Maureen Lemire

Great white sharks capture their slippery seal prey by rocketing out of the depths and delivering a massive hit at the surface. To record a breach like this in ultra slow motion, which in real-time lasts just a second, was a supreme challenge for cameraman Simon King.

A behind-the-scenes look at the National Geographic Channel's new series, Expedition Great White.

This jaw-dropping, award-winning, landmark series from the BBC's Natural History Unit presents the epic story of life on Earth. Four years in production, over 2000 days in the field, using 71 cameramen filming across 204 locations in 62 countries, this is the ultimate portrait of our planet. Using a budget of unprecedented proportions, HD photography and unique, specially developed filming techniques, Planet Earth shows you our world in a way you've never quite seen it before.

The Shark Men have generated headlines with their unique research effort as they catch, tag and release massive great white sharks in the wild in order to unravel the mysteries of the great white's life cycle - where they are born, how they mate, where they migrate and where they congregate. In season two, the crew sets out to land even more great whites, collecting more samples and data to support their theories about shark reproduction. And, no one on the team will mind if the crew break its own records along the way, for catching and releasing the largest sharks ever captured.