Realms of the Russian Bear: Green Jewel of the Caspian

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This miniseries starts off by exploring the abundance of wildlife around the Volga Delta in Russia’s Astrakhan region.

10/5/1992

Realms of the Russian Bear: the Arctic Frontier

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An exploration of the wildlife of the Russian Arctic, and in particular Wrangle Island, featuring polar bears, musk oxen, Ross’s Gulls, reindeer, foxes, walruses, and the Red-breasted Goose.

10/5/1992

Realms of the Russian Bear: the Red Deserts

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A focus on the wildlife of the Central Asian deserts.

10/6/1992

Realms of the Russian Bear: the Celestial Mountains

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Between China and Central Asia is the Tian Shan mountain range, home to Marco Polo sheep, white-clawed bears, snow leopards, yaks, and the ibex.

10/6/1992

Realms of the Russian Bear: Siberia, the Frozen Forest

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A look at the wildlife in the huge Siberia forest reveals bears, elk, wolves, and musk deer among many other creatures in this frozen expanse.

10/7/1992

Realms of the Russian Bear: Born of Fire

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This last program in the miniseries explores Kamchatka Peninsula where the Russian Arctic meets Southeast Asia. Home to perhaps the highest concentration of volcanoes in the world, this remote region is teeming with life both on land and in the sea, from the Amur Tiger to the Giant Pacific Octopus.

10/7/1992

Shadows in a Desert Sea

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Fish, bats, birds, whales, giant squids, sharks, dolphins, sea lions and more flourish in and around the Sea of Cortez.

10/18/1992

The Tree of Music

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The African Blackwood is prized the world over for its wood in the making of musical instruments. Nature takes you on a journey through the history of this “tree of music” and into modern day efforts in Tanzania to save this ever dwindling resource.

10/25/1992

Slaves to the Queen

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Get right inside the hives of bees and wasps to see the inner workings of these complex societies.

11/29/1992

Ice Fox: Struggle for Survival

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A look at two separate families of arctic foxes. One living in the frozen, barren tundra of northern Russia, the other living in the slightly more comfortable surroundings of the Norwegian coastline.

1/10/1993

Cheetahs in the Land of Lions

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A study of cheetah behavior follows a mother and her cubs on the Serengeti plains.

1/24/1993

Gorilla: King of the Congo

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A gorilla orphanage and a proposed forest reserve may save the lowland gorilla.

2/14/1993

American Trickster

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As its numbers increase and its natural range diminishes, the coyote moves into populated regions like Los Angeles.

2/21/1993

Hebrides: the Secret Islands

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2/28/1993

Echo of the Elephants

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In Kenya’s Amboseli National Park is a family of elephants led by its matriarch Echo. Elephant expert Cynthia Moss, takes us up-close and inside the lives of these magnificent animals.

3/14/1993

The Ghosts of Ruby

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5/9/1993

The Bandit and the Builder

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Raccoon and beaver lifestyles in the Canadian wilderness.

5/16/1993

Spirit of the Sound

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Exploration of Puget Sound's ecosystem.

5/23/1993