NOVA: Great Peaks - Everest, Kilimanjaro, McKinley, Mont Blanc, and Vinson Massif DVD

  • Release Date:
    September 12th, 2006
  • Runtime:
    4 hours 40 minutes
  • Studio:
    WGBH Boston
  • UPC:
    783421412798
  • Production Year:
    2006
  • Special Features
    • cc Printable materials for educators for Volcano Above the Clouds, Deadly Ascent, Descent Into the Ice, and Mountain of ICe; program descriptions, viewing suggestions, discusion questions, activities, and more
    • Access to the NOVA web site
    • Scene selection
    • Closed captions
    • Described video for the visually impaired on Volcano Above the Clouds, Deadly Ascent, Descent Into the Ice, and Mountian of Ice
  • Chapters
    • Disc #1 -- NOVA: Great Peaks - Everest, the Death Zone
    • 0. Chapters
    • 1. A Living Hell [5:32]
    • 2. Sea Level Testing [5:16]
    • 3. Base Camp [3:47]
    • 4. Khumba Ice Fall [9:02]
    • 5. The Death Zone [8:55]
    • 6. Camp Four [5:21]
    • 7. Summit [5:39]
    • 8. Descent [6:54]
    • 9. Conclusion [6:12]
    • Disc #2 -- NOVA: Great Peaks - Volcano Above the Clouds
    • 1. Introduction [2:39]
    • 2. An Island in the Sky [10:11]
    • 3. High Altitude Mountaineering [7:31]
    • 4. Mists and Snow [8:59]
    • 5. To the Summit [8:19]
    • 6. The Great Crater [10:03]
    • 7. A View From the Top [6:03]
    • 8. Credits [2:09]
    • Disc #3 -- NOVA: Great Peaks - Deadly Ascent
    • 1. Introduction [2:58]
    • 2. Human Guinea Pigs [12:28]
    • 3. Acute Mountain Sickness [12:34]
    • 4. The Summit Within Reach [14:05]
    • 5. A Powerful Lure [8:20]
    • Disc #4 -- NOVA: Great Peaks - Descent Into the Ice
    • 1. Beneath the Glaciers [9:51]
    • 2. Hidden Lakes [9:40]
    • 3. A Glacier's Movement [8:24]
    • 4. Descent Into the Ice [15:32]
    • 5. An Unknown Risk [11:48]
    • Disc #5 -- NOVA: Great Peaks - Mountain of Ice
    • 1. Introduction [1:53]
    • 2. The Short History of Antarctic Exploration [9:04]
    • 3. Digging Into the Past [16:25]
    • 4. The Headwall [14:43]
    • 5. The Summit of Vinson Massif [11:51]
  • Menu
    • Disc #1 -- NOVA: Great Peaks - Everest, the Death Zone
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    • Disc #2 -- NOVA: Great Peaks - Volcano Above the Clouds
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    • This Disc Contains Special Features That Can Be Accessed From Your Computer's DVD-ROM Drive. Insert This Disc and Open the File "start.html" With Your Web Browser to View: Teaching Materials (PDF)/A Link to the Volcano Above the Clouds Web Site, pbs.org/nova/kilimanjaro
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    • Disc #3 -- NOVA: Great Peaks - Deadly Ascent
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    • This Disc Contains Special Features That Can Be Accessed From Your Computer's DVD-ROM Drive. Insert This Disc and Open the File "start.html" With Your Web Browser to View: Teaching Materials (PDF)/A Link to the Nova Web Site, pbs.org/nova
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    • Disc #4 -- NOVA: Great Peaks - Descent Into the Ice
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    • This Disc Contains Special Features That Can Be Accessed From Your Computer's DVD-ROM Drive. Insert This Disc and Open the File "start.html" With Your Web Browser to View: Teaching Materials (PDF)/A Link to the Nova Web Site, pbs.org/nova
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    • Disc #5 -- NOVA: Great Peaks - Mountain of Ice
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    • This Disc Contains Special Features That Can Be Accessed From Your Computer's DVD-ROM Drive. Insert This Disc and Open the File "start.html" With Your Web Browser to View: Teaching Materials (PDF)/A Link to the NOVA Web Site, pbs.org/nova
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