Richard Owen, the first superintendent of the Museum, intended it to be an index of the natural world. Today, the Museum is a world-class research facility and a monument to Earth's biodiversity.
Earth's Natural Wonders are among the most extreme places to live on the planet. From soaring mountains to deep oceans, people need bravery and ingenuity to survive within them.
In this spellbinding series Professor Brian Cox visits the most extreme locations on Earth to explain how the laws of physics carved natural wonders across the solar system.