Ray Mears
Director
Ray Mears' Bushcraft (2004)
Season 2
Bushcraft is a survival television series hosted by Ray Mears. The series airs on the BBC in United Kingdom, it also shown on Discovery Channel in the United States, Canada, India, Italy, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Czech Republic, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands, Romania and Russia. Following on from Extreme Survival, Bushcraft was first shown in 2004, and ended in 2005.
Released May 18, 2004
Episode 50 min
10+
S2E1 - Birch Bark Canoe
As far as Mears is concerned the birch bark canoe is the best vessel man has ever created. He has always wanted to construct one and in this programme he works with Algonquin canoe maker Pinock Smith, one of the few people left who know how to craft them using traditional methods.
Jan. 1, 2005, midnight
S2E2 - Canoe Journey
In Mears' view, the canoe is the most natural way to travel and to get close to wild places. To demonstrate this, he paddles down the Missinaibi River, a river as unspoilt today as it was three hundred years ago when it was the essential route for the fur trade canoes.
Jan. 1, 2005, midnight
S2E3 - American Prairies
Mears takes a journey into America's past as he travels in the footsteps of Jim Bridger, one of the mountain men who opened up the route to the Pacific Coast of America. Ray makes a bull boat using willow and buffalo skin and spends time with the Shoshone.
Jan. 1, 2005, midnight
S2E4 - Sweden
One country where the ancient skills of bushcraft are alive and well and in daily use is Sweden. Mears sees how pine tar is made and used on traditional skis before spending time with the Sami people in the north where he takes a dog sled journey into the snowy wastes.
Jan. 1, 2005, midnight
S2E5 - Four Seasons
Mears shows the viewer how bushcraft brings a new perspective on the countryside and its changing seasons. He points out the foods and plants that are available, from pig nuts to lime leaves. He observes wild badgers and deer and explains his interest in sleeping outdoors whenever he can.
Jan. 1, 2005, midnight
Network: Discovery
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 500 min.
Released: May 18, 2004
Last Air Date: Jan. 1, 2005, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 10+
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