Ice Age Death Trap
“Uncovering mammoths, mastodons, and other vanished beasts”
2012•NR•54m•9.0•Released
Documentary
In a race against developers in the Rocky Mountains, paleontologists uncover a unique fossil site packed with astonishingly well-preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons, and other giant extinct beasts. The discovery opens a highly focused window on the vanished world of the Ice Age in North America.
Director
Eleanor Grant
Cast
Lance Lewman
Narrator
Kirk Johnson
Himself - Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Daniel Fisher
Himself - University of Michigan
Ian Miller
Himself - Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Joseph Sertich
Himself - Vertebrate Paleontologist
Eugene Schweig
Himself - United States Geological Survey
Richard Stucky
Himself - Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Production
Producer
Anne Tarrant
Producer
Eleanor Grant
Producer
Melanie Wallace
Producer
Lisa Mirowitz
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