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Afghanistan is not so much a country as a series of shifting borders. This is the most militant Islamic state on Earth, but it was once peace loving and Buddhist. In the Bamiyan Valley north of Kabul the two largest statues of Buddha on the planet were carved in the third century. David Adams was the last Westerner to exhaustively film the Buddhas of Bamiyan before they were blown up in 2001.

The battered dhow carves its passage though the tourmaline waters of the South Indian Ocean. Its patched lateen sail fat with monsoon wind, the salt air fragrant with cloves. Barely heard at first, the faint cry of a muezzin crackles through the dawn's early light. Heads turn to the horizon. The turbaned helmsman eases off the sailrope & utters just one magical word.... Zanzibar. Zanzibar. The Spice Island. A real world Shangri-la. The island at the end of the earth. David Adams sails south in search of the lost world of Arab seafarer.

Secret military operations uncovered mind-blowing secrets of the mystifying continent of Antarctica, including a possible Kingdom beneath its surface, the hollow Earth theories, Lake Vostok's alien potential, Operation Highjump and more.

The Wild Pacific - Gigantic Ocean Teeming With Life | Ocean Documentary The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean on earth, bordering all other oceans. The Pacific Coast stretches across New Zealand, Australia, East Asia and the west coast of North and South America. On November 28, 1520, Ferdinand Magellan, coming from the Strait of Magellan, reached the Pacific Ocean on his circumnavigation of the world. He named it Mar Pacifico (Portuguese & Spanish for Peaceful Sea) because the storms that had accompanied him until then subsided. Despite this name, the Pacific also experiences violent storms and hurricanes. The Pacific Ocean lies between the Arctic to the north, North America to the northeast, Central America to the east, South America to the southeast, Antarctica to the south, Australia to the southwest, Oceania to the west, and Asia to the northwest. In the north it borders on the Arctic Ocean and in the southwest on the Indian Ocean and in the south on the Southern Ocean, which lies south of the 60th parallel. The Pacific Pole of Inaccessibility (Point

In this episode of Mega Disaster, we are taking a look at Volcanoes, and the stories of how some of the most horrific volcanic eruptions shaped our lives. From Pompeii to Hawaii, Volcanoes destroy all in their path. Mega Disaster takes you on a journey, looking at some of the most destructive and life changing natural disasters that have happened on our planet. WONDER is packed with binge worthy reality documentaries for hours of entertainment. Check out our hub of diverse and empowering stories which explore the extreme side of life!

What was working on SS Great Britain really like? Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain is undoubtedly one of the most important historic ships in the world. When she was launched from Bristol by Prince Albert in 1843, she was called 'the greatest experiment since the creation'. No one else in the Victorian era had designed an iron ship so vast or revolutionary. It was also the world's first great luxury ocean liner, carrying passengers to the United States and Australia throughout her long career. SS Great Britain changed history. As well as being built of iron and steam powered, Brunel rejected using conventional paddle wheels to drive his ship. Instead, his revolutionary screw propeller was the newest invention in maritime technology. But what was it like to work on SS Great Britain? What were the jobs aboard ship? And did the crew get to share the comforts of passengers aboard the world’s first luxury ocean liner? History Hit presenters Louee Dessent and Luke Tomes step aboard to experience the life of the crew in the 19th century, to see