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Unprecedented in recognizable history. it was a pandemic that gripped the planet. it was truly an enormously devastating pandemic. >> in 1918, the cdc didn't exist, and there were no requirements for doctors to report flu outbreaks to any officials, but by the end of march, the cases in kansas were so unusual, a local doctor decided to report what he called an influenza of severe type to the u.s. public health service. the virus quickly spread. historian and author john barry said it was traced to other army camps where it flourished to men held in close quarters. it also spread on troop ships...

Troops crossing the ocean and arriving in france. ♪ "over there," that was what everyone was singing over there, the yanks are coming ♪ the yanks are coming the yanks are coming ♪ >> by may of 1918, a million young men, dough boys as they were called land in france and that's when the flu really exploded. >> looking back, historians can actually trace the spread of the flu to the movement of troops. >> absolutely, and the port of breast in france which is where most of the american troops landed became like a ground zero for the spread of this, and the speed with which it spread was brea...

Actually trace the spread of the flu to the movement of troops. >> absolutely, and the port of breast in france which is where most of the american troops landed became like a ground zero for the spread of this, and the speed with which it spread was breathtaking. the reason why what would have been a localized epidemic perhaps became truly a worldwide pandemic was because the world was going on. millions of soldiers going from the united states to europe carrying infection. >> this would turn out to be just the first wave of the flun influenza and it would last through the beginning of the su...

The virus quickly spread. historian and author john berry said it was traced to other army camps where it flourished to men held in close quarters. it also spread on troop ships headed to europe. >> roughly half of the military camps in the spring of 1918 did have significant outbreaks, and according to a nobel laureate who spent most of his life studying influenza, you can follow the disease with american troops crossing the ocean and arriving in france. ♪ "over there," that was what everyone was singing over there, the yanks are coming ♪ the yanks are coming the yanks are coming ♪ >> b...

It feels a bit numb. frostnip is a freezing of the tissue but not a permanent freezing of the tissue. no ice crystals in the deep tissue like you would with full frostbite. so i haven't actually killed the top of my thumb just yet? not just yet. for the next couple of days, it's going to be more likely to get frostbite. the cold and the wind and the vast distances here make the logistics of a project like this very challenging. two ice—hardened ships brought hundreds of tons of fuel and cargo to a remote ice shelf. then, specialists snow vehicles hauled it a 1000 miles over land. everything ...