National Parks Exploration Series: The Everglades

There is no place on the planet like the Everglades. This installment of the National Parks Exploration Series takes you to where two great biomes of life meet: the tropical and the temperate mid-latitude, which makes up much of the continental US.

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Alphonse Keasley

as Narrator

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