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    E01 Realms of the Russian Bear: Green Jewel of the Caspian

    Oct 5, 1992 · 53m

    This miniseries starts off by exploring the abundance of wildlife around the Volga Delta in Russia’s Astrakhan region.

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    E02 Realms of the Russian Bear: the Arctic Frontier

    Oct 5, 1992 · 53m

    An exploration of the wildlife of the Russian Arctic, and in particular Wrangle Island, featuring polar bears, musk oxen, Ross’s Gulls, reindeer, foxes, walruses, and the Red-breasted Goose.

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    E03 Realms of the Russian Bear: the Red Deserts

    Oct 6, 1992 · 53m

    A focus on the wildlife of the Central Asian deserts.

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    E04 Realms of the Russian Bear: the Celestial Mountains

    Oct 6, 1992 · 53m

    Between China and Central Asia is the Tian Shan mountain range, home to Marco Polo sheep, white-clawed bears, snow leopards, yaks, and the ibex.

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    E05 Realms of the Russian Bear: Siberia, the Frozen Forest

    Oct 7, 1992 · 53m

    A look at the wildlife in the huge Siberia forest reveals bears, elk, wolves, and musk deer among many other creatures in this frozen expanse.

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    E06 Realms of the Russian Bear: Born of Fire

    Oct 7, 1992 · 53m

    This last program in the miniseries explores Kamchatka Peninsula where the Russian Arctic meets Southeast Asia. Home to perhaps the highest concentration of volcanoes in the world, this remote region is teeming with life both on land and in the sea, from the Amur Tiger to the Giant Pacific Octopus.

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    E07 Shadows in a Desert Sea

    Oct 18, 1992 · 53m

    Fish, bats, birds, whales, giant squids, sharks, dolphins, sea lions and more flourish in and around the Sea of Cortez.

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    E08 The Tree of Music

    Oct 25, 1992 · 53m

    The African Blackwood is prized the world over for its wood in the making of musical instruments. Nature takes you on a journey through the history of this “tree of music” and into modern day efforts in Tanzania to save this ever dwindling resource.

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    E09 Slaves to the Queen

    Nov 29, 1992 · 53m

    Get right inside the hives of bees and wasps to see the inner workings of these complex societies.

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    E10 Ice Fox: Struggle for Survival

    Jan 10, 1993 · 53m

    A look at two separate families of arctic foxes. One living in the frozen, barren tundra of northern Russia, the other living in the slightly more comfortable surroundings of the Norwegian coastline.

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    E11 Cheetahs in the Land of Lions

    Jan 24, 1993 · 53m

    A study of cheetah behavior follows a mother and her cubs on the Serengeti plains.

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    E12 Gorilla: King of the Congo

    Feb 14, 1993 · 53m

    A gorilla orphanage and a proposed forest reserve may save the lowland gorilla.

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    E13 American Trickster

    Feb 21, 1993 · 53m

    As its numbers increase and its natural range diminishes, the coyote moves into populated regions like Los Angeles.

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    E14 Hebrides: the Secret Islands

    Feb 28, 1993 · 53m

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    E15 Echo of the Elephants

    Mar 14, 1993 · 53m

    In Kenya’s Amboseli National Park is a family of elephants led by its matriarch Echo. Elephant expert Cynthia Moss, takes us up-close and inside the lives of these magnificent animals.

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    E16 The Ghosts of Ruby

    May 9, 1993 · 53m

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    E17 The Bandit and the Builder

    May 16, 1993 · 53m

    Raccoon and beaver lifestyles in the Canadian wilderness.

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    E18 Spirit of the Sound

    May 23, 1993 · 53m

    Exploration of Puget Sound's ecosystem.

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