Inside Ireland's Basking Shark Courtship off Clare and a Rare Whale Shark
Off County Clare, dozens of giant basking sharks circle in a courtship taurus. Then, far south, an unexpected visitor appears in the sunlit Atlantic: a whale shark. Following the path of early explorers, an underwater cameraman traces sunlight from Ireland to the mid-Atlantic, revealing how phytoplankton powers the ocean food web. Along the way, blue sharks glide in close, a porbeagle emerges…
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