Sea Monsters - Season 2
Back to basics science and technology stories told through the voices and experiences of fantastic frontline characters about making the mega marine machines that take on the challenges of the world’s waters and win… most of the time. The Earth’s ocean really is the planet. It’s awesome. It holds the mysteries of the past, the key to all we have today, and the lifeline to our future. This fast-paced ocean adventure documentary series reveals how creative characters are using extraordinary tools to discover, explore, and work in our most extreme ocean environments.
Episodes
Episode 1
Iceberg Airforce
The International Ice Patrol’s C-130 Hercules helicopter is the backbone of a cold water arsenal against “Iceberg Alley”, the same deadly waterway that shredded the Titanic.
Episode 2
Dutch Storm Shield
Dutch water warriors fight to defend their homeland from sinking beneath the sea by building a network of dykes, dams and superpumps.
Episode 3
Marine Metropolis
As overcrowding threatens our planet, a brand-new breed of explorer is combining modern engineering with way outside-the-box thinking to create a real-life Waterworld.
Episode 4
Marine ER
The world’s largest hospital ship, USNS Comfort, is a 70,000-ton humanitarian hulk that brings hope and healing to nations in need.
Episode 5
Spirit of the Riverines
Modern naval warfare has moved from the open ocean to the shallows and the US Navy’s Riverines squad has a new fleet of agile, heavily-armed jet boats that can go where the big battleships can’t go.
Episode 6
Ocean Electric
A fleet of tidal and wave power machines are facing the ultimate test on the shores of Scotland’s Orkney Islands and they might just save the world.
Episode 7
Ultra Subs
A team of explorers from marine research company, OceanX is using the latest science and filmmaking tech to shine a spotlight on our deep sea’s darkest secrets; they are diving deeper than ever before on their state-of-the-art submarine.
Episode 8
Coast Guard Cutters
Two brand-new, super-sized Coast Guard Cutters are primed to patrol America’s fiftieth state, on a mission to fight crime and protect this Pacific paradise.
Episode 9
Harbour Traffic Control
In one of the busiest, coldest, stormiest ports on the eastern seaboard, getting monster ships safely docked is a titanic challenge.
Episode 10
Offshore Power Boats
In Key West, Florida, a pair of rookie racers have brought their high-tech, million-dollar offshore catamaran to compete at the biggest gathering of offshore powerboats in the world.
Episode 11
Superyachts
An elite team of Dutch shipbuilders transform a surplus oil industry vessel into a luxury explorer superyacht for a wealthy and secretive client.
Episode 12
Super Engines
The brightest minds in the world of marine propulsion are in a race against time to transform the most powerful engines ever imagined into the hybrid and all electric engines of the future.
Episode 13
Superferry
The world’s fastest ferry, Francisco, is nicknamed the “Concorde of the Sea”, rocketing across South America’s treacherous Rio De La Plata twice a day on modified Boeing 747 jet engines.