Updated: Monday, 08 Dec 2008, 12:43 AM EST
Published : Sunday, 07 Dec 2008, 10:34 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) - Discovery Channel says Bear Grylls, rugged adventurer and star of its popular "Man vs. Wild" series, has been injured during an expedition in Antarctica.
A fall resulted in a shoulder injury to Grylls, who is en route
back home to Britain for medical treatment and assessment of the
injury's severity, according to Discovery.
He was not filming for Discovery, but instead was taking part
in an independent expedition.
The 34-year-old Grylls has hosted "Man vs. Wild," on which he strands himself in remote locations to demonstrate survival techniques, since November 2006.
The former British Special Forces member recently published "Man
vs. Wild: Survival Techniques for the Most Dangerous Places on
Earth."