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The show features accounts of individuals and groups caught in dangerous scenarios, presented both through interviews and dramatic reenactments. The main focus is how the...
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Network:Discovery
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Season 1

  • Shark Survivor
    8.2/1090 votes
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    Shark Survivor

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/28/2005

    1982. Five people get caught in a tropical storm and their yacht sinks. They have to survive in the middle of the ocean on a raft with absolutely no survival equipment. To their horror they find the area of the ocean to be infested with sharks.

    Director: Nick Copus, Ian Barnes

    Writer: Ian Barnes

  • Lost in the Snow
    7.8/1070 votes
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    Lost in the Snow

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/4/2005

    A U.S. Army Private, his wife, and their five-month old son travel to a funeral, but on the way there, they miss the sign that leads to the city and instead go into an uninhabited national park which is closed for the winter.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Escape from the Amazon
    7.7/1073 votes
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    Escape from the Amazon

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/2005

    Three friends go to the Amazon for a trip but things get nasty when their guide leads them to jeopardy. As the four (three friends and guide) split into two groups, one pair faces disaster at every turn, while the other two are never heard from again.

    Director: Nick Copus

    Writer: N/A

  • Swept Away
    6.5/1052 votes
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    Swept Away

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/2005

    Two friends go kayaking in the Strait of Georgia. When the tide comes in, one friend falls from his kayak and fears that he will end up in the Pacific Ocean.

    Director: Nick Copus

    Writer: N/A

  • Kidnap in the Killing Fields
    7.4/1052 votes
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    Kidnap in the Killing Fields

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/25/2005

    A man involved in demining Cambodia accidentally steps on a landmine and blows off his leg. Two years earlier, he was kidnapped by a murderous group of Khmer Rouge.

    Director: Nick Copus

    Writer: N/A

  • Jaws of Death
    7.2/1042 votes
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    Jaws of Death

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/2/2005

    A man crashes his plane in the African savannah. With legs broken in a total of six different places, he has to make it alive past lions and other dangerous predators in a state of intense pain and loss of leg mobility.

    Director: Nick Copus

    Writer: N/A

  • Trapped Under a Boulder
    7.7/1047 votes
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    Trapped Under a Boulder

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/10/2006

    An environmentalist heads for a remote island off the coast of Queensland, he then meets a Dutch man on a deserted beach. A one ton slab of granite hits the environmentalist and pins him down to the bed of a creek. The Dutchman must find help for his new friend.

    Director: Nick Copus

    Writer: Nick Copus, Jamie L. Smith

  • Ice Cave Survivor
    7.2/1038 votes
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    Ice Cave Survivor

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/17/2006

    1995. A man and his son go on a skiing trip to Turkey. When a snowstorm arrives, they lose their way, and the father has to chose between staying with his son or finding help.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Shipwrecked
    6.4/1033 votes
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    Shipwrecked

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/24/2006

    Two cousins go on a fishing trip when they realize they are shipwrecked on a deserted island.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Alaskan Avalanche
    7.6/1031 votes
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    Alaskan Avalanche

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/31/2006

    Two climbers are scaling a sheer ice-wall in an Alaskan mountain when one of the climbers falls and is badly injured. A passing aircraft sees their SOS signal, but damages the landing gear in the process. Now, the people on board are also stranded on the icy wasteland.

    Director: Nick Copus

    Writer: N/A

  • Lost at Sea
    7.5/1032 votes
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    Lost at Sea

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/9/2006

    Two sons looking to repair their relationship with their father plan a fishing trip with their father in Mexico. An unexpected storm leaves them stranded in the middle of the Sea of Cortez.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Crash in a Volcano
    8.1/1056 votes
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    Crash in a Volcano

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/16/2006

    Three men filming a volcano in their helicopter crash after losing control and get trapped in a crater of the active volcano. Surrounded by unclimbable ridges and poisonous gases, they must send one of them to radio for help.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lost in the African Bush
    8.1/1052 votes
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    Lost in the African Bush

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/23/2006

    Five survivors of a private plane crash must survive the dangers of the desolate African wilderness. With two severely injured, some of the group must wander off to find rescue, even though there is no civilization for hundreds of miles.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A