Grade levels: Senior High (10-12)

One of the world’s most advanced drill ships builds an oil well more than 2,000 metres below the waterline in the Gulf of Mexico.

The world’s most adventurous cruise ship fights through the ice-choked fjords of Greenland to visit a spectacular collection of wildlife and icebergs.

The worlds largest roll-on/roll-off vessel races against the clock to load and transport luxury cars, SUVs and construction equipment across the Atlantic Ocean.

This U.S. Navy hospital ship travels from Colombia through the Panama Canal on a mission of mercy to the tiny Caribbean island of Dominica.

Alaska’s biggest longline fishing ships battles high waves and hurricane-force winds to bring home a massive catch of cod.

Ibn Battuta is capable of breaking up the hardest subsea soil as it deepens the Son Duong Port in Vietnams poorest province.

Some are built for business. Some are built to party. Still others are built for war. All of them are built to be the best of the best, able to take on the heaviest, biggest, and deepest jobs the sea has to offer. This special episode revisits the most memorable characters and moments from our many voyages over the past seasons of “Mighty Ships.” From the high north to the South Pole and across every ocean, this action-packed, eye-popping look at life on the high seas is a celebration of the vessels that dazzle, deliver, protect, and inspire.

The world’s most innovative cruise ship sails from New York to the Caribbean on her maiden voyage, facing off against technical glitches and challenging weather

Semi-submersible vessel Hawk sinks under the waterline to lift and transport the world’s largest oil drilling rig halfway around the world.

A brand-new heavy-lift vessel encounters engine breakdowns and heavy ice while transporting and assembling a crane-and-conveyor system from China to Eastern Canada.