• 1985
  • 2h
National Geographic Explorer

Summary A weekly series of short documentary segments funded by the National Geographic Society and done in the style of the National Geographic Specials. In 2003, the show was re-branded National Geographic Ultimate Explorer. A news-style journal format is now used instead of the more traditional format of the specials. View more details

  • 1985
  • 2h

National Geographic Explorer

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Peter Coyote Salvatore Vecchio Lisa Ling Ryan Duffy

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Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Apr 6, 1985

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Adirondack Mountains, New York, USA

Production companies : National Geographic Television National Geographic Society

Summary A weekly series of short documentary segments funded by the National Geographic Society and done in the style of the National Geographic Specials. In 2003, the show was re-branded National Geographic Ultimate Explorer. A news-style journal format is now used instead of the more traditional format of the specials. View more details

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Apr 6, 1985

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Adirondack Mountains, New York, USA

Production companies : National Geographic Television National Geographic Society

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 06, 1985
Underwater Photography
Explorer visits Japan's Izu Oceanic Park with photographer and diver David Doubilet.
Episode 2 • Apr 06, 1985
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.
Episode 3 • Apr 06, 1985
Pantanal
The Pantanal region in Brazil is the home of howler monkeys, jaguars, anteaters, birds, and even web-footed deer.
Episode 4 • Apr 06, 1985
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.
Episode 5 • Apr 06, 1985
Human Powered Vehicles
Explorer goes to England in order to look at some novel bicycle designs.
Episode 6 • Apr 13, 1985
Cajun Carver
Explorer profiles Andrew "Tan" Brunet a Cajun decoy carver and poet.
Episode 7 • Apr 13, 1985
Elusive Depths of Mexico
An international team of spelunkers explore the limestone caves of Chiapas Mexico.
Episode 8 • Apr 13, 1985
Herculaneum: Voices from the Past
Explorer examines the ruins of the Roman city of Herculaneum which was destroyed along with Pompeii in 79 A.D. by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Episode 9 • Apr 13, 1985
Beyond the Wall
Explorer examines the ancient way of life practiced by China's Mongolian people.
Episode 10 • Apr 13, 1985
Amateur Naturalist: Upstream, Downstream
Self-trained naturalist Gerald Durrell explores the River Wye in Wales and examines its creatures.
Episode 11 • Apr 13, 1985
Merlin's Bats
Explorer profiles Dr. Merlin Tuttle who is investigating bats deep in the caves of Texas.
Episode 12 • Apr 19, 1985
Holy Stone
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.
Episode 13 • Apr 19, 1985
Arctic Paradise
A family of modern pioneers create a living built of self-sufficiency in Canada's Yukon.
Episode 14 • Apr 19, 1985
Water, Birth, the Planet Earth
Explorer looks at the intimate connection between life and water by examining water's role in evolution.
Episode 15 • Apr 19, 1985
Bite for Survival
Explorer looks at the life cycle of the mosquito the insect responsible for more human deaths than any other.
Episode 16 • Apr 19, 1985
Mid-Ocean Dive
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.
Episode 17 • Apr 27, 1985
Puppets of Palmero
Explorer profiles the Cutticchio family who carry on a four generation tradition of the small theaters of Palmero, Italy.
Episode 18 • Apr 27, 1985
In Pursuit of the Boar
Explorer looks at the feral pigs of French countryside and the men who hunt them for sport.
Episode 19 • Apr 27, 1985
Irving Johnson, High Seas Adventurer
Explorer profiles Irving Johnson who has traveled the oceans for more than six decades and has recorded many of his adventures on film.
Episode 20 • Apr 27, 1985
Siberia: The Endless Horizon
Explorer takes the Trans-Siberian Express across the frozen frontier of the Soviet Union.
Episode 21 • Apr 27, 1985
Elegant Craftsman
Explorer profiles George Nakashima a 79-year-old furniture builder whose views his craftsmanship as spiritual work.
Episode 22 • May 04, 1985
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.
Episode 23 • May 04, 1985
Amateur Naturalist: Matchbox Menagerie
Naturalist Gerald Durrell returns to Greece and recaptures his childhood interest in small creatures.
Episode 24 • May 04, 1985
Life by the Fingertips
A french free climber attempts to scale a sheer wall of rock with only his fingertips and toes.
Episode 25 • May 04, 1985
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.
Episode 26 • May 04, 1985
Garden of Eden
Explorer looks at the threat of extinction that is facing wildlife.
Episode 27 • May 04, 1985
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.
Episode 28 • May 11, 1985
Kodo: Japanese Drummers
Explorer visits the island of Sato where communal musicians preserve the ancient Japanese art of drum-beating.
Episode 29 • May 11, 1985
Lanzarote: Land of Parched Earth
Explorer goes to the volcanic island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands where its people cultivate an almost lunar landscape.
Episode 30 • May 11, 1985
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.
Episode 31 • May 11, 1985
The Incredible Heap
Explorers looks at the work of mice, spiders, lice, and snakes when it examines the art of making compost.
Episode 32 • May 11, 1985
Patagonia Penguins
Explorer travels to the desert of southern Argentina where volunteers capture penguins for a study focusing on their conservation.
Episode 33 • May 18, 1985
Avalanche Institute
Explorer goes to the Swiss Alps where scientists study the causes of avalanches.
Episode 34 • May 18, 1985
The Little World of Dietmar Fill
Explorer watches as the camera of wildlife photographer Dietmar Fill reveals microscopic life in an Australian Lake.
Episode 35 • May 18, 1985
Masters of Murano
Explorer looks at the artisans of Murano, Italy who make masterworks of Venetian glass.
Episode 36 • May 18, 1985
Alyeska - Arctic Wilderness
Explorer goes to Alaska and observes the cycle of the seasons and its effects of wildlife.
Episode 37 • May 18, 1985
Angels of War
Residents of Papua New Guinea recall the horrors of military occupation during World War II.
Episode 38 • May 25, 1985
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.
Episode 39 • May 25, 1985
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.
Episode 40 • May 25, 1985
Drought
Explorer looks at the powerful effects of a drought in Australia.
Episode 41 • May 25, 1985
The Superliners: Twilight of an Era
Explorer looks at the first half of the 20th century when magnificent ocean liners ruled the sea.
Episode 42 • Jun 01, 1985
Shooting Africa
Wildlife photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand goes on a photo safari in Kenya's Masai Mara Natural Reserve.
Episode 43 • Jun 01, 1985
Our God Is a Woman
Explorer visits an island off the coast of West Africa where women are in complete control.
Episode 44 • Jun 01, 1985
God's Acre
Explorer looks at the insect and animal life teeming at a thousand year old parish in the heart of the New Forest in Hampshire.
Episode 45 • Jun 08, 1985
Las Fallas Festival
The festival of Las Fallas in Valencia, Spain, celebrates the working class with music, fireworks, and giant sculptures.
Episode 46 • Jun 08, 1985
Stranded
Explorer investigates why some whales fling themselves onto beaches and die. Is it confusion or suicide?
Episode 47 • Jun 08, 1985
Amateur Naturalist: The Other New Yorkers
Gerald and Lee Durrell discover a complex ecosystem in the middle of New York City. It includes feral dogs, rats, and migratory birds.
Episode 48 • Jun 15, 1985
Bate's Car
Harold Bate has developed a car that runs on methane.
Episode 49 • Jun 15, 1985
Over Ice
A team of Frenchmen give a dramatic and unnarrated glimpse into the world of ice climbing.
Episode 50 • Jun 15, 1985
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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