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- Two men explore the high-altitude wilderness of Tibet with many cameras, filming wildlife from a respectful distance and searching for the rare snow leopard.
- A work of visual awe and matter-of-fact spiritual inquiry, Dark Red Forest is a majestic documentary portrait that details the annual retreat of thousands of Tibetan nuns to small wooden houses on the vast Tibetan Plateau. With extraordinary intimacy, the camera nestles in with the women of the Yarchen Monastery, who, during the 100 coldest days of the year, learn about-and in some cases experience-profound matters of life and death, suffering and healing, karma and consequence. A document of the experiences of a group of increasingly politically embattled people, Jin Huaqing's film is also a clarifying work of faith and philosophical inquiry, set against a forbidding landscape.
- High on the Tibetan Plateau, the old way of life is on the decline. We follow the nomads of Ritoma as they navigate the collision of tradition and modernity.
- M.A.D. has invented a weather machine that controls the weather and is demanding money from cities. Inspector Gadget has to find and destroy the machine or else the cities will be buried in snow. Safety Tip: Wear proper bootwear.
- The size of Western Europe, the Tibetan plateau covers a quarter of China. This vast windswept wilderness is one of the world's most remote places, defined by the glacier-strewn Himalayas. But this brutal region is home to incredible wildlife such as rare chiru, brown bear, wild yak, and even the highest predators on earth. There are more large creatures here than anywhere else in China. Tibet has a unique culture, defined by over one thousand years of Buddhism. This strange looking culture has nurtured remarkable beliefs. We will understand why this landscape and ancient culture is the life support system for much of the planet.
- 2012–201551m8.2 (10)TV EpisodeScientists examine geological formations of Asia to understand their impact on the people living there. The collision of India with Asia is squeezing the Tibetan Plateau between two mountain ranges and pushing China to the east creating faults leading to severe earthquakes that have cost many lives in Tibet and Sichuan Province. After breaking off from Asia Japan now sits at the collision point of three tectonic plates making it prone to volcanoes, powerful earthquakes and tsunamis. And Indonesia has a large collection of volcanoes.
- To be a county a region needs to satisfy three criteria. It must comprise a clearly defined area of land. It must have a government. It must be a nation meaning a people with a common history, culture, language or decent. Alas, Tibet only qualifies for two out of three though the answer would have been different in the past.
- Most of human history, including modern times, has occurred during ice ages. But in the past the ice ages were far more severe covering large areas of land with ice sheets and, with less water in the oceans, turning shallow ocean areas into dry land. In particular the retreating oceans exposed the Beringia land bridge allowing humans to expand their range into the Americas.
- DNA and finally fossil evidence point to a common ancestor of the big cats on the Tibetean Plateau 4.4 million years ago.
- 2022– 12mTV EpisodeA Denisovan jawbone discovered at 13,000 feet on the Tibetan plateau indicates Denisovans were well adapted to low oxygen environments. The gene that made this possible was apparently inherited by modern day Tibeatans from Denisovan's.
- The team begins their journey to find an ancient kingdom; when the group decide to go through Karakoram, Hu is haunted by memories of his time in the army.
- As the team heads deep into an underground cave, distrust begins to set in.
- After escaping an ancient monster and beetles of fire, the team heads to the desert in search of the only man who could guide them, the mysterious An Li Man.