Take off on a breathtaking journey. Takes you from bustling cities to ghost towns, and gives you an insider's look at the state's history, heritage and culture. Soar above the vast landscapes of the 49th state, go face-to-face with Mount McKinley and fly over the craggy crevasses of electric blue glaciers.

A railroad journey from Anchorage, Alaska, through the Kenai Peninsula to Seward and Resurrection Bay.

Join an epic adventure into the untamed grandeur of Alaska and embrace the spirit of the wild.

Features footage of Alaska's Katmai National Park & Preserve, Lake Clark National Park & Preserve, sockeye salmon in teh Brooks River ecosystem, and fly-fishing for all 5 species of salmon, rainbow trout, char and grayling in the Alagnak Wild River.

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...

Disc 1: Few places on earth impose greater survival challenges and the conflict between climate and life than Alaska. Despite harsh conditions, life in Alaska always finds a way to endure. Voyage into the last great frontier where nature enchants the eye with magnificient spectacles. Witness the spirit of the wild in the thundering stampede of the caribou, the beauty of the polar bear, the stealthful, deadly hunt of the wolf pack and the majesty and...

"Join host Geo Beach as he meets the gritty individuals who shoulder Alaska's riskiest occupations"--videodisc container.

Environmentalist Leanne Allison and wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer followed a herd of 120,000 caribou on foot, across 1,500 kilometers of rugged Arctic tundra, from Canada's central Yukon to coastal Alaska (the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) and back again. They wanted to raise awareness of threats to the caribou's survival, if proposed oil and gas development goes ahead in the herd's calving grounds in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Meet the native Eskimos, Indians, and Aleuts of Alaska. Begin you tour with a cruise through the Inside Passage, watch a canoe race, and view America's last frontier.

Cruising the Inside Passage is a fun-filled journey of discovery that captures the spectacular beauty, diverse cultures and varied wildlife that make up Southeast Alaska.