7.8/1060 votes#1 - Western Pacific
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 6/1/2009
Grylls is on a desert island, south of Papua New Guinea. He wades across a shark-infested tidal channel, climbs crumbling volcanic cliffs, leaps over a 100-foot death drop, and constructs a bamboo windsurfer to make his escape.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1051 votes#2 - Northern Australia
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 6/1/2009
In Australia's Northern Territory, Grylls must rely on many of the skills honed by the Aboriginal people to survive in this sweltering landscape dominated by crocodiles.
Director: N/A
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7.0/1046 votes#3 - Canadian Rockies
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 6/1/2009
While in the Canadian Rockies, Grylls is buried alive in an avalanche, swims long distance beneath an ice-covered lake, and is airvac-ed to the hospital when an icy glissade goes horribly wrong.
Director: N/A
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7.3/1044 votes#4 - Republic of Georgia
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 6/1/2009
Grylls lands in the snow-capped Caucasus Mountains of the Georgian Republic by driving a snowmobile out the back of a hovering helicopter. He ziplines across a river, camps among wolves and trudges through swampy wetlands.
Director: N/A
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7.1/1055 votes#5 - Fan vs. Wild
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 6/5/2009
Grylls takes two fans into the Canadian wilderness for their ultimate survival challenge. They face their fears head on, trek down dangerous glaciers and across a frigid glacial river, build a rustic shelter, and try to swallow typical Grylls fare.
Director: N/A
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- 7.0/1042 votes
#6 - Extreme Desert
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 9/2/2009
In the Mojave Desert Grylls puts himself in the path of a man-made sandstorm, takes on the full force of a man-made flash flood and HALO jump from 30,000 feet. His body is pushed to the limit as the temperature soars from minus 40 to 110 degrees.
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Bear strands himself in popular wilderness destinations where tourists often find themselves lost or in danger.
Genres:Action & AdventureDocumentary
Network:Discovery
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Western Pacific" is the best rated episode of "Man vs. Wild" season 5. It scored 7.8/10 based on 60 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/1/2009. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Northern Australia".