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Drain the Oceans Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
11 Episodes 2018 - 2018
Episode 1
Nazi Secrets
Mon, May 28, 201847 mins
Hidden deep underwater is the untold story of how the Nazis waged a secret war across the world's oceans including Hitler's only Aircraft Carrier and a Submarine with 'cloaking technology'.
Episode 2
Gulf of Mexico
Mon, Jun 4, 201847 mins
The geological history of the Gulf of Mexico is about as violently eventful as Yucatan's human history. The remarkable network of 'cenotes' (underground water-filled cavities) played a mayor part in establishing the city states of the Mayas, who extended their 'empire' all the way to the Florida coast. A giant meteor crater testifies to its planet)scale impact, estimated to have darkened the sky for years, long enough for most plants and animal species to get extinct, including the dinosaurs.
Episode 3
Lost Worlds of the Mediterranean
Mon, Jun 11, 201847 mins
The Mediterranean was once home to some of the world's greatest ancient civilizations. Draining the sea unlocks the mysteries of their rise and fall. Which artifacts that they left behind lie hidden at its bottom today?
Episode 4
Sunken Treasures
Mon, Jun 18, 201847 mins
Treasure hunting has captured our imaginations for centuries. Draining the oceans reveals the richest wrecks ever found, from the coast of England to the Florida Keys.
Episode 5
Legends of Atlantis
Mon, Jun 25, 201847 mins
Exciting evidence emerges of civilizations lost under the waves. But are these ancient cities the long sought-after Atlantis or accidents of geology?
Episode 6
Deadly Pacific
Mon, Jul 2, 201847 mins
At various Pacific coasts along the Ring of Fire, geological evidence combined with virtual draining show huge evidence of past transformations in relief, flooding, tsunamis, landslides - resulting from tectonic and volcanic activity and massive effects on wildlife. Some remain in popular cultural memory with native Americans, some live with frequent 'minor' incidents as quake-prone Japan and some are in for occasional dramatic shocks, as New Zealand since the Christchurch quake. As many are likely or even inevitable to reoccur, major human populations along those coasts.
Episode 7
Egypt's Lost Wonders
Mon, Jul 9, 201847 mins
The waters of Egypt reveal some fascinating historical secrets. What did the Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria really look like? Why were the so-called Abydos boats buried in the desert? Who built 15 forts on the Nile that never saw battle?
Episode 8
Mysteries of the China Seas
Mon, Jul 16, 201847 mins
Four stories about drama in the (East / South) China Seas, clarified by the virtual sea-emptying laser-exploration techniques. In World War II, the largest battle ship was the Japanese Yamato, secretly built at a size and canons beyond the wildest Western imagination. It saw little action, being sunk while serving as a floating fortress in the desperate naval last stand against the US approach to Japan, falling victim to its own strength: a lucky hit in a gun turret ignited its immense ammunition stock, causing fatal explosion. The term kamikaze, wind of the gods, dates from a 13th century stand, when the samurai shivered on Japan's southern coast at the arrival of a huge fleet sent from China by the Mongol conqueror Kublai Khan, which was utterly wrecked by a 'lucky' early typhoon, but only was fatal because the ships were built hastily and shoddy, barely seaworthy. Along Vietnam's coast, the Cham archipelago is lined with commercial ship wrecks over the centuries of sailing, due to dangerous tides and winds. In this virtual age, the China sea beds also harbor the world's largest concentration of internet cable highways, proven vulnerable to under water catastrophes like mud slides.
Episode 9
Ultimate Battleships
Mon, Jul 23, 201847 mins
Draining the North Sea helps solve whether Germany or Britain won the Battle of Jutland when their most devastating warships clashed in WWI. Also the wrecks at the bottom of the Scapa Flow are uncovered.
Episode 10
Malaysia Airlines 370
Mon, Jul 30, 201847 mins
What happened to the missing flight MH370 which supposedly fell into the ocean with 239 people on board?. Experts and CGI reconstruction reveal the challenges of locating an aircraft that goes missing in the deep ocean.
Episode 101
Villains of the Underworld
Mon, May 28, 201843 mins
Cutting-edge technology is used to explore the secrets of pirates, gangsters and villains that were swallowed up by the sea. Draining the Ocean to reveal Port Royal, the sunken Pirate City and the landscape around Alcatraz.
