The Power of Glaciers That Can Wipe Out an Entire Town | Blueprint

Exploring how snow crystallizes under immense pressure into air-free blue glacial ice in Alaska's 200-meter-deep Matanuska Glacier, and travel to the 20,000-foot tropical peaks of Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. We investigate the catastrophic May 31, 1970 disaster, where a 7.9 earthquake jarred loose 10 million cubic meters of ice and rock from Mount Huascaran destroyed the town of Yungay. 🔷 Subscribe to BluePrint: https://bit.ly/blueprintitvs Through harrowing survivor accounts and scientific analysis, Savage Planet uncovers the lethal, often unseen forces of nature that threaten human existence across the globe. From invisible atmospheric hazards like killer fog, severe weather, and turbulence to deadly methane reserves, and sleeping super volcanoes, the series exposes how easily Earth's delicate balance can shatter into catastrophic disaster. This film was first broadcast: 2002 Watch More Documentaries Rails, Roads & Runways -    / @railsroadsrunwaysitvs   Our History -    / @ourhistory   True Lives -    / @truelivesitvs   Our World -    / @ourworld   Our Stories -    / @ourstories   Crime Up Close -    / @crimeupcloseitvs   Discover the best science, technology, and engineering shows. Explore amazing experiments, groundbreaking inventions, and the secrets behind incredible builds. Ignite your curiosity! Content distributed by ITV Studios. #science #geophysics #earthscience