George Kourounis is an Explorer-In-Residence with the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, a National Geographic explorer, a television presenter who hosted 50 episodes of the “Angry Planet” TV series, and is a frequent contributor on The Weather Network & Science Channel. He specializes in documenting extreme forces of nature, storms, and natural disasters and his expeditions have taken him to all 7 continents. He’s given 5 TEDx talks, has addressed the United Nations Environment Emergencies forum and holds a Guinness World Record for his first-ever descent into a burning pit of natural gas in Turkmenistan.