The BEST episodes of Explorer season 2012
Every episode of Explorer season 2012, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Explorer season 2012!
Now in its third decade, National Geographic Explorer travels around the world exploring topical news stories. Hosted by Lisa Ling, Explorer visits locations with unique events and fascinating stories.
#1 - 400 Million Dollar Emerald
Season 2012 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/29/2012
The world’s largest emerald is unearthed in Brazil in 2001, sparking an epic tale of deceit, obsession, and folly.
#2 - The Man Who Can Fly
Season 2012 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/12/2012
BASE jumper Dean Potter has set his sights on Mount Bute - a 9,000-foot granite launch pad along the British Columbia coastline.. But first, he has to prepare his body and develop a new wing suit.
#3 - Million Dollar Moon Rock Heist
Season 2012 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/3/2012
The Inside story of the most audacious heist in NASA’s history – how an intern stole Moon rocks from the Johnson Space Center.
#4 - Under Cover: Tennessee Dog Fighting
Season 2012 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/24/2012
Navigating a sea of lies and manipulation, animal rights activist Chris DeRose works with informants to bring both rural and inner city dog fighters to justice.
#5 - Sex for Sale: American Escort
Season 2012 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/22/2012
The world's oldest profession is now a thriving black market economy, with an underground workforce that's just an Internet connection and a phone call away. National Geographic's Mariana van Zeller journeys to the heart of the American escort industry and uncovers the gritty reality behind the supply and demand of high-end sex work.
#6 - Martian Mega Rover
Season 2012 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/11/2012
Documenting the development of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Cal., and the November 26, 2011, launch of the craft, which is scheduled to land on the Red Planet in August 2012.
#7 - Guerrilla Gold Rush
Season 2012 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/15/2012
aka: Colombias Gold War With the price of gold soaring to historic highs, Colombia is in the throws of a gold rush unlike anything it has seen in years. Across dense jungle and the rural countryside, wildcat miners are tearing up huge swaths of land in a frenzied search for the precious metal. But even more worrying for authorities is that this gold may be fueling a new chapter in the civil conflict that has defined Colombia for the last five decades. Navigating the ever-shifting front lines, National Geographic correspondent Mariana van Zeller examines how left wing guerrillas, criminal organizations and international mining companies are all staking their claim to Colombia's gold.
#8 - Finding the Lost da Vinci
Season 2012 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/18/2012
Could one of Leonardo da Vinci's lost works of art be hidden between a wall of an ornate building and another masterpiece? It's a captivating theory that has had one prominent scientist chasing a legend for more than 30 years. This is the exclusive behind-the-scenes story of the hunt for a priceless masterpiece that could lead to one of the greatest discoveries the art world has ever known. This one hour program deals with the confirmation of the discovery of a lost work from Leonardo DaVinci.
#9 - Omens of the Apocalypse
Season 2012 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/22/2012
A wide-ranging investigation of animal die-offs, including the thousands of blackbirds that died in Arkansas on New Year's Eve, 2010, leads to an exploration of how the human mind is inspired, or derailed, by seeming patterns or coincidences in nature.
#10 - Mystery of Easter Island
Season 2012 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/7/2012
Easter Island has mystified the world ever since the first Europeans arrived in 1722.
#11 - Search for the Head of John the Baptist
Season 2012 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/12/2012
Theologian and relic expert Candida Moss journeys to a remote island in the Black Sea to investigate the ruins of one of the oldest monasteries in Europe.