Alone in Antarctica | The Windiest Place on Earth | 1
Against The Odds8 Heinä 2025

Alone in Antarctica | The Windiest Place on Earth | 1

It’s 1912, the golden age of Antarctic exploration, and teams from the Australasian Antarctic Expedition are preparing to journey into the wilderness. One trio, led by the Australian geologist Douglas Mawson, will venture the farthest — traversing 700 miles roundtrip of uncharted territory. But when his journey takes a disastrous turn, Mawson will have to endure what the mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary called, “The greatest survival story in the history of exploration.

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Trapped on Mount Hood | Search and Rescue | 3

Trapped on Mount Hood | Search and Rescue | 3

Morning provides no relief for the Oregon Episcopal School climbers trapped without food or water high on Mount Hood. The storm that forced them to take shelter in a snow cave shows no signs of lettin...

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Trapped on Mount Hood | Considered Lost | 2

Trapped on Mount Hood | Considered Lost | 2

With night falling, the student climbers and their adult chaperones must take refuge in a cramped, frigid, and hastily dug snow cave. Their leader, Father Tom Goman, begins to succumb to hypothermia. ...

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Trapped on Mount Hood | Whiteout | 1

Trapped on Mount Hood | Whiteout | 1

In May 1986, a group of high school students and faculty embarked on a journey to the top of Mount Hood, Oregon's tallest mountain. The climb was part of an annual wilderness program, and was usually ...

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Meltdown at Fukushima | Ghost Towns with NPR’s Kat Lonsdorf | 5

Meltdown at Fukushima | Ghost Towns with NPR’s Kat Lonsdorf | 5

It’s been more than decade since the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. But the region is still grappling with the environmental, economic and emotional legacy of the disaster. Eva...

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Meltdown at Fukushima | The Devil's Chain Reaction | 4

Meltdown at Fukushima | The Devil's Chain Reaction | 4

After a week of unrelenting disasters—and with Tokyo itself now under threat—the managers of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are forced to evacuate all but the most essential staff. But the ...

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Meltdown at Fukushima | Collapse | 3

Meltdown at Fukushima | Collapse | 3

Now contending with multiple damaged reactors, engineers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan hatch a series of increasingly desperate plans to prevent a total meltdown. But several e...

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Meltdown at Fukushima | Pressure | 2

Meltdown at Fukushima | Pressure | 2

Crippled by a tsunami of unprecedented scale, one of the reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is in danger of melting down. To save it, workers must do the unthinkable: Vent radio...

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Meltdown at Fukushima | Triple Disaster | 1

Meltdown at Fukushima | Triple Disaster | 1

In March 2011, one of the largest earthquakes in history struck eastern Japan, followed by a massive tsunami. This one-two punch then caused a third disaster—a total loss of power at the Fukushima Dai...

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