In this episode a kayaker in New Zealand fights to save his drowning friend, French snowboarders race against time as they try to find their friend buried in an avalanche, and a helicopter crew in Canada are called to rescue a hiker on a remote peak.
In this episode a novice caver is trapped in a flooding passage, a helicopter crew need to find a way to save an injured hiker from an inaccessible crevice, and in Australia two spearfishermen are stranded miles from shore in shark infested waters.
In this episode a freak accident severs a professional cyclist's artery miles from medical help, a kayaker fights to rescue his friend who's trapped upside down in white water rapids, and a backcountry skier is buried alive in a tree well.
In this episode scores of tourists struggle to stay afloat and find loved ones after a capsize in rough seas. Friends search for an expectant father who lost control of his BMX and plunged off a cliff, and an injured caver is trapped so far underground the only way out involves dynamite.
In this episode a team sent to recover bodies from a wreck on the seafloor gets a shock when one man is still alive. How will they get him out before his air-pocket runs out? A hiker must rescue his friend who's being dragged over a waterfall, and a summit on one of the world's most iconic mountains almost ends in tragedy.
In this episode a rescue team fights through a storm to reach a fishman who's hand has been ripped through a winch. A helicopter crew pluck an injured mountaineer from an ice cliff, only to discover he's still attached to the climb ropes. And a party of mountain climbers is torn apart when a crevasse opens up, swallowing one.