8.8/105 votes#1 - The Rest of the Map
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/19/2012
Seasoned travellers Scott Wilson and Andre Dupuis begin a new journey descending into the world beneath the waves. They travel to New Zealand to recruit friend and fellow explorer Ellis Emmett for the adventure. But equipment challenges and harsh weather impede the team's first dives.
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NaN/100 votes#2 - The Poor Knights
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/26/2012
Location: NEW ZEALAND Scott and Ellis cross New Zealand's North Island to board a sunken cruise ship, push their limits in a cave dive, and are awestruck by the vibrant and healthy marine reserve at the Poor Knights Islands.
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NaN/100 votes#3 - The Sea Less Travelled
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/4/2012
Location: THE RED SEA The team ventures to Djibouti to swim with the world's largest fish - the whale shark - but must then overcome frustrating travel challenges to get to Sudan and dive Cousteau's Conshelf II and a WWII wreck with a deadly cargo.
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9.6/105 votes#4 - The Emerald Sea
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/11/2012
Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA Scott brings Ellis and the Descending team home to Canada for some cold-water diving off Vancouver Island. Scott and Ellis make friends with some questionable creatures and then pilot a jet at 80ft below the surface. Above the water, the team is put to work preparing a ship for scuttling.
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NaN/100 votes#5 - The Dive God
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/18/2012
Location: TURKS & CAICOS / BIMINI ISLAND, BAHAMAS While island-hopping in the Caribbean, Scott and Ellis meet the 'Dive God'. But there is trouble in paradise as the team learns of a poisonous, invasive species that threatens these beautiful blue waters.
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NaN/100 votes#6 - The Deep
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/25/2012
Location: DOMINICA, GRENADA & CURACAO Continuing their Caribbean island hopping, the Descending team contemplates underwater art in Grenada, comes face to face with the ocean's largest carnivore in Dominica, and then goes deeper (1000+ ft!) than they ever have before.
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9.6/105 votes#7 - The Big Six
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/1/2012
Scott and Ellis visit South Africa to face their fears and brave some of the most notorious shark-filled waters in the world. Disaster strikes on what should have been an easy dive.
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8.4/105 votes#8 - The Hunt for the Red Devil
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/8/2012
Location: CALIFORNIA, USA & LORETO, BAJA Scott and Ellis are in Los Angeles to see if vibrant marine life can exist off the highly developed coast of Southern California. After meeting up with a pair of eco-warriors, the team scours the Sea of Cortez in search of the elusive and fearsome "diablos rojos".
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NaN/100 votes#9 - The Smoking Earth
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/15/2012
Location: ICELAND Facing frigid waters, the Descending team travels to Iceland to witness the newest part of our planet being formed. Scott and Ellis touch two continents at once in some of the world's clearest water and attempt to dive where no one has gone before.
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NaN/100 votes#10 - The Ghosts of the Pacific
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/22/2012
Location: THE SOLOMON ISLANDS History fanatic Scott talks Ellis into diving the shark-infested waters off the coast of the Solomon Islands. This tiny South Pacific nation played a strategic role during WWII and she still has the scars...and wrecks...to prove it.
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9.8/105 votes#11 - The Great Lakes
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/29/2012
Location: ONTARIO, CANADA For centuries, the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes have shaped the story of Canada. The team takes a trip through history and visits the world's best collection of freshwater shipwrecks to discover what makes this water so great.
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NaN/100 votes#12 - The Four Kings
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/6/2012
Location: RAJA AMPAT, INDONESIA In Indonesia, Scott and Ellis experience Raja Ampat - a reserve rich in beauty, diversity and culture. Ellis befriends a local Papuan who teaches him to fish like a local and the divers have a close encounter with Giant Manta Rays.
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NaN/100 votes#13 - The Underworld
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/13/2012
Location: North Sulawesi, Indonesia and Vanuatu. Following a terrifying accident, Scott must find the physical and emotional strength to dive again. In Indonesia's Lembeh Strait, the mission is to film as many strange creatures as they can find. The team concludes their year-long journey on the remote island of Vanuatu to dive one of the greatest shipwrecks in the world and reflect on their underwater adventures.
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The Best Episodes of Descending Season 1
Every episode of Descending Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Descending Season 1!
Descending is an exciting new weekly TV show now airing on Canada’s Outdoor Life Network, and featuring some stunning underwater video from around the world....
Genres:DocumentaryAction & Adventure
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Rest of the Map" is the best rated episode of "Descending" season 1. It scored 8.8/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/19/2012. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Poor Knights".