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President Obama to run wild with Bear Grylls in Alaska

The president will join the survival expert to see the impact of climate change first hand. Credit: Reuters/PA

Barack Obama is to venture into the Alaskan wilderness with British survival expert Bear Grylls to explore the impact of climate change on the environment for a television programme, it has been announced.

The special edition of Running Wild with Bear Grylls will be broadcast later this year on NBC.

President Obama will meet with Grylls while visiting Alaska to observe the effects of climate change on the area. The two will then come together in the Alaskan Wilderness.

President Obama will become the first US president to receive a crash course in survival techniques from Bear Grylls. The visit will be taped and aired on NBC later this year.

– NBC statement

Located on the northwest tip of America, Alaska is known for its icy terrain, mountains and freezing temperatures.

Grylls, who has served with the SAS and wrestled sharks and alligators, has taken a string of celebrities on one-on-one adventures to test their survival skills on the series.

So far, actresses Kate Winslet and Kate Hudson and Magic Mike star Channing Tatum have all taken part in the show.