People have always been fascinated by the tropics. Explorers from Europe were among the first to travel to the equatorial region centuries ago. Modern scientists are continuing what began with these pioneers. The documentary traces the historical exploration of the paradise belt at latitude 0 and looks at modern research at the equator.
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Navigating the Indian Ocean in a reconstruction of a 1,200-year-old Arab ship, held together by 100k...

A documentary about a 15-day river-rafting trip on the Colorado River aimed at highlighting water co...
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On his ship "Calypso," as well as in a submarine, Jacques Cousteau and his crew sail from South Amer...

Actor Errol Flynn takes a group of scientists from the California Institute of Oceanography on an ex...

Documentary about the work of Claude Lorius, who began studying Antarctic ice in 1957, and, in 1965,...

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In 2001, satellite imagery captured a mysterious “thermal anomaly” on an unexplored volcano at the e...

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Shark expert Neil Hammerschlag and a crew of researchers search for an elusive hammerhead shark.

A NASA Arctic expedition designed to be the first Martian road trip on Earth becomes an epic two-yea...