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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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6 this season · 70 totals06e01 Alaska 2023-03-06 03:00
Alaska
The hunt for a legendary ghost ship in Alaska reveals a corner of the United States once known as "Russian America." The Kad'yak was a Russian three-masted bark that sank in Icon Bay off Kodiak Island in 1860. It was bound for San Francisco, California, with a cargo of ice.Draining Alaska's extreme north reveals the graveyard of a tragic fleet. The 1871 Whaling Disaster occurred when pack ice off Alaska's North Slope trapped 32 whaling ships.
s06e02 Rise of the Mob 2023-03-13 02:00
Rise of the Mob
Hidden in the oceans, lakes, and rivers of the US lie lost wrecks that reveal secrets about how the American Mob gained power and wealth in the 1920s. In the Atlantic off New York are the rum-running tug boats Lizzie D. and William P. Maloney, linked to Lucky Luciano. In the Detroit River near Windsor, Ontario, Canada, lies the wreck of an upside-down Model T truck that fell through the frozen river in Winter, smuggling liquor from Canada to the USA for the Purple Gang, allied with Luciano. In Lake Michigan near Chicago, Illinois, lies the paddle steamer Rotarian, a floating speakeasy with bottles of liquor hidden in its bilge. The party boat was owned by the Cook County Democratic Party and Mayor William Thompson, who was closely allied with Al Capone. It was set on fire, towed into the Lake, and sunk to hide evidence of Mob involvement. Prohibition taught the Mob how to make money, work together, and corrupt politicians.
s06e03 Secrets of the Dinosaurs 2023-03-20 02:00
Secrets of the Dinosaurs
Paleontologists journey from Patagonia to Canada to overturn popular misconceptions about dinosaurs and uncover the real Jurassic Americas. Discovered are a new species of titanosaur in Patagonia, Argentina; a new nodosaur from an oil sands mine in Alberta, Canada; and a pack of tyrannosaurs at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.
s06e04 The Myth of the Pacific Pirate Ship 2023-03-27 02:00
The Myth of the Pacific Pirate Ship
Archaeologists uncover the truth behind the legend of a treasure ship, the "Beeswax Wreck" off Manzanita Beach, Oregon. The Spanish Manila galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos was wrecked in 1693, hauling porcelain, pottery, and valuable beeswax.
s06e05 Invasion USA 2023-04-03 02:00
Invasion USA
A shipwreck in the Patuxent River in Maryland appears to be the lost flagship USS Scorpion of Commodore Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Flotilla from the War of 1812. Outgunned by the British fleet, Barney withdraws up the river, ordering the entire flotilla scuttled. This opens the way for the British attack on Washington, burning the White House in 1814.Artist Tina Dunkley uncovers her enslaved ancestor Ezekiel Loney's link to the burning of the White House. Freed by the British, he became a Colonial Marine at Fort Albium on Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay. The troops attacking Washington include Loney. He and his family later migrated to Trinidad & Tobago after the War of 1812.
s06e06 $20 Million Time Bomb 2023-04-10 02:00
$20 Million Time Bomb
A bomb, murder, and a foiled multi-million insurance scam on the high seas: the Lucona sank in the Indian Ocean on January 23, 1977, by a bomb planted by Austrian businessman Udo Proksch as part of a $20 million insurance fraud.