Modern Marvels
Season 5 Episode 16 - The Alaskan Oil Pipeline
In 1973, a desperate America, starved by an OPEC embargo, began construction on an 800-mile lifeline for its insatiable oil hunger. We’ll examine this technological triumph, built over impenetrable mountains and tundra, where temperatures drop to 75 below zero. We also study its impact on a fragile ecological system.
Episodes in Season 5
Polio Vaccine
44 min
The Motion Picture
44 min
Satellites.
44 min
Radio: Out Of Thin Air
44 min
The Electric Light
44 min
The Phonograph
44 min
Great Towers in the Sky
44 min
Household Wonders.
44 min
Radar
44 min
Forensic Science: The Crime Fighter's Weapon.
44 min
The Stock Exchange
44 min
NORAD: The War Game Fortress
44 min
Earthmovers: The Power to Move Mountains
44 min
International Airports
44 min
Deep Sea Exploration: Challenging The Abyss
44 min
The Alaskan Oil Pipeline
44 min
American Steel: Built to Last.
44 min
Battlefield Engineering.
44 min
Statue of Liberty.
44 min