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NOVA

Season 9 · Episode 12

The Fragile Mountain

0.055mOctober 19, 1982

The Himalayas, highest peaks in the world, are crumbling. People are making them crumble, and people are the victims, as NOVA reveals in this breathtaking documentary.

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Episode 1Salmon on the Run
Episode 2Test-Tube Babies: A Daughter For Judy
Episode 3Field Guide to Roger Tory Peterson
Episode 4The Hunt for the Legion Killer
Episode 5Finding a Voice
Episode 6The Television Explosion
Episode 7Life: Patent Pending
Episode 8Palace of Delights
Episode 9Animal Impostors
Episode 10Aging: The Methuselah Syndrome
Episode 11The Case of the UFOs
Episode 12The Fragile Mountain
Episode 13Here's Looking At You Kid
Episode 14Adventures of Teenage Scientists
Episode 15The Cobalt Blues
Episode 16Goodbye Louisiana
Episode 17Whale Watch
Episode 18Tracking The Supertrains
Episode 19The Making of a Natural History Film