He also climbed and recovered samples from Tanzania's volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai, and also participated in two expeditions to Antarctica to core glaciers for climatological studies.

He also skied cross-country to the North Pole, and was a member of a 2004 expedition to Yeronisos island in Cyprus, which consisted of an archaeological dig to find the birth temple of Caesarion, son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar.

[7][9][8][6][10] In addition, he led a 2009 expedition to bio-prospect for extremophiles and new life forms in Mount Kilimanjaro's Ngorongoro Crater, resulting in the discovery of 29 species.

That expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro also involved placing the first weather station on its slopes, which has been crucial for tracking the effects of global warming.

[10][11] In 2020, Wiese traveled to the sub-arctic territory of the Yukon in Canada with HRH Prince Albert of Monaco to retrace the last 42-kilometre leg of the 1934 expedition to Telegraph Creek by his grandfather.

[7] As the President of The Explorers Club, he developed and negotiated multi-year partnerships with Rolex, Microsoft, and Discovery Networks to name a few.

[6][8] [12] He also climbed and sampled Tanzania's volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai and participated in two expeditions to Antarctica to core glaciers for climatological studies.

The series aired Saturday mornings on ABC stations in the United States and was distributed internationally on National Geographic by Rive Gauche Television.

Other locations included Scotland, Indonesia, India, South Africa, Namibia, Arizona, Maine and New York City.