Iceland Breakthrough
A daring team of twelve men run a wild Icelandic river, the Jökulsá á Fjöllum, from its source in a huge glacier to its mouth at the Arctic Ocean.
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Pantanal

Sat, Apr 06, 1985
The Pantanal region in Brazil is the home of howler monkeys, jaguars, anteaters, birds, and even web-footed deer.
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Denali Wilderness
Alaska's Denali also known as Mount McKinley towers over one of the most diverse wildernesses in the world. It contains grizzly bears, wolves, and caribou.
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Merlin's Bats

Sat, Apr 13, 1985
Explorer profiles Dr. Merlin Tuttle who is investigating bats deep in the caves of Texas.
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Holy Stone

Fri, Apr 19, 1985
Explorer goes to the heart of Italy's marble country with American artist Helaine Blumenfeld and discovers a sculptor's paradise in the village of Pietrasanta.
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Arctic Paradise
A family of modern pioneers create a living built of self-sufficiency in Canada's Yukon.
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Bite for Survival
Explorer looks at the life cycle of the mosquito the insect responsible for more human deaths than any other.
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Mid-Ocean Dive

Fri, Apr 19, 1985
Explorer follows Emory Kristof and his high-tech crew as they probe the ocean depths off of Bermuda and look at the bizarre, fluorescent underwater lifeforms.
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Puppets of Palmero
Explorer profiles the Cutticchio family who carry on a four generation tradition of the small theaters of Palmero, Italy.
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Elegant Craftsman
Explorer profiles George Nakashima a 79-year-old furniture builder whose views his craftsmanship as spiritual work.
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Voodoo in Haiti
Explorer follows a group of pilgrims who are hiking to a sacred waterfall in Haiti for ritual cleansing. Their rites combine both Roman Catholicism and Voodoo.
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The Land that Devours Ships
Explorer follows an expedition of divers who are using a revolutionary submarine suit to explore the remains of the Breadalbane a British ship lost in the arctic ocean.
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Cape Disappointment
Explorer follows a group of Coast Guard trainees as they hone their skills by guiding ships through rough seas at the National Motor Lifeboat School in Washington State.
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On Angel's Wings
A trio of daredevils travel to Angel Falls. Two of them hang glide from the top of the falls while the third attempts a parachute jump.
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The Incredible Heap
Explorers looks at the work of mice, spiders, lice, and snakes when it examines the art of making compost.
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Patagonia Penguins
Explorer travels to the desert of southern Argentina where volunteers capture penguins for a study focusing on their conservation.
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Angels of War

Sat, May 18, 1985
Residents of Papua New Guinea recall the horrors of military occupation during World War II.
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Mohawks High Up
Explorer follows a group of death-defying Mohawk Indians as they tread the narrow steel girders of an under construction Manhattan skyscraper.
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Signatures of the Soul
Explorer looks at the history of tattooing, both primitive and modern, and discussing its use as an ornament, badge, and personal statement.
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Drought

Sat, May 25, 1985
Explorer looks at the powerful effects of a drought in Australia.
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Shooting Africa
Wildlife photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand goes on a photo safari in Kenya's Masai Mara Natural Reserve.
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God's Acre

Sat, Jun 01, 1985
Explorer looks at the insect and animal life teeming at a thousand year old parish in the heart of the New Forest in Hampshire.
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Las Fallas Festival
The festival of Las Fallas in Valencia, Spain, celebrates the working class with music, fireworks, and giant sculptures.
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Stranded

Sat, Jun 08, 1985
Explorer investigates why some whales fling themselves onto beaches and die. Is it confusion or suicide?
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Over Ice

Sat, Jun 15, 1985
A team of Frenchmen give a dramatic and unnarrated glimpse into the world of ice climbing.
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The Sky's the Limit
National Geographic celebrates the bicentennial of hot-air ballooning. It follows a balloon safari in East Africa, observes a recreation of the first balloon flight by the Montgolfier brothers, and goes to Paris for the Gordon Bennett Race.
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