Airdate: Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow

Here’s a series perfectly timed for summer (joking).

Historian Dan Snow has a new series on SBS next week, Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow, joined by explorer Felicity Aston.

This is a 3 part series filmed in Canada.

In an epic adventure, historian Dan Snow follows in the footsteps of the 19th century’s last great gold rush – a journey filled with genuine danger and thrilling beauty. Leading a one-month expedition, he is joined by polar explorer Felicity Aston and remote environment medic Dr Kevin Fong. Their goal: to strike gold in Canada’s frozen wilderness.

Season One, Episode One: Mountain Passes Dan and his team take on the Alaskan Coastal Mountains, a wall of snow and rock blocking their way to the Klondike and its gold. Following the routes used by the Klondikers, they split up to experience two very different gold rush journeys. As they begin their journey to the gold fields, they have to cross icy rivers, avalanche-prone slopes and climb a near-vertical icy ascent.

Wednesday, 6 December at 7.30pm on SBS.