Man vs. Wild

Bear Grylls heads for the icy wastes of the Arctic Circle, where he tackles a frozen waterfall, hunts wild reindeer and battles against some of the coldest conditions on the planet.

Bear Grylls is deep in the back-woods of Alabama, where he tackles freezing white-waters and a vicious wild boar, braves a raging forest fire and gets trapped without light deep in the heart of an enormous limestone cave.

Deep in the heart of Vietnam, Bear Grylls encounters blood-sucking leeches and a deadly spitting cobra, eats a forest scorpion and avoids a violent mountain river flood as he tangles with the worst the jungle can throw at him.

In Western Texas, Bear Grylls falls to earth from an upturned bi-plane and takes on the parched Chihuahuan Desert. To survive, he traverses deep gorges, locates an oasis and takes on a diamond back rattlesnake.

Bear Grylls is in the wilds of Alaska where he ice-hops onto a glacier, is left hanging by his fingertips over a forest waterfall and narrowly avoids getting crushed between an iceberg and his rescue vessel.

The Man vs. Wild crew who follow Bear Grylls on his travels across the globe share how it feels to follow in his footsteps and reveal just how they survive alongside him.

Bear Grylls is dropped on a sandbar in the Pacific ocean west of the Panama coast. He swims to a deserted island and begins his quest for enough food and -- more importantly -- water to keep him alive.

Bear Grylls takes on Southern China in the aftermath of a typhoon. He tackles swollen rivers, climbs limestone gorges, is attacked by stinging ants and uses ancient tribal techniques to catch bats for food.

Bear Grylls takes on Big Sky Country in Montana, one of the last untouched and remote areas in the US. After paragliding above the Rockies, he negotiates difficult terrain before making his great escape on a moving train.

Bear Grylls rappels onto a live volcano in Guatemala. In order to survive, he navigates a waterfall in an underground cave, tackles an unwelcome overnight guest, and encounters ancient Mayan ruins.

Bear finds himself in a new kind of jungle: a concrete jungle. Just because he's partially inside doesn't mean he's out of the woods. He must use all of his wilderness survival techniques to stay alive in a post-disaster city.

The stalwart crew behind Bear Grylls' amazing adventures share how they fearlessly -- and sometimes fumblingly -- go to extremes to film Bear trekking to the ends of the earth.

Grylls crosses the Sahara Desert to the North African coast where he catches an octopus, fashions a shelter out of acacia trees and dines on moths and locusts.