A great white shark is captured in "Expedition Great White," airing Monday on Nat Geo. Nat Geo photos
National Geographic Channel's annual Expedition Week ends Saturday with "When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs," a special that features Chicago paleontologist and Nat Geo scientist-in-residence Paul Sereno. Here's a look at the week's worth of exploration specials.
SEARCH FOR THE AMAZON HEADSHRINKERS
8 p.m. Sunday, National Geographic
If that title doesn't draw you in, I'm not sure I can. But the doc-style special follows explorer Piers Gibbon as he tries to solve the mystery of 45-year-old footage of a human head--recently deceased--being shrunk. He retraces the steps of a 1960s expedition into the Amazon to find the Indian tribe shown in the film.
EXPEDITION GREAT WHITE
8 p.m. Monday, National Geographic
Expedition Week continues with this exciting special following a team of daredevil scientists who pluck an SUV-sized great white shark from the Pacific, run a series of tests and mount a tracking device all while pumping water into its mouth to keep it alive. The crew includes actor Paul Walker.
HUNT FOR THE SAMURAI SUBS
8 p.m. Tuesday, National Geographic
A team of explorers thinks they can find Japanese submarines that were lost at sea just as the country was defeated in WWII.
DEEP SECRETS: THE BALLARD GALLIPOLI EXPEDITIONS
8 p.m. Wednesday, National Geographic
Explorer Bob Ballard dives off the coast of Turkey to search for lost British and French warship that sank during the Battle of Gallipoli, one of the bloodiest fights of WWI.
MARS: MAKING THE NEW EARTH
8 p.m. Thursday, National Geographic
NASA astrobiologist Chris McKay sees his research into the possibility of making Mars habitable come true through CGI visualizations.
THE FIRST JESUS?
8 p.m. Friday, National Geographic
Investigators go to the Mideast to try to confirm or deny the existence of Simon, a self-proclaimed messiah who is said to have been beheaded by the Romans four years before Christ was born.
WHEN CROCS ATE DINOSAURS
8 p.m. Saturday, National Geographic
Chicago paleontologist and Nat Geo scientist-in-residence Paul Sereno tells the story of prehistoric crocodiles who ruled Earth hundreds of millions of years ago.
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