Horizon
Season 28 Episode 13 - Measuring the Roof of the World
7.4 ?
1964
Documentary
Horizon examines the problems and cartography involved in mapping mountains such as Mount Everest. They follow the history of of mapping from those surveys conducted by mountaineering expeditions and early explorers, to modern mapping techniques using planes and satellites. Horizon also considers the startling news that K2 may actually be the world's tallest mountain according to recent satellite calculations.
Episodes in Season 28
1
Sudden Death
60 min
2
Keen as Mustard
60 min
3
Smokers Can Harm Your Health
60 min
4
Coming In from the Cold
60 min
5
Small Problems with the Mirror
60 min
6
Two Weeks to Save the Earth
60 min
7
California Dreaming
60 min
8
The Day the Earth Melted
60 min
9
The Curse of Karash
60 min
10
Playing at Noah
60 min
11
Cashing in on Paradise
60 min
12
The Terracotta Time Machine
60 min
13
Measuring the Roof of the World
60 min
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The First Americans
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15
Inside Chernobyl's Sarcophagus
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16
Colonising Cyberspace
60 min
17
Emerging Viruses
60 min
18
Camelford - A Bitter Aftertaste
60 min
19
Of Big Bangs, Stick Men and Galactic Holes
60 min
20
Food For Thought
60 min
21
The Long Road to the West
60 min
22
Half Hearted About Semi-Skimmed
60 min
23
T-Rex Exposed
60 min
