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Publisher
Endless Moon Productions
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Six million steps" is a documentary film that chronicles the lives of hikers during their adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail, which covers 2,650 miles, the length of the U.S. Pacific coast. From Mexico to Canada, the Pacific Crest Trail winds through three states, seven national parks, 25 national forests, and elevations ranging from sea level to nearly 14,000 feet. Each year, 300-400 "thru-hikers" attempt to hike border to border, and, in doing...
Publisher
Tell It on the Mountain
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
Thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail involves walking 2,663 miles from Mexico to Canada, through California (1,699 miles), Oregon (457 miles), and Washington (500 miles). The journey last five months, from April to October. Follow a half dozen of the 300 hikers who attempt this journey every year.--Container.
9) Tracks
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The remarkable true story of Robyn Davidson (Mia Wasikowska), a young woman who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling Australian desert. Accompanied by only her dog and four unpredictable camels, she sets off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Along the way, she meets National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan (Adam Driver) who begins to photograph her voyage.
Publisher
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Venture deep into Oregon's outback to hidden and secluded regions seldom visited. This program explores such geological areas as Leslie Gulch, the Honeycombs and the Steens, Wallowa and Pueblo mountains, Hell Hole, Crack-in-the-Ground, and Balancing Rocks
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Journey across China from the peaks of the Himalayas to the barren steppe, the sub-Arctic to the tropical islands, through deserts both searingly hot and mind-numbingly cold and see a dazzling array of mysterious, beautiful, wild and rare creatures
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES is a story about how the airplane has changed the world. Filmed in 18 countries across all 7 continents, it renews our appreciation for one of the most extraordinary and awe-inspiring aspects of the modern world."--Container.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Join world-renowned chef José Andrés on an exploration of the most unknown island in the Caribbean, Haiti. As a chef and humanitarian, José is convinced we can change the world through the power of food, and understand a culture by exploring what, when and how its people eat. José experiences the authentic traditions and rituals of Haiti, from making cassava bread to midnight gatherings with vodou priests. He dives deep into Haiti's natural beauty,...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Cuba is an island teeming with exotic biodiversity: from the world's tiniest hummingbird to thousands of migrating crabs, to the jumping crocodiles of the Zapata swamp. Decades of a socialist, conservation-minded government, American embargoes, and minimal development have left the island virtually unchanged for 50 years. As international relations ease, what will become of this wildlife paradise?
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Rocky Mountains are the second largest mountain range on Earth, stretching some 2,000 miles from central New Mexico to the northern edge of Canada. Journey deep into the wild heart of the Rocky Mountains and experience this rugged land as never seen before, through the eyes of its iconic wildlife.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Shannon is Ireland's greatest geographical landmark and the longest river. It is both a barrier and highway. A silver ribbon holding back the rugged landscapes of the west from the gentler plains to the east. On its journey south, the Shannon passes through a huge palette of rural landscapes; where on little-known backwaters, Ireland's wild animals and plants still thrive as almost nowhere else.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It's home to over a billion people. Yet you can see animals that exist nowhere else on Earth, where the natural world has been woven into people's lives and where wilderness still holds strong. From the Valley of the Flowers in West Himalaya and turtles hatching on the beaches of the east coast to the lions of the Gir forest, it reveals a land packed full of unrivalled wildlife experiences.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Our film begins in high summer in Hudson Bay in Canada's Far North, where polar bears have learned to ambush beluga whales, which visit warm river estuaries to breed. It's a crucial time window, at a difficult time of year. In the vast swathes of tundra, a pair of Arctic foxes gather and bury snow geese eggs, and hunt the chicks, for their fast-growing pups. And in Canada's Bay of Fundy, which has the most extreme tides on Earth, vast flocks of semi-palmated...
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