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Deep secrets Past the wreck of The Titanic on the sea floor is a whale graveyard
On the National Geographic Channel, catch “Situation Critical — Miracle at Quecreek” today at 8 p.m. where a rescue operation of miners battle for their lives . On 24 July 2002, eighteen miners descend into the Black Wolf mine in Qu
ecreek, Pennsylvania. A few hours later, their lives are plunged into peril when one of the miners accidentally breaks through into a long abandoned mine, unleashing 60 million gallons of stagnant groundwater. Nine of the miners manage to fight their way through the raging torrent and escape. The other nine retreat to the highest section of the mine, where they sit and wait to be drowned by the rising floodwater. Their only hope is that the feverish rescue operation underway 240 feet above their heads will reach them before the water does. Seventy seven hours later, the miners are plucked to safety through a 30-inch wide rescue shaft, drilled by their heroic team of rescuers.
On June 3, 9 p.m. on “Naked Science — The Deep”, explore the never-seen-before world of the deep oceans.It is home to violent volcanoes, temperatures hot enough to melt lead, the longest living animals on the planet, and earthquakes so powerful, they create giant tsunamis. The episode takes you past the longest mountain range on earth, through thousands of underwater volcanoes.Deeper still, “The Deep” plunges past The Titanic to reach the abyssal plain, a vast expanse of sea floor that is a whale graveyard.
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