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conservation
On The Brink
18 WHALE
SHARKS

Front Line
20 WHALE
SHARK WATCH

11 Hour Hero
22 IRU
ZAREER
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Tony Wu/Nature Picture Library

scuba101

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Ask The Experts
81 HOW
DO MARINE MIGRANTS

KNOW WHERE TO GO?

82 First Timers

LIVEABOARDS

Health
83 NO
MORE LAGGING!

sealife
MARLIN
14 BLUE
Great ocean wanderers,
supercharged swimmers,

powerful hunters: Blue marlin
are fascinating fish!

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FROM THE EDITOR
To travel well is to discover more than the physical nature of the places you visit:
If you let them, journeys can change you, altering how you see the world, and
your place in it.
Being able to venture out to see our liquid planet in person, and meet the
animals we share it with, is such a privilege. For many it is also a humbling
experience, one that can help us to realise that we are part of a stunning, living
tapestry, an interconnected web.
This ocean world is inhabited by extraordinary beings that also traverse
incredible distances. Exactly how they all do it remains a mystery, though, every
day, we are discovering more about the why. And the more we learn, the more
extraordinary these creatures are revealed to be, and the more we discover the
ways that human activities are impacting their lives and migrations.
As you travel through these pages, I hope you will be inspired to join us in the
ongoing journey towards a more sustainable world, in which the future of our
fellow life forms – and our own – is more secure. Never forget that wherever we
go, places will change us, but we will also leave a mark. Let’s let that mark be a
positive one.

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On the cover

Dolphins bow-riding on the
Underwater360 Expedition to
the wild Banda Sea
Image © Thomas Koenye

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