Five men on four watercrafts make an ambitious attempt to travel from Seattle to Russia.
The men have been taken into custody at gunpoint by the Russian military and are detained for several days.
The team experiences glaciers as they travel through southeast Alaska.
The team gets caught in a small craft just below Haines, Alaska; some members are thrown into the frigid waters.
The expedition encounters brown bears on Afognak Island; The men cross the Shelikoff Straits, notorious for sinking ships; Steven calls for help when the men are stranded without fuel.
A dangerous flight to refuel the expedition; the men camp among brown bears; the crew finds a dangerous shipwreck and question Steven's leadership.
Peter Coyote
Narrator
