S2 Ep 13 - New England
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Philippe Cousteau explores the unique beauty of New England. He travels to New Hampshire where he discovers the reason why leaves turn colors in the fall. We venture to the beautiful and rugged Acadia National Park in Maine. Then Philippe visits Napatree Point in Rhode Island, where this barrier island is always changing due to erosion. We’ll also see what’s being done to monitor the migrating birds that use Napatree as a rest stop.
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S2 Ep 15 - Animal Engineering
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S2 Ep 16 - Forests
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