Marine Machines
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Watch Marine Machines Season 1
Episode 12
Risky Business Underwater
aired: Fri, Dec 16, 2011
Every day, around the world, thousands of men and woman dive to work. They repair and maintain offshore oilrigs, search for victims of tragedy and crime, even plunge into tanks of raw sewage, performing dangerous, but essential, jobs.
Episode 11
A Bombs and Other Weapons Lost at Sea
aired: Fri, Dec 16, 2011
Our coastlines and harbors are littered with tens of millions of unexploded shells, mines, and even atomic bombs. Finding them is tough, risky work, but for a boatload of American fisherman, searching for a 40-year-old hydrogen bomb is an obsession.
Episode 10
War: Striking from Below
aired: Fri, Dec 16, 2011
As the age of giant battleships steams to a close, modern combat at sea has become a contest of on-shore stealth, wave-skimming hovercraft, scuba-wearing commandos, and an arsenal of deadly accurate missiles, torpedoes, and mines.
Episode 9
Stealth: Shadows On the Sea
aired: Thu, Dec 15, 2011
Naval tactics have changed since the days of great battleships. Broadside firefights have been replaced by concealed precision strikes. Since the invention of radar, hiding a ship in open water is difficult, but not impossible with new stealth technology.
Episode 8
Harnessing the Power of the Seas
aired: Wed, Oct 12, 2011
Traditionally, breaking the rules of speed on the water meant risking death. With new materials and power technologies, designers can build boats that are able to break those rules, and literally fly on water.
Episode 7
Dreams of Atlantis
aired: Tue, Aug 9, 2011
15 meters below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, teams of astronauts and aquanauts are living, working, sleeping and studying the marine environment in a self-contained habitat called Aquarius. Its a vision of a future of life undersea.
Episode 6
The American Queen
aired: Wed, Oct 12, 2011
The largest Sternwheeler ever built plies the Mississippi River, complete with old fashioned tunes and riverboat gamblers. Its steam powered engine gets a close up look along with its many decks and shallow draught construction.
Episode 5
Extreme Diving
aired: Fri, Oct 7, 2011
It is one of the most popular and revolutionary Marine Machines ever invented. For the past 60 years, Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, or scuba, has enabled millions of enthusiasts to enter an unseen world of wonders.
Episode 4
Iceberg Wars
aired: Sun, Sep 25, 2011
Icebergs are the biggest most menacing killers marauding the seas. This is the story of the International Ice Patrol, and others who protect the shipping, fishing and oil and gas platforms from these floating bullies.
Episode 3
Hollywood Underwater
aired: Thu, Sep 22, 2011
When the script calls for underwater action, movie-makers dive in with custom-made cameras, sunken sets, and mechanized monsters. Meet the innovators of JAWS and Pearl Harbor, tour an animatronic aquarium, and learn about digital water.
Episode 2
Clearing the Maritime Highways
aired: Thu, Aug 11, 2011
The worlds maritime highways require constant maintenance by powerful diggers and dredgers. Meet the huge suction draggers spewing silt, self-guided robotic beavers and other powerful digging machines.
Episode 1
Exploring Extreme Depths
aired: Wed, Aug 10, 2011
Deep below the surface of the ocean an amazing new generation of powerful machines is hard at work. They carry dream pioneers to the bottom of the sea to repair pipelines or confront bizarre deep-sea creatures.
