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Arctic Passage Relive two legendary expeditions—one
tragic, one triumphant—to pioneer a route through
the Northwest Passage.
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Balloon Race Around the World Delve into the history and science of ballooning,
and follow some of the attempts in the '90s to be the
first to circumnavigate the globe.
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Cracking the Maya Code The story behind the centuries-long decipherment
of ancient Maya hieroglyphs
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Deadly Ascent A team of doctors and climbers on Denali test the
body's response to extreme cold.
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Descent Into the Ice A team of "glacionauts" ventures into a labyrinth
of unexplored and hazardous glacier caves on France's
Mt. Blanc.
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Everest Take a virtual climb of Mt. Everest through
panoramic photography and explore the personalities,
dangers, and history associated with the mountain.
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Extreme Cave Diving A team of intrepid scientists journey into one of
Earth's most dangerous and beautiful underwater
frontiers.
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First Flower In remote mountains of China, experts find clues
to the origins of Earth's most stunning plants.
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Hitler's Sunken Secret An expedition to the bottom of Norway's Lake Tinn
illuminates Nazi Germany's nuclear ambitions.
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Ice Mummies Archeologists from the Andes to the Alps and
beyond learn about lost cultures from remarkably
well-preserved human remains.
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Into the Abyss A daring expedition attempts to retrieve several
"black smoker chimneys" from the seafloor a mile and a
half down.
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Island of the Sharks Visit Costa Rica's Cocos Island, which boasts
more sharks per cubic yard of water than perhaps any
other place on the planet.
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Lost City of Arabia Helped by remote sensing, an expedition searches
Oman's vast al-Khali desert for the lost city of Ubar.
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Lost King of the Maya Using ancient hieroglyphs and new excavations,
archeologists investigate the rise and fall of the
majestic city of Copan.
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Lost Treasures of Tibet A crack restoration team tries to prevent
priceless medieval Buddhist murals from crumbling into
dust.
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Mountain of Ice Jon Krakauer and fellow mountaineers pioneer a
new route on a scientific expedition up Antarctica's
highest peak.
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Mysteries of the Nile Explore ancient Egypt through a stunning series
of interactive panoramic photographs.
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Mysterious Life of Caves Toxic caverns teeming with strange life-forms
spark a radical theory of how caves take shape.
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Mysterious Mummies of China Three-thousand-year-old mummies with long blond
hair and blue eyes are unearthed in a remote Chinese
desert.
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Orchid Hunter NOVA investigates an all-consuming passion for
orchids, nature's most highly evolved plant.
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Origins Journey back to the beginning of everything: the
universe, Earth, and life itself.
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Pyramids—The Inside Story Wander through the chambers and passageways of
the Great Pyramid and learn about the pyramid builders.
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Search for the Lost Cave People Caves lining a rugged canyon deep in the Chiapas
jungle hold clues to the little known Zoque people.
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Secrets of Easter Island A team attempts to recreate the original
islanders' success at moving and erecting giant moai
statues.
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Secrets of the Crocodile Caves Rare lemurs and crocodiles with bizarre
cave-dwelling behavior draw scientists to a remote
corner of Madagascar.
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Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance Beginning in 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton and 27
men survive a year and a half lost in the Antarctic.
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Sultan's Lost Treasure Archeologists salvage more than 12,000 pieces of
Chinese porcelain from an ancient shipwreck.
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Surviving Denali A team of doctors and climbers on Mt. McKinley
investigate the body's ability to maintain its core
temperature in sub-zero weather.
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Titanic's Lost Sister Underwater explorer Robert Ballard uses sonar
technology to find the Britannic, a ship lost in
the Aegean in World War I.
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Treasures of the Sunken City Divers search the seafloor for one of the seven
wonders of the ancient world: the Lighthouse of
Alexandria.
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Underwater Dream Machine Follow one man's quest to engineer a submarine
with panoramic views.
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Vanished! The mysterious 1947 disappearance of an airplane
high in the Andes en route from Argentina to Chile is
finally resolved.
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Viking Deception, The Is the Vinland Map a priceless depiction of the
New World made before Columbus's voyage or a
20th-century fake?
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Vikings, The Recent discoveries paint a complex portrait of
the Vikings and their boat journeys to places as
far-flung as Istanbul.
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Volcano Above the Clouds Join a scientific expedition to the
glacier-capped summit of Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest
mountain.
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Voyage of Doom Nautical archeologists uncover the wrecked ship
of 17th century French explorer Robert Cavelier de La
Salle.
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Warriors of the Amazon Explore the unique culture of the Yanomami, an
isolated tribe living deep in the Amazonian rainforest.
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Wilds of Madagascar, The Scientists try to capture and study a catlike
predator known as the fossa and an extremely rare lemur
called the silky sifaka.
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