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Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Fullscreen version.
Language
English
Description
Balto: Part husky/part wolf, Balto doesn't know where he belongs. He's an outcast in Alaska, except to his true friends, Boris, the Russian snow goose; polar bear cubs Muk and Luk; and the beautiful husky, Jenna. One day, a serious diphtheria epidemic spreads fast among the children of Nome. When a fierce blizzard closes off all routes of transport, there's no way to obtain life-saving medicine, unless a team of sled dogs can race six-hundred miles...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Pack your bags and get ready for a fascinating tour of America's national parks and their charming historic lodges. Lodges located in the rustic landscape of the American West where they were conceived by early park enthusiasts, architects, and entrepreneurs. The lodges of the national parks blend with the surrounding wilderness while offering modern hotel amenities tells the stories behind these national treasures and showcases the many ways to enjoy...
945) Man vs. wild
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
With little more than the clothes on his back, survival expert Bear Grylls goes toe-to-toe with some of Earth's toughest, most remote environments. Face sweltering desert temperatures, icy, raging rivers and hungry predators as he fights for survival.
Author
Series
Midnight Sons volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Centers around the three O'Halloran brothers, who, running a bush-plane charter service called Midnight Sons, campaign to bring women to their town north of the Arctic Circle.
949) Amazing planet Earth
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The island continent reveals Australia's diverse landscape. In the Middle Kingdom visits China's most awe-inspiring landmarks. From Egypt to Israel travels along the Nile, to the Pyramids of Giza, and to the iconic sites of Jerusalem. Kingdom of the west explores the greatest national parks in the American West and Land of the red rocks continues through the American Southwest's desert wonders. Greece and Italy star in Mediterranean magic. Surprises...
954) The Far North
Pub. Date
[between 1900 and 1999]
Language
English
Description
Based on one of the National Gallery's special exhibitions, this program deals with the art and culture of the Alaskan Eskimo and of the Athabaskan and Tlingit Indians. The material is designed to impart a sense of Eskimo and Indian cultures as they developed from the third century B.C. to the ninetheenth century.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In January 1925, many people in Nome, Alaska, and the surrounding area were sick and dying from an outbreak of diphtheria. A supply of medicine was found but there was one problem-it was hundreds of miles away. The only way to get it to Nome was by dogsled. Ride along with the heroic sled dog Togo and his owner, Leonhard Sepalla, as they make a dangerous journey across Alaska's unforgiving wilderness to deliver lifesaving medicine to the people of...
956) Cold fusion
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Collector's edition deluxe DVD.
Language
English
Description
Join a group of world-class athletes in cutting-edge action, as they embark on exciting adventures to extraordinary locations such as Kenya and Iran in search of the bluest skies and the deepest powder. Witness two astounding, never-before-seen world records, and participate in an infinite journey of intense snowbound aerobatics, goofy lift moments, and historic segments--all through acres of snow.
957) WWII in color
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Contains seven documentaries: "The battle of Midway" is a U.S. Navy-sponsored documentary about one of the most famous modern naval battles, fought in the Pacific during World War II. The celebrated director John Ford presents the battle as it happened with little, if any, post-production elements added other than narration. "Report from the Aleutians" is a John Huston film about the soldiers assigned to the Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific,...
959) Storm
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Collector's edition deluxe DVD.
Language
English
Description
Skiing and snowboarding are expected fare in a Warren Miller film, but in Storm there is also surfing, backpacking, mountain biking, and 'urban skiing.' The latter exports skateboarding style tricks to skis, where participants ski on stone, metal, and wooden rails, and even jump a road. A group of gung-ho athletes venture to South Georgia (an island 800 miles east of the Falklands) exploring the rugged slopes at the bottom of the world.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Take a dream cruise around the world's most dramatic coastlines to more than 20 countries. The stunning landscapes of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton; the beauty of the Caribbean; the Mayan ruins; the Panama Canal; Big Sur's coastline; Alaska's wilderness. Norway's fjords; Scotland's lochs and glens; the Rhine's castles and medieval cities; France's rivers; Lisbon's contrasts; Gibraltar's caves; Greece's beaches; The Nile. Chile's wild coast; Easter Island...
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