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The Desert Speaks
Penguins in a Patagonia Desert
Season 18
Episode 6
Host David Yetman, Argentine Archeologist María José Figuerero and native son of Patagonia, Harry Nauta venture across Argentine Patagonia, encountering landscapes usually cold, isolated and windy, but also spectacularly distinct and colorful. They travel to see fossilized trees and marine life within the space of a few miles, then visit Bustamante Bay, home to sea lions and desert penguins.
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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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