Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Pbs Home Video
• VHS Release Date: August 26, 1997
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304525753
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,030 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the back cover

The Indians called the frozen peak of this great Alaskan mountain range Denali, or "the high one." Most know it as Mount McKinley. This preserved wilderness comes to life with the thaw of spring and wildlife abounds during the brief summer, only to succumb to the grip of the long winter. Watch as 5-week-old grizzly cubs play, a moose gives birth to her calf, and a wood frog survives the deep freeze of winter. Breathtaking shots of dazzling northern lights over vast and lush wilderness make this an unforgettable Eden.

Product Description

Denali National Park and Preserve spreads out across 6 million acres in the Alaskan Range, a 600-mile arc of mountains that divides south-central Alaska from the interior plateau. At the peak of this range stands Mount McKinley, the Alaskan landscape's most impressive feature. It is the highest mountain on the North American continent and has the greatest vertical relief of any mountain in the world. Measuring from base to summit (not from sea level) -- Denali beats Everest! The vertical relief of 18,000 feet tops out on a snowy summit at 20,320 feet, and its north summit is North America's second highest peak at 19,470 feet.

The park consists of wide, low plains, dark, somber mountains, brightly colored peaks and sheer granite domes. This contrasting landscape is home to large caribou, moose and grizzly bears, more than 650 species of flowering plants, and countless mosses, lichens and fungi. These plants and animals have been able to adapt to survive the dramatic terrain and seasonal weather changes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A stunning achievement; *outstanding* nature video, December 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Living Edens - Denali: Alaska's Great Wilderness [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video looks at Denali wildlife through four seasons, primarily focusing on how the animals struggle to adapt to extraordinarily difficult weather conditions, seasonally limited food supply, predators, and an annual brief period of voracious insect life at Denali National Park in Alaska. It illustrates the balance of nature vividly. I cannot imagine how the videographers themselves endured these severe conditions to obtain some of the incredible footage found in this tape. I have visited Denali in the summer and found this tape, which also looks at the other three seasons when Denali is largely devoid of human visitors, fascinating. Be warned that there is some animal-death footage (a moose calf is stalked and killed by wolves); I mention that only because some people don't want to see that kind of thing. Animal death occupies a very small part of the tape, however, and to omit it altogether would not do justice to a story about a place where animal lifespans are naturally short. There are very few "signs of man" in this video (no narrators strolling through the bush on camera). You get the feeling that you are there observing nature, alone.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great nature film!, November 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Living Edens - Denali: Alaska's Great Wilderness [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A very up close and personal look at the seasonal struggles of moose, grizzlies, wolves and other animals in Alaska. I highly reccomend this whole "Living Edens" series, but especially this film. Narrated by Peter Coyote, 1 hour long.