1999年,迈克尔马修斯成为登顶圣母峰最年轻的英国人。但在完成登顶的3个小时后,他失踪了并再没被找到。23年后,他的弟弟,一位企业家及主持人斯宾塞马修斯准备前往寻找他。与拥有14座高峰攀登记录的尼尔马普贾组成队伍,随着天气的恶化救援队面临着极端挑战。 本片部分镜头可能引起观众不适,请酌情观看。
Ancient Worlds is about people and places, politics and economics, art and war, trade and technology, but above all it’s the story of the painful birth and difficult growth of a radical idea first tried and tested some six thousand years ago, and which we are still struggling with today; civilisation. Civilisation has not come easily; it’s something we’ve had to fight hard to achieve, and even harder to maintain, and the greatest threats to it have come from our own talents for destruction. But when we’ve managed to get it right, the benefits have been enormous. When we talk about the ancient world we tend to think of rare and exotic artefacts or the monumental remains of epic architecture; but these are just the empty shells that got left behind when the tide of history turned! The living creatures, the civilisations, that once inhabited these shells were rarely if ever static or stately; they were dynamic, chaotic, and always threatening to spin out of control, because civilisation is based on an improbable idea; that strangers can live and work together in dense urban settings, forging new allegiances that replace the natural ties of family, clan or tribe. It’s an idea we’re still coming to terms with today, but one of the best ways to understand the challenges that are involved is to look at how our ancestors tackled them the first time around. From ancient Iraq to Imperial Rome, Ancient Worlds examines how our ancestors struggled with the levers of religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade in order to keep the complex machinery of their civilisations turning over. Their insights and blind-spots, their breakthroughs and dead ends, their triumphs and disasters are the milestones on the long and winding road that leads directly from their ancient to our modern world.
非洲是世界上一些最危险的掠食者的家园。在水中或陆地上没有什么地方是安全的。非洲最致命动物当属:蛇、毒牙和鲨鱼。非洲的蛇追随非洲大陆的顶级掠食者,证明非洲的美丽只在皮肤深处。鬣狗和野狗等大型食肉动物配备凶猛的犬齿和无与伦比的韧性能够在几秒钟内将猎物撕成碎片。世界上最致命的 3 种鲨鱼中虎鲨、牛鲨和臭名昭著的大白鲨,非洲海岸线是这三种鲨鱼的家园。 第1集:非洲死神致命一击(Lethal Strike) 第2集:杀戮尖牙(Fangs that Kill) 第3集:深海杀手(Killers of the Deep) 解说:Bill Graves 制作:Lion Mountain Media
捕鱼是一项辛苦的工作,而捕蓝鳍金枪鱼则让人精疲力尽,在马萨诸塞州的格洛斯特,有一群特殊的渔夫,他们世代用钓竿和鱼线捕捉行踪不定的蓝鳍金枪鱼。他们以此谋生,蓝鳍金枪鱼数量稀少、价格高昂,是日本寿司的最高级食材,因此这行竞争异常激烈。每年的捕鱼季持续近10周,这些最老练的渔夫将漂泊在北大西洋冰冷的海上寻找“海中钻石”蓝鳍金枪鱼。有人捕到过价值20000美金的大鱼。