Tales from the Explorers Club

Season 1

It showcases the headquarters of the legendary Explorers Club to relive the epic adventures of members who have pushed the bounds of human possibility.

6 Episodes

  • Highest Highs, Lowest Lows
    E1
    Highest Highs, Lowest LowsJosh Gates recounts the death-defying exploits of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay who summit Mount Everest; two submariners plunge seven miles under the Pacific; a pilot skydives from the edge of space.
  • Polar Extremes
    E2
    Polar ExtremesJosh Gates tackles history's most chilling polar adventures, including Robert Peary and Matthew Henson's brave push to the North Pole as well as Ernest Shackleton's epic survival in Antarctic ice.
  • The Race to Space
    E3
    The Race to SpaceJosh Gates boldly explores members' most heart-pounding journeys into space. Apollo 13 astronauts fight to bring their crippled spacecraft 238,000 miles back to Earth and futuristic SpaceShipOne could give the rest of us a chance to travel to space.
  • Wild Rides
    E4
    Wild RidesBuckle up as Josh Gates blazes the trails of club members' most daring journeys including the Kon-Tiki balsa raft crossing the Pacific, NASA's lunar rover making tracks on the moon and an airplane flying around the world without using a drop of fuel.
  • Monsters and Myths
    E5
    Monsters and MythsInvestigating the unexplained, Josh recounts a legendary Himalayan mission to find the Yeti and a filmmaker's pursuit of the ferocious elephant king. The starving crew of a tragic Antarctic expedition makes unimaginable choices to survive.
  • Explorer's Club at the Movies
    E6
    Explorer's Club at the MoviesJosh Gates explores how club members' swashbuckling exploits inspired Hollywood. A bullwhip-cracking archaeologist may be the real-life Indiana Jones and a Nazi mountaineer's life-changing Seven Years in Tibet became a Brad Pitt star turn.

Cast of Season 1

  • Josh GatesSelf - Host

 

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