Everest '96: Trapped in the Death Zone | Big Business | 5
When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summited Mount Everest in 1953, high-altitude climbing was only done by the most elite mountaineers. But that changed in the early 1990s, when veteran climbers b...
30 Heinä 202436min
Everest '96: Trapped in the Death Zone | Frozen | 4
After a severe blizzard engulfs Mount Everest on May 10th, fifteen people are left stranded on the mountain, unable to find their way back to camp, or too weak to even try. In the early hours of May 1...
23 Heinä 202450min
Everest '96: Trapped in the Death Zone | Descent Into Darkness | 3
As the climbers descend from the summit, it becomes a race against time to get back to camp before dark. But a severe blizzard slows their progress to a crawl, and altitude sickness starts to take hol...
16 Heinä 202440min
Everest '96: Trapped in the Death Zone | Top of the World | 2
As the climbers make their final push for the summit, time is of the essence. They must make it to the top before 2 p.m. to ensure they get back to camp before dark. But due to delays, most of them do...
9 Heinä 202443min
Everest '96: Trapped in the Death Zone | Mountain Madness | 1
In May 1996, two expert mountaineers and their clients set off to climb the world’s tallest peak — Mount Everest. Many of the clients have no high altitude experience and have paid upwards of $65,000 ...
2 Heinä 202446min
Voyage to the North Pole | Finding USS Jeannette | 6
When author and historian Hampton Sides was deep into researching another polar expedition, he stumbled upon the tragic journey of USS Jeannette. He couldn’t believe Captain De Long’s voyage wasn’t co...
25 Kesä 202436min
Voyage to the North Pole | Siberia | 5
After months of trekking across the polar ice, the crew of USS Jeannette finally reach open water. Now, they must endure a harrowing ocean crossing in three small, leaky boats to reach Siberia, where ...
18 Kesä 202449min
Voyage to the North Pole | The Skeleton Pack | 4
It’s June 1881, and USS Jeannette has been crushed between ice floes and sunk to the bottom of the Arctic Sea. The crew now find themselves stranded on the ice, a thousand miles from Siberia, the near...
11 Kesä 202446min
