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Grylls and Tristan Guttridge on ocean floor with fish Courtesy Discovery
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Bear Grylls underwater filming with a GoPro in Bear vs Shark (Shark Week). Courtesy Discovery
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“[I’ll be] super-close and without a cage – that was the goal,” Grylls said Courtesy Discovery
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Rather than sending Grylls afloat to grapple with a Great White, it seems the show will focus on the protection of sharks. Courtesy Discovery
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Grylls is a British adventurer, former SAS soldier and celebrity survivalist Courtesy Discovery
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Grylls and Tristan Guttridge on ocean floor with fish Courtesy Discovery
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Bear Grylls underwater filming with a GoPro in Bear vs Shark (Shark Week). Courtesy Discovery
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“[I’ll be] super-close and without a cage – that was the goal,” Grylls said Courtesy Discovery
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Rather than sending Grylls afloat to grapple with a Great White, it seems the show will focus on the protection of sharks. Courtesy Discovery
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Grylls is a British adventurer, former SAS soldier and celebrity survivalist Courtesy Discovery
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Grylls and Tristan Guttridge on ocean floor with fish Courtesy Discovery
Bear Grylls on going head-to-head with sharks
"I wanted to see how I’d fare when the sharks have the home field advantage," British adventurer Bear Grylls tells The National
Chris Newbould
21 July, 2018
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