Going to Extremes
Brief Synopsis
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Host Alan Alda visits scientists whose subjects take them to the edge of the possible. Among the stories: studies of how cheetahs and pronghorn antelopes run so fast; how desert creatures survive searing heat; creatures that live in the permanent darkness of the ocean's depths; how Arctic creatures
Cast & Crew
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Jill Singer
Director
Janet Storey
Alan Alda
Bruce Robison
Peter Bartsch
Jim Jones
Film Details
Also Known As
Scientific American Frontiers (02/19/97)
Release Date
1997
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Host Alan Alda visits scientists whose subjects take them to the edge of the possible. Among the stories: studies of how cheetahs and pronghorn antelopes run so fast; how desert creatures survive searing heat; creatures that live in the permanent darkness of the ocean's depths; how Arctic creatures comfortably live at temperatures below zero; and the nature of "mountain sickness," a debilitating condition that makes some mountain climbers behave as though drunk and exhausted at high elevations.
Cast
Janet Storey
Alan Alda
Bruce Robison
Peter Bartsch
Jim Jones
Ken Storey
Susan Riechert
Roger Kram
Boris Rubinsky
Sally Goddard
Crew
Jeremy Angier
Animator
John Angier
Producer
John Angier
Writer
John Angier
Executive Producer
David Berenson
Editor
Graham Chedd
Executive Producer
Graham Chedd
Producer
Graham Chedd
Writer
Ray Day
Sound
Laura Debonis
Associate Producer
Don Ellis
Sound
Sara Finkelstein
Associate Producer
Michael Fylyshtan
Photography
Peter Hoving
Photography
David Huntley
Producer
David Huntley
Editor
David Huntley
Writer
Nigel Markham
Photography
Mark Mclaughlin
Sound
John Osborne
Sound
Randy Roos
Music
Jill Singer
Editor
Jill Singer
Writer
Jill Singer
Producer
Jane West
Associate Producer
Film Details
Also Known As
Scientific American Frontiers (02/19/97)
Release Date
1997
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
