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The Adirondack Mountains are a mountain range located in the northeastern part of New York, that runs through Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Saint Lawrence, Saratoga, Warren, and Washington counties.

The mountains are often included by geographers in the Appalachian Mountains, but they bear a greater geological similarity to the Laurentian Mountains of Canada.[1] They are bordered on the east by Lake Champlain and Lake George, which separate them from the Green Mountains in Vermont. They are bordered to the south by the Mohawk Valley, and to the west by the Tug Hill Plateau, separated by the Black River. This region is south of the Saint Lawrence River.

THE ADIRONDACKS is organized by the four seasons. This is essential to understanding the rhythm of life in the park, where human activity, like nature itself, ebbs and flows with the coming of spring, summer, fall and winter. The seasonal introductions include brief essays by Adirondack naturalist and author Ed Kanze. Accompanied by a musical score by Michael Bacon (brother of Kevin) of the Bacon Brothers Band, the scenic visual essays help viewers understand how close to nature many Adirondackers live.

Among others, the film features a craftsman restoring one of the legendary Great Camps, rustic retreats for the super rich of a bygone era; an Olympic hopeful training in Lake Placid, home to two historic Winter Games; a young visitor climbing his first Adirondack High Peak; and North Country Public Radio reporter Brian Mann's story on proposed development in Tupper Lake. Each segment displays the astounding rustic and rugged qualities of the vast wilderness in vivid detail.

"Above all, it is the passionate characters, each with a unique perspective on the region, that bring this extraordinary land to life," says producer Tom Simon. "The Adirondacks' towns, villages and scattered residents comprise a year-round population of about 130,000. These 'islands of people in a sea of wilderness' are one of the most unique features of the Adirondacks. It is what has made it both treasured and contested terrain for all of its modern history - a major theme of our program."

THE ADIRONDACKS conveys why living within these protected lands makes for an extraordinary human existence. For many people, questions about the relationship between man and nature are largely theoretical; Adirondackers, however, confront these issues in their everyday lives as loggers, conservationists, innkeepers, artists or athletes. As viewers get to know these engaging characters, they may contemplate their relationship with the natural world in a different light.

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