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Nonfiction work on the exploration of untamed lands and remote regions and the challenges of living in such areas, often surviving against harsh natural surroundings and the clashing of the explorer, usually from the West, with the cultural traditions of the indigenous people. Utilizing a realist tradition, such work may nonetheless be narrativized in a pseudo- documentary fashion, presenting a story of representative characters and incidents in a locale, rather than actual individuals or events. Includes the films of such adventurers as Frank Buck, collecting wild animals for zoos (BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE; WILD CARGO; FANG AND CLAW), Martin and Osa Johnson (SIMBA--THE KING OF THE BEASTS; CONGORILLA; I MARRIED ADVENTURE), and scientific explorer Thor Heyerdahl (KON- TIKI; THE RA EXPEDITIONS); along with many lesser, exploitation-oriented works, such as INGAGI. Note: Not necessary to also use Documentary, since that is implied by the term Adventure (Nonfiction). Feature examples: CHANG; PAUL J. RAINEY'S AFRICAN HUNT; SCOTT'S LAST VOYAGE / 90 DEGREES SOUTH--WITH SCOTT TO THE ANTARCTIC [Herbert Ponting]; THE SECRET LAND; THE SILENT WORLD; TABU; TO THE ROOF OF THE WORLD; WITH BYRD AT THE SOUTH POLE; WITH WILLIAMSON BENEATH THE SEA. TV examples: ADVENTURE CALLS; BOLD JOURNEY; EXPEDITION; HIGH ROAD TO ADVENTURE; I SEARCH FOR ADVENTURE; PASSPORT TO ADVENTURE.

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