Best of National Geographic

God himself could not sink this ship: Titanic. The unsinkable ship sank at 2:20 a.m. on April 14, 1912. Approximately 1,500 people perished with her, a loss that stunned the world. For seven decades the fabled liner lay hidden 13,000 feet below the North Atlantic surface. Various expeditions tried to find her, but they were defeated by wild weather, the extreme depth, and conflicting accounts of the ship's last moments. Finally, in 1985, explorer Bob Ballard and a French-American team located the Titanic. Years of painstaking research paid off as they became the first humans to see the great ship since that awful night to remember in 1912. You can join Ballard on the search - and see what his team saw - through this acclaimed film.

Find out what it's like to travel, explore and "get the shot" on assignment with the celebrated photographers of National Geographic. You'll hear the secrets of these remarkable men and women - the dangers they face, and the lives they lead for the love of their craft.

They swim with sharks, confront venomous snakes, and stalk hungry lions. They're National Geographic filmmakers, and for these remarkable adventurers, capturing unforgettable footage in the wild is not just a job, it's a way of life.

National Geographic presents a portrait of one of America's most sacred places. Once little more than a potter's field, Arlington National Cemetery has become a national shrine and treasury of American history.

The search for the mysterious "Afghan Girl," whose haunting, green-eyed gaze captivated the world in a National Geographic magazine cover photograph, takes Explorer on a world-wide journey in an attempt to solve the case of a missing person. In January 2002, photographer Steve McCurry, who took the 1984 photograph and has been searching for the girl ever since, traveled to Pakistan with a National Geographic Explorer team to search one last time.

Go behind the lens where split-second timing can spell the difference between success and failure.

A riveting 90 minute special that counts down dramatic events captured on film through the National Geographic lens. Five action-packed segments feature spectacular imagery and firsthand accounts from the scientists, journalists and filmmakers on the scene that let viewers experience thrilling moments of discovery, heart-pounding adventure, and shocking rarely seen animal behaviors.

In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay made history as the first people to reach the top of Everest. Now, 50 years later, three sons of Everest's most celebrated climbers return to the mountain to challenge it again.

Trek into the hidden battlefields of northern Botswana where lions and spotted hyenas clash in overlapping territories. With never-before-seen footage, much of it filmed at night, you'll uncover an intense and vicious blood feud that has been waged for millennia.

Nepal is a country overwhelmed by poverty and torn by a bloody civil war. Correspondent Lisa Ling visits the country to witness the work of two eye doctors - one American, one Nepalese - who are working to prevent the cataract-caused blindness that can make life impossible for people living in rural areas.

National Geographic host Lisa Ling examines the consequences of China's two-decade-old, "one-child policy" designed to curb the country's exploding population. Due to cultural, social and economic factors, traditional preference leans toward boys, so girls are often hidden, aborted, or abandoned.

For three decades, National Geographic has set the standard for spellbinding television documentaries of exploration and discovery. From the first American expedition to summit Everest, to undersea worlds of danger and beauty with JacquesIves Cousteau, to the historic discovery of fossils of our earliest ancestors with Louis and Mary Leakey, witness as National Geographic filmmakers capture the mystery and wonder of life around the world.