Tour the mightiest mountain ranges, starting with the birth of a mountain at one of the lowest places on Earth and ending at the summit of Everest. One of Earth's rarest phenomena is a lava lake that has been erupting for over 100 years. The same forces built the Simian Mountains where troops of gelada baboons live, nearly a thousand strong. In the Rockies, grizzlies build winter dens inside avalanche-prone slopes. The program also brings us astounding images of a snow leopard hunting on the Pakistan peaks, a world first.
Tour the mightiest mountain ranges, starting with the birth of a mountain at one of the lowest places on Earth and ending at the summit of Everest. One of Earth's rarest phenomena is a lava lake that has been erupting for over 100 years. The same forces built the Simian Mountains where troops of gelada baboons live, nearly a thousand strong. In the Rockies, grizzlies build winter dens inside avalanche-prone slopes. The program also brings us astounding images of a snow leopard hunting on the Pakistan peaks, a world first.
General Note
Originally released by BBC Worldwide Learning, 2006.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 20, 2018.
Content Note
Ethiopian Highlands (7:36); --Andes Mountain Range (6:06); -- North American Rockies (6:10); -- Glaciers of Europe and Asia (4:04); -- Precipices of the Himalayas (8:21); -- Life in the Karakoram Mountains (8:00); -- Roof of the World (6:19); -- Credits: Mountains (0:54); .