Skiing is predictable, right? Snow falls, people slide down it. But running a ski resort is full of variables that can make or break a season. From lifts and snow machines to avalanche control, resorts operate year-round to deliver an exceptional experience worth its price of admission.

When a person gets lost, hurt or goes missing in the wilderness, it’s up to a team of trained volunteers to help them. It’s a carefully organized process where one mistake puts people’s lives on the line—for both rescuers and those being rescued.

From ship to plate, the fish you eat is the result of a global, controlled process. Fishing’s not the local, cottage industry it once was—it’s a multibillion-dollar industry shaped by massive logistical and financial forces that allow products to travel around the world, seamlessly.

Behind the scenes of the world’s largest religious pilgrimage is a strategically designed system of places to stay, things to eat, and ways to get around in order to get millions of Muslims moving safely in the same direction.

Coal has powered the world through its biggest changes by transforming a simple piece of carbon into power for billions of people. But what happens when its internal logistics become so intricate that they threaten its profit margins?

Being the largest producer of weapons in the world depends on a complex, interdependent defense network that transforms raw materials into lethal munitions, using facilities across the United States that are sometimes hiding in plain sight.