Season 21 · Episode 13
NOVA S21E13: Haunted Cry of a Long Gone Bird
55m·25 Oct 1994
NOVA explores the legacy of the great Auk, a magnificent flightless bird that was hunted to extinction over a century ago. In a journey retracing its migratory route, host Richard Wheeler kayaks from Newfoundland to Cape Cod and discovers that other marine species face the Auk's luckless fate.