In 2018, Colin O’Brady became the first person in history to cross the landmass of Antarctica—solo, unsupported and completely human-powered.
O’Brady is now set to undertake another nearly 2,000-mile solo, unsupported crossing of Antarctica for a Netflix documentary from My Octopus Teacher director James Reed.
He will set out in November, attempting to journey water’s edge to water’s edge across the unforgiving wilderness. Over the course of approximately 110 days, he will pull a 500-pound sled across the Antarctic landmass and nearly 1,000 miles of frozen ocean, otherwise known as ice shelves, braving temperatures as low as –60°F, hurricane-force katabatic winds, towering sastrugi ridges, and hidden crevasses—all without any resupplies of food or fuel.
The doc will also tell his life story and highlight his previous world record expeditions.
O’Brady is also took on the world’s first completely human-powered ocean row across Drake Passage from South America to Antarctica in 2019.
He is the exec producer of Discovery’s The Impossible Row and hosts BYUtv’s Survivalists.
Reed directs and exec produces alongside Matt Houghton. Callum Webster produces and the doc is produced by Reed’s Underdog Films.
It is the latest expedition that Netflix is undertaking. The streamer recently revealed that it would stream Skyscraper Live, which sees Free Solo climber Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to free solo one of the tallest buildings on the planet: Taipei 101. The live, two-hour special, which comes from ITV’s Plimsoll Productions, will air in 2026.
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