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In the isolated Southern Line Islands, home to some of the world's last pristine coral reefs, researchers are racing to study this paradise, which may hold the secret to survival.

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Aquatic ecologist Zeb Hogan is head of National Geographic's Megafishes Project, an effort to identify Earth's largest fish and find ways to protect them and their environment.

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Polar explorer Will Steger is journeying 1,400 miles (1,125 kilometers) across Canada's Ellesmere Island to study a fragile world on the brink of disaster.

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