The start of our trip to Cape Lookout Lighthouse.

"They've always been there, they were here when our people came; they swam ashore off sinking ships" - the elders of coastal North Carolina

On an uninhabited barrier island, just off the coast of North Carolina, live wild horses. They are known of the wild horses on Shackelford Banks. Hardy and tough, they have survived where man could not. They have endured ... through hurricanes, droughts, north-easters, so'westers, and centuries. They remains self-sufficient on the island. They are assessed yearly by a vet, otherwise they are left alone and have survived for over 400 years.