When he was arrested in 2008 in Thailand as a result of a U.S. government sting operation, the career of internationally known arms smuggler Viktor Bout came to a decisive end. Veiled by the obscurity of post-Soviet Russia, Bout had built an empire of aerial delivery so vast he was called “the merchant of death” and was even the subject of a Hollywood film. In sharp contrast to the widely known, supervillain persona, however, was another Bout: a philosophical businessman who simply enjoyed travel, his work, his family, and filming it all with his video camera.

A bipartisan group of U.S. defense, intelligence, and elected policymakers spanning five presidential administrations participate in an unscripted role-play exercise in which they confront a political coup backed by rogue members of the U.S. military, in the wake of a contested presidential election.

Join National Geographic Explorer and photographer, Ronan Donovan, and he goes on a never-before-seen journey in search of the elusive Arctic wolf. Starting with the year's first peeks of daylight on Ellesmere Island, the 'garden of the Arctic,' the audience will be introduced to a family of Arctic wolves as they fatten up during the summer and prepare for the long, dark Arctic winter.

Afghanistan, one of the most dangerous places on earth, is home to a population of endangered and elusive snow leopards.