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The Great Adventurers

Season 1
What elements of human nature drive the Will of those eager to venture into the unknown? What compels them onward, risking their very lives for a greater purpose? Enter the world of the Explorer, where the only path is 'forward.'
19995 episodesTV-PG
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  1. S1 E1 - Scott of the Antarctic
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    June 30, 1999
    48min
    TV-PG
    Captain Robert Falcon Scott led two expeditions to the Antarctic region: the Discovery Expedition that set a record of Latitude 82-degrees-South, and the fateful Terra Nova Expedition that saw Scott and his team race Roald Amundsen's team.
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  2. S1 E2 - Christopher Columbus
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    June 30, 1999
    47min
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    Christopher Columbus survived battles with Tunisian galleys, shipwrecks, imprisonment, and severe illness during his remarkable expeditions, eventually setting foot in the West Indies and on the South American mainland in search of gold.
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  3. S1 E3 - Sir Walter Raleigh
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    June 30, 1999
    54min
    TV-PG
    Navigator, poet, and a favorite of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Walter's meteoric rise was followed by a slow and tragic fall from grace that eventually ended with the farcical Orinoco disaster, and subsequent death on the executioner's block.
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  4. S1 E4 - Sir Francis Drake
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    June 30, 1999
    56min
    TV-PG
    Sir Francis Drake and the British victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588 are inextricably linked, but there is more to this man's story. Drake was the first Englishman to see the Pacific Ocean and the first to circumnavigate the world.
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  5. S1 E5 - Sir Ernest Shackleton
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    June 30, 1999
    47min
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    Shackleton was a leader of men. Most memorable was his 1914 expedition where he and his crew's dream of becoming the first team of explorers to cross the Antarctic continent turned nightmarish. Yet, through sheer endurance, all survived.
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Directors
Jeremy Freeston
Producers
Terry ShandBob Carruther
Cast
Kate HarperMichael LeightonJason HarrisDr. Barry Ife
Studio
Questar
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