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Knowledge is the key to survival when nature turns hostile, whether because we're living on trembling ground, building homes along vulnerable coasts, or navigating through dangerous water. That's why scientists study nature's greatest acts of destruction — by recreating them. Here are ten labs where they do it.
They do it to help firefighters, rescue workers, and even civilians in the fight for survival. These scientists study the geologic and meteorologic phenomena behind natural disasters—and to do that, they must stage them in controlled environments. Welcome to the labs that are designed for disaster, where researchers unleash the devastating forces of nature, cataclysms, accidents and giant balls of fire.
A 75-meter-long ice pool at Aker Arctic Technology Inc's ice laboratory, in Helsinki, Finland. The company specializes in the design, testing, evaluation, simulation and development of icebreakers and other ice-going vessels as well as structures for arctic oil and gas field operations.
The U.S. Coast Guard's new Rescue Swimmer Training Facility, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The training pool is approximately 164-by-82-feet, measuring 12-feet deep, and holds more than one million gallons of water.
The 9D6B Modular Egress Training System, at Aviation Survival Training Center Jacksonville, Florida.



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