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[00:06.16]More than twice the width of the Atlantic Ocean,
[00:08.87]the South Pacific is 10,000 miles wide.
[00:19.44]Many of the pioneers who made it to the most easterly islands
[00:23.27]set off from its far-western corner.
[00:31.62]And, for most, New Guinea was the launch pad.
[00:36.92]Three times the size of Britain,
[00:39.03]this is the largest tropical island in the world
[00:44.25]and the richest in animal life
[00:50.92]with some truly eye-catching residents.
[00:56.48]Like this Goldie's Bird of paradise.
[01:01.29]Never filmed before,
[01:02.70]Goldie's are just one of New Guinea's 38 species of bird of paradise,Goldie
[01:07.61]all famed for their spectacular plumage.