Takes a journey along the majestic Amazon River that dominates the land and its people, where life in the basin has become a strange mixture of the civilized and the underdeveloped.
A look into the lives of the intrepid Portuguese fishermen who reap their harvest of the sea in flat-bottomed dories, pitting their frail partnership against the unrelenting fury of the Arctic Sea.
Includes scenes of the national park system throughout the United States and the Virgin Islands, and discusses the contributions of the system to the country, to science, and to the people who use the land preserves.
Shows some of the characteristics of various reptiles and amphibians such as the Komodo dragon, Galapagos tortoises, and gigantic dinosaurs, which are shown through an animated diorama.