Deepwater Disaster - The Untold Story

Horizon reveals the untold story of the 87-day battle to kill the Deepwater Horizon oil blowout a mile beneath the waves - a crisis that became America's worst environmental disaster. Engineers and oil men at the heart of the operation talk for the first time about the colossal engineering challenges they faced and how they had to improvise under extreme pressure. They tell of how they used household junk, discarded steel boxes and giant underwater cutting shears to stop the oil. It's an operation that one insider likens to the rescue of Apollo 13.

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Back from the Dead
Episode 1 - Back from the Dead
The Death of the Oceans?
Episode 2 - The Death of the Oceans?
What Happened Before the Big Bang?
Episode 3 - What Happened Before the...
Is Seeing Believing?
Episode 4 - Is Seeing Believing?
Miracle Cure? A Decade of the Human Genome
Episode 5 - Miracle Cure? A Decade of...
Asteroids - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Episode 6 - Asteroids - The Good, the...
Deepwater Disaster - The Untold Story
Episode 7 - Deepwater Disaster - The Untold Story
What Is One Degree?
Episode 8 - What Is One Degree?
What Is Reality?
Episode 9 - What Is Reality?
Science Under Attack
Episode 10 - Science Under Attack
The Secret World of Pain
Episode 11 - The Secret World of Pain
Surviving a Car Crash
Episode 12 - Surviving a Car Crash
How to Mend a Broken Heart
Episode 13 - How to Mend a Broken Hear...
Are We Still Evolving?
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Predators in Your Backyard
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