Series featuring action and adventure from around the world.
Getting There. Experimenting with different forms of transport has always intrigued explorers. In the 1930s, a French expedition tried to cross the Himalayas by motor car. Now, following
Thor Heyerdahl 's attempt to cross the Atlantic in a reed boat and Freya Stark's use of a raft on the Euphrates, explorer
Francois Odendaal intends to navigate down the Amazon on a balsa wood raft. To survive the rapids, he will have to make the raft secure.
Series producer Colin Luke
Executive producer Paul Watson A Mosaic production for BBCtv
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