Steve Backshall will circumnavigate the planet to track down the world’s greatest predators
Following on from the successful Deadly 60 series, adventurer Steve Backshall has embarked on an epic journey that takes him and his crew from the Arctic to the Antarctic in search of the deadliest animals on earth. Steve will circumnavigate the planet, tracking down the world’s greatest predators. Experiencing new countries and new adventures, he will discover animals like the lobster munching goliath groupers of Cuba, the much feared and respected oceanic white tip shark, and the world’s only carnivorous caterpillars in Animal Planet’s Deadly Pole To Pole.
Starting at the top of the world, Steve ventures into one of the most inhospitable places on earth — the Arctic. From here he explores the frozen north in search of polar bears, walrus, Arctic foxes and seals. Steve then embarks on a 20,000 kilometre journey that sees him pass through North, Central and South America.
Multiple cameras capture every aspect of the action, while groundbreaking time slice technology reveals the world of sharks and birds of prey as never seen before on Deadly series. And, for the first time ever, Steve looks at deadly forces of nature, from red hot molten lava and unexplored underwater caves to exploding super volcanoes and mighty glaciers.
Steve and the crew continue journey towards Somerset Island high in the Canadian Arctic. They witness some extraordinary behaviour of a rock climbing polar bear scale a huge sea cliff in search of food. Steve also goes in search of a musk ox (an Arctic fox) and beguiling Arctic beluga whale. In West Columbia, Steve and his team rig underwater CCTV cameras to catch sight of a rare beast — the mysterious sixgill shark.
Steve heads into Yellowstone national park in the USA, home to the continent’s most iconic beasts like the grey wolf and the one tonne bison. Further in North Caroline, Steve manages to film the infamous timber rattlesnake whose tail vibrates with one of the fastest moving muscles in the whole vertebrate world. They also track down one of the rarest creatures on earth — the red wolf. Steve lowers himself into the depths of one of the most inhospitable environments on earth in order to literally hang out with a mega swarm of Mexican free-tailed bats. In California’s West Coast, Steve dives with an underwater speedster, the mako, the fastest shark in the seas. He also encounters an aquatic acrobatic, the California sea lion, which shows off its underwater agility that makes it such a formidable hunter. Steve is also mesmerised by a huge beautiful but deadly, jellyfish before emerging from the kelp to come face to face with one of the most bizarre looking predators he has ever seen, the sunfish.