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Peru's Amazon Desert

Host David Yetman and his brother descend into the heart of the Amazon Desert.

Aired 04/29/2006 | Expires 04/29/2026 | Rating TV-G

Peru's Amazon Desert

The Desert Speaks

Peru's Amazon Desert

Season 16 Episode 1608 | 26m 20sVideo has Closed Captions

Host David Yetman and his brother descend into the heart of the Amazon Desert.

Follow host David Yetman and his brother, geologist Dick Yetman, as they descend from the Andes Mountains into the heart of the Amazon Desert. Travel by 4x4 down a treacherous one way road through a cloud covered forest. As they continue to the bottom of a canyon deeper than the Grand Canyon, they cross one of the rivers that helps form the Amazon, the Río Marañon.

Aired 04/29/2006 | Expires 04/29/2026 | Rating TV-G

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The Desert Speaks

Peru's Amazon Desert

Season 16 Episode 1608 | 26m 20sVideo has Closed Captions

Follow host David Yetman and his brother, geologist Dick Yetman, as they descend from the Andes Mountains into the heart of the Amazon Desert. Travel by 4x4 down a treacherous one way road through a cloud covered forest. As they continue to the bottom of a canyon deeper than the Grand Canyon, they cross one of the rivers that helps form the Amazon, the Río Marañon.

Aired 04/29/2006 | Expires 04/29/2026 | Rating TV-G

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