Top Dogs: Adventures in War, Sea and Ice

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Status: Ended
First Aired: March 27, 2009
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
Networks: BBC Two
Genres: Documentary

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Top Dogs: Adventures in War, Sea and Ice(2009)

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Overview

Three iconic adventurers - newsman John Simpson, polar explorer Ranulph Fiennes and solo yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnston - go on a newsgathering trip to war-torn Afghanistan, attempt to sail around the most notorious of all maritime landmarks, Cape Horn, situated at the southernmost tip of South America, and man-haul sledges across the frozen sea ice of the Canadian Arctic.

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Season 1

3 episodes • 2009

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Afghanistan	Mar 27, 2009
2	Cape Horn	Apr 3, 2009
3	Arctic	Apr 17, 2009

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