A kayakist in New Zealand struggles to save his drowning friend. French snowboarders race against time to find the friend who has been buried by an avalanche.
A novice caver is trapped in a flooded passage; a helicopter crew strives to rescue an injured hiker from an inaccessible crevice; Australian fishermen are stranded miles from shore in shark-infested waters.
A freak accident severs a cyclist's artery miles from medical help; a kayaker fights to rescue his friend from white water rapids; a skier gets buried alive.
Tourists struggle to survive after a ferry capsizes; an injured caver is trapped where only dynamite can save him.
Dramatic real-life footage captured by the rescuers themselves; a team sent to recover bodies from a sunken wreck finds one man still alive.
A rescue team fights through a storm to reach a fisherman whose hand has been ripped through a winch; and a crevasse opens up under a group of climbers.
Tom Streithorst
Host
Andrew Parkin
Producer
David Skudder
