Avalanches
Iain Stewart reveals ten remarkable stories about avalanches, including how the deadliest one killed 18,000 people in three minutes and why another solved an aviation mystery.
Iain Stewart travels across mountain ranges and glaciers to reveal ten remarkable stories about avalanches.
Over a million avalanches happen throughout the world each year, and yet we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the chaotic turbulence inside an avalanche. Scientists have had to put themselves right inside a raging avalanche to find out more.
Stewart shows how the deadliest avalanche in history killed 18,000 people in three minutes; how Hannibal's army was devastated by avalanches as he crossed the Alps to fight Rome; why an avalanche was key to one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time; and how global warming may increase the rate of ice avalanches in the future.
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Mini avalanches
Duration: 01:41
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What causes avalanches?
Duration: 02:13
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Avalanches as weapons
Duration: 04:20
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The deadliest avalanche
Duration: 02:42
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The Cinematic Orchestra
Burn Out
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Iain Stewart |
| Producer | Matthew Springford |
| Series Producer | Michael Burke |
Broadcasts
- Sun 27 Jan 200821:00
- Mon 28 Jan 200800:25
- Mon 28 Jan 200803:25
- Sun 3 Feb 200801:25
- Wed 6 Feb 200800:00
Thu 27 Mar 200820:00BBC Two except East, Wales & Yorkshire- Sat 31 Jul 201019:00
- Sun 1 Aug 201003:05
- Tue 29 May 201222:00
- Wed 30 May 201201:30
- Sat 4 Aug 201220:00
- Sun 5 Aug 201201:50
- Tue 18 Dec 201219:00
- Wed 19 Dec 201201:00
- Wed 10 Apr 201320:00
- Wed 10 Apr 201323:40
- Sat 14 Sep 201320:00
- Sun 15 Sep 201301:45
- Mon 16 Sep 201322:00
- Sat 31 May 201423:30
- Tue 22 Dec 201522:00
- Wed 4 Jan 201720:00
- Thu 5 Jan 201700:45
- Tue 25 Jul 201720:00
- Wed 26 Jul 201700:55
