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''Holidays in the Danger Zone: Rivers'' is a five-part travel documentary on dangerous rivers, part of the ''Holidays in the Danger Zone'' series, produced and broadcast by BBC This World. Written and presented by Ben Anderson, and produced by Will Daws.〔http://www.shootandscribble.com/sr/page6/page7/page7.html〕 It was first broadcast between 21 February - 7 March 2006, on BBC Two.〔http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/this_world/4714064.stm〕 *Episode 1: Amazon *Episode 2: Ganges *Episode 3: Euphrates *Episode 4: The Jordan *Episode 5: Congo In the series, Anderson journeys down some of the world's most dangerous rivers, exploring life and the daily struggle to exist beside rivers that havw been the course of so much political unrest.〔http://www.electricsky.com/catalogue_detail.aspx?program=13〕 Starting with the Amazon, Anderson journey takes him into the Andes, where the effects of altitude sickness at the source of the Amazon take its toll on him.〔http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/this_world/4714064.stm〕 Then in India, Anderson visits the rapidly melting Satopanth Glaicer that feeds the Ganges, its possibly impacted with Pakistan over control over water rights, before visiting the holy city of Varanasi where the massive amount of burials and cremations has caused the Ganges to become highly polluted; it is the fifth most polluted river of the world as of 2007,〔kalpana 1 April 2007 (1 April 2007) "Ganga is dying, pollution the killer". Greendiary.com. Retrieved 4 July 2012.〕 and a modern health hazard to everything that depends on the river for life. Anderson then to the Euphrates & The Jordan, both ancient rivers, steeped in history of a troubled region, before ending on on Congo, which like the nation it cuts though has seen much violence in resent years. ==See also== * Holidays in the Danger Zone * Holidays in the Axis of Evil * America Was Here * The Violent Coast * Meet the Stans * Places That Don't Exist 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rivers (Holidays in the danger zone)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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