NOVA
Season 5 Episode 21 - Alaska: The Closing Frontier
7.0 ?
1974
Documentary
Congress is currently considering a proposal that would double the size of America's national park system by designating a sizeable chunk of Alaska as off-limits to developers. NOVA explores the public debates on Alaska, such as the construction of the oil pipeline—a proposal that has sparked a bitter controversy between conservationists and developers.
Episodes in Season 5
1
In The Event of Catastrophe
55 min
2
The Green Machine
55 min
3
Blueprints in the Bloodstream
55 min
4
One Small Step
55 min
5
The Final Frontier
55 min
6
BaMiki BaNdula: Children of the Forest
55 min
7
Trial of Denton Cooley
55 min
8
The Great Wine Revolution
55 min
9
The Case of the Ancient Astronauts
55 min
10
The Mind Machines
55 min
11
Icarus' Children
55 min
12
Still Waters
55 min
13
Battle for the Acropolis
55 min
14
The Road to Happiness. : The Life and Times of Henry Ford
55 min
15
Laser : Light of the 21st Century
55 min
16
Insect Alternative
55 min
17
The Desert's Edge
55 min
18
The Tsetse Trap
55 min
19
Memories From Eden
55 min
20
A Whisper from Space
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21
Alaska: The Closing Frontier
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