Sable Island is a remote sand island with no permanent residents, yet hundreds of wild horses roam freely across its shifting dunes

Sable Island is a remote sand island 300 kilometres off Nova Scotia, Canada, with no permanent residents.

Hundreds of wild horses roam freely on the island, living without human management for generations.

The island is protected as Sable Island National Park Reserve, preserving its fragile ecosystem.

Sable Island measures 42 kilometres long and rarely exceeds 1.5 kilometres wide, composed almost entirely of sand.

Over 350 shipwrecks near the island have earned it the nickname 'Graveyard of the Atlantic'.