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Niall McCann Biography

Birth Name:Niall McCann

Birth Place:Victoria, Canada

Fast Facts

  • Is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and devotes much of his time to conservation projects in Honduras, Guyana, and Nepal
  • Rowed across the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean in 2007 and manhauled on skis across Greenland in 2009
  • Graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in Zoology and earned his PhD from Cardiff University
  • Made his television debut in the 2011 documentary film "Lost in the Amazon: the Enigma of Col Fawcett․"
  • Went on his first expedition in 2000 at the age of 18, when he cycled through the Khunjerab Pass in the Himalayas with his father and a friend
  • Is a member of the Cardiff University High Performance Programme
  • Best known as the "explorer scientist" host of the documentary series "Biggest and Baddest․"
  • Specializes in endangered species and has performed zoological research in several countries, including Namibia, Italy, Honduras, the UK, and Bolivia
  • Among his many adventures are cycling the highest road in the world, mountaineering in the Alps, canoeing the River Yukon, and rock climbing in the U․S․ and Europe
  • For his PhD he studied the Baird's tapir, the largest neotropical mammal and one of the Americas' most threatened species