Full Circle with Michael Palin 1/1

Full Circle with Michael Palin Episode 1 Part 1

Episode One: Alaska/Russia

Michael begins his trek around the Pacific Rim at Little Diomede Island, Alaska, in hopes of returning there in a year's time. Arriving at Nome, he visits with a goldpanner on the "Golden Sands of Nome". Next Michael journeys to Kodiak Island, aiming to catch a flight from the U.S. Coast Guard to the western island of Attu. Unfortunately, the plane never arrives; however, he does catch a glimpse of the Kodiak brown bear. Michael and his crew find an alternative: they catch the last Alaska Airlines flight of the year from Anchorage to Petropavlovsk in Russia. Arriving on the Kamchatka Peninsula, he meets his guide Igor Nosov and his assistants. They board a helicopter and observe the Kronotsky Reserve, which contains some active volcanoes, as well as some reindeer. Moving on to the city of Magadan, he visits an old Gulag camp with a survivor. In Vladivostok, he observes the once-powerful Pacific Fleet and is given an opportunity to sing with the Pacific Fleet Ensemble.

About:

The series documented a 10-month, 50,000 mile (80,000 km) trip taken by Palin and a film crew around the rim of the Pacific Ocean in 1995, beginning on the Diomede Islands between Alaska and Russia in the Bering Strait. The intent was to make the full anti-clockwise trip around the Pacific Rim and end up back on the Diomede Islands, but due to rough weather, he was unable to actually set foot back on the Islands again at the end of his journey. He got within 2 miles of completing the full circle. Palin travelled through Russia, Japan, South Korea (they were not allowed to travel very far in North Korea), China, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, United States, and Canada.

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[journalistgirl07]

thanks a lot for this! Love Michael Palin!

[sentrawoods]

Michael, do you know if Sarah Palin has ever been to the little island of Diomede? Its the only way to see Russia, the mainland is to far away.

[ProductPlacer]

I too love Michael Palin. My favorite person I have never met.

[Bozewani]

Sentrawoods Michael should really marry Sarah, lol

[Bozewani]

Why do you need a corvette in Nome? Can you drive further then 70 miles?

Now if this was Anchorage or even Juneau this would be different.