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A National Geographic documentary that follows the lives of several families and how they make their livings in one of the worlds most extreme climates. Alaska.

Follow Des and Jen Bartlett as they explore this unique area of Africa where the desert meets the sea.

Follow two landmark decades of Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees.

The very first of the National Geographic specials appearing on TV, before they became a semi-regular series.

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay return to Everest to celebrate their historic ascent.

Focuses on the horses of Ireland and their role in the history, culture, and tradition of the Irish people.

Documentary on the domestic cat, one of the most popular of pets.

Beneath our sunlit world lies an unknown universe of breathtaking caverns, treacherous passageways, and absolute darkness. This video explores a new cave, New Mexico's Lechuguilla, first penetrated in 1986.

A special expedition to study these fish of legend and challenge myths surrounding them. Journeys in a specially designed cage to observe sharks at close range, experimenting with a stainless steel suit to survive a shark attack.

Investigation about the origin of Man and his evolutionary process, taking into account the new techniques that allow to determine the age of fossils, bones and footprints, and reconstruct a face from its skull.

National Geographic's cameras travel to Iceland, Africa, Japan, California and Greece to record how the huge plates of the earth's crust crash together, pull apart and override each other, causing ground-shattering earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Follow scientists around the world as they search for clues to the causes of these powerful geologic events. BORN OF FIRE demonstrates that while man is capable of hernessing this tremendous power for his benefit, he must also prepare for the possibility of cataclysmic disaster

National Geographic takes a behind the scenes look at the Special Forces of the United States.

1 hour-long TV special about deep sea exploration of the Galapagos Rift (1980).

Documentary about ancient Egypt, its temples, paintings and art, and how these old treasures are being endangered by modern civilization. Also shown are the Nile river, the Luxor and Karnak temples, the Sphynx, the Great Pyramids of Giza, the river path to the Land of the Dead, the pharaohs and queens' tombs, as well as egyptologysts' interpretation of Ancient Egypt mysteries.

Peter Coyote narrates this installment concerning the grizzly bears of Alaska. Though they are endangered species a discussion if their great strengths and survival abilities are highlighted.

Presents current trends in computers, robotics, and experimental programs.

Dogs have served humankind in more ways than any other animal. You'll see loyal canines at work as they search for buried victims of an earthquake disaster, assist the physically disabled, and pull sleds in the blizzard conditions of Alaska. Find out how dogs are trained to "act" on the Lassie television show, and meet dogs that served as messengers on the battlefields of WWII.

Observes the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States. Shows how the region's main industry, crabbing, shapes lives.

Shows the endangered whooping crane's perilous migratory path.

Tracking efforts by zoologists Delia and Mark Owens to begin new research in 1985 in Botswana's Kalahari Game Reserve, where the couple conducted landmark studies from 1974 to 1980.