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360° scene from First Ascent of Mont Blanc1786 AD – 1990 AD

Spanning three centuries of history, these moments reveal an unyielding drive to conquer natural obstacles and shift unimaginable weight through extraordinary endurance, engineering mastery, and devastating subterranean power.

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  1. Round 1 · 1786 AD

    Tricky

    First Ascent of Mont Blanc

    Chamonix doctor Michel Paccard and crystal hunter Jacques Balmat made the first successful ascent of Western Europe's highest peak, sparking the modern sport of mountaineering and alpine exploration.

  2. Round 2 · 1832 AD

    Tricky

    Hoisting the Alexander Column

    Commemorating the Russian victory over Napoleon, this 600-ton monolithic red granite column was raised into place in under two hours by 3,000 soldiers using a complex pulley system.

  3. Round 3 · 1990 AD

    Tricky

    Breakthrough of the Channel Tunnel

    Connecting Britain to the European mainland for the first time since the Ice Age, British and French tunnelers finally broke through the wall of chalk marl to shake hands.

  4. Round 4 · 1924 AD

    Expert

    Salvaging the Scuttled Fleet at Scapa Flow

    Following the mass scuttling of the interned German High Seas Fleet in 1919, entrepreneur Ernest Cox undertook the largest maritime salvage in history, raising 26 sunken destroyers and battleships.

  5. Round 5 · 1916 AD

    Expert

    Detonation of the Lochnagar Mine

    To kick off the Battle of the Somme, British tunnelers detonated 60,000 pounds of ammonal explosives beneath the German lines, creating a crater 300 feet across.

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