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| | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 2000 - 2010
Complete
National Geographic year sets are available for the years 1981- 2008. Each set
includes all the maps or supplements and come in two slipcases. Each
two-case set, January–June and July–December, holds 12 monthly issues. The
magazines are in excellent to very good condition. The National Geographic
Society issued slipcases may
show some slight shelf ware. Price:
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is $95.00/set including shipping.
National
Geographic - January
2000
SPECIAL
MILLENNIUM ISSUE
 | Celebrations
of Earth and Beyond
(From the mist-wreathed Chinese mountains to the wind-scoured Saudi
desert, a gallery of photographs captures some of the most striking vistas
of our planet as we begin the year 2000.)
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 | Life
Beyond Earth (What’s
out there? Astronomers have searched for signs of extraterrestrial life for
centuries. They have yet to find an alien microbe, much less intelligent
life, but the eyes of science are seeing father than ever before.)
|
 | Rediscovering
America
(A
British-born author and a Polish photographer travel across the
United States
, each for a second time, in search of hope, harmony, and their own American
dream.)
|
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Tibet
Embraces the New
Year (In a
sacred and festive celebration each winter, Tibetan Buddhists perform
rituals to secure prosperity for the months ahead.)
|
 | The
Enigma of Beauty
(We humans care passionately about how we look. Throughout history and in
every part of the world we have primped, preened, posed, and sometimes put
our health on the line, all for an ideal no one can truly define.)
|
 | Light
in the Deep (For
a quarter century David Doubilet has delved beneath the ocean’s surface to
astonish us with illuminating images of this dark realm.)
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National
Geographic - February
2000
 | Black
Dragon
River
(A narrow
ribbon of water separates two worlds that could hardly be more different: an
impoverished corner of
Russia
and
China
’s economically energized
Heilongjiang
Province
.)
|
 | The
Rise of Life on Earth
(Forty-nine million years ago dinosaurs were long extinct and mammals on
the ascent. Species of that time have been remarkably preserved in a mine
pit as
Messel
,
Germany
.)
|
 | Albanians:
A People Undone
(Scattered from the Balkans to the
Bronx
, Albanians hold fast to what they have left, an impoverished Eastern
European homeland and deep ethnic pride.)
|
 | Eyewitness
Kosovo (During
the grim months before NATO intervened in Kosovo, a French photographer
witnessed the anguish and upheaval of the Balkans’ recurring bloodbath.)
|
 | Central
Africa’s Orphan Gorillas
(In Congo and Gabon dedicated workers evaded civil war to nurture,
socialize, and ultimately release western lowland gorillas back into the
wild.)
|
 | Selma
to
Montgomery
(A 1965
protest march from a small Alabama city to the state capital sparked
Congress to ensure protection of black Americans’ right to vote.)
|
 | Ancient
Greece
(Elegant
proportions and riotous color, tragedy and comedy, democracy and slavery:
The roots and realities of the Classical Age belie our assumptions in the
second of a three-part series.) |
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National
Geographic -
March
2000
 | Madidi
National Park (Champions
of Bolivia’s new national park hope ecotourism will preserve this
extraordinarily diverse corner of the Amazon, but a hydroelectric dam could
jeopardize its future.)
|
 | Bugging
Out (A
photographer’s dream can also be his worst nightmare. Join Joel Sartore in
Madidi as he waits for killer swine, digs burrowing maggots from his flesh,
and sleeps with bats and sweat bees.)
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 | Arctic
Submarine (Beneath
the icy surface of the Arctic Ocean, scientists aboard a Navy submarine map
uncharted waters and gather clues about Earth’s changing climate.)
|
 | Ancient
Greece III (After
Alexander the Great’s 12-year campaign of slaughter and conquest his Greek
language and culture linked kingdoms from Egypt to the Indus Valley for
three centuries.)
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 | Hard
Rock Legacy (Gold,
silver, and other hardrock mining contributed a colorful page to the history
of the American West. Tainted by past blunders, the modern-day industry
struggles to reconcile high stakes economics with sound environmental
practices.)
|
 | Stone
Cold Ascent (In
the wicked Patagonian winter four men scale the sheer west face of Cerro
Torre, a rare and dangerous first in the world of rock climbing.)
|
 | Beijing
(Bolstered
by foreign investment,
Beijing
’s booming economy is transforming the cityscape of
China
’s ancient Capital as well as the lifestyle and expectations of its
inhabitants.)
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National
Geographic -
April
2000
 | Great
White Sharks (The
unmistakable jaws of the great white have long been synonymous with terror.
Researchers are now discovering the vulnerable side of this magnificent
predator.)
|
 | Yemen
(A young republic in
a medieval cloak,
Yemen
is a world of contradictions where veiled women have the vote and tribesmen
carry daggers and cell phones.)
|
 |
Chiquibul
Cave
(Exhilaration
and disappointment accompany divers as they explore submerged passages
thought to link segments of a 60-mile-long cave complex on the
Belize-Guatemala border.)
|
 | Update
From the Field (Our
research grantees roam the world, calculating the height of Mount Everest or
studying
Fiji
’s coral reefs. Their work is often difficult and sometimes dangerous, but
it’s always an adventure.)
|
 | San
Pedro
River
(An oasis for desert animals and migrating
birds, San Pedro’s waters are under siege by thirsty
Arizona
communities.)
|
 | Nature’s
Rx (Where
Western medicine hasn’t been an option, and today even where it is,
millions turn to traditional therapies to cure their ills. Do natural
remedies really work, and can science unlock their secrets?)
|
 | Duck-billed
Platypus (A
bizarre and elusive creature that once swam with dinosaurs now inhabits the
waterways of
Melbourne
. Increasingly, its future rests in the hands of
Australia
’s urban residents.)
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National
Geographic -
May
2000
 | In
Search of Vikings (Viking
seafarers – raiders, traders, craftsmen – burst from Scandinavia in the
eighth century, carrying their freewheeling pagan ways from the Gulf of St.
Lawrence to the Aral Sea)
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 | Mystery
Ships From a Danish Bog (Sleek,
oar-powered vessels teach archaeologists about Scandinavian raiders who were
pillaging coastal towns 450 years before the Viking age began.)
|
 | Queen
of the African Sky (In
1920 two pioneering aviators completed the first aerial journey from
England
to the southern tip of
Africa
. Modern adventurers attempt to reenact this deed of derring-do.)
|
 | New Caledonia
(The
Pacific isles of
New Caledonia
make their mark on the world with a wealth of plant species found nowhere
else.)
|
 | Dawn
of Humans (Exploring
the hills close to home, not far from
Johannesburg
, South African geologist Andre Keyser made the find of his career –
Drimolen, among the richest hominid sites in
Africa
.)
|
 | Ants
and Plants (Tropical
“ant plants” recruit armies of loyal insect defenders by providing tasty
rations and barracks fit for a queen.)
|
 |
Cape
Hatteras
Lighthouse (This
Outer Banks beacon shines again after a half-mile retreat from the advancing
Atlantic surf.)
|
 | Mount
St. Helens (Herds
of elk now flow past stands of alder 20 years after eruptions ravaged 230
square miles of the
Pacific Northwest
.)
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National
Geographic -
June
2000
 | London
(
Britain
’s capital city has shed its staid reputation. Newly enlivened by hot
culture and cold cash,
London
is redefining itself as a global trendsetter.)
|
 | Debut
Sue (The
largest Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered has found new stomping grounds at
Chicago
’s
Field
Museum
.)
|
 | Suriname
(Can local
knowledge of medicinal plants protect the South American rain forest and
bolster this young nation’s economy?)
|
 | Sierra
Madre Pilgrimage (In
a 1,300-mile journey through the mountains of
Mexico
, the author pursues the past – his own and that of an enigmatic 19th
century Norwegian explorer.)
|
 | Jelly
Bellies (The
beauty of these drifting predators may surprise those who know jellyfish
only as a bane of the beach.)
|
 | In
Focus: Golan Heights (Since
1948 this small patch of land overlooking the Jordan River has been a source
of contention between
Israel
and
Syria
. Now it may be the bargaining chip that finally brings them peace.)
|
 | Indus
Civilization (Archaeologists
unearth clues to ancient cities – long disappeared – that once
flourished in the
Indus
Valley
of
Pakistan
and northwestern
India
.) |
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National
Geographic -
July
2000
 |
Australia
: A Harsh Awakening (The
first European settlers wanted this island continent’s bizarre landscape
to look more like home. Now barren fields of salt and dwindling marsupial
populations have Australians wrangling over how to repair damage done to
their unique environment.)
|
 | Wrath
of the Gods: Earthquake in
Turkey
– A History Forged by Disaster (Last year two massive quakes tore through
Turkey
, killing tens of thousands and leaving many more homeless. The relentless
tectonic forces that have rocked the region for millennia nurtured myths of
Poseidon and tales of
Troy
and may explain why Noah had to build an ark.)
|
 | The
Samoan Way (A
tropical paradise in a remote corner of the Pacific Ocean, American Samoa is
home to a new U.S. national park that aims to protect the islands’ rain
forests, coral reefs, and traditional Samoan culture.)
|
 | People
Like Us (When
did humans begin to create art, practice rituals, develop sophisticated
hunting strategies? Anthropologists have long associated the advent of the
“modern” mind with the Cro-Magnons, who arrived in
Europe
some 40,000 years ago, but recent evidence suggests that the transition may
have happened thousands of years earlier.)
|
 | Playing
the Slots (A
canyoneer’s heaven can quickly turn into a watery hell as flash floods
continue to carve the sandstone slot canyons along the Utah-Arizona border.) Double
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National
Geographic -
August
2000
 | Special
Tear-out Map:
Sydney
Olympics
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 | Sydney
(When the Summer
Olympics turn the spotlight on
Sydney
,
Australia
’s host city will reach for the gold in presentation, originality, and
unpretentious gusto for life.)
|
 | People
of Heaven (Scarred
by apartheid and ensnared in bloody conflict, the Zulus, South Africa’s
most populous ethnic group, seek hope for the future by taking pride in
tradition.)
|
 | Monsters
of
Madagascar
(Pug-nosed
herbivorous crocodiles, flesh-eating birds, and what may be the oldest
dinosaurs ever found enrich the fossil record of Mesozoic creatures.)
|
 | Fungi
(Nature’s
recyclers, these ubiquitous organisms both nourish and destroy life by
living on plants, animals, and even us.)
|
 | Phips’s
Fleet (Retreating
from a failed attack on
Quebec
in 1690, Sir William Phips lost at least one of his ships in the
St. Lawrence River
. Its discovery sheds new light on everyday life in the American Colonies.)
|
 | The
Temples
of Angkor (Preservationists in
Cambodia
struggle to keep
Angkor
’s sacred temples intact while looters threaten to erase the few remaining
traces of the ancient Khmer Empire.)
|
 | Big
Sur (Along 90
miles of California coastline, Big Sur rises in a spectacular meeting of
pounding sea and stark wilderness. In this rugged sanctuary nature is as
unforgiving as it is beautiful.)
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National
Geographic -
September
2000
 | The
Unbeatable Body (Relentlessly
pushing body and mind, athletes probe the limits of human performance.)
|
 | The
Way West (The
California Trail) (Dreaming of land and gold, wagon train pioneers blazed
a 2,000-mile trail from
Missouri
to
California
.)
|
 | Lost
Tombs of
Peru
(An expert
team searches the Andean cloud forest for unlooted tombs of an ancient
warrior people.)
|
 | Rana
Tharu Women (When
warfare left them widows, legend says, these women who had fled to the
forest of southern Nepal founded a society that has endured for 400 years.)
|
 | The
Rise of Life on Earth (About
90 percent of all species vanished in a mysterious mass extinction 250
million years ago.)
|
 | In
Search of the Clouded Leopard (A
17-year-old American continues a family tradition of conservation in
India
.)
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National
Geographic -
October
2000
Megatransect
(A
conservationist sets out to survey 1,200 miles of African jungle the
old-fashioned way – on foot – in the first of a three-part series of
articles.)
 | Sky-High
Over the Sonoran (Sculpted
by wind and water, this intriguing North American desert reveals itself from
aloft.)
|
 | Boston
’s North Enders (In
the face of change, tight-knit Little
Italy
keeps the accent on good friends and good food.)
|
 | Wild
Gliders (A mélange
of creatures in
Borneo
’s rain forest have evolved gravity-defying means of travel.)
|
 | New
Eyes on the Oceans (Riding
a wave a new technology, scientists are discovering more of the ocean’s
secrets, including the integral role the seas play in shaping our climate.)
|
 |
Deep
Sea
Vents (Dramatic
new imagery from the Pacific seafloor reveals abundant life in a world
without sunlight.)
|
 | Report
to Members: Fossil Trail (Our
November 1999 issue showcased a “missing link” between dinosaurs and
birds that fooled us all.)
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National
Geographic -
November
2000
 |
Libya
(After
three decades of international isolation, the nation works to shed its
outlaw image.)
|
 | Putorana
Plateau (An
expedition seeks
Siberia
’s wild heart.)
|
 | Inside
the Volcano (A
daredevil photographer leads a team of adventurers into an active volcano in
the South Pacific.)
|
 | The
Art of Being Luis Marden (Writer,
photographer, explorer: Luis Marden’s 64 years with National Geographic
shaped the magazine.)
|
 | Preying
on Giants (In
Botswana
a pride of lions lives large.)
|
 | Nepal
(Gateway
to the
Himalaya
, the nation struggles under its old burden of poverty and a new one, urban
sprawl.)
|
 | Pueblo
Ancestors Return Home (Ancient
Native American remains are welcomed back to
New Mexico
after some 80 years away.)
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 | ZipUSA:
Beverly Hills
(Here, looks
really are everything.
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National
Geographic -
December
2000
 | Map
Supplement: Peopling of the
Americas
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 | Blue Nile
(This
legendary river inspires both reverence and fear among the Ethiopians who
live along its banks.)
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 | Polar
Bears (The
Arctic
’s most formidable predator has a tender side too.)
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 | Dawn
of Humans (Who
were the first Americans? It’s an open question as archaeologists weight
the newest evidence.)
|
 | Fiordland
(Craggy arms
of rock reach toward the Tasman Sea in
New Zealand
’s largest national park.)
|
 | In
Search of
Lake
Wobegon
, by Garrison
Keillor (The
author’s famous fictional town is alive and well and operating under
several assumed names in the heart of
Minnesota
.)
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 | Journey
to Shipton’s Arch (Five
adventurers travel to western
China
to become the first to climb this geologic wonder.)
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 | ZipUSA:
North Pole,
Alaska
(Does this
suburban town live up to its name? If you run into Kris Kringel at the North
Pole Plaza Mall, ask him.)
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National
Geographic -
January
2001
 | Beyond
Gravity, by Sir
Arthur Clarke (The year Arthur C. Clarke made famous is here. 2001’s
co-creator contemplates the third millennium.)
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 | Surviving
in Space (A
voyage to Mars may be every astronaut’s dream, but the health risks to
even the most superbly conditioned Earthlings are formidable indeed.)
|
 | Great
Barrier Reef (Largest
structure on the planet built by living organisms,
Australia
’s coral rampart hosts a carnival of sea life.)
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 | Mummers
Parade (Fantasy
and feathers rule in Philadelphia when New Year’s revelers take to the
streets in costumes fit for kings.)
|
 | Ancient
Ashkelon (From
Canaanites to Crusaders, the city of
Ashkelon
was a strategic Mediterranean port for nearly 5,000 years.)
|
 | Japan’s
Imperial Palace (The
heart of Tokyo shelters the home of Emperor Akihito – a modern ruler who
studies fish, writes poetry, and preserves the traditions of the world’s
oldest monarchy.)
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Quartzsite (It’s
Nowhere,
Arizona
– until November. Then more than a million devotees of RVs roll in from
all over for swap meets, socializing, and the sunset-painted sky.)
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Geographic -
February 2001
 | Map Supplement: Mars Revealed
|  | Andes Journey (On familiar ground, an
Ecuadorian explores lifeways shaped by the lofty range that spans a
continent.)
 | Mars (As the Mars Global Surveyor beams home
unprecedented images, our assumptions about the red planet explode.)
 | Jewel Scarabs (Gleaming beetles from Central
America attract insect enthusiasts and offer hope for saving a priceless
habitat.)
 | New Jersey Meadowlands (Home to rivers of
grass and rabid sports fans, a onetime trash heap shines in Manhattan’s
shadow.)
 | Update From the Field (Elephants, ice, and
architecture – nothing escapes the purposeful gaze of the Society’s
research grantees.)
 | Bushmen (Southern Africa’s
hunter-gatherers seek a foothold.)
 | Paintings of the Spirit (Ancient rock art
sheds light on the trance experiences of Bushman shamans.)
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National Geographic
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March 2001
 | Megatransect II (Pushing through the heart
of the African jungle, ecologist Michael Fay continues his unprecedented
trek.)
 | The Clearing (Deep in the Congo a sunny
glade attracts gorillas, elephants, antelope, and – for six weeks – a
dogged photographer.)
 | Palmyra Atoll (A Pacific island paradise,
one of the world’s premier seabird breeding sites, has won protection
thanks to a private conservation group.)
 | Moche Burials Uncovered (Extravagant grave
goods add to the mystery of this ancient people of Peru.)
 | Indonesia (Religious zealots and regional
separatists force the issue: Can this far-flung nation hold together?)
 | William Bartram (An American naturalist
explored the South just before the revolutionary War and left a legacy of
art and writings that shaped a young nation’s appreciation of its beauty.)
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National Geographic
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April 2001
 | Map Supplement: Ancient Egypt
|  | A River Dammed (Columbia River salmon are in
decline despite heroic measures to sustain them, and Pacific Northwesterners
search their souls: Should some dams be dismantled to save the fish?)
 | Pharaohs of the Sun (Akhenaten and his wife
Nefertiti ruled Egypt just long enough to transform the empire’s religion,
art, and architecture. Digs at Amarna yield clues to their enigmatic dynasty.)
 | Pursuing the Minke (With a million of these
sleek, fast-breeding creatures in the seas, whaling nations, led by Norway and
Japan, urge an end to the 15-year-old ban on all commercial whaling.)
 | Gypsies: The Outsiders (Romanticized as free
spirits, hounded for being different, the people who call themselves Roma
fight for their place in a world where there are few welcome mats.)
 | Flower Trade (High-tech hybrids, brand
names, and the Internet invade a multibillion-dollar, world-girdling business
once dominated by family farms and now coming up roses.)
 | ZipUSA: Harlem, New York (Long a mecca for
African Americans and foreign tourists, Harlem hits a high note as yuppies and
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National Geographic
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May 2001
 | The Adventurers of Marco Polo Part I (The
storied Venetian trader escapes bandits, rampaging rivers, and sandstorms to
reach the border of far-off China in this first of three articles.)
 | Jaguars (These elusive cats rank among
Latin America’s supreme predators. Conservationists seek to connect their
isolated refuges.)
 | Black Sea Mysteries (Ancient shipwrecks
and telltale shells bring to life epics of distant trade and a prehistoric
flood.)
 | Deadly Haven: Mexico’s Poisonous Cave (Cueva
de Villa Luz, or Cave of the Lighted House) (An underworld of hydrogen
sulfide harbors life-forms awesome and awful.)
 | Pterosaurs (Largest animals that ever
flew, pterosaurs ruled the skies for 150 million years before their sudden
demise.)
 | The Fragile World of Frogs ( Victims of
pollution, disease, and habitat loss, amphibians are vanishing all over the
globe.)
 | ZipUSA: Jamestown, NM (Pull the rig into
this mammoth truck stop and get a meal, a shower, and some spiritual
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National Geographic
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June 2001
 | Probing Chile’s Wild Coast (Battling
furious winds and rain, a team of cavers explores a bleak island at the
bottom of the world.)
 | Marco Polo Part II: In China (A trusted
member of the court of Kublai Khan for 17 years, Marco traveled throughout
the realm as his emissary, noting wonders from rice wine to paper money.)
 | Asia’s Last Lions (Extinction stalks the
Asiatic lion, a regal sub-species now crowded into a single sanctuary in
India’s Gir Forest.)
 | Wales (Pride in its ancient – and tongue
twisting – language and an economy on the rise are powering the new Cymru.)
 | Oil and Honor at Pearl Harbor (Sixty years
after Japanese bombers sank the U.S.S. Arizona, the silent wreck still sheds
fuel oil, drop by drop, over the memories of a hellish Hawaiian morning.)
 | Eternal Djenne (Architectural gem of West
Africa, Mali’s holy city rebuilds after years of drought and decay.)
 | ZipUSA: Cary, North Carolina (All roads
lead to a cul-de-sac in this booming high-tech hometown of transplanted
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National Geographic
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July 2001
 | Map Supplement: Sunken
Treasures/Treasures of the World
|  | Grizzlies (Rulers of the wilderness, these
intelligent and adaptable brown bears face shrinking ranges due to escalating
human demands.)
 | Marco Polo Part III: Journey Home (Sailing
the treacherous coast of Southeast Asia and India, Marco returns to Venice
after 24 years, rich in gems and wild tales of unimagined lands.)
 | Urban Sprawl (Most people agree that
unchecked development is a bad deal – for commuters, for taxpayers, for the
environment. But few can agree on how to achieve smart growth.)
 | Cuba’s Golden Past (Havana’s glittering
era as Spain’s premier New World port gleams in treasures rescued from the
sea.)
 | Monhegan Island (Twelve miles off Maine, a
refuge of solitary painters and lobstermen weathers a tide of summer
tourists.)
 | Kingdom of Aksum (Ethiopia’s Christians
still flock to the intricate stone churches of the highlands where their faith
arose.)
 | ZipUSA: Delacroix (Spanish roots anchor this
flood-prone Louisiana island. Hauling sandbags is as natural as hauling
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National Geographic
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August 2001
 | Public Lands (With a quarter billion acres
of fragile western rangeland to ride herd on, and a stampede of off-road
enthusiasts, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management struggles to live up to its
name.)
 | Deadly Silk (Spinning complex webs of
incredible strength, the versatile spider makes things sticky for
unsuspecting prey.)
 | Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Rich in
caribou and in oil, Alaska’s coastal plain is a hot topic in the
nation’s energy debate.)
 | Russia’s Frozen Inferno (A hardy team
reveals the explosive peaks and steam-pocked glaciers of Kamchatka, land of
volcanoes.)
 | Megatransect III (Blackwater swamps give
way to hippos in the surf as ecologist J. Michael Fay reaches Gabon’s
Atlantic coast, concluding his 2,000-mile survey of central Africa’s
forest treasures.)
 | France’s Magical Ice Age Art: Chauvet Cave (Brilliant
scenes of animals drawn 35,000 years ago paint a new picture of the origins
of art.)
 | ZipUSA: Ocean Grove, New Jersey (Hymns and
crashing waves serenade this surprisingly diverse Bible-wielding beach
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National Geographic
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September 2001
 | HOW OLD
IS IT solving the riddle of ages
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National Geographic
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October 2001
 | Power of Light (It sways our moods and
grows our food. A ubiquitous and enigmatic form of energy, light now shines
as the tool of the future.)
 | Rain Forest at Night (Darkness summons a
menagerie of creatures that slither, leap, and buzz through Southeast
Asia’s forests.)
 | Treasures of Ancient China (Terra-cotta
statues – soldiers, farm animals, a potbellied entertainer and his troupe
– are being uncovered at the tombs of two early emperors.)
 | California’s Volcanic North (Sleeping
volcanoes inspire eerie fables and New Age religions as well as fear of
deadly lava spills.)
 | Meet Kenya Man (Humankind’s family tree
sprouts a new branch with Meave Leakey’s discovery of a hominid skull.)
 | Tracking the Leopard (Silent as silk, a
five-year-old spotted cat prowls his 14,000-acre territory in the South
African veld.)
 | Swahili Coast (A unique Islamic heritage
anchors the ports of East Africa, for centuries a mecca for Arabian and
Indian merchants.)
 | ZipUSA: Adjuntas, Puerto Rico (In the
plaza of this mountain town, traditional songs mix with the aroma of rich
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National Geographic
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November 2001
 | Russia Rising (Clambering from the
collapse of the U.S.S.R., Russia has emerged a decade later with four-star
restaurants, cyber-cafes, Santa Claus, and social ills. Can it speed its
halting progress?)
 | Kenya’s Mzima Sprint (In a protected
oasis of clear pools, hippos choreograph a remarkable dance of life, joined
by dung-eating fish, fish-spearing birds, and contented crocodiles.)
 | Earth’s Grand Light Show (Splashing the
sky with radiant hues, auroras can crash power grids and satellite systems
even as they delight scientists and spectators with their slowing gases.)
 | Evolution of Whales (Earth’s largest
animals are sometimes born with a leg or two, a startling genetic reminder
of the time, 50 million years ago, when their ancestors walked on dry land.)
 | The Pyramid Builders (Giza, Egypt) (An
ancient city and graveyard reveal that free men and women, not slaves,
toiled on the pharaohs’ tombs.)
 | King Cobras (Capable of killing an
elephant, these shy Asian forest dwellers have become entwined with some
unflappable humans.)
 | ZipUSA: Steelville, Missouri (Heart of the
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National Geographic
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December
2001
 | Map Supplement: Afghanistan
|  | Antarctica (Earth’s harshest land, the
frozen continent beckons scientists, and 15,000 tourists a year, with
crystalline air, ancient ice, and indescribable wildness.)
 | Islands of Ice (A giant Antarctic iceberg
tests divers’ resolve with hidden caves, lethal temperatures, and ice
explosions.)
 | Silicon Valley (Techno-wizards still vie for
success in this exurb of San Francisco, where networking is a sport,
twentysomethings cut million-dollar deals, and a psychiatrist may be your best
friend.)
 | The Future Is Calling (Distance dissolves as
fiber-optic and wireless networks speed e-mails and ideas around the world.)
 | SuperCroc (From the sands of the Sahara
paleontologists wrest an ancient reptile capable of challenging any dinosaur
in its path.)
 | Journey of Faith (Abraham’s biblical trek
through the Middle East kindled three major religions, whose past and present
conflicts would surely sadden this patriarch of peace.)
 | Eyewitness Afghanistan (A veteran journalist
in the war-wracked nation reports on his encounters with Osama bin Laden, the
Taliban, and the assassins of a rebel commander.) |
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National Geographic
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January 2002
 | Wolf to Woof (After wild dogs learned not
to bite the hand that fed them, French poodles weren’t far behind.)
 | A Love Story (Some dogs work for us –
hunting, herding, guiding – but others dote on us, and we love them for
it.)
 | The New Europe (With its own parliament
and currency and a common aspiration for peace, the European Union declares
itself – in 11 official languages – open for business.)
 | China’s Unknown Gobi (Spring-fed lakes,
thousand-foot-high sand dunes, and the ghosts of an ancient walled city lie
at the heart of the remote Alashan Plateau.)
 | In Focus: World of Islam (Earth’s
fastest growing religion, with six million followers in the U.S. alone,
reveals striking diversity.)
 | Hotspots: India’s Western Ghats (Treasured
watershed of India, these coastal mountains feed grasslands, forests, and a
burgeoning human population. Biologist E. O. Wilson introduces a series
examining such hotspots, among Earth’s richest ecosystems.)
 | ZipUSA: U.S.S. Enterprise (Now hear this:
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priceless and 30-ton jets roar off the flight deck 24 hours a day.) |
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National Geographic
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February
2002
 | Map Supplement: Antarctica
|  | Search for a Cure (Will a vaccine ever
suppress HIV, the elusive virus that has caused immeasurable suffering, and
more than 20 million AIDS deaths throughout the world?)
 | Cuba Reefs (Gardens of sponges and exotic
fish bloom in the pristine cays of Cuba, the Caribbean’s largest submerged
island shelf.)
 | Mount Etna Ignites (Europe’s tallest
active volcano erupts in grandeur, enthralling Sicilians and intriguing
scientists.)
 | Salt Lake Valley (Wedged between snowy peaks
and its namesake lake, this fast-growing oasis is ready for its Olympic
debut.)
 | Central Asia Unveiled (From Kazakhs in the
north to Pashtun in Pakistan, over 100 ethnic groups call these storied lands
home.)
 | ZipUSA: Elkton, Maryland (Where no-wait
marriages once drew movie stars, thousands of couples still come each year to
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March 2002
 | Diamonds: The Real Story (Funneled through
secretive networks, these precious gems can carry a huge cost in human
suffering.)
 | Solo Across the Arctic (With animal
instincts and high-tech gear, a Norwegian adventurer skis, and swims, from
Russia to Canada.)
 | Down to a Handful (Fewer than 50
Attwater’s prairie-chickens hang on in two refuges. Can Texas’ obscure
grouse beat extinction?)
 | Danube River (On its waltz past the
storied castles of Germany through central Europe to the Black Sea, the
hardworking river find itself still hobbled by the bombs that pounded the
Balkans in 1999.)
 | Water World: the Danube Delta (Preservation
efforts gain ground in a rich haven for birds and fishermen.)
 | Mother Bear Man (Using foraging lessons
and forest romps, gentle Ben Kilham teaches orphaned cubs how to be wild.)
 | Golden Age Treasures (A fifth-century B.C.
shipwreck off Turkey shines light on Greece’s finest hour.)
 | ZipUSA: Murfreesboro, AR (If Tiffany’s
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National Geographic
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April 2002
 | FOUND: After 17 Years An Afghan
Refugee’s Story
|  | Special Report:
Her eyes have captivated the world since she appeared on our cover in 1995.
Now we can tell her story.
 | Tibetans (Adapting to the realities of
Chinese rule, Tibetans still manage to hold on to cherished traditions.)
 | Maneless in Tsavo (Legendary Kenya lions
shed their mystery.)
 | Yucatan Cities (Ancient Maya ruins stud
Mexico’s hill country.)
 | Maya Mural (Researchers uncover a unique
Maya wall painting.)
 | Muskoxen (Hunted nearly to extinction for
their meat and coats, the “bearded ones” again thrive in the Arctic.)
 | Lewis and Clark (A geographer maps the
explorers’ path into the West, unsettling some towns’ claims to fame.)
 | China Hotspot (Government decrees protect
the fragile habitat of the Hengduan Mountains, where Buddhism alone stood
guard.)
 | Bat Patrol (Radar follows bats in Texas as
they gorge on crop pests.)
 | ZipUSA: Pickstown, SD (Dam-building spawned
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National Geographic
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May 2002
 | Map Supplement: The Inca
|  | Food: How Safe? How Altered? (Mishandling
products in the U.S. food supply, among the safest in the world, can make
eating downright unhealthy. In our continuing Challenges for Humanity series,
we also explore genetic engineering of food. Want disease-free grapes? Add a
silkworm gene. How about vitamin-enhanced rice? While the technology promises
new ways to help feed the world, some see risks to the land and to human
health.)
 | Uncommon Vision (Captivated by the beauty of
moths, an artist uses digital scans to transform backyard fliers into fine
art.)
 | Catfish Hunters (Scientists surveying
Guyana’s rivers find fish species healthy for now, but waters run brown from
mining.)
 | Inca Rescue (Racing against developers,
archaeologists save a treasure: Peru’s largest cache of mummies from a
single time period along with weapons, ceramics, and elegant textiles.)
 | Italy’s Po River (Punished for centuries
by destructive floods, northern Italians stubbornly embrace their nation’s
longest river, which nurtures rice fields, vineyards, fisheries, and legends.)
 | ZipUSA: 60614 (When Chicago’s elevated
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National Geographic
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June 2002
 | Untold Stories of D-Day (A grand hoax, top
secret maps, and live-ammunition rehearsals set the stage for June 6, 1944,
when 200,000 soldiers stormed Normandy’s beaches to help free Europe.)
 | Saluting the Troops (Tiny Bedford,
Virginia, lost 19 sons on D-Day, a sacrifice honored in a new national
memorial.)
 | Boreal: The Great Northern Forest (The
reality of this immense boreal land grows ever harsher as a resource-hungry
world gnaws it edges.)
 | Beast of the Boreal (Enter the deep
forests of Finland and meet the misunderstood wolverine: shy, playful, and
opportunistic.)
 | Jamestown (What happened to this early
English settlement in the New World? Graves and a fort site provide
surprising new clues.)
 | Long Road Home (An American
photojournalist and her Islamist translator forge a friendship on
Afghanistan’s front lines.)
 | Andes Empires (Building grand cities,
temples, and roads, two powerful pre-Inca empires ruled the region.)
 | ZipUSA: Ames, Iowa (“Quiet” can only
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National Geographic
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July 2002
 | America’s Nuclear Waste (The search for
permanent solutions heats up as tons of highly radioactive sludge, spent
fuel, and contaminated soil pile up around the nation.)
 | Bald Eagles (Our majestic national bird is
flying high over much of its former range and may soon be off the endangered
list.)
 | Somalia (A civilian army of entrepreneurs
and expatriates offers hope in this East African nation, bloodied by warring
clans.)
 | Hotspot: The Philippines (Amid poverty,
coral reefs rocked by dynamite fishing, and once lush islands stripped by
logging, conservationists rush to preserve endemic species.)
 | The H. L. Hunley: Secret Weapon of the
Confederacy (In 1864 eight sailors slipped out of Charleston in an
ingenious submarine, sank a Union ship, and disappeared, until now.
 | The Big Bloom (Essential to life, and to
romance, flowering plants lure paleobotanists with the sweet mystery of
their origin.)
 | ZipUSA: 20024 (At the Maine Avenue Fish
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National Geographic
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August 2002
 | NGS Research and Exploration NEW FIND (This
1.75-million-year-old skull from the republic of Georgia might have belonged
to one of the first humans to leave Africa. And it doesn’t look anything
like scientists thought it would.)
 | Oceans of Plenty: South Africa’s Teeming
Seas (In the greatest shoal on Earth, cold and warm waters surge
together off South Africa to create rich marine ecosystems and a billion
sardines on the move.)
 | Mount Fuji (Japan’s famous peak is A) a
serious volcano, B) the spiritual epicenter of a nation, or C) a tourism
engine whose image is plastered on countless consumer goods. Answer: all of
the above.)
 | Henrietta Marie (The oldest slave ship
ever excavated, wrecked off Florida in 1700, is yielding a multitude of
artifacts, and blood-curdling history.)
 | Bahia (An African rhythm drives this
Brazilian coastal state, home to descendants of the first slaves brought to
the New World.)
 | Russian Smokejumpers (Talk about tough:
These guys throw themselves out of 50-year-old aircraft into burning
Siberian forests.)
 | Proboscis Monkeys (Borneo’s flamboyant
primates are famous for having big noses. What you might not know about them
is they’re graceful, they can swim, and they’re in trouble.)
 | ZipUSA: 03246 (On Bear Island, New
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National Geographic
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September 2002
 | Water Pressure (How can such a wet planet
be so short on clean fresh water? The latest installment in the
“Challenges for Humanity” series plumbs the problem.)
 | Down the Drain? (The Great Lakes hold a
fifth of Earth’s surface fresh water, and they’ve shrunk dramatically.
If it keeps up, shipping and fisheries could be left high and dry.)
 | Meerkats (The meerkat motto: You get by
with a little help from your friends. Welcome to the strange social life of
one of Africa’s most beloved carnivores.)
 | Crucible of the Gods (Once upon a time in
Turkey and Georgia, blood sacrifice to the gods really mattered. People
still live that way along this isolated stretch of Black Sea coast.)
 | State of the Planet (In 1992,
representatives from nearly every country met in Brazil to hash out what
could be done to protect Earth’s resources. A decade later, here’s a
global report card.)
 | ZipUSA: 10013 (Portrait of a neighborhood
torn apart: Three New Yorkers – a firefighter, a television producer, and
a journalist – remember September 11 and reflect on how it changed their
shocked city forever.) |
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National Geographic
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October 2002
 | Map Supplement: Middle East
|  | Death on the Nile (Conspiracy, murder,
revenge – it’s all at Saqqara, a cemetery of ancient Egypt’s rich and
powerful.)
 | A Pharaoh’s Peacemaker (The tomb of one of
Ramses the Great’s top ambassadors is disclosing its secrets.)
 | Tokyo Bay (In Japan all roads lead to Tokyo
Bay. But the nation’s hub is being strangled by pollution and relentless
development.)
 | Saving Places (They need a world of support,
and they’ve got it. Today 730 World Heritage sites find salvation in the
United Nations.)
 | Hotspot: New Zealand (What happens when an
archipelago populated by bizarre flightless birds is invaded by alien
species?)
 | In Focus: The West Bank (Occupied since
1967, the heartland of a future Palestinian state is a breeding ground for
despair.)
 | Istanbul on Edge (Anxiety fills Turkey’s
biggest city: The economy is volatile, secularism is under fire, and an
earthquake is coming.)
 | Zip USA: Hibbing, Minnesota (A mining town
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National Geographic
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November 2002
 | Weapons of Mass Destruction (They
redefined warfare in the 20th century and could redefine civilization itself
in the 21st. A closer look at the ugly legacy of nuclear, chemical, and
biological weapons, and their unimaginable threat.)
 | Unmasking the Skin (Equal parts armor,
air-conditioning system, and genetic heritage, skin is more than skin-deep.
Scientists are probing beneath the surface of the body’s largest organ.)
 | Mola! (A swimming head, a pizza pie with
eyes, a platter of parasites – that’s a mola, the colossal fish that has
at least one researcher wrapped around its little fin.)
 | Megacities (By 2030, two out of three
people will live in an urban world, with most of the explosive growth
occurring in developing countries. For a preview of the future, the last in
the Challenges for Humanity series explores Sao Paulo, Brazil; Lagos,
Nigeria; Bangkok, Thailand; and, Hyderabad, India.)
 | Kings of the Hill? (In a male-dominated
world, a female-run society is decidedly refreshing. Check out gelado
monkeys, but don’t mess with the queens: They bite.)
 | ZipUSA: Boys Town, Nebraska (Give them
homes, schools, families, and some old-fashioned religion, and troubled kids
might just pull themselves together. This is their place.) |
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December 2002
 | The Hawaiians (A century after Hawaiians
lost their kingdom and much of their culture, a new generation is
discovering its roots, and some of them want their islands back.)
 | X-ray Vision (The orbiting Chandra X-ray
Observatory lifts the veil on exploding stars, pulsars, quasars, and black
holes.)
 | Surviving the Sahara (Fifteen-hundred
miles of heat, cold, hunger, and evil spirits. The team’s only hope: their
steadfast camels.)
 | The Search for PT 109, by Robert D.
Ballard and Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Explorer Bob Ballard goes after
JFK’s PT 109, and Senator Ted Kennedy recalls a heroic brother’s
return.)
 | A New Day in Kabul (Children are returning
to school. Women are starting businesses. Can the recovery of
Afghanistan’s weary capital city be sustained?)
 | Snowy Owls (They’ve got movie-star
charisma, with power (and talons) to match. But to raise chicks, snowy owls
rely on the boom-or-bust market of their favorite prey: the humble lemming.)
 | ZipUSA: Tysons Corner, Virginia (If money
talks, then this suburban mall shouts. Hard to believe it was once a rural
crossroads.) |
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National Geographic
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January 2003
 | The Great Wall (Over the centuries the
Chinese built not one wall but a vast network of walls to keep foreigners
out. Now two foreigners, a writer and a photographer, set off on an
unprecedented mission: to follow as much of the walls as they can by car,
traveling deep into China’s rural heart.)
 | Strangest Volcano on Earth? (In a remote
corner of Tanzania stands an astonishing mountain called Ol Doinyo Lengai,
where lava fountains harden in midair then shatter like glass.)
 | Dreamweavers (The textiles of tomorrow are
still on the drawing board. But one day – maybe not so long from now –
they could take humans to outer space, make soldiers invisible, keep people
in touch with their friends, and move buildings.)
 | Egypt’s Forgotten Treasures (They’ve
opened the vaults. An exclusive look at Cairo’s Egyptian Museum centennial
exhibit includes stunning antiquities on display for the first time ever.)
 | Japan’s Winter Wildlife (A frosted stage
gathers re-crowned cranes, whooper swans, sika deer, and snow monkeys. Can
Japan turn an ancient reverence for its animals into modern conservation?)
 | ZipUSA: Athens, Ohio (And they’re off!
From dawn to dusk one cloudy day, 114 photography students at Ohio
University head out to document a rural zip, and learn a few things along
the way.) |
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National Geographic
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February 2003
 | Galaxy Hunters (A new breed of scientists
leads a cosmic revolution in thinking how the universe came to be.)
 | Shattered Sudan (An oil pipeline fuels the
unforgiving heart of a seemingly endless war. It may also be a means to
peace.)
 | Survivors (Outcasts in their own land,
Sudan’s Nuba hold on.)
 | Searching for Sacagawea (What we know
about her: She was a teenage mother and a valued interpreter for Lewis and
Clark. What we don’t know about her: Almost everything else.)
 | Unraveling the Knots (Birds That Go to
Extremes) (How do these Arctic-breeding shorebirds take the heat of a summer
home in Australia’s sizzling tropics?)
 | Dawn in the Deep (IMAX, Atlantic Ocean
Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents) (It’s always night in the world of sea vents
– until a film crew summons the power to illuminate the abyss.)
 | Pacific Suite (From wolves to whales, from
rain forests to tidal flats – Vancouver Island’s Clayoquot Sound has
them all.)
 | ZipUSA: Driggs, Idaho (Billionaires,
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National Geographic
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March 2003
 | Map Supplement: A Traveler's Map of the WEST
INDIES
 | Dinosaurs Come Alive (Step aside, bone
diggers and fossil hunters, a new generation of scientists is using computer
modeling and a better understanding of living animals to bring dinosaurs
back to life, virtually.)
 | Puerto Rico’s Divided Passions (As
citizens they love their country; they also love their island home. Fifty
years after becoming residents of a de facto U.S. colony, Puerto Ricans are
rethinking the commonwealth’s future.)
 | Alaska’s Giant of Ice and Stone (Solitude
seems as tangible as the mountains in immense Wrangell-St. Elias National
Park. This first in a series on American Landscapes surveys a wilderness of
unyielding harshness and unbridled majesty.)
 | Revolution From the Top Down (First he
overthrew his father. Now the ruler of the rich Persian Gulf nation of Qatar
strives to modernize a conservative Islamic society by royal decree.)
 | Hotspot: Islands in the Pacific (Take
1,400 remote specks of land, colonize them with migrant species, then wait a
few millennia. That’s the recipe for biodiversity in the tropical
Pacific.)
 | ZipUSA: 73106 (You won’t find steak
houses in this corner of Oklahoma City. In Little Saigon, noodle shops
reign.) |
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National Geographic
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April 2003
 | The Rise of Mammals (Once upon a time, a
warm-blooded, milk-producing, fur-covered beast was born. Since then,
mammals have conquered every habitat on Earth. This is their story – our
story.)
 | Caves of Oman (Deep in Arabia, scientists
descend into some of the world’s largest caverns. Their mission: To see if
tourists could one day explore Oman’s caves without putting their lives on
the line.)
 | Paradox Island (On the map, the
Mediterranean island of Corsica belongs to France. In their hearts, many
Corsicans aren’t so sure.)
 | What’s New at Gombe, by Jane Goodall
(Forty-three years after Jane Goodall first set foot in the forests of
Africa, Fifi is a mom again. Frodo is the alpha male, and Gremlin is
teaching her twins to fish for termites.)
 | Jane Goodall in the Wild, by David Quammen
(The famed primatologist meets the chimpanzees of the Congo’s Goualougo
Triangle, animals so isolated they have no fear of humans – at least for
now.)
 | Walking the Chang Tang, by Rick Ridgeway,
Photographs by Galen Rowell (In photographer Galen Rowell’s final
assignment, four mountaineers set out for the remote calving grounds of the
endangered Tibetan antelope.)
 | ZipUSA: 30904 (Augusta, Georgia, home of
the well-heeled Masters, is simply down-home to area residents.) |
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National Geographic
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May 2003
 | Everest: 50 Years and Counting (The world
hasn’t been the same since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay stepped onto
Mount Everest’s snowy peak on May 29, 1953. More than a thousand climbers
have followed them to the summit. Nearly 200 others have perished in the
attempt.)
 | Everest 50: Everest’s Greatest Hits (An
illustrated history spanning 150 years of mountain milestones.)
 | Everest 50: Altitude and the Death Zone
(Above 26,000 feet the human body starts to shut down.)
 | Everest 50: Not Your Average Hero (Why a
beekeeper from New Zealand was the right man for the job.)
 | Everest 50: Sir Edmund Remembers, by Sir
Edmund Hillary (Which accomplishment gives him the greatest pride? Surprise:
It’s not the climb.)
 | Everest 50: The Sherpas (It’s their
mountain, and ever since tourists started pouring in, it’s their
livelihood too.)
 | Mayflies (With just hours to live, these
swarming insects on Hungary’s Tisza River have only one thing on their
minds.)
 | High Stakes in the Bluegrass
(Million-dollar miscarriages have Kentucky horse breeders running scared.)
 | Aguateca (Under enemy attack, a Maya king
and his courtiers fled their city, leaving astonishing pieces of their lives
behind.)
 | ZipUSA: 48222 (Great Lakes Mail Boat J. W.
Westcott II) (Mail call afloat on the Great Lakes.) |
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National Geographic
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June 2003
 | Untouchables (Discrimination against
India’s lowest Hindu castes is technically illegal. But try telling that
to the 160 million Untouchables, who face violent reprisals if they forget
their place.)
 | Boundary Waters Summer (Next stop in the
American Landscape series: the beguiling wilds of northern Minnesota.)
 | Baghdad Before the Bombs (In the run-up to
war, a photographer trains her camera on a city about to be changed
forever.)
 | Harbor Porpoise Rescue (Scientists and
fishermen in the North Atlantic join forces to save the elusive cetacean.)
 | Peru’s Highway of Dreams (A new road
connecting Amazonia to the Pacific could bring riches – and ecological
ruin.)
 | Killer Caterpillars (These rarely seen
crawlers use stealth, seduction, and brute strength to get away with
murder.)
 | Masters of Gold (Artless barbarians?
Hardly. The Scythian horsemen of the ancient Siberian steppe had a golden
touch.)
 | ZipUSA: 02557 (Warm nights and open arms
in Oak Bluffs, a corner of Martha’s Vineyard where African-American roots
run deep.) |
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National Geographic
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July 2003
 | Map Supplement: The Two Koreas
|  | Dangerous Divide (As North Korea steps up
its nuclear threat, it’s business as usual along the DMZ – the narrow
strip of land that has split the Korean peninsula for 50 years. There the two
armies, the South’s backed by 20,000 U.S. troops, wait for the other to
blink.)
 | Animal Attraction (Males will do whatever it
takes to win the mating game: sing, dance, fight a rival, build a house, give
a gift. But in the end, it’s usually the females who do the choosing.)
 | The New Story of China’s Ancient Past (A
trove of artifacts has shattered China’s traditional story of its origins
– but the new narrative, like the old one, still packs a political punch.)
 | Three Peaks Challenge (How to be a Three
Peaker: Run up the mountain. Run down the mountain. Do it three times in three
different countries. And finish in under 24 hours.)
 | Atlantic Salmon (Farm-raised salmon now
outnumber wild fish nearly 85 to one. As wild stocks dwindle, this legendary
sport fish has become the veritable chicken of the sea.)
 | ZipUSA: 46970 (Every July the kids in a
Midwest town don frilly costumes and fly through the air, with the greatest of
east. Has Peru, Indiana, lost its mind?) |
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National Geographic
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August 2003
 | Into the Amazon (Brazilian explorer and
social activist Sydney Possuelo believes his country’s uncontacted Indians
should remain isolated. Why, then, is he risking his life to find them?)
 | Bohemian Rhapsody (In the trendy Paris
neighborhood of the Marais, cultures and lifestyles mix and match, and
laissez-faire rules.)
 | The Driest Place on Earth (Parts of
Chile’s Atacama Desert haven’t seen a drop of rain since recordkeeping
began. Somehow, more than a million people squeeze life from this parched
land.)
 | Alaska’s Wild Archipelago (Alaska
Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Aleutian Islands) (A gale-swept refuge,
imperiled marine mammals, and some of the most lucrative fisheries in the
world make for stormy times on the last frontier.)
 | Royal City of the Maya (For some 400 years
the Maya reigned triumphant from Guatemala’s Piedras Negras. Then somebody
kidnapped the king.)
 | Zimbabwe’s Bitter Harvest (With the
onset of land reform, whites lost farms, blacks lost jobs, and the country
that once fed much of southern Africa lost the means to feed itself.)
 | ZipUSA: 15222 (The Strip: 24 hours in
Pittsburgh’s revitalized warehouse district means 24 hours of feasting and
fun.) |
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National Geographic
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September 2003
 | 21st-Century Slaves (There are more slaves
today than were seized from Africa in four centuries of the trans-Atlantic
slave trade. The modern commerce in humans rivals illegal drug trafficking
in its global reach – and in the destruction of lives.)
 | Inhuman Profit (The market for humans
extends beyond the realm of slavery.)
 | Zebras (They’re born to roam: East
Africa’s plains zebras follow the rains in one of the greatest migratory
shows on Earth.)
 | Winged Mummy of Peru (In a coastal desert,
archaeologist discover a 1,300-year-old, human-size effigy of a bird and,
inside, the skeleton of a woman thought to be a shaman.)
 | Saving Africa’s Eden (The president of
Gabon sets aside a big chunk of his country, preserving a little bit of
Africa for everyone.)
 | Deep Science (What’s the best way to
study Florida’s coral reefs and their finned inhabitants? Live where the
action is.)
 | Diary of a War (In her second dispatch, a
veteran war photographer reports on daily life in Iraq during and after the
bombing.)
 | ZipUSA: 97210 (A short walk from downtown
Portland, Oregon, coyotes, joggers, and mountain bikers share a 5,000-acre
park.) |
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National Geographic
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October 2003
 | Saudi Arabia on Edge (Tribal traditions
and modern wealth clash in the birthplace of Islam – a kingdom in the
political hot seat since 9/11.)
 | Kinkajous (Living on fruits and flowers,
these rarely seen relatives of the raccoon prowl the high rain forest
canopies of Central and South America.)
 | Iraq’s Antiquities War (When the spring
offensive by U.S.-led forces ended, another battle began: the fight to
preserve Iraq’s ancient sites and artifacts from looters. A team of
archaeologists races from Baghdad to Babylon to report from the field.)
 | Orangutans Hang Tough (Revisiting Borneo,
an anthropologist checks in with some old friends and worries about their
future.)
 | Maya Water World (Divers and scientists
probe Yucatan sinkholes, sacred to the Maya, where human sacrifices ensured
cosmic order.)
 | Mongolian Crossing (In a remote,
mountainous corner of Asia, nomads still follow their herds on an arduous
migration. If given the choice, will they take a new path?)
 | ZipUSA: 05641 (Resting in peace, Barre,
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National Geographic
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November 2003
 | Watching You (In our high-tech world,
machines track personal records, see through walls, and screen facial
features. Will electronic surveillance mean better security, or an end to
privacy?)
 | Afghanistan (A nation shattered by wars,
droughts, and earthquakes looks for signs of stability amid an uneasy
peace.)
 | The Sun God’s Treasurer (Egypt’s
radical Pharaoh Akhenaten) (A lavish tomb records the rise and fall of a
heretical pharaoh and the staying power of a savvy CFO.)
 | Cuba’s Wild Side (Known more for its
music and politics than for its wildlife, Cuba in fact teems with unusual
species, from tiny frogs and orchids to particularly feisty crocodiles.)
 | Burma Road (Allied forces endured disease,
monsoons, and Japanese attacks to build the infamous 1,100-mile supply line
that still winds through three nations – and old soldiers’ memories.)
 | Yellowstone and the Tetons (Crowning the
National Parks system, this grand expanse of jutting mountains, steaming
geysers, and manifold animals stirs the soul.)
 | ZipUSA: 58102 (Fargo, the 1996 movie was
filled with quirky characters and lots of snow. The film got the snow right,
but North Dakota’s largest city has a personality all its own.) |
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National Geographic
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December 2003
 | The Future of Flying (The airplane has
come a long way in its first hundred years. Fasten your seat belt for a
high-tech ride into the next century of flight.)
 | Tango, Soul of Argentina (Full of yearning
and lament, the tango is perfect therapy for a nation still stinging from
economic loss.)
 | Eye on Infinity (The steadfast Hubble
Telescope takes the long view of space and time as it orbits the Earth,
transmitting images of astronomical beauty and import.)
 | Maya Masterwork (Guatemala) (A
2,000-year-old mural of the powerful corn god shatters long-hold ideas of
Maya mythology.)
 | Hot Pink (Its candy color and stick legs
might make it seem delicate, but Africa’s lesser flamingo is one tough
bird.)
 | The Samurai Way (In everything from
martial arts to tea ceremonies, the storied warriors of Japan remain a
potent presence. Many Japanese just can’t stop searching for their inner
samurai.)
 | ZipUSA: 67210 (A modern-day version of
Rosie the Riveter is still hard at work in Wichita, Kansas, where aviation
has long been the biggest business in town.) |
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National Geographic
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January 2004
 | Mars Revisited (The so-called red planet
is ages – make that ice ages – removed from the inert wasteland
scientists once thought. Now landers are closing in to probe the big
question: Could there be liquid water, and with it signs of life?)
 | The Himba People (Romanticized by
tourists, Namibia’s Himba struggle to maintain control of their life and
lands.)
 | Patagonia: the Wild Wild South (Once the
sole domain of sheep farmers, the wind-whipped tip of South America is
drawing a new generation of pioneers and adventure seekers.)
 | Star Search (Relic thieves, 1
3,600-year-old disk of the heavens, and an intrepid archaeologist add up to
a real-life thriller.)
 | Himalayan Sanctuary (With the help of the
Dalai Lama, a Western photographer is welcomed by the isolated monks and
nuns of Hanle Valley in a remote corner of India’s Ladakh.)
 | Breaking the Ice (Scientists eager to
explore the Arctic’s Canada Basin find getting there is one challenge.
Getting data is another.)
 | ZipUSA: 59631 (Folks come from all over to
sit in a Montana mine and inhale radioactive gas. Is it good for what ails
them?) |
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National Geographic
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February 2004
 | Han Dynasty (As mighty in the East two
thousand years ago as the Romans were in the West, the Han emperors –
brilliant, cunning, and cruel – left a mark on China that endures today.)
 | Canada’s Great White Bears (A polar bear
paparazzo brings back close-up images of these Hudson Bay celebrities.)
 | South Pacific Hideaway (On the healthy
reefs of the Phoenix Islands, scientists find new species and clues to
preserving paradise.)
 | Mystery Mountain of the Inca: A team of
archaeologists saddles up to explore a lost Inca outpost in Peru. (Could
this mountain stronghold also have been the home of an earlier, as yet
unknown people? An expedition probes the intriguing ruins of Cerro
Victoria.)
 | World’s Fastest Monkeys (Kenya’s patas
monkeys not only run fast, they eat fast, reproduce fast – and some are
dying fast.)
 | The Case of the Missing Carbon (Hooked on
fossil fuels, humans pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Fortunately,
plants and ocean waters gather it in. But what happens when the planet’s
great carbon recycling system goes awry?)
 | Zip USA: 06830 (Old money, new money – in
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National Geographic
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March 2004
 | Rio’s Backyard Rain Forest (The once
vast Atlantic forest of Brazil survives only as a scattering of green
islands in a sea of human sprawl. Now scientists have plans to save its
remnants from the rising tide of development.)
 | Armenia Reborn (For 3,000 years Armenians
survived conquerors, calamities, and diaspora. Defiance and a long memory
continue to sustain them as they rebuild their Caucasus homeland.)
 | Harp Seals (Wolves of the sea to fishermen
and cause celebre for anti-fur activists, the irresistible animals are
raising tempers again.)
 | China’s Growing Pains (Wrenching
environmental problems are plaguing the world’s newest industrial
powerhouse. Can China clean up its act?)
 | Calls in the Wild (Elephants are able to
talk long distance but only with the cooperation of a fickle carrier: the
weather.)
 | British Columbia’s Outback (What do you
call an unforgiving land whose beauty can be fatal? The people of the
Stikine River Valley call it home.)
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April 2004
 | Chasing Tornadoes (Stalking the funnel
clouds that rip through America’s heartland, a National Geographic team
gets in close for a terrifying look at the workings of the deadly storms.)
 | Cranes (Symbols of luck and majesty,
cranes have been called “wildness incarnate.” But with wildness
disappearing and their luck running out, the great birds are getting some
help from scientists and self-described “craniacs.”)
 | Johannesburg (Ten years after apartheid,
South Africa’s boomtown wrestles with new freedoms and new fears. Will
Jo’burg overcome its crimes – past and present – to lead Africa into
the future?)
 | Badlands (South Dakota’s stark buttes
and wind-roiled grasslands are more bountiful than bad, harboring bison,
birds, and a hoard of fossils that illegal collectors can’t resist.)
 | Valley of Death (In Myanmar’s isolated
Hukawng Valley the tiger was king of the jungle until poachers and gold
miners moved in. Now plans are under way to restore its reign with the
largest tiger sanctuary in the world.)
 | ZipUSA: 04578 (The “prettiest village in
Maine” has great lobster rolls, but Wiscasset’s real specialty is
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May 2004
 | The Late Great Plains (After generations
of trying to bully America’s heartland into producing, many farmers are
giving up. But others are changing their ways, working with the land on its
own terms.)
 | Cuba, Kansas (Native son Jim Richardson
has been creating an intimate portrait of this Great Plains town for 30
years – and counting.)
 | Europe’s Big Gamble (As the European
Union expands to 25 nations, its 74 million new citizens wonder how their
lives will change.)
 | Maya Royal Grave (Fit for a king, one of
the oldest known Maya burials is discovered unlooted in southwestern
Guatemala.)
 | Hanoi: Shedding the Ghosts of War (A
returning journalist finds the city of poets energized by opportunity,
respectful of its ghosts, and deductively charming.)
 | Life and Death in Alaska (Wolves (and
bears) move in for the kill as a wounded moose makes his last stand in
Denali National Park.)
 | Being Bob Ballard (The explorer went
looking for deepwater shipwrecks. As usual, he found them – but not
without deep trouble.)
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June 2004
 | The Shiites of Iraq (They’ve been
systematically repressed for decades. Now Iraq’s majority Muslim sect
prepares to play a powerful role in a chaotic, post-Saddam world.)
 | Monterey Menagerie (Off the coast of
California an undersea canyon harbors an array of deeply strange creatures.)
 | Cliff-Hanging Tombs (Archaeologists
venture high into the cloud forests of Peru to save ancient burials and
their rare statues.)
 | America’s Front Yard (Lots of folks like
Washington, D.C.’s, new World War II Memorial. Lots of others don’t –
including those who sued to halt its construction. It turns out that
Americans have always had trouble agreeing on how to use the National Mall.)
 | At Home With Flickers (Flashing bright
underfeathers in flight, these big noisy woodpeckers help shape forest
biodiversity.)
 | The End of Cheap Oil (It’s inevitable.
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we’re forced to make hard choices about how we live?)
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National Geographic
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July 2004
 | A Stormy Star (Our life-giving sun throws
tempests that can scramble modern technology. New Telescopes and satellites
let scientists probe the secrets of the temperamental star.)
 | Cocaine Country (An illegal cash crop
sustains local farmers and a 40-year-old guerrilla movement in southern
Colombia.)
 | Olympic National Park (Cloaked in fog and
drenched by rain and snowmelt, a lush sanctuary at the northwest tip of
Washington State safeguards some of Earth’s largest trees.)
 | Elephant Hunt (Armed only with spears,
Barabaig men in Tanzania hunt elephants to prove themselves and gain favor
with women.)
 | Wind Scorpions (Massive jaws, voracious
appetite, and sprinters’ speed attest that these aggressive desert
dwellers are built to kill.)
 | Temple of Doom (In a mud-brick pyramid on
the coast of Peru, elaborate reliefs tell a gory tale of human sacrifice and
offer insights into the Moche culture, which vanished 500 years before the
Inca.)
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National Geographic
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August 2004
 | Australia’s Bard of the Bush (Banjo
Paterson celebrated shearers, drovers, and life in the outback with poetry
that still defines how Australians see themselves, and how the world sees
Australia.)
 | Squid (Some are exquisite, others
monstrous, but all are quickchange artists that can alter their appearance
in a flash.)
 | Why Are We So Fat? (A love of carbs? A
lack of exercise? The real reason one in three Americans is obese is simpler
than you think.)
 | Crossing Patagonia’s Ice Field
(Surviving violent storms and bridging treacherous crevasses, a pair of
adventurers traverse one of the largest expanses of ice on Earth.)
 | The Jersey Shore (With 127 miles of beach
to play on, just about anything goes, from boardwalk sideshow to casino
sizzle.)
 | Land of the Surfing Hippos (In Gabon,
where Mike Fay’s epic walk across central Africa ended four years ago, a
brand-new park is up and running. Fay and photographer Michael Nichols
return to the continent’s great unspoiled coastline.)
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National Geographic
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September 2004
 | The Heat Is On (There’s no question that
the Earth is getting hotter – and fast. The real questions are: How much
of the warming is our fault, and are we willing to slow the meltdown by
curbing our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels?)
 | Signs From Earth: Geosigns: The Big Thaw
(Retreating glaciers, rising seas, and shrinking lakes are some of the
global changes already under way.)
 | Signs From Earth: Ecosigns: No Room to Run
(From penguins to alpine flowers, animals and plants are coping with the
heat – or they’re not.)
 | Signs From Earth: Timesigns: Now What
(What causes climate change? Could a climate “flip” happen virtually
overnight?)
 | Indian Renaissance (Growing in numbers,
cultural awareness, and economic clout, American Indians – honored with a
museum on the National Mall – are reclaiming their place on the national
stage.)
 | Badgers With Attitude (The tough Kalahari
honey badger reigns as one of the desert’s fiercest hunters.)
 | Treasure Ship Meets Perfect Storm (In 1865
a paddle wheeler packing gold, silver, and post-Civil War hope went down off
the coast of Georgia. Now the treasure is coming home.)
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National Geographic
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October 2004
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National Geographic
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November
2004
 |
Darwin
’s Big Idea
(The work of the 19th-century English naturalist shocked society and
revolutionized science. How well has it withstood the test of time?)
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 | Into
the Maya Underworld
(Mesoamerican farmers still perform ancient rituals in sacred caves –
portals to the “place of fright.”)
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Fiji
’s Rainbow Reefs
(In the South Pacific a spectacular reef system takes an environmental
walloping and lives to tell the tale. Scientists are listening closely.)
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 | The
Geography of Terror
(Terrorism is as old as humankind. Where are the hot spots, and why is it
so much more lethal today?)
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 | Nose
to Nose With Sloth Bears
(You may recognize them as
India
’s exploited “dancing” bears. In the wild, though, these shaggy
insectivores can be ferociously antisocial.)
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Madness (When
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Australia
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locals and visitors alike “going troppo.”)
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National
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On
the Trail of (Osama) bin Laden (The world’s most wanted man
took refuge in the crags and caves of Tora Bora’s mountains
along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. The Pashtun people, who
call this harsh land home, have made it one of the best hiding
places on Earth.)
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the Afghan Treasures (The fabled Bactrian gold is back, but
other antiquities are quickly disappearing from
Afghanistan
. With the country trying to rebuild after decades of
conflict, can its past be part of its future.)
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Miracle Delta (When Botswana’s seasonal floodwaters
transform a parched plain into Africa’s largest oasis,
there’s no better time to slip beneath the surface of the
Okavango for a look around. Just watch out for the
crocodiles.)
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Someplace
Like Earth (In an astronomical breakthrough, scientists are
discovering planet after planet circling distant stars as the
search narrows for a world like our own.)
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Titanic
Revisited (Fortune hunters, tourists, and time have made the
seafloor wreck site a titanic mess. The man who found the
famous ship 19 years ago returns to survey the damage.)
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Why
we love Caffeine?
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Growing
Up Cheetah
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Italy
Before
the Romans
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Mountain Berbers
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Under Pressure
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National
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February
2005 -
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The
Great Gray Owl
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Arabia's
Empty Quarter
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Tales
From a Nazi Ghost Ship
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Welcome
to Bollywood
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California
Sea
of
Dreams
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Royal
Secrets From Ancient S yria
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National
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March
2005 -
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What's
in Your Mind
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The
Park Maker
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Ancient
Pery Power Elite
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Life
Beneath Irish Isles
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The
Mean Streets of
Medellin
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of the Alien Invaders
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National
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April
2005 -
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Lost
World of the Little People
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Prehistoric
Pathfinders
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Record
Rocket Flight
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Sea
Gypsies
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Birds
of a Different Color
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Civil War Battlefield
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Unmasked
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First Pharaoh
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National
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May
2005-
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Poison:
12 Toxic Tales
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Colorado
Plateau
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Dinosaurs
for
Sale
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World's
Deepest Cave
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Colour
from a Fish's point of view
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Einstein
and Beyond
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National
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June 2005
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The
New Face of KING TUT - His Life and Death
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Chesapeake Bay
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Hyenas
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Last
Csango in
Romania
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Netting
a Convict
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Weather:
A Brighter Forecast
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Tornadoes
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National
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July
2005 -
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Stem
Cells - How Far Will We Go?
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China
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Great Armada
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Deadly
Jellyfish in
Australia
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Mars:
The Little Rovers That Could
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Bitter
Days for
Chechnya
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Tapping
the
Rockies
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National
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August
2005 -
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After
Oil - Powering the Future
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The
Bomb - 60 Years Later
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Cave
Art Mystery
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Brazil
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Wild Wet
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Hurricane
Warning
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Marvels
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National
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September
2005 -
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AFRICA
: Human
Footprint,
Nairobi
, Oil, AIDS, Pygmies,
Zambia
, Wildlife
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