Expedition! - Knowledge

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Broadcast between December 31, 1960, and June 1, 1961, this episode covered the expeditions of Dr. William Slater, who filmed and studied the life cycle of the penguins in the Falklands. Besides showing the life and struggle of individual penguins, he also showed the answer to the question of how the

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7–7:30 pm on Tuesday nights in its first season and on Monday nights in its second season. The first program was broadcast September 20, 1960; the last show was broadcast April 27, 1962. The show received a Thomas Alva Edison award for science education, an Ohio State award for broadcast

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Broadcast September 20, 1960, this episode presented geophysical information about the South Pole region, along with documentation of winter life in Antarctica. The actual expedition was the scientific exploration of Antarctica under the aegis of the

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Broadcast between December 31, 1960, and June 1, 1961, this episode was based on the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC article of the same name about warrior tribes living deep in the jungles along the Amazon River in

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This episode was broadcast September 18, 1961, and contained footage of elephants, lions, giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, white rhino, impala, zebras, springbok, and many more animals native to Africa.

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tribal people are crafted from century-old pine trees, over which death rituals are performed before the coffins are taken to their final resting places, suspended along the local limestone cliffs.

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This episode was broadcast between December 31, 1960, and June 1, 1961, and documented leader Max Eiselin and his Swiss team in their successful mountaineering climb in 1960 of the Himalayan peak

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Broadcast between December 31, 1960, and June 1, 1961, this episode was a summarization of the six-hour BBC-TV series of the same name, which had been based on the book of the same name by

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Broadcast between December 31, 1960, and June 1, 1961, this episode presented more material from the expedition that had been the basis of the "Lost Kingdoms of Arabia" episode above.

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This episode, broadcast between December 31, 1961, and April 27, 1962, was the first American re-broadcast of an episode by the same name of the 1960 BBC television series

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This episode, broadcast between December 31, 1961, and April 27, 1962, was the first American re-broadcast of an episode by the same name of the 1960 BBC television series

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Broadcast November 6, 1960, this episode focused on a search for a ship that sank off the coast of Turkey thousands of years ago. The expedition, in 1959, and organized by

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This episode, broadcast between December 31, 1961, and April 27, 1962, focused on a South American cave exploration led by Stanley Jeeves in the British colony

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Broadcast September 27, 1960, this episode was based on the book of the same name, published earlier that year, by Charles Lagus, on his work as cameraman for

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This episode, broadcast between December 31, 1961, and April 27, 1962, was the first American re-broadcast of an episode of the 1960 BBC television series

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Broadcast between December 31, 1960, and June 1, 1961, this episode, based on the book of the same name, focused on the everyday lives and customs of the

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This episode was broadcast March 7, 1961, and documented the death rites of the Camayura Indians, a tribe living a Stone Age life on Brazil's Upper

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This episode, broadcast November 27, 1961, was a continuation of the previous week's episode on the true story of the valley of Shangri-La.

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This episode was broadcast October 16, 1961, and continued the previous week's episode coverage of the research being done at Mayan ruins.

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This episode was broadcast between December 31, 1960, and June 1, 1961, and focused on efforts to preserve the muskox as a viable species.

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This episode was broadcast between December 31, 1960, and June 1, 1961, and documents the lives of the Aseuluk, a small tribe of

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people who live their entire lives on small thatch-covered wooden boats that travel along the coasts of Burma and Thailand.

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Broadcast October 18, 1960, this episode was about the dangers of mountain climbing, focusing on the deaths of climbers on

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Scheuer, Steven H. "Expedition Has Gimmick — Newest in Civic Service" (August 21, 1960) Milawukee Sentinel, page 74

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This episode, broadcast November 20, 1961, explored a hidden valley in the Himalayas that likely inspired James Hilton's

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This episode, broadcast between December 31, 1961, and April 27, 1962, documented the ancient history of the city of

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This episode, broadcast between December 31, 1961, and April 27, 1962, documented the Oxford expeditions, headed by

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hosted episodes that documented journeys to various remote regions of the world, looking for such unusual things as

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of "Library of Congress Copyright Office: Motion Pictures 1960-1969", Listing for "Expedition" within pages 46-189

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This episode was broadcast October 9, 1961, and documented research being done at the Mayan ruins containing the

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This episode, broadcast between December 31, 1961, and April 27, 1962, documented the 1950s explorations of the

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HYAMS, Keith. Oucc-Sve, Roraima 2004-5. Bol. Soc. Venezolana Espel.m Dec. 2004, vol.38, p.42-44, ISSN 0583-7731

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article of the same name in the April, 1958 issue about International Geophysical Year research in Antarctica.

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Antarctic History (subsection on "The International Geophysical Year; Permanent Occupation of Antarctica")

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Broadcast November 22, 1960, this episode was about Greenland, and the struggle to find food and survive.

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This episode, broadcast between December 31, 1961, and April 27, 1962, documented burial practices in

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during the late 1950s when Attenborough hosted and narrated the seminal BBC nature documentary series

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webpage from the UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections website in the Online Archive of California

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webpage from the UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections website in the Online Archive of California

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was the first-ever underwater archaeological expedition to Asia Minor to film a Bronze Age shipwreck.

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This episode, broadcast between December 31, 1961, and April 27, 1962, documented the voyage of the

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Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series

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is an American travel documentary television series that was broadcast in the United States on

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This episode was broadcast September 25, 1961, and documented the nomadic lives of the

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Broadcast between December 31, 1960, and June 1, 1961, this episode was based on the

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Broadcast December 20, 1960, this episode focused on the reindeer herders of Lapland.

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The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946–Present

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Twenty-two episodes were produced and broadcast in the 1961-62 television season.

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Twenty-six episodes were produced and broadcast in the 1960-61 television season.

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of the online archive of the Bulletin of the Venuezalan Cave Exploration website

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in Nigeria, which had only just become an independent nation October 1, 1960.

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This episode was broadcast between December 31, 1961, and April 27, 1962.

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This episode was broadcast between December 31, 1961, and April 27, 1962.

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