A team of experts seeks to determine what causes the passings of mountain climbers at extreme altitudes. Filmed on Alaska's Mount McKinley. Included: the dangers of hyperthermia and hypothermia; scenes of daring rescues and emergency treatments during the climbing season.

NOVA Season 33 Episodes...

• s33e01 - Mystery Of The Megaflood
• s33e02 - Sinking The Supership
• s33e03 - Einstein's Big Idea
• s33e04 - Volcano Under The City
• s33e05 - Hitler's Sunken Secret
• s33e06 - Newton's Dark Secrets
• s33e07 - Storm That Drowned A City
• s33e08 - The Mummy Who Would Be King
• s33e09 - Deadly Ascent
• s33e10 - The Perfect Corpse
• s33e11 - Jewel Of The Earth
• s33e12 - The Ghost Particle
• s33e13 - Arctic Passage: Prisoners of the Ice
• s33e14 - The Great Robot Race
• s33e15 - Voyage To The Mystery Moon
• s33e16 - Dimming The Sun

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