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The Desert Speaks
Treasures of the Galapagos
Season 15
Episode 1505
Continue the journey through the Galapagos Islands and discover flamingos in the middle of a huge lava lake, ghost crabs and the nesting grounds of sea turtles. Visit a unique post office on the island of Floreana where pirates and whalers have used the same container for centuries. Examine how the plant and animal life is impacted by the surrounding climatic forces.
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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.