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Volcanoes
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Chilean Mine Rescue
A mine collapses in Chile trapping 33 miners almost half a mile underground. Their rescue becomes a desperate race against the...
IWO JIMA
During World War Two, The Battle of Iwo Jima was a brutal and unforgiving fight to the death - resulting in the highest...
Pitch Battle
After Colgan Air 9446 crashes off Cape Cod, investigators must determine what brought down a widely-used commuter aircraft in...
Danger Ahead
The sea is unpredictable. Critical decisions made in the face of danger make all the difference. What sank the ocean liner...
Savage Revenge
This episode tells the stories of two shocking revenge attacks in WW2. In 1944, in retaliation for Pearl Harbor, the Americans...
The Lost Fleet of Wwi
In the wake of WWI, 74 of the most powerful warships of the German High Seas fleet disappear into the depths of Scapa Flow. We...
For The Love of Fashion
Alexandra Cousteau, National Geographic Emerging Explorer, filmmaker and globally recognized advocate on water issues, travels...
Jackie Chan's Green Heroes
Access details on Nat Geo's inspiring eco-programming.
Jane GoodAll: Saving Paradise
Access details on Nat Geo's inspiring eco-programming.
Rolex: Heroes of the Ocean With Sylvia Earle
Oceanographer Sylvia Earle is probably more at home under the sea than she is on dry land. At least, that’s where this...
Built For Destruction
Built For Destruction
Trapped
Trapped
Earthquakes
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Floods
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Wild Wind
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Geological Disasters
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Dream Fighter Disaster
When a UK billionaire and his family die in an Australian seaplane crash, investigators uncover a minor maintenance issue with...
Fight for Survival
With flames emerging through the cockpit floor, the pilots of Pilgrim Airlines 458 manage a heroic landing on a frozen Rhode...
Under Fire
Three hundred people are killed in one of the deadliest aviation accidents of all time, after a fire breaks out on board...