Defeat -- Opportunity -- Preparation -- On the open sea -- A change of plans -- Beyond the frontier -- Disarray and tragedy -- Hard choices -- Warnings from the dead -- The unknown -- Pole and paddle, ...

DULUTH - Following in the footsteps of Teddy Roosevelt, two Ely paddlers plan to paddle the famed “River of Doubt” - or Rio Roosevelt - for 400 miles through the Brazilian rainforest this summer.

A filmed record of former president Theodore Roosevelt's and Cândido Rondon's 1913-14 expedition to the then uncharted Rio da Dúvida, later renamed the Roosevelt River.

Losing the 1912 elections, the humiliated Theodore Roosevelt sets his sites on a punishing physical excursion. Together with his son and a famous Brazilian explorer Roosevelt sets to accomplish a feat ...