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18 Episodes 2000 - 2001
Episode 1
Thu, Oct 5, 2000
In spring of 1960, a village in western Arctic was chosen as site of a huge nuclear experiment.
Episode 2
Thu, Oct 12, 2000
Healthy siblings offer to donate their lungs to their sister, who is dying of cystic fibrosis.
Episode 3
Thu, Oct 19, 2000
A few decades ago, you'd have been hard pressed to find many survivors of transplant surgery.
Episode 4
Thu, Nov 23, 2000
South America; Ecuadorean volcanoes; waterfalls; Machu Picchu; Tierra del Fuego; glaciers.
Episode 5
Thu, Nov 30, 2000
The tropical rain forest of Amazonia and myriad animals that call its tree canopy home.
Episode 6
Thu, Dec 7, 2000
An examination into rivers and tributaries of Amazon basin and how wildlife adapts to seasonal changes in river level.
Episode 7
Wed, Jan 10, 2001
Amanda's family is a carrier for a rare early-onset gene that triggers Alzheimer.
Episode 8
Wed, Jan 17, 2001
The history of crash test dummy is traced back 50 years to its invention for US Air Force.
Episode 11
Wed, Jan 24, 2001
PENGUIN SHORES is part five of magnificent six-part BBC series Lost Worlds, covering amazingly diverse topography of South America, and its remarkable denizens.
Episode 12
Wed, Jan 31, 2001
Lost Worlds - A six-part series on breath-taking natural world of South America takes viewers on a cross-continent grand tour - from mighty Amazon to spectacular Andean peaks and world's driest desert
Episode 13
Wed, Feb 7, 2001
The Salmon Forest transports viewers to breathtaking remote temperate rainforests.
Episode 14
Wed, Feb 14, 2001
On both coasts of North America, salmon have long symbolized speed, power and abundance in nature.
Episode 15
Modern medicine venturing beyond the realm of dreams and bringing new hope in the battle against disease. The program includes "awake" brain surgery; robotic "beating heart" surgery; and laser foetoscopy for twin-twin syndrome.
Episode 16
Wed, Feb 28, 2001
On northeast coast of Papua New Guinea, lives a tribe of 2,000 people, Maisin. Unlike more remote tribes, Maisin were among first to have contact with Europeans.
Episode 17
Wed, Mar 7, 2001
Albertans have traditionally been proud of their mighty petroleum industry. But lately.
Episode 18
Wed, Mar 14, 2001
The documentary follows an anthropologist studying communities of children who exhibit significant and disturbing neurological differences,.
Episode 19
Wed, Mar 21, 2001
The story of Aral Sea is a modern fable that contains a dire warning about our future.
Episode 20
Wed, Mar 28, 2001
Filmmaker Mort Ransen chronicles struggle between residents and land developers on Salt Spring Island, BC.