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Why can we all clearly imagine distant locales — even those of us who never leave our backyards? (Quick — imagine the Amazon!)
Listen as we try to answer that question. We peer into habitats frozen in time at the American Museum of Natural History. We watch nature documentaries with David Attenborough. We travel to the North Pole — really — to see what there is to see. And finally, we visit a place where imagination will just have to do: Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, whose summit is home to the gods (and, naturally, off-limits to humans).
90 Degrees North
North Pole
At the top of the planet, unmoored ice speeds over the North Pole. Elizabeth Arnold heads north and tries to set foot on it. Produced by Elizabeth Arnold.
Nature Junkies
United States
These people have a serious addiction to nature… television. Produced by Sean Cole.
A Window in Time
New York
For a century, while their living counterparts have grown, mated, died and — sometimes — vanished, the meticulously taxidermied animals at the American Museum of Natural History have held their heads just so. For many visitors, this is as close as they ever get to nature. We take a tour of diorama hall with senior project manager at the museum, Steve Quinn. Produced by Ann Hepperman and Kara Oehler.
Circling the Center of Creation
Mt. Kailash, Tibet
Mt. Kailash is one of the world’s most venerated — and least visited — holy sites. Walking its circuit alongside pilgrims, yaks and yogis, Scott Carrier finds out why. Produced by Scott Carrier.
Nature picture credits: Photo courtesy of Windows on Nature: The Great Habitat Dioramas of the American Museum of Natural History by Stephen C. Quinn
