Drain the Oceans (2018)
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Craig Sechler as Narrator
Episodes 55
Drain the Ocean
What if we could pull the plug and drain the planet's water? Follow NGC on a virtual scientific expedition to the deep.
Read MoreDrain the Bermuda Triangle
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Drain the Titanic
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Drain The Ocean: WWII
New undersea surveys and 3-D imaging reveal secrets of World War II shipwrecks.
Read MoreDrain the Sunken Pirate City
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Drain Alcatraz
Drain Alcatraz uses cutting edge visual effects to 'drain' the waters around the notorious island of Alcatraz. With the waters drained away the secrets of Alcatraz are revealed, including exactly why the island's infamous prison was so inescapable.
Read MoreNazi Secrets
The hidden secrets of the Nazis are revealed when the oceans covering them are drained using CGI animation.
Read MoreVillains of the Underworld
Cutting edge technology will reveal the secrets of the sea floor and expose the shaky ground on which we all live.
Read MoreGulf of Mexico
Draining the Gulf of Mexico brings deadly secrets back to the surface. Stories of piracy, war, slavery and a dinosaur-killing asteroid are revealed.
Read MoreLost Worlds of the Mediterranean
The secrets of lost ancient civilizations come to light when the Mediterranean is drained.
Read MoreSunken Treasures
Treasure hunting has captured our imaginations for centuries. Draining the oceans reveals the richest wrecks ever found.
Read MoreLegends of Atlantis
Exciting evidence emerges of civilizations lost under the waves. But are these ancient cities the long sought-after Atlantis or accidents of geology?
Read MoreDeadly Pacific
The Ring of Fire is an area in the Pacific Ocean where volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis form; the ocean is drained to reveal the geological forces behind natural disasters and to uncover threats along the coast of Seattle, Tokyo and New Zealand.
Read MoreEgypt's Lost Wonders
The Nile was central to ancient Egypt. Draining its water reveals a lost wonder and the origins of the Egyptians’ obsession with the afterlife.
Read MoreMysteries of the China Seas
The China seas are the most fiercely contested and mysterious waters on the planet. We expose the remains of the biggest battleship ever put on the water.
Read MoreUltimate Battleships
The hidden secrets of WWI's powerful weapons are revealed by draining the North Sea.
Read MoreMalaysia Airlines 370
Where is Malaysian Airlines flight MH370? CGI reconstruction reveals the challenges of locating an aircraft that goes missing in the deep ocean.
Read MoreGhost Ships of the Atlantic
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Sunken Cities
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Treasures of the Deep
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Sunken War Ships
Sunken ships decisively influence WWI, and the impacts even changed the course of WWII.
Read MoreStormy Seas
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Drain the Ocean: Deep Sea Mysteries
Explore a world never seen before - a world hidden under miles of water, the landscape of the ocean bed. Combining the latest scientific data with state of the art CGI computer hardware we reveal some of the world's sunken mysteries. The Titanic, a WWII sunken battleship and the mysterious Flight 19 lost in the Bermuda Triangle. Using already aired episodes of Drain the Ocean we will be able to highlight each of these sunken treasures and tell their stories.
Read MoreSabotage on the High Seas
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Americas Sunken Shores
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Deep Water Disasters
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Undersea Empires
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Without A Trace
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Secrets of D-Day
In the greatest amphibious invasion fleet ever assembled, 7,000 vessels and 250,000 men take the Nazis by surprise. By draining the ocean, we explain exactly how they did it.
Read MoreSecrets of New York City
In just 400 years New York has become a global powerhouse. By draining the ocean, revealing submerged shipwrecks and subterranean secrets, we explain how.
Read MoreKiller U-Boats
Draining the oceans reveals the story of the U-Boats as they took on the Royal Navy, sinking 12 million tons of ships and nearly winning the war.
Read MoreBuried Secrets of the Gold Rush
Winners took all in the race to get rich in the California and Klondike gold rushes; unearthing the ships involved reveals the risks taken to go west.
Read MoreSecrets of the Civil War
Throughout the American Civil War, technological advances fuelled an arms race on America’s seas and rivers. Science and graphics drain the oceans to reveal the ships that shaped America.
Read MoreLost Nukes of The Cold War
When the world’s two greatest superpowers vie for supremacy, they spur extraordinary advances in military technology.
Read MoreSecrets of The Spanish Armada
Spain’s attempted conquest of England fails when its armada is defeated. Draining the ocean reveals how the English stole technology to build an empire.
Read MorePacific War Megawrecks
An expedition searches for the iconic wrecks of the Battle of the Pacific, including the ship that delivered the Hiroshima bomb, the USS Indianapolis.
Read MoreThai Cave Rescue
Drain the Oceans conducts the first accurate 3D survey of the Thai cave, revealing insight into the risky mission to save 12 boys from the flooded cave.
Read MoreLondon's Secret History
London is one of the most powerful cities on Earth. Drain the Oceans reveals the story of the city’s meteoric rise.
Read MoreSecrets of Loch Ness
Combining over 100 years of data with military-grade scanning equipment, Drain the Oceans pulls the plug on the world’s most famous lake to reveal the monster within.
Read MoreHitler's Killer Warships
The story of Hitler’s vision to conquer the world using his high-tech battleships, revealing the rise and fall of the Third Reich’s deadly fleet.
Read MoreLost Giants
Over the past century, advances in technology have fueled a race to build gigantic ships. When things go wrong, they become awe-inspiring wrecks.
Read MorePacific Shockwave
In 1942, Japan came to dominate the Pacific region. The secret as to how they did it lies waiting to be discovered.
Read MoreRise of The Roman Empire
The secrets of the survival of the Roman empire are unearthed from beneath the waves of the Mediterranean and the soil of the Italian peninsula.
Read MoreSecret Missions
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The Atomic Ghost Fleet
The dark secrets of U.S. nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.
Read MoreThe Viking Seas
A formidable battleship reveals secrets, 450 years later.
Read MoreEgypt's Sunken City
A lost Egyptian city gives up its secrets after 2,000 years.
Read MoreThe Battle of Britain
Uncovered wrecks reveal how Britain defeated the Nazis.
Read MorePirate Ships of the Caribbean
Shipwrecks reveal the true story of piracy on the Caribbean.
Read MoreThe American Revolution
Revealing forgotten stories from the American Revolution.
Read MoreRaiders of the Civil War
Revealing the lost wrecks of the American Civil War.
Read MoreThe Last Wrecks of WWII
New insights reveal how the Allies won World War II.
Read MoreAmerica's Last Slave Ship
Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of the crucial component in the Atlantic Slave Trade: the slave ship. An armoured, floating fortress operating for over four centuries, capturing and transporting over 12 million Africans, who were sold and forced to work in brutal conditions in the New World. By draining we reveal the cruel technology on-board, gain an insight into the horrific conditions and ID a wreck in Alabama that could be the last ever slave ship to bring Africans to American soil.
Read MoreThe Wild West
Uncovered clues from a famous Montana battleground, a 19th-century steamboat and a frontier ghost town reveal surprising truths about the Wild West.
Read MoreThe Battle for the Black Swan
Archaeologists and treasure hunters battle it out over half a billion dollars worth of gold and silver. Who will win the Battle for the Black Swan?
Read MoreThe First Americans
Clues from a 13,000-year-old skeleton and a submerged coastline reveal surprising insights about the first humans to arrive in the Americas.
Read MoreVenice's Lost Empire
A 14th-century galley entombed in mud, a 16th-century hoard of luxury cargo, and a gruesome discovery reveal the rise and fall of the Venetian Empire.
Read MoreHurricane Apocalypse
Remnants of colonization attempts, a revolutionary refugee ship and submerged subway cars reveal hurricanes' impacts on America's past and its future.
Read MoreThe Great Barrier Reef
The mysterious sinking of Australia’s “Titanic”, a warship on a dangerous mission, and a ROV expedition searching for clues at the bottom of the reef.
Read MoreSea of Secrets
The Black Sea is a place of myth and legend and ships have sailed on its waters for millennia. Three wrecks unlock secrets of this mysterious sea.Remnants of colonization attempts, a revolutionary refugee ship and submerged subway cars reveal hurricanes' impacts on America's past and its future.
Read MoreThe Secrets of Pompeii's Dead
Through digital re-creations, scientists uncover mysteries from the bottom of the ocean.
Read MoreThe Amber Room
The discovery of a wreck in the Baltic Sea leads to a treasure hunt, but what they find is even more precious: the story of Germany’s Dunkirk.
Read MorePearl Harbor
Draining Hawaii reveals Japan’s secret weapons, from mini subs to fighter planes, with the wreck of USS Arizona serving as a reminder of the forces unleashed.
Read MoreMaya Collapse
New discoveries made at a lost city and a tale of human sacrifice offer a new insight into the rise and fall of the ancient Maya.
Read MoreRise of the Mob
How the mob gained power and wealth in 1920s America.
Read MoreSecrets of the Dinosaurs
Paleontologists uncover the Real Jurassic Americas.
Read MoreThe Myth of the Pacific Pirate Ship
The truth behind the legend of a pirate ship.
Read MoreInvasion USA
The British burning of the White House in 1814.
Read More$20 Million Time Bomb
Thwarting a $20 million time bomb murder and insurance scam.
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