The Abyss (2002)
• September 29th, 2002 • 1h 0min
Documentary
Overview
Peter Snow presents highlights from today's three deep-sea dives around the world. In 2002 BBC organized three concurrent dives , first in Monterey Bay where unmanned submersible is lowered into underwater canyon which is over mile deep. Second dive is in Grand Cayman where submersible Atlantis will explore life at the spectacular Cayman Wall , Kate Humble reports . During the dive, the crew used bait to attract a deep-water giant, the six-gill shark. Third dive takes place in middle of the Atlantic 1200 miles west of Portugal, which is also deepest of the three dives, divers will descent in Russian submersible Mir from research vessel Keldish and the Mir will dive in the bottom of the ocean in 2300 metres .
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Riding Giants
Released on: 2004-07-09
Documentary
Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Dir...
Mission Blue
Released on: 2014-01-30
Documentary
This documentary follows oceanographer Sylvia Earle's campaign to save the world's oceans from threa...
Oceans
Released on: 2010-01-22
Documentary, Family
An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the ...
Morning of the Earth
Released on: 1972-02-25
Adventure, Documentary
In the early ‘70s, founding member of Australian surf magazine Tracks, Albert Falzon, began filming ...
Blue Motion: Rulers of the Oceans
Released on: 2004-03-15
Documentary
The fascinating world of ocean fauna: dangerous sharks, majestic stingrays, brilliantly coloured fis...
Origins of Life
Released on: 2001-06-26
Documentary
A documentary that explores the natural world of the sea, from the single-celled organism to more co...
Coral Reef Adventure
Released on: 2003-02-14
Documentary
Coral Reef Adventure follows the real-life expedition of ocean explorers and underwater filmmakers H...
The Living Sea
Released on: 1995-02-01
Documentary
The Living Sea celebrates the beauty and power of the ocean as it explores our relationship with thi...
Winged Migration
Released on: 2001-12-12
Documentary
This documentary follows various migratory bird species on their long journeys from their summer hom...
Deep Blue
Released on: 2003-05-18
Documentary
Deep Blue is a major documentary feature film shot by the BBC Natural History Unit. An epic cinemati...
Drain the Titanic
Released on: 2015-04-12
Documentary
Computer-generated imagery and other visualization techniques reveal how it would look if all the wa...
Earth
Released on: 2007-10-10
Documentary
An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, aw...
Into the Deep
Released on: 1994-11-02
Documentary
An underwater exploration beneath kelp forests in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern Califo...
Dolphins in the Deep Blue Ocean
Released on: 2009-07-09
Documentary
They are inspirational, playful, powerful, interesting and very intelligent animals, which have a ma...
The Cove
Released on: 2009-07-31
Documentary
The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free div...
Ocean Voyagers
Released on: 2007-12-17
Documentary
Ocean Voyagers explores the familiar themes of motherhood and parenting in a world as unfamiliar as ...
Aliens of the Deep
Released on: 2005-01-28
Documentary
James Cameron teams up with NASA scientists to explore the Mid-Ocean Ridge, a submerged chain of mou...
Deepsea Challenge 3D
Released on: 2014-08-08
Documentary
Described as being a film about determination, danger and the ocean’s greatest depths, James Cameron...
Pacific Mother
Released on: 2023-08-24
Documentary
Pacific Mother journeys from Japan, to Hawaii, Tahiti, Rarotonga and Aotearoa to share interwoven st...