VOYAGE OF THE CONTINENTS
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VOYAGE OF THE CONTINENTS
AUTHORS
Benjamin TURQUET, Stéphane BUREAU,
François MICHEL, Jerôme JULIENNE
DIRECTOR
Alexis DE FAVITSKI
COPRODUCERS
ARTE FRANCE, LA COMPAGNIE DES TAXIBROUSSE
FORMAT
10 x 52 ', 2013-2015
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Via the epic of continental drift, we travel to all 4 corners of
the planet, to meet scientists who are carrying out state-of-theart research on the most emblematic landscapes of each geological
event.
With these scientists, and thanks to their work, we discover the sites in a new light landscapes that we often see but rarely look at closely. The journey also establishes the
key reference points of life alongside the geologic time scale - the appearance of life, of
plants, of terrestrial life, dinosaurs and Man punctuate the geologic time scale.
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LIST OF EPISODES
01- NORTH AMERICA
02- CENTRAL AMERICA
03- SOUTH AMERICA
04- ORIGINS OF AFRICA (THE)
05- AFRICA TODAY
01- NORTH AMERICA
AUTHORS
Benjamin TURQUET, Jerôme JULIENNE,
Stéphane BUREAU, François MICHEL
DIRECTOR
Alexis DE FAVITSKI
COPRODUCERS
COMPAGNIE DES TAXI-BROUSSE (LA),
ARTE FRANCE
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1 x 52 ', 2013
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North America is perpetually reinventing itself. The continent is also a
wild world of rivers, plains and ice, where iridescent-coloured deserts
lie alongside luxuriant valleys and mountains holding many a secret.
From the Far North to the Deserts of Utah, from the Rockies to Death Valley, the
sites it features are on the scale of the continent itself. A Far North among the Earth's
oldest; "Great Plains" born from the sea; a vast mountain in the middle of a continent:
the Rockies; and activity zones that are scorching hot topics: the Yellowstone dormant
volcano and a moving fault line ripping through California - the San Andreas fault.
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02- CENTRAL AMERICA
AUTHORS
Benjamin TURQUET, Jerôme JULIENNE,
Stéphane BUREAU, François MICHEL
DIRECTOR
Alexis DE FAVITSKI
COPRODUCERS
COMPAGNIE DES TAXI-BROUSSE (LA),
ARTE FRANCE
FORMAT
1 x 52 ', 2013
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Between North America and South America, the forces of the Earth
have made way for the small area known as Central America and a
tectonic plate: the Caribbean Plate. This plate is essentially a marine
world.
But at the confines of the territory, four vast masses are compressing, crushing and
shaking this "paradise on earth". They are North and South America, and the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans. In addition, the creation of Panama allegedly solely changed the fauna
of the Americas, and transformed the Earth's oceans.
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03- SOUTH AMERICA
AUTHORS
Benjamin TURQUET, Jerôme JULIENNE,
Stéphane BUREAU, François MICHEL
DIRECTOR
Alexis DE FAVITSKI
COPRODUCERS
COMPAGNIE DES TAXI-BROUSSE (LA),
ARTE FRANCE
FORMAT
1 x 52 ', 2013
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South America is a territory of contrasts and excesses. It contains
the world's longest mountain chain, the largest rainforest, the most
powerful river, the driest desert and the largest biodiversity on the
planet.
This world travelled around the heart of the South Pacific for billions of years, before
leaving Gondwana for good to join North America and build ... the Americas.
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04- ORIGINS OF AFRICA (THE)
AUTHORS
Benjamin TURQUET, Jerôme JULIENNE,
Stéphane BUREAU, François MICHEL
DIRECTOR
Alexis DE FAVITSKI
COPRODUCERS
ARTE FRANCE, COMPAGNIE DES TAXIBROUSSE (LA)
FORMAT
1 x 52 ', 2013
Africa may seem to be a young continent, as it has only been explored
in its entirety since the 19th century. It was the first continent to be
inhabited by man, 2 million years ago, and yet the African continent
was born during the earth's infancy.
After having experienced a violent cataclysm of cosmic origin, Africa found itself trapped
in the middle of the other continents. Then, jostled by its neighbours for millions of years,
it finally broke free when its crust tore.
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05- AFRICA TODAY
AUTHORS
Benjamin TURQUET, Jerôme JULIENNE,
Stéphane BUREAU, François MICHEL
DIRECTOR
Alexis DE FAVITSKI
COPRODUCERS
COMPAGNIE DES TAXI-BROUSSE (LA),
ARTE FRANCE
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1 x 52 ', 2013
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Africa's recent epic is the continent's isolation in one single entity. For
a while, the Tethys Ocean separated Africa from Eurasia, but it, too,
disappeared, and Europe and Asia were inevitably flung together,
causing repercussions from Gibraltar to Anatolia.
But what Africa recounts today is the opening up of the entire Eastern part of a vast rift.
Arabia is leaving the continent, and the opening from Palestine to Mozambique will soon
separate the East of the continent, influencing the evolution of our Earth in the process.
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06 - EUROPE: TROPICAL BEGINNINGS
AUTHORS
Christopher HOOKE, Yanick ROSE, François
MICHEL, Stéphane BUREAU
DIRECTOR
Yanick ROSE
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ARTE FRANCE, COMPAGNIE DES TAXIBROUSSE (LA)
FORMAT
1 x 52 ', 2009
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Europe was constructed out of three massive collisions by what was
to become America, Asia and Africa.
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.
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07 - EUROPE: A TURBULENT FUTURE
AUTHORS
Christopher HOOKE, Yanick ROSE, François
MICHEL, Stéphane BUREAU
DIRECTOR
Yanick ROSE
COPRODUCERS
ARTE FRANCE, COMPAGNIE DES TAXIBROUSSE (LA)
FORMAT
1 x 52 ', 2009
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Europe grew out of three massive collisions with what became
America, Asia and Africa. But although the continent has been
assembled, it is still changing.
Scientists working in the field will provide us with an understanding of the history of
our Earth, and its majestic and destructive phenomena. The birth of the Alps, the
disappearance of the Mediterranean, outstanding underground areas, and imminent
earthquakes are only some of the forms brought about as a result of the ceaseless
Voyage of the Continents.
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08 - OCEANIA: THE TECTONIC RING OF
FIRE
AUTHORS
Christopher HOOKE, Yanick ROSE, François
MICHEL, Stéphane BUREAU
DIRECTOR
Yanick ROSE
COPRODUCERS
ARTE FRANCE, COMPAGNIE DES TAXIBROUSSE (LA)
FORMAT
1 x 52 ', 2009
The history of Oceania is the history of the Earth as a whole. Along
with scientists, we track the information recorded in its relief, from
the first forms of life on Earth, to their destruction and rebirth.
Welded to Antarctica for millions of years, Australia is today a deserted landscape that
enjoys extraordinary stability. Its neighbours do not share the same luck. New Zealand is
perilously located between two tectonic plates, and the volcanic islands of the Southern
Pacific could explode, thus disappearing from the ceaseless Voyage of the Continents.
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09 - ASIA: THE TECTONICS OF LIFE
AND DEATH
AUTHORS
Christopher HOOKE, Yanick ROSE, François
MICHEL, Stéphane BUREAU
DIRECTOR
Yanick ROSE
COPRODUCERS
ARTE FRANCE, COMPAGNIE DES TAXIBROUSSE (LA)
FORMAT
1 x 52 ', 2009
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The history of Asia is awash with superlatives. Along with teams
of scientists, we discover the incredible volcanic phenomenon that
caused the greatest extinction of all time.
Asia was the theatre of the world's most violent tectonic collision, and has witnessed
the birth of the Earth's highest summits. Today, one of the countries of Asia - which is
the world's most densely populated continent - could be swallowed up, in the ceaseless
Voyage of the Continents.
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10 - ASIA: RISING MOUNTAINS AND
SINKING COUNTRIES
AUTHORS
Christopher HOOKE, Yanick ROSE, François
MICHEL, Stéphane BUREAU
DIRECTOR
Yanick ROSE
COPRODUCERS
ARTE FRANCE, COMPAGNIE DES TAXIBROUSSE (LA)
FORMAT
1 x 52 ', 2009
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Asia is a closely watched continent. Teams of scientists keep a
constant eye on it.
The tectonic activity in the south of the continent extends as far as Nepal and the
Tibetan plain. China is also affected and, like Japan, is exposed to daily earthquakes.
The volcanism of the entire region, in Japan and in Indonesia, is both a danger and a
resource, and many risk their lives to exploit it. These tremendous phenomena are the
fruits of the ceaseless Voyage of the Continents.
THEMATIC INDEX
GREEN & SCIENCE..........................................................
SCIENCE.................................................................................................. 6
VOYAGE�OF�THE�CONTINENTS� � .......................................................................................... 6
01-�NORTH�AMERICA� � ............................................................................................................ 6
02-�CENTRAL�AMERICA� � ........................................................................................................ 7
03-�SOUTH�AMERICA� � ............................................................................................................ 7
04-�ORIGINS�OF�AFRICA�(THE)� � ............................................................................................ 8
05-�AFRICA�TODAY� � ............................................................................................................... 8
06�-�EUROPE:�TROPICAL�BEGINNINGS� � .............................................................................. 9
07�-�EUROPE:�A�TURBULENT�FUTURE� � ............................................................................... 9
08�-�OCEANIA:�THE�TECTONIC�RING�OF�FIRE� � ................................................................... 10
09�-�ASIA:�THE�TECTONICS�OF�LIFE�AND�DEATH� � ............................................................. 10
10�-�ASIA:�RISING�MOUNTAINS�AND�SINKING�COUNTRIES� � .............................................. 11
ALPHABETICAL INDEX
01-� NORTH� AMERICA................................................................................................................................................... 6
02-� CENTRAL� AMERICA............................................................................................................................................... 7
03-� SOUTH� AMERICA.................................................................................................................................................... 7
04-�ORIGINS�OF�AFRICA�(THE)................................................................................................................................... 8
05-� AFRICA� TODAY....................................................................................................................................................... 8
06�-�EUROPE:�TROPICAL�BEGINNINGS..................................................................................................................... 9
07�-�EUROPE:�A�TURBULENT�FUTURE...................................................................................................................... 9
08�-�OCEANIA:�THE�TECTONIC�RING�OF�FIRE......................................................................................................... 10
09�-�ASIA:�THE�TECTONICS�OF�LIFE�AND�DEATH.................................................................................................... 10
10�-�ASIA:�RISING�MOUNTAINS�AND�SINKING�COUNTRIES.................................................................................... 11
VOYAGE�OF�THE�CONTINENTS.................................................................................................................................. 6