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The Best Episodes of Tales from the Explorers Club

Every episode of Tales from the Explorers Club ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Tales from the Explorers Club!

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At the world-famous Explorers Club, a gathering place for trailblazers, club member Josh Gates recounts the greatest adventures of all time.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Tales from the Explorers Club Season 1 Episode 2 - Polar Extremes
    8.1/10(21 votes)

    #1 - Polar Extremes

    S1:E2

    Josh Gates tackles history's most chilling polar adventures, including Robert Peary and Matthew Henson's brave push to the North Pole as well as Ernest Shackleton's epic survival in Antarctic ice.

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  2. Tales from the Explorers Club Season 1 Episode 3 - The Race to Space
    7.9/10(18 votes)

    #2 - The Race to Space

    S1:E3

    Josh Gates boldly explores members' most heart-pounding journeys into space. Apollo 13 astronauts fight to bring their crippled spacecraft 238,000 miles back to Earth and futuristic SpaceShipOne could give the rest of us a chance to travel to space.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Tales from the Explorers Club Season 1 Episode 5 - Monsters and Myths
    7.8/10(20 votes)

    #3 - Monsters and Myths

    S1:E5

    Investigating the unexplained, Josh recounts a legendary Himalayan mission to find the Yeti and a filmmaker's pursuit of the ferocious elephant king. The starving crew of a tragic Antarctic expedition makes unimaginable choices to survive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Tales from the Explorers Club Season 1 Episode 4 - Wild Rides
    7.6/10(17 votes)

    #4 - Wild Rides

    S1:E4

    Buckle up as Josh Gates blazes the trails of club members' most daring journeys including the Kon-Tiki balsa raft crossing the Pacific, NASA's lunar rover making tracks on the moon and an airplane flying around the world without using a drop of fuel.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Tales from the Explorers Club Season 1 Episode 1 - Highest Highs, Lowest Lows
    7.5/10(23 votes)

    #5 - Highest Highs, Lowest Lows

    S1:E1

    Josh Gates recounts the death-defying exploits of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay who summit Mount Everest; two submariners plunge seven miles under the Pacific; a pilot skydives from the edge of space.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Tales from the Explorers Club Season 1 Episode 6 - Explorer's Club at the Movies
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    #6 - Explorer's Club at the Movies

    S1:E6

    Josh Gates explores how club members' swashbuckling exploits inspired Hollywood. A bullwhip-cracking archaeologist may be the real-life Indiana Jones and a Nazi mountaineer's life-changing Seven Years in Tibet became a Brad Pitt star turn.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Polar Extremes" is the best rated episode of "Tales from the Explorers Club". It scored 8.1/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/7/2022. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Race to Space".