Australia really is a place of extremes. You know, when its hot, its roasting. When it rains, it pours. And when its beautiful, it really is spectacular. In the heat of the day in the Kimberley, you can expect 125 degree heat and energy-sapping humid...
Im in the Kimberley in north Australia. Its a wet season. A thunderstorm is raging. And more rain is probably on its way. Im making my roof at an angle to help the rain run off. Ive put up a basic frame made from thin branches and Im tying it all tog...
The bad weather is about to hit me. Ive got minutes until the deluge begin. Even though Im not staying out here tonight, Ill show you how the Aborigines would build a shelter against this sort of rain. Ok. What I can do here is build a bit of a bed s...
As the afternoon and the clouds start to roll in, the suns heat is beginning to cool off a little. Hear that? Its thunder. Its amazing, you know. Sun. I tell you its gonna be rain within a few hours. Its all moving this way. Out here in the wet seaso...
Ive got about a quarter of a bottle now for later reserve. Urine is actually 95 percent water. And its sterile when fresh. But only drink it when you are hydrated. And drink it sooner rather than later as its a breeding ground for bacteria. The peopl...
Temperatures in the outback of Australia have been known to reach up to 57 degrees Celsius. Thats over 130 degrees Fahrenheit. Its unbearably hot. And the search-and-rescue guys say if someone is dropped into the middle of that, with nothing, no wate...
This looks like an all right place to climb down. The only thing is climbing like this when youre unroped, and youre on your own is probably the most unforgiving thing you can do. And it just means that you gotta get your every single move absolutely...
Its suddenly just so hot. Its quite ncie and cool in the breeze of like 100-mile-an-hour slipstream. But suddenly you realize it is very, very hot. And its also just huge. Look at this. First thing, find a vantage point to see where you are. The Kimb...
I am Bear Grylls. Ive served with the British Special Forces. Ive climbed to the summit of Everest and crossed the frozen oceans of the Arctic. Now, Im in the Australias outback, a vast wilderness. Five million visitors come here every year to see th...
At the southern end of the Earth, after four months of total darkness, the sun once more rises over Antarctica. Now at last, the emperor penguins abandon their huddle. The males are still carrying the precious eggs that theyve cherished throughout th...
The dogs know their prey must come out or drown. Now its a waiting game. The rest of the pack are calling. Theyve made a kill in the forest and this is an invitation to join in the meal. The impala is in luck. A pack this size kills once a day and ev...
Their secret is teamwork. Impala are their favourite prey. They start to hunt and the pack splits up. An aerial viewpoint gives a new insight into their strategy. As the dogs approach their prey, they peel off to take up separate positions around the...
This is in Africa rarely seen, a lush water world. Some creatures are completely at home here. These are lechwe, antelope with hooves that splay widely enabling them to move at speed through the water. For others, the change is far less welcome. Babo...
At the peak of the dry season in the Kalahari, water arrives in the Okavango. It fell as rain a thousand miles away in the highlands of Angola and has taken nearly five months to reach here. The water drives out insects from the parched ground which...
All across southern Africa, all animals are journeying for the same reason. Buffalo join the great track. Nowhere else on Earth are so many animals on the move for the same urgent purpose. They are all heading for the swamps of the Okavango, a vast i...
