Niall McCann
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
- Best known as the "explorer scientist" host of the documentary series "Biggest and Baddest․"
- Is a member of the Cardiff University High Performance Programme
- 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