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Savage Seas
Killer Storms
first aired: January 31, 2008 (#104)
From Bangladesh to California, from Peru to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, ...
The Deep
first aired: January 24, 2008 (#103)
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first aired: January 17, 2008 (#102)
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first aired: January 10, 2008 (#101)
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