1 00:00:15,538 --> 00:00:17,989 - I need to figure out how to catch fish here 2 00:00:18,093 --> 00:00:19,887 because they have fat on them. 3 00:00:19,991 --> 00:00:21,544 Whoa! [bleep]! 4 00:00:24,133 --> 00:00:25,859 - Dangerous [bleep] place, man. 5 00:00:25,962 --> 00:00:28,206 One wrong move, and it's splash. 6 00:00:28,310 --> 00:00:31,761 You can't put a [bleep] damn net into [bleep] like that. 7 00:00:31,865 --> 00:00:35,834 1 declare Danger Rock off limits. 8 00:00:35,938 --> 00:00:38,044 - 1 think 1 got one. 9 00:00:42,324 --> 00:00:43,739 Yup. 10 00:00:45,085 --> 00:00:47,950 Oh, my God, it's bigger than the last one! 11 00:01:01,343 --> 00:01:02,896 Male narrator: For the first time, 12 00:01:02,999 --> 00:01:06,417 ten participants will fight to survive the Arctic 13 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,524 for longer than anyone in "Alone" history: 14 00:01:10,628 --> 00:01:14,183 a grueling 100 days. 15 00:01:14,287 --> 00:01:16,634 - This is the ultimate challenge. 16 00:01:16,737 --> 00:01:19,740 - 100 days in the Arctic is no joke. 17 00:01:19,844 --> 00:01:21,466 Narrator: If they can endure, 18 00:01:21,570 --> 00:01:24,366 they'll win the biggest prize ever: 19 00:01:24,469 --> 00:01:27,162 $1 million. 20 00:01:28,611 --> 00:01:30,786 - Whoa! - Holy [bleep]! 21 00:01:30,889 --> 00:01:32,546 - You can't tap out 22 00:01:32,650 --> 00:01:34,479 when there's a million bucks on the line, 23 00:01:34,583 --> 00:01:36,654 - Oh, my gosh. 24 00:01:36,757 --> 00:01:39,657 - How hard can you work for $10,000 a day? 25 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:41,107 - It looks like frostbite. 26 00:01:42,418 --> 00:01:44,351 - Holy [bleep]! 27 00:01:44,455 --> 00:01:48,976 Narrator: This is "Alone: Million Dollar Challenge." 28 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:50,599 - They're just surrounding my shelter. 29 00:02:26,945 --> 00:02:30,190 - Today I'm gonna go make a raid. 30 00:02:32,434 --> 00:02:34,643 That squirrel, he's been hanging out 31 00:02:34,746 --> 00:02:36,403 over here in these trees, 32 00:02:36,507 --> 00:02:40,269 and 1 always wondered what made these trees appeal to him. 33 00:02:40,373 --> 00:02:43,272 Just a little bit ago, I see him grab a mushroom 34 00:02:43,376 --> 00:02:45,412 and bring it down, then I look, 35 00:02:45,516 --> 00:02:48,553 he's got a big mushroom cache up there. 36 00:02:48,657 --> 00:02:52,385 I'm gonna cut that [bleep] down and steal his mushrooms. 37 00:02:54,835 --> 00:02:57,700 December can be a long, cold month. 38 00:02:57,804 --> 00:03:00,600 It's gonna get pretty nasty here, 39 00:03:00,703 --> 00:03:02,429 and it's another 50 days 40 00:03:02,533 --> 00:03:05,605 till we're in the land of milk and Christmas cookies. 41 00:03:05,708 --> 00:03:08,504 Taking nothing for granted here. 42 00:03:12,267 --> 00:03:14,407 Here's a beautiful mushroom right here. 43 00:03:16,512 --> 00:03:19,135 Eureka! 44 00:03:19,239 --> 00:03:22,967 Oh, we found a bonanza of mushroom today. 45 00:03:24,279 --> 00:03:27,730 That was a good score. Thanks, Mr. Squirrel. 46 00:03:27,834 --> 00:03:30,526 I've got to find some place to keep them. 47 00:03:33,529 --> 00:03:36,325 I'm gonna bring that musk ox head skin out here, 48 00:03:36,429 --> 00:03:39,225 stitch it up into some kind of pouch. 49 00:03:39,328 --> 00:03:41,468 We're gonna fill it with mushrooms. 50 00:03:42,952 --> 00:03:47,716 I'm gonna take the nose and the lips 51 00:03:47,819 --> 00:03:51,340 and just wrap them with a heavy hunk of wire. 52 00:03:51,444 --> 00:03:55,931 I'll double it and twist it tight, twist them together. 53 00:03:56,034 --> 00:04:00,246 And then I'm gonna stitch it up with my trapping wire. 54 00:04:00,349 --> 00:04:04,940 In my past expeditions, I've improvised many times. 55 00:04:05,043 --> 00:04:09,013 You have to learn to use what's at hand. 56 00:04:09,116 --> 00:04:10,877 Work everything two ways. 57 00:04:12,672 --> 00:04:16,192 Squirrel's pissed 1 got all his mushrooms. 58 00:04:16,296 --> 00:04:17,815 Every time 1 do something, 59 00:04:17,918 --> 00:04:21,439 I'm trying to knock off two birds with one stone. 60 00:04:22,406 --> 00:04:27,065 These here are the forelegs. I'm gonna use them for straps. 61 00:04:29,067 --> 00:04:31,277 I'm the happiest when I'm alone. 62 00:04:31,380 --> 00:04:34,038 I like living far away from civilization, 63 00:04:34,141 --> 00:04:37,593 and that began as a very small child. 64 00:04:37,697 --> 00:04:40,078 1 vividly remember telling people, 65 00:04:40,182 --> 00:04:43,116 "I'm gonna move to Alaska, so far back in, 66 00:04:43,219 --> 00:04:46,706 nobody can ever touch me," and 1 did that. 67 00:04:46,809 --> 00:04:49,847 I'm in one of the remotest spots left in North America. 68 00:04:49,950 --> 00:04:55,128 Musk ox face skin carryall. 69 00:04:55,231 --> 00:04:58,614 Let's put some mushrooms in. 70 00:04:58,718 --> 00:05:00,133 And it's--that's real, 71 00:05:00,236 --> 00:05:02,308 when you're sitting there all by yourself 72 00:05:02,411 --> 00:05:05,069 watching the freeze up happen or butchering your moose 73 00:05:05,172 --> 00:05:08,141 with a lantern at midnight while the wolves are howling. 74 00:05:08,244 --> 00:05:12,456 The thrill-- it's undescribable, 75 00:05:14,561 --> 00:05:18,013 We got a hell of a bunch of mushrooms. 76 00:05:19,255 --> 00:05:22,258 That looks pretty good, don't it? 77 00:05:53,082 --> 00:05:57,811 Okay, who wants to be firewood? Who wants to? 78 00:06:10,030 --> 00:06:11,342 What was that? 79 00:06:14,276 --> 00:06:18,314 What is that? It looks like a bear. 80 00:06:25,287 --> 00:06:27,220 What is that? 81 00:06:42,442 --> 00:06:46,895 It's not a bear, it's me! 82 00:06:46,998 --> 00:06:51,209 I might look like a bear or maybe a Sasquatch, 83 00:06:51,313 --> 00:06:52,797 but it's me and my 84 00:06:52,901 --> 00:06:56,801 "it's real, real, real cold" outfit. 85 00:07:09,158 --> 00:07:12,230 This parka is made by Nenet reindeer herders, 86 00:07:12,334 --> 00:07:14,647 and it's all out of reindeer skin, 87 00:07:14,750 --> 00:07:18,029 and it's made in the old way, and this is how people survived 88 00:07:18,133 --> 00:07:20,791 in this climate for a long, long time. 89 00:07:20,894 --> 00:07:25,209 And it's not that far off from having to wear this every day. 90 00:07:29,558 --> 00:07:31,180 Al right. 91 00:07:31,284 --> 00:07:34,770 Let's go see what's happening out there, huh? 92 00:07:34,874 --> 00:07:37,117 Everything is really changing out here. 93 00:07:37,221 --> 00:07:39,326 Deep winter is setting in. 94 00:07:39,430 --> 00:07:41,881 And things are getting a little bit more challenging. 95 00:07:41,984 --> 00:07:44,124 1 mean, every day that there's more snow 96 00:07:44,228 --> 00:07:46,679 just makes it harder for me to get food. 97 00:07:46,782 --> 00:07:49,198 Most of the traps are buried. 98 00:07:49,302 --> 00:07:51,580 Dang. A rabbit's not gonna 99 00:07:51,684 --> 00:07:55,066 plow through the snow to go through that. 100 00:07:55,170 --> 00:07:58,345 All this snow changes how the rabbits are moving. 101 00:07:58,449 --> 00:08:02,108 And 1 need fat, 102 00:08:02,211 --> 00:08:05,560 but fishing's not really an option 103 00:08:05,663 --> 00:08:08,010 until the lake ices up more. 104 00:08:08,114 --> 00:08:11,738 So just got to keep trying, you know? 105 00:08:16,018 --> 00:08:21,541 Now 1 really wanna go over to the porcupine spot. 106 00:08:23,716 --> 00:08:26,926 I'm pretty sure that there's another porcupine. 107 00:08:27,029 --> 00:08:30,205 I've seen tracks and I've tracked him to his den, 108 00:08:30,308 --> 00:08:32,552 and 1 go and check his den all the time. 109 00:08:32,656 --> 00:08:35,244 But so far, he's never home, 110 00:08:37,212 --> 00:08:39,007 So check it out. 111 00:08:39,110 --> 00:08:42,493 One of the porcupine spots is down in there. 112 00:08:42,597 --> 00:08:44,840 He came out from under that rock, 113 00:08:44,944 --> 00:08:47,084 and he walked over here, 114 00:08:47,187 --> 00:08:50,501 and then he ate this bark. 115 00:08:51,502 --> 00:08:55,886 And then he ate right up there. So I'm gonna set snares. 116 00:08:59,165 --> 00:09:03,410 This porcupine is my best option for fat. 117 00:09:06,206 --> 00:09:10,452 That last porcupine fed me for more than a week. 118 00:09:12,799 --> 00:09:17,735 So the porcupine walks along right here, 119 00:09:17,839 --> 00:09:20,289 so 1 wanted to set a trap right on this rock, 120 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:22,429 but there's nothing to set it, 121 00:09:22,533 --> 00:09:27,158 s01 wedged this tree in the crack so that 1 have a place. 122 00:09:27,262 --> 00:09:30,334 The porcupine, he goes up this ledge. 123 00:09:30,437 --> 00:09:34,165 Hopefully, he'll get caught in that snare. 124 00:09:34,269 --> 00:09:36,892 I'll come back and check tomorrow. 125 00:09:36,996 --> 00:09:41,103 But--all right, it's snowing a bunch, so... 126 00:09:41,207 --> 00:09:45,073 And the camera, 1 got to get the jacket for the camera. 127 00:09:45,176 --> 00:09:47,385 Okay, let's go back to camp. 128 00:10:04,540 --> 00:10:06,715 - Whoa. 129 00:10:06,819 --> 00:10:08,855 1 am skinny. 130 00:10:10,167 --> 00:10:13,826 Oh, but look at those muscles. I still got it. 131 00:10:13,929 --> 00:10:17,899 Those are still solid. Look at those hairy armpits. 132 00:10:19,072 --> 00:10:22,041 Oh, I look like a bodybuilder. 133 00:10:23,939 --> 00:10:26,597 Oh. 134 00:10:26,701 --> 00:10:29,635 Yeah, that's strong. 135 00:10:29,738 --> 00:10:34,156 Dave's gonna like how I look. 136 00:10:38,816 --> 00:10:41,888 We're going ice fishing. Woot-woot! 137 00:10:47,376 --> 00:10:49,793 You know, maybe my shallow water means that 138 00:10:49,896 --> 00:10:54,660 1 get 10 ice fish a day or two ahead of some other people, 139 00:10:54,763 --> 00:10:58,974 and that will be my momentum, and I'll take her home. 140 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:06,085 I'm gonna feel so good if I can land, you know, 141 00:11:06,188 --> 00:11:08,052 a few fish. 142 00:11:08,156 --> 00:11:12,954 Fishing is so important to my survival strategy. 143 00:11:13,057 --> 00:11:16,578 Fish have a lot of really good fat on them, 144 00:11:16,682 --> 00:11:19,581 and fat is what's going to keep you alive 145 00:11:19,685 --> 00:11:21,963 for the long term. 146 00:11:37,116 --> 00:11:41,396 1 call this experience my survival Olympics. 147 00:11:42,742 --> 00:11:45,883 From the ages of 7 to 20, 148 00:11:45,987 --> 00:11:50,267 going to the Olympics was my sole purpose in life. 149 00:11:50,370 --> 00:11:51,924 1 was gonna be a gymnast. 150 00:11:52,027 --> 00:11:56,066 When 1 basically broke my back, 1 switched to swimming. 151 00:11:56,169 --> 00:12:01,105 I was 11th in the country for 100-meter backstroke. 152 00:12:01,209 --> 00:12:04,833 But 1 had to quit swimming because every time 153 00:12:04,937 --> 00:12:07,215 1 would raise my heart rate in the water, 154 00:12:07,318 --> 00:12:09,665 1 would get really dizzy. 155 00:12:09,769 --> 00:12:11,115 It was a hard way to have to quit 156 00:12:11,219 --> 00:12:14,567 because I freaking loved it, I really did. 157 00:12:19,537 --> 00:12:23,610 My competitive athletic days were dwindling. 158 00:12:23,714 --> 00:12:26,130 But then 1 found nature. 159 00:12:26,234 --> 00:12:30,100 And 1 realize being out here, 160 00:12:30,203 --> 00:12:33,482 this is meaningful to me now. 161 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:36,934 This is a big deal, and 1 feel really proud 162 00:12:37,038 --> 00:12:40,248 to be the only Canadian out here. 163 00:12:40,351 --> 00:12:42,837 This is my Olympics. 164 00:12:46,875 --> 00:12:47,773 Huh. 165 00:12:50,568 --> 00:12:53,399 Yes! Come on, come on, come on. 166 00:12:53,502 --> 00:12:55,263 Yes, yes! 167 00:13:05,860 --> 00:13:07,482 No! 168 00:13:10,899 --> 00:13:14,006 Oh, oh. 169 00:13:21,599 --> 00:13:23,463 Damn it. 170 00:13:23,567 --> 00:13:26,018 That was a good size. 171 00:13:29,435 --> 00:13:30,988 Damn. 172 00:13:32,541 --> 00:13:36,373 To sit there for two hours, not see a fish, 173 00:13:36,476 --> 00:13:39,514 not feel a fish, and then to have a fish 174 00:13:39,617 --> 00:13:43,829 and lose it is, like, heartbreaking. 175 00:13:53,424 --> 00:13:57,601 Makes me nervous those two fish was just beginner's luck. 176 00:13:59,983 --> 00:14:02,502 Too cold. I got to go warm up. 177 00:15:15,334 --> 00:15:18,509 I'm not catching fish. It's an iffy feeling. 178 00:15:18,613 --> 00:15:20,822 It's, like, "Oh, I better just stretch 179 00:15:20,926 --> 00:15:22,513 what I have a little longer.” 180 00:15:41,532 --> 00:15:45,467 But I got to figure out a way to get more, 181 00:15:45,571 --> 00:15:49,609 'cause without food, 1 won't be able to keep going. 182 00:15:52,095 --> 00:15:57,238 I wonder how long it will take for the lake to freeze up 183 00:15:57,341 --> 00:15:59,930 so I can walk safe on it. 184 00:16:00,034 --> 00:16:03,623 The lake is not frozen yet on my side. 185 00:16:03,727 --> 00:16:06,833 So I cannot ice fish through the lake yet. 186 00:16:06,937 --> 00:16:10,768 But 1 need to catch another fish right now, you know? 187 00:16:10,872 --> 00:16:12,701 So 1 have to try something else. 188 00:16:24,541 --> 00:16:28,407 Just piece of metal that 1 found out there a while ago. 189 00:16:45,872 --> 00:16:48,565 And the stuff that has happened in my life-- 190 00:16:48,668 --> 00:16:51,016 growing up in a civil war, 191 00:16:51,119 --> 00:16:54,571 it just feels like this was a special quest for me. 192 00:16:54,674 --> 00:16:57,505 After seeing so many bad things and bad people, 193 00:16:57,608 --> 00:17:02,372 and 1 wanna come out of here the best version of myself, 194 00:17:02,475 --> 00:17:04,443 a good human being. 195 00:17:04,546 --> 00:17:06,514 It's a big spoon. 196 00:17:08,757 --> 00:17:11,519 I'll hopefully catch this big fish. 197 00:17:36,337 --> 00:17:39,167 - Good morning! 198 00:17:39,271 --> 00:17:41,549 I'm so cozy. It's, like, freezing out, 199 00:17:41,652 --> 00:17:45,035 but I feel so cozy in all my wool layers. 200 00:17:45,139 --> 00:17:48,625 And I slept warm last night, too warm, 201 00:17:48,728 --> 00:17:51,938 Oh, man. 1 had dreams. 202 00:17:52,042 --> 00:17:55,356 1 was making homemade ice cream. 203 00:17:55,459 --> 00:17:57,012 Oh, my gosh. 204 00:17:57,116 --> 00:18:00,395 There was, like, fresh strawberries 1 just picked, 205 00:18:00,499 --> 00:18:02,708 and I was, like, churning the cream. 206 00:18:02,811 --> 00:18:06,850 Oh, cream! 207 00:18:06,953 --> 00:18:11,165 And I would take a tortilla and cover it with butter, 208 00:18:11,268 --> 00:18:12,614 and then put honey on it, 209 00:18:12,718 --> 00:18:15,790 and 1 was having honey butter tacos. 210 00:18:17,171 --> 00:18:19,621 Oh, my gosh. They were so good. 211 00:18:19,725 --> 00:18:24,488 So 1 woke up thinking about cream and butter this morning. 212 00:18:27,008 --> 00:18:30,425 So I guess it's time to get some fat. 213 00:18:34,567 --> 00:18:36,707 This place is gonna get colder 214 00:18:36,811 --> 00:18:38,951 than I've ever experienced before. 215 00:18:39,054 --> 00:18:41,574 I've spent a lot of time living out in the wilderness, 216 00:18:41,678 --> 00:18:44,267 but when it gets really cold, 1 usually move south, 217 00:18:44,370 --> 00:18:46,924 and 1 go down 10 the desert for the winter. 218 00:18:47,028 --> 00:18:48,374 I'm a desert rat. 219 00:18:48,478 --> 00:18:50,963 1 live out of my vehicle, and 1 travel around. 220 00:18:51,066 --> 00:18:54,760 1 don't have a nine 10 five, 1 don't have a house. 221 00:18:54,863 --> 00:18:57,003 I go to where I'm comfortable, 222 00:18:57,107 --> 00:19:01,249 so I've never tried living in the wilderness over winter. 223 00:19:01,353 --> 00:19:04,218 Choosing to come up here and spend a winter in the wild, 224 00:19:04,321 --> 00:19:06,461 that's what 1 want. 1 wanna be pushed. 225 00:19:06,565 --> 00:19:09,223 But I'm just worried about staying warm 226 00:19:09,326 --> 00:19:12,640 and whether I'm gonna be able to eat every day. 227 00:19:13,848 --> 00:19:15,263 Dang. 228 00:19:15,367 --> 00:19:19,819 So we're over at the porcupine spot, 229 00:19:19,923 --> 00:19:25,480 and it looks like he just walked right past the snare 230 00:19:25,584 --> 00:19:27,275 and pushed it out of the way. 231 00:19:27,379 --> 00:19:28,966 Hmm. 232 00:19:29,070 --> 00:19:30,968 The way the tracks are, it's hard to tell 233 00:19:31,072 --> 00:19:32,867 if he's in or out right now. 234 00:19:32,970 --> 00:19:35,732 So I'm thinking to try to crawl in there 235 00:19:35,835 --> 00:19:37,458 and see how far back the hole goes, 236 00:19:37,561 --> 00:19:40,875 but 1 don't really know if 1 can get in there. 237 00:19:40,978 --> 00:19:44,534 But sitting here's not gonna do anything, is it? 238 00:19:47,537 --> 00:19:51,713 1 don't think that 1 can really fit down in that crack. 239 00:19:51,817 --> 00:19:55,545 Oh, it's so tight-- tight in here. 240 00:19:57,685 --> 00:19:59,825 Kinda hard to see. 241 00:20:01,930 --> 00:20:03,380 I just got to get in there. 242 00:20:05,175 --> 00:20:09,662 1 just got to squeeze. 243 00:20:12,424 --> 00:20:14,011 I'm scared to go into this crack 244 00:20:14,115 --> 00:20:16,945 because 1 could totally get stuck. 245 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:19,293 And if I get stuck in there... 246 00:20:20,708 --> 00:20:23,504 No one will hear me yelling for help. 247 00:20:23,607 --> 00:20:26,990 Oh, my gosh. The porcupine's right here. 248 00:20:27,093 --> 00:20:28,612 Oh, [bleep]. 249 00:20:32,892 --> 00:20:35,378 250 00:20:47,528 --> 00:20:50,600 [bleep]. 251 00:20:52,774 --> 00:20:54,466 Okay. 252 00:20:54,569 --> 00:20:59,919 So the cool news is the porcupine's back there. 253 00:21:00,023 --> 00:21:03,129 The bad news is it's down this crack. 254 00:21:03,233 --> 00:21:07,375 He's probably 12 feet back down the crack. 255 00:21:07,479 --> 00:21:10,205 1 wonder what is back around the other side. 256 00:21:17,247 --> 00:21:20,837 Ooh, this is sketchy, 'cause it's, like, not solid. 257 00:21:20,940 --> 00:21:22,942 There's, like, rock holes. 258 00:21:34,057 --> 00:21:36,680 1 scared him out the other side. 259 00:21:36,784 --> 00:21:39,027 So, got to get over there. 260 00:21:52,662 --> 00:21:54,319 Got him. 261 00:21:55,389 --> 00:21:58,219 [bleep], he went back down into the rock crevice. 262 00:22:15,063 --> 00:22:18,826 So you can see blood. 263 00:22:20,724 --> 00:22:22,105 So there's some blood. 264 00:22:23,900 --> 00:22:25,867 There's Mr. Porcupine. 265 00:22:27,455 --> 00:22:31,321 I got to figure out how to try to get this guy. 266 00:22:31,425 --> 00:22:36,361 Okay, 1 just got to squeeze down in there and reach,. 267 00:22:43,540 --> 00:22:47,026 Oh, 1 got you, brother. 1 gotyoy, 1 got you. 268 00:22:57,899 --> 00:23:01,386 Oh, 1 got you, porcupine brother--oh. 269 00:23:05,631 --> 00:23:08,254 Oh, my gosh. 1 can't believe it. 270 00:23:08,358 --> 00:23:12,258 I thought it was, like, impossible when I saw him-- 271 00:23:12,362 --> 00:23:14,882 when 1 saw him down in there. 272 00:23:14,985 --> 00:23:19,369 Oh, 1 have fat. Thank you, porcupine. 273 00:23:19,473 --> 00:23:22,441 Thank you. Mm. 274 00:23:22,545 --> 00:23:25,375 Oh, my gosh. 275 00:23:44,152 --> 00:23:48,294 - Good morning. Day number 54. 276 00:23:48,398 --> 00:23:53,507 The weather is warm and tropical here. 277 00:23:55,025 --> 00:23:59,789 Just like in Cancun. 278 00:23:59,892 --> 00:24:02,688 Uh...no. 279 00:24:02,792 --> 00:24:05,001 It's nowhere near tropical; it's frozen. 280 00:24:05,104 --> 00:24:06,796 My fingers are about to fall off. 281 00:24:16,253 --> 00:24:17,945 Here we go. 282 00:24:18,048 --> 00:24:22,018 1 don't have any more fish, all my reserves are gone, 283 00:24:22,121 --> 00:24:24,917 and 1 cannot stay warm, 'cause 1 think my body 284 00:24:25,021 --> 00:24:28,300 doesn't have any more calories to produce heat. 285 00:24:28,403 --> 00:24:30,129 1 need to eat something. 286 00:24:30,233 --> 00:24:33,547 So 1 have 10 go out there and try Yo fish. 287 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,599 I'm feeling the weakness. 288 00:24:51,703 --> 00:24:53,774 My muscles feel strained. 289 00:24:53,877 --> 00:24:57,363 My balance is a little off. 290 00:24:57,467 --> 00:25:00,884 Somehow, I need to get some fish out of the lake. 291 00:25:05,371 --> 00:25:08,133 1 hope that my situation is an inspiration 292 00:25:08,236 --> 00:25:11,274 for all the natives of all Latin America, 293 00:25:11,377 --> 00:25:13,000 for all America, you know? 294 00:25:13,103 --> 00:25:16,417 'Cause a lot of people out there, that without knowing, 295 00:25:16,521 --> 00:25:18,868 they're masters of survival. 296 00:25:18,971 --> 00:25:21,422 Surviving every day, trying to make do 297 00:25:21,526 --> 00:25:24,321 with the very small resources they have. 298 00:25:24,425 --> 00:25:26,047 Trying to stay positive 299 00:25:26,151 --> 00:25:29,395 when they're having a really hard time. 300 00:25:29,499 --> 00:25:33,399 And 1 hope that my experience becomes a good example 301 00:25:33,503 --> 00:25:36,817 and a motivation for other people to come strong 302 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,545 out of situations that could be life-threatening, 303 00:25:40,648 --> 00:25:42,374 and gain a lot of strength 304 00:25:42,477 --> 00:25:44,997 and gain a lot of insights, you know? 305 00:25:48,518 --> 00:25:51,763 Got one, got one. 306 00:25:55,042 --> 00:25:58,010 Let's get him again. 307 00:25:58,114 --> 00:26:00,495 [bleep]. 308 00:26:00,599 --> 00:26:03,706 That was a trout. 309 00:26:10,057 --> 00:26:12,369 Grab it again, please. 310 00:26:14,509 --> 00:26:16,753 No, no, no, no, no, no. 311 00:26:18,893 --> 00:26:20,377 Whew. 312 00:26:22,276 --> 00:26:24,761 Come on, another fish, please. 313 00:26:28,109 --> 00:26:30,560 It's a tasty lure. Come get him. 314 00:27:12,395 --> 00:27:15,881 Especially with no food. 315 00:27:15,985 --> 00:27:17,434 No calories to spend. 316 00:27:17,538 --> 00:27:20,817 The body trying to stay warm out there. 317 00:27:29,067 --> 00:27:31,448 It made me so tired. 318 00:27:49,397 --> 00:27:51,986 This porcupine is a fatty miracle. 319 00:27:52,090 --> 00:27:54,886 I'm so grateful. He's so fatty! 320 00:27:56,370 --> 00:27:58,337 This is a huge deal. 321 00:27:58,441 --> 00:28:01,409 1 need this fat so bad. 322 00:28:01,513 --> 00:28:05,448 I'm getting skinny, and it's been hard for my body 323 00:28:05,551 --> 00:28:08,209 to be sustained with just rabbits. 324 00:28:08,313 --> 00:28:09,452 I was worried--I was like, 325 00:28:09,555 --> 00:28:12,455 "If ice up doesn't happen soon 326 00:28:12,558 --> 00:28:15,044 "and 1 can't get out and fish... 327 00:28:17,046 --> 00:28:19,842 What kind of fat am 1 gonna have, you know?" 328 00:28:23,293 --> 00:28:27,608 Oh, my gosh, this is amazing. 1 cannot wait to fry up 329 00:28:27,712 --> 00:28:30,784 his liver and heart and kidneys and lungs. 330 00:28:34,995 --> 00:28:37,652 Oh. 331 00:28:37,756 --> 00:28:40,759 Man, but his liver... 332 00:28:40,863 --> 00:28:44,832 Oh, his liver is covered in white spots. 333 00:28:46,385 --> 00:28:48,525 Oh, no. 334 00:28:50,355 --> 00:28:53,254 That means... Oh, no. 335 00:28:53,358 --> 00:28:57,776 That he's, like, diseased or unhealthy. 336 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:01,538 Look. That's not good. 337 00:29:01,642 --> 00:29:04,403 1 mean, 1 know if an animal has white spots on the liver, 338 00:29:04,507 --> 00:29:07,752 you shouldn't eat the organs or eat the liver, 339 00:29:07,855 --> 00:29:11,963 but what does that mean for the rest of him? 340 00:29:12,066 --> 00:29:15,138 Ooh. Damn. 341 00:29:15,242 --> 00:29:19,936 That is just-- that makes me really sad. 342 00:29:22,387 --> 00:29:23,595 That's a lot of food. 343 00:29:23,698 --> 00:29:26,253 1 mean, that's a whole day's worth of food. 344 00:29:26,356 --> 00:29:29,187 And really good nutrition right there. 345 00:29:29,290 --> 00:29:33,122 But seriously, are the kidneys okay to eat? 346 00:29:33,225 --> 00:29:35,089 Is the rest of him okay to eat? 347 00:29:35,193 --> 00:29:38,783 I'm not in a position to not eat this porcupine. 348 00:29:38,886 --> 00:29:41,578 Ike, 1 need 10 eat this porcupine. 349 00:29:41,682 --> 00:29:44,754 But will 1 get sick? 350 00:29:44,858 --> 00:29:48,413 1 can't imagine killing an animal and then not eating it, 351 00:29:48,516 --> 00:29:52,382 but eating this porcupine could either end 352 00:29:52,486 --> 00:29:55,075 or extend my time out here. 353 00:29:55,178 --> 00:29:56,870 So 1 don't know what to do. 354 00:30:21,756 --> 00:30:23,448 - It's getting cold out now. 355 00:30:23,551 --> 00:30:25,760 It's wintertime, dude. 356 00:30:25,864 --> 00:30:28,315 It is winter, 357 00:30:28,418 --> 00:30:31,145 We're burning a [bleep] load of wood. 358 00:30:32,526 --> 00:30:34,493 I don't know how cold it's been getting at night. 359 00:30:34,597 --> 00:30:36,737 1 wouldn't doubt if we saw 20 below. 360 00:30:37,842 --> 00:30:41,466 It's warm in here compared to outside. 361 00:30:41,569 --> 00:30:43,986 You know, the rocks on the outside, they're just frozen. 362 00:30:44,089 --> 00:30:46,402 But in here, where's it's trying to thaw, 363 00:30:46,505 --> 00:30:49,508 it makes that frost on them. 364 00:30:49,612 --> 00:30:51,200 1 think one of my goals 365 00:30:51,303 --> 00:30:55,273 is gonna be to keep fire all the time. 366 00:30:55,376 --> 00:30:59,035 All's we have to do is play it smart. 367 00:31:01,969 --> 00:31:05,283 We got about three inches fell last night. 368 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,494 1 wanna get the whole yard swept out. 369 00:31:12,566 --> 00:31:17,847 We're accomplishing two deals. 370 00:31:17,951 --> 00:31:21,264 We're clearing our yard 371 00:31:21,368 --> 00:31:23,680 so we ain't trudging around in the snow 372 00:31:23,784 --> 00:31:27,892 and packing it down, making it into ice 373 00:31:27,995 --> 00:31:29,755 and dragging in the house. 374 00:31:31,516 --> 00:31:33,725 And we're insulating. 375 00:31:36,003 --> 00:31:40,628 This is gonna make things real comfy. 376 00:31:42,078 --> 00:31:45,702 In Pennsylvania, Dad built a log cabin. 377 00:31:45,806 --> 00:31:48,222 If you got up in the morning and it was all snowed in, 378 00:31:48,326 --> 00:31:51,708 everything just looked fresh and brand new, 379 00:31:51,812 --> 00:31:54,021 and you're just a little kid, 380 00:31:54,125 --> 00:31:58,750 everything seems so safe and secure in that little world. 381 00:32:00,372 --> 00:32:03,479 You're so dumb when you're a kid. 382 00:32:03,582 --> 00:32:07,138 You don't know the whole world's out to get you. 383 00:32:07,241 --> 00:32:10,762 Your parents are taking all the heat. 384 00:32:10,865 --> 00:32:13,523 Growing up with my mother and father, 385 00:32:13,627 --> 00:32:15,663 1 should've done them a little better. 386 00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:18,045 1 was Kind of a pain in the ass. 387 00:32:18,149 --> 00:32:20,772 If I can pull this off and have that money, 388 00:32:20,875 --> 00:32:23,326 I might slow down a little wee bit 389 00:32:23,430 --> 00:32:25,915 and spend some time with the old man. 390 00:32:27,365 --> 00:32:31,438 We are gonna be snug as a squirrel in a nest 391 00:32:31,541 --> 00:32:33,543 and a mouse in a hole. 392 00:32:57,567 --> 00:33:02,227 - Good morning! 393 00:33:02,331 --> 00:33:07,094 I slept in because it's freaking nasty out there. 394 00:33:09,131 --> 00:33:13,445 And 1 just didn't feel like going out on the ice. 395 00:33:17,380 --> 00:33:21,177 I'm gonna have a camp day today. 396 00:33:21,281 --> 00:33:24,180 Just realized, like, I've got food. 397 00:33:24,284 --> 00:33:27,666 Rather than killing myself and frustrating myself out there, 398 00:33:27,770 --> 00:33:31,084 let's just stay in. 399 00:33:40,610 --> 00:33:43,268 1 wish my family was here. 400 00:33:43,372 --> 00:33:45,443 I would never wanna leave. 401 00:33:45,546 --> 00:33:46,961 "Follow the Marrones 402 00:33:47,065 --> 00:33:51,483 as they go deep into the Canadian Arctic." 403 00:33:58,939 --> 00:34:03,564 All my family thinks, "Oh, Kielyn, you got this. 404 00:34:03,668 --> 00:34:07,258 Oh, Xielyn, 1 know you're gonna win." 405 00:34:07,361 --> 00:34:08,949 It's a lot of pressure. 406 00:34:09,053 --> 00:34:10,468 There's always the caveat, 407 00:34:10,571 --> 00:34:12,815 "But if you don't, we'll be proud of you anyways." 408 00:34:14,506 --> 00:34:18,752 It's, like, yeah, but you'll be disappointed. 409 00:34:20,340 --> 00:34:22,894 I'll be disappointed. 410 00:34:45,606 --> 00:34:48,368 I'm not feeling good. 411 00:34:48,471 --> 00:34:50,473 I'm nauseous. 412 00:34:56,755 --> 00:34:59,551 1 have such a headache. 413 00:34:59,655 --> 00:35:01,588 The smoke in my shelter 414 00:35:01,691 --> 00:35:04,867 has become the bane of my existence. 415 00:35:06,627 --> 00:35:11,080 Goes from bad to extremely bad. 416 00:35:17,776 --> 00:35:21,228 There are so many things that 1 have been trying. 417 00:35:23,541 --> 00:35:26,647 And it's driving me insane. 418 00:35:28,891 --> 00:35:32,308 I'm not even crying, like, this is just the smoke. 419 00:35:32,412 --> 00:35:35,932 The reason you go in your shelter is to be protected. 420 00:35:36,036 --> 00:35:38,176 So when you can't be in your shelter 421 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:43,354 because it's attacking you, where are you supposed to go? 422 00:35:47,047 --> 00:35:49,774 1 feel really dizzy. 423 00:36:05,859 --> 00:36:09,759 - Oh, yeah, it seems all nice and good in here. 424 00:36:11,796 --> 00:36:14,799 Just outside the door, it's like that. 425 00:36:16,214 --> 00:36:19,907 It is snowing all to hell outside. 426 00:36:26,397 --> 00:36:29,020 Yeah, we're getting it now. 427 00:36:29,123 --> 00:36:31,229 I don't know what it's gonna add up to, 428 00:36:31,333 --> 00:36:32,989 but it's dropped a couple inches, 429 00:36:33,093 --> 00:36:36,200 just slicker than [bleep] here in about an hour. 430 00:36:36,303 --> 00:36:39,548 And it ain't letting up; it's coming on hard. 431 00:36:43,379 --> 00:36:45,485 This is real winter. 432 00:36:47,521 --> 00:36:50,352 Look how high it's coming up. 433 00:36:50,455 --> 00:36:54,425 All that trail 1 opened today, closed. 434 00:36:56,323 --> 00:36:59,015 There's a big storm brewing. 435 00:36:59,119 --> 00:37:01,294 This weather we are experiencing now 436 00:37:01,397 --> 00:37:05,988 is bluebird compared to what's just getting ready to happen. 437 00:37:06,091 --> 00:37:07,748 I'm running out of time. 438 00:37:07,852 --> 00:37:10,095 Hyper cold is coming. 439 00:37:10,199 --> 00:37:13,513 I'm talking "freeze you to death, kill you" cold. 440 00:37:43,750 --> 00:37:45,648 My eyes were burning for a lot of the night, 441 00:37:45,752 --> 00:37:49,169 and I'm totally blurry eyed this morning. 442 00:37:51,033 --> 00:37:54,968 1 just don't know how much longer 1 can... 443 00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:59,869 Deal with the smoke, and... 444 00:38:05,254 --> 00:38:10,501 The resilience in me is dwindling. 445 00:38:12,675 --> 00:38:16,058 And I'm playing the slow game, and... 446 00:38:18,474 --> 00:38:21,166 It's just catching up to me, I guess. 447 00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:28,070 Mm, 448 00:38:30,728 --> 00:38:34,179 So I'm gonna start pulling my traps. 449 00:38:34,283 --> 00:38:36,768 There's no sense catching more bunnies, 450 00:38:36,872 --> 00:38:39,806 because 1 think this is probably the start 451 00:38:39,909 --> 00:38:43,223 of the real end for me. 452 00:38:43,327 --> 00:38:45,467 I'm not, um... 453 00:38:49,505 --> 00:38:52,543 1 really wanted to take home the win for my family. 454 00:38:54,648 --> 00:38:59,066 1 just know it's not enough. 455 00:39:09,870 --> 00:39:13,357 My eyes are still blurry. 456 00:39:13,460 --> 00:39:16,118 But it is really pretty. 457 00:39:19,052 --> 00:39:21,365 The biggest challenge for me has just been 458 00:39:21,468 --> 00:39:23,436 the hand to mouth thing 459 00:39:23,539 --> 00:39:26,024 and feeling like I'm not doing good enough. 460 00:39:27,992 --> 00:39:31,340 Validation from other people's really important to me, 461 00:39:31,444 --> 00:39:34,481 and there's nobody here to impress, 462 00:39:34,585 --> 00:39:37,070 but I'm really hard on myself. 463 00:39:38,934 --> 00:39:41,557 1 gofta focus and make sure that 1 get them all. 464 00:39:43,387 --> 00:39:45,561 I've been in competitive sports all my life, 465 00:39:45,665 --> 00:39:48,978 and it's always been individual sports. 466 00:39:49,082 --> 00:39:52,465 It was your score, your time, 467 00:39:52,568 --> 00:39:55,813 and I've been trying and trying and trying 468 00:39:55,916 --> 00:39:59,851 to keep pushing through all of the obstacles along the way, 469 00:39:59,955 --> 00:40:03,924 and you can't force a win. 470 00:40:28,673 --> 00:40:32,677 I love the sparkle of the snow. 471 00:40:32,781 --> 00:40:35,231 It's so pretty. 472 00:40:39,684 --> 00:40:44,240 One of my favorite things to do is take pictures like that. 473 00:40:50,592 --> 00:40:53,491 And then share them with people. 474 00:40:55,355 --> 00:40:57,840 1 just wanna go home. 475 00:41:02,535 --> 00:41:04,778 Oh. 476 00:41:29,907 --> 00:41:32,185 - You know... 477 00:41:32,288 --> 00:41:34,946 I have been thinking about it a lot. 478 00:41:35,050 --> 00:41:40,296 About going home. 479 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:45,301 And it's not... 480 00:41:45,405 --> 00:41:49,961 It's not about the chocolate cake or coffee or Dave anymore. 481 00:41:53,068 --> 00:41:57,555 Mind you, I definitely will be looking for those people 482 00:41:57,659 --> 00:42:00,454 and things as soon as 1 get home. 483 00:42:02,387 --> 00:42:06,668 And this is an experience 484 00:42:06,771 --> 00:42:12,950 where you kinda have this, like, "aha" moment. 485 00:42:13,053 --> 00:42:15,849 And I'm really glad that I've had the opportunity 486 00:42:15,953 --> 00:42:22,476 to contemplate my exit. 487 00:42:24,237 --> 00:42:27,861 In your regular life, your peaks and your valleys 488 00:42:27,965 --> 00:42:31,175 are much smaller than out here. 489 00:42:31,278 --> 00:42:34,178 Out here, you have highs 490 00:42:34,281 --> 00:42:38,354 that are higher than the tallest mountain, 491 00:42:38,458 --> 00:42:42,738 and then you'll have lows lower than the lowest valley, 492 00:42:42,842 --> 00:42:47,018 and that takes a huge toll on you mentally. 493 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,092 You know, at the beginning of each show for this show, 494 00:42:52,196 --> 00:42:58,892 it says, "Warning, these are trained survival experts. 495 00:42:58,996 --> 00:43:02,240 Do not--whatever--attend-- attempt this at home," 496 00:43:02,344 --> 00:43:04,829 or something like that, and I've never once 497 00:43:04,933 --> 00:43:07,763 called myself an expert, a survival expert. 498 00:43:07,867 --> 00:43:11,318 1 mean, an expert in anything limits yourself 499 00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:14,287 to continuing to learn. 500 00:43:14,390 --> 00:43:18,498 But what 1 can say is that 501 00:43:18,602 --> 00:43:21,950 this is athletics. 502 00:43:22,053 --> 00:43:25,298 This is mental athletics. This is sur-- 503 00:43:25,401 --> 00:43:30,061 I'm a survivor-- surviv--survival athlete. 504 00:43:33,513 --> 00:43:36,620 You need to buck up. Buck up, soldier. 505 00:43:36,723 --> 00:43:43,350 Because this is an opportunity to win a million dollars. 506 00:43:47,078 --> 00:43:51,082 1 mean, when do you ever get a chance, a one-in-ten shot-- 507 00:43:51,186 --> 00:43:53,464 and I'm sure it's less than that now-- 508 00:43:53,567 --> 00:43:58,400 one-in-five shot, at a million dollars? 509 00:44:01,092 --> 00:44:04,682 So we're just gonna keep on keeping on. 510 00:44:35,023 --> 00:44:36,024 - Thank you. 511 00:46:53,299 --> 00:46:56,785 From the beginning, I'm not coming here for the fame. 512 00:46:56,889 --> 00:46:59,926 My goal was to become a better human. 513 00:47:00,030 --> 00:47:02,515 But it's the end of my quest. 514 00:47:02,618 --> 00:47:04,517 It's not easy to say it, 515 00:47:04,620 --> 00:47:07,278 because you don't want to leave with something, like, 516 00:47:07,382 --> 00:47:10,661 "But could 1 have gone another week or two?" 517 00:47:10,764 --> 00:47:15,769 And then maybe 1 could have found more insight. 518 00:47:15,873 --> 00:47:19,704 Or 1 could--1 could win, you know? 519 00:47:23,122 --> 00:47:25,676 Ike, am 1 making the right decision? 520 00:47:28,161 --> 00:47:30,094 --oh, [bleep]! 521 00:47:34,340 --> 00:47:36,100 [bleep]. 522 00:47:36,204 --> 00:47:37,999 Just when 1 tap out. 523 00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:02,092 - Oh, [bleep]! 524 00:48:06,268 --> 00:48:07,994 [bleep]. 525 00:48:08,098 --> 00:48:09,996 Just when 1 tap out. 526 00:48:14,690 --> 00:48:17,107 Are you [bleep] serious? 527 00:48:20,006 --> 00:48:21,939 Oh, my God. 528 00:48:25,322 --> 00:48:27,772 Try to get the [bleep] out of here. 529 00:48:27,876 --> 00:48:29,878 [bleep]. 530 00:48:29,982 --> 00:48:33,951 Do not. Do not, please. 531 00:48:37,955 --> 00:48:39,474 Camera. [bleep]. 532 00:48:39,577 --> 00:48:42,132 Get out of here, Get out of here. 533 00:48:47,758 --> 00:48:49,933 Hold on, 1 got to get this. 534 00:48:50,036 --> 00:48:52,487 Oh, [bleep]. 535 00:48:52,590 --> 00:48:53,937 Come on. 536 00:48:58,010 --> 00:49:00,322 Oh, [bleep]. 537 00:49:19,686 --> 00:49:22,310 1 got my stuff out, most of if, 1 think. 538 00:49:31,215 --> 00:49:33,045 It's un-freaking-real. 539 00:49:33,148 --> 00:49:35,668 1 turned around for one second, and when 1looked up, 540 00:49:35,771 --> 00:49:38,326 the whole freaking shelter is on fire, man. 541 00:49:41,846 --> 00:49:45,091 Oh, my feather. Got a little charred. 542 00:49:53,858 --> 00:49:56,620 Oh, my God. 543 00:49:56,723 --> 00:49:59,554 1 can't believe the timing of it. 544 00:50:01,590 --> 00:50:03,696 I guess it was my time to leave. 545 00:50:47,222 --> 00:50:50,570 1 had made the call to you, packed my parka, 546 00:50:50,674 --> 00:50:53,470 turned around to start packing it, 547 00:50:53,573 --> 00:50:56,645 and when 1 turned around... 548 00:50:56,749 --> 00:50:58,992 I couldn't put it out. It was really quick. 549 00:50:59,096 --> 00:51:01,409 The whole shelter started going up in flames. 550 00:51:01,512 --> 00:51:03,618 Why? It was my time to go. 551 00:51:03,721 --> 00:51:08,001 My body--1 couldn't keep up with the conditions. 552 00:51:08,105 --> 00:51:12,351 1 started thinking about how weak 1 am 553 00:51:12,454 --> 00:51:15,112 and how low energy levels I have, 554 00:51:15,216 --> 00:51:18,046 and in this weather conditions, we're not fooling around, 555 00:51:18,150 --> 00:51:20,048 and 1 didn't think 1 could make it. 556 00:51:22,050 --> 00:51:25,743 I'm proud of being a Latin American man 557 00:51:25,847 --> 00:51:29,851 that has been able to accomplish a survival quest, 558 00:51:29,954 --> 00:51:32,957 and 1 feel like your outlook makes a difference 559 00:51:33,061 --> 00:51:35,995 on how you are going to have your experience. 560 00:51:37,962 --> 00:51:40,172 This is gonna become my way of life now, 561 00:51:40,275 --> 00:51:43,313 and 1 wanna take all those things that have kept me alive 562 00:51:43,416 --> 00:51:47,248 for 58 days, plus all the personal growth. 563 00:51:47,351 --> 00:51:49,284 So it's, like, there is some-- 564 00:51:49,388 --> 00:51:54,496 all parts of me that I left out there with the fire, 565 00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:58,397 And now 1 have come with that renewed me. 566 00:51:58,500 --> 00:52:01,710 1 have done my rite of passage. 567 00:52:01,814 --> 00:52:03,919 1 think that Tm taking with me 568 00:52:04,023 --> 00:52:07,095 to be more awareness, more empathy. 569 00:52:07,199 --> 00:52:09,477 So 1 think this is a turning point where 1 can put 570 00:52:09,580 --> 00:52:11,410 all of those things that have kept me here 571 00:52:11,513 --> 00:52:14,965 together in practice and try to help people, 572 00:52:15,068 --> 00:52:16,967 and 1 think that will allow me 573 00:52:17,070 --> 00:52:20,143 to be a better father for my daughter. 574 00:52:29,566 --> 00:52:32,155 - Welcome to "Alone: Tales from the Arctic.” 575 00:52:32,258 --> 00:52:33,742 I'm Colby Donaldson, and I'm here 576 00:52:33,846 --> 00:52:36,538 with Roland, Callie, Kielyn, and Amos 577 00:52:36,642 --> 00:52:38,575 to discuss tonight's episode. 578 00:52:38,678 --> 00:52:40,991 So this episode begins on day 51, 579 00:52:41,094 --> 00:52:42,751 and we are beginning to see 580 00:52:42,855 --> 00:52:45,858 the extreme Arctic cold. 581 00:52:45,961 --> 00:52:47,722 Roland, you have the benefit 582 00:52:47,825 --> 00:52:50,173 of a few northern winters under your belt. 583 00:52:50,276 --> 00:52:52,036 Help us understand 584 00:52:52,140 --> 00:52:55,902 how this kind of intense cold has an effect 585 00:52:56,006 --> 00:52:58,388 on everything you do throughout the day. 586 00:52:58,491 --> 00:53:00,562 - The--the cold slows you down. 587 00:53:00,666 --> 00:53:03,255 It don't matter if you're experienced or not. 588 00:53:03,358 --> 00:53:06,465 It just makes everything you do twice as hard. 589 00:53:06,568 --> 00:53:09,157 It takes an hour to get your clothes on in the morning 590 00:53:09,261 --> 00:53:11,332 just to go out and deal with all that. 591 00:53:11,435 --> 00:53:12,505 It's like doubling down. 592 00:53:12,609 --> 00:53:14,645 Everything takes twice as long 593 00:53:14,749 --> 00:53:16,544 in this hyper cold. 594 00:53:16,647 --> 00:53:19,167 - Amos, as someone from El Salvador, 595 00:53:19,271 --> 00:53:20,893 you know, 596 00:53:20,996 --> 00:53:22,343 this kind of intense cold-- 597 00:53:22,446 --> 00:53:23,861 little new for you. 598 00:53:23,965 --> 00:53:26,968 Describe for someone who's never been through it 599 00:53:27,071 --> 00:53:28,521 what that experience is like. 600 00:53:28,625 --> 00:53:32,007 - The cold dance to warm up. 601 00:53:32,111 --> 00:53:33,664 It makes it dangerous. It makes everything 602 00:53:33,768 --> 00:53:35,010 a little harder to do. 603 00:53:35,114 --> 00:53:37,565 You have to try to stay with your firewood, 604 00:53:37,668 --> 00:53:40,671 try to keep your extremities warm. 605 00:53:40,775 --> 00:53:43,674 Um, so it is pretty dangerous. 606 00:53:43,778 --> 00:53:45,055 It's pretty real. 607 00:53:45,158 --> 00:53:47,230 You can die fairly quick out there. 608 00:53:47,333 --> 00:53:48,955 So cold. 609 00:53:49,059 --> 00:53:51,682 - Callie, you describe yourself as a desert rat, 610 00:53:51,786 --> 00:53:54,823 you know, someone who migrates to warmer places 611 00:53:54,927 --> 00:53:56,791 when things get really cold. 612 00:53:56,894 --> 00:53:58,413 How were you adapting 613 00:53:58,517 --> 00:54:00,829 to the freezing climate out there? 614 00:54:00,933 --> 00:54:03,384 - It's tough out there. It is the coldest weather 615 00:54:03,487 --> 00:54:04,902 I've ever experienced, 616 00:54:05,006 --> 00:54:08,768 and simple tasks become very challenging 617 00:54:08,872 --> 00:54:10,736 because just trying 618 00:54:10,839 --> 00:54:12,945 to, you know, moderate 619 00:54:13,048 --> 00:54:14,947 the temperature of my hands and feet 620 00:54:15,050 --> 00:54:16,949 became a constant challenge, 621 00:54:17,052 --> 00:54:19,434 and calories, too, with having an empty belly. 622 00:54:19,538 --> 00:54:20,746 It's definitely rough. 623 00:54:20,849 --> 00:54:23,058 - Kielyn, as everyone else is waiting 624 00:54:23,162 --> 00:54:24,370 for ice-up, 625 00:54:24,474 --> 00:54:26,510 the water where you are is a little shallower, 626 00:54:26,614 --> 00:54:28,650 and therefore, it's already frozen. 627 00:54:28,754 --> 00:54:30,445 How does it make you feel, knowing 628 00:54:30,549 --> 00:54:32,792 you've got a little head start on the ice fishing? 629 00:54:32,896 --> 00:54:35,933 - I was thrilled that the ice came in when it did, 630 00:54:36,037 --> 00:54:38,729 um, and 1 think, had it not, 631 00:54:38,833 --> 00:54:40,766 perhaps my story would've ended. 632 00:54:40,869 --> 00:54:44,632 And ice fishing, although it was a blessing, 633 00:54:44,735 --> 00:54:46,116 it wasn't easy. 634 00:54:46,219 --> 00:54:48,291 Um, you know, everyone here 635 00:54:48,394 --> 00:54:51,639 has mentioned how the cold just runs right through you. 636 00:54:51,742 --> 00:54:54,435 It's harder to keep your hands warm and feet warm. 637 00:54:54,538 --> 00:54:57,127 And I'm starving as well. 638 00:54:57,230 --> 00:54:59,129 You know, you-- you need more calories 639 00:54:59,232 --> 00:55:00,579 to keep yourself warm, 640 00:55:00,682 --> 00:55:02,788 and so sitting out on the ice 641 00:55:02,891 --> 00:55:05,308 is extremely difficult. 642 00:55:05,411 --> 00:55:06,861 Getting pretty cold. 643 00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:09,691 - Callie, in this episode, 644 00:55:09,795 --> 00:55:12,522 we see you go to great lengths 645 00:55:12,625 --> 00:55:13,902 to get a porcupine. 646 00:55:14,006 --> 00:55:17,112 What makes that porcupine so valuable? 647 00:55:17,216 --> 00:55:19,874 - Well, fat is everything out there, 648 00:55:19,977 --> 00:55:22,601 and I'm doing great with rabbits and squirrels, 649 00:55:22,704 --> 00:55:24,327 and I'm very grateful for them, 650 00:55:24,430 --> 00:55:26,570 but they don't have enough fat 651 00:55:26,674 --> 00:55:29,159 to keep me out there as long as I want to be out there, 652 00:55:29,262 --> 00:55:31,161 and 1 basically can't fish 653 00:55:31,264 --> 00:55:33,094 until freeze-up happens, 654 00:55:33,197 --> 00:55:36,994 so that porcupine is basically my only option for fat 655 00:55:37,098 --> 00:55:39,514 at this point, since fishing is not an option. 656 00:55:39,618 --> 00:55:41,413 - Well, and dealing with that porcupine, 657 00:55:41,516 --> 00:55:43,898 you were in that rock outcropping there. 658 00:55:44,001 --> 00:55:46,625 You know that in a stress situation, 659 00:55:46,728 --> 00:55:48,799 it's gonna take a while for safety or anyone 660 00:55:48,903 --> 00:55:50,214 to get to you. 661 00:55:50,318 --> 00:55:51,595 What would've happened 662 00:55:51,699 --> 00:55:53,252 if you'd gotten stuck in that outcropping? 663 00:55:53,356 --> 00:55:54,736 - Yeah, 1 could've gotten stuck 664 00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:57,118 down in that rock. It was a really tight squeeze, 665 00:55:57,221 --> 00:55:59,292 and it was definitely a risky situation, 666 00:55:59,396 --> 00:56:02,054 but 1 was just focused on making it happen 667 00:56:02,157 --> 00:56:03,814 and not on what could go wrong. 668 00:56:03,918 --> 00:56:06,645 But if 1 got stuck, or if a rock fell on me, 669 00:56:06,748 --> 00:56:09,164 1 mean, 1T would've just been stuck in there, 670 00:56:09,268 --> 00:56:12,616 and 1 would've probably just, you know, died of exposure. 671 00:56:12,720 --> 00:56:15,619 But ultimately, that's kind of how it is. 672 00:56:15,723 --> 00:56:17,932 You have to take risks out there 673 00:56:18,035 --> 00:56:20,313 for the potential reward. 674 00:56:20,417 --> 00:56:22,937 We are going to celebrate, 675 00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:24,628 celebrate this little guy! 676 00:56:24,732 --> 00:56:27,493 Oh Ah; my gosh. 677 00:56:27,597 --> 00:56:29,150 - You ended up getting that porcupine. 678 00:56:29,253 --> 00:56:30,600 Uh, you brought it back to your shelter, 679 00:56:30,703 --> 00:56:31,773 and unfortunately, 680 00:56:31,877 --> 00:56:34,293 you discovered some white spots on the liver. 681 00:56:34,397 --> 00:56:36,606 How did you weigh the risk-reward ratio 682 00:56:36,709 --> 00:56:38,262 on that particular situation? 683 00:56:38,366 --> 00:56:40,955 - 1 was so elated walking back to camp 684 00:56:41,058 --> 00:56:42,439 because I was like, "I'm gonna go back 685 00:56:42,543 --> 00:56:44,855 to my shelter, and I'm gonna have a feast," 686 00:56:44,959 --> 00:56:46,754 and as I'm skinning him 687 00:56:46,857 --> 00:56:48,687 and 1 see those white spots, 688 00:56:48,790 --> 00:56:51,241 it just--my heart sunk, you know? 689 00:56:51,344 --> 00:56:54,209 Those white spots, obviously, we know means disease. 690 00:56:54,313 --> 00:56:57,765 My best guess at the time was that it was tularemia, 691 00:56:57,868 --> 00:56:59,491 and that's definitely not something 692 00:56:59,594 --> 00:57:01,044 that 1 wanted to get. 693 00:57:01,147 --> 00:57:03,943 One of my, you know, highest moments out there 694 00:57:04,047 --> 00:57:07,740 became a low because of those white spots. 695 00:57:07,844 --> 00:57:09,880 That's a sign of an unhealthy animal. 696 00:57:11,986 --> 00:57:14,160 - There is still a lot to talk about 697 00:57:14,264 --> 00:57:17,750 you compare the experience to the Olympics. 698 00:57:17,854 --> 00:57:18,958 Give us the explanation 699 00:57:19,062 --> 00:57:21,133 of how you make that connection. 700 00:57:21,236 --> 00:57:23,307 - Al my childhood, 1-- 701 00:57:23,411 --> 00:57:25,068 my dream was to go to the Olympics, 702 00:57:25,171 --> 00:57:28,451 and so while 1 was out there, 703 00:57:28,554 --> 00:57:31,937 1 kind of forgot that 1 was the only Canadian out there, 704 00:57:32,040 --> 00:57:33,456 and 1 was like, "Oh, wow, 705 00:57:33,559 --> 00:57:36,079 1 really am representing Canada right now." 706 00:57:36,182 --> 00:57:38,530 You know, it just kind of felt like "Here's my chance. 707 00:57:38,633 --> 00:57:40,186 "I'm representing Canada, 708 00:57:40,290 --> 00:57:41,705 "I'm on TV, 709 00:57:41,809 --> 00:57:43,776 "and, you know, 1-- 710 00:57:43,880 --> 00:57:44,743 I'm doing well." 711 00:57:48,816 --> 00:57:50,611 - It's another way to look at it, 712 00:57:50,714 --> 00:57:52,544 that it's like the Coliseum. 713 00:57:52,647 --> 00:57:54,787 The TV is like the Coliseum. 714 00:57:54,891 --> 00:57:57,687 - We're fighting in the ring in there, like gladiators. 715 00:57:57,790 --> 00:57:59,689 - Gladiators. There you go. 716 00:57:59,792 --> 00:58:04,763 Kielyn, you certainly had some Olympic-sized challenges 717 00:58:04,866 --> 00:58:07,248 you were dealing with out there, as you all did, 718 00:58:07,351 --> 00:58:10,078 but one of yours, Kielyn, was the smoke issue 719 00:58:10,182 --> 00:58:11,494 in your shelter. 720 00:58:14,358 --> 00:58:15,428 - Let's take a look 721 00:58:15,532 --> 00:58:17,258 at some never-before-seen footage 722 00:58:17,361 --> 00:58:19,950 on your efforts in battling the smoke. 723 00:58:25,266 --> 00:58:26,819 - My eyes are blurry this morning 724 00:58:26,923 --> 00:58:30,789 because the smoke got so bad. 725 00:58:30,892 --> 00:58:33,170 I went outside, and I was like, "Is it foggy?" 726 00:58:33,274 --> 00:58:37,450 1 am making a chimney out of birch bark. 727 00:58:37,554 --> 00:58:38,866 Not too bad. 728 00:58:40,384 --> 00:58:41,765 Stay there for now. 729 00:58:41,869 --> 00:58:43,526 Stay. 730 00:58:43,629 --> 00:58:47,530 There are so many things that 1 have been trying. 731 00:58:47,633 --> 00:58:50,463 1 have widened the fire ring. 732 00:58:51,257 --> 00:58:52,535 Whoa! 733 00:58:52,638 --> 00:58:54,191 Holy smokes. 734 00:58:54,295 --> 00:58:55,745 1 have narrowed the fire ring. 735 00:58:57,712 --> 00:59:00,370 1 have increased the hole size of my chimney. 736 00:59:00,473 --> 00:59:02,648 Oh, no. Eyes still blurry. 737 00:59:02,752 --> 00:59:04,408 1 have made a second chimney. 738 00:59:05,755 --> 00:59:07,998 This isn't working. 739 00:59:08,102 --> 00:59:11,726 And it's driving me insane. 740 00:59:11,830 --> 00:59:13,901 Oh, man. 741 00:59:15,316 --> 00:59:18,250 - Kielyn, why was the smoke so problematic for you? 742 00:59:18,353 --> 00:59:20,390 - You know, if I knew, 743 00:59:20,493 --> 00:59:21,736 uh, 1 wouldn't have had-- 744 00:59:21,840 --> 00:59:23,496 1 would've been able to fix it. 745 00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:25,222 1 tried everything, 746 00:59:25,326 --> 00:59:28,294 and it must be just this, like, microclimate 747 00:59:28,398 --> 00:59:30,331 where the air was settling 748 00:59:30,434 --> 00:59:31,884 and it wouldn't draw it out, 749 00:59:31,988 --> 00:59:35,543 and yeah, it was just-- 1 mean, it was awful. 750 00:59:35,647 --> 00:59:38,304 - All right, Amds, it's time to talk about your tap-out. 751 00:59:38,408 --> 00:59:40,824 How difficult was it for you to make that decision? 752 00:59:40,928 --> 00:59:42,377 - At this point in the game, 753 00:59:42,481 --> 00:59:44,483 it was already coming up on two months, 754 00:59:44,587 --> 00:59:47,348 and 1 feel like the fishing waning down, 755 00:59:47,451 --> 00:59:48,556 the weight loss, 756 00:59:48,660 --> 00:59:50,765 and the weather turning the way it was-- 757 00:59:50,869 --> 00:59:52,180 so the night before, 758 00:59:52,284 --> 00:59:54,769 basically, 1 thought 1 was gonna sleep on it. 759 00:59:54,873 --> 00:59:56,322 I got out my sleeping bag, 760 00:59:56,426 --> 00:59:57,669 and it was the first night 761 00:59:57,772 --> 00:59:59,360 that my sleeping bag didn't keep me warm, 762 00:59:59,463 --> 01:00:01,742 and 1 realized Tm out of fat to bum. 763 01:00:01,845 --> 01:00:03,364 Made the decision 764 01:00:03,467 --> 01:00:05,538 a little easier in the morning. 765 01:00:05,642 --> 01:00:08,369 - And then, immediately after you tapped out, 766 01:00:08,472 --> 01:00:10,302 your shelter caught on fire. 767 01:00:10,405 --> 01:00:11,993 - Shoot. Ooh. 768 01:00:12,097 --> 01:00:13,236 - 1 mean, what--what is going 769 01:00:13,339 --> 01:00:14,824 through your head at that point? 770 01:00:14,927 --> 01:00:16,895 - Just having the experience like that-- 771 01:00:16,998 --> 01:00:18,413 it wasn't real. 772 01:00:18,517 --> 01:00:20,899 It was like my experience was requesting 773 01:00:21,002 --> 01:00:22,245 a Viking funeral. 774 01:00:22,348 --> 01:00:24,005 1 don't know how to explain it. 775 01:00:24,109 --> 01:00:27,181 1 was packing my gear. Basically, out of the blue, 776 01:00:27,284 --> 01:00:28,389 the fire just started 777 01:00:28,492 --> 01:00:30,011 consuming the side of my shelter. 778 01:00:30,115 --> 01:00:32,048 - And then during that fire, we can hear 779 01:00:32,151 --> 01:00:34,153 the camera batteries exploding. 780 01:00:39,020 --> 01:00:40,746 - The batteries are blowing up. 781 01:00:40,850 --> 01:00:43,922 - What items were you not able to save 782 01:00:44,025 --> 01:00:45,751 and get out of the shelter from the fire? 783 01:00:45,855 --> 01:00:47,442 - 1 had two big containers. 784 01:00:47,546 --> 01:00:49,652 One of them was the big box 785 01:00:49,755 --> 01:00:51,377 that we had of cameras. 786 01:00:51,481 --> 01:00:54,657 Tn the other box, 1 had this big battery. 787 01:00:54,760 --> 01:00:57,349 1 wasn't able to get these two containers out. 788 01:00:57,452 --> 01:00:59,075 1 was able to get the big camera, 789 01:00:59,178 --> 01:01:00,490 because I'm recording this, 790 01:01:00,593 --> 01:01:03,286 and 1 was able to get the-- all the memory cards out. 791 01:01:03,389 --> 01:01:04,770 1 just threw them out the door,. 792 01:01:06,358 --> 01:01:07,462 - Well, it was pretty amazing 793 01:01:07,566 --> 01:01:09,430 how you had the presence of mind 794 01:01:09,533 --> 01:01:12,122 to document that as the place is burning. 795 01:01:12,226 --> 01:01:13,261 - Come on! 796 01:01:13,365 --> 01:01:14,918 - What is next for you, my man? 797 01:01:15,022 --> 01:01:17,852 - So 1 feel like 1 need o share 798 01:01:17,956 --> 01:01:19,267 what I have learned 799 01:01:19,371 --> 01:01:21,028 and nature connection 800 01:01:21,131 --> 01:01:25,998 and see if that is of any help to anybody. 801 01:01:26,102 --> 01:01:28,863 - That is it for "Alone: Tales from the Arctic.” 802 01:01:28,967 --> 01:01:33,143 I'd like to thank Roland, Callie, Kielyn, and Amos. 803 01:01:33,247 --> 01:01:35,905 Next week, after the season finale, 804 01:01:36,008 --> 01:01:38,321 we will be speaking with the participants. 805 01:01:38,424 --> 01:01:40,979 Now, as promised, here is a sneak peek 806 01:01:41,082 --> 01:01:43,291 of the three-hour season finale. 807 01:01:43,395 --> 01:01:44,465 We'll see you next week. 808 01:01:45,742 --> 01:01:47,606 - This is the battle right now. 809 01:01:47,710 --> 01:01:50,367 One little slip-up could be disaster. 810 01:01:51,714 --> 01:01:53,716 - It's embedded in my shoulder. 811 01:01:58,582 --> 01:02:00,619 - The lake has iced up! 812 01:02:00,723 --> 01:02:02,966 - Yes, yes, yes! 813 01:02:03,070 --> 01:02:05,037 You can just call me Roller Coaster Kie. 814 01:02:06,418 --> 01:02:09,214 - We have now entered the hyper cold. 815 01:02:09,317 --> 01:02:11,595 - Oh, no. It's turned worse. 816 01:02:13,114 --> 01:02:14,564 - Can't see [bleep] right now. 817 01:02:14,667 --> 01:02:16,946 It's turning into full-blown whiteout. 818 01:02:22,089 --> 01:02:26,576 - Staying to the end could totally change my life. 819 01:02:26,679 --> 01:02:28,854 We are our own worst enemies. 820 01:02:28,958 --> 01:02:31,374 - This is the hardest thing I've ever done.