Monday, April 18, 2011

He went camping with the president and saved Yosemite...

Nearly a century after his death, John Muir is remembered and revered as the father of the environmental movement, the father of conservation, and the founder of the Sierra Club. Through his tireless advocacy, he almost single-handedly saved the Yosemite Valley of California from destruction and was the force behind the creation of the National Parks Service. Filmed in High Definition throughout the majestic wilderness traveled by Muir... American Masters 8pm

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"Games of the North" follows four modern Inuit athletes and reveals their unique relationship to ancestral games as they compete across the North in competitions of sports literally thousands of years old...traditional Inuit sports have been vital for surviving the unforgiving Arctic. Acrobatic and explosive, these ancestral games evolved to strengthen mind, body and spirit within the community...9:30pm

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