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They are some the toughest, most extreme survivalists that Alaska has to offer. Going head to head, eight men of a rare breed are about to take the ultimate test of survival in Arctic conditions that only National Geographic could inspire. No tent, phone, watch or GPS. Three thousand miles across Alaska’s wild. This is…
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Calling all Adventurers and Explorers! National Geographic is searching for the most incredible expeditions of 2013 to film and feature in a dynamic new blue chip adventure series that will take viewers to the edge of the world… and back. Every riveting episode will feature a new explorer, a new territory, and a new adventure, which…
Nearly 72,000 votes came in, and the People’s Choice was loud and clear. National Geographic is pleased to announce that the 2012 People’s Choice Adventurers of the Year are Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa. With no money, no sponsors, and borrowed gear, they packed up the only essentials they had of their own:…
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Flying through Alaska, pilots are faced with challenges and obstacles like no other. What was your scariest moment in flight? Clinton: “In 1993, while flying a Bell 206L-3 helicopter in an area of mountainous terrain near Palmer, Alaska, I/we narrowly avoided striking a suspended cable that was strung between an abandoned mine site and the…
by John RubinProducerIn Papua New Guinea, my team hired a number of locals as guards, porters, road repair crews, cooks and drivers, and we paid them all at a significant premium above the prevailing wage. Still, we couldn’t hire all of the locals, and some pursued other methods to get a share of the crew’s…
Inside the Milky Way is about you, me, and the history of two hundred billion stars. Our solar system lies on the outskirts of a vast celestial city, a colossal community of stars, bound together by gravity: the Milky Way Galaxy. Today, astronomers are piecing together evidence, allowing us to see our galaxy in a…
In the California desert, in intense secrecy, the world’s first space tourism program is born. Two visionaries—entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson and legendary aerospace designer Burt Rutan—take on the ultimate challenge: building the craft and infrastructure for the world’s first spaceline. A team of maverick engineers design, build, and test-fly the craft that will one day transport…
Join us on a journey to the edge of the universe, seen through the eyes of the amazing Hubble Space Telescope. Launched in 1990, Hubble has since paved the way for space exploration and understanding. Among numerous other discoveries, Hubble is responsible for helping scientists figure out the age of our universe — between 13 and 14…
by Erwin NeumaierLine Producer, Project Naica, C/Producciones (Mexico) Naica is a place that commands respect. You might not feel it at first, but at some point, probably sooner rather than later, the cave will make it clear, especially if you’ve been there before and are feeling overconfident. This happened to part of the film crew…
Great Britain wasn’t always the island nation it is today. A great forested land mass the size of California, known as Doggerland, once stretched across the North Sea basin — connecting Britain to the rest of Europe. Now, scientists dive into the North Sea to try and unlock the secrets of Doggerland, and the Stone Age Europeans that survived…
by Denis McCreadyLine Producer, Naica II Production Inc. (Canada)Naica is a paradox.Contrary to many underground natural wonders, Naica is a surprising find. 300 meters deep, it has no natural openings to the surface, so it would have never been found if there hadn’t been the Industrias Peñoles mining complex operating there. Some caves require days…
by Zeb HoganMonster Fish Host I’ve had a few fish turn on me as I went to release them and give me a nibble. It seems like a reflexive act – the wels are used to using their (big) mouths and so they do seem to try to bite and grab things that get in…
by Julia DornSeries Field Producer Shooting this expedition for Hoff Productions’ Fish Warrior-series is taking me to the world’s largest desert lake – Lake Turkana at the far North frontier in Kenya. Known to be the most remote destination in this country, it’s said that only hardcore travelers venture this far. I quickly learn, here…
by Todd WendelProducer Our neon blue rafts must look pretty strange to the indigenous people I’m waving to onshore. Although I’m sunburned, bug-bitten, and sick to my stomach from the third protein bar I’ve eaten today, I manage to pull off a pretty convincing smile. The fact that members of this tribe recently killed 29…
by Julia DornSeries Field Producer Day 1: Arapaima Expedition: What To Take On This Expedition?Today, adventure angler Jakub Vágner, two camera operators and I begin an expedition into the Amazon. We’re on a mission to find a giant Arapaima and a Piraiba Catfish in the wild. The contents of my personal bag are almost entirely…
The adventure continues at Guadalupe Island, Mexico, where Dr. Domeier is one sperm sample away from proving great whites come here to breed. Earlier on the expedition, he collected seminal fluid from a great white for the first time, a 14-foot-5-inch male named Bite Face. If he can find live sperm in it, his theory…
by Gayle YoungProducer Studies have shown that babies have an innate fear of falling, and will avoid crawling into a void or over the edge of a high perch. Seems logical, doesn’t it? Perhaps it’s an evolutionary adaption from our earliest ancestors. But in the tallest building in America, you’re supposed to throw that primal…
One of Dr. Domeier and the Expedition Great White crew’s main goals is to solve the mystery of where great white sharks go to breed. On their third trip to Mexico’s Guadalupe Island, they may come close to the answer. Using advanced techniques that allow them to be selective in their shark-catching, they land a mature great…
An epic hiking trail through the wilds of the Wild West, the Pacific Crest Trail stretches from Mexico to Canada with many different extremes. It’s one of America’s longest hiking paths. It runs through some of the highest mountain passes and the hottest desert in the country. It’s an arduous some six-month adventure. Video: Hikers…
by Marcus Eriksen, Mississippi River Quest September 21, 22 Day 1 & 2 – 17 miles Lake Itasca, Minnesota (Mile 1347 UM) to Coffee Pot Landing (Mile 1330 UM) “I can jump over it,” Bill says to Stephen and me, standing in an ankle-deep stream that will soon become the Mighty Mississippi River. We’re standing…
by the “21st Century Stealth Sub” production crew Long before I ever set foot on a submarine — or had any notion that I’d ever get to — I had decided that it was not someplace I’d ever like to be. All I knew of submarines was what you seen in the movies, and it seems like…
by Scott B, Director Nine hours, slapping the waves in a crew boat on the way out to the barge. It’s another world out here, a desolate landscape of endless water dotted by weird steel structures. I know that underwater it’s teeming with life, but from here, it doesn’t seem so. It feels more like…
By Katy B. Jones, Field Producer In a one hour program, there is always a lot of great footage that the audience doesn’t get to see. We’ve been working on “Explorer: Journey to an Alien Moon” off and on since 2008, when I was sent to film Stone Aerospace’s first underwater test of the robot…
Tunguska, Siberia, Russia — Epicenter of where the Tunguska event took place in 1908. By the Expedition Apocalypse production crew I awoke on the floor of a rough-hewn cabin, sandwiched in with seven other sleeping bodies. My hands were swollen with dozens of mosquito bites. The door was barricaded to protect us from the predatory bear circling…
The new series Breakout tells the story of inmates who dared to attempt escaping some of America’s most secure prisons and hear how law enforcement agents track them down. Kicking off this Sunday (then regularly airing Wednesdays 10P et/pt) Breakout starts with the Texas Seven. Seven inmates, led by convicted robber George Rivas, hatch an…
