Meteorite Men
World-famous meteorite hunter Steve Arnold and science writer and owner of Aerolite Meteorites Geoff Notkin team up to hunt for the Earth's most elusive treasure which, incidentally, is not from our world - meteorites.
- 2009-2012
- 3 seasons
- Discovery Science Channel
- Action & Adventure, Reality
World-famous meteorite hunter Steve Arnold and science writer and owner of Aerolite Meteorites Geoff Notkin team up to hunt for the Earth's most elusive treasure which, incidentally, is not from our world - meteorites.
Season 3 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2011 - 2012
Episode 1
Morasko, Poland
Mon, Nov 28, 2011 44 mins
5,000 years ago an enormous meteorite cascaded over Poland, scarring the landscape with seven massive craters. For the first time, Geoff and Steve receive exclusive access to investigate the magnificent Morasko crater field.
Episode 2
Return to Sweden
Mon, Dec 5, 2011 44 mins
Geoff and Steve make their epic return to northern Sweden to try and claim another victory north of the Arctic Circle. In the land of the midnight sun they must endure swarms of mosquitoes and swampy terrain to recover a famed Muonionalusta iron.
Episode 3
Return to Whitecourt
Mon, Dec 12, 2011
The hosts return to Canada to retrieve materials from the Whitecourt crater before poachers can compromise the site.
Episode 4
Dronino, Russia
Mon, Dec 19, 2011 44 mins
Geoff returns to Russian for the first time in twelve years, where he and Steve hunt the rare and valuable Dronino ataxite.
Episode 5
Mojave
Mon, Dec 26, 2011 44 mins
Geoff and Steve venture to one of the country's meteorite capitals, the Mojave Desert. As the guys hunt for extraterrestrial gold in two Mojave locations they examine the mystery behind meteorite hot spots.
Episode 6
Sahuarita
Wed, Mar 14, 2012 44 mins
When a friend of Geoff's accidentally discovers a remarkable, and previously unknown, stone meteorite near the Mexican border, the guys head back to southern Arizona to investigate the new find. Local hunters, Greg and Wendy, join the MM in the field, as does Arizona State University meteorite specialist Dr. Laurence Garvie. A piece of the new meteorite goes through the exacting process of examination and classification in the ASU lab. Also, Geoff takes time out from the hunt to chat with a horned toad, and Steve learns the perils of riding a mountain bike in the Arizona desert.
Episode 7
Homestead
Wed, Mar 14, 2012 44 mins
In America's heartland Steve and Geoff explore the most inaccessible corners of the strewnfield in Homestead, Iowa, where numerous large meteorites fell in 1875. The Hydratrek "Rockhound" returns, and the guys go marine as they use it to motor up and down the Iowa River. Geoff and Steve have an argument about a strange rock, and then make a stop at their secret Alpha Site in Kansas, where Steve unveils his most bizarre meteorite hunting invention yet.
Episode 8
Pultusk
Wed, Mar 14, 2012 44 mins
The guys travel to eastern Poland in hopes of securing a piece of one of the most famous meteorite falls in history. In 1868 the quiet town of Pultusk was showered by a storm of space rocks in one of the largest stony meteorite falls ever recorded.
