Horizon · SEASON 28
Measuring the Roof of the World
Episode 13 · 1991-03-25
- Documentary
Episode overview
Horizon examines the problems and cartography involved in mapping mountains such as Mount Everest. They follow the history of of mapping from those surveys conducted by mountaineering expeditions and early explorers, to modern mapping techniques using planes and satellites. Horizon also considers the startling news that K2 may actually be the world's tallest mountain according to recent satellite calculations.
60 minutes
Season 28 episodes
1. Sudden Death1991-01-07
2. Keen as Mustard1991-01-14
3. Smokers Can Harm Your Health1991-01-21
4. Coming In from the Cold1991-01-28
5. Small Problems with the Mirror1991-02-04
6. Two Weeks to Save the Earth1991-02-10
7. California Dreaming1991-02-11
8. The Day the Earth Melted1991-02-25
9. The Curse of Karash1991-02-25
10. Playing at Noah1991-03-04
11. Cashing in on Paradise1991-03-11
12. The Terracotta Time Machine1991-03-18
13. Measuring the Roof of the World1991-03-25
14. The First Americans1991-04-15
15. Inside Chernobyl's Sarcophagus1991-04-22
16. Colonising Cyberspace1991-04-29
17. Emerging Viruses1991-05-13
18. Camelford - A Bitter Aftertaste1991-05-20
19. Of Big Bangs, Stick Men and Galactic Holes1991-06-03
20. Food For Thought1991-06-10
21. The Long Road to the West1991-06-17
22. Half Hearted About Semi-Skimmed1991-06-24
23. T-Rex Exposed1991-07-01
