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Extreme Engineering Collection 1
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On every part of the planet, men and women are achieving the impossible. Mountains of earth are drilled, blasted and moved while massive structures are erected to tame and traverse great bodies of water. Join us for a globe-spanning look at some of the most astounding feats of EXTREME ENGINEERING as mankind soars to new heights of imagination and ingenuity in the struggle to meet the challenges of the modern world.Episodes:
Widening the Panama Canal: Built more than 90 years ago, the canal was an engineering marvel, but to keep up with modern-day shipping demands, the old channel must be widened, presenting a mammoth set of challenges to the engineers and workmen.
Boston's Big Dig: One of the largest and most technically challenging infrastructure projects in American history, Boston's Big Dig encompasses an 8- to 10-lane-wide highway winding 120 feet underground through downtown Boston, a new tunnel beneath the city's harbor and the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world. After decades of planning and construction, this enormous undertaking promises to turn the bustling, congested "Bean Town" into a fast-moving city of tomorrow.
Building Hong Kong's Airport: When the citizens of Hong Kong needed a new international airport, they went 16 miles offshore to two islands that were then leveled and merged into one platform for a giant terminal and runway structure. And then a series of world-class highways, bridges and tunnels were created to connect the new airport to the city.
Tunneling Under the Alps: Deep below the scenic wonders of the Alps, an army of engineers and workers is creating the longest tunnel in the world in a hellish environment of deadly unstable rock and mud. When completed, the trans-alpine tunnel will turn the mountain range from a giant road block to a free- flowing corridor of goods and commerce moving across Europe.
Iceland Tunnels: On the desolate northeastern tip of Iceland, 100 miles south of the Arctic Circle, first-class excavation and construction crews, responsible for some of the greatest tunneling projects around the world, are attempting to burrow 45 miles and hundreds of feet underground in an audacious plan to turn ice into electricity.
Container Ships: Danish ship builders are attempting what was once unimaginable to their Viking forebears: to construct a monster container ship, a vessel, that when completed, will blow the rudders off the worldwide cargo shipping industry.
Oakland Bay Bridge: The new Bay Bridge will replace the most heavily traveled bridge in the United States: the spans linking San Francisco to Oakland and the East Bay. Now several years behind schedule, the pressure is on, but the unanticipated problems of building a $2.8 billion two-mile earthquake-proof road 300 feet in the air are tough to beat.
Venice Flood Gates: The engineers and builders are on a desperate mission...to keep Venice, Italy from becoming the next Atlantis. This enormous undertaking calls for 79 steel floodgates, each bigger than a football field and weighing over 300 tons.
Extreme Engineering Season 1 - DVD Set (Part 1)
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Extreme Engineering unveils some of the most ambitious architectural plans of our times. Some are theoretical; others are in the works. But all of these modern marvels pose challenges that stretch the definition of what's possible. Watch as jaw-dropping computer animation and first-hand accounts from builders, designers and engineers breathe life into the most extreme construction projects ever conceived. Season 1 - DVD Set (Part 1): With land area shrinking and population growing, Japan has decided to take its urban development strategy to the next level. Welcome to Sky City - the most massive super-building on earth and certainly one of the most daring feats of engineering ever attempted. From the sky to beneath the sea, get a peek at exclusive designs of a truly extreme concept to link Canada and Scotland with a rail tunnel spanning the Atlantic Ocean. And speaking of rail, watch as Manhattan city planners work to strike a balance between attracting even more people to the city that never sleeps...and transporting them effectively. We rise above ground once again to witness structural engineers and leading architects reveal their impressive design to build a massive bridge joining North America and Asia across the Bering Strait. We then travel back to Japan and watch as city planners look to build a massive pyramid over Tokyo Bay to relieve the stress of alarming overpopulation.
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Extreme Engineering Season 2 - DVD Set (5 Disc)
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Extreme Engineering unveils some of the most ambitious architectural plans of our times. Some are theoretical; others are in the works. But all of these modern marvels pose challenges that stretch the definition of what's possible. Watch as jaw-dropping computer animation and first-hand accounts from builders, designers and engineers breathe life into the most extreme construction projects ever conceived. Season 2 - DVD Set (5 Disc): The setting is Malmo, Sweden. The task, build the tallest skyscraper in Northern Europe. In Venice, Italy, engineers battle the elements to keep the canal-laden city from becoming the next Atlantis. Watch as a group of ambitious Danish shipbuilders set out to build the most colossal, powerful cargo ship ever conceived. Meanwhile, hundreds of feet below the Eastern Highlands a determined group of engineers and diggers try to turn ice into electricity. Follow world class engineers as they tackle the biggest construction project in California history - the new Oakland Bay Bridge. On the other side of the United States, watch builders in Charleston, South Carolina as they try to build the longest cable-stay bridge in America. Meanwhile, across the pond in France, follow a group of visionaries committed to relieving the Tarn bottleneck. In northern Minnesota, iron mine workers test the limits of a new, $10 million, custom-built super shovel. Finally, watch as engineers risk everything to put their oil rig in place in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Extreme Engineering Season 1 - DVD Set (5 Discs)
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Extreme Engineering unveils some of the most ambitious architectural plans of our times. Some are theoretical; others are in the works. But all of these modern marvels pose challenges that stretch the definition of what's possible. Watch as jaw-dropping computer animation and first-hand accounts from builders, designers and engineers breathe life into the most extreme construction projects ever conceived. Season 1 - DVD Set (5 Disc Set): In this first season, learn how engineers in Japan are planning to handle the dwindling land supply and over-population by building Sky City." Experience creative depth as engineers discuss plans to link Canada and Scotland with a rail tunnel. Watch Manhattan city planners identify ways to transport more people through its subways. Meanwhile, above ground, structural engineers reveal their attempts to "suspend" reality with a bridge joining North America and Asia across the Bering Strait. Enter the ambitious AlpTransit Tunnel and travel to Holland to see the inner workings of the enormous barriers designed to protect this low-lying country from the harsh North Sea. Rough seas did not deter an intrepid group of engineers in Hong Kong from building a new international airport 16 miles out to sea! Learn how engineers are attempting to widen the Panama Canal and finally, witness the final stages of one of the largest, most technically challenging infrastructure projects in American history: Boston's Big Dig.
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Extreme Engineering Season 2 - DVD Set (Part 2)
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Extreme Engineering unveils some of the most ambitious architectural plans of our times. Some are theoretical; others are in the works. But all of these modern marvels pose challenges that stretch the definition of what's possible. Watch as jaw-dropping computer animation and first-hand accounts from builders, designers and engineers breathe life into the most extreme construction projects ever conceived. Season 2 - DVD Set (Part 2): Builders in Charleston, South Carolina are hard at work on a record-breaker: a 500-foot, eight-lane link between the city of Charleston and the town of Mount Pleasant that, when complete, will become the longest cable-stay bridge in America. Meanwhile, across the pond in France, follow a group of visionaries committed to relieving the Tarn bottleneck and opening up the region to the rest of Europe by building a massive bridge to leap across the 1.3-mile wide chasm. At the world's largest open pit iron mine in northern Minnesota, workers are in desperate need of a new excavator. Watch as workers put a new, $10 million, custom-built super shovel to the test. One-third of all oil used in America is pumped from wells drilled in the Gulf of Mexico. But with hurricanes becoming more prevalent, engineers have been forced to redesign the traditional oil rig to withstand Mother Nature's fury. Watch as designers and engineers risk everything to put their rig in place - and get a major leg-up on the competition in the race for lucrative deep-sea oil.
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Extreme Engineering Season 2 - Episode 7: Milau Viaduct
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Imagine driving across a bridge near the North Pole, leaving Alaska at one end and arriving in Siberia at the other end; or visiting a city built within a pyramid in Tokyo Bay; or speeding from New York to London in just an hour through a tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean. These are just some of the projects that come to life as builders and engineers design and construct the largest, most outrageous and awe-inspiring projects ever conceived. Jaw-dropping computer animation breathes life into such fantastic, yet possible creations. MILAU VIADUCT: In the remotest corner of France, near the tiny villages where farmers make Roquefort cheese, a technological miracle is unfolding. Here, where the Tarn River cuts a deep gorge, automobile and truck traffic between the south of France and Paris and the north have run into huge bottlenecks. Angry vacationers and long-haul truckers can count on traffic jams of up to two hours as they inch their way down, across and up the dangerous winding roads on the sides of the gorge.Now, visionary designers and engineers are working to end that bottleneck and open up the region to the rest of Europe by building a bridge--the highest bridge in the world--to leap across the 1.3-mile wide gorge. The Millau Bridge, as it is called, will form the last connection in the major highway linking Spain and Italy with Paris.
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Extreme Engineering Season 1 - Episodes: 1 & 2 (Part of DVD set)
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Extreme Engineering unveils some of the most ambitious architectural plans of our times. Some are theoretical; others are in the works. But all of these modern marvels pose challenges that stretch the definition of what's possible. Watch as jaw-dropping computer animation and first-hand accounts from builders, designers and engineers breathe life into the most extreme construction projects ever conceived.Episodes 1 & 2: With land area shrinking and population growing, Japan has decided to take its urban development strategy to the next level. Welcome to Sky City - the most massive super-building on earth and certainly one of the most daring feats of engineering ever attempted. Only one problem: No one knows for sure if it can really be built! Join leading engineers from Japan, Taiwan, and Canada as they try to tackle the immense mechanical, structural, and logistical issues behind such an enormous project. From the sky to beneath the sea - Introducing the latest development from the minds of modern rail engineering: a 300-mph, magnetically levitated train that travels between Canada and Scotland...all while submerged in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Get a peek at exclusive designs of this truly extreme concept.
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Extreme Engineering Season 1 - Episode 9: Widening the Panama Canal
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Very Informative. 4 out of 5 stars.
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For those interested in the history and future of the Panama Canal, this DVD is a must buy.
Extreme Engineering Season 1 - Episode 3: Subways in America
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Extreme Engineering Season 1 - Episode 10: Boston's Big Dig
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