Mark Robinson (born 27 January 1973) is a Canadian television

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and storm chaser. He co-hosts the television series ''Storm Hunters'' and ''Unearthed'', has appeared on the television series ''

Angry Planet ''Angry Planet'' is a 39-part television series broadcast around the world featuring the adventures of storm chaser George Kourounis. ''Angry Planet'' is produced by Peter Rowe of Pinewood Films. The series plays on the following networks: * Piv ...

'', and has made numerous other media appearances. In 2015, Robinson was named one of Canada's 100 greatest modern-day explorers by Canadian Geographic, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society.

Storm chasing

A storm chaser since 2000, Robinson has documented dozens of tornadic storms and landfalling hurricanes / tropical storms, including the EF3 El Reno Tornado, Category 5

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, and Category 3

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. He was the first

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reporter to broadcast live from a hurricane (Katrina) and livestream a tornadic storm (from

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Television and other media

Robinson created and, with The Weather Network's Jaclyn Whittal, co-hosts the television series ''Stormhunters''.http://www.theweathernetwork.com/stormhunters The series has appeared on The Weather Network in Canada,

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in the

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, and

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in New Zealand and Australia. The series chronicles the adventures of the duo (and occasionally adventurer

George Kourounis George Kourounis (born 22 May 1970), is a Greek-Canadian adventurer and storm chaser who specializes in documenting extreme weather and worldwide natural disasters. He presents the television series ''Angry Planet''. Storm chasing Kourounis has b ...

) as they travel across North America documenting severe weather. Robinson co-hosts the television series ''Unearthed'' with

, documenting natural and wild areas of the planet. The duo has so far travelled through the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic, Greenland Arctic, and Antarctica. The series has been shown in Canada on The Weather Network. He has also appeared on the television series

as an occasional guest.

has been shown in Canada on

OLN OLN (formerly Outdoor Life Network) is a Canadian English-language Category A specialty channel. OLN primarily broadcasts factual-based and adventure-related reality programming aimed at male audiences. OLN is wholly owned by Rogers Sports & ...

City-TV CITY-DT (channel 57) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the Citytv network. It is owned and operated by network parent Rogers Sports & Media alongside Omni Television outlets CFMT-DT (chan ...

and The Weather Network,

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in Australia, and the

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worldwide. Robinson has made appearances as a guest on

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, CBC-Radio, CTV, City-TV,

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, The Weather Channel, BBC-TV, and

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’s

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, and has been featured in articles in the

Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part ...

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and other dailies.

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