Tropic_Of_Carpricorn《南回归线》
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- 中文片名 ：南回归线
- 中文系列名：
- 英文片名 ：Tropic Of Carpricorn
- 英文系列名：
- 电视台 ：BBC
- 地区 ：英国
- 语言 ：英语
- 时长 ：约 59 分钟/集
- 版本 ：TV
- 发行时间 ：2008
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Ten countries, five deserts and one giant mountain range. It is Simon’s toughest challenge yet - but just what is the Tropic of Capricorn?
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NAMIBIA & BOTSWANA
Simon Reeve’s journey starts in Namibia, on a remote beach in the Namib- Nauklaft National Park, where the Tropic of Capricorn hits Africa. The spectacular desert scenery makes the area, like much of this vast country, a huge draw for adventure tourists. First stop is Swakopmund, Namibia’s second city and a place with strong German connections – Mein Kampf and photos of Hitler are still on sale in the local curio shop. Namibia used to be a German colony and the country has a dark past: German colonisers killed tens of thousands of locals in a forgotten genocide.
Moving on to Botswana, Simon finds a country that confounds many of the stereotypes of poor Africa. Well-run and perhaps the least corrupt state on the continent, Botswana is making a fortune from tourism and a natural resource that never seems to lose its lustre: the world’s largest diamond mine produces millions of dollars’ worth of stones every week, funding universal education and extensive healthcare. The mining firm has paid for anti-Aids drugs to keep its workforce functioning in a country where 40% of the population has HIV.
SOUTH AFRICA TO MADAGASCAR
The second leg of Simon Reeve’s journey along the Tropic Of Capricorn begins in the northern part of South Africa, a white stronghold during the apartheid era. Simon meets a group of white Afrikaner farmers who are armed and ready to defend their land in what feels like an increasingly hostile world. The farmers still own the prime land and fear it may be taken from them one day – just like it was in Zimbabwe, a short drive North. Thousands of Zimbabweans cross illegally into South Africa every week, fleeing hunger and persecution. At the border, Simon witnesses a dramatic human tragedy as young men struggle past thick rolls of razor wire.
As he heads East along the Tropic of Capricorn, Simon encounters some amazing wildlife around Kruger National Park, where proposals to cull the booming elephant population are causing huge controversy. He then enters Mozambique, a beautiful country still recovering from a brutal civil war 15 years ago. Landmines litter the country but Simon encounters an unusual project to clear them quickly using giant Gambian pouched rats, whose keen sense of smell can detect explosives under the ground.
Much of Mozambique’s coast is a tropical paradise, and tourism is a great hope for the economy. But on one island of exclusive ‘eco-tourist’ resorts, where Leonardo di Caprio has holidayed, Simon discovers a different side of the story. Here the local population lives in poverty. Simon then flies across the Indian Ocean to Madagascar, the world’s fourth largest island. The capital, Antananarivo, is a unique blend of African, Indian Ocean and French colonial influences. In the main market, Simon’s guide encourages him to eat zebu penis soup (an acquired taste) before flying to the remote South of the island. Driving across Madagascar takes Simon across one of the poorest, but most picturesque countries in the world. He passes through spiny forest, a unique habitat of giant octopus and baobab trees, learns how tavy (a form of slash and burn agriculture) has destroyed up to 90% of Madagascar’s primary forest, then witnesses men crawling through dangerous underground tunnels in search of sapphires.
AUSTRALIA
The third leg of Simon Reeve’s journey along the Tropic Of Capricorn begins in Western Australia near Ningaloo Reef, on the migration route of the mighty humpback whale. Simon witnesses the unforgettable sight of female whales nursing their calves before the long trip South to Antarctica, but discovers that their pristine sanctuary may be under threat from plans to build a vast saltpan nearby.
Western Australia is rich in natural resources, but this has not always been a blessing. Heading east to beautiful Karijini National Park, Simon arrives in a region with a sinister history. Nearby Wittenoom Gorge was the location of Australia’s biggest asbestos mine. Thousands have died after working at the mine and the authorities, believing it is the worst asbestos-contaminated site in the world, are demolishing the nearby town. However, a few diehards have refused to leave, including a tough Outback couple determined to stay in the ghost town.
Next, Simon hops aboard a three-carriage road-train which powers its way across the Outback to Newman, site of the world’s largest open-cut mine, which sends millions of tons of ore to fuel China’s booming economy. This is the last town before the unpopulated deserts of central Australia.
Simon’s next stop is Alice Springs, a remote town in the Northern Territory, but also the world centre of Aboriginal art. Many Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory are in a desperate state, racked by violence, child abuse and poverty. Simon arrives at a crucial moment; a powerful government task force has been established to retake control of indigenous communities. In the shadow of Uluru (Ayer’s Rock), Simon discovers conditions in an Aboriginal community that are more familiar in developing countries.
Onwards to Queensland, Simon arrives in cattle country. He stays with a couple whose 183,000 acres have not seen significant rain for seven years. Some experts say that this is the first time climate change has had a serious impact on a developed country. Simon heads East along the Tropic of Capricorn to stunning Heron Island, home to one of the world’s pre-eminent marine research centres. The island is at the southern end of the extraordinary Great Barrier Reef, where Simon learns that climate change threatens to wipe out the coral and the rich wildlife which thrives on it.
CHILE TO BRAZIL
On the final leg of his epic journey around the Tropic of Capricorn, Simon Reeve follows the line across South America from Chile to Brazil, meeting fascinating characters and witnessing extraordinary sights.
Simon starts in the rugged Atacama Desert in northern Chile, one of the most spectacular places on Earth. Rising into the foothills of the Andes, Simon finds a beautiful mountain lake that mining firms want to tap for copper mines.
Crossing the Andes, more than 4.5km above sea level and into Argentina, Simon encounters the shy vicuña, a creature kept and sheared for its soft fibre. Vicuña suits can cost £25,000 and they were once hunted almost to extinction.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb,tv series,tv drama,movie,bt,download ]; m9 q# G2 I5 y: e Simon then meets the remote Wichí forest people and John Palmer, an English anthropologist who has married into a community. Bulldozers are ripping up the forest around the Wichi at an alarming rate, and the Wichi chief tells Simon their entire way of life is under threat.
Neighbouring Paraguay is perhaps the most mysterious and isolated country on the continent. Simon visits a former torture centre in the capital, Asunción, with a doctor who was tortured there when Paraguay was a dictatorship. Paraguay is currently experiencing a ‘soy boom’, driven by European demand for pig feed and bio-fuel. It is a hugely controversial issue, as vast areas of forest are being cleared for the
On the border with Brazil, Simon drives through the town of Ciudad del Este, one of the world’s great duty-free zones – and also a hotbed of smuggling. The nearby Iguaçu waterfalls, where the extraordinary opening scenes of the movie The Mission were filmed, are one of the great natural wonders of the world.
Next stop is São Paulo. A vast metropolis of 20 million people, it is the biggest city in the developing world and home to extremes of wealth and poverty. As the centre of Brazil’s wealth creation, there are more helicopters buzzing around than any other city apart from New York. Kidnapping is a problem for the rich and Simon trains with an armed close-protection squad. In the crime-ridden favelas, there is a project helping to give help to young people and lift them out of poverty. In the neighbourhood that used to be the most violent place on the planet, Simon meets and makes pizzas with young locals who have escaped gangs and drugs.
After months of travel, the journey around the Tropic of Capricorn ends on a beach in the small town of Ubatuba, Brazil, on 22 December 2007 – the day of the Solstice.
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