About this season
Mykel Hawke is a former Special Forces survival expert. His wife Ruth is a television journalist. Together, they take on some of the most forbidding and remote locations around the world. Dropped into each spot, they must survive as a team for four days and nights, with only a knife and the clothes on their backs. As they test their will and their marriage, the two find common ground standing up to nature as husband and wife in the wildest places on Earth.
Episodes (12)
1. Lost at Sea
Aired 2 September 2011 • 60 min
The Hawkes find themselves broken down in the Bermuda Triangle.
2. Louisiana Firestorm
Aired 9 September 2011 • 60 min
The Hawkes fight their way through a raging forest fire in Louisiana.
3. Amazon Jungle Maze
Aired 16 September 2011 • 60 min
The Hawkes face a variety of dangers while stranded in the flooded Amazon.
4. Quicksand & Sinkholes
Aired 23 September 2011 • 60 min
The Hawkes deal with quicksand on a deserted island in the Bahamas.
5. Volcanic Destruction
Aired 23 September 2011 • 60 min
The Hawkes try to escape a volcano on the abandoned island of Montserrat.
6. Message in a Bottle
Aired 30 September 2011 • 60 min
Mykel and Ruth are shipwrecked on a deserted island without sources of fresh water.
7. High Desert Thirst
Aired 7 October 2011 • 60 min
The Hawkes search for water in California's mountain high desert.
8. Bear Encounter
Aired 14 October 2011 • 60 min
The Hawke's avoid a persistent black bear while battling a hypothermia.
9. Bear's Kitchen
Aired 29 December 2011 • 60 min
The Hawkes find themselves stranded in a glacier in the Alaskan wilderness.
10. Newts and Roots
Aired 5 January 2012 • 60 min
Myke gets help from Daniel Boone while in the Kentucky wilderness.
11. Croatian Cave Odyssey
Aired 12 January 2012 • 60 min
The Hawkes' lives are threatened while escaping from a Croatian cave.
12. Scottish Highlands Peril
Aired 19 January 2012 • 60 min
The Hawkes struggle to come down a mountain in the Scottish Highlands.