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Expedition
Modern Day Prospectors
The Expedition team meets with workers supervising an illegal mining operation in Suriname. In order to separate gold from the sediment, the miners use mercury, which is extremely poisonous to the humans and animals that it comes in contact with.
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Embark with Steve to the remotest parts of the planet.
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Join a shark expedition to a remote volcanic island in Mexico’s Eastern Pacific.
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Travel to Gabon, where Steve explores the jungle in search of an undiscovered population o
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Travel to Kyrgyzstan with Steve in search of snow leopards.
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Follow a mission into the volcanic underworld in search of Arabia's longest lava tube.
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Join Steve Backshall on the Kamchatka peninsula and examine brown bears in the wilderness.