Les Stroud's Beyond Survival

On a journey to Sri Lanka, Stroud lives alongside men once believed to be half-human/half-demon and exorcises dark forces in a rarely seen ritual.

Les heads into open waters with the Sea Gypsies of Malaysia to spearfish in shark filled seas, and survive in a world of water, where storms and tsunamis threaten to wipe out the tribe, forever.

Les Stroud treks deep into the Kalahari Desert to learn from the original masters of survival, the San Bushmen, a unique tribe believed to be the closest living descendants of the first humans.

Les travels to the wilds of Papua New Guinea to join a never before filmed (or photographed) Hewa ritual honoring the dead. But danger lurks around every corner of Les's arduous three day journey into the jungle, and he is armed with a machete and bow and arrow.

Many days journey on rough, dirt–red roads leads Les to the Antandroy and Antanosy tribes of Madagascar. Les practices their traditional fishing techniques, hunts with wild dogs, builds shelter and takes part in a mysterious seed ceremony to connect with Malagasy Ancestors.

Les journeys to the top of Baffin Island in rural Nunavut, Canada: the Arctic, to visit a small Inuit community called Pond Inlet. The integration of modern technologies has ensured cultural and physical survival in an environment where temperatures can drop to 40 degrees below Celsius. Today, Pond Inlet faces its greatest challenge: climate change. Les bears witness to the marriage of Western technology and indigenous knowledge, in the face of rapid economic and cultural change -- while the ice slowly recedes from the North.