Amazing Earth: Human’s indescribable strength against the forces of nature!
Aired (October 4, 2024): Lewis Pugh, a record-setting swimmer in the North Pole, and Antoine Albeau, reknowned for his amazing talent in extreme windsurfing, challenge Mother Nature’s forces with their extraordinary endurance.
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00:00It's a big survival test to face any kind of delusion.
00:03In other words, you're trying to test the laws of nature.
00:06But there are people who are the opposite.
00:09They are the ones who are trying to test the laws of nature.
00:13That's how strong the characters in Amazing Number 3 are.
00:17Can you do it?
00:19The amazing times bring the biggest tragedy in all corners of the world.
00:24And this is also what will test our resilience.
00:27Lewis Pugh was a former Special Forces Ocean Activist.
00:32He wanted to swim more than half a mile in the North Pole.
00:36Here, it's hard to find liquid water.
00:40But due to global warming, during summer, there is water here.
00:45It has reached negative 1.7 Celsius now.
00:49If it's not salty water, it will definitely freeze.
00:53Swimming here can kill you in just one minute.
00:57But Lewis was trained to warm up his body.
01:00That's why he sweats first before jumping into the water.
01:04A few minutes later, his back was covered in ice.
01:08And because he reached 80 minutes and 50 seconds,
01:11he set a new world record.
01:16In 1934, the Mount Washington Weather Observatory in New Hampshire
01:21recorded the fastest wind not coming from a storm
01:25with a record of 231 miles per hour.
01:28These weather observers enjoy the wind with a speed of 109 miles per hour
01:33where it's almost impossible to walk.
01:37In the Luderitz on the Namibian coast,
01:40Anton Albu made a world record attempt
01:43in windsurfing at a speed of 55 miles per hour.
01:47The wind was so strong that he couldn't see where he was going.
01:54He just needed the right angle to sail faster than the wind.
02:00He reached a speed of 60 miles per hour.
02:06At first glance, you'd think it's not dangerous.
02:08But this extreme weather condition is the deadliest.
02:12More than 4 million people a year are killed by urban smog
02:17or a mixture of smoke and fog.
02:20Delhi is the most affected city in India.
02:23Its air pollution is 10 times higher than the limit of the World Health Organization.
02:28Every year, 20,000 people die here.
02:31You don't have to be an ST to face a time like this
02:36because everyone is affected.
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