George Casey

Join an epic adventure into the untamed grandeur of Alaska and embrace the spirit of the wild.

Disc 1: An extraordinary journey to view a spectacle few humans have ever witnessed: The Great Migration. Journey with more than two million wildebeest, zebra and antelope in their annual 500 mile trek across the Serengeti plains. Africa's greatest predators begin a deadly pursuit of their migrating prey. Disc 2: Australia, the world's largest island and smallest continent, is an exotic, intriguing land shaped by it's isolation from all other lands....

Experience the awesome spectacle of earthquakes, volcanoes, and severe storms as National Geographic cameras travel the world, venturing to the very brink of erupting volcanoes, into the paths of deadly pyroclastic flows, along massive fault lines, and aboard vehicles barreling toward massive tornados, all in the pursuit of scientific knowledge. Stunning visual footage and a powerful soundtrack bring natural disasters to life like never before.

Experience the life and death dramas that face six different creatures, from 120 million red crabs on tiny Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean to grey whales as they go on their amazing journeys.

The film is about the circle of volcanoes and seismic activity that rings the Pacific Ocean. Shows the birth of a volcano in Chile, the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, a volcano in Sakurajima, Japan, the 1989 San Francisco earthquake and other volcanoes.