Justin Fornal is an international explorer and cultural detective.  In June of 2018 he was listed as the '#3 most adventurous person in the world right now' by Men's Journal.  He is Co-Founder of the History, Arts, & Science Action Network (HASAN) a non-profit organization that focuses on relic repatriation, historic justice, and documenting vanishing cultures.

Fornal is currently the host of UNEXPLAINED AND UNEXPLORED, an exploration series that solves mysteries using both ancient maps and cutting-edge technology. The program has been airing on the Discovery Channel and Science Channel in since 2019.

Fornal is a SATWF Lowell Thomas Award winning writer who has written extensively for National Geographic, VICE, The Explorers Journal, Parts Unknown, and Roads & Kingdoms. In 2016 he tracked down the lost skull of African American enslaved rebellion leader Nat Turner and repatriated it to the Turner descendants.  The relic had been missing since 1831. 

Fornal is an extreme open water swimmer and is currently attempting the GREAT ARCTIC SWIM This will be the first attempt to perform a continuous swim from Canada to Greenland across the Nares Strait. He will be wearing a specially designed open-cell neoprene wetsuit for the task.

 Grab and whisky and watch Fornal complete the first circumnavigational swim of Islay, Scotland