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CoastSeries 10, Bounty from the SeaBounty from the Sea

Coast explores the riches within our seas and the surprising stories of how we use them.

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Hermione tries her hand at arranging microscopic plankton diatoms under the watchful eye of Klaus Kemp

Coast series 10, episode 2: Bounty from the Sea

  • The impressive sea cliffs of the Faroe Islands
  • Coast is in the Faroe Islands exploring why this archipelago is known as nature’s larder
  • Nick attends a traditional Faroese feast with the bounty he’s collected on his journey
  • One Faroese delicacy is cured mutton – dried for months in the salty sea air
  • Mark gets ready to catch eels the stone age way in Denmark
  • Nothing beats freshly cooked eels at sunset as Mark finds out in Denmark
  • Tessa tries to recreate a material made from seaweed; strong enough to use in the construction of mosquito aircraft
  • Tessa Dunlop
  • Hermione tries her hand at arranging microscopic plankton diatoms under the watchful eye of Klaus Kemp
  • Hermione Cockburn
  • Hermione and Historian Kate Williams collect plankton, a Victorian obsession
  • Hermione and Historian Kate Williams examine plankton under a Victorian microscope

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