NOVA
Season 25 Episode 15 - Everest - The Death Zone
NOVA treks with a group of Himalayan climbers in their quest to reach the summit of Everest, along the way exploring in never-before-conducted tests how extremes of weather and altitude affect the human mind and body. Why do some people succumb so quickly to the ills caused by high altitude while others do not? Does exposure to extreme hypoxia—or lack of oxygen—take a lasting toll on the mind and body? Images of the brain scanned before and after the expedition may reveal truths about the physical traumas suffered in an oxygen-depleted environment, and give us new insight into why the tallest mountain in the world has claimed so many victims.
Episodes in Season 25
Coma
55 min
Faster Than Sound
55 min
Bomb Squad
55 min
The Proof
55 min
Wild Wolves With David Attenborough
55 min
Super Bridge
55 min
Treasures of the Sunken City
55 min
Avalanche!
55 min
Danger in the Jet Stream
55 min
Night Creatures of the Kalahari
55 min
Mysterious Mummies of China
55 min
Supersonic Spies
55 min
Animal Hospital
55 min
The Brain Eater
55 min
Everest - The Death Zone
55 min
Search for the Lost Cave People
55 min
Warnings from the Ice
55 min
Crocodiles! With David Attenborough
55 min
The Truth About Impotence
55 min
The Perfect Pearl
55 min
