Experts look at the history and power of volcanoes and ask if modern cities face annihilation in a mega-eruption.
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(00:59)Genoa, Italy. In 1991 the oil tanker The Haven caught fire and 1 million barrels of oil burned for three days. View the amazing...
(02:43)Cancun, Mexico, ferry the Arcangel, after a vicious storm is grounded on one of the most precious reefs in the world. Hundreds ...
(02:04)Salvage operations rely on brains as well as brawn. Off the Gibraltar coast a salvage team uses high-tech equipment to device a...
(02:20)Take a closer look at one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.
(00:29)Scientific breakthroughs from 2008 will form the core of this year’s Earth Report. Young high-energy experts from around the...
(01:15)The Falklands War, 1982. High on a remote glacier, Special Forces troops are trapped by hurricane force winds. Royal Navy helic...
(01:02)The war on Saddam Hussein. A British attack helicopter is trapped in the gun-sights of an enemy tank. The hunter becomes the hu...
(00:58)Jack’s helicopter has the extra weight of machine guns and ammunition. Larry and Tom’s totally unarmed helicopter is lighte...
(03:10)4 decades later, the crews return to the Landing Zone. It looks as challenging today as it did then.
(03:00)On this mission, Skinny decides he will go first in the lead helicopter and drop a glow-stick to mark the landing zone. For Spa...
(03:00)March 2003 – the outskirts of Basra. Under attack by an Iraqi tank, British troops are desperate for air support. At 847 Squa...
(03:12)On his first foray into combat, helicopter commander Jim Newton is nervous. Fully fueled, the Lynx is at maximum fighting weigh...
(03:11)March 20th, 2003. The United States lay siege to Baghdad, and the regime of Saddam Hussein. British forces sweep into Iraq from...
(03:08)When a small plane crashed in the Andes, the survivors were forced to turn to cannibalism to stay alive.
(00:46)The race-against-time rescue story of a Norwegian cargo ship stranded in the North Atlantic in the path of a fierce tornado.
(00:59)Half the world's population lives in striking distance of a major fault line. Ultimate Disaster examines key earthquakes of our...
(00:54)Discover the science behind these natural phenomena, and experience the effect an F5 tornado would have on a major city.
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