The BEST episodes of Drain the Oceans
Every episode of Drain the Oceans ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Drain the Oceans!
Maritime mysteries -- old and new -- come to life in this 10-episode series, combining scientific data and digital re-creations to reveal shipwrecks, treasures, and sunken cities on the bottom of lakes, seas and oceans around the world. Innovative technology allows viewers to see what lies on the floors of large bodies of water such as the Gulf of Mexico, the Nile, the Indian Ocean, the Baltic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean as if they had been drained. Then, in a quest to explain natural wonders and man-made catastrophes, stories tell of how vessels sank, what ancient geological formations reveal about life on Earth, where Nazi secrets now reside, and why so many continue to search for the legendary city of Atlantis.
#10 - Egypt's Lost Wonders
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/9/2018
The Nile was central to ancient Egypt. Draining its water reveals a lost wonder and the origins of the Egyptians’ obsession with the afterlife.
#12 - Lost Giants
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/30/2019
Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of the biggest wrecks ever sunk beneath the seas; new scientific data combines with cutting-edge computer graphics to drain the oceans to investigate the world's most awe-inspiring wrecks.
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#14 - America's Last Slave Ship
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/9/2020
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.
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#18 - Lost Worlds of the Mediterranean
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/11/2018
The secrets of lost ancient civilizations come to light when the Mediterranean is drained.
#21 - Nazi Secrets
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/28/2018
The hidden secrets of the Nazis are revealed when the oceans covering them are drained using CGI animation.
#25 - Deadly Pacific
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/2/2018
The Ring of Fire is an area in the Pacific Ocean where volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis form; the ocean is drained to reveal the geological forces behind natural disasters and to uncover threats along the coast of Seattle, Tokyo and New Zealand.