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Explore one of the world's most fascinating deserts, accompanied by an experienced desert guide.

Sonoran Desert: A Multimedia Field Trip to the Cactus Desert of Arizona is a truly interactive multimedia CD-ROM, offering a chance to explore this desert in south western United States without having to leave your PC.

Learn what it is really like to go on a field trip and discover the intriguing and sometimes dangerous inhabitants of the desert. With over 400 desert scenes, rich with narrated information, images, sound clips and video this disc will keep you absorbed for hours.

The Gila field centre enables you to discover more about the desert including ecology, climate and geography. Learn what you should take with you on a field trip, conduct experiments , look up information and run your own slide show.

Features

Nearly 100 superb video sequences from the BBC Natural History Unit
Over 800 sound clips and narrated tours
Over 1,300 fascinating photographs and illustrations
Scrapbook and print facility
'Portable satellite link' to other deserts and laboratory experiments
Glossary, scientific data and information on rare animals
Bibligraphy