I think it mostly comes down to trying to align with people who are down with a mission and will bring optimism.

Pretty much everywhere we went we had crazy weather. I think Russia was probably one of the toughest places for us weatherwise, but even Alaska, the last three years have been somewhat subpar when you look at historically how Alaska can shape up.

It would be really nice to have a venue stop in Japan someday. Japan would be perfect for it.

I knew Shin [Biyajima] a little bit early on, but it's funny because where I really met Shin, and where he made a strong impression on me, was in Jackson Hole. I sledded back to a secret zone way deep in the Jackson backcountry to some freeriding. I got out there and followed some snowmobile tracks figuring it's just some snowmobilers.

There's no doubt 'normal' is changing - spring actually came a month early in Alaska, for example, and we had to stop filming.

While researching the project [The Fourth Phase] I stumbled across this amazing research by a scientist called Dr Gerard Pollack who had done studies on what he called a 'fourth phase' of water.

If we want authenticity, we have to initiate it. Self-discovery takes us to the wildest places on earth