WORLD famous adventurer and presenter has begun his latest TV series on exploring the treasures and wonders of the Lake District.

Paul Rose, one of the world’s most experienced divers, field science and polar experts, has begun his BBC series The Lakes with Paul Rose with an exploration of Windermere.

An experienced television presenter and radio broadcaster, Paul is tracking down the hidden charms of the Lakes in this four-part series in Windermere, Derwentwater, Coniston and Eskdale.

Paul said: “It is an amazing landscape and for the last 20 years it’s been my home and my playground,

“I’ve had a life-time travelling the planet, exploring the great outdoors but for me nothing beats the Lakes”.

The first episode aired last week and the next will be showing on Thursday.

Paul brings his charisma and fondness for the beauty of the Lake District to his work and engages with the magnificent and the unusual pastimes to be found in the area.

His first episode saw him brave the waters of Windermere, enjoy the 200-year-old sport of hound trailing and exploring the history of the second chance the Lakes provided for Holocaust survivors following the Second World War.

Paul’s career since 2001 has seen him appear in numerous programs, becoming well known for Yorkshire Wolds Way in 2017 and before that Coastal Path.

He is the former vice president of the Royal Geographical Society and chair of the Expeditions and Fieldwork Division and is currently expedition leader for the National Geographic Pristine Seas Expeditions.

For 10 years, he was the base commander of Rothera Research Station in Antarctica for the British Antarctic Survey and was awarded The Queen’s Polar Medal.

He also received the US Polar Medal for his work with NASA and the Mars Lander project on Mt Erebus, Antarctica.

On his 2012 Greenland expedition, Paul led the first expedition to successfully traverse a new 275km ice cap route of Knud Rasmussen Land and repeated his first ascent of the north face of Gunnsbjørnfjeld, the highest mountain in the Arctic.

Next week’s episode sees Paul exploring the lakes during the worst of its weather and venture up Great Gable.