The World's Most Adventurous Athletes

Follow the world's most accomplished athletes across perilous deserts, through racing rapids, to the highest peaks and deepest oceans to capture eye-popping footage of human skill in ultimate, extreme adventure scenarios.

Season 5

52 min

North of Known

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S5E1
A pair of friends attempt to cross the Alaska Range mountains in the most extreme paragliding expedition ever.
52 min

Voyage of the Finnmen

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S5E2
Testing an ancient myth, two sea kayakers attempt to paddle the 1,930km between Greenland and Scotland.
52 min

Calm in the Dark

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S5E3
A young cave-diver looks to earn a place in history by plumbing the depths of an unexplored cave in Indonesia.
52 min

One and a Half Canoes

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S5E4
A group of friends attempt to cross the dangerous waters of the Torres and Bass Straits in wooden canoes.
52 min

Open Space

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S5E5
Explorer Ness Knight takes on her most challenging adventure to date, a solo fat bike trek across Namibia.
52 min

Into Twin Galaxies

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S5E6
A team of adventurers undertakes a first-ever kite skiing and kayaking mission across Greenland.

Season 4

24 min

Spitting Distance

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S4E1
A team of scientists and climbers descend into a volcano to get as close as possible to an active lava lake.
24 min

Cape Verdean Kite Crossing

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S4E2
A former champion kite surfer attempts to ride to the 12 islands of his home country, Cape Verde.
24 min

Paddle SUP: Mission Amazon

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S4E3
Watch the mission to stand up paddle board down the Rio Marañón, the source of the Amazon River.
24 min

Locked In

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S4E4
Ben Stookesberry and a group of kayakers attempt a first descent of the Beriman River in Papua New Guinea.
24 min

Dare to Soar: Flying With Condors

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S4E5
Two paragliders ride thermal winds with Andean condors from sea level up to the peaks of the Andes mountains.
24 min

Onekotan: The Lost Island

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S4E7
A group of intrepid professional skiers risk it all to ski the remote and desolate Pacific island of Onekotan.

Season 1

24 min

Fatima's Hand

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S1E1
BASE jumper Karina Hollekim risks an extreme 600m jump from Hand of Fatima in the Malian desert.
24 min

Zambezi Deluge

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S1E2
South African kayaker and adventurer Steve Fisher plans one of the riskiest projects of his career.
24 min

Oceans Seven

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S1E3
In Japan, Irish marathon swimmer Stephen Redmond tries to become the first person to swim the Oceans Seven.
24 min

The North Face Trilogy

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S1E4
In search of a new challenge, Swiss mountain climber Ueli Steck sets out to break the speed-climbing record.
24 min

The Huber Brothers at Mt. Asgard

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S1E5
Mountain climbers climb the first redpoint team free ascent of Mount Asgard on Baffin Island, Canada.
24 min

Big Wave Surfers at Pororoca

Explorers: Adventures of the Century S1E6
A team of professional big-wave surfers travels far up the Amazon River to surf a fabled tidal wave.

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