Whales of the Mediterranean Sea is an original five-part educational documentary film produced by Chris and Genevieve Johnson that ventures into deep seas and coastal waters with a range of international scientists.

Genevieve Johnson – Writer & Education Director
Genevieve leads education initiatives at earthOCEAN and the Whale Trackers series. Through her research, and years spent raising awareness at a grass roots level, Genevieve sees the effect environmental education has on changing attitudes and behavior in young people.

A former high school environmental [...]

Chris Johnson – Documentary Filmmaker & Photographer
Chris leads earthOCEAN an educational media company specializing in environmental science, conservation and wildlife documentary productions. He is the producer and cinematographer for Whale Trackers. Read more about Chris.

Read more about Genevieve.

The Ocean Alliance is dedicated to the conservation of whales and their ocean environment through research and education. The Royal Melbourne Zoo is a leading international educational institution in Melbourne, Australia.

With the popularity of the PBS web series, the Voyage of the Odyssey – Chris and Genevieve Johnson of earthOCEAN developed the Ocean Encounters education initiative – a series of videos, images and sounds presented on DVD with educators from the Melbourne Zoo.

While we often overlook the smaller life forms in favor of their cuter, more charismatic counterparts, the impact of increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere on less visible species could have enormous ramifications.

earthOCEAN Documentary – Whales of the Mediterranean Sea – to be shown in Spain.

The problem with science has always been its poor track record in wide distribution among the community. Marine science is no exception.

Genevieve Johnson takes you around the world to understand issues that are important to people and local communities.

All life on earth is dependent on life in the sea. At earthOCEAN we make documentaries that connect our lives on land to problems in the ocean. However, films alone cannot make the changes we need for a healthy ocean planet, so we also find ways to connect people to our oceans and empower them to make their own changes.

The sperm whale is the world’s largest toothed predator. It also has the largest brain, the largest nose, and lives its life among a strongly bonded family group. These factors alone make sperm whales among the most fascinating creatures on Earth, and a species I am captivated by.

Everybody remembers seeing their first whale, and most people experience their first close encounter on a whale watch trip. For me, it was a magnificent blue whale off Monterey Bay, California. But watching whales in Patagonia is a whale watching experience like no other, watching whales here, is truly a close encounter! Southern right whales in Peninsula Valdés are perhaps the best-known wild cetaceans on earth. I made my first acquaintance with these right whales last year, and felt compelled to return to see them again.