Avalanches
Iain Stewart reveals ten remarkable stories about avalanches, including how the deadliest one killed 18,000 people in three minutes and why another solved an aviation mystery.
Iain Stewart travels across mountain ranges and glaciers to reveal ten remarkable stories about avalanches.
Over a million avalanches happen throughout the world each year, and yet we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the chaotic turbulence inside an avalanche. Scientists have had to put themselves right inside a raging avalanche to find out more.
Stewart shows how the deadliest avalanche in history killed 18,000 people in three minutes; how Hannibal's army was devastated by avalanches as he crossed the Alps to fight Rome; why an avalanche was key to one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time; and how global warming may increase the rate of ice avalanches in the future.
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Mini avalanches
Duration: 01:41
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What causes avalanches?
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Avalanches as weapons
Duration: 04:20
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The deadliest avalanche
Duration: 02:42
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The Cinematic Orchestra
Burn Out
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Iain Stewart |
| Producer | Matthew Springford |
| Series Producer | Michael Burke |
Broadcasts
- Sun 27 Jan 2008 21:00
- Mon 28 Jan 2008 00:25
- Mon 28 Jan 2008 03:25
- Sun 3 Feb 2008 01:25
- Wed 6 Feb 2008 00:00
Thu 27 Mar 2008 20:00麻豆社 Two except East, Wales & Yorkshire- Sat 31 Jul 2010 19:00
- Sun 1 Aug 2010 03:05
- Tue 29 May 2012 22:00
- Wed 30 May 2012 01:30
- Sat 4 Aug 2012 20:00
- Sun 5 Aug 2012 01:50
- Tue 18 Dec 2012 19:00
- Wed 19 Dec 2012 01:00
- Wed 10 Apr 2013 20:00
- Wed 10 Apr 2013 23:40
- Sat 14 Sep 2013 20:00
- Sun 15 Sep 2013 01:45
- Mon 16 Sep 2013 22:00
- Sat 31 May 2014 23:30
- Tue 22 Dec 2015 22:00
- Wed 4 Jan 2017 20:00
- Thu 5 Jan 2017 00:45
- Tue 25 Jul 2017 20:00
- Wed 26 Jul 2017 00:55