Holland's Barriers to the Sea
Extreme EngineeringDiscovery Channel | Science | Technology
May 21, 2003
Country: Netherlands
Project: The Transatlantic Tunnel
Haft of Holland's land has literally been stolen from the icy waters of the North Sea. Dutch engineers who led that effort became the world 's best at building massive barriers and huge moving structures to reclaim the land. But now Holland faces a new ending, climate changes is driving the North Sea to record level and pushing rivers over their banks. Can the Dutch, masters of the water, engineer their way out of this one? or is this the end of 2,000 years of history. The day when the seas primely take back what it hurls.
More with Watch Documentaries 360 in the series of Extreme Engineering in this episode Holland's Barriers to the Sea .
Project: The Transatlantic Tunnel
Haft of Holland's land has literally been stolen from the icy waters of the North Sea. Dutch engineers who led that effort became the world 's best at building massive barriers and huge moving structures to reclaim the land. But now Holland faces a new ending, climate changes is driving the North Sea to record level and pushing rivers over their banks. Can the Dutch, masters of the water, engineer their way out of this one? or is this the end of 2,000 years of history. The day when the seas primely take back what it hurls.
More with Watch Documentaries 360 in the series of Extreme Engineering in this episode Holland's Barriers to the Sea .
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