Wild Mississippi
Witness the rarely seen magic of the longest river system in the United States and the drama of the creatures that are drawn to the Mississippi for survival including bears, wolves, wild boar, bull sharks and alligators. The exploration of North America's greatest waterway is a roller-coaster ride of drama with visuals sure to take your breath away.
- 2012-2012
- 1 season
- National Geographic Television
- Documentary
Witness the rarely seen magic of the longest river system in the United States and the drama of the creatures that are drawn to the Mississippi for survival including bears, wolves, wild boar, bull sharks and alligators. The exploration of North America's greatest waterway is a roller-coaster ride of drama with visuals sure to take your breath away.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2012
Episode 1
Deep Freeze
Sun, Feb 12, 2012
Although the Mississippi is often associated with warm Dixieland, its huge basin starts in vast northern territories and freezes with plenty of snow and ice. It provides rich but unforgiving, largely rather pristine hunting and fishing grounds for bears, wolves, lynxes, eagles, otters, owls and humans. When it all melts in spring, huge floods are inevitable.
Episode 2
Raging Waters
Sun, Feb 12, 2012
After an exceptionally long winter when record amounts of snow fell, the thaw in spring inevitably means unprecedented floods in the immense Mississippi basin. Many species adapt rather well, some even benefit, like Carolina ducklings who gets an easy wet landing after their maiden flights, but for many flooded or drifting nests, flooded feeding grounds etcetera mean misery, just as for the human inhabitants.
Episode 3
Delta Blues
Sun, Feb 12, 2012
Joined by the Ohio, which carries a lot more water still, the Mississippi starts diving its water over a wide Delta area. Even spread out, the exceptional flood makes many victims their among wildlife, human habitation and infrastructure. Even when it seems harmless, dissolving in the Gulf of Mexico, the amassed fertilizer it dragged along causes massive fish mortality and algae bloom.