All Episodes of Alien Deep with Bob Ballard

Season 1

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  8.0/101 votes

  Inner vs. Outer Space

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/18/2012

  Dr. Ballard takes-on the long-held belief that space colonies will save the earth, as argued by on-air Apollo 11 crewmember Buzz Aldrin. To do so, Dr. Ballard travels to Hawaii to meet with experimental open-water aqua farmers; to California, where fast moving personal underwater vehicle are being developed for future ocean colonies; and Texas and Alaska where oil platforms are being converted into sea colonies and new imaging technology is unlocking resources hidden on the ocean bottom.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  Fires of Creation

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/20/2012

  Dr. Ballard explores the history of volcanoes, and life on earth as he travels from the summit of Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii to the crown of its submerged cousin Loihi, a voyage that spans over 16,000 feet from top to bottom. His trip from the lifeless world above the clouds, through the diverse ecosystems on the mountainside, and into the ocean deep runs the gamut of life on earth.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  Wrecks of the Abyss

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/27/2012

  Textbooks say that the Ancients did not have the guts to brave the open sea, out of sight of land and exposed to the elements, but not surprisingly, Dr. Ballard and his crew are out again to rewrite history. In Wrecks of the Abyss, captain and crew sail out into the deep water sea lanes of the Mediterranean in search of ancient shipwrecks that generations of scholars have written-off as impossible finds.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  It's Alive

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/4/2012

  Together, with peer scientists from Britain, Ireland, Iceland, and the U.S., Dr. Ballard searches for the origin of life in the planets most unforgiving environment: the darkness and chill of waters thousands of feet beneath the surface. Here, on the slopes of the Mid-Ocean ridges that divide the earths tectonic plates, are formations called chimneys, where molten lava superheats the ocean, mixing in the nutrients and hardening magma that allows life to thrive against the odds.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Ocean's Fury

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/11/2012

  Dr. Ballard thinks that rogue waves and all waves are getting larger and more frequent on the seas. In Oceans Fury, Ballard travels the world in search of the forces behind the motion of the ocean, meeting with scientists and practitioners along the way. He talks to oceanographers, climatologists, river boat pilots, surfers, fishers, and more all to prove a single point: the ocean is growing more dangerous by the day.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown