Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
Ray Mears' Extreme Survival

Ray Mears' Extreme Survival

1999 3 Seasons 18 Episodes ⭐ 10.0

Ray Mears has spent his life developing a brand of survival skills he calls Wilderness Bushcraft, a philosophy that humans should live closer to nature, as the Bushmen do. In Extreme Survival he demonstrates his wilderness skills and shares amazing tales of survival from some of the world's most menacing environments.

Ray Mears has spent his life developing a brand of survival skills he calls Wilderness Bushcraft, a philosophy that humans should live closer to nature, as the Bushmen do. In Extreme Survival he demonstrates his wilderness skills and shares amazing tales of survival from some of the world's most menacing environments.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Jungle Survival

Ray visits the jungles of Costa Rica, where threats to survival include heat exhaustion, dehydration and poisonous snake

EP 2

Arctic Survival

Ray travels to northern Sweden in midwinter, an Arctic terrain colder than a household freezer, where he finds shelter u

EP 3

Psychology of Survival

Ray explores the story of two teenage sisters lost for two weeks after their boat was wrecked, and whose survival is acc

EP 4

Sea Survival

Shipwreck survivor Steve Callaghan, who spent 76 days adrift in a life raft, tells his story of survival.

EP 5

The Arizona Desert

Ray journeys through the Arizona desert in the footsteps of the famous Apache warrior chief Geronimo, and shows a host o

EP 6

Arnhem Land

The intrepid explorer braves the hostile environment of Arnhem Land to find some of the world's deadliest snakes. He als

EP 1

The Sahara Desert

Ray explores the extreme environment of the Sahara Desert and tells the inspirational tale of the wartime RAF pilot who

EP 2

The Rocky Mountains

Ray visits America's Rocky Mountains.

EP 3

Australlian Outback

Ray treks deep into the Australian outback and tells a cautionary tale about two Austrian tourists who lost their lives,

EP 4

Military Survival

Ray takes a slightly different look at survival in this episode - instead of being stranded in the wilderness, he follow

EP 5

Mountains

Ray looks at the incredible story of a US Air Force pilot who managed to keep himself and his son alive in a freezing bl

EP 6

Desert Island Survival

Marooned on a desert island in the Philippines, where coconuts supply liquid to drink and fish can be cooked in a hot-ro

EP 1

Belarus

Ray explores the ancient forests of Belarus, a last reminder of how the whole of northern Europe once looked. In this va

EP 2

Roger's Rangers

Ray follows in the footsteps of childhood hero Robert Rogers, who achieved fame for a feat of wilderness survival during

EP 3

Alaska

Ray visits Alaska and tells extraordinary tales of survival in the frozen wilderness, including that of beachcomber Mike

EP 4

Namibia

Ray demonstrates how to survive on Namibia's Skeleton Coast, where it hardly ever rains and the temperature regularly to

EP 5

Thailand

Ray travels into the jungle of north east Thailand to learn survival techniques with a group of Vietnam veterans, includ

EP 6

New Zealand

Ray learns of the treacherous weather conditions in New Zealand and hears the story of a father and son found freezing t

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