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Behind the Scenes
Top Ten Reasons Why We Make Jonathan Bird’s Blue World:
Sun, June 28, 2020   Sea Stories

We get to go diving all over the world and see new things. We learn something everywhere we go. We meet interesting people. We believe that the…

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The Marine Biology Career Path
Sun, July 30, 2017   Sea Stories

Hi Blue World fans! Cameraman Bill here. You may have seen me from such episodes as Giant Pacific Octopus, or The Georgia Aquarium. Jonathan and I…

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Protect What You Love
Wed, June 28, 2017   Sea Stories

In August of 1494, Columbus landed on an island somewhere south of Haiti and killed eight "sea wolves" which were sleeping on the sand.…

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Are Sharks Primitive?
Tue, June 28, 2016   Sea Stories

Since sharks are an ancient group of animals, people often assume that they are primitive in some way, but this assumption couldn't be further…

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Diving the cenotes of Merida
Mon, January 11, 2016   On Location

Merida is in the northwest part of the Yucatan peninsula, about three hours west of Cancun. About 65 million years ago, a huge asteroid crashed in…

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Diving in Iceland!
Thu, September 03, 2015   On Location

Local dive shops boast that one of their dive sites has some of the clearest water in the world. The place is called Silfra (pronounced Sil-vruh…

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Trouble With Tigers
Sun, June 28, 2015   Sea Stories

As I kneeled on the sandy bottom, peering through my viewfinder, I felt a bump on my foot. I looked around and saw I was surrounded by five Tiger…

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Cave Diving in Abaco!
Wed, March 18, 2015   On Location

Over the past few seasons of Blue World production, we have done several segments in cenotes and cave-like environments in Mexico and the Bahamas.…

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A Healthy Respect For Sharks
Sat, June 28, 2014   Sea Stories

Few people would deny that I have an interesting occupation. At the very least, it makes a good ice breaker at parties. When I tell people that…

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BIG New Project for the Blue World Team!
Fri, May 23, 2014   On Location

We are working on an exciting new project! It's Blue World's first theatrical release film. For now we would like to keep some of the…

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An Expedition to Cocos Island
Thu, October 31, 2013   On Location

Back in the 1980s when I started diving, and therefore began subscribing to dive magazines, it was hard to miss the fact that Cocos Island was the…

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Diving The St. Lawrence!
Tue, September 24, 2013   On Location

Alas, our program involves an incredible amount of travel and expense. Furthermore, I actually hate being away from my kids, so I don’t like…

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The Big Hawaiian Film Shoot!
Sun, August 18, 2013   On Location

For every season of Jonathan Bird’s Blue World, we do a couple “big expeditions” which are typically extended-length shoots where…

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Saving Sharks
Fri, June 28, 2013   Sea Stories

I spent a large portion of the summer of 1999 sitting on a rocking boat in the North Atlantic searching for Basking sharks. I wanted some great…

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A Shipwreck Adventure in The Florida Keys!
Thu, May 09, 2013   On Location

We just returned from a challenging but productive shoot in the Florida Keys where we shot two new segments for season 4. The first segment is…

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Snakes at "Bird" Island
Wed, April 24, 2013   On Location

Kerry and I have just returned from an exciting shoot in Indonesia where we filmed a segment about an incredibly remote island called Manuk Island…

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The Blue World Team films at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA!
Thu, January 31, 2013   On Location

This week the Blue World team shot a fascinating segment that we had been working towards for a long time. Several years ago we heard about the…

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Stargate Blue Hole, Andros, Bahamas
Wed, December 05, 2012   On Location

Back in 2010, the Blue World team headed down to Small Hope Bay Lodge on Andros, Bahamas to do a segment on Blue Holes. We dove The Guardian, one…

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In search of Great White Sharks and Kelp!
Wed, December 05, 2012   On Location

In late October, the Blue World team consisting of Julia Cichowski, Todd Kelly and Jonathan headed out to Guadalupe Island in Mexico on a mission…

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Filming the Queen Anne’s Revenge!
Wed, December 05, 2012   On Location

Almost everyone has heard of Blackbeard the Pirate, but many people do not realize that he was a real pirate with a real ship! And the remains of…