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Philippe Cousteau Jr. is no stranger to exploration. The grandson of legendary underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau, Philippe hosts and serves as executive producer of this half-hour earth science series that examines the planet. He visits diamond and gold mines to see how gems and metals are formed, travels to active volcanoes to observe what happens inside the Earth's burning core, and checks out weather stations in mountainous areas to get an idea of how weather phenomena form in the atmosphere.
S4, EP1 "Dramatic Landscape"
How Yellowstone Park wildlife copes with the harsh winter environment; the top of Zion National Park's most famous peak; some of the tallest sea cliffs in the world, on a Pacific island; a crystal-clear nighttime sky in the Canadian wilderness.
S3, EP8 "Glacier National Park"
Insect fossils dating back 45 million years; the geology of the park; wild huckleberries; citizen science expedition.
S3, EP13 "Nature's Classroom"
Nature can sometimes be the best classroom; sea grass in Key Largo; aquatic insects; camera traps; an urban citizen science project.
S2, EP9 "Strange Planet"
Petrified National Forest; Crater Lake; a giant forest of kelp off the Southern California coast; glowworms in New Zealand caves.
S2, EP8 "Alaska"
Alaska: a brown bear hunting for salmon; Denali National Park; scuba diving in frigid waters; panning for gold.
S2, EP7 "Earth's Views"
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center; satellites; flight in a DC-3 aircraft; an observatory where new stars are discovered; a spacewalk.
S2, EP6 "Canadian Rockies"
The Canadian Rockies: Lake Louise; a glacier; the woodland caribou; white-bark pine trees; an archaeologist provides artifacts of people living in the area 10,000 years ago.
S2, EP5 "Earth in Motion"
Mount Saint Helens; how mountains are formed and earthquakes caused; oceans and waterways in constant motion; how the planet speeds through the galaxy.
