Barbara Jampel
1) Rain forests
Series
World's last great places collection volume 2
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Publisher
Topics Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Braving Alaska. Ventures to the Alaskan bush where four families are carving out lives for themselves in the tradition of the state's early settlers. Focuses on the daily challenges of surviving in an untamed wilderness.
Bear island. Researcher LaVern Beier attempts to deploy National Geographic's Crittercam, presenting the opportunity to walk vicariously with brown bears in their Alaskan habitat.
Alaska's last oil. Explores the push to drill for...
5) Gorilla
Publisher
distributed by Vestron Video
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
Calls attention to the plight of the gorilla, which is on the verge of extinction. Profiles a zookeeper, a research scientist, a research psychologist, a writer-photographer, and a husband and wife team working on the mountain gorilla project. Film footage demonstrates the animals' intelligence, humanlike qualities, and the effects of their exploitation by humans.
Series
Cousteau odyssey volume 5
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
Using the pioneer work of Cousteau's Comshelf experiments--which demonstrated that divers could live and work efficiently for a significant period while submerged--hundreds of dedicated scientists risk their lives in a race against a deadly toxic time bomb.