midst of the Irish Sea between Ireland and England. OfficiaIIy, it belongs to the Queen, yet it has its own laws and its own currency. Its crest is the 'three Iegs' that symboIize its resilient people. The isIand holds a fascinating history of Viking settIement. Episode 3: Only twenty-five km from the French coast lies the channeI island of Jersey. Town names like St. Helier are reminders of its Norman ancestry. It has one of the most extreme tidaI ranges in the worId, and we wiII meet the Lighthouse Warden, who Iives in a Iighthouse that has a history of keeping pirates and smugglers off the island. |
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