America Was Buried Under a Mile of Ice (S2, E12) | How the Earth Was Made

Why do we have ice ages and when is the next one due? Chart the progress of different ice ages through the history of our planet, from Snowball Earth hundreds of millions of years ago to the recent ice ages. In Season 2, Episode 12, "America's Ice Age." HISTORY goes to the ends of the earth to find...

44 min - Dinosaurs & Prehistory - HISTORY

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