The BEST episodes of Survivorman season 1
Every episode of Survivorman season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Survivorman season 1!
No food, no shelter, no fresh water, no tools ... no camera crew. One man - alone in the wilderness for seven days with only his wits and stamina to sustain him.
#1 - Lost at Sea
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/1/2005
Living "off the land" takes on a new meaning as Les Stroud casts off for a week at sea. With no food and only a bare minimum of equipment, Stroud will be set adrift in an inflatable life raft off the coast of Belize. Battling hunger, thirst and the Caribbean heat, he must also keep his cameras dry to film the ordeal. To top it off - the life raft has a few bad leaks and needs constant bailing. It also leaks air and requires frequent re-inflation with a hand pump - Survivorman is in for a busy few days!
#2 - Canyonlands
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/18/2005
The spectacular red landscapes of Utah's canyonlands are as beautiful as they are inhospitable. Like outlaws of old who were known to eat their own horses out of desperation in this forlorn place, Stroud will cannibalize the mountain-bike he has ridden into the middle of nowhere. As well as these scavenged bike parts to aid him, he also has a multi-tool, a magnesium flint-stick and an old energy-bar - that he has a use for other than eating.
#3 - Costa Rica
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/20/2005
Marooned on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula, Les must survive on a tropical beach and in dense jungle.
#4 - Mountain (Canadian Rockies)
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/11/2005
Les is airdropped onto a snow-covered peak in the Canadian Rockies courtesy of the Canadian Mountain Air Rescue Service. They'll come looking for him in seven days. Until then Les is entirely on his own, save for the grizzlies, cougars and wolves that also call this place home. To emulate a real-life survival scenario - in this case a heli-hiking expedition come to grief - Les has been provided with a few readily salvageable items, among them a broken camcorder and tripod. One man's trash is another man's treasure!
#5 - Georgia Swamp
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/27/2005
Les is stranded in the swamplands of Georgia's Altamaha River Basin.
#6 - Canadian Arctic
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/4/2005
Pond Inlet, on the Northern reaches of Baffin Island, provides one of the most challenging landscapes our planet has to offer. Over 700km north of the Arctic Circle, it sits amidst grinding, ever-shifting flows of sea-ice where polar-bears roam in search of meat. In this severe climate, Les has been equipped with a bare minimum of raw materials to aid him for the next 7 days - a hunk of uncooked seal-liver, some oil-rich blubber for heat, a seal-hook, three matches, and a knife.
#7 - Plane Crash
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/25/2005
In the remote winter-bound forests of Northern Ontario, a crashed plane lies in the snow beside a frozen lake. There is no one alive on board. But this plane didn't crash here - the decrepit old wreck has been airdropped from a helicopter to provide a temporary home for Survivorman. For a week Les will have to survive in this harsh snowy wilderness with only an axe, a multi-tool and a single blanket to aid him.
#8 - Canadian Boreal Forest
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/2005
Les Stroud simulates becoming stranded after a canoeing accident in a Northern Ontario forest.
