Wild
Places
Documentary
series, HIGH DEFINITION
(13 x 50 min.)
Wild Places: The Best of the National Parks, 52 minutes
Each year millions of people from all around the world visit North America's National Parks, lured by the majestic vistas, geysers, smoldering volcanoes and rugged country where wildlife roam free. Whether you're a mountain climber, moderate hiker or tour bus traveler, the breathtaking beauty of the national parks is beyond description. Parks featured include: Denali in Alaska, Grand Canyon in Arizona, Death Valley in California, Zion in Utah, Yellowstone in Wyoming, Mt. Rainier in Washington, Haleakala in Hawaii and Grand Teton in Wyoming.
Wild Places: Secrets of Zion & Bryce Canyon National Parks, 52 minutes
Zion & Bryce Canyon National Parks are equally awe-inspiring with monumental rock formations, deep canyons and a wind swept fairyland of orange, pink and purple pinnacles. We'll discover the mysteries of the labyrinths of twisted rock called hoodoos and hike through water to a dangerously narrow canyon. At elevations as high as 9,100 feet, atmospheric conditions are ideal and you can see for miles.
Wild Places: Secrets of Denali National Park, 52 minutes
Alaska's Denali National Park is a land of unspoiled beauty, overflowing with wildlife and crowned by Mt. McKinley, North America's tallest and most majestic mountain. We'll uncover a country that is as rugged as it is magnificent, a land of avalanches, monumental rains, glaciers and earthquakes that is one of the best places in the world to track fearsome sub-arctic mammals: moose, caribou, wolves and grizzly bears.
Wild Places: Best of the Big Easy, 48 minutes
We'll rediscover New Orleans, a paradise of excess, from wild culture to sensual cuisine to the music that bubbles up from the streets, and we'll meet people who savor a sunset and all the best things in life. In a city where streets wind with the curves of the muddy Mississippi River, it's easy to lose yourself and your sense of direction, so we'll follow the locals Uptown, Downtown, Riverside and Lakeside in this definitive guide to one of the best cities in North America.