ISLANDS OF WONDER: Hawaii

By Jennifer Robinson / Web Producer

Published May 17, 2022 at 2:39 PM PDT

Hawaii Aerial Panorama - Island of Maui - Olowalu Area

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Hawaii, the most remote island chain on Earth, offers sanctuary for wildlife that has reached its tropical shores. From humpback whales to waterfall-climbing fish, it's home to an extraordinary wealth of wildlife.

Hawaii, the most remote island chain on Earth, offers sanctuary for wildlife that has reached its tropical shores. From humpback whales to waterfall-climbing fish, it’s home to an extraordinary wealth of wildlife.

The ISLANDS OF WONDER series takes viewers on a journey to three of the most exotic, mysterious and remote islands on the planet: Madagascar, Borneo and Hawaii. Isolated from the rest of the world, they harbor remarkable wildlife and pioneering human communities found nowhere else on Earth.

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In honor of their seafaring ancestors, Hawaii hosts one of the world’s biggest canoe races every year, the Na Wahine O Ke Kai or “Women of the Sea.” The teams race across 42 miles of open ocean from the island of Molokai to Oahu, where they finish at the shores of Oahu’s capital city, Honolulu.

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Hawaiian monk seal, (Monachus schauinslandi), Critically endangered, juvenile female, Mahukona, Kohala, Hawaiian Island, Pacific Ocean.

ISLANDS OF WONDER: Hawaii

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