Chilean Miners' Rescue: A Dangerous Business

Aside from the extraordinarily heartwarming vision of the Chilean miners being pulled to the surface one by one after more than two months underground, Behind the Headlines' Chilean Miners’ Rescue: A Dangerous Business allows students to explore key concepts in science, international collaboration, and human endurance. Chilean Miners’ Rescue: A Dangerous Business offers a complete retelling of the dramatic event, from the initial explosion and attempt to determine if the miners were even alive, to the surprisingly quick extraction of each miner in a small capsule and the often challenging aftermath of captivity. Areas include: the geology of mining and the explosion; the psychological impact of prolonged confinement; and the science of the rescue. (And even why the miners all wore special sunglasses when emerging from the mine.)