Race Across the World (Season 3)
Five teams have been set the challenge to race across the breadth of Canada, passing through seven checkpoints, taking them from the Pacific coastline to the edge of the Arctic and the shores of the Great Lakes, ending up at their final destination on the Atlantic Ocean, St. John’s on the island of Newfoundland, the most easterly town in North America. A £20,000 cash prize is at stake.
The remaining pairs must now navigate to the fourth checkpoint, the remote outpost of Churchill, where polar bears can outnumber people. On Hudson Bay, at the edge of the Arctic, Churchill is not connected to the rest of Canada by road but by a twice-weekly train, and the teams have just three days to catch it. It’s a journey that will take them from Alberta’s major cities of Calgary and Edmonton, before the Rockies make way for Saskatchewan’s great prairies and badlands.
One team makes their first major mistake of the race trying to get to Calgary - they’ll need to make a race-changing decision to get to the train in time. Looking for a classic cowboy experience, heading through the classic western movie landscape of southern Saskatchewan, another team encounters a family of missionaries that makes them question their reasons for running the race. And one racer learns more than they bargained for before a bear blocks their path to the train, putting their race in jeopardy.
As the train makes its way from Winnipeg to Churchill, the teams need to work out where they can catch it. With the clock ticking, every decision counts for the racers, as they work together once again to reach that all-important checkpoint to be one step closer to the finish line and the £20,000 cash prize.
The thrilling unpredictability of the race is sure to change the teams lives forever. The Race Across the World continues.
