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Alaskan Dinosaurs

Season 48 Episode 21 | 53m 21s

A team of intrepid paleontologists discovers that dinosaurs thrived in the unlikeliest of places—the cold and dark of winter in the Arctic Circle. How did they survive year-round and raise their young in frigid and dark winter conditions?

Aired: 01/18/22 | Expires: 12/31/25
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