The Most Impressive Ships  This Series pulsates with the pressure of unfolding action in real time, with real people and real stakes. 6 programs on 2 discs The Mighty Ships Series: Mighty Ships reveals the secret mechanics behind the world's most sophisticated vessels. Each episode provides unprecedented access to everything above and below deck, from the mechanics of modern sea-going to the human dramas facing seafarers. Whether it's cargo container ships, ice-breakers or livestock carriers, Mighty Ships is as much about what happens inside the ship as the journey each vessel makes.  Join Mighty Ships as they board some of the world s most impressive and technologically-advanced sea vessels  Witness diverse missions - from search and rescue missions to journeying through pirate- infested waters!  Series captures the danger and drama that unfolds on high-risk, high-stakes voyages Featured Ships: Mighty Ships: Becrux Unlike most cruise ships, the Becrux is a mighty ship made for four-legged passengers. With a capacity of nearly 20,000 cattle or 60,000 sheep, the Becrux is the largest custom-built livestock carrier in the world. While the rare combination of cowboys and sailors makes for ongoing competition as to whom is the toughest, a bridge full of Italian officers gives Becrux a style and an enviable cuisine all her own.  Mighty Ships: Emma Maersk Step aboard the Emma Maersk for a glimpse at the adventures of the crew on a two-week, 13,000-kilometre crossing from Malaysia to Spain. Don't miss this high speed, high risk seafaring adventure as the crew navigates the pirate-infested Strait of Malacca and Horn of Africa, dodges cyclones in the Indian Ocean and performs two major engine repairs at sea. Mighty Ships: Faust With the ability to ferry 8,000 luxury cars, heavy trucks and tractors from one continent to another, the Faust is the biggest and the newest ocean faring vehicle carrier on the planet. This ship boasts 13 decks the size of 11 football fields to accommodate her wheeled cargo - big or small. Not only is her capacity impressive, but every inch of Faust is designed to make her one of the most environmentally-friendly ships afloat. Mighty Ships: Henry Larsen  The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Henry Larsen is a highly specialized ice-breaker. In addition to keeping shipping lanes open for commercial fishing vessels and other ships, she's especially outfitted for search and rescue missions as well as oceanographic research in the High Arctic. Mighty Ships: MV Paul R. Tregurtha The MV Paul R. Tregurtha is the longest freighter working on the Great Lakes, a thousand-foot vessel capable of carrying 68,000 tons of taconite ore pellets or 71,000 tons of coal. The reigning "Queen of the Lakes, this immense ship was built to contend with the harsh weather conditions of North America's inland seas (which famously caused the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975, killing her entire crew). Mighty Ships: Queen Mary 2 Queen Mary 2 is the biggest, most expensive ocean liner ever to set sail. Watch as Exploration Productions Inc. captures how the ship works and how the ship s crew manages to guide this masterpiece of engineering across the turbulent waters of the North Atlantic, all while the 2600 fortunate passengers ride the seas for a luxurious voyage of a lifetime. Mighty Ships: Tyco Resolute Resolute and ships like her install and maintain the undersea cables that form the backbone of the international communications network. Resolute is one of the most efficient and technically advanced cable laying vessels ever built. In their first year of service, Resolute and her sister ships installed a remarkable 3500 kilometers of cable.