Afghanistan’s wild and mountainous Wakhan Corridor is home to the rare snow leopard and to a human culture that has gone unchanged for centuries. Host Marco Werman speaks with National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek, about his trek through this isolated alpine wilderness.
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