Episode guide
NOVA: Season 26
20 episodes · premiered Oct 6, 1998
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- Episode 1: Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude Oct 6, 1998 · 55m In 1714, following a maritime disaster, British Parliament offers £20,000 for the first reliable method of determining longitude on a ship at sea. It's known that longitude can be found by…
- Episode 2: Chasing El Nino Oct 13, 1998 · 55m A massive planet-sized machine controls our weather day-to-day, and our climate season-to-season. It takes an event of staggering proportions to disrupt a machine this large and powerful…
- Episode 3: Terror In Space Oct 27, 1998 · 55m Experience the harrowing and life-threatening problems aboard the aging Mir space station through the eyes of the Russian and American astronauts who lived through them. Feel the heat from…
- Episode 4: Special Effects: Titanic and Beyond Nov 3, 1998 · 55m NOVA goes behind the scenes in Hollywood, where the art of illusion meets the science of perception.
- Episode 5: Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius Nov 10, 1998 · 55m The shattered remnants of the Roman city of Pompeii bear witness to the risk that the people of Naples still face today.
- Episode 6: Ice Mummies: Frozen in Heaven (1) Nov 24, 1998 · 55m This is the bizarre and fascinating story of the remains of Inca culture, frozen for posterity high in the mountains of the Andes. Evidence has emerged of sacrifice to the mountain gods…
- Episode 7: Ice Mummies: Siberian Ice Maiden (2) Nov 24, 1998 · 55m The Siberian Ice Maiden, discovered in the Pastures of Heaven, on the high Steppes, is believed to have been a shamaness of the lost Pazyryk culture. She had been mummified and then frozen…
- Episode 8: Ice Mummies: Return of the Iceman (3) Nov 24, 1998 · 55m Cutting-edge science and archaeology are reconstructing the life and culture of The Iceman—the 5000-year-old frozen corpse found buried in the ice of the Alps. By analyzing every inch of…
- Episode 9: Leopards of the Night with David Attenborough Dec 1, 1998 · 55m Night stalkers by nature, leopards are observed both by night and day, using state-of-the-art camera equipment, to reveal never before seen hunting behavior. Filmed in the Luangua Valley…
- Episode 10: The Perfect Pearl Dec 29, 1998 · 55m The pearl—the only gem produced by a living animal—has long carried a certain allure. Yet the best mollusk for making this gem—the pearl oyster—doesn't always produce a pearl, and even…
- Episode 11: The Beast of Loch Ness Jan 12, 1999 · 55m 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 reported more than 60 years ago, hundreds claim to have witnessed…
- Episode 12: Submarines, Secrets, and Spies Jan 19, 1999 · 55m At the height of the Cold War, US subs gathered secrets that neither spies nor satellites could expose. Until recently, almost nobody knew the hidden history of their tragedies and…
- Episode 13: Everest: The Mystery of Mallory and Irvin Oct 6, 1999 · 55m When George Mallory was asked why he was willing to risk his life to climb Mount Everest in 1924 he simply replied "Because it's there." In Nova Video Library: Everest - The Mystery of…
- Episode 14: Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Fire (1) Feb 16, 1999 · 55m The past five years have seen remarkable progress in both treatment and basic understanding of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. In laboratories and clinics across…
- Episode 15: Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Car Crash (2) Feb 16, 1999 · 55m
- Episode 16: Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Plane Crash (3) Feb 17, 1999 · 55m
- Episode 17: Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Abandon Ship (4) Feb 17, 1999 · 55m
- Episode 18: Battle Alert in the Gulf Feb 23, 1999 · 55m
- Episode 19: Volcanoes of the Deep Mar 30, 1999 · 55m
- Episode 20: Surviving AIDS Apr 6, 1999 · 55m The past five years have seen remarkable progress in both treatment and basic understanding of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. In laboratories and clinics across…