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Expedition Amelia

And so,they set up and shebump-bump-bump, lands

Narrator: The ss norwich city, A british freighter that ran aground eight years earlier. Gillespie: And so,
they set up and she
bump-bump-bump, lands

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Narrator: The ss norwich city,
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A british freighter that ran aground eight years earlier.
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Gillespie: And so, they set up and she bump-bump-bump, lands.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
68
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:46
Uploaded
Jun 17, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
National Geographic

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Movie Summary

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.
Narrator: It was called gardner island in 1937; today it's nikumaroro. - Expedition Amelia 00:18
Narrator: It was called gardner island in 1937; today it&...
Narrator: The island offers bob and expedition leader allison fundis a narrow search - Expedition Amelia 00:22
Narrator: The island offers bob and expedition leader alliso...
We're at the entrance to the lagoon where we think that is the general area - Expedition Amelia 00:09
We're at the entrance to the lagoon where we think that...
Narrator: Previous attempts here, including modest imaging work and rudimentary mapping, - Expedition Amelia 00:50
Narrator: Previous attempts here, including modest imaging w...
Narrator: And the search won't stop at the water's edge. - Expedition Amelia 00:50
Narrator: And the search won't stop at the water's...
September 23rd, 1940, “just might be amelia earhart.” and he misspells earhart, - Expedition Amelia 00:09
September 23rd, 1940, “just might be amelia earhart.” and he...
Narrator: Thirteen bones are found in all, including some long bones, - Expedition Amelia 00:15
Narrator: Thirteen bones are found in all, including some...
Narrator: Nobody knew about because the bones were packed up and sent to the colonial - Expedition Amelia 00:52
Narrator: Nobody knew about because the bones were packed ...
Narrator: The teams here based on a recent reevaluation of the written description of the - Expedition Amelia 00:13
Narrator: The teams here based on a recent reevaluation of t...
He didn't take a long bone measurement of the femur. - Expedition Amelia 00:04
He didn't take a long bone measurement of the femur.
That is really the absolute best bone that we could measure for an accurate - Expedition Amelia 00:06
That is really the absolute best bone that we could measure ...
He says that he can't estimate ancestry, but then goes on to say it's probably a mixed - Expedition Amelia 00:09
He says that he can't estimate ancestry, but then goes ...
Where I think he really got it off was the sex estimation. - Expedition Amelia 00:05
Where I think he really got it off was the sex estimation.
He takes a couple of measurements that he doesn't provide those metrics and says - Expedition Amelia 00:08
He takes a couple of measurements that he doesn't provi...
Narrator: By entering hoodless' measurements of the bones into a - Expedition Amelia 00:20
Narrator: By entering hoodless' measurements of the ...
At a minimum, they should have been analyzed further. - Expedition Amelia 00:04
At a minimum, they should have been analyzed further.
Narrator: The question now is, if the paper archives wound up here on tarawa, - Expedition Amelia 00:11
Narrator: The question now is, if the paper archives woun...
Islands in the central pacific, including nikumaroro. - Expedition Amelia 00:05
Islands in the central pacific, including nikumaroro.
The national geographic team believes if the british telegrams ended up here, - Expedition Amelia 00:21
The national geographic team believes if the british tele...
Narrator: The challenge is they've been holding on to many unidentified - Expedition Amelia 00:14
Narrator: The challenge is they've been holding on t...