Synopsis
What lies at the bottom of the oceans? What would happen if the planet lost its oceans? Richard Hammond is going to drain the oceans to find out.
- Programme: Richard Hammond's Journey To...
- Episode: 2: The Bottom of the Ocean
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Geography | Layers of the earth | Tectonic Plates
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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