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.
Season 1
2 episodes
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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Episode 1
Episode 1
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.
60 min
Episode 2
Episode 2
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.
60 min
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