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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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The China seas are the most fiercely contested and mysterious waters on the planet.
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Draining the Nile reveals lost secrets of the ancient Egyptian world.
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Exploring evidence of underwater cities, which may be ancient archaeological sites or accidents of geology.
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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.
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Pirates, gangsters and other villains have been swallowed up by the sea; cutting-edge technology reveals the secrets of the sea floor and exposes the shaky ground on which humans live.
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Draining the oceans reveals wrecks awaiting treasure hunters.
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The secrets of lost ancient civilizations come to light when the Mediterranean is drained.
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Draining the ocean reveals the Gulf of Mexico's most deadly secrets.
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The hidden secrets of the Nazis are revealed when the oceans covering them are drained using CGI animation.
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 goes missing, resulting in the longest, most costly search in aviation history.
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The hidden secrets of World War I's most powerful weapons are revealed by draining the North Sea.