Hazen Audel hosts Survive the Tribe

High school science teacher, survival instructor, naturalist and artist Hazen Audel is spotlighting the skills of indigenous people in remote niches of the world for the National Geographic Channel TV series, Survive the Tribe. The Sunday Outdoors story by S-R Outdoors Editor Rich Landers describes how Audel's childhood fascination with snakes and spiders put the Spokane native on the path to hunting with bald eagles in Mongolia, dodging stampeding elephants in Kenya, hunting with blowguns in the jungle of Ecuador and learning to spear seals from a kayak in the icy waters of Nunavik. This photo gallery offers a glimpse of the life Audel calls "a rich cultural stew of outdoor adventure."

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Mon., Dec. 8, 2014

Hazen Audel of Spokane is host of the National Geographic television program Survive the Tribe.
"Survive the Tribe" TV filming crews explored six remote corners of the world during the National Geographic Channel series' first season in 2014.

Molly Quinn The Spokesman-Review
Mpagas, Kenya: Hazen Audel and a San bushmen warrior herding cattle.

Alex Parkinson National Geographic Channels
Mpagas, Kenya: Hazen Audel and a San bushmen warrior herding cattle.

Alex Parkinson National Geographic Channels
Mpagas, Kenya: Hazen Audel and a San bushmen warrior herding cattle.

Alex Parkinson National Geographic Channels
Mpagas, Kenya: Hazen Audel with San bushmen holding a honeycomb they harvested from a beehive.

Alex Parkinson National Geographic Channels
Mpagas, Kenya: Hazen Audel holding a honeycomb he harvested from a beehive, and taking a few stings from the bees.

Alex Parkinson National Geographic Channels
Molaa, Reef Islands, Solomon Islands: Hazen Audel and the Molaa and Malapu people closing in the net trap for fish.

Samantha Tollworthy National Geographic Channels
Molaa, Reef Islands, Solomon Islands: Hazen Audel swimming underwater in search for food.

Rory Mcguinness National Geographic Channels
Molaa, Reef Islands, Solomon Islands: Hazen Audel working on his dug out canoe.

Samantha Tollworthy National Geographic Channels
Molaa, Reef Islands, Solomon Islands: Hazen Audel paddling in his dug out canoe.

Laurence Hamilton Baillie National Geographic Channels
Kangiqsujuac, Northern Quebec, Canada: Hazen Audel paddles through semi frozen sea ice looking for seals.

Alex Holden National Geographic Channels
Kangiqsujuac, Northern Quebec, Canada: Hazen Audel with a sled dog.

Jackie Forster National Geographic Channels
Kangiqsujuac, Northern Quebec, Canada: Hazen Audel practices throwing the Inuit seal harpoon.

Alex Holden
Kangiqsujuac, Northern Quebec, Canada: Hazen Audel looks for shellfish to eat under the frozen sea.

Toby Wilkinson National Geographic Channels
Bayan Olgii, Mongolia: Hazen Audel with Mongolian Kazakh Ozat and his Son. On horse back, in traditional dress, leading Bactran camels.

Samantha Tollworthy
Bayan Olgii, Mongolia: Hazen Audel holding a golden eagle.
Bayan Olgii, Mongolia: Hazen Audel with locals using a golden eagle to hunt predators.
Bayan Olgii, Mongolia: Hazen Audel holding a female golden eagle.

Laurence Hamilton Baillie
Location: Nhoma Village, Namibia, South Africa: Hazen, Touka, Mosse and Jonas with bow and arrows.

Jackie Forster National Geographic Channels
Location: Nhoma Village, Namibia, South Africa: Hazen, Touka, Mosse, Joseph and Jonas with bow and arrows.

Jackie Forster National Geographic Channels
Location: Nhoma Village, Namibia, South Africa: Hazen, Touka and Jonas cooking porcupine.

Jackie Forster National Geographic Channels
Location: Bameno, Ecuador: Huaorani children fishing in the jungle

Laurence Hamilton Baillie National Geographic Channels
Location: Bameno, Ecuador: Hazen Audel shares a meal of fish with a Huaorani child in the jungle.
Bameno, Ecuador: Hazen Audel displays his fascination with spiders, including tarantulas, in the jungle.

Jose Luis Macerola Pacha National Geographic Channels
Location: Bameno, Ecuador: A tribesman teaches Hazen Audel to hunt with a blowgun in the jungle.

Samantha Tollworthy
Bameno, Ecuador: Presenter Hazen Audel looking to camera in a boat with the Huaorani.

Samantha Tollworthy National Geographic Channels
Hazen Audel grinds a piece of iron sculpture he made in his part-time occupation as a commercial artist.
Hazen Audel shared his knowledge of flora and fauna with the Spokane Mushroom Club during an outing in the years he taught High School Science at Ferris High School.
Audel says he's living a rich cultural stew as he travels to the remote niches of the world to film Survive the Tribe.