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Haunted Cry of a Long Gone Bird

Season 21, Episode 13 · October 25, 1994 · 55m

NOVA explores the legacy of the great Auk, a magnificent flightless bird that was hunted to extinction over a century ago. In a journey retracing its migratory route, host Richard Wheeler kayaks from Newfoundland to Cape Cod and discovers that other marine species face the Auk's luckless fate.

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