![]() The team discovers it needs more permission to scale the cliff. Ornithology (04:49)īackshall searches for a bird-of-paradise. Steve Jones prepares to rappel down the limestone cliff-face. As the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates collided, it created mountains. Exploring Papua's Landscape (02:40)īackshall travels to Wollo to explore local sinkholes. The next rapids prove too hard to traverse by boat Bain and Klema fall ill and Searle calls for a helicopter to carry them past the whitewater. Expedition Difficulties (05:46)īackshall discovers that limestone rock created gouges in the bottom of the kayak and worries about the inflatable raft. Backshall builds a campfire and sets up tents. The team discovers a grassy island in the middle of the Baliem River. ![]() The support crew guides the inflatable raft down the rapids it might puncture on the limestone rocks. The team sends Young to ensure they can traverse the river. The Baliem River runs smoothly until the kayaks reach a gorge. He, Aldo Kane, Barney Young, David Bain, Nate Klema, and Jordan Searle makeup the expedition team with the film crew following behind. (Credits) Launching the Kayaks (03:52)īackshall researched the area by satellite imagery, but there are no maps for the next nine miles. Steve Backshall, a naturalist and adventurer, plans to travel down the Baliem River, exploring the wilderness of New Guinea.
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