Tales from the Explorers Club Polar Extremes (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary

Tales from the Explorers Club

Polar Extremes (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary

Josh Gates tackles history's most chilling polar adventures, including Robert Peary and Matthew Henson's brave push to the North Pole as well as Ernest Shackleton's epic survival in Antarctic ice.

Director

Lee Farber

Producer

Denise Poon

Cinematographers

David Klassen | Daniel Zagayer

Editors

Christopher de Barros (as Chris DeBarros) | Tomas Gutierrez Hachard (as Gutierrez Hachard Tomas) | Tia Hoover | Wesley Post

Production Designer

Anton Tremblay

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 7, 2022

Release date

Sep 7, 2022 (United States)

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Josh Gates Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Expedition Unknown (2015)
Richard Garriott Self - President, Explorers Club Self - President, Explorers Club See fewer	Akalabeth (1979)
Bill Taradash Self - Explorers Club Head Chef (as Chef Bill Taradash) Self - Explorers Club Head Chef (as Chef Bill Taradash) See fewer	Tales from the Explorers Club (2022)
Lacey Flint Self - Archivist & Curator of Research Collections Self - Archivist & Curator of Research Collections See fewer	Tales from the Explorers Club (2022)
Matthew Henson Self - Artic Explorer (archive footage) Self - Artic Explorer (archive footage) See fewer
Shin Matsuba Naomi Uemura Naomi Uemura See fewer	The Big Door Prize (2023)
Ootah Self - Artic Explorer & Inuit Hunter (archive footage) Self - Artic Explorer & Inuit Hunter (archive footage) See fewer
Robert Peary Self - Artic Explorer (archive footage) (as Robert E. Peary) Self - Artic Explorer (archive footage) (as Robert E. Peary) See fewer	Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 84 (1915)
Drew Phillips Ernest Shackleton Ernest Shackleton See fewer	Grace Period (2010)
Ernest Shackleton Self - Polar Explorer (archive footage) Self - Polar Explorer (archive footage) See fewer	South (1919)
M. Kennedy Simbai Matthew Henson Matthew Henson See fewer	Keep It Real (2020)
Naomi Uemura Self - Solo Artic Explorer (archive footage) Self - Solo Artic Explorer (archive footage) See fewer	Lost in the Wilderness (1986)
Frank Worsley Self - Captain of the Endurance (archive footage) Self - Captain of the Endurance (archive footage) See fewer	South (1919)