Adventurers Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Alaska Outdoors: Float Fishing Adventure at Its Best

  A father and son fish from a rubber raft on Alaska's Tik Chik River.

• Annapurna Expedition

  Four mountaineers and three Sherpas try to climb the north face of Nepal's Annapurna.

• Around Mont Blanc by Dog Sled

  Amateur dogsledders tackle the highest peak in the French Alps.

• Baffin

  Canoeists paddle to Baffin Island, above the Arctic Circle.

• The Blue Mountains: Threatened Wilderness

  Threatened Blue Mountains of Australia.

• Catch the Joy/Will to Win

  California boasts drag racers, stunt drivers and sand-surfers.

• The Changed Environment

  Creation of Lake Argyle in western Australia.

• The Constant Battle

  Ecology of the monsoon season.

• Contest of Champions

  Motocross racers compete in Mexico's International Friendship Race.

• The Cycle of Life

  Plants on Barrow Island protect themselves from weather and scavengers.

• Death of a Water Hole

  Survivors of a murky water hole.

• The Desert: Some Survive

  Finding an animal thought extinct.

• Devil's Canyon

  An adventurer takes a modified aluminum jetboat through the white water of Alaska's Susitna River.

• The Drowned Land

  Fauna near the mines at Queensland's Mount Isa.

• For the Few & the Brave/For the Timid & Untaught

  Alaska: white-water rafting; salmon fishing.

• Funny Cars

  John Cooper revolutionizes British racing.

• Gossamer Albatross

  A human-powered aircraft makes its maiden flight across the English channel.

• Humpback Haven/Take a Kid Along

  Wildlife of Prince William Island in Alaska; a 12-year-old catches her first fish.

• Italian Job

  Italy becomes the first European nation to race competitively after World War II.

• Jarrah Forest

  Hardwood eucalyptus forest.

• The Jungle

  Heat and disease complicate survival in Peru's jungles.

• Kaipo Wall

  Edmund Hillary leads an expedition up New Zealand's Kaipo Wall.

• Karri Forest

  Fauna and flora of Karri Forest.

• The Key to Survival

  Life on Australia's arid Barrow Island.

• Kijik Experience

  Fishermen seek trout and salmon in an undisturbed environment.

• The Killers

  Civilization's effect on water-hole species.

• Living Laboratory

  Wildlife of Australia's Barrow Island.

• Madmen Above the Cirque

  Climbers in the Pyrenees use a device that combines a parachute and a delta-wing.

• Mount Waddington Now -- Skiing the Peak

  Mountaineers scale a British Columbian peak.

• North Walls

  Mountaineers compete to climb the Eiger, Matterhorn and Grandes Jorasses.

• Prairie in the Sky

  Albuquerque, N.M., plays host to 400 hot-air balloonists each year.

• Red Nine

  RAF pilots earn the right to join the Red Arrows aerobatic team.

• Roller Skate Fever/Sky Dive

  Roller skating is part of the lifestyle in Venice, Calif.

• Scars on a Landscape

  Wind and rain erosion.

• Scuba

  Tracing the history of diving.

• Secret of Mount Ararat

  Climbers tackle Turkey's Mount Ararat.

• Smooth Groove

  Snowboarding requires skateboarding, skiing and surfing skills.

• Something Spectacular

  The display team of the royal navy performs.

• Survival in the Wet

  Animal survival in the monsoon season.

• Tamed Wilderness

  Primeval wilderness of the Tasmanian mountains.

• Tuart Forest

  Saving Tuart Forest from land developers.

• The Wandoo Forest

  Nocturnal wildlife of Wandoo Forest.

• Ways Over the Precipice

  Two climbers challenge Europe's Mount Blanc.

• Well, They're Back

  European racing teams rely on German engineering.

• Women Acrobats

  Traditions and innovations of a Chinese troupe.

• Women Acrobats

  Traditions and innovations of a Chinese troupe.

• Women Acrobats

  Traditions and innovations of a Chinese troupe.

• World's Fastest Man on Water

  Australian Ken Warby attempts, over four years, to break the world speedboat record.