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The Desert Speaks
Saving Australia's Wild West
Season 16
Episode 1601
The Australian Wildlife Conservancy bought over 800,000 acres of a former cattle ranch for biodiversity conservation creating an ecological jewel that attracts scientists from all over. Head down under to investigate the area that hopes to prove that aggressive management based on nature can restore the land. Get a bird’s eye view of the land that features wallabies, kangaroos and wild horses.
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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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Venture across the spectacular and colorful Argentine Patagonia.
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We travel to central Chile to the vineyards that have made Chilean wines famous.
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Tracing the San Andreas Fault.
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Exploring the isolated ecosystem of Catalina Island.
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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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Travel with host David Yetman through the Patagonia landscape.
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Trace the Rio San Miguel through Sonora, Mexico.
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Discvoer how adobe was used in the past and is still used today.