At the World’s Edge: Will Smith has opened up about a terrifying near-death experience while filming his Arctic adventure series Pole to Pole With Will Smith.

The Hollywood star told The Tonight Show that during a scuba dive at the North Pole, things went horribly wrong when an emergency abort was called and, in the panic of ascending, he accidentally pulled off his breathing mask under thick ice.

With oxygen running low, Smith clung to his safety tether before crew hauled him to safety, a moment he now recalls with both horror and awe.

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