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The Desert Speaks
Grand Canyon, The Human Touch
Season 15
Episode 1509
Host David Yetman joins his brother, geologist Dick Yetman, for an exploration of the traces of humans along the Colorado River and Grand Canyon region. They observe sacred salt mines from the boat, visit the intersection of the Little Colorado River with the main river, learn the history of rapids and spend time with scientists studying the effects of the Glen Canyon Dam.
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Host David Yetman takes a trip to the pueblos of the Sierra Madre.
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Host David Yetman and his brother take a geological road trip to Utah’s Colorado Plateau.
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Host David Yetman travels to track jaguar movements through Eastern Sonora Mexico.
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Travel through the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and Quitobaquito Springs.
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Travel around the Puna, the high-elevation plains of Chile’s Atacama Desert.
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We trace the Atacama Desert Trade route from the Pacific coast to the Chilean Andes.