MegaStructures

Sea Launch

Located near Lac De Gras, Canada’s Northwest Territories, lies Canada’s first diamond mine, the Ekati Diamond Mine. The episode examines 3 mega machines utilized in the extraction and transportation of diamonds deep in the frozen rock in the remote tundra: the D90 rotary blast drill, the DeMag 655 hydraulic shovel and the CAT 793C haul truck.
Aired: Aug 03, 2005 Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 1h Rating: 0 Country: United States of America Production: National Geographic