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NARRATOR: On this episode of
Life Below Zero,

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Alaskans race to
arm themselves

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against the onslaught
of winter.

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GLENN: I got a problem here.
This doesn't look good.

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The Hailstone girls take aim
at a crucial harvest.

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That one, big one.

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Sue's livelihood is threatened
by a nearby predator.

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SUE: There was a bear sighting
just a few hundred yards away.

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NARRATOR: A vital repair
puts Andy on edge.

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ANDY: It doesn't take much
to take a tumble.

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And Glenn
climbs to great heights

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to protect
an essential food source.

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GLENN: If I fell down,
it would be a painful death.

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Whoa!

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SUE: Everybody feels
it's going to be an extremely
aggressive bear year.

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As a human,
boy, am I under the gun.

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You know,
I better be packing heat

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and I better be keeping
my head on a swivel.

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I've got, this time of year,
a lot of hunters out here.

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The nature of hunting,
you shoot the animal,

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there's blood on the ground.

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Bears have an extremely
keen sense of smell.

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The bears
are getting drawn in.

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NARRATOR: With bear season
three days away,

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Sue Aikens cannot shoot a bear

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unless it's an immediate
threat to camp.

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SUE: Right now, it's not
open hunting season for them.

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Very soon it is.

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When it is then I can turn
the tables and go on the hunt.

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Until then,
I've got to be protective.

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I've been here 12 years.

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I know pretty much every bush
and what it looks like
in every season,

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visually, for miles.

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If there's something out of
the ordinary, I'll pick it up.

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You know, for me,

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right here.

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That's the camp
I'm protecting.

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You have tents and campers
that have every right

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to enjoy Alaska
and hunt for their meat.

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As an owner
and as a good human being,

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I wanna see that
they do it safely.

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All right.

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A prime example,

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I'll get out and show you,
this is...

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Twenty yards from
where I pump water.

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This is, as uncomfortable
as it is for me,

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exactly where I got attacked
and drug up into the tundra.

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About five, six years ago,
a smart bear who was
hiding in the cut bank

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and reached out
and snatched me,

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and was just rolling
me around.

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And you can still feel
here and here

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where his teeth
went into my head.

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The hips were torn
out of the socket

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and he slipped out
over the bank.

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The hips did not hold

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and I ended up
having to drag myself up
from halfway across the river,

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um, and got inside.

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And I just had to lay here.

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And it took ten days
for somebody to find me.

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You cannot live here
and do this

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without accepting your place
in the food chain.

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There's the bottom,
there's the top,

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and I'm somewhere around here.

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I have to go relive
old memories.

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See, you've got
two separate bear prints here.

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A littler print
and a bigger print.

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You know, obviously a little
bear highway going on here.

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But it doesn't make me
very comfortable.

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This is pretty fresh.

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He's big enough,

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definitely I'm spreading
my little fingers wide
to match up with him.

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Looks like he's doing
the same damn thing
the other one did

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is just hanging out here
waiting for an opportunity
to snatch me

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when I'm getting water.

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So that's kind of
not too comfortable.

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It's also only 100 yards away,
if that, from the campers.

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So I definitely need
to let them know.

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GLENN: This is the last place
in the world

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where I could
live this lifestyle.

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I enjoy the autonomy
it affords.

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I enjoy the confidence
it demands.

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I like the connection
to nature I feel

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when I live the way I do here.

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Landed in a great spot.
It's dry here.

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I'll be able to work
on them right here.

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NARRATOR: Having recently
harvested a moose.

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(GUN FIRING)

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Glenn only has a short time
before the kill goes bad.

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When I take a piece off,

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I have to have
some place to put it
where it's gonna stay clean.

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So I'm cutting a few
spruce trees

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in order to make a rack
to set meat on.

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Making some initial cuts
in the hide.

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It's a very heavy hide
and it's very tight
on the carcass.

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What I need to be
concerned about now
is salvaging this meat,

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but, the job's
just getting started.

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It's all about
meat preservation,
meat quality.

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That's why it's important,

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if possible,
to kill an animal
with one shot.

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(GRUNTS)

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I'm gonna set it right here.

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I'm gonna take
the head off next.

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And the head of a moose
is well attached to the body.

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These antlers are designed
to smash into
another moose's antlers

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when they're fighting.

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So it's really sturdy,
the way it's built here.

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It's got really tough
tendons in here,

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ligaments, that I have to cut.

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There.

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Look at that.

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The head's coming off.

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There.

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NARRATOR:
With daylight waning,

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the meat must cool down
or Glenn risks losing
his kill to spoilage.

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GLENN: This meat
has to get cool.

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It's very warm in there,
and bacteria will start to
decay the meat

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from the inside out.

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See all that fat?

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That's what I want.

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If you're not eating
a lot of carbohydrates,
you have to eat a lot of fat.

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Because you can't live
on a huge amount of protein.

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If you eat too much protein
you'll get sick.

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This is all kidney fat.
Look at that.

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(GRUNTS)

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That's really good kidney fat.

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A bear will come along
or a wolverine will come along

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and eat this part up.

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Now the heart,

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of course, I'm keeping.

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The heart's really delicious.

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I like to cut it up
in small pieces and fry it.

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This heart I'll carry home
with me tonight.

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So the first big step
is accomplished.

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I got the guts out,
I got the lungs out.

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This meat can cool off now.

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And then tomorrow morning
I'll come over with my canoe,

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probably two trips in my canoe

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to get it back to camp
about a mile and a half
from here.

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So, I got no control over
what happens tonight.

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I'm just taking a chance.

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Hopefully, no bears
come around and eat this up,

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'cause if a bear comes,
it'll get all this meat
in one night.

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CHIP: The whole idea
is to support the family.

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Family is the centre
of folks' up here's,
you know, existence.

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It's all about family.
I kind of like that a lot.

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(DOG BARKING)

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CHIP: We're going
on a caribou hunt.

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We'll go upriver,
will put up a nice camp,
in, uh

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same place we put
for the last how many years

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and we're just gonna
go get our hunt on.

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Our idea was to
go up and get them
before they start rutting.

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They got a lot of fat
and when they start to rut

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and they herd up their cows
and their harems,

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they quit eating
and, uh, they'll burn that fat

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and their meat
will taste awful.

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Even a dog wouldn't eat it.

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Everybody in the family here
can get five caribou a day.

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This meat here is gonna
get us through dark winter.

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For us, you know,
this is one of our
most pleasurable hunts.

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Um, it's also
one of the most profitable.

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And also we don't
wound any. None get away.

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We don't have to
pack them across the tundra,

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we just do them
right in the river,

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and take them to the edge
and just work them.

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Get them home. Be happy.

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Settle in
and get our winter on.

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AGNES: This year
we're taking on
four of the girls.

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We're leaving one behind
to stay home

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and watch the house
and her grandma.

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So, um, this year
it's gonna require all of us.

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It's gonna take team work
and, um, I let the school
know that, uh, the girls,

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in case they don't come back
for Monday and Tuesday,

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they'll be out on
a subsistence leave.

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Which is just as good
as being in school,

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because they get to learn
our traditional values.

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And so, um, this is gonna be
a good trip for all of us.

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Okay.

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And you make sure
you guys lock the door
every time you guys go out.

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I love you, bun. Thank you.

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Catch ya later dudes!

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CHIP: This, for us, is a...

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It's an important hunt
because hopefully
they can all work,

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and then they'll
all work together,

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and they'll all see how
each other does something,

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and they'll learn.

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And it's really important
to not only learn
and participate,

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but to do it with their family
so they can have
a connection with the area,

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a connection with the animals,
and the things that we do.

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And whatever their life
ends up turning out,

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meaning, you know,
later in life, they can
always look back at this

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and we can have a good time.

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Let's put it
over here, huh?

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Let's put the kitchen area
and the fire

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and all that
shit right here

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where we can watch.

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Oh look,
I see a caribou in the willow.

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CHIP: This is a
humane way to hunt.

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You shoot them
in the back of the head.
They don't feel no pain.

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There's no waiting
for them to bleed out.

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We have to kill to eat.
There's nothing
wrong with that.

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Ah, my ears are ringing.

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Your ears are ringing?

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(SIGHS) Okay, kiss me.
Thank you for your work.

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Now I can do mine.

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Well, this is
what we call camp meat.

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This is our first bull.
Basically we'll be able
to get up in the morning

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and have some
caribou for breakfast.

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I got a good start here.

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Tomorrow's gonna be
a better day.

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I'm pretty sure that
tomorrow we'll be
seeing a lot more caribou.

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Yup. It's been a good day.

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ANDY: This is what Alaska
was built on,
that pioneer spirit.

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That subsistence
way of living.

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That traditional
way of living.

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And, uh,
it's slowly going away

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because we're really
starting to sell out.

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NARRATOR: As winter closes in,

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Andy Bassich is amidst
the most vital part
of the year,

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the chum run.

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Ah, shit!

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ANDY: I'll have to
stop the wheel and

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see if I can't fix
some of this fencing.

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It looks like
something's coming
loose here on one of these.

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I don't know.

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Gosh, it looks like one
of the poles just broke loose.

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NARRATOR: The Yukon River
current powers the fish wheel

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that provides the vital supply
of food for the dog team.

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Without it running,

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Andy and Kate risk losing
hundreds of fish a day.

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ANDY: Let me get this wheel
stopped and try to do a
Band Aid fix for right now.

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So, I went out
and just got a stick

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and stuffed it
down into the pipe

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and made kind of a
makeshift splint for it.

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A piece of this pipe broke.

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It's really loosened
this whole section here.

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And then, the wire started
breaking and popping off.

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This mesh is what
gives it a lot of strength.

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So, if I lose this mesh,

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then the whole wheel
doesn't have
a lot of strength to it.

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It's a pretty critical thing.
I can't afford to
have this be broken.

241
00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:15,133
Anything that's
dipping into the water

242
00:13:15,167 --> 00:13:18,300
six times a minute,
for 24 hours a day,

243
00:13:18,333 --> 00:13:20,067
there's gonna be
wear and tear on it.

244
00:13:22,500 --> 00:13:24,833
(CHUCKLING)
I'm forced a lot of times
to be out here,

245
00:13:24,867 --> 00:13:27,400
like this,
out in the middle of the river

246
00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,400
in a very dangerous position.

247
00:13:32,067 --> 00:13:36,333
If you fall in,
there's a potential
of being trapped underwater.

248
00:13:36,367 --> 00:13:38,667
Once you're under the water,
if something snags you,

249
00:13:38,700 --> 00:13:40,200
you bump your head,

250
00:13:41,133 --> 00:13:42,633
it doesn't take much
to hold you.

251
00:13:42,667 --> 00:13:44,167
And this water's really cold.

252
00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,367
It's probably about
42 degrees right now.

253
00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:51,400
So, it's not a good thing to
end up in the Yukon right now.

254
00:13:58,933 --> 00:14:00,667
Everything's really slimy.

255
00:14:05,667 --> 00:14:07,967
Once you get that
on the bottom of your boots

256
00:14:08,067 --> 00:14:09,800
it doesn't take much
to take a tumble.

257
00:14:12,300 --> 00:14:13,633
It's pretty dangerous work.

258
00:14:13,667 --> 00:14:16,267
I really don't like being
out here, but I have to do it.

259
00:14:17,767 --> 00:14:21,633
I can't afford for a day to be
down because of maintenance.

260
00:14:21,667 --> 00:14:24,567
This will be a kind of a
quick fix until next year.

261
00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:27,667
I'm glad I noticed that.

262
00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:31,100
That could have been a real
catastrophe tomorrow morning.

263
00:14:33,233 --> 00:14:35,200
The most important thing
to me right now

264
00:14:35,233 --> 00:14:36,633
is that this wheel
keep running.

265
00:14:36,667 --> 00:14:39,400
It would be nice if we could
catch 300 fish or more.

266
00:14:39,433 --> 00:14:42,667
To do this efficiently,
we gotta be fishing 24/7.

267
00:14:50,567 --> 00:14:53,767
SUE: You've gotta be an active
participant in your own life.

268
00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,500
Trust me, you're gonna be
an active participant
in your death.

269
00:14:56,533 --> 00:14:59,467
You know, don't make it
come too soon
by not living right.

270
00:15:14,700 --> 00:15:17,433
SUE: The biggest predator
is my bear population.

271
00:15:17,467 --> 00:15:19,300
They should be
asleep right now.

272
00:15:19,333 --> 00:15:21,067
They should be hibernating.

273
00:15:21,100 --> 00:15:23,300
They're not.
They're walking around.

274
00:15:23,333 --> 00:15:26,067
The longer they stay up,
the more food they need,

275
00:15:26,067 --> 00:15:27,867
they're burning up
their winter calories

276
00:15:27,900 --> 00:15:29,533
that they need
for hibernation.

277
00:15:29,567 --> 00:15:31,400
I'm laying out the guns

278
00:15:31,433 --> 00:15:34,300
that I'm gonna choose
to have in this building.

279
00:15:34,333 --> 00:15:36,633
In the dining hall
it was very cut and dried.

280
00:15:36,667 --> 00:15:39,633
I had over a decade to decide,

281
00:15:39,667 --> 00:15:41,133
if I'm laying in bed,

282
00:15:41,167 --> 00:15:43,133
this gun is always here.

283
00:15:43,167 --> 00:15:45,700
This gun
is the next one I grab.

284
00:15:45,733 --> 00:15:47,600
And it's set up for that.

285
00:15:47,633 --> 00:15:49,833
This is an all-new building

286
00:15:49,867 --> 00:15:52,967
and I...
I don't have that set up yet.

287
00:15:53,067 --> 00:15:54,867
So, it's disconcerting for me.

288
00:15:54,900 --> 00:15:58,333
I don't feel that
I'm being as proactive.

289
00:15:58,367 --> 00:16:01,300
So what I need to do,
set them out
and make decisions.

290
00:16:04,067 --> 00:16:06,333
You know, uh,
if I'm laying here

291
00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:08,333
and

292
00:16:09,367 --> 00:16:11,600
at the front
of the building...

293
00:16:11,633 --> 00:16:14,533
(VOCALISES ROARS),
...smash, smash, smash.

294
00:16:14,567 --> 00:16:16,167
You've gotta
be able to do this.

295
00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,200
I'm right-handed,
so this has to come up

296
00:16:18,233 --> 00:16:22,367
and I can deal with it
anywhere around here.

297
00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,500
If he's that far away,
I'm gonna have time
to grab this.

298
00:16:25,533 --> 00:16:28,833
So its resting place,
I have to decide,

299
00:16:28,867 --> 00:16:31,733
I'm thinking
I've rolled out of bed,

300
00:16:31,767 --> 00:16:35,067
the next thing I need to do,
it's two steps to grab it,

301
00:16:35,067 --> 00:16:36,500
another step to turn.

302
00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:43,667
I perceive my job as

303
00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:48,067
making sure
that Kavik camp
is as safe as it can be

304
00:16:48,067 --> 00:16:50,567
for anybody that wants
to come through.

305
00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:54,067
The clients that I have,
they provide
one hell of a service,

306
00:16:54,067 --> 00:16:57,133
and the service
they provide is life.

307
00:16:57,167 --> 00:16:59,733
They take care of me,
I take care of them.

308
00:17:01,700 --> 00:17:04,300
CHIP: According to
my wife's society
and her upbringing,

309
00:17:04,333 --> 00:17:07,133
I give her everything.
She runs the money.

310
00:17:07,167 --> 00:17:08,933
She goes out where
the food goes.

311
00:17:08,967 --> 00:17:12,133
She's, uh, in charge of
basically all of
our resources.

312
00:17:13,733 --> 00:17:16,067
Basically the women
are in fricking charge.

313
00:17:27,067 --> 00:17:28,733
CHIP: Today is already another
great family day.

314
00:17:28,767 --> 00:17:32,700
I got my family
kicking back and
out of the wind

315
00:17:32,733 --> 00:17:35,400
and we're watching
caribou doing their thing.

316
00:17:35,433 --> 00:17:37,167
Hopefully we'll get
some bulls out here

317
00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,067
and let the girls
take some shots,

318
00:17:39,067 --> 00:17:41,933
nail some caribou,
and carry on from there.

319
00:17:41,967 --> 00:17:43,400
We'll see how well it goes.

320
00:17:48,433 --> 00:17:50,400
AGNES: Down the river
on the other side

321
00:17:50,433 --> 00:17:52,300
they're coming down this way.

322
00:17:52,333 --> 00:17:54,067
Mary, maybe
you'll be the shooter.

323
00:17:54,100 --> 00:17:56,800
You'll be the first shooter
and then when
you're gun-empty or whatever

324
00:17:56,833 --> 00:17:59,800
I'll get my pistol
and try to catch
your wounded.

325
00:17:59,833 --> 00:18:02,800
Or um, I'll shoot and then
you'll reload your gun.

326
00:18:04,367 --> 00:18:07,067
NARRATOR: While the women
shoot at their targets,

327
00:18:07,067 --> 00:18:10,067
Chip will employ
a more traditional
hunting tool.

328
00:18:10,067 --> 00:18:11,600
This is something
you'd use out of a boat.

329
00:18:13,567 --> 00:18:16,700
We have a lance with a
pokey end and a long shaft.

330
00:18:16,733 --> 00:18:19,167
And you grab a hold
of the back and you shove it
through into the animal,

331
00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:20,900
and you hold onto it
and you withdraw the thing.

332
00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:24,667
This here is from
a Mosin rifle,
an old Russian surplus rifle.

333
00:18:24,700 --> 00:18:27,567
And I bought it for like
five bucks in Kotzebue.

334
00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,300
And it won't cost me
a single bullet.

335
00:18:30,100 --> 00:18:32,367
Yep. (LAUGHS) Sweet.

336
00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,100
AGNES: Oh look,
they hit the water!

337
00:18:35,133 --> 00:18:37,200
Chip, there's
caribou crossing.

338
00:18:37,233 --> 00:18:38,600
Time to go, Mary.

339
00:18:40,167 --> 00:18:41,367
You ready?

340
00:18:55,333 --> 00:18:56,800
You can't shoot
from that far, babe.

341
00:19:02,900 --> 00:19:04,700
You guys gotta
take care of this.

342
00:19:04,733 --> 00:19:05,867
Get up on this guy.

343
00:19:05,900 --> 00:19:07,467
Shoot it Ag, with the pistol.

344
00:19:07,967 --> 00:19:09,233
It is coming.

345
00:19:11,433 --> 00:19:12,500
Shoot it, Ag!

346
00:19:19,067 --> 00:19:20,233
CHIP: I got him.

347
00:19:20,933 --> 00:19:22,233
Right on.

348
00:19:22,267 --> 00:19:25,800
We got one, two, three,
four, five right here.

349
00:19:25,833 --> 00:19:27,833
So we just nailed six caribou.

350
00:19:27,867 --> 00:19:29,600
My wife and my daughter,
they got four

351
00:19:29,633 --> 00:19:30,633
and I lanced two of them.

352
00:19:30,667 --> 00:19:33,767
So, the lance works,
it's been tested.

353
00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:35,233
It's an awesome ride.

354
00:19:36,500 --> 00:19:39,167
GLENN: People have become
so civilized,

355
00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,267
part of that process
is removing ourselves

356
00:19:42,300 --> 00:19:45,200
from the reality
of life and death.

357
00:19:45,233 --> 00:19:47,467
Real events that happen.

358
00:20:07,633 --> 00:20:10,300
GLENN: I'm paddling
across the lake now.

359
00:20:10,333 --> 00:20:12,500
I got about a mile
and a quarter paddle

360
00:20:12,533 --> 00:20:14,667
and then I'll get over
to the far shore.

361
00:20:14,700 --> 00:20:17,633
And 250 yards from the shore
I got a moose down over there.

362
00:20:19,467 --> 00:20:22,200
I'm gonna use my sled
to move it down to the lake.

363
00:20:23,167 --> 00:20:25,267
It will probably
take 11 loads,

364
00:20:25,300 --> 00:20:28,067
over three miles of walking,

365
00:20:28,100 --> 00:20:32,867
and then I'm gonna
have to take
two trips with this canoe,

366
00:20:32,900 --> 00:20:34,600
to get that whole moose
back to camp.

367
00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:36,567
NARRATOR: Yesterday,
Glenn processed a moose,

368
00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,233
but was unable
to bring it back to camp.

369
00:20:39,267 --> 00:20:41,067
This morning,
he heads to the kill

370
00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:44,333
with the possibility
that scavengers
have taken the meat.

371
00:20:52,567 --> 00:20:55,400
Now that it's getting light,
the birds are getting active.

372
00:20:55,433 --> 00:20:57,800
There're at least
a few ravens over there.

373
00:20:57,833 --> 00:21:01,367
Those ravens, they wouldn't
normally be here.

374
00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,100
They're here
because of that kill.

375
00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:07,167
I'm standing up here
so I can get a look

376
00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,733
over the top of the brush
on the shoreline.

377
00:21:10,767 --> 00:21:13,200
Let's see if I see anything
going on back there.

378
00:21:13,233 --> 00:21:16,200
So far I've been very lucky
with the scavengers.

379
00:21:16,233 --> 00:21:17,633
I've never lost a moose yet,

380
00:21:17,667 --> 00:21:20,433
but there's bears
around the lake,

381
00:21:20,467 --> 00:21:22,700
there are a few
wolverines around,

382
00:21:22,733 --> 00:21:24,100
there are wolves.

383
00:21:25,067 --> 00:21:27,433
There's too much brush,
I can't see.

384
00:21:27,467 --> 00:21:29,533
I won't know
until I walk up to it.

385
00:21:40,233 --> 00:21:42,667
The main thing
I'm concerned about

386
00:21:42,700 --> 00:21:45,533
is that it's possible
a bear could have found this
during the night.

387
00:21:46,233 --> 00:21:47,633
Bears have a very good nose

388
00:21:47,667 --> 00:21:51,233
and they can smell a moose
from a long ways away.

389
00:21:51,267 --> 00:21:53,633
There. That's the moose.
It looks like it's okay.

390
00:21:53,667 --> 00:21:57,067
No bears or wolverine
or anything big
got to it last night.

391
00:21:57,933 --> 00:21:59,067
But there are birds on it.

392
00:21:59,067 --> 00:22:00,533
I gotta get over there
and start working on it

393
00:22:00,567 --> 00:22:02,400
cause those grey jays
will peck a lot of fat off it.

394
00:22:02,433 --> 00:22:04,167
-They're on it right now.
-(JAYS TWITTERING)

395
00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:05,567
Hey, get off that!

396
00:22:07,667 --> 00:22:10,467
This tarp is to keep the meat
as clean as possible.

397
00:22:11,567 --> 00:22:12,700
It's heavy.

398
00:22:16,467 --> 00:22:18,733
I gotta start sledding
this meat over to the lake.

399
00:22:18,767 --> 00:22:21,333
Every time I leave here,
there's a chance a bear
could come along.

400
00:22:21,367 --> 00:22:23,400
So, I gotta keep my rifle
with me at all times.

401
00:22:26,967 --> 00:22:28,733
One load down,
about ten to go.

402
00:22:34,733 --> 00:22:36,900
Hunting alone, that's the only
way I've ever hunted.

403
00:22:36,933 --> 00:22:38,500
When I first came out here,

404
00:22:38,533 --> 00:22:41,467
the biggest thing
I'd ever killed
was a snowshoe hare.

405
00:22:41,500 --> 00:22:44,267
That's been a big challenge,
just learning how to hunt.

406
00:22:44,300 --> 00:22:47,067
I'm sure a lot of times
I'm out here
reinventing the wheel.

407
00:22:52,633 --> 00:22:54,067
(GRUNTS)

408
00:22:55,467 --> 00:22:56,533
There it goes.

409
00:22:56,967 --> 00:22:58,200
Final load.

410
00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:03,100
That's a good feeling.

411
00:23:03,133 --> 00:23:04,600
Get this moose
packed out of here,

412
00:23:04,633 --> 00:23:06,800
salvage all of this meat,
and have six months of food.

413
00:23:11,467 --> 00:23:14,067
I got my final load,
the head, in here.

414
00:23:14,067 --> 00:23:15,800
I'm ready to head for camp.

415
00:23:15,833 --> 00:23:17,700
About a mile and a quarter
and I'll be home.

416
00:23:21,433 --> 00:23:23,300
This morning when I came
out for the first load,

417
00:23:23,333 --> 00:23:25,233
it was glassy calm water.

418
00:23:25,267 --> 00:23:26,867
Now the wind's coming up.

419
00:23:26,900 --> 00:23:28,733
The waves are getting bigger.

420
00:23:28,767 --> 00:23:30,067
Sometimes they can get so big

421
00:23:30,067 --> 00:23:31,933
that it isn't safe
to be out here.

422
00:23:31,967 --> 00:23:35,067
I've been caught out on a lake
in big waves before
in a canoe,

423
00:23:35,067 --> 00:23:37,067
and it's no laughing matter.

424
00:23:37,067 --> 00:23:38,433
This water's so cold

425
00:23:38,467 --> 00:23:40,767
that your survival in it
is just a matter of minutes.

426
00:23:43,967 --> 00:23:45,667
Right now it's okay but

427
00:23:47,100 --> 00:23:48,600
it could get rougher.

428
00:23:48,633 --> 00:23:51,333
So I'm gonna stay
fairly close to shore
on the way home.

429
00:24:12,133 --> 00:24:13,800
Okay, I gotta get this
last piece of meat,

430
00:24:13,833 --> 00:24:15,267
the neck, up onto the rack.

431
00:24:15,300 --> 00:24:17,367
That's the heaviest
piece of meat,
the way I cut it.

432
00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,667
So, I'm not gonna be able
to carry it up there.

433
00:24:31,633 --> 00:24:33,267
I can't wait to eat
that moose nose.

434
00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:35,400
I like moose nose.

435
00:24:35,433 --> 00:24:37,600
Just thinking about it
makes me hungry.

436
00:24:40,633 --> 00:24:43,333
I got all of the meat
on the platform now.

437
00:24:43,367 --> 00:24:45,533
And now it's
onto the next step.

438
00:24:45,567 --> 00:24:47,500
I gotta still
protect this meat.

439
00:24:47,533 --> 00:24:49,833
Tomorrow, I'm gonna try
and get all this meat hung up

440
00:24:49,867 --> 00:24:51,267
where the bears
can't get to it.

441
00:24:54,067 --> 00:24:56,900
SUE: Everything here is just
a huge amount of money.

442
00:24:56,933 --> 00:24:58,767
It's a... It's a huge risk.

443
00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:00,433
And I enjoy it,

444
00:25:00,467 --> 00:25:01,600
but you bet your bottom dollar

445
00:25:01,633 --> 00:25:03,167
I'm gonna be out here
protecting it.

446
00:25:18,500 --> 00:25:20,367
I've got several bears
in the area.

447
00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:21,867
I've got a lot
of people in camp,

448
00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:23,133
a lot of meat in camp,

449
00:25:23,167 --> 00:25:24,733
which is gonna draw attention.

450
00:25:24,767 --> 00:25:27,467
People ask me and
I usually say
it kind of funny, you know.

451
00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:29,500
"What do bears
like to eat up here?"

452
00:25:29,533 --> 00:25:33,767
"You know, berries and
slow tourists, and we're
fresh out of berries."

453
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,333
NARRATOR: With two days
remaining until
bear hunting season opens,

454
00:25:37,367 --> 00:25:38,967
Sue must take
every step she can

455
00:25:39,067 --> 00:25:41,267
to prevent bears
from attacking camp.

456
00:25:42,767 --> 00:25:45,700
SUE: You now, what's...
What are my avenues
for protecting camp?

457
00:25:45,733 --> 00:25:47,533
Walk the perimeter.
Are there prints?

458
00:25:47,567 --> 00:25:49,267
What is it?
What kind? How close?

459
00:25:49,300 --> 00:25:50,433
Is it a mom with cubs?

460
00:25:50,467 --> 00:25:52,433
I've got to do
all those visuals.

461
00:25:52,467 --> 00:25:53,867
Get the bleach.

462
00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:56,500
Typically what I do
this time of year,

463
00:25:56,533 --> 00:25:59,867
lightly the rest of the year,
this time of year definitely,

464
00:25:59,900 --> 00:26:03,533
I get bleach
and I sprinkle it around camp.

465
00:26:03,567 --> 00:26:05,733
Bears can smell
from ten miles away.

466
00:26:05,767 --> 00:26:07,667
Very strong, acrid scents

467
00:26:07,700 --> 00:26:09,900
will burn their noses

468
00:26:09,933 --> 00:26:12,200
and deter them somewhat.

469
00:26:12,233 --> 00:26:14,233
This right here,
this is my storage closet,

470
00:26:14,267 --> 00:26:16,167
but this time of year
it's the meat shed.

471
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,100
People hang it,
put tarps down.

472
00:26:18,133 --> 00:26:20,400
I try to keep it
as clean as possible.

473
00:26:27,567 --> 00:26:30,067
All the meat and everything
is still here.

474
00:26:32,133 --> 00:26:37,067
You can see over here,
bear, bear, bear, bear.

475
00:26:37,067 --> 00:26:38,633
This is not the first time

476
00:26:38,667 --> 00:26:41,133
that the bears
have taken out parts
of the building.

477
00:26:41,167 --> 00:26:43,133
I keep repairing it.

478
00:26:43,167 --> 00:26:45,800
You know, you've got
brand new claw marks.

479
00:26:46,967 --> 00:26:50,200
So, time for me
to get the bleach.

480
00:26:50,233 --> 00:26:51,733
You spray down
the whole building.

481
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:56,533
You know, you do what you can.

482
00:26:57,500 --> 00:26:59,100
Try to protect the camp.

483
00:26:59,133 --> 00:27:02,167
This is just
your basic bleach,
you know.

484
00:27:03,067 --> 00:27:04,500
And you just...

485
00:27:08,333 --> 00:27:12,533
You know, you're just
gonna wanna
get the grounds.

486
00:27:12,567 --> 00:27:15,667
You're not trying to
perform miracles and scrub it.

487
00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:17,133
Whenever you have meat,

488
00:27:17,167 --> 00:27:20,567
somebody's gotten blood,
you do it.

489
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:24,133
It's still my privilege
to make people's visits

490
00:27:24,167 --> 00:27:26,500
as great as they can be.

491
00:27:26,533 --> 00:27:30,167
But it's my burden
to keep them as safe as I can.

492
00:27:33,233 --> 00:27:35,733
I don't see anything
fresh that worries me

493
00:27:35,767 --> 00:27:37,667
but I can't take chances.

494
00:27:37,700 --> 00:27:40,467
You must be proactive.
You can't leave it to chance.

495
00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:43,067
A sucker, a pork chop
leaves it to chance.

496
00:27:43,067 --> 00:27:44,600
You wanna be a pork chop?
Go right ahead.

497
00:27:44,633 --> 00:27:47,067
You know,
I'll serve the applesauce.

498
00:27:47,067 --> 00:27:48,333
ANDY: That's what
life is out here.

499
00:27:48,367 --> 00:27:50,567
You're always adapting
to new situations

500
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,067
and you don't just blindly
go out and do things.

501
00:27:53,067 --> 00:27:54,433
You gotta think about
what you're doing

502
00:27:54,467 --> 00:27:56,433
and have a
plan A and a plan B.

503
00:28:11,067 --> 00:28:14,100
It's starting to warm up
a little today.

504
00:28:14,133 --> 00:28:16,933
Finally. Our wind died down.

505
00:28:16,967 --> 00:28:19,600
I'm just gonna cut these whole
so we can get them
done quicker.

506
00:28:22,233 --> 00:28:25,533
NARRATOR: With minor repairs
being made
to their fish wheel,

507
00:28:25,567 --> 00:28:27,367
Andy and Kate
must work quickly

508
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,067
to keep up with the demand
of their daily haul.

509
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:34,900
Okay baby. I'm ready.

510
00:28:34,933 --> 00:28:36,800
We work pretty good
as a team doing this.

511
00:28:38,067 --> 00:28:41,167
My job is basically
to collect the fish,

512
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,133
cut the fish,
and hang the fish.

513
00:28:43,167 --> 00:28:46,300
Kate's job is to help
getting fish from the boat
to the cutting table.

514
00:28:46,333 --> 00:28:48,333
It's a huge help having
a second person there

515
00:28:48,367 --> 00:28:51,233
to just transfer fish
from the table.

516
00:28:51,267 --> 00:28:53,567
Once I start cutting,
I can cut really fast,

517
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,367
but if I have to
take breaks to get fish

518
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,067
from the boat to the table,

519
00:28:57,067 --> 00:28:58,733
it really slows me down.

520
00:29:04,333 --> 00:29:07,567
I'm gonna have to check
the wheel again.
No downtime.

521
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,800
Dawn to dusk,
that's what fishing is around
here this time of year.

522
00:29:12,233 --> 00:29:13,500
Pretty critical
to fish this wheel

523
00:29:13,533 --> 00:29:16,200
as much as
I possibly can right now.

524
00:29:16,233 --> 00:29:18,500
Hopefully a quick trip over.

525
00:29:18,533 --> 00:29:20,967
I'm hoping I have a good
300 fish in the wheel,

526
00:29:21,067 --> 00:29:22,367
maybe 400.

527
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,833
Holy shit!
What the hell
is going on there?

528
00:29:24,867 --> 00:29:26,500
That don't look good.

529
00:29:26,533 --> 00:29:28,967
It looks like the boxes
are both full,

530
00:29:29,067 --> 00:29:32,133
but my flotation
isn't the same on both sides.

531
00:29:33,167 --> 00:29:36,933
I've got a problem here.
This doesn't look good.

532
00:29:36,967 --> 00:29:41,133
I've got a couple of holes or
a hole in at least one barrel
on the outside pontoon.

533
00:29:41,167 --> 00:29:43,067
I'm almost underwater here.

534
00:29:49,100 --> 00:29:50,800
NARRATOR: After
a minor repair,

535
00:29:50,833 --> 00:29:54,400
Andy faces yet another
breakdown of the fish wheel.

536
00:29:54,433 --> 00:29:56,867
One of the barrels
is taking on water,

537
00:29:56,900 --> 00:29:58,333
and if not repaired,

538
00:29:58,367 --> 00:30:01,000
the wheel could sink
into the Yukon River.

539
00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:06,367
So one of the problems
that I got right now

540
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:08,500
with that barrel leaking
is that

541
00:30:08,533 --> 00:30:10,867
it's hitting my
lead right there.

542
00:30:10,900 --> 00:30:12,900
It's tipping the wheel down.

543
00:30:12,933 --> 00:30:15,800
That basket is
kicking out at an angle

544
00:30:15,833 --> 00:30:17,500
and as it comes down,

545
00:30:17,533 --> 00:30:19,900
it's hitting
the side of that lead.

546
00:30:19,933 --> 00:30:22,067
And if that basket
hooks on this lead,

547
00:30:22,100 --> 00:30:25,733
it could start ripping
the whole fish wheel apart.

548
00:30:25,767 --> 00:30:28,067
So the only thing I think
I'm gonna be able to do is

549
00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:30,567
if I can, try and lighten
this wheel up

550
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,200
and see if
I can't get a barrel
underneath of it.

551
00:30:33,233 --> 00:30:36,500
I've never done that before
out in the middle
of the river,

552
00:30:36,533 --> 00:30:39,067
and I definitely know
I'm not gonna be
able to do this alone.

553
00:30:39,100 --> 00:30:42,200
So, I'm gonna have to
go back and get Kate.

554
00:30:42,233 --> 00:30:43,600
But the first thing
I've got to do is

555
00:30:43,633 --> 00:30:46,867
I gotta get all this
heavy fish off that pontoon.

556
00:30:46,900 --> 00:30:49,000
I gotta get this wheel
emptied out

557
00:30:49,033 --> 00:30:52,800
so that the lead's
not being hit
by the baskets

558
00:30:52,833 --> 00:30:54,733
and stabilise the situation

559
00:30:54,767 --> 00:30:58,033
so that nothing gets
ripped apart on me right now.

560
00:31:01,267 --> 00:31:02,533
It would be disastrous for me

561
00:31:02,567 --> 00:31:04,533
to have to
pull this wheel out right now

562
00:31:04,567 --> 00:31:06,567
right in the
middle of the run,
the peak of the run.

563
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,767
The best I can do
is get in there,

564
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,467
fix things as best as I can
out in the river,

565
00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:12,967
keep it fishing, and

566
00:31:13,067 --> 00:31:15,067
hopefully, I can make it
through the season here.

567
00:31:18,367 --> 00:31:20,100
CHIP: It's a
dog-eat-dog world.

568
00:31:20,133 --> 00:31:21,700
Big fish eat little fish.

569
00:31:21,733 --> 00:31:23,833
Nobody apologises
or prayers for them.

570
00:31:23,867 --> 00:31:26,967
If you're in nature,
you're probably
gonna get eaten alive.

571
00:31:27,067 --> 00:31:29,500
It's good to be a human,
we're the top predator.

572
00:31:38,667 --> 00:31:41,800
CHIP: It's cows and calves.
There's more coming though.

573
00:31:41,833 --> 00:31:43,300
Yeah, there's one decent bull.

574
00:31:43,333 --> 00:31:45,267
Yeah,
there's lots behind them.

575
00:31:46,733 --> 00:31:47,733
(SIGHS)

576
00:31:48,300 --> 00:31:49,633
They hit the water.

577
00:31:51,533 --> 00:31:53,933
NARRATOR: The entire
Hailstone family stocks up

578
00:31:53,967 --> 00:31:55,400
for the dark winter ahead.

579
00:31:56,267 --> 00:31:57,767
This is their last day

580
00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:01,067
before the caribou
can no longer be hunted
for the fall season.

581
00:32:02,467 --> 00:32:05,067
-Sorry about that.
-One bull, Ting.

582
00:32:10,467 --> 00:32:11,733
Get closer!

583
00:32:11,767 --> 00:32:14,367
AGNES: We just want
that one big one
right in front of you!

584
00:32:15,867 --> 00:32:18,067
Carol, get it,
watch what
you're doing, Ting!

585
00:32:18,067 --> 00:32:19,667
Wait until he separates
from those two!

586
00:32:19,700 --> 00:32:22,100
-Ting, get it! Ting, get it!
-Give it a shot.
Give it a shot.

587
00:32:25,167 --> 00:32:26,567
-There you go.
-Yay! (CLAPPING)

588
00:32:28,367 --> 00:32:29,433
Grab a hold.

589
00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:31,567
Here, Ting.

590
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:34,567
Straight to me,
straight to me.

591
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:37,067
Qutan made a shot and
Tingmaq put a second one in it

592
00:32:37,067 --> 00:32:38,733
for what we call a sure-shot.

593
00:32:38,767 --> 00:32:41,067
There's nothing wrong
with what we call
a double-tap up here.

594
00:32:41,067 --> 00:32:42,967
And all it...
All we're doing
is making sure

595
00:32:43,067 --> 00:32:46,067
that the animal
is dead as quickly and
as efficiently as possible.

596
00:32:47,167 --> 00:32:49,200
KIDS: Oh, bonfire! (LAUGHTER)

597
00:32:49,667 --> 00:32:50,767
That's lots!

598
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:52,533
-MARY: Scary.
-TING: Don't be scared.

599
00:32:54,167 --> 00:32:57,067
-And you, you're like...
-There we go.

600
00:32:57,067 --> 00:32:58,200
(LAUGHTER)

601
00:32:59,533 --> 00:33:00,900
Oh!

602
00:33:00,933 --> 00:33:03,200
CHIP: Well, we teach our kids
this lifestyle as best we can.

603
00:33:03,233 --> 00:33:06,933
And my kids, I think,
are pretty well
getting at understanding it.

604
00:33:06,967 --> 00:33:08,567
As long as my kids
keep looking forward

605
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,500
and they keep profiting
from what's going on,

606
00:33:11,533 --> 00:33:12,933
it could be
in learning something,

607
00:33:12,967 --> 00:33:14,533
it could be in making money.

608
00:33:14,567 --> 00:33:16,500
It doesn't matter,
they just gotta keep
moving forward.

609
00:33:16,533 --> 00:33:19,067
And I think
my wife teaches that
to these kids pretty well.

610
00:33:19,067 --> 00:33:22,367
And, um, I think the kids
have learned from me that,

611
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:26,133
you know,
you gotta just be
loyal to your lifestyle.

612
00:33:26,167 --> 00:33:28,133
I also try to let them enjoy
everything they're doing,

613
00:33:28,167 --> 00:33:30,267
because I try to enjoy my day
and enjoy my life

614
00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:31,833
and enjoy the work
that I have to do.

615
00:33:31,867 --> 00:33:33,567
And as long as
I can get that across
to the kids,

616
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,133
I think they'll keep
working too,

617
00:33:35,167 --> 00:33:36,700
with a positive attitude
and a smile.

618
00:33:39,067 --> 00:33:40,467
GLENN: I don't
know the future,

619
00:33:40,500 --> 00:33:42,233
I don't know how long
I'll live at this location

620
00:33:42,267 --> 00:33:43,933
here in the Brooks range.

621
00:33:43,967 --> 00:33:46,133
But I know that even
if I ever leave here,

622
00:33:46,167 --> 00:33:48,467
the place has left
an indelible impression on me.

623
00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:51,267
It's one of the
most special places

624
00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:53,267
that I have ever been to
in the world.

625
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:02,400
(DOOR CREAKS SHUT)

626
00:34:06,233 --> 00:34:09,233
This is the first snow
of the year
down here at lake level.

627
00:34:09,267 --> 00:34:11,533
It's getting colder,
and winter is
just around the corner.

628
00:34:11,567 --> 00:34:13,467
I'm gonna hang
that meat up today.

629
00:34:13,500 --> 00:34:16,100
It's not really safe until
I get it up high enough that
the bears can't get to it.

630
00:34:21,133 --> 00:34:24,600
This is a meat-pole
that I built the first fall
I was out here

631
00:34:24,633 --> 00:34:27,867
when I killed my first
moose ten years ago.

632
00:34:27,900 --> 00:34:29,800
It's about 20 feet
above the ground

633
00:34:29,833 --> 00:34:31,267
right here on this end.

634
00:34:32,067 --> 00:34:33,467
It's tried and tested,

635
00:34:33,500 --> 00:34:35,733
bears cannot get to meat
on this meat pole.

636
00:34:44,067 --> 00:34:45,867
I'm gonna have to
go out on that pole

637
00:34:45,900 --> 00:34:47,833
and attach ropes
to hang the meat from.

638
00:34:47,867 --> 00:34:49,433
And I'm gonna hoist the meat.

639
00:34:49,467 --> 00:34:51,267
And I can also use
that line for safety

640
00:34:51,300 --> 00:34:52,600
when I'm crossing the pole.

641
00:35:05,967 --> 00:35:07,400
Working alone I have
to be very careful

642
00:35:07,433 --> 00:35:09,433
because there's
nobody to help me.

643
00:35:09,467 --> 00:35:12,067
Every time I get up here
by myself I always think,

644
00:35:12,067 --> 00:35:13,967
what the hell would I do

645
00:35:14,067 --> 00:35:16,800
if I knocked that ladder down

646
00:35:16,833 --> 00:35:18,200
trying to get back onto it

647
00:35:18,233 --> 00:35:20,500
and I was stuck up here
with no ladder.

648
00:35:20,533 --> 00:35:21,600
If I fell down,

649
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:25,200
broke my back,
it'd be a slow, painful death

650
00:35:25,233 --> 00:35:26,767
laying there on the ground
freezing to death.

651
00:35:29,733 --> 00:35:31,600
This meat is much too heavy

652
00:35:31,633 --> 00:35:34,067
for me to just pull it up,
even with a rope.

653
00:35:34,100 --> 00:35:35,800
When I put
my pulleys up there,

654
00:35:37,233 --> 00:35:39,300
I'll be able to
position them here

655
00:35:39,333 --> 00:35:41,433
by pulling on this cord
that I've rigged.

656
00:35:45,133 --> 00:35:47,467
Put the cord through there.

657
00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:53,500
Let's see what happens.

658
00:35:56,833 --> 00:35:58,800
I can get it up there
good and high.

659
00:35:59,433 --> 00:36:00,700
Now,

660
00:36:00,733 --> 00:36:02,467
no bear's gonna
get a hold of that.

661
00:36:18,067 --> 00:36:19,233
Whoa!

662
00:36:20,567 --> 00:36:21,700
(EXCLAIMS)

663
00:36:23,700 --> 00:36:25,367
Start all over.

664
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,067
It's not good
that the ribs fell

665
00:36:27,067 --> 00:36:29,367
'cause they
could have gotten dirty
if they landed on the ground.

666
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:31,567
But it's better those ribs
fell from up there than me.

667
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:33,167
It's about 20 feet high.

668
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:34,667
I got to start all over again.

669
00:36:35,733 --> 00:36:37,167
The way I attached it

670
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,233
when I was
trying to lift it up

671
00:36:39,267 --> 00:36:40,900
and take that other cord off,

672
00:36:40,933 --> 00:36:42,233
the pin slipped out

673
00:36:42,267 --> 00:36:45,067
and without tension on it,
it wouldn't hold it.

674
00:36:46,067 --> 00:36:47,600
It fell out,
the meat fell down.

675
00:37:07,367 --> 00:37:10,400
One piece down,
several more to go.

676
00:37:10,433 --> 00:37:13,567
Once I get this meat upwards,
safe from bears,

677
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,300
it's safe
for the rest of the winter.

678
00:37:16,333 --> 00:37:17,467
I'll be able to
keep this meat,

679
00:37:17,500 --> 00:37:18,933
because it's gonna
get cold enough here.

680
00:37:18,967 --> 00:37:21,300
It's gonna be frozen
in a short time

681
00:37:21,333 --> 00:37:23,267
and the meat
will last me until spring.

682
00:37:26,700 --> 00:37:28,600
All right.

683
00:37:28,633 --> 00:37:30,500
I'm gonna try and get
the head up there.

684
00:37:30,533 --> 00:37:32,067
The last load.

685
00:37:33,533 --> 00:37:37,067
The weather
got a little breezy
and cooler this afternoon,

686
00:37:37,067 --> 00:37:39,733
couldn't be better
than this for the meat.

687
00:37:43,567 --> 00:37:47,433
I'll be able to
leave this meat up here
until next spring.

688
00:37:56,533 --> 00:38:01,300
I've got six month's food here
in just one week's labour.

689
00:38:01,333 --> 00:38:03,067
It was well worth the effort.

690
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:08,833
ANDY: We live out here
to live a certain lifestyle,

691
00:38:08,867 --> 00:38:10,067
to be connected to the land,

692
00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:11,633
to get the resources
from the land,

693
00:38:11,667 --> 00:38:13,300
and a lot of people
don't understand

694
00:38:13,333 --> 00:38:15,133
how important that is to us.

695
00:38:33,233 --> 00:38:34,433
All right. (SIGHS)

696
00:38:37,300 --> 00:38:40,533
So this is the replacement
barrel, I take it?

697
00:38:40,567 --> 00:38:42,367
Well, I don't think there's
any replacement.

698
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:44,567
I think
this is an addition. (LAUGHS)

699
00:38:47,167 --> 00:38:48,500
NARRATOR: In order to
keep the fish wheel

700
00:38:48,533 --> 00:38:51,433
from sinking
into the Yukon River,

701
00:38:51,467 --> 00:38:55,133
Andy must modify a barrel
to help the wheel stay afloat.

702
00:39:01,267 --> 00:39:03,067
I'm gonna weld
some tabs on it,

703
00:39:03,100 --> 00:39:05,367
'cause, uh, there's no way
to hold onto this

704
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:06,633
when it's in the current.

705
00:39:13,333 --> 00:39:15,367
Tighten up these bolts here.

706
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:17,567
I think we're ready
to go across the river

707
00:39:19,067 --> 00:39:20,267
and flounder about.

708
00:39:23,067 --> 00:39:25,333
Once we get out there,
I'll start figuring out

709
00:39:25,367 --> 00:39:27,333
what's gonna work
and what's not
gonna work.

710
00:39:27,367 --> 00:39:28,833
I mean, that's kind
of the way I do things.

711
00:39:28,867 --> 00:39:30,500
I just get a plan A, try it.

712
00:39:30,533 --> 00:39:34,067
If it doesn't work,
hopefully, an obvious plan B
comes into play

713
00:39:34,067 --> 00:39:37,700
and you just modify
what you're doing
and try and make it work.

714
00:39:41,700 --> 00:39:43,233
What I'm thinking is,

715
00:39:44,067 --> 00:39:46,067
if we get a line on it here,

716
00:39:46,067 --> 00:39:47,933
get a line on it there,

717
00:39:47,967 --> 00:39:50,867
and then attach a line here,

718
00:39:50,900 --> 00:39:52,233
we can stick it down.

719
00:39:55,267 --> 00:39:57,867
We tend to catch
a lot more fish at night.

720
00:39:57,900 --> 00:40:00,400
So I wanna get
this thing fixed

721
00:40:00,433 --> 00:40:03,133
so that,
at least, I'm fishing
through the night tonight.

722
00:40:04,733 --> 00:40:07,200
Yeah, that's what we need.

723
00:40:08,967 --> 00:40:10,167
Come to papa.

724
00:40:14,467 --> 00:40:15,533
(GRUNTING)

725
00:40:17,767 --> 00:40:20,400
Ooh, yeah,
I think we almost got it.
Hold that right there.

726
00:40:21,333 --> 00:40:23,033
We just gotta keep it
from flipping out.

727
00:40:23,067 --> 00:40:25,833
Somehow, I gotta get something
around the barrel here

728
00:40:25,867 --> 00:40:28,133
to keep it
from wanting to
roll out that way.

729
00:40:28,167 --> 00:40:31,000
There's a red tie-down,
long tie-down strap.

730
00:40:31,033 --> 00:40:32,533
Maybe I can get
that around it.

731
00:40:38,700 --> 00:40:40,167
Brr! That water's cold.

732
00:40:44,433 --> 00:40:45,567
(SHUDDERING)

733
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,733
Man, I don't think
I'd wanna go swimming in that.

734
00:40:48,767 --> 00:40:51,500
So I'm hoping I can
just secure this really well

735
00:40:51,533 --> 00:40:54,467
so that it can't pivot
or... Or move at all.

736
00:40:56,033 --> 00:40:57,400
I think we got it.

737
00:40:57,433 --> 00:41:00,700
Hopefully we can just
get going on our fishing

738
00:41:00,733 --> 00:41:03,867
and not have to mess with
fixing the old girl any more.

739
00:41:03,900 --> 00:41:06,067
You the man, Andy!
You the man!

740
00:41:06,067 --> 00:41:08,567
That was luck.
That feels pretty secure.

741
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,467
So I think
I'll get this thing
spinning again.

742
00:41:11,500 --> 00:41:15,067
And hopefully,
we'll come in tomorrow

743
00:41:15,067 --> 00:41:17,400
with some really,
really full boxes.

744
00:41:17,433 --> 00:41:18,467
That'd be good.

745
00:41:29,833 --> 00:41:32,267
SUE: I live just a few miles
from the Arctic Ocean.

746
00:41:32,300 --> 00:41:33,833
I've been here for 12 years.

747
00:41:33,867 --> 00:41:35,167
For nine,
ten months of the year,

748
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:36,800
I'm 100% alone out here.

749
00:41:38,700 --> 00:41:40,567
I wouldn't be here
if I didn't love it.

750
00:41:54,667 --> 00:41:55,733
Hey, buddy.

751
00:41:57,533 --> 00:41:58,633
MAN: Looking good.

752
00:41:58,667 --> 00:41:59,900
So did you see anything?

753
00:42:00,067 --> 00:42:01,267
-Nothing.
-Okay.

754
00:42:01,300 --> 00:42:03,200
I see you though,
you look good.

755
00:42:03,233 --> 00:42:05,100
-God bless you.
-(LAUGHS) Thanks.

756
00:42:05,133 --> 00:42:08,667
NARRATOR: With less than
24 hours before
bear hunting season opens,

757
00:42:08,700 --> 00:42:12,800
Sue must continue
watching over the safety
of her remaining guests.

758
00:42:16,067 --> 00:42:18,400
You know, it's an
uncomfortable feeling.

759
00:42:20,733 --> 00:42:22,433
I mean, I'm used to it.

760
00:42:22,467 --> 00:42:25,633
I have the bears
getting really close.

761
00:42:25,667 --> 00:42:28,467
This feels very much
like it did the other year

762
00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:31,167
when I had the altercation
with the bear.

763
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,100
You know,
I called it an alpha push.

764
00:42:42,900 --> 00:42:46,133
So, I mean, this is kinda your
pointed line of demarcation.

765
00:42:46,167 --> 00:42:49,133
You know,
take your little paw,
run it down.

766
00:42:49,167 --> 00:42:51,300
Here is my runway and camp,

767
00:42:51,333 --> 00:42:54,200
here is the wilderness
and the bear's playground.

768
00:42:55,167 --> 00:42:56,267
He crosses this line,

769
00:42:56,300 --> 00:42:57,800
I can use deadly force

770
00:42:57,833 --> 00:43:01,500
and by God I'll do it
if that means keeping
my people and camp safe.

771
00:43:01,533 --> 00:43:04,067
I got people to keep safe,
and a camp to guard,

772
00:43:04,100 --> 00:43:05,567
and that's what I'm gonna do.