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First Aired: October 10th, 1982

Network: PBS

Summary: Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.

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Season 10

Episode 1: From the Heart of the World: the Elder Brothers' Warning

Air Date: September 28th, 1991

Summary: This program features the Kogi tribe who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Columbia. They are pre-Columbian peoples, and consider themselves as the elder brothers of humankind. They insist that it is the modern world, the younger brothers, who are destroying the harmony of life on earth.

Episode 2: Vietnam: a Country, Not a War

Air Date: October 13rd, 1991

Summary: Vietnam's wildlife is reappearing after the great losses suffered during the war.

Episode 3: Kali the Lion

Air Date: November 3rd, 1991

Summary: Simon King films a lioness and her pride during winter on Africa's Serengeti plain.

Episode 4: Madagascar: Island of Ghosts

Air Date: November 17th, 1991

Summary: A look at the environmental crisis on Madagascar and new conservation efforts being made.

Episode 5: Land of the Eagle: the Great Encounter

Air Date: November 24th, 1991

Summary: This first episode in the miniseries explores the European discovery and settlement of the New World. Two views are presented, that of the colonists struggles to survive in their new and unfamiliar setting, as well as the Native Americans success within the same environment.

Episode 6: Land of the Eagle: Confronting the Wilderness

Air Date: November 24th, 1991

Summary: A look at the colonization of Canada and the fur trade.

Episode 7: Land of the Eagle: Conquering Swamps

Air Date: November 25th, 1991

Summary: A focus on the prospect of gold in the new world, and the Spanish exploration of Florida in search of that alluring metal.

Episode 8: Land of the Eagle: Across the Seas of Grass

Air Date: November 25th, 1991

Summary: An exploration of the Great Plains of North American from the Lewis and Clark expedition through to the present day.

Episode 9: Land of the Eagle: Into the Shining Mountains

Air Date: November 26th, 1991

Summary: A focus on the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone National Park.

Episode 10: Land of the Eagle: Living on the Edge

Air Date: November 26th, 1991

Summary: A look at life in the Sonoran Desert.

Episode 11: Land of the Eagle: the First and Last Frontier

Air Date: November 27th, 1991

Summary: Exploring the people and wildlife of Alaska.

Episode 12: Land of the Eagle: Searching for Paradise

Air Date: November 27th, 1991

Summary: This last episode in the miniseries looks at the landscape and wildlife of California.

Episode 13: Great Moments with Nature's Filmmakers

Air Date: December 8th, 1991

Episode 14: Horse Tigers

Air Date: January 5th, 1992

Summary: This program follows a herd of zebras along their yearly migration route through the African plains.

Episode 15: Arctic Wanderers

Air Date: January 12nd, 1992

Summary: Follows the yearly migration of the caribou of Alaska and the Yukon Territory in an effort to find suitable birthing grounds, all will trying to avoid wolves and other predators.

Episode 16: Ladakh: Kingdom in the Clouds

Air Date: January 19th, 1992

Summary: India's remote Ladakh region in the Himalaya Mountains, home to the snow leopard and other rare wildlife.

Episode 17: Tiwai: Island of the Apes

Air Date: February 9th, 1992

Summary: Chimpanzees and other primates survive on Tiwai, an Upper Guinea island where witchcraft and taboos still exist.

Episode 18: A Celebration of Birds with Roger Tory Peterson

Air Date: February 16th, 1992

Summary: Roger Tory Peterson's fight to save America's birds and their habitats.

Episode 19: Elephant Seals: Those Magnificent Diving Machines

Air Date: March 1st, 1992

Summary: The life cycle of a female northern elephant seal is documented.

Episode 20: Dolphins: Close Encounters

Air Date: March 8th, 1992

Summary: Explores the lives of dolphins all around the world, and the scientists who are trying to communicate with them.

Episode 21: Last Stand of the Giants

Air Date: May 31st, 1992

Summary: Loggers and conservationists have conflicting plans for ancient forests of redwoods, Douglas firs, hemlocks and Sitka spruce trees along the Northern Pacific rim.

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