Exploration Movies

For six weeks we explored the Antarctic Peninsula by sea kayak, sailboat, foot and small plane, observing the fast changing evolution of this most...

A riveting story of polar exploration that investigates the motivation, psychology, science, and physical endurance that have characterized the...

Vega hits something on the road, but there is nothing on the pavement. Looking for help, she meets Elvira, who tells her that she may have run over a...

Five astronauts make the first manned trip to Mars in the second decade of the 21st century. They must battle and overcome inferior computer...

Celebrates 30 years of televised specials by The National Geographic Society.

Two children in the countryside. Time lazily goes by on a hot month of August as they long for adventure.

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his ten-man crew sailed their reed boat, the Tigris, over routes he believes were followed by Sumerian traders 5,000...

Computer-generated imagery and other visualization techniques reveal how it would look if all the water was removed from RMS Titanic's final resting...

Antarctica: A Frozen History takes a look at the history and stories of the human explorations in the Antarctic. Although quite slow paced and...

Discover how the big, bold ideas of Silicon Valley are helping launch a new era of private space exploration in this half-hour KQED Science...

Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark lead a U.S. expedition to the Pacific Ocean and back.

While visiting Japan, Big Bird wanders off from a guided tour bus in Tokyo, and is lost until a Japanese woman helps him get to where he needs to go....

On a deserted beach, a little guy embarks on a mysterious ship. This is how his journey starts, a journey between dream and reality.

When 17-year-old Ben visits his father Heinrich in Marrakech, it is the start of an adventurous journey through a foreign country with a picturesque...

The New Horizons team examines the latest findings and imagery from Pluto and the fringes of our solar system revealing a world unlike any other...

A solitary dish washing robot living out his life in the back room of a restaurant is enlightened to the world that exists beyond his four walls,...

Dr. Mark Fairchild, world-renowned archaeologist, traces the hidden years of Saint Paul's life in the mountainous Turkish countryside of Rough...

In the city of Santa Fe, Argentina, there persists a legend about a network of tunnels beneath it. In this project, it will be revealed how much...

Filmmaker Marc Fafard examines the historical and cultural significance of the seafaring Vikings.