The sheer, towering mountain known as Fatima's Hand shoots up aggressively from the flat expanse surrounding it. BASE jumper Karina Hollekim travels to Mali to attempt a wingsuit flight off its peak, but the trip will test her in every way.
The unique spray ice formations at Helmcken Falls, British Columbia, are considered the hardest ice and mixed climbing spot in the world. The 140-meter cave is a terrifying complex of giant, overhung icicles and thus has become Will Gadd's obsession and the leading edge of modern ice climbing.
Majlis al Jinn, a huge subterranean chamber in Oman, is big enough to house the Great Pyramid of Giza. After a 170m free hanging rappel, Chris Sharma and his partner set out for a record breaking ascent from the deepest point of the cave following the enormous arch, fighting gravity, climbing upside down back into the light.
Zeb Walsh has dreamed of paddleboarding the channel between Australia and Tasmania since he was 15 years old. For his attempt, he enlists two friends to brave the choppy, shark-infested waters of the Bass Strait and make history with him.
The Bahamas are home to some of the world‘s most stunning and extensive underwater cave systems. Diving legend Brian Kakuk believes that two of the biggest systems there are actually one massive one, and he's determined to prove it.
Veteran paragliders Will Gadd and Gavin McClurg attempt to complete the first paragliding traverse of the Rocky Mountains range, North America‘s most iconic and wildest region. The 1,200km trek will be a world record flight if they make it.
An adventure that's also part scientific exploration, a group of climbers attempt to descend into an active volcano to get as close as possible to the spitting lava lake. They brave poison gasses and 2000°F (1093°C) heat climbing into the earth.
Gavin McClurg and Dave Turner take on the challenge of paragliding across the nearly 700km of the Alaska Range. Facing harsh weather, freezing temps and even starvation, it's the most extreme vol-biv expedition ever attempted.
The story of an Inuit man who paddled 1,930km between Greenland and Scotland inspires adventurers Olly Hicks and George Bullard to duplicate the journey in a sea kayak. The duo brave extreme oceanic conditions in their quest to test history.
Elizabeth Rogers is an award-winning cave dive photographer who doesn't follow anyone's trail. Raised by trailblazers in the sport, she's hungry to make her mark in history by finding her own unexplored caves in West Timor, Indonesia.
Torres Strait and Bass Strait are two huge sunken land-bridges off the Australian continent. These dangerous passages haven't been crossed without modern technology in over 6,000 years, but a group of friends will attempt it using only wooden canoes.
Explorer Ness Knight attempts to ride her fat bike 1,000km through Namibia’s remote and arid northern region. She faces extreme heat, arduous terrain, and Namibia's deadly wildlife, leaving no room for error on her most ambitious adventure yet.
hree National Geographic Adventurers of the Year embark on an unreal ski and kayak mission across Greenland. Using kite skis, they tow their whitewater kayaks over 1,000km of the Greenland ice sheet to reach the most northern river ever paddled.
