Jason V: Expedition Into Planet Earth

Mile for mile, Belize may possess the world's most diverse and  pristine tropical environment, a unique microcosm of Planet Earth. The Jason Project was designed to inspire students to pursue careers in science and technology through a remarkable feat of interactive satellite television .  Put the Jason Project and Belize together to get Jason V: Expedition to Planet Earth, a live broadcast of 4 simultaneous research expeditions -- high in the canopy of a rainforest, deep inside a cave carved by an underground river, far beneath the sea off a coral reef and in the middle of an archaeological dig on an ancient Mayan site.

For Jason V,  60 hours of live programming hosted by renowned oceanographer Bob Ballard were beamed from a jungle control room using feeds from the four primary locations in Belize to science centers and museums throughout North America and Great Britain.  This unprecedented experiment in “telepresence” allowed approximately one million school-age children and their teachers to interact with scientists at work in breathtaking locations.  By giving students the opportunity to operate remote cameras in the rainforest canopy and ask scientists questions as they conducted their field work, the project made the study of ecology, biodiversity and environmental science vividly real.

Michael Camerini & Shari Robertson
Producer/Directors

The National Geographic Society and EDS Corporation, founding sponsors.

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