A ferocious mining machine goes deep underground to save Britain from a deep freeze, a nuclear powered icebreaker rescues a stranded ferry, and a water bomber prepares to fight raging fires in southern California.

Typhoon, a navy hovercraft, must pick up a 60 ton tank from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, an excavation crew in South Africa battles landslides in order to mine platinum ore, and an underground drill rig races against the clock to save Stockholm.