Turtle Researcher Katrina Phillips and Marine Turtle Scientist Dr. Kate Mansfield measure a turtle. (National Geographic for Disney/Ruth Davies)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_58.jpg
An entangled humpback whale. (National Geographic for Disney/Kim Jeffries)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_41.jpg
An entangled humpback whale is comforted by another humpback whale. (National Geographic for Disney/Kim Jeffries)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_42.jpg
DOP Didier Noirot films two humpback whales, one of which is entangled in fishing line. (National Geographic for Disney/Kim Jeffries)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_43.jpg
Crew suspend a camera on a jib for filming spawning salmon. (National Geographic for Disney/Ambrose Weingart)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_44.jpg
Ruth Davies films whale researchers Shannon Malone and Tess Herman as they deploy a drone. (National Geographic for Disney/Rory Dormer)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_45.jpg
Humpback whale researcher Dr. Rachel Cartwright drives a boat near Maui, HI. (National Geographic for Disney/Rory Dormer)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_46.jpg
Ruth Davies films whales off the front of a boat in Maui, HI. (National Geographic for Disney/Rory Dormer)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_47.jpg
Ruth Davies films Safety Diver and Camera Operator Kim Jeffries. (National Geographic for Disney/Rory Dormer)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_48.jpg
Drone operator Raphael Boudreault-Simard sets up a shot. (National Geographic for Disney/Ruth Davies)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_50.jpg
A arctic fox in Utqjagvik, Alaska. (National Geographic for Disney/Dani Godwin)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_51.jpg
A wandering albatross is filmed sitting on a nest. (National Geographic for Disney/Imogen Prince)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_52.jpg
NOAA Whale Response Coordinator Ed Lyman with anti-entanglement gear. (National Geographic for Disney/Rory Dormer)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_54.jpg
Drone Operator Adam Clarke, Researcher Maia Sherwood-Rogers, and Drone Operator Craig Cleave readying the Rocrow in preparation for filming flamingos. (National Geographic for Disney/Sally Thomson)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_55.jpg
Drone Operator Raphael Boudreault-Simard holds one of his drones. (National Geographic for Disney/Ruth Davies)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_57.jpg
An entangled humpback whale is comforted by another humpback whale. (National Geographic for Disney/Kim Jeffries)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_40.jpg
Producer Director Ruth Davies aboard the expedition ship. (National Geographic for Disney/Raphael Boudreault-Simard)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_59.jpg
Turtle researcher Ryan Welsh, Camera Operator Jimmy Cape, and Turtle Researcher Katrina Phillips on a boar in Maui, HI. (National Geographic for Disney/Ruth Davies)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_60.jpg
Producer Director Ruth Davies and Camera Operator Jimmy Cape on a boat off the coast of Florida. (National Geographic for Disney/Emily Goldblatt)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_61.jpg
Turtle researchers Katrina Phillips and Ryan Welsh measure a turtle shell. (National Geographic for Disney/Ruth Davies)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_62.jpg
DOP Didier Noirot dives with two humpback whales. (National Geographic for Disney/Kim Jeffries)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_63.jpg
Producer Director Anthony Pyper, Camera Operator Justin Hoffman, and Skipper Skip Novak film orca in the Antarctic Peninsula. (National Geographic for Disney/Kenneth Perdigón)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_64.jpg
A turtle with satellite tag glued to its back. (National Geographic for Disney/Ruth Davies)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_65.jpg
Turtle scientist Dr. Kate Mansfield holds a turtle after examining it. (National Geographic for Disney/Ruth Davies)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_66.jpg
A camera on an underslung slider follows a rockhopper penguin. (National Geographic for Disney/Imogen Prince)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_68.jpg
DOP Didier Noirot dives with an entangled whale and its companion. (National Geographic for Disney/Kim Jeffries)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_70.jpg
Camera operator Miguel Willis films rockhopper penguins in the Falkland Islands. (National Geographic for Disney/Robin Hoskyns)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_71.jpg
Producer Director Ruth Davies launches a drone from the expedition ship. (National Geographic for Disney/Raphael Boudreault-Simard)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_75.jpg
Camera Operator Nick Widdop films arctic foxes in Alaska. (National Geographic for Disney/Dani Godwin)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_78.jpg
Researcher Maia Sherwood-Rogers prepares a pink Rocrow for flight, in preparation of filming flamingos. (National Geographic for Disney/Sally Thomson)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_79.jpg
An entangled humpback whale. (National Geographic for Disney/Kim Jeffries)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_80.jpg
Drone operator Raphael Boudreault-Simard looks at his drone screen while filming for INCREDIBLE ANIMAL JOURNEYS. (National Geographic for Disney/Ruth Davies)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_22.jpg
DOP Simon Niblett and Assistant Producer Imogen Prince next to a few wandering albatross. (National Geographic for Disney/Sam Meyrick)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_03.jpg
Producer Director Ruth Davies films Marine Turtle Scientist Dr. Kate Mansfield talking about sargassum. (National Geographic for Disney/Emily Goldblatt)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_04.jpg
Camera Operator Jimmy Cape in the waters off Maui, HI with an underwater rig. (National Geographic for Disney/Ruth Davies)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_05.jpg
Camera Operator Sam Meyrick films an albatross on the nest. (National Geographic for Disney/Imogen Prince)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_06.jpg
Turtle Scientists Katrina Phillips and Ryan Welsh are filmed on a boat off the coast of Florida. (National Geographic for Disney/Ruth Davies)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_07.jpg
Ghost fishing gear. (National Geographic for Disney/Rory Dormer)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_11.jpg
Turtle Researcher Katrina Phillips, Camera Operator Jimmy Cape, and Ryan Welsh on a boat looking for turtles. (National Geographic for Disney/Ruth Davies)Episode: #7 "Behind the Journey"Air Date 12/03/2023Ep107_BehindTheJourney_IncredibleAnimalJourneys_12.jpg