1991 • 21 Episodes
September 28, 1991
This program features the Kogi tribe who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Columbia. They are pre-Columbian peoples, and consider themselves as the elder brothers of humankind. They insist that it is the modern world, the younger brothers, who are destroying the harmony of life on earth.
October 13, 1991
Vietnam's wildlife is reappearing after the great losses suffered during the war.
November 3, 1991
Simon King films a lioness and her pride during winter on Africa's Serengeti plain.
November 17, 1991
A look at the environmental crisis on Madagascar and new conservation efforts being made.
November 24, 1991
This first episode in the miniseries explores the European discovery and settlement of the New World. Two views are presented, that of the colonists struggles to survive in their new and unfamiliar setting, as well as the Native Americans success within the same environment.
November 24, 1991
A look at the colonization of Canada and the fur trade.
November 25, 1991
A focus on the prospect of gold in the new world, and the Spanish exploration of Florida in search of that alluring metal.
November 25, 1991
An exploration of the Great Plains of North American from the Lewis and Clark expedition through to the present day.
November 26, 1991
A focus on the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone National Park.
November 26, 1991
A look at life in the Sonoran Desert.
November 27, 1991
Exploring the people and wildlife of Alaska.
November 27, 1991
This last episode in the miniseries looks at the landscape and wildlife of California.
December 8, 1991
No overview available.
January 5, 1992
This program follows a herd of zebras along their yearly migration route through the African plains.
January 12, 1992
Follows the yearly migration of the caribou of Alaska and the Yukon Territory in an effort to find suitable birthing grounds, all will trying to avoid wolves and other predators.
January 19, 1992
India's remote Ladakh region in the Himalaya Mountains, home to the snow leopard and other rare wildlife.
February 9, 1992
Chimpanzees and other primates survive on Tiwai, an Upper Guinea island where witchcraft and taboos still exist.
February 16, 1992
Roger Tory Peterson's fight to save America's birds and their habitats.
March 1, 1992
The life cycle of a female northern elephant seal is documented.
March 8, 1992
Explores the lives of dolphins all around the world, and the scientists who are trying to communicate with them.
May 31, 1992
Loggers and conservationists have conflicting plans for ancient forests of redwoods, Douglas firs, hemlocks and Sitka spruce trees along the Northern Pacific rim.