As everyone gets ready for an exploration of an unmapped cave, expert diver Robbie Schmittner prepares a guide line for them to use. This line will help Steve and the crew make their way in and out of ...

Steve observes a tarantula hawk wasp as it attacks a Mexican red-rump tarantula. After stunning the tarantula, the wasp brings it back to her burrow as a meal for her young.

Steve joins Archaeologist Guillermo de Anda as they venture into a cave where they witness the handprints of ancient Maya. It’s believed that these cave systems were sometimes used for ritual ...

Aldo assists the team in rigging a frame to lower Steve into a cave. As he and the other divers prepare for their descent, Steve expresses his fears about heading into the unknown and what is ...

Adventure kayaker Sal Montgomery is tasked with checking out the conditions of the river and assessing the risk to crew before film commences.

Expedition cameraman James Covington runs the Chamkachu River and tries to get into all the places that other cameras can’t get to. He discusses the challenges he has faced while on Expedition and ...

During autumn every year, these long-lived Himalayan birds leave their summer nesting grounds on the Tibetan Plateau and migrate south. About 10 percent of the global population spends their winter in ...

Fighting some of the most intense rapids yet, the team comes across a large drop during their journey. James Bebbington analyzes the drop by land to decide whether or not they should move forward by ...

Steve partakes in a Buddhist tradition and toasts the spirits of the river before beginning his expedition in Bhutan.

Steve is joined by whitewater kayakers Darren Clarkson-King, Sal Montgomery, James Bebbington and Chencho Drukpa, to help ensure a safe passage through Bhutan’s intense rapids. Before beginning ...

The jungles of Borneo are where Steve began his life of expeditions nearly 30 years ago. The team is working their way up the river until they reach its source - a cave deep in the amazing landscape. ...

Local people believe these mountains are sacred and revere them as the birthplace of their ancestors. The local elders give the team their blessing to enter this hidden world. Steve is joined by ...

The team spends three days in the jungle searching for caves with their local guide. The terrain is so extreme that the Royal Marines learn their survival skills here. Aldo, a former Royal Marine ...

During a cave exploration, the team comes across a scutigera, a large centipede. Pindi Setiawan, an Indonesian caver and rock art specialist recalls having seen scutigera rock art in past cave ...

Steve and the Expedition team take to Borneo in search of cave art from our ancestors. They’re joined by experts who have discovered some of the oldest rock art in the world hidden amongst dense ...

Katy Fraser is an underwater camera operator. In Mexico her role was to shoot Steve underwater in the cave systems of the Yucatan Peninsula.

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 ...