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  • 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z on Red Bull TV
  • 25m
  • 2h 24m (6 episodes)
  • English
  • Documentary
In a world in which all boundaries seem to have been conquered, adventurers and extreme sports people restlessly seek out new challenges. They try to defeat the impregnable, make come through the impossible - despite all threatening risks and hazarding perilous efforts. "Explorers - adventures of the century" profiles the wild dozen of the most exceptional protagonists - both men and women - in their quest for the adventures of the new century. Here's kayaker Steve Fisher as he conquers the hundred year flood on the treacherous Zambezi River, no exit point is too extreme for BASE-jumpers Valery Rozov and Karina Hollekim, while Irish marathon swimmer Stephen Redmond withstands the gruelling open sea to become the first to swim the iconic Seven Oceans. They all venture into new terrain, going to their personal limits and take the viewer on the adventure of a lifetime.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

2017-01-01T00:00:00Z

5x01 North of Unknown

Season Premiere

5x01 North of Unknown

  • 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z24m

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.

2017-01-01T00:00:00Z

5x02 Voyage of the Finnmen

5x02 Voyage of the Finnmen

  • 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z24m

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.

2017-01-01T00:00:00Z

5x03 Calm in the Dark

5x03 Calm in the Dark

  • 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z24m

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.

2017-01-01T00:00:00Z

5x04 One and a Half Canoes

5x04 One and a Half Canoes

  • 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z24m

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.

2017-01-01T00:00:00Z

5x05 Open Space

5x05 Open Space

  • 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z24m

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.

Season Finale

2017-01-01T00:00:00Z

5x06 Into Twin Galaxies

Season Finale

5x06 Into Twin Galaxies

  • 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z24m

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.

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