Cape Verde is ten volcanic islands scattered in the Atlantic 600 kilometers off Senegal, built from little more than sand, stone, and wind, and this episode of the Somewhere on Earth series follows three people who have built their lives around that scarcity. On Sao Vicente, George and his brother patrol a pair of uninhabited islands that serve as a refuge for rare seabirds, working to keep the colonies safe from disturbance. On Santo Antao, known locally as the island mountain, Theo guides through terrain that swings from bare mineral desert to dense tropical vegetation, tracing trails he has walked his whole life. On Sal, kiteboarding champion Mitu talks about growing up with the trade winds at his back on an island that has become one of the world's destination spots for wind and wave sports. The film moves between these three islands and three ways of reading the same harsh landscape, letting the interviews and location footage carry the sense of what daily life looks like on a volcanic archipelago far from the mainland.