Piper Alpha: Oil Rig Disaster | A Survivor Remembers | 5
Diver Ed Punchard loved his job and the people on Piper Alpha, even if it meant working on a noisy rig for weeks at a time, far out in the North Sea. Being part of a dive team meant everyone trained h...
10 Sep 20240s
Piper Alpha: Oil Rig Disaster | Collapse | 4
At 10:52pm, Piper Alpha is hit by the biggest explosion yet. Soon, the rig begins to break apart and tumble into the ocean, dooming the men still trapped inside. Meanwhile, rescuers like Z-boat comman...
3 Sep 20240s
Piper Alpha: Oil Rig Disaster | Explosions | 3
As the fire continues to rage on Piper Alpha, rescuers in small motorboats race to get workers off the burning oil rig. Diver Ed Punchard has his men climb down a rope to safety, while electrician Bob...
27 Aug 20240s
Piper Alpha: Oil Rig Disaster | Inferno | 2
After an explosion rocks the Piper Alpha oil rig, a huge, smoky fire begins to spread, taking down the rig’s power supply and communications equipment. Workers hurry to their evacuation stations, and ...
20 Aug 20240s
Piper Alpha: Oil Rig Disaster | The Leak | 1
On July 6th, 1988, workers clock in to a typical night shift aboard Piper Alpha, the world’s largest offshore oil rig, in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. Then, around 10 p.m., a series of mis...
13 Aug 20240s
In Their Own Words: Bitten by a Rattlesnake | 1
On a warm day in April 2017, Outside Magazine writer Kyle Dickman was hiking near Yosemite National Park with his family and infant son. But in an instant, the idyllic day turned south. Kyle felt a qu...
6 Aug 20240s
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 Jul 20240s
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 Jul 20240s
