Electricity is carried the length and breadth of the country on a maze of high tension power cables. It's Aerial linesman Adam Crick's job to keep them running by inspecting 300,000 miles of power line from a helicopter.

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Story: Power from Above

Duration: 3:32

Electricity is carried the length and breadth of the country on a maze of high tension power cables. It's aerial linesman Adam Crick's job to keep them running by inspecting 300,000 miles of power line from a helicopter.

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