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- In southern Jordan lies the spectacular city of Petra. Built over 2,000 years ago, it contains innumerable architectural treasures: colossal buildings carved into cliffs and hundreds of tombs, temples, and baths. Petra was a rich and prosperous city, and yet, it resides in the heart of an inhospitable region. How did the Nabataeans manage to transform this desert area into a luxurious city?
- Scientists who are experts in natural disasters identify the most extreme catastrophes that have hit the Earth and piece together exactly what happened from the clues left behind in their wake.
- Most people know that the 'RMS Titanic' was a British passenger ocean liner, operated by the 'White Star Line', that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton (England), to New York City (USA). Not many people know about the virtually untold story of the 'Titanic's construction in Belfast, and how 15,000 men worked day and night in life-threatening conditions to create the largest floating city. However 'Titanic' was actually just one of three Olympic-class ocean liners, the 'Olympic', 'Titanic' and 'Britannic'.
- Exploring the boundaries of the unknown, learn how to stretch the own limits while at the same time remaining aware of possible consequences and being humble enough to let go. These athletes that constantly live on the edge show us that after all, they are also simple human beings. Chasing through time zones, searching for the energy generated by a powerful Nature, "Pushing the Limits" recounts the stories of extraordinary people and their relationship with the elements.
- Jack London was the most famous American writer of the twentieth century. Symbol of adventure, was alternately vagabond, gold prospector, sailor, farmer, war reporter and socialist militant. He lived life at an amazing pace and his journey, interspersed with writing, is impressive.
- The Hugo's Brain is a French documentary-drama about autism. The documentary crosses authentic autistic stories with a fiction story about the life of an autistic (Hugo), from childhood to adulthood, portraying his difficulties and his handicap.
- In an isolated enclave of the Himalayas, 12,000 Zanskarpas live in absolute self-sufficiency. To put an end to this isolation, the Indian government decides to build a road. But the means implemented are derisory. With the help of a bulldozer and an unshakable will, a Buddhist monk decides to open up his village.
- Pushing limits isn't about rolling the dice, but exploring the unknown while honouring the power of nature. These are the stories of extraordinary athletes who follow their passions to incredible new frontiers of imagination and self-discovery.
- One snowy day, in the heart of high altitude reserves, 5 fox cubs are born into a rocky chaotic world. Whereas they share the first careless months of their lives with the chamois, groundhogs and ibexes, comes the end of summer, tensions are heightened. Not all of them can remain here. From now on, their lives will be a series of trials, with some of them remaining within the clan and others living a nomadic life in search of territory. How will they contend with the golden eagle and the return of a pack of wolves? Will they tolerate the wandering fox that impinges on their territory? Sometimes touching and forever full of surprises, this film, shot in its entirety with freely roaming wild animals, reveals the extraordinary capacity of these foxes to adapt to high altitudes.
- -This series explains North-South issues and the challenges of fair trade.
- Every spring, tens of thousands of men, women and children leave their villages for a dangerous trek to the high Himalaya to collect Yarsagumbu, a mysterious transmutation between plant and insect. Used in Chinese medicine, it is worth up to 60 000 USD a kilo, more than gold.
- The day that a baby is born is not the first day of its life. Through gripping 3D reconstructions, this documentary shows the nine months that are unseen, yet that determine the essential elements of each human being.
- From Japan to the United States, via Sweden, Germany and Canada, The Nature Effect heads off to meet researchers from the most prestigious universities (Stanford, University of British Colombia,...) - biologists, neuroscientists, experts in environmental psychology - who are presently demonstrating that «experiencing nature» stimulates unexpected biological and psychological resources and represents a boundless source of well- being. These scientists believe that there's enough proof today to assert that an immersion, even of short duration, in natural environments (including urban environments), leads to regulation of the heartbeat, a significant decrease in cortisol/stress, a reduction in cardiovascular disorders and better still, a significant boost to our natural immune system. Their studies also show that regularly immersing oneself in nature reduces anxiety and mental fatigue, improves our attention and cognitive functions and can even help fight against depression.
- Scientists reveal how a gigantic volcanic eruption on a small Indonesian island wreaked global havoc in the 13th-century causing the Little Ice Age.
- Forensic techniques are used to investigate bizarre landscapes in the USA, Iceland and on the floor of the English Channel that were carved out by raging floods on a huge scale thousands of years ago.
- Scientists examine The Great Hurricane of 1780, the most powerful event of its kind on record, to discover what made it so destructive and if warming climates could increase the occurrence of such storms.
- Volcanologists search for an elusive volcanic mega-eruption that plunged the medieval earth into a deep freeze. Investigate the geologic evidence from Greenland all the way to Antarctica to identify the 750-year-old culprit.