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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.Pull the plug on the ocean to reveal hidden secrets and lost worlds. Using groundbreaking technology, breathtaking photography, and insights from top marine archaeologists, Drain the Oceans delivers penetrating new insights into the epic history of human civilization and the deepsea world, exposing sunken cities, shipwrecks, and amazing natural wonders of the deep.
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10 this season · 70 totals03e01 America's Last Slave Ship 2020-02-10 01:00
America's Last Slave Ship
Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of the crucial component in the Atlantic Slave Trade: the slave ship. An armored, 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 the schooner Clotilda, a wreck in the Mobile River of Alabama that could be the last ever slave ship to bring Africans to American soil.
s03e02 The Atomic Ghost Fleet 2020-05-06 01:00
The Atomic Ghost Fleet
Using the latest sonar technology, a hi-tech expedition maps Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean to reveal the world's only nuclear battlefield. Telling the story of USA's atomic experiments and the warships they destroyed - including a submarine and a mighty aircraft carrier.
s03e03 The Viking Seas 2020-05-06 02:00
The Viking Seas
There may be as many as one hundred thousand vessels lying on the floor of the Baltic sea, but perhaps the most spectacular of those is the battleship the Mars, which vanished over 450 years ago on just the second day of her career at sea. Shrouded in legend, this ship proves that she more than lives up to the many myths that surround her.
s03e04 Egypt's Sunken City 2020-05-13 01:00
Egypt's Sunken City
Historic texts tell of a mighty Ancient Egyptian city in the Nile delta. Celebrated as a trade hub and visited by Greek gods, Heracleion mysteriously disappears from history in the 2nd century BC. After 2000 years existing only in legend, we drain away the waters of the Mediterranean to reveal this metropolis in all its former glory.
s03e05 The Battle of Britain 2020-05-20 01:00
The Battle of Britain
In the summer of 1940, Adolf Hitlers Nazis conquered France; just 20 miles of sea separated his army and his next target, Great Britain. Now we can uncover the wrecks of planes and ships that reveal the truth of how Britain stood firm against the Nazi raiders and defeated Hitler in the battle of Britain.
s03e06 Pirate Ships of the Caribbean 2020-05-27 01:00
Pirate Ships of the Caribbean
Of all the seas in all the world, the Caribbean is the most famous for pirates. Uncovering long lost shipwrecks reveals the true story of their exploits and tells us how the Caribbean's unique position at the crossroads of empire turned it into the ultimate pirate sea.
s03e07 The American Revolution 2020-06-03 01:00
The American Revolution
In lakes and rivers of the modern United States, teams of explorers are discovering forgotten shipwrecks from the American Revolution. By combing their data with cutting-edge computer-graphics the water is drained away to reveal them to light of the day after 240 years at the bottom.
s03e08 Raiders of the Civil War 2020-06-10 01:00
Raiders of the Civil War
The American Civil War stretched far beyond the battlefield, into American rivers, along coastlines, and out into the world's oceans. Scientific data combines with computer graphics to drain the waters and investigate a conflict that re-wrote the rules of warfare forever.
s03e09 The Last Wrecks of WWII 2020-06-17 01:00
The Last Wrecks of WWII
A hi-tech underwater scan reveals tragic WW2 ship sunk at sea. The wreckage from one of Hitler's U-boats continues to leave a poisonous Nazi legacy behind. Japan turns to desperate measures as Kamikaze pilot's attack the US Navy. The American military, determined to win the Pacific War, rush the latest bomber into battle.
s03e10 Chicago 2020-06-24 01:00
Chicago
Draining Lake Michigan uncovers Chicago's secret history. The latest sonar technology exposes a catastrophe that kills 300, solves a tragic Christmas mystery, uncovers a game-changing naval training programme from World War 2 and reveals an engineering marvel that stops the fastest growing city in the world from choking to death.