New underwater series featuring extraordinary footage by Irish cameraman to air on RTÉ

A new series on the iconic creatures and marine life of the North Atlantic is due to be broadcast on RTÉ. 

It will feature the iconic creatures and marine life of the North Atlantic from Ireland’s shores and reveals never-before-seen behaviours and challenges of some of our greatest wild animals. 

An original soundtrack composed by young composer Bradley Ayres and performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra will accompany the extraordinary footage from Irish underwater cameraman, Ken O'Sullivan. 

Highlights include a journey to the deepest parts of Ireland's Atlantic waters to see thousands of cat sharks in a deep-water nursery, and a swim with a fin whale. 

North Atlantic also deals with the concerning issue of the treatment of our oceans and its creatures, and how society must work harder to conserve these precious ecosystems. 

In Episode 1, broadcast this Sunday May 14, Ken explores the dark ocean waters to the north of Ireland. Here he encounters monstrous winter storms and discovers that these are a huge source of fertility in the ocean. He meets a group of Minke whales lunge-feeding on shoals of sprat, and travels to Arctic Norway in search of massive herring shoals that once abounded in Ireland. 

North Atlantic will air on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player at 6.30pm.