Drain the Oceans

What if we could pull the plug and drain the planet's water? Follow NGC on a virtual scientific expedition to the deep.

CGI drains the Great Lakes, the world's largest system of free fresh water, to reveal hidden secrets of the continent's history and geological past.

A simulation shows what might happen if the section of the Atlantic Ocean known as the Bermuda Triangle were drained,

Advanced new underwater mapping combined with the latest computer graphics techniques, are today enabling us to virtually ‘drain’ the Titanic.

New undersea surveys and 3-D imaging reveal secrets of World War II shipwrecks.

Hidden beneath the waters of Jamaica’s Kingston Harbor lie the ruins of the biggest pirate city of all time, Port Royal. With its reputation for extravagance, liquor and ladies it became known as the “wickedest city on earth”.

Drain Alcatraz uses cutting edge visual effects to 'drain' the waters around the notorious island of Alcatraz. With the waters drained away the secrets of Alcatraz are revealed, including exactly why the island's infamous prison was so inescapable. With no water in the way, San Francisco Bay is revealed to be a fascinating and chaotic place. Fault line scars left by epic earthquakes give scientists an idea as to when and where the next 'big one' will strike and, with the whole area drained, what will happen when it does. But what will remain of Alcatraz when the dust settles?

Cutting edge technology will reveal the secrets of the sea floor and expose the shaky ground on which we all live.

Explore a world never seen before - a world hidden under miles of water, the landscape of the Atlantic sea bed.

Unlocking the secrets of the world's sunken lost cities through science.

Using the latest technology to reveal lost treasures on the high seas.

Sunken ships decisively influence WWI, and the impacts even changed the course of WWII.

Mother nature’s fury has been the cause of countless wrecks for centuries. What can science reveal about these wrecks lost beneath the waves?

In maritime warfare, saboteurs are a silent and unseen enemy. Direct attacks, advanced weaponry and the element of surprise have sent many ships to their final resting place, on the seafloor.

War, weather, and human error have led to some of the worst maritime disasters in US history. But imagine if we could empty the oceans, letting the water drain away to reveal these secrets of America’s sea floor.

The sea floor is the world's biggest tsunami machine, and its dangers have long remained hidden.

Beneath the waters of the world, lies undersea empires and relics of their bloody wars. Through the use of cutting edge technology we will uncover lost empires… for the first time.

December 1945, a squadron of US Navy planes vanishes off Florida’s coast and March, 2014 a Boeing 777 with 239 people on board is lost without a trace. Will the lessons learned from air disasters help solve the mysteries behind lost flights?

Stories of clandestine missions conducted beneath the waves have remained hidden from prying eyes for decades, until now.

Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of the crucial component in the Atlantic Slave Trade: the slave ship. An armoured, floating fortress operating for over four centuries, capturing and transporting over 12 million Africans, who were sold and forced to work in brutal conditions in the New World. By draining we reveal the cruel technology on-board, gain an insight into the horrific conditions and ID a wreck in Alabama that could be the last ever slave ship to bring Africans to American soil.

The many toxic Cold War secrets hidden in the Arctic.

Explore a world never seen before - a world hidden under miles of water, the landscape of the ocean bed. Combining the latest scientific data with state of the art CGI computer hardware we reveal some of the world's sunken mysteries. The Titanic, a WWII sunken battleship and the mysterious Flight 19 lost in the Bermuda Triangle. Using already aired episodes of Drain the Ocean we will be able to highlight each of these sunken treasures and tell their stories.

A mysterious plane wreck in the Caribbean and U.S. lakes and oceans sunken remains reveal a historical timeline of the unrelenting war on trafficking.

Drowned shipwrecks, lost battlefields, and dinosaurs lie hidden, waiting for archaeologists to unlock their secrets using modern technology.

From titanosaur fossils to submerged Mayan caves, and even a thirty-two-ship whaling disaster, science unearths secrets of hidden history.

A 300-year-old ship and a Russian-era sailing vessel found in Pacific waters.

Relics of Pearl Harbor, The Alamo, and The War of 1812 are unearthed.