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Operation Grand Canyon With Dan Snow

2014 · 1 season · 2 episodes · Ended · BBC Two

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Dan Snow is taking on a massive challenge, recreating the first ever exploration of the mighty Colorado River.

Episodes

  • S01E01Episode 12014-01-0560m

    Dan Snow recreates John Wesley Powell's pioneering 1869 expedition along the Grand Canyon, traversing the Colorado rapids in replicas of the wooden boats used in the original trip.

  • S01E02Episode 22014-01-1260m

    As he recreates a famous exploratory trip down the Colorado River, Dan Snow makes use of 19th-century surveying equipment as he records geological data and takes photographs with a period 3D camera as the original team did.

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