Hokkaido
Hokkaido
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Underwater Video
Shiretoko Peninsula Ice Diving:
- Vibrant World Under Ice [Hokkaido] - JAPAN FROM ABOVE: UP CLOSE (5' 5")
- Rausu Hokkaido - Drift Ice Cruise in Hokkaido with Epic Bird Photography (8' 48" )
- The Vanishing drift ice off Japan's Shiretoko peninsula (12' 31")
"Each winter, Shiretoko in Japan's far north bears witness to a dramatic spectacle.
Drift ice is carried by oceanic currents from the Arctic to shores of the peninsula on the northeastern tip of the island of Hokkaido, where it melts releasing nutrients that benefit the unique local ecosystem.
But climate change has steadily pushed back the arrival date of the ice and reduced the volume of the floes, damaging the fishing industry as well as threatening plants, animals, people and the even unique sounds of an area designated a Unesco World Heritage site in 2005.
- まるで宇宙の中！北海道でナイトダイビング！(7m 24s)
"JAPAN FROM ABOVE dives beneath the winter ice floes of Hokkaido to reveal a colorful ecosystem brimming with life as seen through the lens of underwater photographer Katsunori Seki."
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Shiretoko Ice Diving
