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26 Episodes 2014 - 2015
Episode 1
Sun, Oct 5, 201426 mins
Join Richard Wiese as he journeys to Tanzania - to climb the highest mountain on the African continent - Mount Kilimanjaro. With friends and family, Richard sets out on a seven-day climb to 19,340 feet, following the same path he took with his father more than 40 years ago. This is his 14th ascent - only this time, he encounters the worst weather he's ever faced on the mountain.
Episode 2
Sat, Oct 11, 2014
Host Richard Wiese travels from England to Africa to discover why birds of a feather flock together. Discover the royal heritage of wild swans in England and visit the largest colony of nesting mute swans in the world. Learn why every spring, thousands of puffins return after months at sea to breed on the Shetland Islands in Scotland. In Namibia, meet some surprising desert birds that have adapted to their harsh environment-the weaver and the ostrich.
Episode 3
Sat, Oct 18, 2014
Host Richard Wiese explores how fishers haul in the bounty of the sea. In the coastal wetlands of South Africa, he fishes for supper with a Tonga tribesman the way it's been done for the last 700 years. In the state of Maine, he sails into the Atlantic to discover the secrets of lobstering from a man who's been doing it since he was six. And in South America, Richard launches into the Pacific with Chile's one and only fisherwoman to learn the secrets of an ancient tradition.
Episode 4
Sat, Oct 25, 2014
Join Richard Wiese as he explores the United States in search of adventure. In South Dakota, Richard goes "spelunking" or cave exploring through a maze underground caverns. He hangs ten in Hawaii with some of the best big wave surfers, hears their tales of triumph and defeat, and tests his own skill on the legendary Hawaiian coast. Then, through the white water of the mighty Colorado River, it's the thrill of rafting a different kind of wave. Experience classic Americana at a Maine lobster bake.
Episode 5
Sat, Nov 1, 2014
Join Richard Wiese as he explores the world of seals. See how the seal population in Canada impacts polar bears and reflects global climate change. Richard joins a team of dedicated scientists who rescue orphaned and injured harbor seals and helps to return three rehabilitated pups back to the ocean. In Hawaii, another group of researchers checks the health of a pregnant seal.
Episode 6
Sat, Nov 8, 2014
Host Richard Wiese journeys across Morocco to discover the spirit of this exotic North African land. In Marrakech, he explores the Djemma el Fna, the thousand year-old marketplace where snake charmers, fortunetellers, monkeys and musicians create a raucous, lively mix. He travels to the Atlantic coast to spear fish with local fishermen and then grills his catch. Richard explores a remote village in the rugged Atlas Mountains, where he's welcomed into the home of a Berber family and discovers the true meaning of Moroccan hospitality.
Episode 7
Sat, Nov 15, 2014
Richard Wiese explores the picturesque province of Alberta, Canada to experience the Old West and discovers a thriving cowboy culture on the plains. He experiences a day in the life at the Sierra West Ranch, learning to rope and ride. Join Richard as he saddles up and joins ranchers to drive cattle to high pasture in the shadow of the majestic Rockies.
Episode 8
Sat, Nov 22, 2014
Join Host Richard Wiese as he travels across three continents in search of hardy creatures that have survived on this planet for eons. In Australia, Richard encounters wild camels and finds out how they've thrived here for more than 150 years. Then journey to South Africa's Rocktail Bay, home of the elusive 300-pound loggerhead turtles, which swim thousands of miles to deposit their eggs here. On North Carolina's Outer Banks, Richard learns why alligators are migrating north and what this means to the families who live nearby.
Episode 9
Sat, Jan 10, 2015
Episode 10
Sat, Jan 17, 201526 mins
Richard Wiese heads to Africa to encounter elephants, the world's largest land mammal. In Namibia, he treks through the oldest desert in the world to track rare desert-adapted elephants. In South Africa, a relocated herd is thriving in its new home. In Botswana, Richard meets a family of orphaned elephants and the dedicated people who have adopted them.
Episode 11
Sat, Jan 24, 2015
Episode 12
Sat, Jan 31, 2015
Episode 13
Sat, Feb 7, 2015
Episode 14
Sat, Feb 14, 2015
Episode 15
Sat, Feb 21, 2015
Episode 16
Sat, Apr 4, 2015
Episode 17
Sat, Apr 11, 2015
Episode 18
Sat, Apr 18, 2015
Episode 19
Sat, Apr 25, 2015
Episode 20
Sat, May 2, 2015
Episode 21
Sat, May 9, 2015
Episode 22
Sat, May 16, 2015
Episode 23
Thu, Jun 4, 2015
Episode 24
Thu, Jun 11, 2015
Episode 25
Thu, Jun 18, 2015
Episode 26
Thu, Jun 25, 2015