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[slow, eerie music]
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- [Voiceover] Within the
realm of uncertainty,
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lie myths, stories,
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never entirely believed,
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but never entirely doubted.
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The explorer searches
for their origins,
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the answers to who we are.
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[fast pace jungle music]
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- [Voiceover] For centuries,
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legend maintained that the
last of the Incan leaders
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had escaped capture by the
Spanish conquistadores,
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and retreated to a hidden
city, high above the clouds.
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Only in modern times
has the legend proved
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to have a basis in fact,
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with the discovery
of Machu Pichu.
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- [Voiceover] Concealed
in the jungle,
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this once lost city
is now a portal
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to a vanished civilization.
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The more we discover,
the more we want to know.
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- [Voiceover] Dateline: Egypt.
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In the shadows of
the giant pyramids
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that stood as lonely sentinels
over the vast desert sands,
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a 1922 archaeological
expedition,
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headed by Englishman
Howard Carter,
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sought to uncover the tomb of
an ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
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King Tutankhamen.
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- [Carter] I carefully
drew back the bolt,
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and opened the door.
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- [Voiceover] Hidden
for centuries,
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the final resting
place of the boy king
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made its contribution
to modern man's
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clearer understanding
of his ancestors.
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The mountains of Ararat.
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The head waters of the
Tigress and Euphrates Rivers.
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History calls this the
cradle of civilization.
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- [Voiceover] The seeds of
Judaism, Islam, and Christianity
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all came from that region.
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- [Voiceover]
Steeped in antiquity,
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this area has yielded
countless discoveries.
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Like the 1799 unearthing
of the Rosetta Stone.
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- [Voiceover] The stone
bore three inscriptions,
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ancient hieroglyphs at the top,
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another unknown text,
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and at the bottom,
ancient Greek.
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- [Voiceover] So, by
translating the Greek,
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scholars were now able to
decipher the hieroglyphs.
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Another find.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls
have been called
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the greatest manuscript
discovery of modern times.
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They show the evolutionary link
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between Judaism
and Christianity.
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- [Voiceover] It just
completely changed
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our understanding of the Bible.
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We didn't have any idea
that these even existed.
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- [Voiceover] But, it
was archaeologists,
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traveling through
layers of time,
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who, in the 1850s, unearthed
cuneiform clay tablets
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containing an ancient
story about a great flood.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh,
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which has similarities
to the story of Noah.
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- [Voiceover] The great gods
decided to make a deluge.
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- [Voiceover] Genesis 6.
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"So, God said to Noah,
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- [Voiceover] "I'm going to
put an end to all people,
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"for the earth is filled with
violence because of them."
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- The story of Noah is told
many times in the Quran.
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In the story itself,
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Noah is informed that there's
gonna be a great flood.
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After many years of
preaching to his people,
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very few followers actually
believed in him and his message.
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And so, he was informed
by God to build this ark.
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- [Voiceover] "So, make
yourself an ark of cypress wood.
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"Make rooms in it, and coat
it with pitch, inside and out.
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"Take into the boat the
seed of all living things.
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" I'm going to bring
flood waters on the earth
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"to destroy all life
under the heavens."
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- What prompts the deity,
Yahweh, the god of the Bible,
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to send the flood?
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It has nothing to do with,
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that the humans are procreating,
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and creating noises
and disturbances.
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But rather, their
ethical behavior.
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- [Voiceover]
"Every living thing,
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that moved on land, perished."
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- The rains started falling.
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And also the water
started gushing up.
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- [Voiceover]
"Everything on dry land,
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"that had the breath of
life in its nostrils,
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"died."
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"But, God remembered Noah.
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"And he sent a wind
over the earth,
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"and the waters receded."
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- When we study the flood,
from a comparative perspective,
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is that we see it
in every culture.
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The flood was a very
common story told.
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That something happened,
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and there was an ark
that saved human kind.
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- [Voiceover] "And on the
17th day of the seventh month,
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the ark came to rest on
the mountains of Ararat."
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- [Voiceover] Did you
go clear to the top?
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- [Voiceover] Well, we
got up on the ice cap.
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We didn't get to the --
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- [Voiceover] Did you
see the ark, itself?
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- [Voiceover] I did.
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- [Voiceover]
Early history notes
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many such sightings of the ark.
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- [Voiceover] In
the third century,
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Berosus wrote that
its location was such
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that common people could visit.
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- [Voiceover] Egyptian
historian Heironymus
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mentions the ark --
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- [Voiceover] Josephus wrote
of the vessel in 50A.D.
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- [Voiceover] Epiphanius,
bishop of Salem,
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has stated that he was
shown wood from the vessel.
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- [Voiceover] Armenian
historian, Hayton,
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wrote that, in the
snows of Mt. Ararat,
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one can see a black spot.
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That is the ark of Noah.
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- [Voiceover] Even Marco Polo
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wrote about the ark's presence
on Ararat, in 1269 A.D.
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- [Voiceover] In 1829,
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Fredrich Perot reported
being shown wood relics
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from the ark, at
the base of Ararat.
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- If we don't go, we won't know.
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Somebody has to take
up the challenge.
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[jeep engine starting]
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We're part of that group of men
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who have tried to
do it, in history.
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- [Voiceover] Karl
Behrens, in 1835.
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- [Voiceover] Claudius
Rich, in 1836.
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- [Voiceover] Herman Von Abich
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conquered the Ararat
summit in 1845.
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- [Voiceover] Englishman,
H. Danby Seymour
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reached the peak in 1846.
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- [Voiceover] Colonel
Khodzko of the Russian army
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climbed in 1850.
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- [Voiceover] Englishman
Major Robert Stuart
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made it in 1856.
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- And hopefully, one
day, it will be done.
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- I always thought,
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"Let's just go up
and find the thing.
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"Put this to rest,
once and for all."
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And people have been trying
to do that for centuries.
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- [Voiceover] Even
getting to Mount Ararat,
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today's explorer deals
with obstacles on the road
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to what locals call Abridah,
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"the Painful Mountain".
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- This will be our third try.
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[motor revving]
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- We're having a little
trouble getting up the hill,
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so we all had to bail
out of the vehicle.
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I think the ark of Noah,
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on greater Ararat,
in Eastern Turkey,
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would be the ultimate
archaeological find.
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- [Voiceover] It's
a big mountain.
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I'm 50 years old,
and I'm thinking,
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can I really make
it up that mountain?
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You know what I thought?
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"God will go before me.
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"I'll make it up that mountain."
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What it means to me, to
search for Noah's ark,
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is to come back with some
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tangible evidence
that the ark existed.
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- [Voiceover] The
local Kurdish people
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protect this mountain.
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No one climbs without
their support.
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- I believe the ark
on this mountain.
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- [Voiceover] In ancient times,
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this land was a buffer
kingdom, between rival empires.
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Throughout the centuries,
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it has often known
the thunder of hooves,
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and the clash of steel.
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[troops marching]
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As modern borders were redrawn,
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Ararat was seized from its
ancestral home in Armenia,
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and given to Turkey.
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Now, it rises majestically,
across the border,
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a constant reminder.
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- This is why we have
pain in our heart.
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Because, our symbol
was taken from us,
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without considering the
will of Armenian people.
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It was in Armenia where
Noah constructed temple,
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It was in Armenia where he
made his first sacrifice.
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If you take out Ararat
from Armenia mythology,
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Armenia will cease
to be Armenia.
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- This is not a normal
part of the world.
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This is a hostile
part of the world.
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- [Spear] It's a
demilitarized zone.
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It's highly classified.
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- We had the PKK.
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We have the Turkish army.
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Needless to say, they
don't like one another.
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[artillery fire]
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- [Voiceover] In the decades
long conflict with Turkey,
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the PKK controls the mountain.
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- The PKK view themselves
as freedom fighters.
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They represent the people.
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They once had land, they
no longer have lands.
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They believe they're fighting
for a righteous cause.
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- You walk into a context
where there's a war zone.
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You're on a mountain, dominated
and controlled by the Kurds.
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At the same time,
you're in a country,
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and the mountain
exists in that country,
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that is under the sovereignty
of the Turkish authorities.
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- [Voiceover] With
the dissolution of
the Ottoman Empire,
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after World War I,
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the treaty of Severa guaranteed
a homeland for the Kurds,
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until the treaty was dismissed,
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after the Turkish War
of Independence in 1923.
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And hostilities escalated.
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In 1945, the Kurds petitioned
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the newly formed United
Nations for a sovereign state,
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and received
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nothing.
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So, Iraq, Iran, Syria,
Armenia, and Turkey
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all have chunks of, what
should have been, Kurdistan.
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- That's why
they're so militant.
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They want their
own country back.
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I understand that.
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- These are freedom
fighters, in there own eyes,
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for what's legally always been,
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and should have been, theirs.
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- In years past, we have
been directed by the PKK,
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through our Kurdish partners,
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to exit the mountain.
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- And you know once you
get on that mountain,
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no one really is
going to help you.
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The military doesn't
go where you go.
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- We had Turkish
commandos with us,
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until they decided they
didn't want to go any higher.
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- You're on your own.
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If someone wants to kidnap you,
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they want to shoot you,
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they have every
freedom to do it.
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[gunshot]
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- [Voiceover] But, for those
searching for Noah's Ark,
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there is no other destination.
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[fast drumming]
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- They call me Cowboy.
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I came over, and
agreed to set up,
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and make sure everybody
got to the top,
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make sure the equipment works,
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make sure the food is here.
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Deal with political
problems that we have.
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- We're going up to drill.
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My hope is that, yes,
indeed, we find it.
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- Word.
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- I think we're supposed to
look for things like this.
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- I think there's
so much evidence,
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that it's irresponsible
not to look.
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- We are built to
explore, find and reveal.
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It's just a part of who we are,
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from Marco Polo to
Christopher Columbus.
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- It's a great team.
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I look at them all like
brothers, you know?
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- For me, the past
five years has been,
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really a mirror into my soul.
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Why am I doing this
year after year?
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Why am I risking life and
limb to look for something
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that we have no conclusive
evidence actually exists?
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- The quest to find the
ark starts with my faith.
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It started with my faith.
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It started with a
calling that I felt.
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- We have come together
to meet this challenge of
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scientifically
examining, investigating,
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and revealing to the world,
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the evidence that may exist for
Noah's ark on that mountain.
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- Last year, it was
an amazing trip.
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Being able to work with my son,
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on top of a mountain.
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We work and play well together.
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And we added value to the trip,
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because we were able to
Frankenstein stuff together.
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And that's what you have
to do in a place like this.
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- None of these things
are labeled, of course.
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We had an active volcano
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on a fault line,
within recorded history
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that's demolished
multiple civilizations.
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And, then to think,
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okay, there's something
that's gonna be suspended
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in a 60 foot deep glacier,
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that breaks off and
falls into a gorge
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twice as deep as
the Grand Canyon.
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There's different arguments
about how old the earth is,
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whether it's 6,000, or
60 million years old.
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And, even if it's the young-
smaller model, the fact
that and a matter what
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if it's concrete
wood, bathed in,
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who knows what kind
of chemical pitch,
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if there's a splinter up there,
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I'd come to the point where,
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if there's a splinter
of wood up there,
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it will be by the hand of God,
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let alone some intact anomaly.
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- I've had my worst nights
of my life on that mountain.
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I've frozen on that mountain.
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I've been bloody
on that mountain.
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You sit in your tent,
and the wind is whipping,
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and hitting the flaps.
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You're eating your granola bar,
300
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which you're gonna
throw up anyway,
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because you're so nauseated.
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It's just an
unpleasant place to be,
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and sometimes you question
the sanity of just doing it.
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- You know you're taking
your life in your hands
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when you go on that mountain.
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So, it has to be a cause bigger,
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and greater than yourself
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to motivate you to do that.
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- I expect
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something amazing on this trip.
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I think there's
gonna be a transfer
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from what I got,
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and this is all
spiritual in nature,
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what I received was word that
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I was going to
receive something.
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And, I was gonna be
giving something to God.
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How could I not come?
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- Finding the ark would indicate
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that God, actually,
has intervened
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with man.
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And that has a profound impact.
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People that have
thought this through
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are scared to death
to find it to be true.
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- Then you realize,
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if you do see these
rotten timbers
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of this boat, sticking out
of the ancient optics of ice,
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it could change everything.
328
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It could change the whole
perception of the Bible.
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It could change
people's thought process
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about where they came from,
331
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who they are.
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- Do you believe the entire
Bible is to be taken literally?
333
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- Well, if it's
history, as Genesis is,
334
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it's written as typical
historical narrative,
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you take it as history.
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If it's --
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- Part of the root
of the fascination
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of the story of Noah's
flood is, first of all,
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it's a really good story.
340
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I mean, it's an epic tale.
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It has all the elements
of a good story.
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But, there's particular
branches of Christian theology
343
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that have basically
embraced the idea
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of viewing the Bible as
a literal, historical,
345
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and complete record of
the history of the world.
346
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- It sounds as though you
believe your world view,
347
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which is a literal
interpretation
348
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of most parts of the Bible,
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is correct.
350
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- The conflict between
science and religion,
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that is often portrayed
in the media today,
352
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I think , is actually
better portrayed
353
00:16:13,276 --> 00:16:15,975
as a conflict, within religion,
over how to view science.
354
00:16:16,018 --> 00:16:18,151
- There are some difference
between Jews and Christians,
355
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in the way that they relate
to the story of Noah,
356
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and the way Muslims do.
357
00:16:22,416 --> 00:16:25,071
- Everyone, whether they're
Muslim, or Jewish, or Christian,
358
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the three accounts
that have the ark
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in their religious documents,
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all believe that the ark exists,
361
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because their founding
documents say it does.
362
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- I believe that
historical texts
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are all part of the
human knowledge.
364
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And, the human knowledge
is all based on both
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the religious texts,
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and the things that
they saw in nature,
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and the things they were
told by their elders.
368
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- [Voiceover] Hundreds of
cultures throughout the world
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share the same legend
of a catastrophic flood
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that destroyed most of mankind.
371
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In 95%, the flood
was world-wide.
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In 88%, a certain
family was favored.
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In 70%, survival was
by means of a boat.
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In 67%, animals were also saved.
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In 35%, birds were
sent out from the boat.
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And in 9%, exactly eight
people were spared.
377
00:17:29,178 --> 00:17:32,138
- And, rather than
immediately dismissing
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a literal world-wide flood,
379
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just suppose that, maybe,
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actually, that this is
speaking of real events.
381
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- If the biblical
stories in Genesis
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are literally true, and
historically accurate,
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you basically have to throw away
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geology, and all the
physics, and chemistry,
385
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and math, and biology
that it's built upon,
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to embrace that view.
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- Being a flood over
the entire earth.
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And, those that
take that literally,
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are kind of bound to
understanding it, in that way,
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even if it contradicts science.
391
00:18:01,297 --> 00:18:04,866
Where as Muslims, we're kind
of bound to accept science,
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whatever that says,
393
00:18:06,128 --> 00:18:07,695
and then reconcile
that with the text.
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00:18:07,738 --> 00:18:10,741
- We know for
certain, geologically,
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that before 5,000 years ago,
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there were enormous
amounts of rainfall,
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where a great deal of water
would have accumulated,
398
00:18:20,708 --> 00:18:22,579
and a major flood
would have occurred.
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There is no question about it,
400
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because we see the evidence
of this in the rock, itself.
401
00:18:26,757 --> 00:18:29,499
- So, when you come at it from
a Christian point of view,
402
00:18:29,543 --> 00:18:31,545
I don't think you should
be closed to the possiblity
403
00:18:31,588 --> 00:18:34,417
that Genesis is
actually just simply
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00:18:34,461 --> 00:18:35,810
describing what happened.
405
00:18:35,853 --> 00:18:37,420
- In which case,
406
00:18:37,464 --> 00:18:39,944
validating your faith relies
on the reality of that story,
407
00:18:39,988 --> 00:18:41,120
as a global flood,
408
00:18:41,163 --> 00:18:43,296
and that it ended up on Ararat.
409
00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:56,700
- This is my father place.
410
00:18:56,744 --> 00:18:59,312
My father was put
his tent down here.
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This is my grandfather
places also.
412
00:19:01,836 --> 00:19:04,839
I remember, my mother
would say to me,
413
00:19:04,882 --> 00:19:06,232
"Come, I have to wash you",
414
00:19:06,275 --> 00:19:08,321
but I always run away.
415
00:19:08,364 --> 00:19:09,800
And, there she was,
come behind me,
416
00:19:09,844 --> 00:19:12,542
take my arm, and then hit me,
417
00:19:12,586 --> 00:19:14,588
"Come here, you very dirty,
418
00:19:14,631 --> 00:19:15,980
"I have to clean you".
419
00:19:16,024 --> 00:19:17,286
It was like this.
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[laughs]
421
00:19:18,679 --> 00:19:20,333
Yeah, it was like this.
422
00:19:20,376 --> 00:19:21,682
[sheep bawling]
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00:19:21,725 --> 00:19:23,292
- [Voiceover] Every season,
424
00:19:23,336 --> 00:19:26,774
Kurdish shepherds lead their
flocks above the desert heat.
425
00:19:28,297 --> 00:19:31,735
To graze in pastures fed
by the melting ice cap.
426
00:19:33,998 --> 00:19:35,696
The warmer the summer,
427
00:19:35,739 --> 00:19:38,002
the greater the exposure,
428
00:19:38,046 --> 00:19:41,658
leading to the most
intriguing of local legends.
429
00:19:56,456 --> 00:19:58,675
- [Voiceover] Throughout
the 1800s, they came.
430
00:19:58,719 --> 00:20:02,505
In 1856, local boy, Haji
Yearam, and his father,
431
00:20:02,549 --> 00:20:04,638
were hired by three
unbelieving scientists
432
00:20:04,681 --> 00:20:07,075
to take them up to the ark.
433
00:20:07,118 --> 00:20:08,729
When the scientists
saw the vessel,
434
00:20:08,772 --> 00:20:12,036
they flew into a rage, and
attempted to destroy it.
435
00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,256
- They took a blood oath,
436
00:20:14,300 --> 00:20:16,432
that if any one of the three
ever revealed the truth,
437
00:20:16,476 --> 00:20:17,564
the other two would kill him.
438
00:20:17,607 --> 00:20:19,043
- [Voiceover] Some
50 years later,
439
00:20:19,087 --> 00:20:21,220
one of the scientists gave
a deathbed confession,
440
00:20:21,263 --> 00:20:23,744
which corroborated
Haji Yearam's story.
441
00:20:23,787 --> 00:20:26,312
- [Voiceover] In July, 1955,
442
00:20:26,355 --> 00:20:29,576
Fernand Nevara, traveling
with his son, Rafael,
443
00:20:29,619 --> 00:20:31,752
climbed Mount Ararat.
444
00:20:31,795 --> 00:20:35,582
Rafael saw the ark
first, in a crevasse.
445
00:20:35,625 --> 00:20:37,671
After lowering himself
into the crevasse,
446
00:20:37,714 --> 00:20:40,326
and using a pick axe to
chop through the ice,
447
00:20:40,369 --> 00:20:42,763
"I found wood!" he called.
448
00:20:42,806 --> 00:20:44,634
Yes, Nevarra had found wood.
449
00:20:44,678 --> 00:20:46,767
But, was it a piece of the ark?
450
00:20:46,810 --> 00:20:49,073
- [Voiceover] Testing
proved it wasn't old enough.
451
00:20:49,117 --> 00:20:50,771
The wood was from
the 8th century,
452
00:20:50,814 --> 00:20:53,600
4,000 years after Noah's time.
453
00:20:53,643 --> 00:20:56,820
But, what was the wood doing
on the slopes of Ararat?
454
00:20:57,865 --> 00:20:59,170
- What I have listed here,
455
00:20:59,214 --> 00:21:00,737
are four reports of the
ark with the door off,
456
00:21:00,781 --> 00:21:03,566
seven reports of
one end broken off,
457
00:21:03,610 --> 00:21:05,176
18 reports of sticking
out of the ice --
458
00:21:05,220 --> 00:21:06,613
- [Voiceover] In 1883,
459
00:21:06,656 --> 00:21:08,441
reports issued by a
Turkish commission,
460
00:21:08,484 --> 00:21:10,834
investigating avalanches
on Mount Ararat,
461
00:21:10,878 --> 00:21:12,575
detailed that they
had seen Noah's ark
462
00:21:12,619 --> 00:21:14,621
protruding from a glacier.
463
00:21:14,664 --> 00:21:15,926
- [Voiceover] Prince
Nouri declared
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00:21:15,970 --> 00:21:18,015
that he had found the
ark, high on Ararat,
465
00:21:18,059 --> 00:21:19,800
that he walked within its walls,
466
00:21:19,843 --> 00:21:20,975
and that it's measurements
467
00:21:21,018 --> 00:21:23,934
were exactly as
described in the Bible.
468
00:21:23,978 --> 00:21:25,719
- [Voiceover] There are nine
reports of a melt-water pond,
469
00:21:25,762 --> 00:21:27,982
eight reports
sitting on a ledge,
470
00:21:28,025 --> 00:21:30,245
10 reports of a ravine,
valley, gully --
471
00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:32,552
- [Voiceover] In 1902, as a boy,
472
00:21:32,595 --> 00:21:34,423
Armenian, George Hagopian,
473
00:21:34,467 --> 00:21:36,033
was taken to the
ark by his uncle.
474
00:21:36,077 --> 00:21:37,600
- [Voiceover] You saw
it how many times?
475
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- [George] Twice.
476
00:21:38,732 --> 00:21:39,385
- [Voiceover] Twice?
477
00:21:39,428 --> 00:21:40,255
- [George] Mm hmm.
478
00:21:41,648 --> 00:21:42,823
- [Voiceover] In 1916,
479
00:21:42,866 --> 00:21:45,260
Russian aviator,
Vladamir Roskovitsky
480
00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:47,044
described how he saw the ark,
481
00:21:47,088 --> 00:21:50,134
while on a flight
over Mount Ararat.
482
00:21:50,178 --> 00:21:51,527
The czar sent soldiers
up the mountain
483
00:21:51,571 --> 00:21:53,660
to confirm the sighting.
484
00:21:53,703 --> 00:21:55,096
They brought back photographs,
485
00:21:55,139 --> 00:21:57,664
displaying hundreds
of rooms with cages.
486
00:21:57,707 --> 00:22:00,710
But, the Bolshevik Revolution
occurred shortly thereafter,
487
00:22:00,754 --> 00:22:02,712
and the photographs
were destroyed.
488
00:22:04,801 --> 00:22:08,283
- [Davis] You could see
a large vessel there,
489
00:22:09,763 --> 00:22:11,460
laying on its side --
490
00:22:11,504 --> 00:22:13,680
- These guys didn't even
know what they had seen.
491
00:22:13,723 --> 00:22:14,637
They just described it to us.
492
00:22:14,681 --> 00:22:16,422
They realized it
was a huge boat.
493
00:22:16,465 --> 00:22:18,119
- He said he saw this object,
494
00:22:18,162 --> 00:22:19,642
this murky object in the snow,
495
00:22:19,686 --> 00:22:23,646
and he said it looked like
timbers from Noah's ark.
496
00:22:23,690 --> 00:22:25,779
- [Davis] And then, off
to the left back here,
497
00:22:25,822 --> 00:22:28,825
is the part that broke off.
498
00:22:28,869 --> 00:22:32,655
And it is laying slightly down.
499
00:22:32,699 --> 00:22:34,918
You could see in the back of it.
500
00:22:36,050 --> 00:22:38,922
- Of all the people that have
said they've seen Noah's Ark,
501
00:22:38,966 --> 00:22:42,622
Ed Davis has the most
reliable eye-witness account.
502
00:22:42,665 --> 00:22:46,756
- He had been there as part of
the Army Corps of Engineers,
503
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:48,367
building roads.
504
00:22:48,410 --> 00:22:52,283
He rescued the grandson of
one of the Kurdish chieftains.
505
00:22:52,327 --> 00:22:54,677
- The only way that they
could say thank you,
506
00:22:54,721 --> 00:22:58,942
was to share with them their
most precious possession,
507
00:22:58,986 --> 00:23:01,205
which was the remains
of Noah's Ark.
508
00:23:01,249 --> 00:23:03,686
- He got within about
a hundred yards of it.
509
00:23:03,730 --> 00:23:05,558
Storm kept them
from getting closer,
510
00:23:05,601 --> 00:23:08,343
but he viewed it with
the army field glasses.
511
00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:10,824
- Comes back after the war,
tells a few people about it.
512
00:23:10,867 --> 00:23:13,261
I find out about it, I go
give him a lie detector test,
513
00:23:13,304 --> 00:23:14,741
we give him three
lie detector tests.
514
00:23:14,784 --> 00:23:16,177
He passes all three of them.
515
00:23:16,220 --> 00:23:17,744
- He passed one
with flying colors.
516
00:23:17,787 --> 00:23:19,572
- I mean, you just
can't dismiss this.
517
00:23:19,615 --> 00:23:22,705
- Okay, three reports
of a stream and a pond.
518
00:23:22,749 --> 00:23:25,926
The point is, we
have so many reports,
519
00:23:25,969 --> 00:23:27,449
and many of them
say the same things.
520
00:23:27,493 --> 00:23:29,320
- [Voiceover] They describe
it in the same fashion.
521
00:23:29,364 --> 00:23:30,887
As a long rectangular shape,
522
00:23:30,931 --> 00:23:32,411
with a catwalk on the top,
523
00:23:32,454 --> 00:23:34,674
found on a very rugged
area of the mountain.
524
00:23:34,717 --> 00:23:37,111
- And, there's no chance
of collaboration here.
525
00:23:37,154 --> 00:23:39,461
They come from different
sources, over different years.
526
00:23:39,505 --> 00:23:42,508
- [Voiceover] Everyone
tells the same basic story.
527
00:23:43,552 --> 00:23:44,814
- The structure is there.
528
00:23:51,255 --> 00:23:54,476
- [Bright] We got the
word from a military guy,
529
00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,522
that says, "We
know where it is".
530
00:23:56,565 --> 00:23:59,699
You go, just a little
bit, to the north,
531
00:23:59,742 --> 00:24:01,527
about seven meters,
and you'll hit it.
532
00:24:01,570 --> 00:24:03,529
- Okay, but our
window is closing.
533
00:24:03,572 --> 00:24:06,488
We've got, just over 30 days.
534
00:24:06,532 --> 00:24:08,838
Our window is gonna be
closing very quickly.
535
00:24:08,882 --> 00:24:10,710
- [Bright] You've got 'til
the first week of September,
536
00:24:10,753 --> 00:24:13,495
before it starts getting nasty.
537
00:24:13,539 --> 00:24:14,714
- Cowboy's in agreement with me,
538
00:24:14,757 --> 00:24:17,543
but I want to get
your permission
539
00:24:17,586 --> 00:24:20,850
to go, and to climb.
540
00:24:20,894 --> 00:24:23,157
- [Bright] Just as soon
as you get those drills,
541
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:24,288
soon as they arrive,
542
00:24:24,332 --> 00:24:26,116
absolutely, you got it.
543
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,596
It's gonna be a good year,
544
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:28,815
and we're gonna find something.
545
00:24:28,858 --> 00:24:29,598
- Alright.
- Goodnight.
546
00:24:29,642 --> 00:24:31,208
- Thanks Richard.
547
00:24:31,252 --> 00:24:32,558
[Bright] Thank you, thank
you very much, gentlemen.
548
00:24:32,601 --> 00:24:33,559
Appreciate it.
549
00:24:33,602 --> 00:24:34,560
- Alright, goodnight.
550
00:24:36,823 --> 00:24:38,564
[sighs]
551
00:24:38,607 --> 00:24:39,652
We're going.
- Yep.
552
00:24:39,695 --> 00:24:42,698
- The moment we
got the news that
553
00:24:42,742 --> 00:24:44,570
we were gonna be
leaving the next day,
554
00:24:44,613 --> 00:24:48,704
I did scramble to
find a computer
555
00:24:48,748 --> 00:24:51,098
so I could Facebook my wife.
556
00:24:51,141 --> 00:24:52,534
- I thought you
were calling at two,
557
00:24:52,578 --> 00:24:54,884
and we were at the bank,
and the car overheated,
558
00:24:54,928 --> 00:24:56,277
and everything else.
559
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:57,974
- That's what Andrew told me.
560
00:24:58,018 --> 00:24:58,540
- [Wife] So, how are you?
561
00:24:58,584 --> 00:25:00,150
- I'm terrific.
562
00:25:00,194 --> 00:25:03,589
I'm gonna climb a
mountain tomorrow,
563
00:25:03,632 --> 00:25:05,982
so you guys can
be praying for me.
564
00:25:06,026 --> 00:25:08,637
- There's very little
privacy at Murat Camping Inn,
565
00:25:08,681 --> 00:25:09,856
unless you had your own room.
566
00:25:09,899 --> 00:25:12,206
You're sleeping
in a room that has
567
00:25:12,249 --> 00:25:13,686
three or four other
guys in there,
568
00:25:13,729 --> 00:25:15,557
and they're getting ready
to climb a mountain,
569
00:25:15,601 --> 00:25:17,472
so they're throwing
everything in a bag.
570
00:25:17,516 --> 00:25:20,649
I'm getting ready to
throw all my stuff in.
571
00:25:20,693 --> 00:25:23,957
I was in my little
bubble, talking to my,
572
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,959
I call her my girlfriend.
573
00:25:28,614 --> 00:25:29,789
I was focused.
574
00:25:29,832 --> 00:25:31,312
'Cause I knew it
was my only chance
575
00:25:31,355 --> 00:25:32,879
to talk to her for awhile.
576
00:25:32,922 --> 00:25:36,273
I thought I was
climbing later, but,
577
00:25:36,317 --> 00:25:40,626
it's kind of like
military around here,
You just uh..you know
578
00:25:40,669 --> 00:25:44,455
they tell you they're shipping
out, you're shipping out.
579
00:25:44,499 --> 00:25:47,589
So, I'm shipping
out in the morning.
580
00:25:47,633 --> 00:25:51,593
Just wanted to see y'all's faces
581
00:25:51,637 --> 00:25:53,813
before we leave.
582
00:25:53,856 --> 00:25:56,642
You don't know if
this may be the end.
583
00:25:56,685 --> 00:26:00,646
It's a great expedition,
but something may happen.
584
00:26:00,689 --> 00:26:02,343
I don't know when I'm
gonna talk to y'all next.
585
00:26:02,386 --> 00:26:03,344
- [Wife] You want me
to pray for you, first?
586
00:26:03,387 --> 00:26:04,911
- Yes, please.
587
00:26:04,954 --> 00:26:06,260
- [Wife] Father, I pray, right
now, for my sweet husband,
588
00:26:06,303 --> 00:26:07,566
that you'll protect him --
589
00:26:07,609 --> 00:26:09,393
- I did take this
very seriously,
590
00:26:09,437 --> 00:26:12,614
knowing it was a
treacherous climb,
591
00:26:12,658 --> 00:26:14,616
and anything could happen.
592
00:26:14,660 --> 00:26:16,139
- [Wife] Bless him, Lord,
593
00:26:16,183 --> 00:26:17,706
and may this be a blessed
time, and that he find the ark.
594
00:26:17,750 --> 00:26:18,620
And be home safely.
595
00:26:18,664 --> 00:26:19,752
In Jesus' name, Amen.
596
00:26:19,795 --> 00:26:21,231
- Amen.
597
00:26:24,365 --> 00:26:27,107
We prayed, and signed off,
598
00:26:27,150 --> 00:26:29,631
and the next morning,
we were out the door,
599
00:26:29,675 --> 00:26:31,633
on our way up.
600
00:26:31,677 --> 00:26:36,072
["Long Live" by
King and Country]
601
00:26:36,116 --> 00:26:38,118
- We begin our journey,
602
00:26:38,161 --> 00:26:40,468
try to get up to
the first base camp.
603
00:26:41,904 --> 00:26:44,124
And then, overnight.
604
00:26:47,997 --> 00:26:48,911
We're on our way.
605
00:26:48,955 --> 00:26:52,523
♪ Long live the young at heart
606
00:26:52,567 --> 00:26:55,570
♪ You know who you are
607
00:26:55,614 --> 00:26:58,138
♪ With your spirit burning
608
00:26:58,181 --> 00:26:59,618
- [Voiceover] At 17,000 feet,
609
00:26:59,661 --> 00:27:01,620
Mount Ararat's dangerous terrain
610
00:27:01,663 --> 00:27:04,971
is a challenge for even the
most experienced adventurer.
611
00:27:05,014 --> 00:27:06,886
Living atop a
glacier at altitude,
612
00:27:06,929 --> 00:27:09,410
you're combating
fatigue and hypoxia,
613
00:27:09,453 --> 00:27:10,629
working in white-outs,
614
00:27:10,672 --> 00:27:13,240
and 100 mile per hour winds.
615
00:27:13,283 --> 00:27:15,242
But, advancing technologies
allow explorers
616
00:27:15,285 --> 00:27:18,027
a better glimpse
into the ancient ice
617
00:27:18,071 --> 00:27:20,856
that legend says
entombs the ark.
618
00:27:24,599 --> 00:27:28,559
♪ Long live the young at heart
619
00:27:28,603 --> 00:27:31,693
♪ You know who you are
620
00:27:31,737 --> 00:27:33,042
♪ With your spirit burning
621
00:27:33,086 --> 00:27:36,306
- I didn't expect
that long of a walk
622
00:27:36,350 --> 00:27:37,960
just to get up to
the first camp.
623
00:27:39,745 --> 00:27:43,183
♪ Long live the soul set free
624
00:27:43,226 --> 00:27:46,665
♪ Don't be afraid to dream
625
00:27:46,708 --> 00:27:49,450
♪ While the world's
still turning
626
00:27:49,493 --> 00:27:52,671
♪ Every moment, make it happen
627
00:27:52,714 --> 00:27:56,109
♪ Two left feet, keep on dancing
628
00:27:56,152 --> 00:27:57,676
- Precisely six hours
629
00:28:00,330 --> 00:28:01,462
on the first day.
630
00:28:02,593 --> 00:28:03,725
And we
631
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:05,814
have made it to base camp one.
632
00:28:05,858 --> 00:28:07,337
♪ Beat by beat
633
00:28:07,381 --> 00:28:09,122
♪ Breath by breath
634
00:28:09,165 --> 00:28:10,732
♪ Walking hand in hand
635
00:28:10,776 --> 00:28:13,474
♪ Step by step
636
00:28:13,517 --> 00:28:15,041
Time to overnight.
637
00:28:16,216 --> 00:28:20,742
[campers chatter]
638
00:28:24,311 --> 00:28:27,009
- Six hour trek up to
the first base camp.
639
00:28:27,053 --> 00:28:29,490
It was long, but
I'm glad I'm here.
640
00:28:29,533 --> 00:28:32,580
I'm tired, but I'm
glad that I did it.
641
00:28:32,623 --> 00:28:35,583
- Been a forensic
architect for 27 years,
642
00:28:35,626 --> 00:28:38,238
and in my forensic
architecture, I go around,
643
00:28:38,281 --> 00:28:40,196
and look at buildings,
what's wrong with them.
644
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,504
It's the equivalent
of being a doctor,
645
00:28:43,547 --> 00:28:44,723
but to buildings.
646
00:28:44,766 --> 00:28:48,161
My background in
architecture has been,
647
00:28:48,204 --> 00:28:51,425
a lot of it has been in
water proofing materials.
648
00:28:51,468 --> 00:28:54,080
I told them I was interested
in doing my dissertation
649
00:28:54,123 --> 00:28:55,603
on the waterproofing
of Noah's Ark.
650
00:28:55,646 --> 00:28:57,170
As it says in the Bible,
651
00:28:57,213 --> 00:28:59,346
it was covered inside
and out with pitch.
652
00:29:03,611 --> 00:29:05,569
- When I was even 17 years old,
653
00:29:05,613 --> 00:29:07,746
I remember seeing a documentary
654
00:29:07,789 --> 00:29:09,399
on the search for Noah's Ark.
655
00:29:09,443 --> 00:29:13,229
- This may be the
most incredible film
you will ever see.
656
00:29:16,798 --> 00:29:17,930
- Even as a young
boy, I thought,
657
00:29:17,973 --> 00:29:19,758
"I want to do this someday."
658
00:29:19,801 --> 00:29:21,281
And then, 20 years later,
659
00:29:21,324 --> 00:29:23,413
I'm sitting at home,
watching another documentary,
660
00:29:23,457 --> 00:29:27,591
the same documentary
comes on T.V. again.
661
00:29:27,635 --> 00:29:29,768
I'm watching that, and thinking,
662
00:29:29,811 --> 00:29:31,552
"They've still not
found Noah's Ark."
663
00:29:31,595 --> 00:29:34,729
And, really, that's
when I took my
664
00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:37,210
skills as, really, a
wilderness explorer,
665
00:29:37,253 --> 00:29:38,689
being in the woods,
666
00:29:38,733 --> 00:29:40,909
and took them to
the mountaineering,
667
00:29:40,953 --> 00:29:43,172
kind of started to
train in mountaineering,
668
00:29:43,216 --> 00:29:46,349
because I wanted to
bring a tool to the team.
669
00:29:46,393 --> 00:29:48,047
- Get rested up,
670
00:29:48,090 --> 00:29:50,571
get re-hydrated,
and get some food,
671
00:29:50,614 --> 00:29:52,616
and we'll spend two days here,
672
00:29:52,660 --> 00:29:55,184
and on up to camp two.
673
00:29:55,228 --> 00:29:57,665
- Everybody's gonna
sleep real well tonight.
674
00:29:57,708 --> 00:30:01,625
[slow violin playing]
675
00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:11,331
[dulcet piano playing]
676
00:30:25,606 --> 00:30:27,695
- There are a number of
different kinds of volcanoes.
677
00:30:27,738 --> 00:30:28,870
on earth.
678
00:30:31,786 --> 00:30:33,744
Some of them are
actually underwater,
679
00:30:33,788 --> 00:30:35,703
most vulcanism goes
on on the sea bed,
680
00:30:35,746 --> 00:30:38,227
and we see very little of it.
681
00:30:41,970 --> 00:30:45,017
Tectonic plates, that meet
in the middle of oceans,
682
00:30:45,060 --> 00:30:47,671
have hundred, and hundreds,
and hundreds of volcanoes.
683
00:30:47,715 --> 00:30:50,892
On land, we can
classify volcanoes into
684
00:30:50,936 --> 00:30:54,026
ones that have built up
over a long period of time,
685
00:30:54,069 --> 00:30:58,204
with successive eruptions,
they might have layers of ash
686
00:30:58,247 --> 00:31:00,075
and lava flows,
687
00:31:00,119 --> 00:31:02,817
so the whole thing gets
built up like a layer cake.
688
00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:04,775
We often call those
strata volcanoes,
689
00:31:04,819 --> 00:31:06,386
or composite volcanoes.
690
00:31:06,429 --> 00:31:07,648
And that would be
the kind of volcano
691
00:31:07,691 --> 00:31:10,433
that Mount Ararat,
in Turkey, is.
692
00:31:11,347 --> 00:31:12,914
If you pile up a big mountain,
693
00:31:12,958 --> 00:31:15,134
then there are all kinds
of erosive processes
694
00:31:15,177 --> 00:31:16,352
that bring it down again.
695
00:31:16,396 --> 00:31:18,180
And, particularly in
the case of Ararat.
696
00:31:18,224 --> 00:31:19,660
It's glaciated,
697
00:31:19,703 --> 00:31:22,706
and will have been even
more heavily glaciated,
698
00:31:22,750 --> 00:31:25,622
back in the ice ages.
and that
699
00:31:25,666 --> 00:31:29,670
The action of those glaciers
is to remove material,
700
00:31:29,713 --> 00:31:30,932
all the rocks and boulders,
701
00:31:30,976 --> 00:31:33,413
and carry them down the slope.
702
00:31:33,456 --> 00:31:36,851
And that's reflecting
the erosive processes
703
00:31:36,895 --> 00:31:38,461
that have occurred.
704
00:31:39,158 --> 00:31:40,681
- So, this is base camp.
705
00:31:40,724 --> 00:31:42,596
We're about 10,000 feet.
706
00:31:42,639 --> 00:31:44,511
Camp two is, what?
707
00:31:45,729 --> 00:31:46,948
1,000 meter?"
- 1,00 meters up.
708
00:31:46,992 --> 00:31:49,342
- 1,000 meters up.
709
00:31:49,385 --> 00:31:51,735
- Yesterday was our easiest day.
710
00:31:51,779 --> 00:31:52,301
Took us about --
711
00:31:52,345 --> 00:31:53,607
[gunshot]
712
00:31:53,650 --> 00:31:55,609
Took us about six hours
713
00:31:55,652 --> 00:31:56,566
- There's some gunfire.
714
00:31:57,828 --> 00:32:00,048
- Yeah, we just heard some ...
715
00:32:00,092 --> 00:32:03,530
... just heard some gunfire.
716
00:32:03,573 --> 00:32:04,618
Just right up above us, there,
717
00:32:04,661 --> 00:32:06,750
so somewhere ...
718
00:32:06,794 --> 00:32:07,577
That's interesting.
719
00:32:07,621 --> 00:32:08,796
- You get the feeling
720
00:32:08,839 --> 00:32:11,451
this is not a place
you wanna get hurt.
721
00:32:11,494 --> 00:32:14,149
This is not the place you
wanna do something stupid.
722
00:32:14,193 --> 00:32:16,586
Because, it's a
long way to help.
723
00:32:21,026 --> 00:32:24,768
Not a great environment
for anything to go wrong.
724
00:32:24,812 --> 00:32:26,422
- [Voiceover] So, Jim's
hurt, he's busted up,
725
00:32:26,466 --> 00:32:27,989
can't move.
726
00:32:28,033 --> 00:32:30,687
- [Voiceover] It nearly killed
him, nearly took his life.
727
00:32:30,731 --> 00:32:32,602
- Jim Irwin was a
dedicated astronaut,
728
00:32:32,646 --> 00:32:33,734
a very fine man,
729
00:32:33,777 --> 00:32:37,651
a highly reasoned individual.
730
00:32:37,694 --> 00:32:40,001
He worked very hard on
the Apollo 15 mission.
731
00:32:40,045 --> 00:32:43,048
- [Irwin] Dave, an extraordinary
television picture, here.
732
00:32:43,091 --> 00:32:45,528
Okay, Huston as I
733
00:32:45,572 --> 00:32:48,662
stand out here, in the
wonders of the unknown,
734
00:32:48,705 --> 00:32:50,881
at Hadley, I grow to realize,
735
00:32:50,925 --> 00:32:55,538
there's a fundamental
truth to our nature.
736
00:32:55,582 --> 00:32:57,105
Man must explore.
737
00:32:58,498 --> 00:33:00,543
And this is exploration
at its greatest.
738
00:33:00,587 --> 00:33:03,851
It was just a very
significant time in my life,
739
00:33:03,894 --> 00:33:05,374
to be on another world.
740
00:33:05,418 --> 00:33:08,421
A world where there's no life,
741
00:33:08,464 --> 00:33:10,727
there was no sound,
742
00:33:10,771 --> 00:33:11,946
there was no sky,
743
00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:13,774
just looking up into
the blackness of space.
744
00:33:13,817 --> 00:33:17,517
Looking up and marveling
at the beauty of the earth.
745
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,998
And, there it was, in
the blackness of space,
746
00:33:20,041 --> 00:33:22,087
but, so small that I could
hold it between my fingers,
747
00:33:22,130 --> 00:33:24,045
like a little marble.
748
00:33:24,089 --> 00:33:26,743
In a spiritual sense,
I felt magnified.
749
00:33:26,787 --> 00:33:30,530
Because, I was holding
God's special creation
750
00:33:30,573 --> 00:33:31,661
between my fingers,
751
00:33:31,705 --> 00:33:33,185
and really seeing
it with his eyes.
752
00:33:33,228 --> 00:33:36,144
- [Voiceover] Splashdown,
we have splashdown.
753
00:33:36,188 --> 00:33:37,754
- His mission on Earth,
754
00:33:37,798 --> 00:33:41,541
after being an astronaut
on the Apollo mission 15,
755
00:33:41,584 --> 00:33:44,457
is to find Noah's Ark.
756
00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:48,069
- He said, "You know, I'm
planning a trip to Mount Ararat,
757
00:33:48,113 --> 00:33:49,157
"to look for Noah's Ark,
758
00:33:49,201 --> 00:33:50,419
do you think you'd want to go?"
759
00:33:50,463 --> 00:33:53,596
- Here was a man who
stood on the moon,
760
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,424
and he said that wasn't
the greatest achievement
761
00:33:55,468 --> 00:33:56,338
of his life.
762
00:33:56,382 --> 00:33:57,861
Standing on Mount Ararat was.
763
00:33:57,905 --> 00:34:00,951
- He was disappointed, of
course, when he'd come down,
764
00:34:00,995 --> 00:34:03,867
but, keep going back,
year after year.
765
00:34:03,911 --> 00:34:05,913
- He just wanted to
find out the truth.
766
00:34:05,956 --> 00:34:10,700
[Armenian music]
767
00:34:10,744 --> 00:34:11,788
- So, today, we're
gonna move camp,
768
00:34:11,832 --> 00:34:14,226
and go on up to 4200.
769
00:34:14,269 --> 00:34:16,663
And spend a couple of
nights there to acclimate.
770
00:34:16,706 --> 00:34:18,795
And then, on the way
up to the summit.
771
00:34:25,759 --> 00:34:30,764
[Armenian music]
772
00:34:33,419 --> 00:34:36,639
- I found an anomaly, organic,
773
00:34:36,683 --> 00:34:38,598
on Mount Ararat.
774
00:34:38,641 --> 00:34:40,513
- He says, "There's
two rectangular forms,
775
00:34:40,556 --> 00:34:43,037
"up on that
mountain,under the ice.
776
00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:44,604
"I've seen them,
777
00:34:44,647 --> 00:34:47,128
"on this special satellite
imaging that we got
778
00:34:47,172 --> 00:34:49,478
"that can penetrate ice."
779
00:34:50,566 --> 00:34:52,829
- It's a man-made
object, organic.
780
00:34:52,873 --> 00:34:56,659
It's not a rock structure,
or anything like that.
781
00:34:56,703 --> 00:34:58,574
How it got there, I don't know.
782
00:34:58,618 --> 00:35:01,142
And that's not for
me to find out,
783
00:35:01,186 --> 00:35:02,752
it's for whoever goes
up there and does it.
784
00:35:02,796 --> 00:35:05,364
But, it's definitely
a man-made object.
785
00:35:05,407 --> 00:35:07,148
- Mr. X was
786
00:35:08,932 --> 00:35:11,892
a man who worked for NASA,
787
00:35:11,935 --> 00:35:15,156
and had access to a radar
788
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,767
that could penetrate the ground,
789
00:35:17,811 --> 00:35:19,160
and go into the ice.
790
00:35:19,204 --> 00:35:22,598
- My relationship with
the man we call Mr. X
791
00:35:22,642 --> 00:35:24,383
goes back about six years,
792
00:35:24,426 --> 00:35:27,299
to the beginning of
our current project.
793
00:35:27,342 --> 00:35:28,648
- Said, "Well,
794
00:35:28,691 --> 00:35:30,693
" actually it's up there
on the eastern plateau."
795
00:35:30,737 --> 00:35:32,782
- It is, in fact,
the leads he gave us,
796
00:35:32,826 --> 00:35:35,263
that lead us to
the site we're at.
797
00:35:35,307 --> 00:35:36,351
- [Mr. X] It's in two pieces,
798
00:35:36,395 --> 00:35:37,657
now it's three,
799
00:35:37,700 --> 00:35:39,833
because the glacier's
moving all the time.
800
00:35:39,876 --> 00:35:40,964
- And when the glaciers move,
801
00:35:41,008 --> 00:35:43,053
they start grinding things up.
802
00:35:43,097 --> 00:35:45,578
- And, I feel whatever
this object is,
803
00:35:45,621 --> 00:35:48,276
here in the next
four to five years,
804
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,801
probably, that will be the
end of the exploration,
805
00:35:51,845 --> 00:35:54,674
because it will be
pretty well crushed.
806
00:35:54,717 --> 00:35:56,589
- He's also helped me
with a project in Israel,
807
00:35:56,632 --> 00:35:58,678
not just on Mount Ararat.
808
00:35:58,721 --> 00:36:01,724
So, I've had a secondary type of
809
00:36:02,595 --> 00:36:05,554
means of testing his accuracy.
810
00:36:05,598 --> 00:36:08,427
We actually have dug, and
been able to determine things.
811
00:36:08,470 --> 00:36:12,692
- There is photographs, taken
by a branch of the government,
812
00:36:12,735 --> 00:36:14,520
years ago.
813
00:36:14,563 --> 00:36:17,523
- [Voiceover] During the
late 50s and early 60s,
814
00:36:17,566 --> 00:36:19,873
the American spy plane, the U-2,
815
00:36:19,916 --> 00:36:22,658
was making its global
reconnaissance missions
816
00:36:22,702 --> 00:36:24,530
for military intelligence.
817
00:36:24,573 --> 00:36:26,793
Many of the flights
passed over Ararat,
818
00:36:26,836 --> 00:36:28,055
on their way to Russia,
819
00:36:28,098 --> 00:36:29,796
and a number of pilots
reported seeing,
820
00:36:29,839 --> 00:36:32,973
what looked like, a ship,
locked in the ice below.
821
00:36:33,016 --> 00:36:36,977
- Irwin and I stood at the front
of Incirlik Air Force Base,
822
00:36:37,020 --> 00:36:39,545
and the commanding general
came out to the gate,
823
00:36:39,588 --> 00:36:40,894
and knew Irwin.
824
00:36:40,937 --> 00:36:43,940
They knew each other
from times past.
825
00:36:43,984 --> 00:36:46,204
And Jim said,
826
00:36:46,247 --> 00:36:49,511
"Yeah, we're here
looking for Noah's Ark".
827
00:36:49,555 --> 00:36:50,947
And the guy said, "Well,
I've seen the ark."
828
00:36:52,819 --> 00:36:55,169
And, I said, "What?"
829
00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:58,738
And Jim's face was
incredulous as well.
830
00:36:58,781 --> 00:37:01,219
And he said, "Yeah, I've
got pictures of it".
831
00:37:02,437 --> 00:37:03,612
And we said, "Well,
let's see them".
832
00:37:03,656 --> 00:37:05,135
He said, "Oh, no.
833
00:37:05,179 --> 00:37:06,789
"It's all classified."
834
00:37:07,660 --> 00:37:10,750
- [Voiceover] For decades, the
pictures remained classified
835
00:37:10,793 --> 00:37:15,320
but then, in 1995, the CIA
finally released the photos.
836
00:37:15,363 --> 00:37:17,931
- The photographs are
taken way back when,
837
00:37:17,974 --> 00:37:21,935
were U-2 and SR-71,
838
00:37:21,978 --> 00:37:25,721
which one I looked at,
probably was a U-2.
839
00:37:25,765 --> 00:37:28,246
I couldn't find nothing that
didn't look like a rock.
840
00:37:28,289 --> 00:37:30,987
- This report came
from here in 1917.
841
00:37:31,031 --> 00:37:32,728
They came over from Russia,
842
00:37:32,772 --> 00:37:34,208
and they went up
and took it apart.
843
00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:35,514
I mean, there was
so much intrigue,
844
00:37:35,557 --> 00:37:38,560
and shadows.
845
00:37:38,604 --> 00:37:43,348
- In 1980, I served onboard
the U.S. nuclear submarine,
846
00:37:43,391 --> 00:37:45,611
U.S.S. Casimir Pulaski.
847
00:37:45,654 --> 00:37:49,832
As sonar supervisor, I
carried top secret clearance,
848
00:37:49,876 --> 00:37:53,532
and was in charge of
classified material.
849
00:37:53,575 --> 00:37:54,750
- Somebody would say,
"I have pictures,
850
00:37:54,794 --> 00:37:56,143
"here's the documentation."
851
00:37:56,186 --> 00:37:57,623
- In the year 1968,
852
00:37:57,666 --> 00:38:00,190
a friend and I were
employed at the Smithsonian,
853
00:38:00,234 --> 00:38:03,455
in the vertebrate and
paleontology section,
854
00:38:03,498 --> 00:38:04,630
and they had some photographs,
855
00:38:04,673 --> 00:38:06,240
which I went over and looked at,
856
00:38:06,284 --> 00:38:09,199
arranged on a table, that had
been taken from a balloon,
857
00:38:09,243 --> 00:38:10,810
they told me,
858
00:38:10,853 --> 00:38:14,379
showing a ship-like
object down in some ice.
859
00:38:14,422 --> 00:38:16,990
- Mount Ararat had
been experiencing
860
00:38:17,033 --> 00:38:20,210
the warmest weather on record.
861
00:38:20,254 --> 00:38:24,302
As a result, the ice on
the top of the mountain
862
00:38:24,345 --> 00:38:26,521
began to melt.
863
00:38:26,565 --> 00:38:28,131
Lo and behold,
864
00:38:28,175 --> 00:38:30,351
there sat a large ship.
865
00:38:30,395 --> 00:38:31,657
- They, pretty well, came out,
866
00:38:31,700 --> 00:38:34,007
and told everybody to
keep their mouth shut.
867
00:38:35,225 --> 00:38:39,752
- The U.S. military science,
and intelligence community
868
00:38:39,795 --> 00:38:41,580
were in complete agreement,
869
00:38:41,623 --> 00:38:44,365
that this was, in
fact, Noah's Ark.
870
00:38:44,409 --> 00:38:45,497
- Many, many people
believe the Ark
871
00:38:45,540 --> 00:38:47,281
has already been found.
872
00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:48,064
It's a done deal.
873
00:38:48,108 --> 00:38:49,588
- [Voiceover] In 1959,
874
00:38:49,631 --> 00:38:51,764
a mysterious boat-shaped object
875
00:38:51,807 --> 00:38:55,028
was photographed by a
Turkish reconnaissance pilot.
876
00:38:55,071 --> 00:38:57,987
A team of Turkish
explorers and scientists
877
00:38:58,031 --> 00:38:59,641
examined the object,
878
00:38:59,685 --> 00:39:01,730
and discovered that its
dimensions were indeed
879
00:39:01,774 --> 00:39:03,645
near those of the Ark,
880
00:39:03,689 --> 00:39:06,474
as stated in the Bible.
881
00:39:09,825 --> 00:39:13,568
The September 5, 1960
issue of Life Magazine
882
00:39:13,612 --> 00:39:15,309
carried the story.
883
00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:20,401
Then, in 1977, Ron Wyatt,
an amateur archaeologist,
884
00:39:20,445 --> 00:39:22,882
inspected the site
with a metal detector.
885
00:39:22,925 --> 00:39:24,579
- [White] What we
actually have found,
886
00:39:24,623 --> 00:39:27,539
is physical evidence
that this is a boat.
887
00:39:27,582 --> 00:39:31,586
My personal feeling is,
that it is Noah's Ark.
888
00:39:31,630 --> 00:39:32,587
- Is that Noah's Ark?
889
00:39:32,631 --> 00:39:33,893
No. What is it?
890
00:39:33,936 --> 00:39:37,418
It's the push-up in
the earth of Riolite.
891
00:39:37,462 --> 00:39:40,552
And that was established
by a geologist.
892
00:39:40,595 --> 00:39:41,814
- And, there have been people
893
00:39:41,857 --> 00:39:43,555
that have been up and
down Mount Ararat,
894
00:39:43,598 --> 00:39:45,208
and have come back,
and told lies.
895
00:39:45,252 --> 00:39:47,472
There have been movies filmed
896
00:39:47,515 --> 00:39:49,387
that have been
outright deception.
897
00:39:49,430 --> 00:39:52,215
Back in March, Noah's Ark
Ministries International,
898
00:39:52,259 --> 00:39:53,478
or NAMI,
899
00:39:53,521 --> 00:39:56,132
claimed to have found
and entered Noah's Ark.
900
00:39:56,176 --> 00:39:57,395
- I mean, they had film footage,
901
00:39:57,438 --> 00:39:59,788
and they were inside
the mountain, in a cave.
902
00:39:59,832 --> 00:40:02,051
And, they were knocking
on these wooden panels.
903
00:40:02,095 --> 00:40:04,097
So, Don was really
intrigued with this.
904
00:40:04,140 --> 00:40:05,403
"Is this real, is this genuine?
905
00:40:05,446 --> 00:40:06,447
"I must find out."
906
00:40:06,491 --> 00:40:09,232
So, that is the reason he went.
907
00:40:09,276 --> 00:40:10,843
- [Voiceover] Donald
Mackenzie was described
908
00:40:10,886 --> 00:40:12,801
as a Scottish Indian Jones,
909
00:40:12,845 --> 00:40:15,500
who had been to Turkey's
Mount Ararat many times,
910
00:40:15,543 --> 00:40:17,502
in search of proof
of Noah's Ark.
911
00:40:17,545 --> 00:40:19,678
But, in 2010, he
failed to return
912
00:40:19,721 --> 00:40:22,289
from a trip up the mountain.
913
00:40:22,332 --> 00:40:24,465
- Went with the intention of
914
00:40:24,509 --> 00:40:26,685
getting answers
to his questions,
915
00:40:26,728 --> 00:40:28,556
and then, he simply disappeared.
916
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:29,688
- Inside of a cave,
917
00:40:29,731 --> 00:40:31,559
they found the
remains of the ark.
918
00:40:31,603 --> 00:40:33,518
What's it doing in a cave?
919
00:40:33,561 --> 00:40:35,824
Noah didn't drive
the ark into a cave.
920
00:40:35,868 --> 00:40:37,522
- They build that stuff.
921
00:40:37,565 --> 00:40:39,262
They talked to people that said,
922
00:40:39,306 --> 00:40:42,091
"Yeah, they had us up there,
carpenters doing this,
923
00:40:42,135 --> 00:40:44,006
"They said this was
gonna be a Noah's Ark,
924
00:40:45,965 --> 00:40:47,575
for a film,
925
00:40:47,619 --> 00:40:48,620
a movie set."
926
00:40:48,663 --> 00:40:49,534
- "Oh, yes, yes, yes."
927
00:40:49,577 --> 00:40:50,796
"Everybody knew, yes, yes.
928
00:40:50,839 --> 00:40:52,580
"There were paid money
to carry the wood up
929
00:40:52,624 --> 00:40:53,538
"to the mountain,
930
00:40:53,581 --> 00:40:55,757
"and construct the false ark.
931
00:40:55,801 --> 00:40:57,672
"Yes, yes, oh yes."
932
00:40:57,716 --> 00:40:59,282
- I think it probably
got to the certain point
933
00:40:59,326 --> 00:41:02,024
to where they had so
much invested in it,
934
00:41:02,068 --> 00:41:04,636
that they couldn't admit that,
935
00:41:04,679 --> 00:41:06,681
eh, this could be a hoax.
936
00:41:06,725 --> 00:41:08,596
- If it's God's will
that I don't see
937
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:10,380
the answers to my questions,
938
00:41:10,424 --> 00:41:12,470
then I accept that.
939
00:41:12,513 --> 00:41:13,906
I must accept that.
940
00:41:15,690 --> 00:41:19,564
But we don't know what God's
will is for the future.
941
00:41:19,607 --> 00:41:23,176
So, we just continue seeking.
942
00:41:23,219 --> 00:41:25,700
- Here comes our
gear on the horses.
943
00:41:25,744 --> 00:41:27,833
Up to camp two, at 4200 meters.
944
00:41:27,876 --> 00:41:29,791
So, I'm getting out of the way.
945
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:32,751
Here goes the last horse.
946
00:41:34,753 --> 00:41:37,799
They are much more faster
947
00:41:39,018 --> 00:41:40,585
than we are.
948
00:41:40,628 --> 00:41:42,717
But the Kurds
949
00:41:42,761 --> 00:41:44,197
can keep up with them,
950
00:41:45,981 --> 00:41:47,679
at the horse's pace.
951
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:49,855
Plus they smoke.
952
00:41:51,770 --> 00:41:53,336
I don't know how they do it.
953
00:41:57,776 --> 00:42:01,040
No wonder they call
this Agri Dagh,
954
00:42:01,083 --> 00:42:03,433
The Painful Mountain.
955
00:42:03,477 --> 00:42:05,261
And, I can tell you,
956
00:42:05,305 --> 00:42:06,654
that it is.
957
00:42:09,614 --> 00:42:11,093
- At 4200 camp,
958
00:42:11,137 --> 00:42:14,096
it was almost like the
environment really changed.
959
00:42:16,577 --> 00:42:18,666
We went from rocky
slopes, and what have you,
960
00:42:18,710 --> 00:42:19,972
to really rocky.
961
00:42:23,976 --> 00:42:26,631
Not even hardly a level
place to put a tent.
962
00:42:30,417 --> 00:42:34,160
Like being on the surface of
a Star Trek moon, out there.
963
00:42:36,728 --> 00:42:38,773
It really felt like you
were on a different planet.
964
00:42:46,041 --> 00:42:48,609
I did have some fears
the first night.
965
00:42:49,654 --> 00:42:51,220
When we first got up
there, what happened?
966
00:42:51,264 --> 00:42:52,395
A guy had already fallen,
967
00:42:52,439 --> 00:42:54,354
and broken his
shoulder and his leg.
968
00:42:54,397 --> 00:42:57,618
- The Kurds around here
tend to yell a lot.
969
00:42:57,662 --> 00:43:00,621
But this was a
gut-wrenching scream.
970
00:43:00,665 --> 00:43:02,101
Several of them.
971
00:43:02,144 --> 00:43:06,018
- We got a guy who fell down
the ravine, on the snow.
972
00:43:06,061 --> 00:43:07,672
Looks like he's got a
compound break in his leg.
973
00:43:07,715 --> 00:43:08,934
We're back at camp,
974
00:43:08,977 --> 00:43:10,544
trying to find stuff
to make a stretcher.
975
00:43:10,588 --> 00:43:11,719
He's a big fella.
976
00:43:11,763 --> 00:43:12,633
We're gonna bring you
along for the ride.
977
00:43:12,677 --> 00:43:15,201
[man yelling]
978
00:43:15,244 --> 00:43:18,596
[yelling in a foreign language]
979
00:43:18,639 --> 00:43:20,859
- [Will] Gotta get to the
rock, It's most steady.
980
00:43:27,213 --> 00:43:28,344
- He's got it, he's a doctor.
981
00:43:41,793 --> 00:43:43,316
- [Jose] It's coming.
982
00:43:43,359 --> 00:43:44,534
Yeah,
983
00:43:44,578 --> 00:43:45,535
Okay?
984
00:43:45,579 --> 00:43:47,755
Just stay warm, are you warm?
985
00:43:47,799 --> 00:43:49,365
Okay.
986
00:43:49,409 --> 00:43:51,672
He was very uncomfortable
with his shoulder dislocated.
987
00:43:51,716 --> 00:43:52,847
I tried to set it.
988
00:43:52,891 --> 00:43:54,893
But shoulders are
very difficult to set.
989
00:43:54,936 --> 00:43:56,285
I tried once, I
told him, "no more",
990
00:43:56,329 --> 00:43:59,637
because it will just
991
00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:01,160
knock you out with pain.
992
00:44:01,203 --> 00:44:02,378
- So, what we're waiting for,
993
00:44:02,422 --> 00:44:04,554
is a military
helicopter to come.
994
00:44:04,598 --> 00:44:07,079
At the moment the
visibility is good,
995
00:44:07,122 --> 00:44:09,559
but in these conditions,
you never know
996
00:44:09,603 --> 00:44:11,170
when the helicopter arrives,
997
00:44:11,213 --> 00:44:13,215
it may cloud over, and
we'll have to wait.
998
00:44:13,259 --> 00:44:16,436
- A helicopter here is not
normally supposed to happen.
999
00:44:16,479 --> 00:44:19,700
Because, any one, of a
number of fighting factions,
1000
00:44:19,744 --> 00:44:20,919
could shoot it down.
1001
00:44:20,962 --> 00:44:22,877
- The weather just
started clouding up,
1002
00:44:22,921 --> 00:44:24,574
and there was zero viz.
1003
00:44:24,618 --> 00:44:27,795
So, after about an
hour of loiter time,
1004
00:44:27,839 --> 00:44:32,104
they decided that they'd have
to move the casualty down.
1005
00:44:32,147 --> 00:44:34,410
They were going towards 3200,
1006
00:44:34,454 --> 00:44:36,804
but there's another place
between here and 3200,
1007
00:44:36,848 --> 00:44:38,545
only about a quarter
of the way down,
1008
00:44:38,588 --> 00:44:40,590
and the helicopter was
able to land there.
1009
00:44:41,809 --> 00:44:42,941
- So, a big fella.
1010
00:44:42,984 --> 00:44:45,030
He had, not very good equipment.
1011
00:44:45,073 --> 00:44:45,944
He was alone.
1012
00:44:45,987 --> 00:44:47,554
- He did not have crampons on.
1013
00:44:47,597 --> 00:44:50,426
- Physically, not in
the best of conditions
1014
00:44:50,470 --> 00:44:51,950
to be doing something like this.
1015
00:44:51,993 --> 00:44:52,951
He must have lost his footing,
1016
00:44:52,994 --> 00:44:54,735
and it cost him.
1017
00:44:54,779 --> 00:44:59,697
[helicopter taking off]
1018
00:45:08,488 --> 00:45:11,491
- On the top of that mountain,
life slows down a lot.
1019
00:45:11,534 --> 00:45:13,536
You have time to think.
1020
00:45:13,580 --> 00:45:15,756
But, when you have that
time to really reflect,
1021
00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:17,802
and to chew on stuff,
1022
00:45:17,845 --> 00:45:20,065
and you run out of the
simple little decisions
1023
00:45:20,108 --> 00:45:21,544
that you have to
make in a busy life,
1024
00:45:21,588 --> 00:45:23,677
and all you are left
with is the big stuff,
1025
00:45:23,721 --> 00:45:26,811
you have the chance to,
kinda, explore that,
1026
00:45:26,854 --> 00:45:29,727
if not with others,
at least personally.
1027
00:45:31,511 --> 00:45:36,516
[thunder rolls]
1028
00:45:39,824 --> 00:45:43,131
[thunder claps]
1029
00:45:43,175 --> 00:45:47,527
[ice hitting the ground]
1030
00:45:48,876 --> 00:45:50,573
[horses neighing]
1031
00:46:16,730 --> 00:46:18,776
- Snowed last night.
1032
00:46:18,819 --> 00:46:23,519
It either blew off, or
started melting already.
1033
00:46:23,563 --> 00:46:25,347
It's very beautiful up here.
1034
00:46:25,391 --> 00:46:26,740
It was kind of windy last night,
1035
00:46:26,784 --> 00:46:28,394
but the wind has
died down, yet again.
1036
00:46:28,437 --> 00:46:29,699
Feeling good.
1037
00:46:29,743 --> 00:46:32,615
I think we're starting
to physically get ready
1038
00:46:32,659 --> 00:46:33,965
for the next part of the climb,
1039
00:46:34,008 --> 00:46:36,924
which is going up to the top.
1040
00:46:38,491 --> 00:46:40,362
- What is hopeful, is that
there is enough ice up there
1041
00:46:40,406 --> 00:46:43,148
to entomb
1042
00:46:43,191 --> 00:46:45,411
a vessel of quite some size.
1043
00:46:45,454 --> 00:46:47,326
I think that most
people would agree
1044
00:46:47,369 --> 00:46:48,849
that we could be dealing with
1045
00:46:48,893 --> 00:46:51,460
a hundred feet of ice,
or more, in some areas.
1046
00:46:52,592 --> 00:46:55,813
So, it could be saved
for all of perpetuity,
1047
00:46:55,856 --> 00:46:57,989
somewhere to have a woolly
mammoth would be saved,
1048
00:46:58,032 --> 00:47:01,557
after digging that up in
the Siberian wilderness.
1049
00:47:01,601 --> 00:47:03,124
So, that's the theory, at least.
1050
00:47:03,168 --> 00:47:04,778
- For remnant wood
to be preserved
1051
00:47:04,822 --> 00:47:06,824
for long amounts of time,
1052
00:47:06,867 --> 00:47:09,870
generally you need an
oxygen free environment.
1053
00:47:09,914 --> 00:47:11,959
You need that piece
of wood to be locked
1054
00:47:12,003 --> 00:47:14,744
or entombed in
sediments, like in a bog,
1055
00:47:14,788 --> 00:47:16,659
or underneath a lot
of marine sediments,
1056
00:47:16,703 --> 00:47:18,618
that is oxygen free.
1057
00:47:18,661 --> 00:47:20,663
Because when you have
oxygen in an environment,
1058
00:47:20,707 --> 00:47:22,796
you have fungi, and you
have bacteria, that,
1059
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:25,538
once that organism
dies, that tree dies,
1060
00:47:25,581 --> 00:47:27,757
bacteria and fungi
are gonna attack,
1061
00:47:27,801 --> 00:47:30,630
and start eating and
decomposing that piece of wood.
1062
00:47:30,673 --> 00:47:31,936
- What we don't know,
1063
00:47:31,979 --> 00:47:34,677
is how long the ark was
exposed to the elements
1064
00:47:34,721 --> 00:47:36,418
prior to being entombed in ice.
1065
00:47:36,462 --> 00:47:39,073
- If organic material, or
wood, or other features
1066
00:47:39,117 --> 00:47:40,422
was locked in the ice,
1067
00:47:40,466 --> 00:47:42,424
and remained cold and dry,
1068
00:47:42,468 --> 00:47:44,339
it would have the potential
to last very long.
1069
00:47:44,383 --> 00:47:46,341
- There's no reason
to think that wood
1070
00:47:46,385 --> 00:47:48,778
of any kind of density or size,
1071
00:47:48,822 --> 00:47:51,303
wouldn't be able to
survive, locked in ice
1072
00:47:51,346 --> 00:47:53,479
for 4,360 years.
1073
00:47:53,522 --> 00:47:56,264
I mean we have the frozen
mammoths in Siberia,
1074
00:47:56,308 --> 00:47:58,527
and if you believe
evolutionary time scales,
1075
00:47:58,571 --> 00:48:00,703
they've been there
for 25,000 years.
1076
00:48:00,747 --> 00:48:02,444
- I think the only
slam dunk that we have
1077
00:48:02,488 --> 00:48:05,012
is that we've just gotta
drill something up.
1078
00:48:05,056 --> 00:48:07,101
And it's gotta be wood.
1079
00:48:10,757 --> 00:48:13,542
- 1:00 breakfast,
2-2:30 departure?
1080
00:48:13,586 --> 00:48:15,370
- Yeah, 2:30, or so, departure.
1081
00:48:15,414 --> 00:48:16,632
That seems to usually work.
1082
00:48:16,676 --> 00:48:18,852
Now, my biggest concern is,
1083
00:48:18,896 --> 00:48:20,723
I'm not too worried about
what's happening up top,
1084
00:48:20,767 --> 00:48:22,682
but if you see a lot of
clouds come up from below,
1085
00:48:22,725 --> 00:48:24,336
that may cause us to delay.
1086
00:48:24,379 --> 00:48:26,599
But, if it's clear below,
1087
00:48:26,642 --> 00:48:27,687
but cloudy up top, I'm
not as worried about that.
1088
00:48:27,730 --> 00:48:28,688
'Cause it usually blows over.
1089
00:48:28,731 --> 00:48:30,603
But, if it's coming from below,
1090
00:48:31,647 --> 00:48:35,216
then that could be a less
than ideal day, to start.
1091
00:48:36,348 --> 00:48:40,178
- It's trending about
10 to 15 degrees colder
1092
00:48:40,221 --> 00:48:41,831
than I've ever seen it.
1093
00:48:41,875 --> 00:48:43,877
That little plaque up
there, that shiny thing,
1094
00:48:43,921 --> 00:48:45,139
that's actually a commemorative.
1095
00:48:45,183 --> 00:48:47,359
There was a Iranian
climber that disappeared
1096
00:48:47,402 --> 00:48:48,099
a couple years ago.
1097
00:48:48,142 --> 00:48:49,622
They never found him.
1098
00:48:49,665 --> 00:48:51,189
- Right before you make
your ascent up the mountain,
1099
00:48:51,232 --> 00:48:53,539
they have that plaque up there,
of all the people who died.
1100
00:48:53,582 --> 00:48:55,236
And that was terrifying for me.
1101
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:58,022
I was like, "Is my name
gonna be on that plaque?
1102
00:48:58,065 --> 00:49:00,502
"What am I doing here?"
1103
00:49:00,546 --> 00:49:02,678
Those kind of emotions
run through you.
1104
00:49:02,722 --> 00:49:04,637
And then the fact that you think
1105
00:49:04,680 --> 00:49:06,117
you may just die
from the Kurd food
1106
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:08,206
always crosses your mind.
1107
00:49:08,249 --> 00:49:13,254
[singing in a foreign language]
1108
00:49:17,693 --> 00:49:20,914
Basically, whatever they put
in front of me, I'd eat it.
1109
00:49:20,958 --> 00:49:22,655
Who knows what it was.
1110
00:49:22,698 --> 00:49:24,309
- It's gonna be
1111
00:49:24,352 --> 00:49:26,050
and adventure, I think,
for me, at least.
1112
00:49:26,093 --> 00:49:27,703
I've been eating, drinking well.
1113
00:49:30,228 --> 00:49:34,145
I think going up is gonna be
1114
00:49:34,188 --> 00:49:35,015
a whole lot different
1115
00:49:35,059 --> 00:49:36,364
at that altitude.
1116
00:49:36,408 --> 00:49:37,713
I'm not used to it.
1117
00:49:43,806 --> 00:49:46,853
- [Aaron] We got up about 1 a.m.
1118
00:49:46,896 --> 00:49:48,507
We packed up, had
a light breakfast
1119
00:49:48,550 --> 00:49:50,204
that the Kurds prepared for us.
1120
00:49:51,814 --> 00:49:55,905
And, about 3 a.m. we started
to make for the summit.
1121
00:49:57,168 --> 00:49:58,996
It's dark, it's cold,
1122
00:49:59,039 --> 00:50:00,780
you got your headlamps on.
1123
00:50:00,823 --> 00:50:02,564
You want to be back
in your sleeping bag.
1124
00:50:02,608 --> 00:50:05,219
You know you're gonna have to
climb this trail in the dark.
1125
00:50:05,263 --> 00:50:06,481
You can't see.
1126
00:50:06,525 --> 00:50:07,961
These steps are steep.
1127
00:50:08,005 --> 00:50:10,790
The journey from 14,000
feet, to nearly 17,000 feet,
1128
00:50:10,833 --> 00:50:13,575
this is the steepest
part of the climb.
1129
00:50:26,675 --> 00:50:29,548
Somewhere between
15,000 and 16,000 feet,
1130
00:50:29,591 --> 00:50:31,376
altitude hit me.
1131
00:50:31,419 --> 00:50:33,465
And I was really fatigued.
1132
00:50:36,120 --> 00:50:38,731
I was tired, I was slowing down.
1133
00:50:38,774 --> 00:50:41,864
I was getting nauseous, and
actually stopped to throw up.
1134
00:50:45,216 --> 00:50:47,044
My hands are completely numb.
1135
00:50:47,087 --> 00:50:48,523
- [Will] Cold or just tired?
1136
00:50:49,220 --> 00:50:50,134
Or both?
1137
00:50:50,177 --> 00:50:50,786
- I think the lack of oxygen.
1138
00:50:50,830 --> 00:50:52,092
- [Will] Yeah.
1139
00:50:54,399 --> 00:50:55,704
- [Bill] Look at the
mountain's shadow now.
1140
00:50:55,748 --> 00:50:58,664
- [Will] Oh, yeah,
that's gorgeous.
1141
00:50:59,491 --> 00:51:00,622
- [Aaron] It was about
six in the morning,
1142
00:51:00,666 --> 00:51:02,624
and the sun had just
started coming up,
1143
00:51:02,668 --> 00:51:03,843
and I turned around,
1144
00:51:03,886 --> 00:51:06,324
and I saw the shadow
of Ararat below me.
1145
00:51:06,367 --> 00:51:08,543
It really inspired me to say,
1146
00:51:08,587 --> 00:51:10,415
"Aaron, you can do this.
1147
00:51:10,458 --> 00:51:12,112
"Keep going.
1148
00:51:12,156 --> 00:51:14,636
"You just got a little
bit further to go.
1149
00:51:17,683 --> 00:51:19,250
We're up here at the
1150
00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:20,990
glacier,
1151
00:51:21,774 --> 00:51:23,384
putting on our crampons.
1152
00:51:24,211 --> 00:51:25,082
It was
1153
00:51:26,518 --> 00:51:29,434
a pretty miserable climb.
1154
00:51:29,477 --> 00:51:31,088
Got another hour
on the ice, here.
1155
00:51:34,047 --> 00:51:35,353
And, I'm freezing.
1156
00:51:42,664 --> 00:51:45,450
♪ God knows you
question your courage
1157
00:51:45,493 --> 00:51:48,366
♪ Some days I can't
walk for stumbling
1158
00:51:48,409 --> 00:51:51,369
♪ If we could only see
what we're becoming
1159
00:51:51,412 --> 00:51:53,806
[muffled by wind]
1160
00:51:53,849 --> 00:51:55,373
- [Will] Boys,
1161
00:51:55,416 --> 00:51:57,679
we're almost to the top
of the first false summit.
1162
00:51:57,723 --> 00:51:58,724
- [Aaron] I really thought about
1163
00:51:58,767 --> 00:52:00,552
turning around and going down.
1164
00:52:00,595 --> 00:52:03,381
I just thought, "I don't
know that I can do this."
1165
00:52:04,686 --> 00:52:08,212
- [Will] To the left are some
pretty serious crevasses.
1166
00:52:09,256 --> 00:52:11,824
We were warned by the
Kurds to stay right.
1167
00:52:13,521 --> 00:52:16,045
Apparently it's
pretty dangerous.
1168
00:52:16,829 --> 00:52:18,222
♪ When you feel it
1169
00:52:18,265 --> 00:52:19,527
♪ Once you see it
1170
00:52:19,571 --> 00:52:21,094
♪ And you breathe it
1171
00:52:21,138 --> 00:52:23,009
♪ It's unforgettable.
1172
00:52:23,052 --> 00:52:24,315
♪ When you know it
1173
00:52:24,358 --> 00:52:25,620
♪ Once you know it
1174
00:52:25,664 --> 00:52:27,144
♪ And you hold it
1175
00:52:27,187 --> 00:52:28,710
♪ It's unforgettable.
1176
00:52:34,107 --> 00:52:35,369
- [Will] Well, this is it.
1177
00:52:35,413 --> 00:52:37,893
♪ God knows you
question your courage
1178
00:52:37,937 --> 00:52:40,896
♪ Some days I can't
walk for stumbling
1179
00:52:40,940 --> 00:52:43,812
♪ If we could only see
what we're becoming
1180
00:52:46,250 --> 00:52:49,253
♪ So, keep on keeping on
1181
00:52:49,296 --> 00:52:52,169
♪ Keeping on
1182
00:52:52,212 --> 00:52:53,735
♪ And sing along
1183
00:52:53,779 --> 00:52:56,999
♪ Sing along, sing along
1184
00:52:57,043 --> 00:52:58,000
- It's my turn.
1185
00:52:58,697 --> 00:53:00,220
♪ To the dreamers
1186
00:53:00,264 --> 00:53:01,526
♪ Wide-eyed believers
1187
00:53:01,569 --> 00:53:04,746
♪ Hanging on to hope by a thread
1188
00:53:04,790 --> 00:53:05,965
♪ To the soulful
1189
00:53:06,008 --> 00:53:07,967
♪ Heart open and hopeful
1190
00:53:08,620 --> 00:53:09,664
- This is it.
1191
00:53:09,708 --> 00:53:10,752
It's once in a lifetime.
1192
00:53:10,796 --> 00:53:12,232
♪ When you feel it
1193
00:53:12,276 --> 00:53:13,755
♪ Once you see it
1194
00:53:13,799 --> 00:53:15,104
♪ And you breathe it
1195
00:53:15,148 --> 00:53:16,889
♪ It's unforgettable.
1196
00:53:16,932 --> 00:53:18,195
♪ When you know it
1197
00:53:18,238 --> 00:53:19,544
♪ Once you know it
1198
00:53:19,587 --> 00:53:21,154
♪ And you hold it
1199
00:53:21,198 --> 00:53:22,764
♪ It's unforgettable.
1200
00:53:22,808 --> 00:53:24,375
♪ When you feel it
1201
00:53:24,418 --> 00:53:25,680
♪ Once you see it
1202
00:53:25,724 --> 00:53:27,116
♪ And you breathe it
1203
00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:28,596
♪ It's unforgettable.
1204
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:31,077
[whooping]
1205
00:53:31,904 --> 00:53:33,079
- We're at the summit!
1206
00:53:33,122 --> 00:53:35,037
I never though I'd make it.
1207
00:53:35,081 --> 00:53:38,345
I have to give credit to
Bill and Will for pushing me.
1208
00:53:38,389 --> 00:53:39,607
I think the last
1209
00:53:41,609 --> 00:53:42,697
part of it was mental.
1210
00:53:45,091 --> 00:53:46,223
I just wasn't
1211
00:53:47,485 --> 00:53:50,662
really mentally
prepared to push myself.
1212
00:53:50,705 --> 00:53:52,751
to the summit, but,
1213
00:53:52,794 --> 00:53:55,406
I made it, and I'm
really glad I did.
1214
00:53:55,449 --> 00:53:56,842
- Once you summit,
1215
00:53:56,885 --> 00:53:58,974
and you realize that you've
actually accomplished
1216
00:53:59,018 --> 00:54:01,586
something that is
very hard to do,
1217
00:54:01,629 --> 00:54:03,370
it stirs the soul.
1218
00:54:03,414 --> 00:54:04,893
And I was stirred.
1219
00:54:04,937 --> 00:54:07,200
- This is a place that very
few people have ever been.
1220
00:54:08,114 --> 00:54:11,596
This is a place where
civilization started again.
1221
00:54:12,466 --> 00:54:14,860
And, it was, you know,
1222
00:54:14,903 --> 00:54:16,644
just chills were all over me.
1223
00:54:16,688 --> 00:54:18,559
- I couldn't say a
word, I was like,
1224
00:54:18,603 --> 00:54:20,039
"I'm really here.
1225
00:54:20,082 --> 00:54:21,780
"This is awesome".
1226
00:54:21,823 --> 00:54:23,303
♪ And you breathe it
1227
00:54:23,347 --> 00:54:24,522
♪ It's unforgettable
1228
00:54:24,565 --> 00:54:26,175
♪ When you know it
1229
00:54:26,219 --> 00:54:27,525
♪ Once you know it
1230
00:54:27,568 --> 00:54:29,004
♪ And you hold it
1231
00:54:29,048 --> 00:54:30,658
♪ It's unforgettable.
1232
00:54:31,529 --> 00:54:34,140
- The ark has a very,
very strong pull to it.
1233
00:54:34,183 --> 00:54:36,577
I think, if one is not careful,
it can become an obsession.
1234
00:54:36,621 --> 00:54:39,450
- Part of you wants
to fold the dream up,
1235
00:54:39,493 --> 00:54:42,453
just put it away, and think,
"Why am I wasting my time?"
1236
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:44,498
But there's still a part of you,
1237
00:54:44,542 --> 00:54:46,892
that's always looking
for this sliver of hope.
1238
00:54:46,935 --> 00:54:48,154
- [sighs]
1239
00:54:48,197 --> 00:54:51,723
Well, we look for
more information,
1240
00:54:52,811 --> 00:54:55,379
and we take the leads
that we're given,
1241
00:54:56,554 --> 00:54:57,729
and we work with them.
1242
00:54:57,772 --> 00:55:00,558
- I'm not religious,
and that sense that
1243
00:55:00,601 --> 00:55:04,562
I'm gonna have my emotions
put me somewhere there,
1244
00:55:04,605 --> 00:55:08,130
I do it strictly
technical and scientific.
1245
00:55:08,740 --> 00:55:10,219
And, if I say there's
something there,
1246
00:55:10,263 --> 00:55:11,612
it's there.
1247
00:55:11,656 --> 00:55:13,135
Period.
1248
00:55:14,311 --> 00:55:17,357
- Based on the GPS coordinates
given to us by Mr X
1249
00:55:17,401 --> 00:55:19,707
in 2009, and then in 2010,
1250
00:55:19,751 --> 00:55:21,361
what we did, was
we set up a grid,
1251
00:55:21,405 --> 00:55:24,930
and started surveying with
the ground penetrating radar.
1252
00:55:24,973 --> 00:55:27,498
Knowing this is in ice
area, in a locked glacier,
1253
00:55:27,541 --> 00:55:31,893
we concluded GPR was the
go-to investigation tool.
1254
00:55:31,937 --> 00:55:34,200
What ground
penetrating radar does,
1255
00:55:34,243 --> 00:55:36,811
it sends continuous bursts
of short wave length
1256
00:55:36,855 --> 00:55:39,292
electromagnetic energy
into the ground.
1257
00:55:39,336 --> 00:55:41,555
It basically penetrates the ice,
1258
00:55:41,599 --> 00:55:44,123
and when it bounces off
something that's either harder,
1259
00:55:44,166 --> 00:55:45,167
or of a different material,
1260
00:55:45,211 --> 00:55:46,517
it will reflect.
1261
00:55:47,344 --> 00:55:48,780
This is the bedrock, down here.
1262
00:55:48,823 --> 00:55:51,130
This is the ice, up in here.
1263
00:55:51,173 --> 00:55:53,350
And, as you see,
this green circles
1264
00:55:53,393 --> 00:55:56,483
around a very unique-looking
straight line,
1265
00:55:56,527 --> 00:56:00,182
that's at an angle of
approximately 30 degrees
1266
00:56:00,226 --> 00:56:01,619
to the horizontal.
1267
00:56:01,662 --> 00:56:03,360
These two anomalies
were symmetric,
1268
00:56:03,403 --> 00:56:05,187
in other words, almost
like they would be,
1269
00:56:05,231 --> 00:56:07,233
this shape in the ice.
1270
00:56:09,714 --> 00:56:13,326
So, the results of
2010 were promising.
1271
00:56:16,285 --> 00:56:19,114
In 2011 we did
all the red lines.
1272
00:56:19,158 --> 00:56:20,638
This data we collected
in order to get
1273
00:56:20,681 --> 00:56:23,510
more of a three dimensional
diagram of what was there.
1274
00:56:23,554 --> 00:56:25,556
The bedrock is gonna be blue.
1275
00:56:25,599 --> 00:56:27,558
This is all filled
with ice above it,
1276
00:56:27,601 --> 00:56:29,603
where the grey is.
1277
00:56:29,647 --> 00:56:32,258
And then, the pink things
are basically the anomalies
1278
00:56:32,301 --> 00:56:33,520
that are in the ice, itself.
1279
00:56:33,564 --> 00:56:35,566
If you take three
dimensional data,
1280
00:56:35,609 --> 00:56:37,350
you get a little bit better idea
1281
00:56:37,394 --> 00:56:40,527
of how that would
look in reality.
1282
00:56:40,571 --> 00:56:42,529
- I felt like we had a fairly
1283
00:56:42,573 --> 00:56:44,792
strong expedition in 2011.
1284
00:56:46,054 --> 00:56:47,621
We had good support
from the Kurdistine.
1285
00:56:47,665 --> 00:56:50,058
We had the ground
penetrating radar,
1286
00:56:50,102 --> 00:56:51,756
and we were prepared to dig,
1287
00:56:51,799 --> 00:56:54,323
and made an attempt at
one of the dig locations
1288
00:56:54,367 --> 00:56:57,501
that we were told, "This
is where you need to go".
1289
00:56:57,544 --> 00:56:59,590
We spent another 10
days trying to dig down
1290
00:56:59,633 --> 00:57:01,113
to this location,
1291
00:57:01,156 --> 00:57:02,897
but we were inexperienced
in how to make that happen.
1292
00:57:02,941 --> 00:57:05,465
So, we didn't have the right
kind of hoists, and so forth,
1293
00:57:05,509 --> 00:57:06,727
to help us in the process,
1294
00:57:06,771 --> 00:57:08,512
and so we failed,
during our permit time,
1295
00:57:08,555 --> 00:57:10,992
to get down deep, to where
we thought we needed to be.
1296
00:57:11,036 --> 00:57:13,604
- We would go back and
talk to Mr. X, and say,
1297
00:57:13,647 --> 00:57:14,779
"Okay, where were we?
1298
00:57:14,822 --> 00:57:16,389
"Were we close, were we not?"
1299
00:57:16,433 --> 00:57:19,392
In this 2011 work, he said
"You're right next to it".
1300
00:57:19,436 --> 00:57:21,612
- 2012 we came back,
more prepared than ever.
1301
00:57:22,613 --> 00:57:24,223
We had a great plan.
1302
00:57:24,266 --> 00:57:26,704
Assembled, I think,
a rock star team.
1303
00:57:26,747 --> 00:57:28,923
- 2012, we found more anomalies,
1304
00:57:28,967 --> 00:57:31,709
in this case, because we did
three dimensional techniques,
1305
00:57:31,752 --> 00:57:34,625
it was easier to take slices,
1306
00:57:34,668 --> 00:57:36,496
both horizontally
and vertically,
1307
00:57:36,540 --> 00:57:38,455
so we could see
more information.
1308
00:57:38,498 --> 00:57:41,066
I was looking, initially,
at these red zones,
1309
00:57:41,109 --> 00:57:43,677
as being the areas
to go concentrate on.
1310
00:57:43,721 --> 00:57:47,594
And, we see this, sort of,
red and yellow square area,
1311
00:57:47,638 --> 00:57:48,856
and we're thinking
that is interesting,
1312
00:57:48,900 --> 00:57:51,206
because it keeps showing up
1313
00:57:51,250 --> 00:57:54,514
at the 30 to 40 foot range.
1314
00:57:54,558 --> 00:57:56,037
And we say,
1315
00:57:56,081 --> 00:57:57,125
"Okay, we have satellite
imagery saying it's there.
1316
00:57:57,169 --> 00:57:58,300
"We have an anomaly there.
1317
00:57:58,344 --> 00:57:59,737
"we have all this information."
1318
00:57:59,780 --> 00:58:01,434
So, we're thinking
that's probably
1319
00:58:01,478 --> 00:58:03,001
the best place to excavate.
1320
00:58:03,044 --> 00:58:04,219
- Anomaly here, here, and here,
1321
00:58:04,263 --> 00:58:05,525
at the depths that
the satellite said.
1322
00:58:05,569 --> 00:58:08,006
We've got two for two
confirmations, so far.
1323
00:58:08,049 --> 00:58:10,878
Let's go ahead and
drill for the first one,
1324
00:58:10,922 --> 00:58:12,663
the closest one to the surface.
1325
00:58:12,706 --> 00:58:13,881
So, we get the drill out,
1326
00:58:13,925 --> 00:58:15,492
and we start going down,
1327
00:58:15,535 --> 00:58:17,450
and right at the
32 foot mark, we --
1328
00:58:17,494 --> 00:58:18,669
[imitates drill
hitting something]
1329
00:58:18,712 --> 00:58:19,626
I'm on one side of
the drill, we felt it,
1330
00:58:19,670 --> 00:58:20,888
and we hit something hard.
1331
00:58:20,932 --> 00:58:23,543
- And then, John Bryant
came down, and said,
1332
00:58:23,587 --> 00:58:25,023
"Okay, hold.
1333
00:58:25,066 --> 00:58:26,503
"We think we're at it.
1334
00:58:26,546 --> 00:58:28,330
"All you gotta do is
take a dig team up there,
1335
00:58:28,374 --> 00:58:30,768
"and put the tent
over the drill bit,
1336
00:58:30,811 --> 00:58:32,987
"and you guys will work
your way down to it.
1337
00:58:33,031 --> 00:58:34,467
"You'll find it 34 meters down."
1338
00:58:34,511 --> 00:58:35,686
- We got a team
of Kurds cutting,
1339
00:58:35,729 --> 00:58:37,165
we got a team of
Americans cutting.
1340
00:58:37,209 --> 00:58:39,124
We're switching because
communication is important
1341
00:58:39,167 --> 00:58:40,560
with chainsaws in small spaces.
1342
00:58:40,604 --> 00:58:43,563
- So, for ten days, we
chopped away at this.
1343
00:58:43,607 --> 00:58:46,958
Taking this thing apart, one
core drill bit at a time,
1344
00:58:47,001 --> 00:58:48,568
which is very to meter long.
1345
00:58:48,612 --> 00:58:50,570
- So the hole is growing,
1346
00:58:50,614 --> 00:58:52,224
because we were going
one meter a day,
1347
00:58:52,267 --> 00:58:54,400
which is the length
of each auger bit.
1348
00:58:54,443 --> 00:58:56,445
So, taking off a meter is
like our victory trophy.
1349
00:58:56,489 --> 00:58:57,577
We have achieved our goal.
1350
00:58:57,621 --> 00:58:59,100
- Randall Price was with us,
1351
00:58:59,144 --> 00:59:01,276
and we were doing core
samples out of this
1352
00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:03,235
eight foot by eight foot hole.
1353
00:59:03,278 --> 00:59:05,716
- With every meter, we
got more and more excited.
1354
00:59:05,759 --> 00:59:07,369
- Hopes were just really high.
1355
00:59:07,413 --> 00:59:09,241
We knew all we have to do
was get down to this object.
1356
00:59:09,284 --> 00:59:10,721
- [Will] We knew we
were on the brink of,
1357
00:59:10,764 --> 00:59:14,681
what could be, the greatest
archaeology discovery so far,
1358
00:59:14,725 --> 00:59:16,161
or of all time, for that matter.
1359
00:59:16,204 --> 00:59:18,293
- [Holt] So, we decided,
since the sun was going down,
1360
00:59:18,337 --> 00:59:19,556
let's wait 'til tomorrow,
1361
00:59:19,599 --> 00:59:20,774
it'll be better for the cameras.
1362
00:59:20,818 --> 00:59:22,776
Let's just make this
big reveal tomorrow.
1363
00:59:22,820 --> 00:59:24,256
I remember going
to bed that night,
1364
00:59:24,299 --> 00:59:27,215
and just laying in the
tent, and just thinking
1365
00:59:27,259 --> 00:59:29,609
how this is gonna
change my life,
1366
00:59:29,653 --> 00:59:33,744
and change, really,
so many things.
1367
00:59:33,787 --> 00:59:36,398
- And, the night
before, thinking, "This
is gonna be great!"
1368
00:59:36,442 --> 00:59:37,617
- The next morning, we got up.
1369
00:59:37,661 --> 00:59:39,097
We all went over
to the meal tent,
1370
00:59:39,140 --> 00:59:40,098
just pumped up,
1371
00:59:40,141 --> 00:59:42,187
patting each other on the back.
1372
00:59:42,230 --> 00:59:43,884
Talking abut this great moment
1373
00:59:43,928 --> 00:59:45,538
that we were gonna be a part of.
1374
00:59:45,582 --> 00:59:46,844
So, I got down
into the hole and,
1375
00:59:46,887 --> 00:59:49,629
cut away the last meter.
1376
00:59:49,673 --> 00:59:53,372
And, just as we were working
that last block out --
1377
00:59:53,415 --> 00:59:54,939
- The last auger, with
the bit on the end,
1378
00:59:54,982 --> 00:59:55,853
fell over.
1379
00:59:55,896 --> 00:59:58,769
- Just fell over, on the ice.
1380
00:59:58,812 --> 01:00:00,640
- But, it's supposed to be
stuck into something, right?
1381
01:00:00,684 --> 01:00:03,251
I was on the drill, I
remember feeling it.
1382
01:00:03,295 --> 01:00:04,818
We all looked at each other,
like "Nothing happened".
1383
01:00:04,862 --> 01:00:05,732
Oh!
1384
01:00:07,168 --> 01:00:08,648
What now?
1385
01:00:08,692 --> 01:00:10,171
- I remember picking it
up, and looking inside it,
1386
01:00:10,215 --> 01:00:13,087
and it was chock full of ice.
1387
01:00:13,131 --> 01:00:17,048
And, just, disappointment,
just, all over me.
1388
01:00:17,091 --> 01:00:19,616
I wanted just to set it
back down in the hole again.
1389
01:00:19,659 --> 01:00:22,314
I didn't wanna be a
part of this bad moment,
1390
01:00:22,357 --> 01:00:24,359
where, of course,
everybody's wondering
1391
01:00:24,403 --> 01:00:25,970
what is going on.
1392
01:00:27,754 --> 01:00:29,147
We didn't really say much,
1393
01:00:29,190 --> 01:00:30,278
we just set it over to
the side, and we thought,
1394
01:00:30,322 --> 01:00:32,498
well maybe we were
off, obviously,
1395
01:00:32,541 --> 01:00:34,718
that's not stuck
in the object but,
1396
01:00:34,761 --> 01:00:37,111
ground penetrating radar seems
to think it's this far deep,
1397
01:00:37,155 --> 01:00:38,722
so maybe we're just
off a couple feet,
1398
01:00:38,765 --> 01:00:41,028
so we dug another
couple layers out.
1399
01:00:41,072 --> 01:00:43,596
- We dug down past it, and
there was nothing there.
1400
01:00:43,640 --> 01:00:46,207
- Then we had them drop the
drill bits down into the hole.
1401
01:00:46,251 --> 01:00:48,601
We began to just punch holes
1402
01:00:48,645 --> 01:00:50,124
all around the bottom,
1403
01:00:50,168 --> 01:00:52,344
just thinking, "Maybe
we'll pull up something."
1404
01:00:52,387 --> 01:00:53,911
- I remember drilling
five meters --
1405
01:00:55,042 --> 01:00:56,609
Three meters?
1406
01:00:56,653 --> 01:00:58,611
I know there were meters in
every possible direction.
1407
01:00:58,655 --> 01:01:00,569
- Nothing, nothing,
nothing, nothing.
1408
01:01:00,613 --> 01:01:02,963
- Everybody's heart
just plummeted.
1409
01:01:03,007 --> 01:01:04,704
We went from the night before,
1410
01:01:04,748 --> 01:01:06,532
giving testimonies on how
we really felt the Lord
1411
01:01:06,575 --> 01:01:07,707
directing us all here,
1412
01:01:07,751 --> 01:01:08,839
and how everything
had gone so well,
1413
01:01:08,882 --> 01:01:10,536
and this was the biggest
expedition to date.
1414
01:01:10,579 --> 01:01:13,060
And we had all the right
people, and the right equipment.
1415
01:01:13,104 --> 01:01:14,496
It had gone so well.
1416
01:01:14,540 --> 01:01:17,674
- From being, what I
thought, just hours before,
1417
01:01:17,717 --> 01:01:21,678
was gonna be just a big
highlight of my life,
1418
01:01:21,721 --> 01:01:23,027
to this huge disappointment.
1419
01:01:23,070 --> 01:01:24,593
In this case, three years prior
1420
01:01:24,637 --> 01:01:26,595
of freezing cold temperatures,
1421
01:01:26,639 --> 01:01:29,163
unbelievable
weather, devastation,
1422
01:01:29,207 --> 01:01:30,730
people being hurt.
1423
01:01:30,774 --> 01:01:32,514
And, you're so ready,
1424
01:01:32,558 --> 01:01:34,995
and it just, it wasn't there.
1425
01:01:35,039 --> 01:01:36,127
- We got full grown men crying.
1426
01:01:36,170 --> 01:01:37,432
They've staked a lot,
1427
01:01:37,476 --> 01:01:41,001
emotionally, in their
fields of study.
1428
01:01:41,045 --> 01:01:42,046
- I climbed out of the hole,
1429
01:01:42,089 --> 01:01:43,700
I grabbed my pack,
1430
01:01:43,743 --> 01:01:45,266
and I just walked down
the mountain that day.
1431
01:01:45,310 --> 01:01:47,573
- Had it been there,
we would have found it,
1432
01:01:47,616 --> 01:01:48,617
but it wasn't.
1433
01:01:48,661 --> 01:01:49,967
And that led to an emotional --
1434
01:01:50,010 --> 01:01:50,794
[imitates crashing sound]
1435
01:01:50,837 --> 01:01:52,665
and down they went.
1436
01:01:52,709 --> 01:01:54,885
And, after we cleaned
things up, down we went.
1437
01:01:54,928 --> 01:01:56,538
- We're not done yet.
1438
01:01:56,582 --> 01:01:58,105
We're just taking
a bit of a break.
1439
01:02:06,897 --> 01:02:08,072
- I'm excited.
1440
01:02:08,115 --> 01:02:10,727
This new, special ground
penetrating radar,
1441
01:02:10,770 --> 01:02:14,382
that is supposed to
be specific for ice.
1442
01:02:14,426 --> 01:02:15,732
- [Holt] We're gonna put all
the lessons we've learned,
1443
01:02:15,775 --> 01:02:17,168
from these five years,
1444
01:02:17,211 --> 01:02:19,431
be more prepared,
better technology.
1445
01:02:19,474 --> 01:02:21,694
We have, basically,
secret GPS coordinates,
1446
01:02:21,738 --> 01:02:22,695
- Just downloaded the GPS data,
1447
01:02:22,739 --> 01:02:23,957
that's a good sign.
1448
01:02:24,001 --> 01:02:25,829
- We're gonna finally
hit, what we have missed
1449
01:02:25,872 --> 01:02:26,830
in previous years.
1450
01:02:26,873 --> 01:02:28,048
- This excites me.
1451
01:02:28,092 --> 01:02:30,311
We've built special
drills, this year.
1452
01:02:30,355 --> 01:02:33,097
And special corers to be
able to pull this stuff out.
1453
01:02:33,140 --> 01:02:35,447
[drilling]
1454
01:02:35,490 --> 01:02:36,535
I know how to drill.
1455
01:02:36,578 --> 01:02:38,015
My people know how to drill.
1456
01:02:38,058 --> 01:02:39,799
I want to find organic matter.
1457
01:02:39,843 --> 01:02:41,583
- Every year that I go up
to the Eastern Plateau,
1458
01:02:41,627 --> 01:02:44,673
I walk down Shok-mok Peak, and
look down at the Ahora Gorge,
1459
01:02:44,717 --> 01:02:46,458
and think, "This is
where you need to go".
1460
01:02:46,501 --> 01:02:49,113
You never feel like you've
finished the ark search,
1461
01:02:49,156 --> 01:02:51,245
if you don't get down
into the Ahora Gorge.
1462
01:02:51,289 --> 01:02:52,464
We've never had the
kind of permissions
1463
01:02:52,507 --> 01:02:53,944
that we've had,
to get this close.
1464
01:02:53,987 --> 01:02:56,642
- This year we
will either prove,
1465
01:02:56,685 --> 01:03:00,951
the "Yes, it is here",
or "No, it is not".
1466
01:03:02,387 --> 01:03:03,780
- Good morning from high camp.
1467
01:03:03,823 --> 01:03:05,564
It's about 5:45 in the morning.
1468
01:03:05,607 --> 01:03:06,652
On our first full day, here.
1469
01:03:06,695 --> 01:03:09,046
We slept pretty
well, last night.
1470
01:03:09,089 --> 01:03:10,743
We were able to put in a well,
1471
01:03:10,787 --> 01:03:14,138
and get the chainsaw, generator,
1472
01:03:14,181 --> 01:03:16,401
and several other things
started yesterday.
1473
01:03:16,444 --> 01:03:18,533
This morning, we're gonna try
and set up the big gear tent.
1474
01:03:18,577 --> 01:03:20,622
The wind is
1475
01:03:20,666 --> 01:03:22,450
not at all, which
is quite unusual,
1476
01:03:22,494 --> 01:03:23,843
so we want to take
advantage of that,
1477
01:03:23,887 --> 01:03:26,367
just to get somewhere
to have the equipment,
1478
01:03:26,411 --> 01:03:27,542
and a kitchen, and
get out of the wind,
1479
01:03:27,586 --> 01:03:29,370
when it starts back up again.
1480
01:03:29,414 --> 01:03:30,894
Looks like it's gonna
be a beautiful morning.
1481
01:03:30,937 --> 01:03:32,069
See you out there.
1482
01:03:33,592 --> 01:03:34,636
Right here?
1483
01:03:34,680 --> 01:03:36,203
I think that sounds good.
1484
01:03:47,388 --> 01:03:51,610
- We've organized most of
the expedition's equipment,
1485
01:03:51,653 --> 01:03:53,438
and, this afternoon,
after lunch,
1486
01:03:53,481 --> 01:03:54,569
which we're about to head up to,
1487
01:03:54,613 --> 01:03:55,832
we hope to start drilling.
1488
01:03:55,875 --> 01:03:57,398
Here we go.
1489
01:03:57,921 --> 01:03:59,792
- [Bill] We won't be doing
that for about an hour.
1490
01:03:59,836 --> 01:04:01,663
Let's see, it's now 12:10.
1491
01:04:04,318 --> 01:04:05,885
- This will be the
real practical part
of the dissertation.
1492
01:04:05,929 --> 01:04:07,452
- Yep.
1493
01:04:07,495 --> 01:04:09,758
Let's see, it's now 12:10,
1494
01:04:09,802 --> 01:04:10,977
probably about 1:00 sir.
1495
01:04:11,021 --> 01:04:12,413
The would be the
time to get ready.
1496
01:04:12,457 --> 01:04:13,893
- A lot of people
were on the mountain
1497
01:04:13,937 --> 01:04:14,981
for different reasons,
1498
01:04:15,025 --> 01:04:16,635
my reason to be on the mountain,
1499
01:04:16,678 --> 01:04:19,072
was I wanted my
portion of it to be
1500
01:04:19,116 --> 01:04:21,814
as scientifically
accurate as possible,
1501
01:04:21,858 --> 01:04:23,729
so that when the
scientific community
1502
01:04:23,772 --> 01:04:25,426
looked at our expedition,
1503
01:04:25,470 --> 01:04:28,516
they could say this
was done according to
1504
01:04:28,560 --> 01:04:30,736
good science, and
not junk science.
1505
01:04:30,779 --> 01:04:33,260
Drill and hit wood.
1506
01:04:33,304 --> 01:04:35,523
That's what we're
gonna do today.
1507
01:04:35,567 --> 01:04:37,743
Speak it into existence,
that's what I always say.
1508
01:04:37,786 --> 01:04:38,744
- Okay.
1509
01:04:40,833 --> 01:04:43,575
- If the ark is truly intact,
1510
01:04:43,618 --> 01:04:46,012
it'll be approximately
45 foot high.
1511
01:04:46,056 --> 01:04:48,710
- [Voiceover] "The ark
is to be 30 cubits high,
1512
01:04:48,754 --> 01:04:52,236
"300 cubits long,
and 50 cubits wide."
1513
01:04:52,279 --> 01:04:53,759
- What is a cubit?
1514
01:04:53,802 --> 01:04:56,544
A cubit, historically,
has been recognized,
1515
01:04:56,588 --> 01:04:58,938
generally, as the
length from the elbow,
1516
01:04:58,982 --> 01:05:02,724
to the end of the index finger
of the reigning monarch.
1517
01:05:02,768 --> 01:05:04,683
We've averaged the
historical values,
1518
01:05:04,726 --> 01:05:08,600
and come up with 20.5
inches for a cubit.
1519
01:05:08,643 --> 01:05:10,863
Which means that
the original ark
1520
01:05:10,907 --> 01:05:12,691
was 500 feet long,
1521
01:05:12,734 --> 01:05:16,477
86 feet wide, 52 feet high.
1522
01:05:18,131 --> 01:05:19,698
God said to Noah,
1523
01:05:19,741 --> 01:05:22,092
"Rooms are to be
placed in the ark".
1524
01:05:22,135 --> 01:05:23,658
There would be three levels.
1525
01:05:23,702 --> 01:05:26,357
Bulkheads were a vital
part of the structure,
1526
01:05:26,400 --> 01:05:28,359
these room dividers,
1527
01:05:28,402 --> 01:05:32,232
which encompass the
dimension and the hull,
1528
01:05:32,276 --> 01:05:34,365
and some of the floor levels.
1529
01:05:34,408 --> 01:05:37,150
And that gives it a
superior structure.
1530
01:05:37,194 --> 01:05:39,413
- "And build under our eyes,
1531
01:05:39,457 --> 01:05:41,589
"and according to
our inspiration,
1532
01:05:41,633 --> 01:05:44,941
"the ark that shall save thee,
and those who follow thee.
1533
01:05:44,984 --> 01:05:47,117
"And do not appeal to
me on behalf of those
1534
01:05:47,160 --> 01:05:48,901
"who are bent on evil doing.
1535
01:05:48,945 --> 01:05:52,209
"For, behold, they are
destined to be drowned."
1536
01:05:54,167 --> 01:05:58,737
[wind blowing]
1537
01:06:01,827 --> 01:06:05,744
[chainsaw running]
1538
01:06:06,875 --> 01:06:09,400
- The guys are gonna start
drilling, Bill, Will, to Bruce.
1539
01:06:09,443 --> 01:06:13,012
And, Jose and I are gonna
start completing this grade,
1540
01:06:13,056 --> 01:06:14,927
and make sure this
is all in alignment.
1541
01:06:14,971 --> 01:06:17,060
We're just gonna hit
all though this area,
1542
01:06:17,103 --> 01:06:19,714
and see what we can
come up with today.
1543
01:06:19,758 --> 01:06:21,325
But, we got a good
work day today,
1544
01:06:21,368 --> 01:06:23,675
we're gonna take
advantage of it.
1545
01:06:23,718 --> 01:06:26,025
- Howdy friends from the U.S.A.
1546
01:06:26,069 --> 01:06:29,115
We've come to drill
with Bill and Will.
1547
01:06:29,159 --> 01:06:29,768
Woohoo!
1548
01:06:29,811 --> 01:06:33,728
[intense drums]
1549
01:06:43,869 --> 01:06:45,566
- [Will] Got it.
- [Bill] Lock it.
1550
01:06:45,610 --> 01:06:49,353
[mumbling]
1551
01:06:53,574 --> 01:06:58,710
[drilling]
1552
01:07:11,462 --> 01:07:13,246
- The first thing you
gonna hit on Noah's Ark
1553
01:07:13,290 --> 01:07:14,813
is not gonna be wood.
1554
01:07:16,728 --> 01:07:18,860
It's gonna bituminous materials.
1555
01:07:21,124 --> 01:07:23,561
Bituminous, meaning
something black and gooey.
1556
01:07:24,736 --> 01:07:26,520
An oil based product.
1557
01:07:27,652 --> 01:07:29,088
The Bible's clear,
1558
01:07:29,132 --> 01:07:32,657
inside and out of Noah's
Ark was covered in pitch.
1559
01:07:37,749 --> 01:07:38,750
So, it'd probably
gonna be something
1560
01:07:38,793 --> 01:07:40,621
that's ingrained in the wood,
1561
01:07:40,665 --> 01:07:43,450
and so if you hit it,
1562
01:07:43,494 --> 01:07:45,278
it should show you some.
1563
01:07:57,595 --> 01:07:58,726
What I had decided to do,
1564
01:07:58,770 --> 01:08:00,989
is everything that
came out of the hole,
1565
01:08:01,033 --> 01:08:04,123
I was gonna put it
in a pan, heat it up,
1566
01:08:04,167 --> 01:08:06,082
and see if any of it melted.
1567
01:08:15,003 --> 01:08:17,005
All bituminous materials
1568
01:08:17,049 --> 01:08:18,572
are temperature susceptible,
1569
01:08:18,616 --> 01:08:21,445
meaning, at a very low
range, they'll melt,
1570
01:08:21,488 --> 01:08:23,664
or they'll become gooey.
1571
01:08:23,708 --> 01:08:25,449
Well, the foil is melting.
1572
01:08:27,103 --> 01:08:28,800
Looks like all rocks.
1573
01:08:32,847 --> 01:08:34,066
We did a quick field test,
1574
01:08:34,110 --> 01:08:35,894
just to verify, to make
sure that we weren't
1575
01:08:35,937 --> 01:08:37,678
looking at something
than just bedrock.
1576
01:08:37,722 --> 01:08:38,940
- So, it's just gravel.
1577
01:08:38,984 --> 01:08:41,117
- This was verification that
1578
01:08:41,160 --> 01:08:43,119
where we were last
year, is, in fact,
1579
01:08:43,162 --> 01:08:44,294
not where we wanna be.
1580
01:08:44,337 --> 01:08:45,773
- Now, we're moving
on th the next spot.
1581
01:08:45,817 --> 01:08:48,733
And, we'll keep doing
that, until time runs out,
1582
01:08:48,776 --> 01:08:50,735
and Lord willing, we'll find it
1583
01:08:50,778 --> 01:08:52,389
before our time runs out.
1584
01:08:52,432 --> 01:08:56,132
[chopping]
1585
01:09:05,271 --> 01:09:07,621
- Today is August 14,
1586
01:09:07,665 --> 01:09:10,755
and hopefully it's a day that
will be remembered in history
1587
01:09:10,798 --> 01:09:13,714
as a great day to commemorate
1588
01:09:13,758 --> 01:09:16,543
what was done, thousands
and thousands of years ago.
1589
01:09:16,587 --> 01:09:18,284
That God flooded the earth,
1590
01:09:18,328 --> 01:09:20,721
preserved eight people,
1591
01:09:20,765 --> 01:09:23,855
so that the earth
could be repopulated.
1592
01:09:23,898 --> 01:09:27,337
I hope and pray that
today is the day.
1593
01:09:27,380 --> 01:09:29,730
- Because, now time
is of the essence,
1594
01:09:29,774 --> 01:09:31,863
we have to get this right.
1595
01:09:31,906 --> 01:09:34,387
We can't just be pock-marking
around on this ice.
1596
01:09:34,431 --> 01:09:36,563
We need to know
precisely where to go,
1597
01:09:36,607 --> 01:09:39,436
and we're gonna see
if we can hit wood.
1598
01:09:39,479 --> 01:09:42,700
- This is the RB-1 hole.
1599
01:09:44,354 --> 01:09:46,530
Good news, we didn't get stuck.
1600
01:09:46,573 --> 01:09:49,272
So, another hole accomplished.
1601
01:09:50,273 --> 01:09:52,753
So far, negative
results, we'll see,
1602
01:09:52,797 --> 01:09:54,538
collecting samples, labeling it,
1603
01:09:54,581 --> 01:09:56,757
and then we'll move
on the the next hole.
1604
01:09:56,801 --> 01:09:58,106
- [Jose] We drill, we drill.
1605
01:09:58,150 --> 01:09:59,760
It breaks my heart
to see these guys --
1606
01:10:00,631 --> 01:10:01,719
We get our hopes
up, and we drill,
1607
01:10:01,762 --> 01:10:04,156
and then, to miss, every time.
1608
01:10:04,200 --> 01:10:06,114
Because I feel like
I'm letting them down.
1609
01:10:06,158 --> 01:10:07,594
I tell them, "Drill
here, we see something".
1610
01:10:07,638 --> 01:10:08,682
And, when we don't hit it,
1611
01:10:08,726 --> 01:10:11,032
they're going down 17 meters and
1612
01:10:11,076 --> 01:10:13,905
19 1/2 meters, and they're
not hitting anything.
1613
01:10:19,258 --> 01:10:20,433
We keep seeing anomalies,
1614
01:10:20,477 --> 01:10:22,261
but for some reason,
every time we drill,
1615
01:10:22,305 --> 01:10:23,915
we don't hit anything.
1616
01:10:25,003 --> 01:10:27,875
With all the ice, we get
a lot of false readings.
1617
01:10:33,446 --> 01:10:35,405
It's like I'm making them
do all that extra work,
1618
01:10:35,448 --> 01:10:38,321
and I do feel like all that
weight is on my shoulders.
1619
01:10:41,498 --> 01:10:42,977
I know, deep down in my heart,
1620
01:10:43,021 --> 01:10:44,849
the ark is laying
up here somewhere.
1621
01:10:50,724 --> 01:10:55,729
[thunder rolls]
1622
01:10:56,948 --> 01:10:58,210
- One thing I've learned,
1623
01:10:58,254 --> 01:10:59,429
the weather can change
very quickly here,
1624
01:10:59,472 --> 01:11:01,518
from sunny to freezing rain.
1625
01:11:02,736 --> 01:11:05,609
Socked in by fog and clouds.
1626
01:11:06,131 --> 01:11:10,178
[wind howling]
1627
01:11:11,571 --> 01:11:15,923
[intense drums]
1628
01:11:42,646 --> 01:11:44,822
- [Will] Our energy
is pretty low.
1629
01:11:44,865 --> 01:11:46,563
We've been up here a long time.
1630
01:11:50,784 --> 01:11:55,746
[phone ringing]
1631
01:11:56,790 --> 01:11:58,575
- We were able to get
three more holes in today.
1632
01:11:58,618 --> 01:12:00,968
They were between
13 and 14 meters.
1633
01:12:01,012 --> 01:12:03,797
Unfortunately, we didn't come
up with anything exciting.
1634
01:12:03,841 --> 01:12:06,191
- [Don] That's a
big disappointment,
but I understand.
1635
01:12:06,234 --> 01:12:07,888
Just proceed with the drilling,
1636
01:12:07,932 --> 01:12:11,414
and extending it per Dr. Bryant.
1637
01:12:13,677 --> 01:12:15,722
That's about all that
can be done, right now.
1638
01:12:15,766 --> 01:12:16,854
- [Will] Will do.
1639
01:12:16,897 --> 01:12:18,029
- We appreciate it.
1640
01:12:18,072 --> 01:12:19,596
- Alright, thank you.
1641
01:12:19,639 --> 01:12:20,771
Bye.
1642
01:12:26,777 --> 01:12:30,041
- Today we've
drilled three bores,
1643
01:12:30,084 --> 01:12:33,697
and in those three, we went
all the way to bedrock.
1644
01:12:33,740 --> 01:12:35,612
The drilling went great,
1645
01:12:35,655 --> 01:12:38,832
but, unfortunately, we
didn't have positive results,
1646
01:12:38,876 --> 01:12:40,530
what we're looking for.
1647
01:12:41,792 --> 01:12:44,011
- [Aaronl] The air
is much thinner.
1648
01:12:44,055 --> 01:12:45,230
Breathing is hard.
1649
01:12:47,754 --> 01:12:49,539
That takes its toll.
1650
01:12:59,244 --> 01:13:01,072
- [Bruce] I do have a
hard time breathing.
1651
01:13:03,422 --> 01:13:06,077
Working conditions
yesterday was,
1652
01:13:06,120 --> 01:13:07,644
miserable for me.
1653
01:13:07,687 --> 01:13:11,561
[wind howling]
1654
01:13:19,917 --> 01:13:21,919
I'm still not
acclimated up here.
1655
01:13:27,751 --> 01:13:29,579
- [Will] We're able to get
the three holes in today,
1656
01:13:29,622 --> 01:13:30,841
and then a storm came in,
1657
01:13:30,884 --> 01:13:32,625
we just got pounded with about
1658
01:13:32,669 --> 01:13:36,977
six inches of 1/4 to
1/2 inch hail, snow,
1659
01:13:37,021 --> 01:13:37,848
with lightening.
1660
01:13:37,891 --> 01:13:40,198
[thunder claps]
1661
01:13:40,241 --> 01:13:42,592
- We put a lot of effort into
working earlier in the day,
1662
01:13:42,635 --> 01:13:45,246
so we got our three
holes drilled,
1663
01:13:45,290 --> 01:13:46,465
which was our goal.
1664
01:13:46,509 --> 01:13:48,424
- Yeah, we'll see what happens.
1665
01:13:48,467 --> 01:13:50,643
Probably some cards tonight.
1666
01:13:50,687 --> 01:13:51,818
- Probably so.
1667
01:13:51,862 --> 01:13:56,170
[hail hitting the ground]
1668
01:14:27,463 --> 01:14:29,682
- I'm real excited
that Dr. Bryant's here.
1669
01:14:29,726 --> 01:14:31,031
he already got
here before we did.
1670
01:14:31,075 --> 01:14:32,555
- How you doing?
1671
01:14:32,598 --> 01:14:33,860
Good to see you, Adam.
1672
01:14:33,904 --> 01:14:34,557
- Adam.
1673
01:14:34,600 --> 01:14:35,732
- How you doing man?
1674
01:14:35,775 --> 01:14:36,297
- Come here to eat breakfast.
1675
01:14:36,341 --> 01:14:38,343
- Alright.
1676
01:14:38,386 --> 01:14:39,692
- Hey Bryant.
1677
01:14:39,736 --> 01:14:41,172
Good to see you.
1678
01:14:53,619 --> 01:14:54,968
- Can I get this pack for you?
1679
01:14:55,012 --> 01:14:55,839
- [Bryant] How you doing?
1680
01:14:55,882 --> 01:14:57,405
I couldn't wait to get here.
1681
01:15:00,626 --> 01:15:03,586
- Having other people
around boosts the morale.
1682
01:15:03,629 --> 01:15:04,761
I like that.
1683
01:15:04,804 --> 01:15:07,981
[camp chatter]
1684
01:15:22,866 --> 01:15:25,477
- The perspective of where you
are, here, is unbelievable.
1685
01:15:27,871 --> 01:15:30,961
- [Jose] I could show
you the 3-D data.
1686
01:15:32,179 --> 01:15:33,180
There it is.
1687
01:15:33,790 --> 01:15:35,313
- Okay.
1688
01:15:37,097 --> 01:15:37,924
- [Jose] A lot of noisy data,
1689
01:15:37,968 --> 01:15:39,883
but it seems to ...
1690
01:15:42,276 --> 01:15:44,452
- This is a very
interesting shape.
1691
01:15:46,237 --> 01:15:48,544
- [Aaron] So what's
the possibility that
that could be wood?
1692
01:15:48,587 --> 01:15:50,807
- Well, based upon the
knowledge that we have
1693
01:15:50,850 --> 01:15:53,549
of what was here,
an ancient ship,
1694
01:15:53,592 --> 01:15:57,901
and knowing that trees
don't grow at 17,000 feet,
1695
01:15:57,944 --> 01:15:59,729
nor even at above 11,000,
1696
01:15:59,772 --> 01:16:02,732
the tree line's
usually 11,000 feet,
1697
01:16:02,775 --> 01:16:06,562
would dictate, and say
to me, that was a boat.
1698
01:16:06,605 --> 01:16:08,868
But, it doesn't say
boat on the GPS,
1699
01:16:08,912 --> 01:16:12,132
it says reflection of a pattern
of interesting material.
1700
01:16:12,176 --> 01:16:13,133
That's why we're
gonna go drill it.
1701
01:16:13,177 --> 01:16:14,613
- And I see those layers.
1702
01:16:14,657 --> 01:16:15,571
- Yeah.
1703
01:16:16,659 --> 01:16:18,530
- [Bryant] Ice lays down flat.
1704
01:16:18,574 --> 01:16:20,053
And, as it lays down flat,
1705
01:16:20,097 --> 01:16:22,534
it will take the
contour of the ground.
1706
01:16:22,578 --> 01:16:25,668
But, anything that's oblique,
or got an angle to it,
1707
01:16:25,711 --> 01:16:28,496
from my experience,
can't be ice.
1708
01:16:40,987 --> 01:16:43,903
- So, Bruce was
examining this piece
1709
01:16:43,947 --> 01:16:46,123
that came out of
the boring, RB-7.
1710
01:16:46,166 --> 01:16:48,647
And, what he has found,
1711
01:16:48,691 --> 01:16:52,564
he was using his
fire sample test,
1712
01:16:52,608 --> 01:16:54,000
the ASTM test,
1713
01:16:54,044 --> 01:16:55,959
and, go ahead and tell
them what you found, Bruce.
1714
01:16:56,002 --> 01:16:57,700
- Well, I was heating
everything up,
1715
01:16:57,743 --> 01:17:00,528
and I noticed that this
thing was starting to melt,
1716
01:17:00,572 --> 01:17:03,140
which indicates a
bituminous material,
1717
01:17:03,183 --> 01:17:05,795
or an asphalt or
petroleum based material.
1718
01:17:05,838 --> 01:17:09,450
So, with discretion, I
said, "Whoa, wait a minute."
1719
01:17:09,494 --> 01:17:11,714
This could be something that
we could get to a real lab,
1720
01:17:11,757 --> 01:17:13,629
and get some real data on.
1721
01:17:13,672 --> 01:17:14,891
- [Bryant] What I see, as well,
1722
01:17:14,934 --> 01:17:16,762
is there's some fibrous
edges along the side,
1723
01:17:16,806 --> 01:17:21,201
which means that, to me,
it's not a mineral material.
1724
01:17:21,245 --> 01:17:22,899
- [Bruce] Like you're
looking at a piece of
1725
01:17:22,942 --> 01:17:24,727
asphalt felt paper.
1726
01:17:26,293 --> 01:17:29,557
- They did hit something,
at about 50 feet.
1727
01:17:29,601 --> 01:17:30,733
- [Bruce] Send it
to a laboratory.
1728
01:17:30,776 --> 01:17:31,995
They'll be able
to break it down,
1729
01:17:32,038 --> 01:17:34,127
and tell us what kind
of material it is.
1730
01:17:34,171 --> 01:17:34,780
- Okay.
1731
01:17:34,824 --> 01:17:36,739
Thank you.
1732
01:17:36,782 --> 01:17:39,785
- [Bruce] It'll be quite
rare for an organic material
1733
01:17:39,829 --> 01:17:42,396
to be this high up
on this mountain.
1734
01:17:50,927 --> 01:17:54,974
[intense music]
1735
01:18:28,747 --> 01:18:31,794
[laboratory chatter]
1736
01:18:55,208 --> 01:18:56,079
- Strange.
1737
01:18:56,122 --> 01:18:57,820
It almost looks like a crystal.
1738
01:18:57,863 --> 01:18:59,299
- When you're looking
at in a microscope,
1739
01:18:59,343 --> 01:19:02,520
and here's this vitreous,
refractive material
1740
01:19:02,563 --> 01:19:03,782
that's not a rock.
1741
01:19:03,826 --> 01:19:06,785
It looks like a piece
of amber, almost.
1742
01:19:10,441 --> 01:19:12,791
It's not wood fiber,
1743
01:19:13,792 --> 01:19:16,664
but it would fit
resin, perfectly.
1744
01:19:16,708 --> 01:19:19,755
It's something translucent,
1745
01:19:20,756 --> 01:19:22,540
almost crystalline,
1746
01:19:22,583 --> 01:19:25,761
exactly what I
thought pitch was.
1747
01:19:25,804 --> 01:19:29,286
If I had imagined
something exciting,
1748
01:19:29,329 --> 01:19:30,591
it would be hard
to do it better.
1749
01:19:30,635 --> 01:19:32,550
It's very encouraging.
1750
01:19:32,593 --> 01:19:35,292
We need more, and I'm ready.
1751
01:19:35,335 --> 01:19:36,641
I want the big piece.
1752
01:19:39,862 --> 01:19:40,776
- [Holt] It's very encouraging.
1753
01:19:40,819 --> 01:19:42,168
I'm excited about it,
1754
01:19:42,212 --> 01:19:43,735
but it's not enough.
1755
01:19:43,779 --> 01:19:44,954
We need to have more of this.
1756
01:19:44,997 --> 01:19:46,694
We need to find more samples.
1757
01:19:46,738 --> 01:19:50,437
We just have to keep pushing
forward, and hope for the best.
1758
01:19:53,571 --> 01:19:55,268
- It's all over the mountain.
1759
01:19:55,312 --> 01:19:58,097
I don't believe you're going
to find a gigantic ark,
1760
01:19:58,141 --> 01:19:59,664
you're going to
find chunks of it.
1761
01:19:59,707 --> 01:20:02,232
Some will be in
the Abba Glacier,
1762
01:20:02,275 --> 01:20:04,495
some may be in the Ahora Gorge.
1763
01:20:04,538 --> 01:20:06,976
- I've always been curios
about the Ahora Gorge.
1764
01:20:07,019 --> 01:20:10,022
And the stories of, there's
an object in the Ahora Gorge.
1765
01:20:10,066 --> 01:20:11,719
- Portions of the
Ahora Gorge, itself,
1766
01:20:11,763 --> 01:20:13,547
are not accessible.
1767
01:20:13,591 --> 01:20:15,898
- [Holt] The Ahora Gorge is
just riddled with crevasses,
1768
01:20:15,941 --> 01:20:18,770
which are areas of the glacier
that have collapsed away.
1769
01:20:18,814 --> 01:20:19,945
- The void, basically,
1770
01:20:19,989 --> 01:20:21,773
where the ice is sliding
off the mountain.
1771
01:20:21,817 --> 01:20:24,558
- For a crevasse to form,
you do have to have movement.
1772
01:20:25,385 --> 01:20:28,084
You are exceeding the
strength of the ice,
1773
01:20:28,127 --> 01:20:30,347
and that could be
exceeding that,
1774
01:20:30,390 --> 01:20:34,003
either in shear, or in
tension, or in compression.
1775
01:20:34,046 --> 01:20:35,265
When we see crevasses,
1776
01:20:35,308 --> 01:20:37,963
it is evidence that some
motion has occurred.
1777
01:20:40,313 --> 01:20:41,967
And it's occurred in a way
1778
01:20:42,011 --> 01:20:45,318
that imposed stresses that
exceeded the strength.
1779
01:20:46,624 --> 01:20:47,755
- [Voiceover] Always moving.
1780
01:20:47,799 --> 01:20:50,584
With some, hundreds
of feet deep.
1781
01:20:50,628 --> 01:20:52,760
Entering the crevasses offer
some of the team a unique,
1782
01:20:52,804 --> 01:20:56,025
but dangerous perspective
to the bedrock below.
1783
01:21:07,210 --> 01:21:08,820
With time running out,
1784
01:21:08,864 --> 01:21:11,518
others prepare for an
equally perilous descent
1785
01:21:11,562 --> 01:21:13,651
into the Ahora Gorge.
1786
01:21:13,694 --> 01:21:15,740
- It's a very dangerous place,
1787
01:21:15,783 --> 01:21:16,828
Ahora Gorge.
1788
01:21:21,833 --> 01:21:24,749
- Here we are at
the western plateau.
1789
01:21:24,792 --> 01:21:26,707
We're about to go exploring,
1790
01:21:26,751 --> 01:21:29,145
and try to get in the
gorge as far as we can.
1791
01:21:34,411 --> 01:21:36,717
We plan to go down,
as best we can,
1792
01:21:36,761 --> 01:21:38,415
and route-find.
1793
01:21:39,895 --> 01:21:42,201
And then, up and out of
the way of any rock fall,
1794
01:21:42,245 --> 01:21:44,987
or any danger, and still
keep some stable snow.
1795
01:21:45,813 --> 01:21:46,858
Here we go.
1796
01:21:48,773 --> 01:21:49,687
Belay me!
1797
01:21:59,610 --> 01:22:01,655
Getting some crevasses here!
1798
01:22:02,743 --> 01:22:04,789
I think if we go left,
it we'll be better.
1799
01:22:06,878 --> 01:22:11,230
[drilling]
1800
01:22:15,713 --> 01:22:18,063
- We're not going down
any further, are we?
1801
01:22:18,107 --> 01:22:20,587
We went down what we did
yesterday on the anomaly,
1802
01:22:20,631 --> 01:22:22,676
I hit something hard,
1803
01:22:22,720 --> 01:22:24,809
but it wasn't gravel,
1804
01:22:24,852 --> 01:22:26,593
and the bit got stuck.
1805
01:22:26,637 --> 01:22:28,204
- We're hitting something.
1806
01:22:28,247 --> 01:22:29,901
We're hitting resistance.
1807
01:22:29,945 --> 01:22:33,383
What we don't know, is
what it is we're hitting.
1808
01:22:33,426 --> 01:22:36,995
The scans and satellite says
there's something there.
1809
01:22:37,039 --> 01:22:39,650
And the people from that are
saying there's something there.
1810
01:22:39,693 --> 01:22:42,174
And we say, we're drilling,
we're hitting something hard.
1811
01:22:42,218 --> 01:22:45,482
- Is there wood, is it rock,
what is it that we're hitting
1812
01:22:45,525 --> 01:22:46,396
when we drill?
1813
01:22:46,439 --> 01:22:47,397
Because we're hitting something,
1814
01:22:47,440 --> 01:22:48,659
but we don't know what it is.
1815
01:22:48,702 --> 01:22:50,661
- Until we get the
core, we don't know.
1816
01:22:51,618 --> 01:22:53,620
But, we're not giving up yet.
1817
01:22:53,664 --> 01:22:56,145
We'll be able to identify
with the diamond cores
1818
01:22:56,188 --> 01:22:58,016
that we've got
coming from China.
1819
01:23:08,592 --> 01:23:09,985
- What we're trying to do is,
1820
01:23:10,028 --> 01:23:11,508
based on the information,
1821
01:23:11,551 --> 01:23:13,423
drill core, so that
we can retrieve,
1822
01:23:14,511 --> 01:23:15,860
a far more substantial sample
1823
01:23:15,903 --> 01:23:18,341
with the drill coring
tool that we have.
1824
01:23:18,384 --> 01:23:21,561
What we have here, is the drill.
1825
01:23:21,605 --> 01:23:23,172
This is it.
1826
01:23:23,215 --> 01:23:24,912
It's a coring bit,
1827
01:23:25,870 --> 01:23:28,046
diamond tipped,
1828
01:23:28,090 --> 01:23:29,221
goes on the auger,
1829
01:23:29,265 --> 01:23:31,223
hopefully we can
get some samples.
1830
01:23:31,267 --> 01:23:33,486
There's a lip on each side.
1831
01:23:33,530 --> 01:23:35,184
And, as it goes down,
1832
01:23:35,227 --> 01:23:38,317
the material is pulled down,
inside here, 'til it stops.
1833
01:23:38,361 --> 01:23:39,449
And, they pull it out,
1834
01:23:39,492 --> 01:23:40,624
and then they take this off,
1835
01:23:40,667 --> 01:23:42,060
and they pop it through
the hollow part.
1836
01:23:42,104 --> 01:23:44,802
And they get a nice,
kinda like this,
1837
01:23:44,845 --> 01:23:48,414
they get a nice core of
whatever we're trying to core.
1838
01:23:48,458 --> 01:23:49,459
- Let's go!
1839
01:23:49,502 --> 01:23:50,764
Let's go find an ark.
1840
01:23:50,808 --> 01:23:52,505
- We need him up there.
1841
01:23:56,292 --> 01:23:58,076
- [Voiceover] As the
days get shorter,
1842
01:23:58,120 --> 01:24:01,253
the climbing window on
Ararat begins to close.
1843
01:24:02,341 --> 01:24:04,300
The permit from the
Turkish government
1844
01:24:04,343 --> 01:24:06,737
is for a clearly defined time,
1845
01:24:06,780 --> 01:24:09,870
to protect lives
from the unexpected,
1846
01:24:09,914 --> 01:24:12,612
that comes with the
change of seasons.
1847
01:24:14,527 --> 01:24:15,963
Finishing up the uh..
1848
01:24:16,703 --> 01:24:18,749
- Finishing up
our time, up here.
1849
01:24:22,448 --> 01:24:24,059
- Yeah, we're supposed to
have another three days
1850
01:24:24,102 --> 01:24:25,582
before this starts up.
1851
01:24:27,323 --> 01:24:29,194
We'll see about that.
1852
01:24:29,238 --> 01:24:32,632
Hopefully the guys who are
trying to head up to help us,
1853
01:24:32,676 --> 01:24:35,026
are doing okay at 4200.
1854
01:24:44,557 --> 01:24:45,950
- It's Wednesday the 28th.
1855
01:24:45,993 --> 01:24:48,822
Getting ready to start
a new day of drilling.
1856
01:24:48,866 --> 01:24:51,651
First thing off, is we're
gonna get the generator going.
1857
01:24:51,695 --> 01:24:53,740
Get our stuff charging.
1858
01:24:53,784 --> 01:24:57,788
We had quite a snow
yesterday evening.
1859
01:24:58,702 --> 01:25:00,791
We've got good weather.
1860
01:25:00,834 --> 01:25:03,359
And, hopefully,
it should go well.
1861
01:25:03,402 --> 01:25:04,969
- We've been sent
up a reinforcement
1862
01:25:05,012 --> 01:25:06,623
with a fancy drill bit,
1863
01:25:06,666 --> 01:25:08,146
out of China, or somewhere.
1864
01:25:08,190 --> 01:25:09,147
We're hoping to get down.
1865
01:25:09,191 --> 01:25:11,584
We've re-dug RB-7,
1866
01:25:12,237 --> 01:25:13,673
which is where we
pulled the flake out
1867
01:25:13,717 --> 01:25:15,588
of whatever that was.
1868
01:25:15,632 --> 01:25:17,547
They've asked us to
penetrate through
1869
01:25:17,590 --> 01:25:21,159
the fluvial flow or rock,
or whatever it is on top,
1870
01:25:21,203 --> 01:25:22,682
try and get a better sample.
1871
01:25:22,726 --> 01:25:24,467
We will lower down into place,
1872
01:25:24,510 --> 01:25:25,555
hook up the motor,
1873
01:25:25,598 --> 01:25:28,079
grind on it a little bit,
1874
01:25:28,123 --> 01:25:30,037
and get something done.
1875
01:25:37,784 --> 01:25:39,134
- We did running belays,
1876
01:25:39,177 --> 01:25:41,005
trying to find a good
vantage point into the gorge.
1877
01:25:41,048 --> 01:25:42,963
Finally we did.
1878
01:25:43,007 --> 01:25:44,530
After five years,
1879
01:25:44,574 --> 01:25:48,621
I'm finally standing on the
western edge of Ahora Gorge,
1880
01:25:48,665 --> 01:25:49,970
here on Mount Ararat.
1881
01:25:52,538 --> 01:25:54,758
Let me give you a shot
of what that looks like.
1882
01:25:58,544 --> 01:26:01,547
As you can see, it's
full of crevasses.
1883
01:26:01,591 --> 01:26:04,724
It's a fast moving glacier.
1884
01:26:04,768 --> 01:26:08,815
This is really crazy crevasse
1885
01:26:10,121 --> 01:26:12,036
in the center of this gorge.
1886
01:26:12,079 --> 01:26:13,777
And, if the ark had come to rest
1887
01:26:13,820 --> 01:26:16,040
anywhere near the lip
of the Ahora Gorge,
1888
01:26:16,083 --> 01:26:17,781
It would be chewed up
1889
01:26:25,745 --> 01:26:29,662
You stare right into
those huge crevasses,
1890
01:26:29,706 --> 01:26:32,622
and you say, "There's
just no way".
1891
01:26:32,665 --> 01:26:34,363
If it is anywhere in the gorge,
1892
01:26:34,406 --> 01:26:35,799
it's got to be lower down.
1893
01:26:40,238 --> 01:26:41,587
- My primary goal,
at the summit,
1894
01:26:41,631 --> 01:26:43,372
was to get two drill cores.
1895
01:26:43,415 --> 01:26:47,506
And, we were able to get two
cores within three hours.
1896
01:26:47,550 --> 01:26:49,116
But, they were
covered in, of course,
1897
01:26:49,160 --> 01:26:50,727
all the mud from the coring.
1898
01:26:50,770 --> 01:26:52,207
I just said to the boys,
1899
01:26:52,250 --> 01:26:54,470
"Let's not tamper
with the samples.
1900
01:26:54,513 --> 01:26:56,994
"Let's let the scientists
look at the samples.
1901
01:26:57,037 --> 01:26:58,213
"What it is, it is.
1902
01:26:58,256 --> 01:26:59,562
"We'll find out
when we get down."
1903
01:26:59,605 --> 01:27:01,738
- The got the core,
he came back down.
1904
01:27:01,781 --> 01:27:03,043
That was his purpose,
1905
01:27:03,087 --> 01:27:06,656
and he did exactly what
he was supposed to do.
1906
01:27:06,699 --> 01:27:07,613
- I had one task.
1907
01:27:07,657 --> 01:27:09,833
I believe that I
accomplished it,
1908
01:27:09,876 --> 01:27:12,139
and I'm happy for that.
1909
01:27:12,183 --> 01:27:13,576
- This is the core.
1910
01:27:14,881 --> 01:27:17,493
This is obviously basalt.
1911
01:27:17,536 --> 01:27:18,581
What were we hitting?
1912
01:27:18,624 --> 01:27:19,930
We were hitting basalt.
1913
01:27:19,973 --> 01:27:21,148
Now we know.
1914
01:27:21,192 --> 01:27:23,325
What we were looking
for is not there.
1915
01:27:32,638 --> 01:27:34,684
- [Voiceover] Thomas
Edison once said,
1916
01:27:35,685 --> 01:27:37,556
"I have not failed,
1917
01:27:37,600 --> 01:27:41,386
"I have just found 10,000
ways that won't work."
1918
01:27:42,605 --> 01:27:44,520
Failure is a teacher.
1919
01:27:45,564 --> 01:27:47,523
Just a stepping stone
1920
01:27:48,480 --> 01:27:50,177
on the road to success.
1921
01:27:52,963 --> 01:27:54,051
- Okay.
1922
01:27:56,619 --> 01:27:57,968
Dr. Bryant and I
1923
01:27:59,274 --> 01:28:02,146
has agreed that
1924
01:28:03,234 --> 01:28:04,714
it's done.
1925
01:28:04,757 --> 01:28:06,542
We have to call it finished.
1926
01:28:09,109 --> 01:28:12,156
Doesn't mean it's the final
chapter in search for the ark.
1927
01:28:13,375 --> 01:28:14,419
- Just because we
don't find something,
1928
01:28:14,463 --> 01:28:15,986
doesn't mean it's not here.
1929
01:28:16,029 --> 01:28:18,423
It means it's more
difficult to find.
1930
01:28:18,467 --> 01:28:20,904
Today is not the
chapter closing day,
1931
01:28:20,947 --> 01:28:23,646
it's just another day that
we can add more information
1932
01:28:23,689 --> 01:28:25,256
to the components that we have,
1933
01:28:25,300 --> 01:28:26,779
and build upon that.
1934
01:28:30,043 --> 01:28:33,220
- We drilled, we got cores,
1935
01:28:33,264 --> 01:28:35,658
and the evidence
was very negative.
1936
01:28:35,701 --> 01:28:37,094
We don't understand why.
1937
01:28:40,793 --> 01:28:42,491
- [Kevin] We've exhausted
all of our options
1938
01:28:42,534 --> 01:28:43,709
at this particular time,
1939
01:28:43,753 --> 01:28:45,755
with the technology
that we have available,
1940
01:28:46,625 --> 01:28:48,801
and the time that
we have available.
1941
01:28:51,326 --> 01:28:52,370
- We're off.
1942
01:28:54,764 --> 01:28:55,895
- Yes, disappointment,
1943
01:28:55,939 --> 01:28:57,636
but that's not the
important thing.
1944
01:28:57,680 --> 01:29:00,509
The important thing is finding
out what the facts are.
1945
01:29:00,552 --> 01:29:01,727
And if we've accomplished that,
1946
01:29:01,771 --> 01:29:03,076
then that's good.
1947
01:29:04,556 --> 01:29:06,732
- [Voiceover] Few
things are as universal
1948
01:29:06,776 --> 01:29:09,605
as man's need for exploration.
1949
01:29:12,956 --> 01:29:16,089
Something ingrained in our DNA
1950
01:29:16,133 --> 01:29:18,265
calls us to search.
1951
01:29:18,309 --> 01:29:19,484
To find.
1952
01:29:25,751 --> 01:29:28,841
To discover things
unknown about our past,
1953
01:29:29,712 --> 01:29:32,976
which then become our
guide for the future.
1954
01:29:33,019 --> 01:29:34,934
[Talking in foreign language]
1955
01:29:40,026 --> 01:29:41,027
It's a long walk.
1956
01:29:41,854 --> 01:29:42,551
It is a long walk.
1957
01:29:42,594 --> 01:29:44,161
For thousands of years,
1958
01:29:44,204 --> 01:29:47,033
man has embarked on
this incredible journey
1959
01:29:47,077 --> 01:29:48,513
of discovery.
1960
01:29:50,472 --> 01:29:51,603
And in doing so,
1961
01:29:51,647 --> 01:29:54,301
ultimately finds himself.
1962
01:29:59,263 --> 01:30:00,786
- [Aaron] We may
find it one day.
1963
01:30:00,830 --> 01:30:02,179
We may find it next year.
1964
01:30:02,222 --> 01:30:03,963
But, us being together,
1965
01:30:04,007 --> 01:30:06,531
and our journey up
there, and back,
1966
01:30:06,575 --> 01:30:09,621
and how that changed our
lives is really the story.
1967
01:30:11,536 --> 01:30:13,756
- [Kevin] So, for me, it's
really been a journey of
1968
01:30:13,799 --> 01:30:17,020
trying to discover what's in
my heart, what motivates me.
1969
01:30:17,063 --> 01:30:20,327
I feel very happy without
even discovering the ark.
1970
01:30:22,155 --> 01:30:23,548
- When you're coming
down the mountain,
1971
01:30:23,592 --> 01:30:25,594
a lot of things are
rolling through your mind.
1972
01:30:27,596 --> 01:30:29,119
Were we successful?
1973
01:30:29,162 --> 01:30:30,599
Did we come up with anything
1974
01:30:30,642 --> 01:30:32,514
to take us further
down the road?
1975
01:30:32,557 --> 01:30:35,517
In my mind, scientifically,
1976
01:30:35,560 --> 01:30:37,736
did we just waste
a lot of money?
1977
01:30:37,780 --> 01:30:40,478
Did we waste a lot of time,
and risk people's lives?
1978
01:30:41,392 --> 01:30:43,525
But, there were times
I just felt like,
1979
01:30:43,568 --> 01:30:46,179
"Wow, I'm as closest to
heaven I can be on Earth.
1980
01:30:48,530 --> 01:30:49,879
I do feel like
1981
01:30:49,922 --> 01:30:51,794
I had a mountain top
experience with the Lord.
1982
01:30:53,012 --> 01:30:54,666
- When you come back down,
and you didn't find it,
1983
01:30:54,710 --> 01:30:57,234
it's kinda like going to
the Superbowl and losing.
1984
01:30:57,277 --> 01:30:59,932
You're still a player,
you still gave it all,
1985
01:30:59,976 --> 01:31:01,586
you left it all on the field,
1986
01:31:01,630 --> 01:31:04,676
but you just didn't win.
1987
01:31:04,720 --> 01:31:06,678
- [Holt] The expedition
was not a disappointment.
1988
01:31:10,813 --> 01:31:14,077
We scientifically ruled
out the eastern plateau.
1989
01:31:14,120 --> 01:31:16,209
And we got our team down safely.
1990
01:31:19,082 --> 01:31:20,475
- [Bruce] We did it together.
1991
01:31:22,302 --> 01:31:23,652
I could not have made it
1992
01:31:23,695 --> 01:31:26,219
without the guys
that I climbed with.
1993
01:31:27,394 --> 01:31:29,092
- The men I've been
on this expedition,
1994
01:31:29,135 --> 01:31:30,702
you can get deep with them,
1995
01:31:30,746 --> 01:31:32,008
and that's what you
look for in life.
1996
01:31:34,924 --> 01:31:36,752
- Very glad to be
back down here,
1997
01:31:36,795 --> 01:31:39,755
I need to get my strength back.
1998
01:31:42,409 --> 01:31:43,585
- Eat!
1999
01:31:44,499 --> 01:31:47,545
- The ark, to me,
represents a dream.
2000
01:31:47,589 --> 01:31:49,242
If you want it,
2001
01:31:49,286 --> 01:31:51,593
and you feel called to it,
2002
01:31:51,636 --> 01:31:52,768
go do it.
2003
01:31:52,811 --> 01:31:55,031
- The most emotional
experience for me
2004
01:31:56,075 --> 01:31:57,686
was the summoning.
2005
01:31:59,731 --> 01:32:02,038
I was overwhelmed with it.
2006
01:32:02,081 --> 01:32:04,649
I'm gonna get
emotional right now,
2007
01:32:04,693 --> 01:32:08,740
because it was a
goal I set out to do.
2008
01:32:09,785 --> 01:32:12,744
And God blessed me
to be able to do it.
2009
01:32:13,919 --> 01:32:16,835
And I knew, even if we
didn't find the ark,
2010
01:32:16,879 --> 01:32:19,142
just climbing a mountain
of that magnitude
2011
01:32:20,665 --> 01:32:21,971
is something I'm gonna remember,
2012
01:32:22,014 --> 01:32:23,929
and my family's gonna remember
2013
01:32:23,973 --> 01:32:25,409
for the rest of our lives.
2014
01:32:25,452 --> 01:32:27,237
- I may not have
found Noah's Ark,
2015
01:32:27,280 --> 01:32:31,154
but, I found, I think,
something much more important,
2016
01:32:31,197 --> 01:32:33,809
and much more
lasting, and that is,
2017
01:32:33,852 --> 01:32:35,071
I believe that,
2018
01:32:35,114 --> 01:32:37,073
in the process of trying
to discover the ark,
2019
01:32:37,116 --> 01:32:38,553
I've discovered
more about myself,
2020
01:32:38,596 --> 01:32:40,424
and I discovered more about God.
2021
01:32:40,467 --> 01:32:41,991
- There will be a time
2022
01:32:42,034 --> 01:32:44,080
that structure will be revealed.
2023
01:32:45,211 --> 01:32:47,126
It's there.
2024
01:32:47,170 --> 01:32:50,260
It's been there for a purpose,
and for a certain time.
2025
01:32:50,303 --> 01:32:51,609
It will be revealed.
2026
01:32:52,958 --> 01:32:55,178
- [Voiceover] Why would
God want you to find the ark?
2027
01:32:55,221 --> 01:32:57,180
- [Will] I don't know that
he wants us to find the ark,
2028
01:32:57,223 --> 01:33:00,444
but I am fairly convinced
that he wants us to look.
2029
01:33:00,487 --> 01:33:01,967
And in that sense, yeah,
2030
01:33:02,011 --> 01:33:05,014
it's very much more about
the journey, than discovery.
2031
01:33:05,057 --> 01:33:07,103
- [Holt] With the Kurdish men,
2032
01:33:07,146 --> 01:33:09,279
it's some of the closest
friendships I've got.
2033
01:33:09,322 --> 01:33:10,497
I mean, when you go through
2034
01:33:10,541 --> 01:33:12,195
what we've gone
through together,
2035
01:33:12,238 --> 01:33:15,590
it does something to
you to make you close.
2036
01:33:20,159 --> 01:33:22,814
- [Voiceover] As the shepherds
return with their flocks,
2037
01:33:25,469 --> 01:33:27,993
and families prepare
for the winter ahead,
2038
01:33:30,387 --> 01:33:32,258
the beliefs they hold
2039
01:33:32,302 --> 01:33:34,434
remain unchallenged.
2040
01:33:36,567 --> 01:33:37,916
- I'll never regret
being able to say,
2041
01:33:37,960 --> 01:33:39,439
"I've been there,
I've done that.
2042
01:33:39,483 --> 01:33:41,180
"I stood up there
on the mountain.
2043
01:33:41,224 --> 01:33:42,704
"I've looked for Noah's Ark."
2044
01:33:42,747 --> 01:33:44,314
- The hunger's still there.
2045
01:33:44,357 --> 01:33:46,664
It's still something that
needs to be searched for.
2046
01:33:46,708 --> 01:33:47,534
- Will we find it?
2047
01:33:47,578 --> 01:33:48,274
I don't know.
2048
01:33:48,318 --> 01:33:49,536
Will it be found?
2049
01:33:49,580 --> 01:33:51,190
I don't know that it's
there to be found.
2050
01:33:51,234 --> 01:33:52,061
Does it exist?
2051
01:33:52,104 --> 01:33:53,671
Yes, I believe that.
2052
01:33:53,715 --> 01:33:56,195
Does that change whether or not
we should be looking for it?
2053
01:33:58,328 --> 01:34:00,460
Not at all.
2054
01:34:00,504 --> 01:34:03,376
♪ Inside your head
2055
01:34:03,420 --> 01:34:06,728
♪ You got a voice that says
2056
01:34:06,771 --> 01:34:09,731
♪ You won't get past this one
2057
01:34:09,774 --> 01:34:12,908
♪ You won't win your freedom
2058
01:34:12,951 --> 01:34:16,085
♪ It's like a constant war
2059
01:34:16,128 --> 01:34:19,523
♪ And you want to
settle that score
2060
01:34:19,566 --> 01:34:22,526
♪ But, you're bruised and beaten
2061
01:34:22,569 --> 01:34:25,747
♪ And you feel defeated
2062
01:34:26,573 --> 01:34:29,707
♪ This goes out to
the heaviest hearts.
2063
01:34:32,710 --> 01:34:36,105
♪ Oh, to everyone
that's hit their limit
2064
01:34:36,148 --> 01:34:39,586
♪ It's not over yet,
it's not over yet
2065
01:34:39,630 --> 01:34:42,589
♪ And even when you
think you're finished
2066
01:34:42,633 --> 01:34:45,636
♪ It's not over yet,
it's not over yet
2067
01:34:45,680 --> 01:34:48,595
♪ Keep on fighting
2068
01:34:48,639 --> 01:34:51,773
♪ Out of the dark,
into the light
2069
01:34:51,816 --> 01:34:54,993
♪ Hope is rising
2070
01:34:55,037 --> 01:34:58,736
♪ Never give in, never
give up, it's not over
2071
01:34:59,694 --> 01:35:01,652
♪ Yea-et-et, whoah
2072
01:35:02,784 --> 01:35:05,264
♪ Yeah-et-et, whoah
2073
01:35:05,830 --> 01:35:08,267
♪ Yeah-et-et, whoah
2074
01:35:09,051 --> 01:35:11,575
♪ Yeah-et-et, whoah
2075
01:35:12,097 --> 01:35:13,272
- I don't think it matters
2076
01:35:13,316 --> 01:35:14,883
whether or not you
could ever find the ark.
2077
01:35:14,926 --> 01:35:15,840
I think the value today is,
2078
01:35:15,884 --> 01:35:17,842
what could it teach us about
2079
01:35:17,886 --> 01:35:21,237
our responsibility
to safeguard creation
2080
01:35:21,280 --> 01:35:23,805
the way Noah in the story
safeguarded creation.
2081
01:35:23,848 --> 01:35:25,545
Brought all the animals
through the flood.
2082
01:35:25,589 --> 01:35:28,026
You look at what's happening
to the earth today,
2083
01:35:28,070 --> 01:35:30,376
in terms of the
massive extinction
event that's going on,
2084
01:35:30,420 --> 01:35:31,943
on our watch,
2085
01:35:31,987 --> 01:35:35,077
and we're not doing the job
that Noah was tasked with doing.
2086
01:35:35,120 --> 01:35:37,775
So, to me, the resonance and
value of the story today,
2087
01:35:37,819 --> 01:35:40,125
is that it's a powerful message
2088
01:35:40,169 --> 01:35:43,738
about what our responsibilities
are to safeguard creation.
2089
01:35:44,434 --> 01:35:47,089
♪ Life is a race we run
2090
01:35:47,132 --> 01:35:49,744
♪ So run 'til the race is won
2091
01:35:49,787 --> 01:35:52,964
♪ Don't you ever give up
2092
01:35:53,008 --> 01:35:57,142
♪ We will never give up
2093
01:35:57,795 --> 01:36:00,624
♪ To everyone who's
hit their limit
2094
01:36:03,322 --> 01:36:07,239
♪ And even when you
think you're finished
2095
01:36:10,634 --> 01:36:13,463
♪ To everyone who's
hit their limit
2096
01:36:13,506 --> 01:36:16,858
♪ It's not over yet,
it's not over yet.
2097
01:36:16,901 --> 01:36:19,774
♪ And even when you
think you're finished
2098
01:36:19,817 --> 01:36:22,907
♪ It's not over yet,
it's not over yet.
2099
01:36:22,951 --> 01:36:25,867
♪ Keep on fighting
2100
01:36:25,910 --> 01:36:29,174
♪ Out of the dark,
into the light.
2101
01:36:29,218 --> 01:36:32,308
♪ Hope is rising
2102
01:36:32,351 --> 01:36:34,614
♪ Never give in, never give up
2103
01:36:34,658 --> 01:36:36,268
♪ It's not over
2104
01:36:36,791 --> 01:36:39,010
♪ Yea-et-et, whoah
2105
01:36:39,837 --> 01:36:42,231
♪ Yea-et-et, whoah
2106
01:36:43,014 --> 01:36:45,669
♪ Yea-et-et, whoah
2107
01:36:46,278 --> 01:36:48,846
♪ Yea-et-et, whoah
2108
01:36:49,455 --> 01:36:51,457
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