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This live starts on 04/07/2024 at 2:13 p.m.
“1:15 p.m. on Sunday” offers an extraordinary meeting with Pierre Robert de Latour, a cold-water diver passionate about orcas. Let’s go beyond the Arctic Circle, to Norway, where these marine mammals make their home for several months of the year.
At the end of March 2024, the death of the orca Inouk in a water park in Antibes, the second death in six months, rekindles the debate on the conditions of captivity of these marine mammals. The law against animal abuse has set an ultimatum: from 2026, wild animals will be banned in dolphinariums.
At 63 years old, Pierre Robert de Latour, an experienced freediver, has become over the years one of the greatest specialists in killer whales, the other name for these large cetaceans, but in their natural habitat. The animal is the largest dolphin and is unfairly nicknamed the “killer whale”. Even though the orca is the number one predator in the oceans, it has never attacked humans, except in captivity.
Braver – 10 degrees for a unique encounter
To swim with these fascinating giants, the Frenchman dives into the Norwegian fjords, in the heart of the polar winter, in this very special light. He takes tourists with him, in small groups.
He observes these marine mammals with his own method, and a lot of precautions. The weather conditions are quite harsh: – 10 degrees outside and very cold water, 2 to 3 degrees maximum. The teams of “1:15 p.m. on Sunday” (X, #1:15 p.m.) went to meet this giant of the seas.
A report by Bertrand Jeanneau, Jean-Charles Granjon and Nicolas Lartigue.
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