Voyages of Discovery - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Circumnavigation
Paul Rose reveals the story behind the first ever circumnavigation of the world, when Magellan set out 500 years ago to find the westward route to the Spice Islands.
The Making of Captain Cook
Paul Rose tells the true story of an eventful voyage as he explores how Captain James Cook's discoveries changed the world.
The Ice King
Paul Rose tells the story of Fridjtof Nansen who, in 1892, announced a daring plan to be first to the North Pole and who became the forefather of polar exploration.
The Figure of the Earth
Paul Rose tells the story of three Frenchmen's 18th-century scientific mission to Ecuador to settle an international row by measuring the planet's shape.
Hanging by a Thread
Paul Rose tells the story of the USS Squalus, stranded on the bottom of the Atlantic in 1937 and the first time anyone had been saved from a stricken submarine.
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