Where To Stream American Experience Season 31 Episode 2
Sealab
- Aired February 12, 2019
- 60 Min
- Rated 9.8
- Number 5 Of 108 Rated Episodes
On a February day in 1969, off the shore of northern California, a US Navy crane carefully lowered 300 tons of metal into the Pacific Ocean. The massive tubular structure was an audacious feat of engineering — a pressurized underwater habitat, complete with science labs and living quarters for an elite group of divers who hoped to spend days or even months at a stretch living and working on the ocean floor. The Sealab project, as it was known, was the brainchild of Captain George Bond, a...