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Narrator: Tighar has now been looking into nikumaroro for the last 30 years
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Expedition Amelia

You start on ajourney and you never knowwhere it's going to end

Narrator: Tighar has now been looking into nikumaroro for the last 30 years. Gillespie: You start on a
journey and you never know
where it's going to end

Full Transcript

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Narrator: Tighar has now been looking into nikumaroro for the last 30 years.
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Gillespie: You start on a journey and you never know where it's going to end.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:23
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: So far, they've found no definitive proof amelia landed on the island, - Expedition Amelia 00:13
Narrator: So far, they've found no definitive proof ...
Narrator: And he has a pretty good track record of finding the unfindable, - Expedition Amelia 00:16
Narrator: And he has a pretty good track record of findin...
And this is probably the toughest one I've ever had, and you know, - Expedition Amelia 00:09
And this is probably the toughest one I've ever had, an...
Narrator: Flying westward over the pacific, amelia is also giving all she's got. - Expedition Amelia 00:59
Narrator: Flying westward over the pacific, amelia is als...
And when she finally takes off again on may 20, 1937, a seasonal shift in the - Expedition Amelia 00:25
And when she finally takes off again on may 20, 1937, a s...
Ballard is nearing the waters where amelia is - Expedition Amelia 00:14
Ballard is nearing the waters where amelia is
We're here heading on 337, and she was coming down on the reciprocal. - Expedition Amelia 00:06
We're here heading on 337, and she was coming down on t...
Narrator: The nautilus team uses satellites to chart its course. - Expedition Amelia 00:46
Narrator: The nautilus team uses satellites to chart its ...
Narrator: Without stars, fred would presumably await the next available sighting, - Expedition Amelia 00:37
Narrator: Without stars, fred would presumably await the ...
I don't know if I'm up here or down here or right here on course, but I'm on this line. - Expedition Amelia 00:06
I don't know if I'm up here or down here or right ...
Narrator: Fred can then use airspeed to determine when that north-south line will - Expedition Amelia 00:26
Narrator: Fred can then use airspeed to determine when th...
Narrator: They are supposed to home in on howland using a new radio direction finder, - Expedition Amelia 00:21
Narrator: They are supposed to home in on howland using a...
And fred says, - Expedition Amelia 00:20
And fred says,
Narrator: But if you follow the 337-157 line a few hundred miles the other way, - Expedition Amelia 00:27
Narrator: But if you follow the 337-157 line a few hundre...
And they look around and they see, - Expedition Amelia 00:09
And they look around and they see,
Narrator: The ss norwich city, - Expedition Amelia 00:10
Narrator: The ss norwich city,
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...