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NOVA: Ultimate Cruise Ship

Pioneering shipbuilders embark on an epic endeavor to build the ultimate cruise ship.

nova_ultimate_cruise_ship_propeller_hero Workers install the starboard propeller on the prop shaft of the Seven Seas Explorer, at the Fincantieri shipyard, Sestri, Genoa, Italy.
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Weighing 54,000 gross tons and stretching over two football fields, the Seven Seas Explorer is no ordinary boat. Join pioneering shipbuilders as they endeavor to build the ULTIMATE cruise ship. It will be decked with the finest gold, marble, and crystal, and designed to offer guests the roomiest accommodations of any commercial cruise ship…But engineering opulence is no easy feat. NOVA follows a pioneering team of ship builders as they embark on what is advertised to be a milestone in maritime engineering.

NOVA: Ultimate Cruise Ship, Wednesday at 9 p.m. on PBS 6.

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