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The Desert Speaks
Season 3, Episode 5: Research in the Southwest
Season 3
Episode 5
Scientists come from all over the world to study at the Southwestern Research Station, nestled near southern Arizona’s Chiricahua Mountain range. The station’s unique location makes it accessible to an amazing group of wildlife and plant life. Travel to this unique section of the Sonoran Desert and discover the oddities of many desert inhabitants and a vast variety of environments.
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In Chile’s Atacama Desert people have lived for thousands of years in a land without rain.
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We trek inland to examine a cross section of the Patagonia desert into the Andes.
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We travel to central Chile to the vineyards that have made Chilean wines famous.
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Travel along the coastline of Espiritu Santo Island with host David Yetman.
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The famed Sea of Cortez boasts the greatest marine diversity in the world.
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Continue the journey through the gorgeously diverse Patagonia landscape.
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Discvoer how adobe was used in the past and is still used today.