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Dan Snow and team take on the rapids of the Grand Canyon in antique wooden boats to rediscover one of the wild west's great adventures of discovery.

58 minutes

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Sat 6 Apr 202410:00
BBC Two

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Music Played

  • Little Axe

    Down To The Valley

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    Crazy Horse Blues

  • AC/DC

    Highway To Hell

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    Alone In The Canyon

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    Heading Into Danger

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    Good Time Funk

  • Kodaline

    Brand New Day

  • Faithless

    Reverance

  • Kodaline

    Brand New Day

  • Florence + the Machine

    Howl

  • Kasabian

    Stuntman

  • Kasabian

    Re-Wired

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    The Canyon Song

  • Ben Howard

    Oats In The Water

  • Faithless

    Reverence

  • Pixies

    Where Is My Mind?

  • Imagine Dragons

    Bleeding Out

  • Elbow

    Some Riot

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    Drifting Through The Canyon

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    Lost In The Desert

  • Ben Howard

    Oats In The Water

  • Massive Attack, Horace Andy

    Angel

  • The Prodigy

    Breathe

  • Kasabian

    Club Foot

  • God Is an Astronaut

    Suicide By Star

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    Keep Your Lamps

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PresenterDan Snow

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Free interactive ebook

Compare diary accounts of the pioneering 1869 expedition with our modern day recreation.