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Journey from Canada's wettest and most biologically diverse landscape to the temperate rainforest to the snow-capped peaks of the Rocky Mountains. Learn about wolves that fish for salmon, see head-butting male big horn sheep and ice-covered grizzly bears living near the Arctic Circle. The ancient coastal forests hide rarely told stories of human and wildlife relationships that have co-existed for thousands of years.
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From the prairies to Canada's vast boreal forest, we reveal a huge wilderness of extremes that has been shaped over millennia by both humans and wildfires. Here pronghorn antelope, the fastest hoofed land animal on earth, still haunt the grasslands, the elusive wolverine thrives in the icy remote northern forests and beaver share their cozy lodges with grateful muskrats.
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Visit Antarctica with the three Poncet boys-Dita, age five, Lier, age eight, and Dion, age ten-as they embark on the ultimate adventure: a sailing trip to Antarctica. The adventure is directed by the boys' parents, Sally and Jerome, who make scientific studies of penguin populations. In this episode, witness the most remote and starkly beautiful continent on earth. Climb aboard a 50-foot schooner and journey through the islands around the tip of a...
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Go on an extraordinary journey from the spectacle of humpback whales feeding on capelin off Newfoundland to the world's largest intact temperate rainforest in British Columbia that is home to the rare "white" black bear. Acrobatic flying squirrels and thousands of red-sided garter snakes are just some of the incredible array of wildlife we see.
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Ever shaken an invisible hand? Been flattened by a falling market? Or wondered what took the bend out of Phillips' curve? In these animated thought experiments, comedian David Mitchell sheds light on six of the great dilemmas faced by governments trying to run an economy. Video clips include: *The Invisible Hand: Economist Adam Smith used the term "invisible hand" to describe the self-regulating nature of the marketplace-a core concept for so-called...
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Dr. Brady Barr has spent his life dealing with some of the most dangerous predators on Earth but this time he's way outside his comfort zone. In this episode, we join Dr. Barr on an investigation deep into the Alaskan forest to track and study the dangerous brown bear, then venture to the frozen shores of Canada's Hudson Bay to get an up-close encounter with a polar bear in its natural habitat.
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Take an adventure with Dr. Brady Barr as he travels back to Uganda in search of a giant man-eating crocodile. This episode takes place on the Nile River in Murchison Falls National Park, where we'll find out just what it takes to capture crocodiles while Dr. Barr trains a team of rangers from the Uganda Wildlife Authority. Then it's on to the shores of Lake Victoria, where a massive, one-ton crocodile has been terrorizing villagers. Barr and the rangers...
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Something is lurking in a pond in rural Arkansas - something that doesn't belong there. First, the frogs disappear. Then the chickens vanish, one by one. Rumored to be a man-eating snake, a whopping 30 feet long, it has the local community up in arms. Many have tried to capture the creature to no avail. It's time to bring in the big guns. National Geographic snake specialist Dr. Jesus Rivas heads to Wallace, Arkansas, to lend a hand. But can he capture...
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In this program, shark expert Enric Sala and his team of scientists begin their search for the lost deep sea monsters of Easter Island. With a high seas adventure, they set out from Chile to brave the tempestuous southern Pacific Ocean. Easter Island is a land of mammoth stone statues and its population has a cultural memory full of catastrophes. Diving underwater reveals an ocean desert.
10) Funny Races
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This video clip spotlights river jumping (8/27/59, Winsum, Holland) and a pancake race (2/8/51, Olney, England).
11) Bear Attack
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National Geographic's Explorer travels through prime bear country with expert Stephen Herrero, who dispels the myths and preaches the facts about bear attacks. From survivors' tales to dramatic footage of bear attacks, this episode takes a thorough look at the age-old conflict between bear and man.
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In May 1995, filmmakers David Parer and Elizabeth Parer-Cook arrived with their 3-year-old daughter, Zoe, on the Galápagos Islands to document the islands' natural beauty for television. During their two-year stay, they spent 500 days in the field - 200 of which were spent at sea, diving with whale sharks and hammerheads and exploring the islands of the archipelago. This is the charming and dramatic tale of how the family lived in this harsh environment...
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In this expose of East meets West, Brooklyn-born host and global explorer, Chris Bashinelli (aka "Bash"), trades in his motorcycle for horseback- walking in the shoes of the oldest nomadic culture on earth. His mission? To see if he's tough enough to survive as a nomad. This means being slammed on the tundra by 300 pound Bökh wrestlers, drifting in racecars at 40 miles per hour on the outskirts of the city and grinding it out as a nomad at the ends...
15) At High Altitude
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This video clip contains footage of a man in a bathtub suspended from a hot air balloon (8/31/31, Los Angeles), workers servicing a clock tower (11/14/21, San Francisco), and an unsuccessful parachute jump performed with a motorcycle (11/18/26, Los Angeles).
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Powell to Powell is the story of a team of four following the upper Colorado River by foot, kayak, and solar raft. Along the way, they meet farmers, ranchers, water managers, and activists who explain the complicated role that water plays in the everyone's lives in the arid American West.
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The true story of Christopher Columbus was not only one of victorious discovery; it was also marked by disaster, accusation, and betrayal. Only ten years after his discovery of the New World, Columbus languished in a Caribbean prison. There, awaiting the gallows, he plotted what he called his most treacherous voyage - one that ended with the loss of all of his ships and left Columbus and his crew shipwrecked with little hope of survival. This A&E...
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For more than 15 years, cameraman and ecologist John D. Liu has conducted a worldwide, one-man mission: inspire the global community to reclaim deserts and restore biodiversity. It all started in 1995 when Liu began filming on the Loess Plateau in China. He watched as the local population worked to transform an area nearly the same size as the Netherlands from a dry, exhausted wasteland into a massive green oasis. Since that time Liu has traveled...