Jacques Cousteau - River Explorations (Unknown Year)
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Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 13
Seasons
Season 1
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Danube - The Curtain Rises
Jacques Cousteau explores the old (abbeys, castles), the new (dams, industry) and the timeless (a living ecosystem) on the river that carries the history of Europe.
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Ep. 2: Danube - Charlemagne's Dream
Centuries ago, Charlemagne dreamed of a canal linking the Rhine and the Danube. Now that canal exists, creating a passage from the North to the Baltic seas.
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Ep. 3: Danube - The River Cries Out
A glassy staircase of 16 terraced lakes...the royal stag and the Carpathian bear: the Danube and it's tributaries display these wonders and more.
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Ep. 4: Danube - Rivalries Overflow
The Cousteau team encounters nuclear and industrial pollution, fished-out waters, rusted-out vessels and the horrors of war.
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Ep. 5: Mississippi - Reluctant Ally
Ice and wetlands. Jazz and agribusiness. Cousteau becomes a modern day Huckleberry Finn to explore the Father of Waters.
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Ep. 6: Mississippi - Friendly Foe
Cousteau and crew retrace the path of pioneers along the Missouri, then voyage past modern locks and classic paddle-wheelers on the mighty Mississippi.
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Ep. 7: Amazon - Calypso Countdown, Rigging for the Amazon
Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes of a Cousteau production? Find out as the Calypso is readied for an Amazon adventure.
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Ep. 8: Amazon - Journey to a Thousand Rivers
One thousand rivers converge into the Amazon, the world's largest river system. A remarkable journey through this still mysterious kingdom begins.
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Ep. 9: Amazon - Indians of the Amazon
Threatened by the encroaching modern world, Amazon's self-reliant and diverse tribes struggle to preserve traditional ways of life.
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Ep. 10: Amazon - River of Gold
Gold fever strikes the Amazon Basin, turning lush acreage into a wasteland and people into exploited, desperate laborers.
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Ep. 11: Amazon - Blueprints for Amazonia
Can Earth's largest liquid kingdom be saved and it's peoples and riches protected? The Cousteau expedition contemplates the past and future of the Amazon.
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Ep. 12: Amazon - Legacy of a Lost World
Pierce the farthest reaches of the Amazon, our planet's greatest treasure trove of biological diversity, now menaced by profiteering humans.
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Ep. 13: Amazon - Snowstorm in the Jungle
Jean-Michel Cousteau embarks on a special mission: investigate the Amazon's dangerous, deadly underworld built on a foundation of whit gold- cocaine.
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