Explorers: Adventures of the Century

Season 2

Follow the world's most accomplished athletes across perilous deserts, through racing rapids, to the highest peaks and deepest oceans to capture eye-popping footage of human skill in ultimate, extreme adventure scenarios.

7 Episodes

  • Deep Everest
    E1
    Deep EverestAnnelie Pompe embarks on a mission to both scale the heights of Mount Everest and freedive to the lowest recorded depth of the ocean, an achievement that would make her the record-holder for a woman who has reached the greatest height and depth.
  • Flying High
    E2
    Flying HighNearly 60 years to the day after the first ascent up Mount Everest, Russian mountaineer Valery Rozov attempts to fly off the north face of Mount Everest and achieve the world's highest BASE jump ever at 7,220m above sea level.
  • Crossing the White Void
    E3
    Crossing the White VoidSurvivalist Joe Vogel dares the crossing of the most unforgiving desert on earth: 240km across Bolivia's vast salt lake known as the Salar de Uyuni. After an aborted attempt with a partner a year ago, Vogel makes the perilous journey solo.
  • Across the Ice
    E4
    Across the IceSebastian Copeland and partner Eric McNair-Landry cross 2,300km of the Greenland ice sheet. Braving a week-long blizzard in a small tent, the duo set a world record for the longest distance travelled on skis and kites in 24 hours.
  • The Mysterious Cloud
    E5
    The Mysterious CloudAustralian hang-glider Jonny Durand sets out to perform loop-the-loop aerobatics on the leading edge of the so-called sky tsunami, Morning Glory, a rare, 2km-high tube-cloud phenomenon that clings precariously low to the ground.
  • Expedition to the Bottom of the World
    E6
    Expedition to the Bottom of the WorldEighty metres of mystery lies between two giant cave systems deep beneath the New Zealand wilderness. If Troy Watson and Kieran McKay can connect the Nettlebed and Stormy Pot systems, the find will be the biggest cave in the southern hemisphere.
  • Skiing Antarctica
    E7
    Skiing AntarcticaTen skiers, filmmakers, writers, photographers, and sailors set off on a journey to ski the Antarctic Peninsula. Chris Davenport, Stian Hagen and Andrea Binning hike and ski new peaks in one of the world’s last, largely unexplored regions.

 

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