National Geographic: Eden at the End of the World world cinema Find out why unique societies

Find out why unique societies all over the world along with many endangered plants and animals are on the brink of extinction

A baby in a basket is left on the steps of an isolated monastery on a Scottish island

in the most gruesome ways imaginable

A kind priest tries to convince the boy that stealing is wrong and encourages him to do what's right

In March 2002

National Geographic: Eden at the End of the World world cinema Find out why unique societiesAt the bottom of South America, where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans collide, is Patagonia, one of the last great wild Edens on Earth. Join National Geographic on a journey to this breathtaking subantarctic region and its crown jewel Tierra del Fuego a beautifully desolate island at its most southern tip. Home to Magellanic penguins, elephant seals, right whales, and guanacos, this stark, wind whipped wilderness now faces its greatest challenge: