Underground
What lures people to delve beneath the earth, into the dark recesses underground? Simon Cox hears from the urban explorers finding hidden layers of cities deep below our feet.
What lures people to delve beneath the earth, peering into the dark recesses that exist underground? Simon Cox hears from the urban explorers trying to find the hidden layers of cities that exist deep beneath our feet and the danger how do we cope with it and the fear of being in the darkness in an enclosed space. And as we travel, work and explore in deeper, longer more extensive subterranean networks, he asks what鈥檚 stopping us from spending more time there by living underground too?
Simon speaks to former miner Andy Smith, urban explorer Steve Duncan, caving expert Jules Barratt, engineer and psychologist Gunnar Jonsson and urban planners Professor Anne-Marie Broudehoux and Professor Clara Iraz谩bal.
(Photo: Beautiful stalactites in a cave with two speleologist explorers / Photo credit: Shutterstock)
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Trapped Underground
Duration: 01:27
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- Mon 10 Apr 2017 12:32GMT91热爆 World Service except News Internet
- Mon 10 Apr 2017 21:06GMT91热爆 World Service except News Internet
- Tue 11 Apr 2017 01:32GMT91热爆 World Service except News Internet
- Mon 17 Apr 2017 04:32GMT91热爆 World Service East Asia & South Asia only
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