Steve Backshall's Extreme River Challenge

Adventure Documentary Expedition History Nature 2016

Adventurer and naturalist Steve Backshall sets out to explore one of the wildest rivers in the world: the mighty Baliem River on the island of New Guinea just north of Australia.

Director: Ingrid Kvale

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Episodes

EP 1

Steve Backshall's Extreme River Challenge — Episode 1

Steve Backshall explores the Baliem River on the island of New Guinea; he starts his journey at Lake Habema and encounters some of the most extreme whitewater rapids seen anywhere…

EP 2

Steve Backshall's Extreme River Challenge — Episode 2

Steve continues his journey along the Baliem River as he and his crew kayak Baliem's lower gorge; with jagged rock walls looming overhead and crashing currents, the risk of capsizing…