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Narrator: Over five excavations tighar has uncovered many of the
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Expedition Amelia

Over five excavations tighar has uncovered many of the Items gallagher described, the...

Narrator: Over five excavations tighar has uncovered many of the Items gallagher described, the campfire, Cooked bird and turtle remains. There's just been one piece
evading them, the human bones

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Narrator: Over five excavations tighar has uncovered many of the
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Items gallagher described, the campfire,
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Cooked bird and turtle remains.
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There's just been one piece evading them, the human bones.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:35
Uploaded
Jun 17, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
National Geographic

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Deep-sea explorer Dr. Robert Ballard attempts to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance in an effort to end speculation about what actually happened to her.
That's where the dogs come in. - Expedition Amelia 00:15
That's where the dogs come in.
They not only find bones, but they find decomposition. - Expedition Amelia 00:05
They not only find bones, but they find decomposition.
Narrator: In a 2017 expedition, four different dogs, including berkeley, - Expedition Amelia 00:18
Narrator: In a 2017 expedition, four different dogs, incl...
It confirmed, certainly for me, that this in fact is the tree where that castaway died. - Expedition Amelia 00:05
It confirmed, certainly for me, that this in fact is the tre...
Narrator: Unfortunately, that expedition didn't yield any bones. - Expedition Amelia 00:24
Narrator: Unfortunately, that expedition didn't yiel...
Formidable creature. - Expedition Amelia 00:20
Formidable creature.
Their pinchers are so strong that they can climb trees and grab a bird and, - Expedition Amelia 00:09
Their pinchers are so strong that they can climb trees and g...
Narrator: They're also voracious scavengers, as demonstrated by tighar in 2007 - Expedition Amelia 00:12
Narrator: They're also voracious scavengers, as demonst...
And they set up time lapse cameras in the trees. - Expedition Amelia 00:05
And they set up time lapse cameras in the trees.
And the results are about the most disgusting thing you've ever seen. - Expedition Amelia 00:05
And the results are about the most disgusting thing you'...
Narrator: With help from their smaller strawberry hermit crab cousins, - Expedition Amelia 00:27
Narrator: With help from their smaller strawberry hermit ...
Narrator: As they unleash the dogs to sniff out remains, they've already found some - Expedition Amelia 00:30
Narrator: As they unleash the dogs to sniff out remains, ...
Narrator: There's a small, glass cosmetic jar. - Expedition Amelia 00:07
Narrator: There's a small, glass cosmetic jar.
And we're able to determine that that particular style of ointment pot contained - Expedition Amelia 00:10
And we're able to determine that that particular style ...
Narrator: An ointment women used to fade their freckles. - Expedition Amelia 00:09
Narrator: An ointment women used to fade their freckles.
Narrator: Amelia was famous for her freckles, and it's widely accepted that she - Expedition Amelia 00:09
Narrator: Amelia was famous for her freckles, and it'...
But we do know, we have a jar of freckle cream on the island. - Expedition Amelia 00:06
But we do know, we have a jar of freckle cream on the island...
Narrator: And then there are two pieces of plate glass from what appears to be a woman's - Expedition Amelia 00:18
Narrator: And then there are two pieces of plate glass from ...
Narrator: From her first flying lessons with another pioneering aviatrix, - Expedition Amelia 00:20
Narrator: From her first flying lessons with another pion...
And amelia says, you never know when the newspaper guys might turn up. - Expedition Amelia 00:05
And amelia says, you never know when the newspaper guys migh...