Piloot Charlie Halliday heeft tijdens een routineklus in de wildernis van de Noordpool een ontmoeting met een kleine groep Inuit vissers, met onder hen een ziek jong meisje, Kanaalaq genaamd. De vissers vragen aan Charlie om haar terug te vliegen naar een ziekenhuis; hun enige hoop dat het meisje zal overleven. Eerst weigert Charlie nog, maar als de vissers hem twee waardevolle walrusslagtanden aanbieden, wordt de verleiding hem te groot.
Met originele beelden en interviews wordt in deze documentaire het spannende verhaal over Apollo 13 verteld en het gevecht om de astronauten veilig thuis te brengen.
A reality show contest where sixteen or more castaways split between two or more “Tribes” are taken to a remote isolated location and are forced to live off the land with meager supplies for roughly 39 days. Frequent physical challenges are used to pit the tribes against each other for rewards, such as food or luxuries, or for “Immunity”, forcing the other tribe to attend “Tribal Council”, where they must vote off one of their players.
Ten Australians are dropped off alone in separate areas of the Tasmanian wilderness where they must deal with the forces of nature, hunger, and loneliness.
They are some of the toughest, most extreme survivalists from across the nation. In the second season of Ultimate Survival Alaska, four teams - woodsmen, mountaineers, military veterans, and endurance athletes go head-to-head in an epic arctic competition that only National Geographic could inspire.
True stories of various people who found themselves in situations in the wild that tried their abilities to survive. Survival expert Creek Stewart hosts and gives tips and training on survival skills.
"Alone" veterans must use their skills, experience and 10 items to survive 50 brutal days along the frigid and windswept coast of Labrador, Canada.
