Drain the Oceans

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Maritime mysteries - old and new - come to life in this 10-episode series, combining scientific data and digital re-creations to reveal shipwrecks, treasures, and sunken cities on the bottom of lakes, seas and oceans around the world. Innovative technology allows viewers to see what lies on the floors of large bodies of water such as the Gulf of Mexico, the Nile, the Indian Ocean, the Baltic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean as if they had been drained. Then, in a quest to explain natural wonders and man-made catastrophes, stories tell of how vessels sank, what ancient geological formations reveal about life on Earth, where Nazi secrets now reside, and why so many continue to search for the legendary city of Atlantis.

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Episode 2Gulf of Mexico

Documentary series. Dark secrets resurface as the series dives beneath the waves for evidence of North America's history of dinosaurs, trade, slavery and war.

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Episode 3Lost Worlds of the Mediterranean

Pull the plug on the Mediterranean Sea, unlock the mysteries of the Greeks and Romans, and reveal the powerful forces lurking beneath its waves.

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Episode 4Sunken Treasures

Excavating a fortune in sunken silver... from a wreck on shifting sands.

Mysteries of the China Seas: Episode Image
Episode 8Mysteries of the China Seas

Documentary revealing what lies on the ocean floor. On the sea bed off the coast of China, the resting place of the largest battleship is discovered.

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