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Season 26

(1998)

Cast

Episodes

Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude poster

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October 6, 1998

In 1714, following a maritime disaster, British Parliament offers £20,000 for the first reliable method of determining …

Chasing El Nino poster

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October 13, 1998

A massive planet-sized machine controls our weather day-to-day, and our climate season-to-season. It takes an event of …

Terror In Space poster

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October 27, 1998

Experience the harrowing and life-threatening problems aboard the aging Mir space station through the eyes of the Russi…

Special Effects: Titanic and Beyond poster

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November 3, 1998

NOVA goes behind the scenes in Hollywood, where the art of illusion meets the science of perception.

Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius poster

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November 10, 1998

The shattered remnants of the Roman city of Pompeii bear witness to the risk that the people of Naples still face today.

Ice Mummies: Frozen in Heaven (1) poster

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November 24, 1998

This is the bizarre and fascinating story of the remains of Inca culture, frozen for posterity high in the mountains of…

Ice Mummies: Siberian Ice Maiden (2) poster

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November 24, 1998

The Siberian Ice Maiden, discovered in the Pastures of Heaven, on the high Steppes, is believed to have been a shamanes…

Ice Mummies: Return of the Iceman (3) poster

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November 24, 1998

Cutting-edge science and archaeology are reconstructing the life and culture of The Iceman—the 5000-year-old frozen cor…

Leopards of the Night with David Attenborough poster

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December 1, 1998

Night stalkers by nature, leopards are observed both by night and day, using state-of-the-art camera equipment, to reve…

The Perfect Pearl poster

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December 29, 1998

The pearl—the only gem produced by a living animal—has long carried a certain allure. Yet the best mollusk for making t…

The Beast of Loch Ness poster

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January 12, 1999

Is it just a fairy tale, or could a primeval beast lurk in the deep, dark waters of a Scottish lake? Since it was first…

Submarines, Secrets, and Spies poster

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January 19, 1999

At the height of the Cold War, US subs gathered secrets that neither spies nor satellites could expose. Until recently,…

Everest: The Mystery of Mallory and Irvin poster

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October 6, 1999

When George Mallory was asked why he was willing to risk his life to climb Mount Everest in 1924 he simply replied "Bec…

Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Fire (1) poster

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February 16, 1999

The past five years have seen remarkable progress in both treatment and basic understanding of the human immunodeficien…

Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Car Crash (2) poster

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February 16, 1999

Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Plane Crash (3) poster

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February 17, 1999

Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Abandon Ship (4) poster

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February 17, 1999

Battle Alert in the Gulf poster

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February 23, 1999

Volcanoes of the Deep poster

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March 30, 1999

Surviving AIDS poster

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April 6, 1999

The past five years have seen remarkable progress in both treatment and basic understanding of the human immunodeficien…