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Episode 1: Bikes on Ice
Charismatic and committed 21st century explorers discover a world in ways we’ve never seen before. In this episode three extreme peddlers attempt to re-cycle the frozen bike route taken by two desperate gold prospectors in 1900. It’s 1100 hundred kilometres of excruciating, two wheeled exploration from Dawson City, Yukon to Nome, Alaska in the middle of a deadly winter.
Episode 2: Tiger Tracking on the Nam Pha
Here a team of tourists, a wildlife biologist and river guides take the first white water rafting voyage down the uncharted, unexplored Nam Pha river in remote Northern Laos, South East Asia. Seeking the endangered Asian Water Tiger, they make an unexpected discovery.
Episode 3: Taming the Motoco
In this episode Canadian videographer Frank Wolf gets in step with a paramilitary-style group of Argentinian explorers as they search for the source of the Motoco River, high in the Andes mountains of Patagonia. Horseflies, skinny-dipping and cruel weather abound before success is achieved.
Episode 4: Blessed in Baikal
Charismatic and committed 21st century explorers discover a world in ways we’ve never seen before. In this episode eight month old baby Caitlin Vallely goes on the adventure of a lifetime when her parents take her canoeing in Russia on the world’s oldest, deepest and largest lake. Visa problems, excess vodka and Siberian grizzly bears almost spoil the blessing that they ultimately seek.
Episode 5: Across Asgaard
In this episode Frank Wolf and Todd Macafee attempt to follow an old Viking tariff route across all three Scandinavian countries, one of the last true 'firsts' left in Europe. The journey has great history, but they are hammered on this remote route by whitewater and heavy storms, as they struggle to paddle their canoe from the west coast of Norway all the way to Finland.
Epsiode 6: Amazon Extreme
In this episode three adventurers attempt to be the first people to locate the source of the Amazon River and travel its entire length in a rubber raft. Before their journey is complete, the intrepid trio will cross blazing deserts, ascend frigid mountain summits and shoot treacherous rapids, often relying only on instinct to stay alive.