Under the Pole

Elizabeth Staton travels around the world with friends

Welcome to Rudy Maxa's World, the ultimate travel experience with America's leading high-end travel expert. Join Rudy Maxa, public radio's original Savvy Traveler and contributing editor for National Geographic Traveler magazine.

Explore the Earth and the most beautiful natural paradises in the world. These stunning locales are preserved thanks to the dedication of local populations. Meet the inhabitants of these lands who have developed small businesses to welcome visitors in their environment, and helped create a new form of travel: sustainable tourism. Shot in stunning high definition, Green Paradise tells the stories of these magical places, the inhabitants who cherish the land, and those visitors who come to experience its splendors.

At the turn of the Millennium, Filmmaker Rick Stevenson began annually interviewing children in his native hometown of Seattle about their view of the world and their place in it. 5,000 days and 4,000 hours of film later, experience the world through the eyes of millennials in their own words.

Inspired by historical events, Brett and Cliff set out to replicate the experience of surviving in life-threatening situations for seven days, from prospectors pitted against the elements in the Yukon to being shipwrecked on Roatan Island.