Treasure Quest: Snake Island

Treasure Quest: Snake Island is an American reality television series produced by MAK Pictures for the Discovery Channel. The series follows a crew of treasure hunters led by Jeremy Whalen (including champion freediver Megan Heaney-Grier) as they search for the legendary trove of Incan treasure known as the Treasure of the Trinity throughout South America.

Treasure Quest: Snake Island
Created byMark Kadin, Will Ehbrecht, Anuj Majumdar
Directed byDavid Carr
Presented byJeremy Whalen
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes20 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Joseph Boyle
  • Mark Kadin
  • Anuj Majumdar
  • Will Ehbrecht
Running time60 minutes
Production companyMAK Pictures
Release
Original networkDiscovery Channel
Original releaseJuly 17, 2015 (2015-07-17) –
present
External links
Website

Search locations

Season 1 (2015)


The crew focuses their search on remote Snake Island located off the southeastern coast of Brazil.[1][2] The treasure hunt is fraught with extreme danger as the small island is home to thousands of deadly golden lancehead pit vipers with one snake per square meter. Additionally, the team has to contend with armed black-market snake poachers, bullet ants, inhospitable terrain, and hazardous coastal waters populated with sharks, jellyfish, and roaming pirates.

Season 2 (2016)

The crew searches various locations throughout Paraguay and Argentina. Land dangers include venomous snakes such as the jararaca pit viper, venomous spiders and insects, man-eating jaguars, drug traffickers, highway bandits, rival treasure hunters, and jealous locals; river dangers include low-visibility waters, unpredictable currents, fast-moving debris, pirates, caimans, piranhas, vampire fish, and stingrays.[3]

Centuries-old map markings discovered on Snake Island during the previous season lead the team to their first site of interest, a long-deserted Guarani village along the bank of the Paraguay River in Paraguay.[4]

The team moves onto their second site in Paraguay, the remains of the former Trinidad Mission founded by Catholic Jesuit missionaries in the early 17th century.[5]

Information provided by a black market dealer leads the crew to their third site, the former Jesuit mission known as Santa Ana in the neighboring country of Argentina.[6]

Season 3 (2018)

Shawn Cowles, Technology Specialist Jeremy Whalen and Demolition Expert Jack Peters went to Bolivia in search of the Sacambaya Treasure, which has an estimated worth of $2 billion.[7]

Broadcast

Domestic

Season 1 premiered in the United States on July 17, 2015.[8] Season 2 debuted in the U.S. on November 4, 2016.[9]

International

Season 1 premiered in Australia on September 1, 2015, on Discovery Channel Australia.[10]

Controversy

Cork Graham's "Behind the Scenes" accusations

In 2018, Season 1 and 2 expedition leader Cork Graham released a book titled "So You Want to Be a "Reality" TV Star: Everything I Learned About Sex, Drugs, Fraud, Rock and Roll, and Vipers as Team Leader of Discovery Channel's Treasure Quest: Snake Island[11]"

Episodes

Series Overview
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
16July 17, 2015 (2015-07-17)August 21, 2015 (2015-08-21)
27November 4, 2016 (2016-11-04)December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)
37August 25, 2018 (2018-08-25)October 6, 2018 (2018-10-06)

Season 1 (2015)
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers (millions)
11"What Lies Beneath"July 17, 2015 (2015-07-17)2.001[12]
22"Into The Nightmare"July 24, 2015 (2015-07-24)1.689[13]
33"Strikes Back"July 31, 2015 (2015-07-31)1.556[14]
44"Heart Of Darkness"August 7, 2015 (2015-08-07)1.716[15]
55"No Exit"August 14, 2015 (2015-08-14)1.576[16]
66"Fortune's Doorstep"August 21, 2015 (2015-08-21)1.831[17]

Season 2 (2016)
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers (millions)
71"The Trail Of Blood"November 4, 2016 (2016-11-04)1.294[18]
82"A Cursed Fortune"November 11, 2016 (2016-11-11)1.369[19]
93"Treasure Found!"November 18, 2016 (2016-11-18)1.432[20]
104"Brush With Death"November 25, 2016 (2016-11-25)1.347[21]
115"Jaguars Gold"December 2, 2016 (2016-12-02)1.50[22]
126"Cappy's Curse"December 9, 2016 (2016-12-09)1.48[23]
137"Striking Gold"December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)7.9[24]

Season 3 (2018)
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers (millions)
141"Death Road to Fortune"August 25, 2018 (2018-08-25)N/A
152"Break In"September 1, 2018 (2018-09-01)N/A
163"Death Trap"September 8, 2018 (2018-09-08)N/A
174"Blast Away"September 14, 2018 (2018-09-14)N/A
185"Closing in on The fortune"September 21, 2018 (2018-09-21)N/A
196"Hot on The Trail"September 29, 2018 (2018-09-29)N/A
207"Payday"October 6, 2018 (2018-10-06)N/A
218"Big Risk, Bigger Reward"October 13, 2018 (2018-10-13)N/A

References
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