Robbie Schmittner is a pioneer in the world of underwater cave exploration, universally acknowledged as the world’s most dangerous activity. Robbie has spent nearly a decade charting the ...

Steve joins expert underwater cave explorer Robbie Schmittner for his first dive in a cave that has yet to be explored. Robbie will install the guide line for the team to use as they make their way ...

Aldo and Steve trek through the jungle and come across a cenote. Cenotes are believed by the Maya to be portals into an underworld called Xibalba.

Cave diver Bernadette Carrion van Rijn takes Steve on a training dive. They explore a cave known for disorienting even the most expert cave divers because of its haloclines.

Steve prepares for his first training dive and tests out his equipment with the help of expert divers Robbie Schmittner and Bernadette Carrion van Rijn. The team carries double, and sometimes even ...

Suriname’s jungles are some of the toughest on the planet and there are constant sobering reminders of previous expeditions that have paid the ultimate price.

South America’s Guiana Shield is home to a chain of tabletop mountains known locally as Tepuis. Completely isolated from the surrounding forest, their plateau has a cool climate and frequent ...

After a long day of travel on the water, Steve and Aldo take a moment to appreciate the environment around them before sunset.

Local guides and jungle survival experts Jan Willem and Diego Graanoogst join Steve and Aldo on their expedition. As the group prepares their food for the night, they draw predators into camp and ...

The Expedition team meets with workers supervising an illegal mining operation in Suriname. In order to separate gold from the sediment, the miners use mercury, which is extremely poisonous to the ...

As night falls, Aldo and Steve join Vanessa, an expert biologist, in search of animals inhabiting the area. They stumble upon a snake with black, yellow and white bands, similar to that of the highly ...

Steve and Aldo meet trail cutters who will join them on their trek through the Surniname rainforest. They learn that walking to the closest village could take months, discovering just how far they are ...

Steve is with expert polar explorer Sarah McNair Landry and their guide Akaru. These hot springs are used by local people to clean the carcasses of the animals they hunt and Steve and the team find ...

Steve and the team are in Greenland to kayak an Arctic fjord earlier in the year than has ever been possible, due to warming seas and shorter winters. To get a view of the fjord from above they’re ...

Steve and the team discuss their reaction as a polar bear approached their camp on the Scoresbysund fjord. With the Arctic warming at twice the rate of the rest of the planet, life here is changing ...

After kayaking through the fjord for an hour, Steve, Aldo and Sarah stop to eat and hydrate. They need to take on 6,000 calories each day to stay warm and fuel themselves for the remainder of their ...

The crew spots a lone polar bear wandering toward their camp in search of food. Hoping to avoid injury between either party, they use marine flares, loud noises and rocks in hopes that they’ll scare ...

As the team begins kayaking along the longest fjord system on the planet, they go over safety precautions for their trip. The ice is constantly moving and can quickly close up pathways in the water. ...

As they prepare for their expedition in Greenland, Aldo helps pack the kayaks while Steve and Sarah attempt to get a better look at the fjord conditions. When they arrive at a vantage point to view ...

Steve Backshall and Aldo Kane face both danger and light-hearted moments as they explore the world's uncharted places in Expedition.

Aldo Kane is the lead technical rope safety advisor and accompanies Steve on many expeditions. In this film we learn the challenges faced with a drop of about 400 meters whilst abseiling the Jebel ...