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A journey down one of the wild rivers in the world, the Yukon; the unusual trip starts in an aircraft piloted by a painter and the odyssey ends with a visit to a graveyard of disintegrating rear-wheel steamers.

The Eastern Coastline is a living historical record of the battle between the French and English.

Mike Davidson goes on a cross-country road trip to help the Well Done Foundation; they work to find and cap some of the estimated 2 million leaking, toxic abandoned oil and gas wells scattered throughout the U.S.

Mike Davidson embarks with the team to one of the most extreme, avalanche-prone ski mountains in the world: Snowbird; they battle to keep the steep and deep slopes safe with shovels, snowcats and even a WWII Howitzer.

Mike Davidson goes to the biggest automated package sorting facility in the world - UPS Worldport in Louisville, Kentucky. Two million packages go through here every day.

In Philadelphia, Mike Davidson is on streets, in tunnels, on tracks & in trolley restoration garages - working shoulder-to-shoulder with the team that keeps one of America's largest & oldest mass transit systems running smoothly and on time.

Military experts and historians crisscross Europe to revisit the war's most iconic sites to uncover untold stories and long-forgotten secrets.

Investigate an abandoned village in the shifting sands on Dubai's outskirts and a collection of inexplicable stone circles in Colombia; a mysterious hilltop tower in Iran and a puzzling purple phenomenon in Chile's Atacama Desert.

From the Pyramids to the Parthenon and Big Ben in London, "Unearthed" helps answer questions and crack unsolved mysteries surrounding some of the greatest wonders of the ancient and modern world. CGI animation and other state-of-the-art technology breaks down how the iconic structures and monuments were designed, built, used and, in some cases, lost and rediscovered. The series attempts to show th

During the night, the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Miami, collapsed, killing 98 people; revealing fatal mistakes that led to the disaster, including code violations, inadequate storm defenses, ignored warnings and a contaminant.

The true story of the F-14 Tomcat, the military aircraft made famous in "Top Gun"; how it served as the US Navy's top carrier fighter for a generation.

Blinded in one eye in the battle for Normandy, a defiant French-Canadian sniper sets out to liberate a Dutch city in the final days of the war.

During the night, the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Miami, collapsed, killing 98 people; revealing fatal mistakes that led to the disaster, including code violations, inadequate storm defenses, ignored warnings and a contaminant.

The true story of the F-14 Tomcat, the military aircraft made famous in "Top Gun"; how it served as the US Navy's top carrier fighter for a generation.

Blinded in one eye in the battle for Normandy, a defiant French-Canadian sniper sets out to liberate a Dutch city in the final days of the war.

Experts go on a search for New York's hidden stories, involving the Statue of Liberty, the 21 Club and Typhoid Mary.

During the night, the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Miami, collapsed, killing 98 people; revealing fatal mistakes that led to the disaster, including code violations, inadequate storm defenses, ignored warnings and a contaminant.

The true story of the F-14 Tomcat, the military aircraft made famous in "Top Gun"; how it served as the US Navy's top carrier fighter for a generation.

Blinded in one eye in the battle for Normandy, a defiant French-Canadian sniper sets out to liberate a Dutch city in the final days of the war.

The search for water is actually the search for life, and that search is taking man to some unusual places, including a moon of Saturn.

Scientists are now probing to detect gravity waves in space and mapping the gravity patterns of the moon for the first time.

Rumoured to be the cleanest river in Europe, few dispute it's the coldest; cascading down from the Dinaric Alps in Serbia, it soon crosses the border into Bosnia Herzegovina, where marine biologist and fisherman Sanel Riđanović casts for salmon.

Traipsing along ancient pathways criss-crossing Easter Island; finding gigantic designs carved into Asia's Eastern Steppe; ascending a tall pyramid rising from Antarctica's icy landscape.

The search for water is actually the search for life, and that search is taking man to some unusual places, including a moon of Saturn.

Scientists are now probing to detect gravity waves in space and mapping the gravity patterns of the moon for the first time.

Nova Scotia's Southern coast.

Traipsing along ancient pathways criss-crossing Easter Island; finding gigantic designs carved into Asia's Eastern Steppe; ascending a tall pyramid rising from Antarctica's icy landscape.

Arctic conditions continue to wreak havoc in British Columbia; Jeremy Birch is called upon to raise a concrete-hulled vessel.

Between 1940 and 1942, the Axis powers unleash over 3,000 bombing raids on Malta, an island key to controlling the southern coast of the Mediterranean; Conflict archeologists use cutting-edge drone technology to explore the defenses of Malta.

More than 75 years since the historic Allied invasion; Conflict archeologists uncover hidden evidence on and off the shores of Normandy, thanks to drone technology; One team examines the site of a British commando raid that liberated Port-en-Bessin.

Allied and Axis forces push science and engineering to the limits to gain the upper hand; Aerial drone footage and Lidar technology uncover evidence of military aviation innovations that played roles in key conflicts of the European campaign.

Military experts and historians crisscross Europe to revisit the war's most iconic sites to uncover untold stories and long-forgotten secrets.

During the night, the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Miami, collapsed, killing 98 people; revealing fatal mistakes that led to the disaster, including code violations, inadequate storm defenses, ignored warnings and a contaminant.

The true story of the F-14 Tomcat, the military aircraft made famous in "Top Gun"; how it served as the US Navy's top carrier fighter for a generation.

A U.S. Parachute Infantry Regiment rushes to protect a critical bridge from a Nazi battle group during the opening days of the Battle of the Bulge.

British Commandos raid two occupied Norwegian islands to wipe out fish oil factories used to make explosives.

The scale of World War II grows as the United States joins the war; explore the operations where Allied commando troops raid the Norwegian coast.

The rise of submarines marks World War II at sea, leading to fierce battles above and below the waves.

British Commandos raid two occupied Norwegian islands to wipe out fish oil factories used to make explosives.

The scale of World War II grows as the United States joins the war; explore the operations where Allied commando troops raid the Norwegian coast.

The rise of submarines marks World War II at sea, leading to fierce battles above and below the waves.

An exploration of little-known stories behind San Francisco landmarks and locations, including its golden fire hydrant and Dutch windmills.

British Commandos raid two occupied Norwegian islands to wipe out fish oil factories used to make explosives.

The scale of World War II grows as the United States joins the war; explore the operations where Allied commando troops raid the Norwegian coast.

The rise of submarines marks World War II at sea, leading to fierce battles above and below the waves.

For more than 25 years, the shuttle was our ticket to space and our laboratory in orbit.

A vehicle the size of a small car spent a year on Mars.

Tackling the grade 6 rapids and untamed waters of the Buller River on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island, blessed by a Māori elder of the Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō.

Exploring some of the most cavernous places on the planet, including an expansive Siberian crater with no explainable origin, Greenland's bizarre black holes, an ancient forbidden well in the Yemeni desert, and a voluminous void in Antarctica.

For more than 25 years, the shuttle was our ticket to space and our laboratory in orbit.

A vehicle the size of a small car spent a year on Mars.

City of Whitehorse to the Kluane National Park.

Exploring some of the most cavernous places on the planet, including an expansive Siberian crater with no explainable origin, Greenland's bizarre black holes, an ancient forbidden well in the Yemeni desert, and a voluminous void in Antarctica.

Phil Risko's team at Northstar works fast to refloat a trawler that's been blown onto the shore of a national park in New Jersey; the team improvises to get it back to sea before it suffers further damage.

Traveling to New York, Denver and Nice, France to visit Little Island, the Denver Museum of Art and La Tête Carrée; the secrets to how they were built is revealed.

Exploring behind-the-scenes of design and construction of revolutionary buildings in Spain, New York and a university campus in Florida.

Visiting the Hearst Tower in Manhattan and Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore to understand how they were built; covering how designers and engineers attempt to create a museum worthy of Salvador Dali in Florida.

Traveling from Canada to Belgium to the Southern U.S. to examine an eye-popping school, museum and railway station and reveal how they were built.

British Commandos raid two occupied Norwegian islands to wipe out fish oil factories used to make explosives.

The scale of World War II grows as the United States joins the war; explore the operations where Allied commando troops raid the Norwegian coast.

The rise of submarines marks World War II at sea, leading to fierce battles above and below the waves.

Bush aviators push the limit of their plane to deliver a two-ton generator; in Fairbanks, slippery runways threaten the International Ice Carving Championship and a high-tech airframe inspection on a Boeing 737 uncovers a potential issue.

Mike joins the Assault Craft Unit 5, the U.S. Navy's team for Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs); LCACs carry heavy vehicles and troops onto beaches; Mike helps fly & fix an overhauled LCAC during a U.S. Marines beach assault training mission.

Visiting London's Gherkin, Seattle's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and Lyon's Musée des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built.

Bush aviators push the limit of their plane to deliver a two-ton generator; in Fairbanks, slippery runways threaten the International Ice Carving Championship and a high-tech airframe inspection on a Boeing 737 uncovers a potential issue.

Mike joins the Assault Craft Unit 5, the U.S. Navy's team for Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs); LCACs carry heavy vehicles and troops onto beaches; Mike helps fly & fix an overhauled LCAC during a U.S. Marines beach assault training mission.

Visiting London's Gherkin, Seattle's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and Lyon's Musée des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built.

A tour of London exploring objects with secret histories, including its black cabs, the Marble Arch and the Horse Guards Clock.

Bush aviators push the limit of their plane to deliver a two-ton generator; in Fairbanks, slippery runways threaten the International Ice Carving Championship and a high-tech airframe inspection on a Boeing 737 uncovers a potential issue.

Mike joins the Assault Craft Unit 5, the U.S. Navy's team for Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs); LCACs carry heavy vehicles and troops onto beaches; Mike helps fly & fix an overhauled LCAC during a U.S. Marines beach assault training mission.

Visiting London's Gherkin, Seattle's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and Lyon's Musée des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built.

Meandering through the black waters of a primordial river immortalized in a folk song.

Explores strongholds abandoned by their architects; a lost city in the Amazon jungle; a desert fortress made by humanity's most notorious empire; explores a city of identical castles; examines a Greek isle's bloody history from the air.

Veteran salvor Paul Hay and his team rescue a clam-dredging crew's harvest lost in a storm off the New Jersey coast; following an annual cleanup operation in New Zealand that salvages fishing equipment gone astray.

A journey along the geological marvel that is the Bay of Fundy coastline.

Historical and modern examinations of constellations.

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Veteran salvor Paul Hay and his team rescue a clam-dredging crew's harvest lost in a storm off the New Jersey coast; following an annual cleanup operation in New Zealand that salvages fishing equipment gone astray.

A journey along the geological marvel that is the Bay of Fundy coastline.

Western Mexico reveals the country's most iconic images. From the birthplace of tequila and mariachi to the world's busiest border. Golden sands border the aquarium of the world while volcanic craters mirror lunar landscapes.

For centuries, Mexico's historic center has been a land of legends and power. From Veracruz's shores to Mexico City's ancient layers, Puebla's epic battle and Michoacan's indigenous traditions, discover where empires rise and tr.

Southern Mexico stretches from Yucatan's crystal-clear cenotes to the fertile land of the Oaxaca Valley; Maya and Zapotec traditions live through gastronomy and art; history is ever present in ancient pyramids and architecture.

In Mexico's North, ancient runners defy impossible distances and living fossils reveal Earth's secrets; from Monterrey's industrial city to Guanajuato's revolutionary past, discover how mighty mountains forge unbreakable spirit.

Allied convoys resupplying the Soviet Union navigate the Arctic, infested with U-boats and enemy aircraft.

Western Mexico reveals the country's most iconic images. From the birthplace of tequila and mariachi to the world's busiest border. Golden sands border the aquarium of the world while volcanic craters mirror lunar landscapes.

Dunhuang falls to warlords, rises under an empress and vanishes into legend; a monk discovers a cache of ancient scrolls in a sacred cave which show how faith, power and survival shaped the city.

An aerial tour of northern Greece explores Mount Olympus, Macedonia, the island of Corfu and more; the lifestyles of the region's inhabitants.

The first fly-by-wire helicopter is put through its paces, as test pilots harness freezing temperatures; in Anchorage, a jet is lifted for repairs.

A baboon invasion on a runway threatens to cut off a remote safari lodge, engine faults wreck airline flight schedules and a wild cheetah gets a first taste of flying.

An aerial tour of northern Greece explores Mount Olympus, Macedonia, the island of Corfu and more; the lifestyles of the region's inhabitants.

The first fly-by-wire helicopter is put through its paces, as test pilots harness freezing temperatures; in Anchorage, a jet is lifted for repairs.