Because it is there is the reason so many men and women have risked death to climb Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on earth. NOVA follows a scientific investigation of high-altitude physiology in Everest: The Death Zone.
A technical problem so complex that it challenged the best minds of its time, a problem so important that the nation that solved it would rule the world's economy. The problem navigation by sea, how to know where you were when you sailed.
Conclusion. In "Return of the Iceman," archaeologist Konrad Spindler investigates the discovery of the frozen remains of a 5300-year-old man in the Alps. Studies of the man's bones reveal his age and physical condition at the time of death. Also: an examination of his garments and tools.
