Last year’s Expedition Week was a thrill for TV viewers so the folks at National Geographic Channel decided to continue with another week of discoveries and adventures. This time there are more extraordinary and thrilling discoveries ranging from outer space to deep under the oceans.
Headshrinkers and Great White Sharks
The week begins on Sunday, November 15, 2009 with the Search for the Amazon Headshrinkers. Deep in the Amazon jungle of South America a tribe is known for their tradition of shrinking heads. Visitors to the region have bought them for souvenirs. In this episode is what might be the only film of an actual head shrinking. Before the head is shrunk the skull is removed, and then the shrinking begins.
Expedition Great White premiers Monday, November 15, 2009 with a look at how scientists capture and tag these incredible creatures for future study. Their precision is remarkable as they capture the sharks, quickly tag them, then release them back into the ocean.
Locating Sunken Warships from WWI and WWII
On Tuesday, November 17, 2009, Hunt for the Samurai Subs explains the secret plan by the Japanese in World War II to attack New York and Washington, D.C. with a new technology no one else had created. They had a fleet of high speed subs as well as aircraft carrier subs. These specially designed submarines could carry up to three airplanes. When they surfaced the planes would roll out of their airtight partitions and take off from the deck of the sub. The United States did not want this technology to find its way into Russian hands, so they sunk all of the secret subs. This expedition sets out to locate some of those submarines.
Deep Secrets: The Ballard Gallipoli Expedition premiers Wednesday, November 18, 2009. The focus this night is on the search to locate British warships that sank during the bloody Gallipoli campaign of World War I.
Terra-Forming Mars
Thursday, November 19, 2009 brings Mars: Making the New Earth. This interesting film shows how humans are beginning the process of terra-forming Mars for future habitation. By warming up the atmosphere, much like global warming here on earth, the gasses of Mars will be released and the atmosphere will begin to resemble Earth with water, ice, and landmasses. While it is not an instantaneous process, the opportunity for future human habitation on this planet does exist.
Another Messiah and Giant Crocs
The First Jesus? Premiers Friday, November 20, 2009. This tells the story of Simon, a man who lived just before Jesus and who could have been a messiah that had been killed and was resurrected. A stone with ancient writing, named “The Dead Seas Scroll on Stone,” tells the story of this ancient age, however there are some words that have not stood the test of time. With modern technology, scientists attempt to look through the stone to see if they can fill in the missing words and learn more about this man named Simon.
And the week ends on Saturday, November 21, 2009 with When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs, a look at prehistoric crocodiles that were even foes of the mighty dinosaurs.
National Geographic Channel’s 2nd Annual Expedition Week airs November 15 through 21, 2009 at 9 PM ET/PT.
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