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  • Host Ben Fogle explains how that thick slab of snow weighed 300 thousand tons and was traveling at more than a hundred and fifty miles an hour.
  • Host Ben Fogle and avalanche expert David Gauthier before the Storm City avalanche house is put to the test.
  • Structural Engineer Shannon Hilchie and Ben Fogle examine the damaged Storm City avalanche house.
  • The Storm City house after being hit by a man-made avalanche.
  • The Forecast Disaster avalanche house built at the bottom of a quarry.
  • Reconstruction: an avalanche hits a house.
  • Jason Tait was skiing in Galtur, Switzerland with his family when the avalanche struck the small Alpine Village.
  • Air canons ready to replicate the damage of an avalanche pressure wave on the Storm City house by blowing in the windows.
  • Drama reconstruction of an avalanche survivor story.
  • Ben Fogle in the freezing climate chamber at the University of Ontario.
  • Host Ben Fogle looks over Montreal; during the 1998 ice storm the city lost electricity for several days.
  • Avalanche expert David Gauthier cuts into layers of snow to show how weak layers of snow crystals can trigger avalanches.
  • Host Ben Fogle at a pylon substation on the outskirts of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. During the 1998 Ice Storm, pylons were brought to the ground when ice built up on the lines and Montreal city lost electricity for days.
  • Dumping snow on a car to demonstrate how, while we may think of snow as light and fluffy, snow is deceptively heavy.
  • Host Ben Fogle and avalanche scientist Dave Gauthier walking.
  • Host Ben Fogle explains how strong winds drove that snow into deep drifts up on the ridge.
  • Host Ben Fogle and avalanche scientist Dave Gauthier.
  • Mark Diggins, internationally qualified Mountain Guide, who got caught in an avalanche.
  • A Pylon demonstration in the climate chamber. This is a man made ice storm on model pylons.
  • Host Ben Fogle in the climate chamber, turning into a human icicle.
  • Reconstruction: Transformers spark and blow during an ice storm.
  • Host Ben Fogle and the Storm City avalanche house.
  • Host Ben Fogle explains how in less then 60 seconds the avalanche consumed the village.

  • Avalanche in Action

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Host Ben Fogle explains how that thick slab of snow weighed 300 thousand tons and was traveling at more than a hundred and fifty miles an hour.

  • Ready For Testing

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Host Ben Fogle and avalanche expert David Gauthier before the Storm City avalanche house is put to the test.

  • Examining the Damage

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Structural Engineer Shannon Hilchie and Ben Fogle examine the damaged Storm City avalanche house.

  • Completely Flattened

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    The Storm City house after being hit by a man-made avalanche.

  • Disaster Prone

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/ Jeremy Benning/Laurie Rose

    The Forecast Disaster avalanche house built at the bottom of a quarry.

  • Fast Moving Snow

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/ Jeremy Benning

    Reconstruction: an avalanche hits a house.

  • Skiing Disaster

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/ Jeremy Benning

    Jason Tait was skiing in Galtur, Switzerland with his family when the avalanche struck the small Alpine Village.

  • Avalanche Simulation

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Air canons ready to replicate the damage of an avalanche pressure wave on the Storm City house by blowing in the windows.

  • Key to Survival

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Drama reconstruction of an avalanche survivor story.

  • Feeling the Freeze

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Ben Fogle in the freezing climate chamber at the University of Ontario.

  • Downtown Montreal

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Host Ben Fogle looks over Montreal; during the 1998 ice storm the city lost electricity for several days.

  • Snowy Secrets

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Avalanche expert David Gauthier cuts into layers of snow to show how weak layers of snow crystals can trigger avalanches.

  • Effect on Electricity

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Host Ben Fogle at a pylon substation on the outskirts of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. During the 1998 Ice Storm, pylons were brought to the ground when ice built up on the lines and Montreal city lost electricity for days.

  • Snow Dump

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/ Jeremy Benning/Laurie Rose

    Dumping snow on a car to demonstrate how, while we may think of snow as light and fluffy, snow is deceptively heavy.

  • Ice Block

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/ Jeremy Benning/Laurie Rose

    Host Ben Fogle and avalanche scientist Dave Gauthier walking.

  • The Wind Factor

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Host Ben Fogle explains how strong winds drove that snow into deep drifts up on the ridge.

  • Snow Talk

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/ Jeremy Benning/Laurie Rose

    Host Ben Fogle and avalanche scientist Dave Gauthier.

  • Avalanche Survivor

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/ Jeremy Benning

    Mark Diggins, internationally qualified Mountain Guide, who got caught in an avalanche.

  • Hanging Ice

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/ Jeremy Benning

    A Pylon demonstration in the climate chamber. This is a man made ice storm on model pylons.

  • Human Icicle

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/ Jeremy Benning

    Host Ben Fogle in the climate chamber, turning into a human icicle.

  • Blowing Up

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/ David Barlow

    Reconstruction: Transformers spark and blow during an ice storm.

  • Snow Impact

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Host Ben Fogle and the Storm City avalanche house.

  • After the Avalanche

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Host Ben Fogle explains how in less then 60 seconds the avalanche consumed the village.
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