1 00:00:05,177 --> 00:00:08,111 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:08,146 --> 00:00:14,083 ♪ 3 00:00:15,912 --> 00:00:18,294 - Holy [bleep]! 4 00:00:18,328 --> 00:00:22,505 That was my moose. It was 20 yards away from me. 5 00:00:22,539 --> 00:00:23,506 ♪ 6 00:00:23,540 --> 00:00:25,404 [animal growling] 7 00:00:27,096 --> 00:00:28,545 Oh, [bleep]. 8 00:00:29,408 --> 00:00:31,583 - I need to have a big shelter day today. 9 00:00:31,617 --> 00:00:34,344 I'm already getting a little bit of a late start. 10 00:00:34,379 --> 00:00:35,552 - No way. 11 00:00:35,587 --> 00:00:38,383 The snare got him perfectly around the neck. 12 00:00:38,417 --> 00:00:39,936 - [retches] 13 00:00:39,970 --> 00:00:41,869 Can't keep any liquid down. 14 00:00:41,903 --> 00:00:43,836 Dehydration is nothing to play with. 15 00:00:43,871 --> 00:00:47,840 This is the worst way I could possibly go out. 16 00:00:47,875 --> 00:00:52,086 ♪ 17 00:00:52,121 --> 00:00:53,708 male narrator: For the first time, 18 00:00:53,743 --> 00:00:57,126 ten participants will fight to survive the Arctic 19 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:01,406 for longer than anyone in "Alone" history... 20 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,995 a grueling 100 days. 21 00:01:05,030 --> 00:01:06,031 - This is the ultimate challenge. 22 00:01:06,066 --> 00:01:07,412 ♪ 23 00:01:07,446 --> 00:01:10,553 - A hundred days in the Arctic is no joke. 24 00:01:10,587 --> 00:01:12,313 narrator: If they can endure, 25 00:01:12,348 --> 00:01:15,213 they'll win the biggest prize ever: 26 00:01:15,247 --> 00:01:18,043 $1 million. 27 00:01:18,078 --> 00:01:19,320 ♪ 28 00:01:19,355 --> 00:01:20,666 - Whoa! 29 00:01:20,701 --> 00:01:21,840 - Holy [bleep]! 30 00:01:21,874 --> 00:01:23,359 - You can't tap out 31 00:01:23,393 --> 00:01:25,292 when there's a million bucks on the line. 32 00:01:25,326 --> 00:01:27,466 - Oh, my gosh. - [growls] 33 00:01:27,501 --> 00:01:30,469 - How hard can you work for $10,000 a day? 34 00:01:30,504 --> 00:01:31,919 - It looks like frostbite. 35 00:01:31,953 --> 00:01:33,127 - [screams] 36 00:01:33,162 --> 00:01:35,129 - Oh, [bleep]! 37 00:01:35,164 --> 00:01:39,444 narrator: This is "Alone: Million Dollar Challenge." 38 00:01:39,478 --> 00:01:41,411 - They're just surrounding my shelter. 39 00:01:41,446 --> 00:01:42,585 [wolf growling] 40 00:01:42,619 --> 00:01:46,175 ♪ 41 00:01:46,209 --> 00:01:49,178 [low dramatic music] 42 00:01:49,212 --> 00:01:53,389 ♪ 43 00:01:53,423 --> 00:01:56,392 [rain splashing] 44 00:01:56,426 --> 00:02:00,637 ♪ 45 00:02:00,672 --> 00:02:03,606 [thunder crashes] 46 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,677 ♪ 47 00:02:05,711 --> 00:02:08,680 [water dripping] 48 00:02:08,714 --> 00:02:12,408 ♪ 49 00:02:12,442 --> 00:02:14,548 - Things look a little different. 50 00:02:14,582 --> 00:02:16,826 It rained like hell last night. 51 00:02:16,860 --> 00:02:19,656 And it's still not what you'd call dry in here, 52 00:02:19,691 --> 00:02:21,451 but it's a lot better than outside. 53 00:02:21,486 --> 00:02:22,970 Boy, it rained all night long. 54 00:02:23,004 --> 00:02:27,837 It's a wet, miserable booger out there today. 55 00:02:27,871 --> 00:02:31,151 That damn water was sure powerful last night. 56 00:02:31,185 --> 00:02:34,499 I was awful glad I got the net out. 57 00:02:34,533 --> 00:02:36,259 If I wouldn't have got it out, 58 00:02:36,294 --> 00:02:38,434 who knows what it would've done to it. 59 00:02:38,468 --> 00:02:41,747 I'm pretty sure I did the right thing, absolutely. 60 00:02:41,782 --> 00:02:44,060 [birds chirping] 61 00:02:44,094 --> 00:02:47,926 I guess I'll check the water. Hopefully get to put it in. 62 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,274 ♪ 63 00:02:51,309 --> 00:02:53,794 Big wave bouncing the other side over there, 64 00:02:53,828 --> 00:02:57,487 but makes me wonder if our side of the lake is stirred up. 65 00:02:57,522 --> 00:02:59,627 Kind of want to go look at it, 66 00:02:59,662 --> 00:03:02,389 but I'm scared I'll talk myself into putting it in, 67 00:03:02,423 --> 00:03:04,080 and then regret it. 68 00:03:05,254 --> 00:03:07,152 I guess we'll walk out there. 69 00:03:07,187 --> 00:03:08,912 ♪ 70 00:03:08,947 --> 00:03:10,535 I can catch fish here, 71 00:03:10,569 --> 00:03:13,952 but I know it's the waves that are gonna be the issue. 72 00:03:13,986 --> 00:03:15,885 When the waves are crashing, 73 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:17,335 you're just gritting your teeth, 74 00:03:17,369 --> 00:03:19,509 'cause you know later when the ice comes, 75 00:03:19,544 --> 00:03:21,615 it's gonna get hard to do. 76 00:03:21,649 --> 00:03:23,893 [water crashing] 77 00:03:23,927 --> 00:03:26,206 That's kind of jumpy. 78 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,208 ♪ 79 00:03:28,242 --> 00:03:30,244 And it could get worse. 80 00:03:30,279 --> 00:03:33,489 I mean, we got to crawl down that crack 81 00:03:33,523 --> 00:03:37,700 and then scale along the edge of this... 82 00:03:39,805 --> 00:03:42,429 And I set the net right there. 83 00:03:42,463 --> 00:03:46,536 It's spooky when that water's jumping at you. 84 00:03:46,571 --> 00:03:49,815 And that's deep. It's gonna be dangerous. 85 00:03:49,850 --> 00:03:51,127 ♪ 86 00:03:51,161 --> 00:03:53,302 Well, I got to think. 87 00:03:53,336 --> 00:04:00,412 ♪ 88 00:04:01,862 --> 00:04:04,036 My overall philosophy 89 00:04:04,071 --> 00:04:06,315 to being number one in the wilderness 90 00:04:06,349 --> 00:04:08,040 is to get woodsy. 91 00:04:08,075 --> 00:04:09,318 ♪ 92 00:04:09,352 --> 00:04:13,045 Woodsy is smart. Woodsy is intelligent. 93 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,565 If you're dumb, you're never gonna get woodsy. 94 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,500 You got to think like an animal, like an old timer. 95 00:04:19,535 --> 00:04:22,123 You got to be able to look around you 96 00:04:22,158 --> 00:04:24,298 and utilize what's at hand, 97 00:04:24,333 --> 00:04:25,644 'cause that's all you're gonna have. 98 00:04:25,679 --> 00:04:26,921 That's all that's there. 99 00:04:26,956 --> 00:04:28,475 ♪ 100 00:04:28,509 --> 00:04:32,030 Every little move you make, you know, it's like chess. 101 00:04:32,064 --> 00:04:34,308 You got to think about it. 102 00:04:34,343 --> 00:04:36,414 Every move you make. 103 00:04:36,448 --> 00:04:39,555 ♪ 104 00:04:39,589 --> 00:04:45,354 We come this far, we're not gonna chance now. 105 00:04:45,388 --> 00:04:47,563 No, sir. 106 00:04:47,597 --> 00:04:49,565 Tomorrow it'll be looking better. 107 00:04:49,599 --> 00:04:50,911 ♪ 108 00:04:50,945 --> 00:04:53,914 [dramatic music] 109 00:04:53,948 --> 00:05:00,714 ♪ 110 00:05:08,273 --> 00:05:10,896 - I wonder if I could shave with this. 111 00:05:10,931 --> 00:05:13,416 [breathes deeply] 112 00:05:15,384 --> 00:05:17,075 Hmm. 113 00:05:19,629 --> 00:05:24,116 Not really working well enough to go for it. 114 00:05:24,151 --> 00:05:26,705 It's this stuff that starts getting irritating. 115 00:05:26,740 --> 00:05:28,811 [sighs] Oh, well. 116 00:05:28,845 --> 00:05:33,160 ♪ 117 00:05:33,194 --> 00:05:34,368 I've been trying every day 118 00:05:34,403 --> 00:05:36,681 to get a little bit done on the shelter. 119 00:05:36,715 --> 00:05:38,614 That's where we're at today, 120 00:05:38,648 --> 00:05:41,099 but it's still taking longer than I want it to, 121 00:05:41,133 --> 00:05:43,515 and I think that's kind of still my big gamble. 122 00:05:43,550 --> 00:05:45,552 I went to bed last night with a longer narrative 123 00:05:45,586 --> 00:05:48,762 on, like, "If it rains and then freezes, 124 00:05:48,796 --> 00:05:50,902 "that's gonna suck, and I'm gonna be working 125 00:05:50,936 --> 00:05:54,457 on a shelter that now has ice all over it." 126 00:05:54,492 --> 00:05:56,010 [sighs deeply] 127 00:05:56,045 --> 00:06:00,877 But catching more game could be the main issue for me. 128 00:06:00,912 --> 00:06:03,915 So that's my focus. 129 00:06:03,949 --> 00:06:06,469 All right. 130 00:06:06,504 --> 00:06:09,403 I think it's time for snare check in. 131 00:06:09,438 --> 00:06:11,025 Let's roll out. 132 00:06:11,060 --> 00:06:14,546 For me, I know that I came in as a pretty slim guy anyway, 133 00:06:14,581 --> 00:06:17,169 and so I'm not gonna just be able to push through 134 00:06:17,204 --> 00:06:19,309 weakness and weight loss. 135 00:06:19,344 --> 00:06:20,932 I have to be getting that nutrition. 136 00:06:20,966 --> 00:06:23,037 And so it's a tough balance in my priorities 137 00:06:23,072 --> 00:06:25,523 between protecting myself from the elements 138 00:06:25,557 --> 00:06:29,872 and trying to obtain all the meat that I need. 139 00:06:29,906 --> 00:06:32,288 Oh, we got one this morning. 140 00:06:32,322 --> 00:06:34,324 What? [bleep]. 141 00:06:34,359 --> 00:06:36,672 What the heck? 142 00:06:36,706 --> 00:06:38,018 He's a big one, 143 00:06:38,052 --> 00:06:41,953 and somebody freaking chewed through his head? 144 00:06:41,987 --> 00:06:43,403 ♪ 145 00:06:43,437 --> 00:06:45,991 What does that? 146 00:06:46,026 --> 00:06:46,992 [sighs] 147 00:06:47,027 --> 00:06:48,925 ♪ 148 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,239 There's still stuff in there, but damn it. 149 00:06:52,273 --> 00:06:55,484 Should've got an earlier start. I don't know what I was doing. 150 00:06:55,518 --> 00:06:57,865 Pretty sure I can salvage a fair bit from this guy, 151 00:06:57,900 --> 00:07:02,145 but it's just--it's a mess now, which is disappointing. 152 00:07:02,180 --> 00:07:03,319 Let's hope for more, 153 00:07:03,353 --> 00:07:05,908 and hope that they aren't scavenged upon. 154 00:07:05,942 --> 00:07:12,086 ♪ 155 00:07:12,121 --> 00:07:15,642 What is this? [bleep]. 156 00:07:15,676 --> 00:07:19,749 Finding a catastrophic problem here. 157 00:07:19,784 --> 00:07:23,891 We have predators. Damn. 158 00:07:23,926 --> 00:07:27,032 Well, they figured me out. [bleep]. 159 00:07:27,067 --> 00:07:29,379 Probably a fox, I guess. 160 00:07:29,414 --> 00:07:31,658 Well, whatever this was is gonna pick up the habit 161 00:07:31,692 --> 00:07:33,832 of checking out my snare area now. 162 00:07:33,867 --> 00:07:36,525 ♪ 163 00:07:36,559 --> 00:07:38,043 Dang it. 164 00:07:38,078 --> 00:07:40,080 ♪ 165 00:07:40,114 --> 00:07:44,498 Two-hare morning turned into a conundrum. 166 00:07:44,533 --> 00:07:46,051 I think that shelter work 167 00:07:46,086 --> 00:07:48,053 is kind of off the table for the rest of the day. 168 00:07:48,088 --> 00:07:50,331 My muscles are just too fatigued. 169 00:07:50,366 --> 00:07:53,818 Got to have fuel to get stuff done. 170 00:07:53,852 --> 00:07:56,821 [suspenseful music] 171 00:07:56,855 --> 00:08:03,931 ♪ 172 00:08:09,972 --> 00:08:13,354 [water lapping] 173 00:08:13,389 --> 00:08:16,150 - I've got, like, an emo stick. 174 00:08:16,185 --> 00:08:19,947 It's a way to sort of log my journey out here 175 00:08:19,982 --> 00:08:23,537 because I've got no other way of documenting it, so... 176 00:08:23,572 --> 00:08:25,297 You can see over here 177 00:08:25,332 --> 00:08:28,818 I've got a fish swimming into a net. 178 00:08:28,853 --> 00:08:32,891 Talon, always on my mind-- that's my son's name. 179 00:08:32,926 --> 00:08:36,516 Bobs, that's my wife's nickname, and, uh-- 180 00:08:36,550 --> 00:08:39,484 just like Talon, always on my mind. 181 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:41,175 That's Jaco, 182 00:08:41,210 --> 00:08:44,040 my musk ox that's hanging outside 183 00:08:44,075 --> 00:08:46,077 on the fir tree in front of my shelter. 184 00:08:46,111 --> 00:08:48,735 And then right next to it is a fly, 185 00:08:48,769 --> 00:08:51,358 to remind me of the fly that got stuck in my inner ear. 186 00:08:51,392 --> 00:08:53,463 I've never had that happen before, 187 00:08:53,498 --> 00:08:56,708 so that's something I kind of don't want to forget. 188 00:08:56,743 --> 00:08:58,054 But anyways, yup. 189 00:08:58,089 --> 00:09:02,024 That's, uh, just a little update on the story stick. 190 00:09:02,058 --> 00:09:05,303 ♪ 191 00:09:05,337 --> 00:09:06,856 So let's begin. 192 00:09:06,891 --> 00:09:10,066 ♪ 193 00:09:10,101 --> 00:09:14,174 Okay, chair making time. 194 00:09:14,208 --> 00:09:18,350 This is gonna start off with a tripod. 195 00:09:18,385 --> 00:09:22,769 Let's call this the back rest of my chair. 196 00:09:22,803 --> 00:09:25,841 And the seat will go here. 197 00:09:25,875 --> 00:09:28,982 And then we're gonna build off of there. 198 00:09:29,016 --> 00:09:30,604 ♪ 199 00:09:30,639 --> 00:09:32,710 There's just so little distraction out here, 200 00:09:32,744 --> 00:09:35,644 that you have all the time in the world 201 00:09:35,678 --> 00:09:39,268 to focus on individual thoughts. 202 00:09:41,719 --> 00:09:43,686 I think we have to be able to just step back 203 00:09:43,721 --> 00:09:45,930 and have our quiet time 204 00:09:45,964 --> 00:09:51,107 and be able to just focus on an individual thing... 205 00:09:51,142 --> 00:09:52,730 like making a chair. 206 00:09:52,764 --> 00:09:54,214 ♪ 207 00:09:54,248 --> 00:09:56,492 As a kid, I always remember my dad saying to me 208 00:09:56,526 --> 00:09:58,149 that I need to figure out 209 00:09:58,183 --> 00:10:00,323 how to enjoy doing things on my own 210 00:10:00,358 --> 00:10:02,532 to truly be free and not held back 211 00:10:02,567 --> 00:10:04,293 from doing what I really want to do. 212 00:10:04,327 --> 00:10:06,744 And to this day I still think of those words, 213 00:10:06,778 --> 00:10:08,884 because that's exactly what I did. 214 00:10:08,918 --> 00:10:14,544 I learned to find comfort in doing things on my own, solo. 215 00:10:14,579 --> 00:10:16,132 [chuckles] 216 00:10:16,167 --> 00:10:18,134 [birds chirping] 217 00:10:18,169 --> 00:10:21,310 Love it. That's it, right there. 218 00:10:22,518 --> 00:10:25,141 And there we go. 219 00:10:25,176 --> 00:10:27,868 A multi-pieced chair. 220 00:10:27,903 --> 00:10:30,664 Now, here comes the test. 221 00:10:30,699 --> 00:10:33,253 [breathes deeply] 222 00:10:34,564 --> 00:10:36,739 Oh, yes. 223 00:10:36,774 --> 00:10:40,674 Oh, look, and my headrest. Oh, perfect. 224 00:10:40,709 --> 00:10:44,747 This is gonna be my meditation chair for sure. 225 00:10:44,782 --> 00:10:47,750 [dramatic music] 226 00:10:47,785 --> 00:10:54,515 ♪ 227 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:06,666 - My mother always took me to the dentist. 228 00:11:06,700 --> 00:11:08,357 [clears throat] 229 00:11:08,391 --> 00:11:11,394 Twice a year. I was terrified of that place. 230 00:11:15,847 --> 00:11:17,193 And then when I got old enough to quit going, 231 00:11:17,228 --> 00:11:19,817 I never had a cavity again. 232 00:11:23,613 --> 00:11:26,962 I don't know if that guy was just making money or what. 233 00:11:29,896 --> 00:11:31,449 Maybe I started drinking beer 234 00:11:31,483 --> 00:11:33,589 instead of eating all that sugar. 235 00:11:35,936 --> 00:11:37,351 I need more. 236 00:11:37,386 --> 00:11:39,733 Hopefully, we can get a chance to put net in 237 00:11:39,768 --> 00:11:40,941 and nab a couple. 238 00:11:40,976 --> 00:11:43,392 I don't like missing a day of fishing. 239 00:11:43,426 --> 00:11:44,738 ♪ 240 00:11:44,773 --> 00:11:47,258 That gill net is a very effective tool. 241 00:11:47,292 --> 00:11:49,674 It can give fish, but that cliff-- 242 00:11:49,709 --> 00:11:51,124 it's not for the timid. 243 00:11:51,158 --> 00:11:52,504 You got to watch. 244 00:11:52,539 --> 00:11:54,265 A simple little thing as a sprained ankle 245 00:11:54,299 --> 00:11:57,061 or a slightly broken bone can kill you out here. 246 00:11:57,095 --> 00:12:01,099 But I need a bulk food source, so it has to be set. 247 00:12:01,134 --> 00:12:03,653 ♪ 248 00:12:03,688 --> 00:12:07,588 Well, it ain't exactly calm, but... 249 00:12:07,623 --> 00:12:11,144 there ain't a bunch of waves breaking on the rocks. 250 00:12:11,178 --> 00:12:15,596 Just kind of rolling around. 251 00:12:15,631 --> 00:12:17,667 Maybe it's gonna behave itself. 252 00:12:17,702 --> 00:12:21,292 I'm--guess I'm gonna put the [bleep] net in. 253 00:12:21,326 --> 00:12:23,639 We're gonna have to take our chances. 254 00:12:23,673 --> 00:12:26,642 [dramatic music] 255 00:12:26,676 --> 00:12:31,095 ♪ 256 00:12:31,129 --> 00:12:32,924 [grunts] 257 00:12:32,959 --> 00:12:36,031 [water splashing] 258 00:12:36,065 --> 00:12:38,447 Now don't start getting unruly, 259 00:12:38,481 --> 00:12:40,898 now that I decided to put the net in. 260 00:12:40,932 --> 00:12:42,382 ♪ 261 00:12:42,416 --> 00:12:44,349 Now, what the [bleep]? 262 00:12:44,384 --> 00:12:46,179 It was calm as all hell. 263 00:12:46,213 --> 00:12:48,319 ♪ 264 00:12:48,353 --> 00:12:50,942 Now you're up over my boots going. 265 00:12:50,977 --> 00:12:54,187 ♪ 266 00:12:54,221 --> 00:12:56,706 [grunts] Oh, I don't like that. 267 00:12:56,741 --> 00:12:58,260 ♪ 268 00:12:58,294 --> 00:13:00,262 Why is that loose? 269 00:13:00,296 --> 00:13:07,372 ♪ 270 00:13:09,064 --> 00:13:11,998 [grunting] 271 00:13:12,032 --> 00:13:15,587 ♪ 272 00:13:15,622 --> 00:13:18,383 That's a little better. 273 00:13:18,418 --> 00:13:22,180 That is one dangerous [bleep] place, man. 274 00:13:22,215 --> 00:13:25,183 That's too much work and too much danger. 275 00:13:25,218 --> 00:13:27,841 That's the only fishing hole I got. 276 00:13:27,876 --> 00:13:29,843 Danger! 277 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,261 Danger Rock. 278 00:13:37,471 --> 00:13:39,991 A good name for this spot. 279 00:13:42,925 --> 00:13:44,858 Oh, [bleep]! 280 00:13:44,893 --> 00:13:47,861 [ominous music] 281 00:13:47,896 --> 00:13:49,518 ♪ 282 00:13:49,552 --> 00:13:51,934 Probably just a rock. 283 00:13:51,969 --> 00:13:58,976 ♪ 284 00:14:05,465 --> 00:14:09,089 Almost looks like a black bear, 285 00:14:09,124 --> 00:14:12,023 with its head up, and that's its white snout, 286 00:14:12,058 --> 00:14:15,613 pointing down the hill. 287 00:14:15,647 --> 00:14:19,479 Got him looking downhill. 288 00:14:19,513 --> 00:14:21,308 Don't move, though. 289 00:14:21,343 --> 00:14:24,139 ♪ 290 00:14:24,173 --> 00:14:27,418 [bleep], it's moving. I think that's a bear. 291 00:14:27,452 --> 00:14:28,833 [bleep]. 292 00:14:33,907 --> 00:14:34,874 [arrow thwacks] 293 00:14:34,908 --> 00:14:37,324 - Dang, my gill net snapped. 294 00:14:37,359 --> 00:14:38,981 Look at that. 295 00:14:39,016 --> 00:14:41,156 Don't fall in the water. 296 00:14:41,190 --> 00:14:43,572 - Ooh, it's got a bite. Don't freak out. 297 00:14:43,606 --> 00:14:44,953 [water splashing] 298 00:14:44,987 --> 00:14:45,988 [yells] 299 00:14:51,269 --> 00:14:54,238 [tense music] 300 00:14:54,272 --> 00:15:01,348 ♪ 301 00:15:53,676 --> 00:15:55,402 Be good to run into a black bear 302 00:15:55,437 --> 00:15:58,647 with the wind in our favor, get an arrow in him. 303 00:15:58,681 --> 00:16:01,512 Then we'd just be fat all winter. 304 00:16:01,546 --> 00:16:03,169 Everybody says, "Oh, it's just a black. 305 00:16:03,203 --> 00:16:04,618 It's just a black." 306 00:16:04,653 --> 00:16:07,414 I've had black bear scare the hell out of me. 307 00:16:07,449 --> 00:16:09,071 When it gets on the prod, 308 00:16:09,106 --> 00:16:11,522 that bear will eat your face off. 309 00:16:11,556 --> 00:16:14,628 It's scary, but I will hunt, 310 00:16:14,663 --> 00:16:17,769 because a million bucks is just too much money. 311 00:16:17,804 --> 00:16:24,811 ♪ 312 00:16:31,128 --> 00:16:35,615 Been about an hour since we've seen that bear. 313 00:16:35,649 --> 00:16:38,342 Just trying to work my way out ahead of him. 314 00:16:38,376 --> 00:16:42,346 And then there's a little high spot here that we're up on now. 315 00:16:42,380 --> 00:16:45,970 Right there's the fishing hole. That's where the net's at. 316 00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:48,283 I was kind of in here when we spotted him, 317 00:16:48,317 --> 00:16:51,562 and he was making his way this way, and then-- 318 00:16:51,596 --> 00:16:54,151 he could just be laying in that timber 319 00:16:54,185 --> 00:16:57,568 but I had to cross down here ahead of him. 320 00:16:57,602 --> 00:17:02,435 The way the wind was, this was our only thing we could do. 321 00:17:02,469 --> 00:17:08,372 It was the only logical plan. 322 00:17:08,406 --> 00:17:10,477 If we'd have just tried to go in behind him, 323 00:17:10,512 --> 00:17:12,238 this wind would've betrayed us, 324 00:17:12,272 --> 00:17:15,137 and then we'd have just scared him clear out of the country. 325 00:17:15,172 --> 00:17:16,483 ♪ 326 00:17:16,518 --> 00:17:18,278 I had to try something. 327 00:17:18,313 --> 00:17:22,075 That's the first good animal we've spotted. 328 00:17:22,110 --> 00:17:24,491 ♪ 329 00:17:24,526 --> 00:17:26,528 Well, we got to keep moving. 330 00:17:26,562 --> 00:17:31,084 ♪ 331 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:33,776 I have a long-term food source plan 332 00:17:33,811 --> 00:17:36,572 that involves big game, of course. 333 00:17:36,607 --> 00:17:39,092 And I feel that's probably everybody's. 334 00:17:39,127 --> 00:17:40,438 And to go 100 days, 335 00:17:40,473 --> 00:17:42,302 you're probably gonna have to have that. 336 00:17:42,337 --> 00:17:44,684 I believe I can stretch that black bear out 337 00:17:44,718 --> 00:17:47,135 with some fish and small game, of course, 338 00:17:47,169 --> 00:17:50,241 but I'm also scared of that bastard. 339 00:17:50,276 --> 00:17:56,696 ♪ 340 00:17:56,730 --> 00:18:00,458 Well, we're coming out the other side of all that now. 341 00:18:00,493 --> 00:18:03,116 I don't know where he got off to. 342 00:18:03,151 --> 00:18:04,669 We're right about where he was at 343 00:18:04,704 --> 00:18:07,120 when I spotted him right now. 344 00:18:07,155 --> 00:18:09,398 And I can smell the smoke from my camp 345 00:18:09,433 --> 00:18:11,020 from right here really good. 346 00:18:11,055 --> 00:18:15,404 That's probably why he was sat down looking our way initially. 347 00:18:15,439 --> 00:18:17,234 ♪ 348 00:18:17,268 --> 00:18:21,617 So he might be curious enough to hang in the area. 349 00:18:21,652 --> 00:18:25,138 Hopefully, we'll just get another whack at him. 350 00:18:25,173 --> 00:18:28,141 [dramatic music] 351 00:18:28,176 --> 00:18:35,148 ♪ 352 00:18:40,015 --> 00:18:43,018 - I just washed my underwear, which is awesome. 353 00:18:43,052 --> 00:18:44,468 Brushed my teeth. 354 00:18:44,502 --> 00:18:47,885 And I was thinking about washing my hair, and I thought, 355 00:18:47,919 --> 00:18:51,820 "Why bother washing all of this hair if I'm not gonna keep it?" 356 00:18:51,854 --> 00:18:53,408 So I'm gonna cut my hair. 357 00:18:53,442 --> 00:18:57,446 I haven't cut my hair with such baby little scissors before, 358 00:18:57,481 --> 00:19:02,244 so this might be interesting. 359 00:19:02,279 --> 00:19:04,867 Chopping off my ponytail. 360 00:19:06,766 --> 00:19:08,285 There we go. Yay. 361 00:19:08,319 --> 00:19:10,356 It's like a bow tie. 362 00:19:10,390 --> 00:19:17,156 ♪ 363 00:19:17,190 --> 00:19:19,192 Little Arctic bob. 364 00:19:19,227 --> 00:19:22,368 ♪ 365 00:19:22,402 --> 00:19:24,024 [birds chirping] 366 00:19:24,059 --> 00:19:28,201 I have a pile of snares I can't wait to show you. 367 00:19:28,236 --> 00:19:30,169 So I'm gonna go check them. 368 00:19:36,002 --> 00:19:37,590 ♪ 369 00:19:37,624 --> 00:19:40,834 I can see one of my snares here. 370 00:19:40,869 --> 00:19:43,389 Huh. 371 00:19:43,423 --> 00:19:45,011 Nothing. 372 00:19:45,045 --> 00:19:48,980 I was thinking about it last night, how much food I need. 373 00:19:49,015 --> 00:19:52,329 And if I'm pulling in bunnies consistently, 374 00:19:52,363 --> 00:19:55,263 a bunny every two days is enough 375 00:19:55,297 --> 00:19:58,162 to keep me from starving. 376 00:19:58,197 --> 00:20:01,234 Beyond that, a big game is the only way to make it. 377 00:20:01,269 --> 00:20:03,581 So I want a moose. I want a bear. 378 00:20:22,082 --> 00:20:25,224 It's unfortunate. 379 00:20:25,258 --> 00:20:27,502 [sniffles] 380 00:20:27,536 --> 00:20:30,159 Part of trapping, I guess, is sometimes it always 381 00:20:30,194 --> 00:20:34,267 doesn't go exactly the way that you intended it to. 382 00:20:34,302 --> 00:20:38,133 Okay, so no bunnies today, 383 00:20:38,167 --> 00:20:42,275 but lots of indication that they're here. 384 00:20:42,310 --> 00:20:45,968 Just take a quick walk around the perimeter here. 385 00:20:46,003 --> 00:20:48,523 See if there's any bunnies. 386 00:20:48,557 --> 00:20:51,526 Don't have any calories in me right now. 387 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:55,288 So of course, I dream about my mom's cooking. 388 00:20:55,323 --> 00:20:58,187 I used to live close to home in high school, 389 00:20:58,222 --> 00:20:59,775 so I'd come home for lunch. 390 00:20:59,810 --> 00:21:03,434 We'd eat a box of white cheddar mac and cheese 391 00:21:03,469 --> 00:21:06,230 with lots of butter and black pepper. 392 00:21:06,265 --> 00:21:07,956 ♪ 393 00:21:07,990 --> 00:21:10,959 [wildlife chittering] 394 00:21:10,993 --> 00:21:13,996 ♪ 395 00:21:16,689 --> 00:21:18,277 ♪ 396 00:21:18,311 --> 00:21:21,280 And then when I was a real kid, beans and wieners, 397 00:21:21,314 --> 00:21:23,834 that was the camping thing. 398 00:21:23,868 --> 00:21:25,939 Me and my dad would go up north, 399 00:21:25,974 --> 00:21:28,597 and we just had a small little trailer. 400 00:21:28,632 --> 00:21:30,944 It was my first encounter with a bear. 401 00:21:30,979 --> 00:21:32,463 I was four years old. 402 00:21:32,498 --> 00:21:34,396 I was like, "Dad, Dad, Dad, there's a bear!" 403 00:21:34,431 --> 00:21:36,087 He's like, "Go back to sleep." 404 00:21:36,122 --> 00:21:40,195 In the morning, there was teeth marks in the gas can. 405 00:21:40,229 --> 00:21:43,819 Guess that's probably when I fell in love with nature. 406 00:21:43,854 --> 00:21:45,649 ♪ 407 00:21:45,683 --> 00:21:46,650 Okay. 408 00:21:46,684 --> 00:21:49,687 [rustling] 409 00:21:52,863 --> 00:21:55,693 [dramatic music] 410 00:21:55,728 --> 00:22:02,769 ♪ 411 00:22:02,804 --> 00:22:04,323 Oh, [bleep]. 412 00:22:16,542 --> 00:22:19,510 [low tense music] 413 00:22:19,545 --> 00:22:26,552 ♪ 414 00:22:36,562 --> 00:22:37,770 [arrow thwacks] 415 00:22:44,846 --> 00:22:48,125 I just shot my first bunny 416 00:22:48,159 --> 00:22:49,747 right in the throat. 417 00:22:49,782 --> 00:22:52,785 ♪ 418 00:23:03,554 --> 00:23:05,004 It's a big bunny. 419 00:23:07,627 --> 00:23:10,527 He seems heavier than normal. 420 00:23:12,736 --> 00:23:15,601 That just feels--feels good. 421 00:23:15,635 --> 00:23:19,881 Now I'm not just a trapper. I'm a huntress. 422 00:23:19,915 --> 00:23:23,056 ♪ 423 00:23:23,091 --> 00:23:24,541 Hardly. 424 00:23:24,575 --> 00:23:26,094 ♪ 425 00:23:26,128 --> 00:23:29,269 I'm gonna head back, process the bunny. 426 00:23:29,304 --> 00:23:32,341 You'll make a nice rabbit stew. 427 00:23:37,105 --> 00:23:42,179 My lungs are definitely gonna age a couple years out here. 428 00:23:42,213 --> 00:23:43,801 [wood crackling] 429 00:23:45,562 --> 00:23:48,185 It's getting smoky in here, so let's get out of here. 430 00:23:48,219 --> 00:23:53,259 ♪ 431 00:23:58,402 --> 00:24:02,751 A bit lightheaded and woozy from all that smoke. 432 00:24:02,786 --> 00:24:05,547 Hope that the smoke behaves. 433 00:24:05,582 --> 00:24:07,273 ♪ 434 00:24:07,307 --> 00:24:09,068 Oh. 435 00:24:09,102 --> 00:24:11,070 ♪ 436 00:24:11,104 --> 00:24:13,348 [sighs] 437 00:24:13,382 --> 00:24:15,764 It is as bad as it looks. 438 00:24:15,799 --> 00:24:17,525 [exhales] 439 00:24:22,909 --> 00:24:23,979 [sniffles] 440 00:24:24,014 --> 00:24:27,396 Sorry about this terrible sniffles. 441 00:24:27,431 --> 00:24:30,399 I'm not normally this phlegmy. 442 00:24:30,434 --> 00:24:33,230 I've started developing a headache, 443 00:24:33,264 --> 00:24:34,783 'cause my eyes are blurry. 444 00:24:36,405 --> 00:24:40,789 Ugh. This smoke, eh? 445 00:24:41,825 --> 00:24:44,103 Ugh, you can't even see anything. 446 00:24:44,137 --> 00:24:46,623 [blows air and sniffles] 447 00:24:46,657 --> 00:24:48,694 This smoke is not leaving my shelter, 448 00:24:48,728 --> 00:24:53,492 and it is creating a lot of issues with my eyes burning, 449 00:24:53,526 --> 00:24:56,805 my nasal passages completely blocking, 450 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,705 and it's driving me insane. 451 00:24:59,739 --> 00:25:01,258 ♪ 452 00:25:08,679 --> 00:25:11,648 [ominous music] 453 00:25:11,682 --> 00:25:18,689 ♪ 454 00:25:29,355 --> 00:25:31,875 [water lapping] 455 00:25:31,909 --> 00:25:36,224 - I'm just up on the ridge for a little sit. 456 00:25:36,258 --> 00:25:39,917 Me and this stump, we're buds. 457 00:25:39,952 --> 00:25:43,714 I like to come sit up here with this stump. 458 00:25:43,749 --> 00:25:48,408 Sometimes it's good to see things from above. 459 00:25:48,443 --> 00:25:52,758 My head's always clear in a high place, you know? 460 00:25:52,792 --> 00:25:55,692 It's so nice. It's calm. 461 00:25:57,521 --> 00:26:01,352 All right. Maybe head back down to camp. 462 00:26:03,354 --> 00:26:04,908 Get some more rocks. 463 00:26:04,942 --> 00:26:08,981 ♪ 464 00:26:09,015 --> 00:26:12,363 It's gonna be so cold this winter. 465 00:26:12,398 --> 00:26:14,987 I want to make a completely enclosed shelter, 466 00:26:15,021 --> 00:26:17,714 and my goal is to have it totally sealed in 467 00:26:17,748 --> 00:26:19,647 to where the wind isn't coming through, 468 00:26:19,681 --> 00:26:22,650 so I can have a big fireplace that's also heating up 469 00:26:22,684 --> 00:26:25,135 a big rock so I have thermal mass 470 00:26:25,169 --> 00:26:26,688 that's gonna heat my whole shelter. 471 00:26:26,723 --> 00:26:28,897 ♪ 472 00:26:28,932 --> 00:26:32,625 Let's go see. Can we get this rock out? 473 00:26:32,660 --> 00:26:34,972 That's the size I should be going after. 474 00:26:35,007 --> 00:26:39,114 It's so nice, but is it worth the calories? 475 00:26:39,149 --> 00:26:41,220 I probably shouldn't be carrying big rocks 476 00:26:41,254 --> 00:26:42,635 back to camp. 477 00:26:42,670 --> 00:26:45,673 But I can't help it. They're so pretty. 478 00:26:45,707 --> 00:26:48,641 And they'd make such a nice fireplace. 479 00:26:48,676 --> 00:26:53,715 I've turned into a rock-obsessed, crazy person. 480 00:26:53,750 --> 00:26:57,581 But I think anyone coming out here 481 00:26:57,616 --> 00:27:01,585 is a little bit crazy, right? 482 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:04,174 Here we go. 483 00:27:04,208 --> 00:27:06,625 [grunts, laughs] 484 00:27:06,659 --> 00:27:09,144 I know calories are very valuable. 485 00:27:09,179 --> 00:27:10,525 [grunts] 486 00:27:10,559 --> 00:27:12,907 And I shouldn't be expending them needlessly. 487 00:27:12,941 --> 00:27:18,050 But it's gonna be crucial to have a good fireplace. 488 00:27:18,084 --> 00:27:19,327 Oh. 489 00:27:19,361 --> 00:27:21,709 ♪ 490 00:27:21,743 --> 00:27:25,747 You know, things don't have to be perfect out here. 491 00:27:25,782 --> 00:27:30,062 All we got to do is stay warm and stay fed. 492 00:27:30,096 --> 00:27:31,615 [grunts] 493 00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:33,652 ♪ 494 00:27:33,686 --> 00:27:34,963 Perfect fit. 495 00:27:34,998 --> 00:27:37,207 [vocalizing] 496 00:27:37,241 --> 00:27:38,553 Love it. 497 00:27:38,587 --> 00:27:42,212 Yeah, I'm liking it. I'm liking what I'm seeing. 498 00:27:42,246 --> 00:27:43,696 ♪ 499 00:27:43,731 --> 00:27:47,804 Oh, I'm having so much fun playing rock "Tetris." 500 00:27:47,838 --> 00:27:51,635 I'm rocking and rolling here, and this just makes me think 501 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:55,225 of my dad, because he really loves masonry, 502 00:27:55,259 --> 00:27:58,262 and one of his dreams is to build a stone castle, 503 00:27:58,297 --> 00:28:01,196 and so I just think of him as I'm doing this. 504 00:28:01,231 --> 00:28:03,267 I'm totally thinking of my dad 505 00:28:03,302 --> 00:28:05,753 and all the rocks that he's laid. 506 00:28:05,787 --> 00:28:10,930 ♪ 507 00:28:10,965 --> 00:28:13,795 So there's the firepit. 508 00:28:13,830 --> 00:28:20,215 ♪ 509 00:28:20,250 --> 00:28:22,735 Whoo! My hands are so cold. 510 00:28:22,770 --> 00:28:26,635 But I just got to do this, because if I wait much longer, 511 00:28:26,670 --> 00:28:30,847 the clay is gonna be frozen, and I can't do it. 512 00:28:30,881 --> 00:28:33,470 That is making me want to just go ahead 513 00:28:33,504 --> 00:28:37,750 and get this wall knocked out before the clay freezes. 514 00:28:37,785 --> 00:28:40,891 ♪ 515 00:28:40,926 --> 00:28:43,307 You guys, I cannot believe I made this firepit. 516 00:28:43,342 --> 00:28:46,241 This is, like, a massive-- [laughs] 517 00:28:46,276 --> 00:28:48,278 This is massive. 518 00:28:48,312 --> 00:28:50,521 ♪ 519 00:28:50,556 --> 00:28:55,147 Can you believe I moved all of those rocks over here? 520 00:28:55,181 --> 00:28:56,458 But I got to just keep moving, 521 00:28:56,493 --> 00:28:58,253 'cause winter is coming, y'all. 522 00:28:58,288 --> 00:29:00,497 Winter is coming. 523 00:29:04,639 --> 00:29:07,607 [foreboding music] 524 00:29:07,642 --> 00:29:14,649 ♪ 525 00:29:20,689 --> 00:29:23,692 [branches rustling] 526 00:29:24,832 --> 00:29:27,800 [tarp flapping] 527 00:29:31,839 --> 00:29:35,118 - This season, on "Alone"... 528 00:29:35,152 --> 00:29:39,812 Watch as ten survivalists battle untold challenges 529 00:29:39,847 --> 00:29:43,333 such as the sound of their tarp billowing in the wind, 530 00:29:43,367 --> 00:29:46,750 driving them absolutely mad. 531 00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:49,753 [exhaling hard] 532 00:29:52,583 --> 00:29:55,517 Isn't that one of the sounds? [exhales hard] 533 00:29:57,968 --> 00:30:00,591 There's, like, a "sword being drawn" sound too, 534 00:30:00,626 --> 00:30:04,630 that's like a-- "Shing! Sceen!" 535 00:30:06,149 --> 00:30:07,219 Something like that. 536 00:30:07,253 --> 00:30:08,289 There's some weird, like, 537 00:30:08,323 --> 00:30:11,568 synth-poppy thing going on. 538 00:30:11,602 --> 00:30:13,639 All right, let's do this. 539 00:30:16,262 --> 00:30:18,471 [grunts] 540 00:30:18,506 --> 00:30:21,543 Getting a little late in the day to call it morning fishing, 541 00:30:21,578 --> 00:30:24,477 but I do want to make a few casts. 542 00:30:24,512 --> 00:30:27,273 Given the loss of the rabbits, 543 00:30:27,308 --> 00:30:30,690 gonna be getting my fat from trout from now on. 544 00:30:30,725 --> 00:30:32,175 That's the hope. 545 00:30:32,209 --> 00:30:34,349 Since I am getting low on my reserves, 546 00:30:34,384 --> 00:30:38,940 I really need to be sure I make my focus getting fish. 547 00:30:38,975 --> 00:30:41,770 I just--I want that shelter done so bad 548 00:30:41,805 --> 00:30:44,359 for days like today and for when it gets worse, 549 00:30:44,394 --> 00:30:45,878 I'm gonna need it. 550 00:30:45,913 --> 00:30:50,538 But if I run out of food in the next few days... 551 00:30:50,572 --> 00:30:52,885 it's gonna be real hard. 552 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,888 ♪ 553 00:30:55,923 --> 00:30:58,408 I remember my grandpa telling me about the hunger 554 00:30:58,442 --> 00:31:01,031 he experienced as a child in Arkansas. 555 00:31:01,066 --> 00:31:03,378 He was abandoned by his mom, and he had stories 556 00:31:03,413 --> 00:31:04,932 about him and his brothers being out in the woods 557 00:31:04,966 --> 00:31:07,417 and digging for roots as, like, children. 558 00:31:07,451 --> 00:31:10,592 And I'm going through some of the same stuff, 559 00:31:10,627 --> 00:31:13,595 and one of my bigger aversions is my family, 560 00:31:13,630 --> 00:31:16,978 particular my mom, see me struggle. 561 00:31:17,013 --> 00:31:19,878 Because I know that there's worry coming from that side, 562 00:31:19,912 --> 00:31:21,569 and I don't want that worry. 563 00:31:21,603 --> 00:31:24,641 That worry makes it harder for me to succeed. 564 00:31:24,675 --> 00:31:26,608 Which doesn't concern me, 565 00:31:26,643 --> 00:31:28,852 but I'm gonna have to go through some hardship 566 00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:31,786 and discomfort to make it to 100 days. 567 00:31:31,820 --> 00:31:34,547 [water lapping] 568 00:31:34,582 --> 00:31:35,997 Ooh, it's got a bite. 569 00:31:36,032 --> 00:31:37,965 ♪ 570 00:31:37,999 --> 00:31:41,037 Yup, yup, okay. 571 00:31:41,071 --> 00:31:44,316 Okay, we'll take that. 572 00:31:44,350 --> 00:31:45,524 Don't get in the rocks. 573 00:31:45,558 --> 00:31:47,664 It's trying to get in the rocks. 574 00:31:47,698 --> 00:31:49,286 We're getting around rocks right now. 575 00:31:49,321 --> 00:31:52,151 Okay, fish right here. Fish right here. 576 00:31:52,186 --> 00:31:55,154 Don't freak out. Don't freak out. 577 00:31:55,189 --> 00:31:57,053 [water splashing] 578 00:31:57,087 --> 00:31:58,502 [yells] 579 00:31:58,537 --> 00:32:00,608 ♪ 580 00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:07,856 [tense music] 581 00:32:07,891 --> 00:32:14,898 ♪ 582 00:32:18,315 --> 00:32:20,524 [water lapping] 583 00:32:20,559 --> 00:32:22,768 - Ooh, it's got a bite. Don't freak out. 584 00:32:22,802 --> 00:32:24,977 [water splashing] 585 00:32:25,012 --> 00:32:27,704 Oh, yeah! Yes! 586 00:32:27,738 --> 00:32:30,017 [panting] Yes! 587 00:32:30,051 --> 00:32:33,330 Yes! Oh, yes! 588 00:32:33,365 --> 00:32:37,956 You're here. I got a firm grip on you. 589 00:32:37,990 --> 00:32:41,166 Thank you, fish. Thank you so much. 590 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,272 [groaning] 591 00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:51,935 [exhales hard] 592 00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:54,973 [laughing] 593 00:32:56,388 --> 00:33:00,254 Oh, yeah! Yes! 594 00:33:02,049 --> 00:33:05,017 Do you see this? [laughs] 595 00:33:05,052 --> 00:33:07,019 Look at this fish! 596 00:33:07,054 --> 00:33:09,366 [laughs] 597 00:33:09,401 --> 00:33:13,129 Look at this fish. [laughs] 598 00:33:13,163 --> 00:33:17,443 Oh, yes. Oh, you beauty. 599 00:33:17,478 --> 00:33:20,274 Oh, you're so beautiful. 600 00:33:20,308 --> 00:33:23,449 Look at this trout. 601 00:33:23,484 --> 00:33:25,934 This is a fat trout. 602 00:33:25,969 --> 00:33:28,040 ♪ 603 00:33:28,075 --> 00:33:30,698 [laughs] 604 00:33:30,732 --> 00:33:35,392 Oh, folks. So huge for me right now. 605 00:33:35,427 --> 00:33:38,188 I'm gonna persist through adversity with this wind 606 00:33:38,223 --> 00:33:41,881 and work on my shelter while I'm eating well. 607 00:33:41,916 --> 00:33:44,539 That feels really good. 608 00:33:46,127 --> 00:33:49,061 [suspenseful music] 609 00:33:49,096 --> 00:33:55,826 ♪ 610 00:34:03,696 --> 00:34:07,252 - The other day, smoke got so bad 611 00:34:07,286 --> 00:34:12,188 that I felt like I was in, like, a gas chamber. 612 00:34:12,222 --> 00:34:14,224 I was thinking about it last night, 613 00:34:14,259 --> 00:34:16,433 and I realized that maybe the reason 614 00:34:16,468 --> 00:34:19,885 the smoke was worse was-- in building code, 615 00:34:19,919 --> 00:34:22,681 you have to have your chimney higher 616 00:34:22,715 --> 00:34:25,339 than the highest point of your house. 617 00:34:25,373 --> 00:34:27,617 So I have clay collected. 618 00:34:27,651 --> 00:34:32,863 I just have to put the clay up and make a clay chimney. 619 00:34:32,898 --> 00:34:36,108 All right. I'm just gonna go for it now. 620 00:34:36,143 --> 00:34:37,661 ♪ 621 00:34:37,696 --> 00:34:39,594 I'm not a perfectionist. 622 00:34:39,629 --> 00:34:44,254 I'm not going to worry about every little tiny thing. 623 00:34:44,289 --> 00:34:46,912 I'm a big picture kind of person. 624 00:34:46,946 --> 00:34:48,810 ♪ 625 00:34:48,845 --> 00:34:52,573 I want to attach it nicely to the top of the ridge. 626 00:34:52,607 --> 00:34:55,541 I'm function over form, so if it works, 627 00:34:55,576 --> 00:34:58,061 I'll move on and keep going. 628 00:34:58,096 --> 00:35:01,168 And I always want to be moving forward, 629 00:35:01,202 --> 00:35:04,378 trying to make each day better than the last. 630 00:35:04,412 --> 00:35:06,311 And I think that's a skill, 631 00:35:06,345 --> 00:35:09,141 and I'm pretty good at moving on. 632 00:35:09,176 --> 00:35:10,142 Okay. 633 00:35:10,177 --> 00:35:11,661 [clears throat, sniffles] 634 00:35:27,159 --> 00:35:30,300 I'm getting hungry, so I really hope it works. 635 00:35:30,335 --> 00:35:37,342 ♪ 636 00:35:42,209 --> 00:35:44,556 Come on, suck it up. 637 00:35:44,590 --> 00:35:48,836 This whole experience is a complete mental boot camp. 638 00:35:48,870 --> 00:35:52,322 And if you have a low that is so low 639 00:35:52,357 --> 00:35:55,774 that you don't know if you can crawl out of it, but you do... 640 00:35:55,808 --> 00:35:57,776 I think it's working. 641 00:35:57,810 --> 00:36:00,779 Then you're going to remember that, 642 00:36:00,813 --> 00:36:03,540 and you'll be able to use it as fuel 643 00:36:03,575 --> 00:36:06,129 to get through your next low. 644 00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:08,235 Guys, I think it's working. 645 00:36:08,269 --> 00:36:10,271 ♪ 646 00:36:15,966 --> 00:36:18,521 For now, we're calling this chimney a win. 647 00:36:18,555 --> 00:36:21,524 [dramatic music] 648 00:36:21,558 --> 00:36:28,565 ♪ 649 00:36:40,508 --> 00:36:43,131 - So I've got a little game to keep myself occupied 650 00:36:43,166 --> 00:36:45,858 on these not-so-great days. 651 00:36:47,791 --> 00:36:49,897 Okay, we're gonna go for four of a kind. 652 00:36:54,798 --> 00:36:56,973 [sighs] 653 00:36:57,007 --> 00:37:01,149 One, two-- two, two, three. 654 00:37:06,085 --> 00:37:08,916 [groans] 655 00:37:08,950 --> 00:37:10,918 All right, that's not a very good roll. 656 00:37:10,952 --> 00:37:12,402 ♪ 657 00:37:12,437 --> 00:37:14,439 Trying to stay entertained out here 658 00:37:14,473 --> 00:37:18,374 is a legitimate survival skill. 659 00:37:18,408 --> 00:37:21,929 I need to keep myself busy, because it's constant battles 660 00:37:21,963 --> 00:37:23,758 and fighting out here. 661 00:37:23,793 --> 00:37:26,865 ♪ 662 00:37:26,899 --> 00:37:29,799 How to be without companionship. 663 00:37:29,833 --> 00:37:32,284 I have to fight that battle each and every day. 664 00:37:32,319 --> 00:37:35,563 And so I've been setting myself tasks each day 665 00:37:35,598 --> 00:37:38,325 that occupies my mind. 666 00:37:38,359 --> 00:37:41,638 Just being creative is something that I need to do 667 00:37:41,673 --> 00:37:44,296 on a regular basis to keep myself motivated. 668 00:37:44,331 --> 00:37:46,056 ♪ 669 00:37:46,091 --> 00:37:51,441 Okay, let's get to work on some slippers. 670 00:37:51,476 --> 00:37:53,340 So I don't have to walk around in the bare dirt 671 00:37:53,374 --> 00:37:55,065 in my socks, which is great. 672 00:37:55,100 --> 00:37:56,377 [grunts] 673 00:37:56,412 --> 00:37:58,206 Okay, I've got rabbit pelts. 674 00:37:58,241 --> 00:38:01,279 I'm gonna take the pelt, 675 00:38:01,313 --> 00:38:05,766 place it inside the slipper, 676 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:10,080 and then wrap the front over my toes 677 00:38:10,115 --> 00:38:11,530 and then underneath 678 00:38:11,565 --> 00:38:13,981 this top part here. 679 00:38:14,015 --> 00:38:16,949 ♪ 680 00:38:16,984 --> 00:38:18,261 [chuckles] 681 00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:21,678 That is nice and toasty. 682 00:38:21,713 --> 00:38:24,405 Rabbit slippers. 683 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,959 [exhales] 684 00:38:26,994 --> 00:38:30,273 Okay, I've thought long and hard, 685 00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:32,965 and I've decided that I'm going to attempt 686 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,795 to make a mandolin. 687 00:38:34,829 --> 00:38:36,417 ♪ 688 00:38:36,452 --> 00:38:38,350 And I'm gonna make it out of one piece 689 00:38:38,385 --> 00:38:40,697 that's gonna be out of a birch. 690 00:38:40,732 --> 00:38:42,181 I often wonder if my son's 691 00:38:42,216 --> 00:38:44,045 gonna take to any musical instruments. 692 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:46,462 He's only 2 1/2 years old now, 693 00:38:46,496 --> 00:38:49,465 which is obviously too young, 694 00:38:49,499 --> 00:38:52,260 but yeah, that'd be pretty awesome. 695 00:38:52,295 --> 00:38:55,540 Every day I'm here, I will fight missing my son. 696 00:38:55,574 --> 00:38:57,645 The pain of not being able to talk 697 00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:01,753 or see my son is, uh, hard sometimes. 698 00:39:01,787 --> 00:39:03,996 Just a feeling of despair. 699 00:39:04,031 --> 00:39:06,102 But that's why I have to block it out, 700 00:39:06,136 --> 00:39:09,623 and sometimes it's definitely harder than others, for sure. 701 00:39:09,657 --> 00:39:12,280 ♪ 702 00:39:12,315 --> 00:39:15,939 We've got our front three dowels all lined up. 703 00:39:15,974 --> 00:39:19,011 And then we've got slots cut over here 704 00:39:19,046 --> 00:39:23,015 with a flattened and slightly indented section in the back. 705 00:39:23,050 --> 00:39:25,017 Now, I couldn't make the guitar 706 00:39:25,052 --> 00:39:27,434 if I didn't have the snare wire. 707 00:39:28,987 --> 00:39:32,266 I do believe... [laughs] 708 00:39:32,300 --> 00:39:36,270 That I have created a mandolin. 709 00:39:38,168 --> 00:39:41,689 [strumming mandolin] 710 00:39:41,724 --> 00:39:46,280 ♪ My feet are cold 711 00:39:46,314 --> 00:39:50,698 ♪ But my heart is warm 712 00:39:50,733 --> 00:39:54,875 ♪ In this moment I'm happy 713 00:39:54,909 --> 00:39:58,948 ♪ Happy for this home 714 00:39:58,982 --> 00:40:01,951 [whistling] 715 00:40:01,985 --> 00:40:03,331 ♪ 716 00:40:03,366 --> 00:40:06,921 [whistling continues] 717 00:40:06,956 --> 00:40:08,509 - [slurps] 718 00:40:08,544 --> 00:40:11,512 - [whistling continues] 719 00:40:11,547 --> 00:40:15,654 ♪ 720 00:40:15,689 --> 00:40:19,796 ♪ In the Arctic alone 721 00:40:19,831 --> 00:40:24,111 ♪ Winter on its way 722 00:40:24,145 --> 00:40:27,666 ♪ Not sure what the future holds ♪ 723 00:40:27,701 --> 00:40:32,430 ♪ But I'll take each day by day ♪ 724 00:40:32,464 --> 00:40:35,433 [humming] 725 00:40:35,467 --> 00:40:42,440 ♪ 726 00:40:49,481 --> 00:40:52,001 ♪ 727 00:40:52,035 --> 00:40:53,830 - Where the hell is my axe? 728 00:40:58,041 --> 00:41:00,078 [bleep]. 729 00:41:00,112 --> 00:41:03,357 - I'm gonna sneak up over this rock 730 00:41:03,391 --> 00:41:05,497 and hopefully get one in him. 731 00:41:05,532 --> 00:41:06,912 ♪ 732 00:41:12,815 --> 00:41:15,783 [dramatic music] 733 00:41:15,818 --> 00:41:22,825 ♪ 734 00:41:32,766 --> 00:41:37,080 - Good morning, y'all. It is... 735 00:41:37,115 --> 00:41:39,531 Oh, that's very funny. 736 00:41:40,877 --> 00:41:42,638 I was just about to say... 737 00:41:42,672 --> 00:41:44,743 [wind whistling] 738 00:41:44,778 --> 00:41:48,575 "It's a beautiful, calm morning." 739 00:41:48,609 --> 00:41:53,752 And literally right as I was about to say "calm," 740 00:41:53,787 --> 00:41:56,514 a wind just kicked up. 741 00:41:56,548 --> 00:41:59,517 [wind whistling] 742 00:42:05,764 --> 00:42:10,251 So who knows what's gonna happen today? 743 00:42:10,286 --> 00:42:13,634 ♪ 744 00:42:13,669 --> 00:42:16,775 We're transitioning. This is a transition day. 745 00:42:16,810 --> 00:42:19,709 We're going from stone to wood now. 746 00:42:19,744 --> 00:42:24,403 So I'm gonna put my first wood piece on. 747 00:42:24,438 --> 00:42:26,682 Something like that. 748 00:42:26,716 --> 00:42:28,476 Today I'm definitely feeling 749 00:42:28,511 --> 00:42:31,549 like winter is coming in quick now, 750 00:42:31,583 --> 00:42:34,103 and there's a lot of work to be done. 751 00:42:34,137 --> 00:42:38,832 So I'm gonna get to work on starting to enclose this wall. 752 00:42:38,866 --> 00:42:41,593 ♪ 753 00:42:41,628 --> 00:42:44,907 And then we're just gonna start going up here, 754 00:42:44,941 --> 00:42:50,464 filling all these little gaps with the moss. 755 00:42:50,498 --> 00:42:53,260 ♪ 756 00:42:53,294 --> 00:42:55,227 All right, here we go. 757 00:42:55,262 --> 00:42:59,093 Grand finale of finishing the wall. 758 00:42:59,128 --> 00:43:03,132 This is the mark of the change of the season here. 759 00:43:03,166 --> 00:43:09,517 It's nice to have an open wall, but an Arctic winter is coming. 760 00:43:09,552 --> 00:43:12,555 It's time to close up the wall. 761 00:43:12,590 --> 00:43:19,044 ♪ 762 00:43:19,079 --> 00:43:23,428 All right, well, there we have it. 763 00:43:23,462 --> 00:43:25,706 Like, I don't even know how I'm gonna wake up now, 764 00:43:25,741 --> 00:43:28,226 because usually I can look out 765 00:43:28,260 --> 00:43:30,469 and see that the light is changing, 766 00:43:30,504 --> 00:43:35,060 and I'll probably accidentally sleep in tomorrow morning. 767 00:43:35,095 --> 00:43:36,096 ♪ 768 00:43:36,130 --> 00:43:38,546 Now I'm really settled in. 769 00:43:38,581 --> 00:43:40,583 I feel like this place is my home. 770 00:43:40,618 --> 00:43:43,621 I have a shelter built, so I feel like I can really 771 00:43:43,655 --> 00:43:46,554 just sort of drop in and really be here. 772 00:43:46,589 --> 00:43:48,384 I have the trap line established 773 00:43:48,418 --> 00:43:50,628 and food coming in, and to me, 774 00:43:50,662 --> 00:43:53,113 I don't feel like I'm just surviving, 775 00:43:53,147 --> 00:43:55,598 I feel like I'm really living out here. 776 00:43:55,633 --> 00:43:57,876 Mmm-mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm. 777 00:43:57,911 --> 00:43:59,637 I feel like this is my home, 778 00:43:59,671 --> 00:44:03,226 and now I'm ready for winter to start. 779 00:44:03,261 --> 00:44:05,401 ♪ 780 00:44:07,990 --> 00:44:10,958 [tense music] 781 00:44:10,993 --> 00:44:18,000 ♪ 782 00:44:23,039 --> 00:44:24,765 - When I was walking, 783 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:28,907 I found this can that hasn't been opened. 784 00:44:28,942 --> 00:44:31,461 It reeks. 785 00:44:31,496 --> 00:44:36,328 Looks like, uh-- it's old fish. 786 00:44:38,227 --> 00:44:41,713 I don't know, but it stinks. 787 00:44:41,748 --> 00:44:44,060 [laughs] 788 00:44:45,648 --> 00:44:47,512 Terrible. 789 00:44:48,720 --> 00:44:50,480 Let's go check on the gill net. 790 00:44:50,515 --> 00:44:52,241 ♪ 791 00:44:52,275 --> 00:44:54,761 Right now, I'm catching fish almost every day 792 00:44:54,795 --> 00:44:56,038 in the gill net. 793 00:44:56,072 --> 00:44:58,730 So you might think I have food for a month. 794 00:44:58,765 --> 00:45:00,974 But the way my metabolism works, 795 00:45:01,008 --> 00:45:04,494 I'm realizing that it's only good for 15 days, 796 00:45:04,529 --> 00:45:07,014 'cause I'm just eating so much of it. 797 00:45:07,049 --> 00:45:09,292 I'm only 170 pounds, 798 00:45:09,327 --> 00:45:11,743 but when I'm out there in society, 799 00:45:11,778 --> 00:45:15,436 when I'm in a restaurant, I eat two entrees. 800 00:45:15,471 --> 00:45:17,576 And I can eat a couple appetizers. 801 00:45:17,611 --> 00:45:20,925 But the metabolism I have and the work I do, 802 00:45:20,959 --> 00:45:23,306 I use a lot of fuel. 803 00:45:23,341 --> 00:45:27,517 So I want to be able to catch as much fish as possible. 804 00:45:27,552 --> 00:45:29,209 [water lapping] 805 00:45:29,243 --> 00:45:31,314 Oh, no. 806 00:45:31,349 --> 00:45:32,626 Dang. 807 00:45:32,660 --> 00:45:33,972 ♪ 808 00:45:34,007 --> 00:45:37,942 My gill net snapped, bro. Look at that. 809 00:45:37,976 --> 00:45:40,013 ♪ 810 00:45:44,742 --> 00:45:46,640 Don't fall in the water. 811 00:45:50,955 --> 00:45:53,509 ♪ 812 00:45:53,543 --> 00:45:56,477 There we go, come on-- [sighs] 813 00:45:56,512 --> 00:45:59,308 ♪ 814 00:45:59,342 --> 00:46:01,862 There we go. [grunts] 815 00:46:01,897 --> 00:46:08,213 ♪ 816 00:46:08,248 --> 00:46:09,939 Dang. 817 00:46:11,803 --> 00:46:14,081 Almost lost my gill net. 818 00:46:34,792 --> 00:46:37,795 Whoo! 819 00:46:37,829 --> 00:46:40,280 Back to work. [laughs] 820 00:46:40,314 --> 00:46:41,937 ♪ 821 00:46:41,971 --> 00:46:43,835 My hand's getting really cold 822 00:46:43,870 --> 00:46:46,769 just by fishing for a couple hours. 823 00:46:46,804 --> 00:46:49,945 And I'm realizing that the weather has turned 824 00:46:49,979 --> 00:46:52,948 to this cold now all the time. 825 00:46:52,982 --> 00:46:57,193 I need lots of firewood. So thankful for the axe. 826 00:46:57,228 --> 00:47:00,852 I think to win this, it will take a lot of skills, 827 00:47:00,887 --> 00:47:04,614 but I feel like it's mostly mental as well. 828 00:47:04,649 --> 00:47:06,030 Because when you're cold, 829 00:47:06,064 --> 00:47:07,859 your mind starts playing tricks, 830 00:47:07,894 --> 00:47:09,619 your mind's trying to take you out of it, 831 00:47:09,654 --> 00:47:13,554 because it's trying to let your body survive it. 832 00:47:13,589 --> 00:47:16,454 And just knowing that you have a tap out button... 833 00:47:16,488 --> 00:47:18,490 It'd be really easy to just go ahead 834 00:47:18,525 --> 00:47:20,078 and press it and go home. 835 00:47:20,113 --> 00:47:21,597 ♪ 836 00:47:21,631 --> 00:47:24,462 So I feel like trying to override that 837 00:47:24,496 --> 00:47:27,258 is going to be really, really challenging. 838 00:47:27,292 --> 00:47:32,677 So I'm trying to prepare as much as possible. 839 00:47:32,711 --> 00:47:34,092 [exhales] 840 00:47:34,127 --> 00:47:36,094 ♪ 841 00:47:36,129 --> 00:47:39,132 [wind whistling] 842 00:47:58,116 --> 00:47:59,980 Where the hell is my axe? 843 00:48:00,015 --> 00:48:01,602 ♪ 844 00:48:01,637 --> 00:48:04,364 Don't tell me I left it out there. 845 00:48:04,398 --> 00:48:05,917 ♪ 846 00:48:05,952 --> 00:48:07,574 I cannot believe it. 847 00:48:13,856 --> 00:48:15,099 [bleep]. 848 00:48:21,864 --> 00:48:24,832 [suspenseful music] 849 00:48:24,867 --> 00:48:26,558 ♪ 850 00:48:26,593 --> 00:48:27,835 Wow. 851 00:48:31,701 --> 00:48:33,669 So stupid. 852 00:48:33,703 --> 00:48:40,710 ♪ 853 00:48:53,758 --> 00:48:55,242 [bleep]. 854 00:49:07,530 --> 00:49:10,499 [foreboding music] 855 00:49:10,533 --> 00:49:17,540 ♪ 856 00:49:21,337 --> 00:49:22,752 [wind whistling] 857 00:49:35,075 --> 00:49:36,525 [bleep]. 858 00:49:43,566 --> 00:49:45,741 I've been just, like, out there too long, 859 00:49:45,775 --> 00:49:49,158 my feet are wet, and my hands are too cold, 860 00:49:49,193 --> 00:49:50,918 and I can't do much. 861 00:49:50,953 --> 00:49:53,266 I have to find the axe tomorrow. 862 00:49:53,300 --> 00:49:56,476 Well, hopefully, we'll have, like, a [bleep] ton of snow, 863 00:49:56,510 --> 00:49:59,410 and then it'll just, like, disappear. 864 00:49:59,444 --> 00:50:03,069 That would be a big issue, man. 865 00:50:03,103 --> 00:50:06,072 [dramatic music] 866 00:50:06,106 --> 00:50:09,144 ♪ 867 00:50:09,178 --> 00:50:12,181 [wind whistling] 868 00:50:21,949 --> 00:50:24,573 Starting to get light outside, so... 869 00:50:24,607 --> 00:50:28,784 It's time to go on a search for... 870 00:50:28,818 --> 00:50:33,064 my misplaced axe, man. 871 00:50:33,099 --> 00:50:36,136 [sniffles and sighs] 872 00:50:36,171 --> 00:50:38,069 ♪ 873 00:50:38,104 --> 00:50:41,693 Yesterday, I made a mistake of leaving it out there. 874 00:50:41,728 --> 00:50:43,523 Such I bummer that I did a mistake. 875 00:50:43,557 --> 00:50:46,698 So maybe I'm starting to make mistakes like that. 876 00:50:46,733 --> 00:50:49,046 I got to be really careful. 877 00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:50,875 ♪ 878 00:51:13,863 --> 00:51:14,830 Huh. 879 00:51:14,864 --> 00:51:16,314 ♪ 880 00:51:16,349 --> 00:51:18,282 There it is. Yes. 881 00:51:18,316 --> 00:51:19,697 ♪ 882 00:51:19,731 --> 00:51:23,080 So stupid. My baby. 883 00:51:23,114 --> 00:51:24,426 ♪ 884 00:51:24,460 --> 00:51:28,775 I left you outside in the dark. I'm so sorry, man. 885 00:51:28,809 --> 00:51:30,846 I'll never do that again. 886 00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:33,020 ♪ 887 00:51:33,055 --> 00:51:36,576 Oh, please forgive me. 888 00:51:36,610 --> 00:51:39,061 [laughs] 889 00:51:39,096 --> 00:51:41,477 Forgive me. [laughs] 890 00:51:41,512 --> 00:51:45,136 My beautiful axe. I love you so much. 891 00:51:45,171 --> 00:51:48,139 Oh, thank you. 892 00:52:07,193 --> 00:52:10,299 Mwah. [laughs] 893 00:52:10,334 --> 00:52:13,371 [water trickling] 894 00:52:16,409 --> 00:52:19,377 [dramatic music] 895 00:52:19,412 --> 00:52:26,419 ♪ 896 00:52:38,155 --> 00:52:40,295 - [groans] 897 00:52:41,572 --> 00:52:46,784 Well, it looks like our exertions were in vain. 898 00:52:48,026 --> 00:52:50,063 There's no fish in the net. 899 00:52:51,237 --> 00:52:52,790 Maybe that's my punishment 900 00:52:52,824 --> 00:52:55,965 for the terrible cursing I done. 901 00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:57,519 Need the way. 902 00:52:57,553 --> 00:53:00,487 Bless me here, Danger Rock. 903 00:53:00,522 --> 00:53:03,594 [water lapping] 904 00:53:04,940 --> 00:53:07,563 Right now, I'm going on top to dig root, 905 00:53:07,598 --> 00:53:09,807 and I might pick a few berries too. 906 00:53:09,841 --> 00:53:13,742 I hope this bear comes around. 907 00:53:13,776 --> 00:53:14,950 ♪ 908 00:53:14,984 --> 00:53:16,607 I don't take time off to hunt. 909 00:53:16,641 --> 00:53:18,229 You say, "Okay, let's go bear hunting." 910 00:53:18,264 --> 00:53:21,059 You can walk all day long here every day, and you know, 911 00:53:21,094 --> 00:53:23,234 you're just gonna bump into him. 912 00:53:23,269 --> 00:53:25,132 It's the only way to do that. 913 00:53:25,167 --> 00:53:28,274 But whenever I don't need my axe, I take my bow. 914 00:53:28,308 --> 00:53:29,447 And every time I see him, 915 00:53:29,482 --> 00:53:30,966 I'll go straight to hunting mode. 916 00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:33,279 Till then, no. 917 00:53:33,313 --> 00:53:36,454 Now my favorite part. Cranberries. 918 00:53:36,489 --> 00:53:40,320 Picking these cranberries, 919 00:53:40,355 --> 00:53:44,117 I really relate to my ancestors. 920 00:53:44,151 --> 00:53:46,602 I like that bond. 921 00:53:46,637 --> 00:53:50,917 This is our fruit for the winter. 922 00:53:50,951 --> 00:53:53,437 Roots will be our vegetable. 923 00:53:53,471 --> 00:53:56,129 ♪ 924 00:53:56,163 --> 00:53:57,751 I like to go out and do 925 00:53:57,786 --> 00:53:59,857 the things the old timers had to do. 926 00:53:59,891 --> 00:54:01,376 ♪ 927 00:54:01,410 --> 00:54:04,275 The old ways are valuable. 928 00:54:04,310 --> 00:54:06,346 You know, electric's the only thing that keeps us 929 00:54:06,381 --> 00:54:09,936 separated from how the old timers had to live. 930 00:54:09,970 --> 00:54:11,938 The lights ever go out, boy, 931 00:54:11,972 --> 00:54:15,252 everybody's gonna get a big awakening. 932 00:54:15,286 --> 00:54:18,151 ♪ 933 00:54:18,185 --> 00:54:20,740 [branches rustling] 934 00:54:20,774 --> 00:54:22,362 [bleep]. 935 00:54:26,987 --> 00:54:30,059 ♪ 936 00:54:30,094 --> 00:54:33,304 I'm gonna sneak up over this rock 937 00:54:33,339 --> 00:54:35,755 and hopefully get one in him. 938 00:54:35,789 --> 00:54:42,796 ♪ 939 00:54:48,940 --> 00:54:50,563 - Coming up, I'll be speaking 940 00:54:50,597 --> 00:54:54,325 with all the participants of tonight's episode. 941 00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:56,776 Plus, we'll take a sneak peak at next week's show, 942 00:54:56,810 --> 00:55:00,366 and we have some exciting, never-before-seen footage 943 00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:01,781 that you're gonna love. 944 00:55:01,815 --> 00:55:03,645 You don't wanna miss it. Stick around. 945 00:55:03,679 --> 00:55:07,027 ♪ 946 00:55:12,170 --> 00:55:15,104 - Welcome to "Alone: Tales From the Arctic." 947 00:55:15,139 --> 00:55:16,796 I'm Colby Donaldson. 948 00:55:16,830 --> 00:55:19,799 This week on the show we have Roland, Joe, Joel, 949 00:55:19,833 --> 00:55:22,353 Kielyn, Callie, and Amós, 950 00:55:22,388 --> 00:55:26,012 everyone involved in this night's episode. 951 00:55:26,046 --> 00:55:27,945 By the end of this episode, 952 00:55:27,979 --> 00:55:31,604 you've all been alone in the Arctic for one month. 953 00:55:31,638 --> 00:55:35,124 Callie, one month in, how are you feeling right now? 954 00:55:35,159 --> 00:55:37,092 - I'm feeling great. 955 00:55:37,126 --> 00:55:39,750 I feel like it takes about a month 956 00:55:39,784 --> 00:55:42,028 to sort of slow down 957 00:55:42,062 --> 00:55:44,858 and kind of get into the rhythm of a wild place. 958 00:55:44,893 --> 00:55:45,928 Whoo. 959 00:55:45,963 --> 00:55:48,483 And so, I'm really settling in. 960 00:55:48,517 --> 00:55:51,037 Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 961 00:55:51,071 --> 00:55:53,280 Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. 962 00:55:53,315 --> 00:55:56,801 And I feel really grounded because my shelter's 963 00:55:56,836 --> 00:56:00,080 coming along really well too. 964 00:56:00,115 --> 00:56:01,703 - Well, we see this every season. 965 00:56:01,737 --> 00:56:05,085 About a month in, people start to reflect 966 00:56:05,120 --> 00:56:06,673 on loved ones back home. 967 00:56:06,708 --> 00:56:09,193 Kielyn, tell us about that. 968 00:56:09,227 --> 00:56:11,368 - I was starting to think about childhood 969 00:56:11,402 --> 00:56:14,785 and relationships that were fostered long ago, 970 00:56:14,819 --> 00:56:17,028 and you start thinking about those people again, 971 00:56:17,063 --> 00:56:18,927 and that I found really interesting. 972 00:56:18,961 --> 00:56:21,516 - Yeah, Kie, I had exactly the same memories, 973 00:56:21,550 --> 00:56:23,552 which would never enter your mind 974 00:56:23,587 --> 00:56:25,968 just randomly come out of nowhere. 975 00:56:26,003 --> 00:56:27,418 Reflections on when you were 976 00:56:27,453 --> 00:56:29,040 just, like, five, six years old, 977 00:56:29,075 --> 00:56:30,904 and it's crazy how all those things come up, 978 00:56:30,939 --> 00:56:32,975 and that's priceless, because you don't get 979 00:56:33,010 --> 00:56:35,944 those sort of experiences in this modern life. 980 00:56:35,978 --> 00:56:37,601 - Nice. 981 00:56:37,635 --> 00:56:40,362 Roland, let's talk about getting woodsy. 982 00:56:40,397 --> 00:56:43,227 I love that quote from you. 983 00:56:43,261 --> 00:56:46,023 - Woodsy can describe your frame of mind. 984 00:56:46,057 --> 00:56:49,336 Woodsy can describe your acclimation. 985 00:56:49,371 --> 00:56:50,683 You know, you're woodsy now. 986 00:56:50,717 --> 00:56:52,098 You've been there a long time. 987 00:56:52,132 --> 00:56:54,307 Feels pretty homey. 988 00:56:54,341 --> 00:56:57,448 We are getting really woodsy now. 989 00:56:57,483 --> 00:57:00,313 Also might mean a compliment if I walk into your camp, 990 00:57:00,347 --> 00:57:02,902 and you're doing some [bleep] I think's pretty cool, 991 00:57:02,936 --> 00:57:05,042 I might say, "You're getting woodsy." 992 00:57:05,076 --> 00:57:08,079 - Well, you know, both Kielyn and Callie 993 00:57:08,114 --> 00:57:09,909 got a little woodsy out there. 994 00:57:09,943 --> 00:57:13,015 Both of you were presented with different issues, 995 00:57:13,050 --> 00:57:14,914 and then you both adapted. 996 00:57:14,948 --> 00:57:18,538 Callie, tell me about the important of using clay 997 00:57:18,573 --> 00:57:21,265 when you were building up that stone structure 998 00:57:21,299 --> 00:57:22,542 for your fire pit. 999 00:57:22,577 --> 00:57:24,302 - Yeah, the clay was crucial 1000 00:57:24,337 --> 00:57:25,994 when I was building that stone fireplace, 1001 00:57:26,028 --> 00:57:28,548 because if I just stack the stones, 1002 00:57:28,583 --> 00:57:31,102 there's all these gaps in between each rock, 1003 00:57:31,137 --> 00:57:32,379 and the clay I would fill in 1004 00:57:32,414 --> 00:57:34,002 between all the cracks in the rocks. 1005 00:57:34,036 --> 00:57:36,660 So there's nowhere for the smoke to get in, 1006 00:57:36,694 --> 00:57:38,282 and that way there's no way 1007 00:57:38,316 --> 00:57:40,146 for the cold air to get inside, 1008 00:57:40,180 --> 00:57:42,113 and then there's only one place for the smoke to go, 1009 00:57:42,148 --> 00:57:44,495 which is out the chimney. 1010 00:57:44,530 --> 00:57:47,533 - Kielyn, did the chimney work right away, first attempt? 1011 00:57:47,567 --> 00:57:48,982 I mean, it looks pretty successful 1012 00:57:49,017 --> 00:57:50,190 from what we could see. 1013 00:57:50,225 --> 00:57:52,572 - I ended up having, like, a temporary 1014 00:57:52,607 --> 00:57:55,299 birch bark tube that I had going up 1015 00:57:55,333 --> 00:57:57,991 just to test it to see if it would draw, 1016 00:57:58,026 --> 00:58:00,753 and it was, so then I decided to go ahead 1017 00:58:00,787 --> 00:58:03,687 with putting in the effort of building it with clay. 1018 00:58:03,721 --> 00:58:05,516 So yeah, it was working. 1019 00:58:05,551 --> 00:58:09,727 There was definitely still some tweaking to be made, 1020 00:58:09,762 --> 00:58:11,591 but we know that Callie's looked amazing, 1021 00:58:11,626 --> 00:58:14,905 and I was super jealous when I was watching it. 1022 00:58:14,939 --> 00:58:17,908 - On that point, Kielyn, I've always wondered this. 1023 00:58:17,942 --> 00:58:20,151 When you're watching the episodes back-- 1024 00:58:20,186 --> 00:58:22,947 obviously you didn't know what was transpiring 1025 00:58:22,982 --> 00:58:24,708 over at the other locations. 1026 00:58:24,742 --> 00:58:26,226 When you're watching them back, 1027 00:58:26,261 --> 00:58:27,987 and you see some of the other shelters, 1028 00:58:28,021 --> 00:58:30,023 are you--are you blown away? 1029 00:58:30,058 --> 00:58:31,887 - Yeah, I mean, I loved watching it. 1030 00:58:31,922 --> 00:58:35,615 Certainly Roland's was very unique and looked robust, 1031 00:58:35,650 --> 00:58:39,239 and then I saw Joel's little chimney 1032 00:58:39,274 --> 00:58:41,034 with the cans that he found, 1033 00:58:41,069 --> 00:58:42,553 and I thought, oh, that was really cool. 1034 00:58:42,588 --> 00:58:44,555 They were all thinking long-term, 1035 00:58:44,590 --> 00:58:45,970 and that was cool. 1036 00:58:46,005 --> 00:58:47,247 - Yeah. 1037 00:58:47,282 --> 00:58:49,387 Joel, did you bring the mandolin home? 1038 00:58:49,422 --> 00:58:52,494 - I did bring the mandolin home. 1039 00:58:52,529 --> 00:58:55,014 There she is, right there. - There you go. 1040 00:58:55,048 --> 00:58:57,430 - I cannot believe that they put my song 1041 00:58:57,464 --> 00:58:59,708 the way that they did on this episode, 1042 00:58:59,743 --> 00:59:03,574 so I'm both grateful and a bit embarrassed about it. 1043 00:59:03,609 --> 00:59:07,233 ♪ Not sure what the future holds ♪ 1044 00:59:07,267 --> 00:59:11,340 ♪ But I'll take each day by day ♪ 1045 00:59:11,375 --> 00:59:13,826 - It was very sweet. - [chuckles] Thank you, Kie. 1046 00:59:13,860 --> 00:59:15,759 - I thought it was an awesome song. 1047 00:59:15,793 --> 00:59:17,001 - [chuckles] 1048 00:59:17,036 --> 00:59:19,659 [humming] - Nice work. 1049 00:59:19,694 --> 00:59:21,834 There's plenty more to talk about when we come back, 1050 00:59:21,868 --> 00:59:24,077 including some never-before-seen footage 1051 00:59:24,112 --> 00:59:26,804 and a sneak peak at next week's episode. 1052 00:59:26,839 --> 00:59:28,323 You're not gonna want to miss it. 1053 00:59:28,357 --> 00:59:30,118 Stick around. 1054 00:59:30,152 --> 00:59:31,740 ♪ 1055 00:59:35,088 --> 00:59:36,780 ♪ 1056 00:59:36,814 --> 00:59:39,990 - Welcome back to "Alone: Tales from the Arctic." 1057 00:59:40,024 --> 00:59:42,820 We're here tonight with Roland, Joe, Joel, 1058 00:59:42,855 --> 00:59:45,409 Kielyn, Callie, and Amós. 1059 00:59:45,443 --> 00:59:49,378 Joe, you finally have some success 1060 00:59:49,413 --> 00:59:54,142 with your snare lines, only to have that stolen 1061 00:59:54,176 --> 00:59:55,522 by another predator. 1062 00:59:55,557 --> 00:59:58,077 How frustrating was that part? 1063 00:59:58,111 --> 01:00:00,873 - Well, I had been having really consistent success 1064 01:00:00,907 --> 01:00:03,496 with the snares up to that point, 1065 01:00:03,530 --> 01:00:06,257 and it was scary to think that maybe I would start 1066 01:00:06,292 --> 01:00:09,778 losing those bunnies to some kind of predator. 1067 01:00:09,813 --> 01:00:11,677 Must be a small critter. 1068 01:00:11,711 --> 01:00:14,093 Something that didn't carry the body off. 1069 01:00:14,127 --> 01:00:16,026 If anything was on to me, I was-- 1070 01:00:16,060 --> 01:00:17,993 I was pretty concerned that I could be losing 1071 01:00:18,028 --> 01:00:20,409 that food source as an option. 1072 01:00:20,444 --> 01:00:25,207 - Okay, well, I wanna pivot to that massive lake trout. 1073 01:00:25,242 --> 01:00:28,383 Your reaction that that thing was complete 1074 01:00:28,417 --> 01:00:30,696 and total jubilation. 1075 01:00:30,730 --> 01:00:32,663 Explain just the range of emotions 1076 01:00:32,698 --> 01:00:35,321 and how that felt when you brought him in. 1077 01:00:35,355 --> 01:00:36,943 - Well, it's one of those moments 1078 01:00:36,978 --> 01:00:39,290 where it's undeniable that life's really happening, 1079 01:00:39,325 --> 01:00:40,395 and you're in it. 1080 01:00:40,429 --> 01:00:43,018 And to happen in that moment 1081 01:00:43,053 --> 01:00:44,606 where I was starting to have doubts 1082 01:00:44,641 --> 01:00:48,472 about getting another fish and to get a trout that big, 1083 01:00:48,506 --> 01:00:51,095 ten days of food, even if that was all that I had, 1084 01:00:51,130 --> 01:00:53,132 not to mention the fact that it actually 1085 01:00:53,166 --> 01:00:54,823 came off the hook at the shore. 1086 01:00:54,858 --> 01:00:56,963 That's why you see me go into that almost panic 1087 01:00:56,998 --> 01:00:58,102 and dive down. 1088 01:00:58,137 --> 01:01:00,795 That was the fish of a lifetime for me. 1089 01:01:00,829 --> 01:01:03,142 - That thing was beautiful. 1090 01:01:03,176 --> 01:01:04,591 Well, you were talking about being down 1091 01:01:04,626 --> 01:01:05,662 on the water's edge. 1092 01:01:05,696 --> 01:01:07,664 I wanna talk about that. 1093 01:01:07,698 --> 01:01:10,356 Roland, you know, I don't think people understand 1094 01:01:10,390 --> 01:01:14,981 just how dangerous the edge of those rocks really are. 1095 01:01:15,016 --> 01:01:17,674 Spell it out a little bit for the viewers at home. 1096 01:01:17,708 --> 01:01:20,159 And what would happen in those circumstances 1097 01:01:20,193 --> 01:01:22,609 if you had slipped in or fallen in 1098 01:01:22,644 --> 01:01:25,440 where there's a lot of very deep, steep ledges? 1099 01:01:25,474 --> 01:01:27,856 - Yeah, it's absolutely deep right there. 1100 01:01:27,891 --> 01:01:30,548 It was 20-foot, possibly more, 1101 01:01:30,583 --> 01:01:32,758 right off the very edge, 1102 01:01:32,792 --> 01:01:36,969 and the camera never grabs that like--like you see it. 1103 01:01:37,003 --> 01:01:38,867 Really super steep there. 1104 01:01:38,902 --> 01:01:41,283 Then the spray blows up on there, 1105 01:01:41,318 --> 01:01:42,733 so it's slippy too. 1106 01:01:42,768 --> 01:01:45,046 Hey, you [bleep]! 1107 01:01:45,080 --> 01:01:47,117 Quit that! 1108 01:01:47,151 --> 01:01:49,533 Hundred ways you can go in the water. 1109 01:01:49,567 --> 01:01:51,224 The least that's gonna happen 1110 01:01:51,259 --> 01:01:53,779 is you're soaking wet and maybe some hypothermia. 1111 01:01:53,813 --> 01:01:54,987 I don't know. 1112 01:01:55,021 --> 01:01:58,093 Worst case scenario, drowned and die. 1113 01:01:58,128 --> 01:02:01,096 Done for. It could happen right there. 1114 01:02:01,131 --> 01:02:03,133 - Well, and it wasn't just the water 1115 01:02:03,167 --> 01:02:05,480 that you guys were having to contend with out there. 1116 01:02:05,514 --> 01:02:07,516 Joe, even, you know, 1117 01:02:07,551 --> 01:02:09,898 little things can become big things, 1118 01:02:09,933 --> 01:02:13,212 certainly annoying things, and what I'm referring to 1119 01:02:13,246 --> 01:02:14,592 is the wind. 1120 01:02:14,627 --> 01:02:17,216 Wind became a huge factor, 1121 01:02:17,250 --> 01:02:19,114 at least a huge annoyance. 1122 01:02:19,149 --> 01:02:21,047 We've got some never-before-seen footage. 1123 01:02:21,082 --> 01:02:22,255 Let's take a look. 1124 01:02:22,290 --> 01:02:24,292 [gentle music] 1125 01:02:24,326 --> 01:02:27,467 - This season on "Alone," 1126 01:02:27,502 --> 01:02:29,780 Joe is finally going mad. 1127 01:02:29,815 --> 01:02:31,575 ♪ 1128 01:02:31,609 --> 01:02:32,887 It's not the loneliness. 1129 01:02:32,921 --> 01:02:34,164 It's the sound of this tarp 1130 01:02:34,198 --> 01:02:36,960 billowing six inches from his face. 1131 01:02:36,994 --> 01:02:39,100 More extreme than ever! 1132 01:02:39,134 --> 01:02:40,549 ♪ 1133 01:02:40,584 --> 01:02:42,759 I knew the wind will be my biggest adversary here, 1134 01:02:42,793 --> 01:02:44,001 and it is. 1135 01:02:44,036 --> 01:02:45,485 This is driving me crazy. 1136 01:02:45,520 --> 01:02:46,832 [wind whistling] 1137 01:02:46,866 --> 01:02:48,040 More wind. 1138 01:02:48,074 --> 01:02:49,386 It's like, give me [bleep] cold. 1139 01:02:49,420 --> 01:02:50,594 I don't [bleep] care about the cold. 1140 01:02:50,628 --> 01:02:52,458 The wind... 1141 01:02:52,492 --> 01:02:54,184 the wind is just-- 1142 01:02:54,218 --> 01:02:55,806 it's like it crawls under my skin, 1143 01:02:55,841 --> 01:02:58,360 gets in my blood and goes to my brain, 1144 01:02:58,395 --> 01:03:00,190 and it just doesn't [bleep] work. 1145 01:03:00,224 --> 01:03:03,124 Feeling angry at the wind, 1146 01:03:03,158 --> 01:03:04,781 but it's only the fool 1147 01:03:04,815 --> 01:03:07,473 who screams at the wind to stop. 1148 01:03:07,507 --> 01:03:09,716 - Was it really that bad? 1149 01:03:09,751 --> 01:03:11,960 - I wouldn't say it was bad. [chuckles] 1150 01:03:11,995 --> 01:03:14,583 I would say that it-- it was brutal. 1151 01:03:14,618 --> 01:03:17,621 Wind's got me feeling aggravated. 1152 01:03:17,655 --> 01:03:19,934 It was hard for me to think straight sometimes. 1153 01:03:19,968 --> 01:03:21,901 You wanna be able to hear everything around you. 1154 01:03:21,936 --> 01:03:23,489 I wanna be able to sit calmly 1155 01:03:23,523 --> 01:03:25,422 and contemplate my next move, 1156 01:03:25,456 --> 01:03:27,700 and, man, it was just like that wind was like 1157 01:03:27,734 --> 01:03:29,806 an annoying little brother or something 1158 01:03:29,840 --> 01:03:31,255 just pestering at you. 1159 01:03:31,290 --> 01:03:32,843 - Yeah. 1160 01:03:32,878 --> 01:03:34,224 One final thing, 1161 01:03:34,258 --> 01:03:36,847 Roland, at the end of this episode, 1162 01:03:36,882 --> 01:03:39,954 we see you take a shot at that musk ox. 1163 01:03:39,988 --> 01:03:41,956 I gotta ask, did you get him? 1164 01:03:41,990 --> 01:03:43,543 - Well, that's to be seen. 1165 01:03:43,578 --> 01:03:46,753 I mean, that's the jackpot out there traipsing around, 1166 01:03:46,788 --> 01:03:49,929 and it was high pressure to make that shot. 1167 01:03:49,964 --> 01:03:52,690 - That is the big game that everybody's talking about. 1168 01:03:52,725 --> 01:03:55,555 That's what everybody's trying to bring down. 1169 01:03:55,590 --> 01:03:57,799 Well, we're gonna have to tune in and see 1170 01:03:57,834 --> 01:04:00,422 if you are successful. 1171 01:04:00,457 --> 01:04:03,322 That's it for "Alone: Tales From the Arctic." 1172 01:04:03,356 --> 01:04:05,358 I'm Colby Donaldson. Thanks for joining us. 1173 01:04:05,393 --> 01:04:08,396 I'd like to also thank Roland, Joe, Joel, 1174 01:04:08,430 --> 01:04:11,226 Kielyn, Callie, and Amós. 1175 01:04:11,261 --> 01:04:13,194 And as promised, here's a sneak peak 1176 01:04:13,228 --> 01:04:14,781 of next week's episode. 1177 01:04:14,816 --> 01:04:16,611 We'll see you then. 1178 01:04:16,645 --> 01:04:18,164 - Holy [bleep]. 1179 01:04:18,199 --> 01:04:20,408 The bear is stealing fish out of my cache. 1180 01:04:20,442 --> 01:04:23,066 You steal my food, you turn into food. 1181 01:04:23,100 --> 01:04:25,620 - Oh, my God, the gill net's gone. 1182 01:04:25,654 --> 01:04:27,242 If I don't have fish, it won't be possible 1183 01:04:27,277 --> 01:04:28,450 to stay long-term. 1184 01:04:28,485 --> 01:04:30,280 - Why rain? 1185 01:04:30,314 --> 01:04:31,729 [bleep] rain! 1186 01:04:31,764 --> 01:04:34,905 It's not supposed to be [bleep] raining in the Arctic. 1187 01:04:34,940 --> 01:04:36,838 - He's going up over the rock ridge. 1188 01:04:36,873 --> 01:04:39,289 Sometimes you just gotta go for it. 1189 01:04:39,323 --> 01:04:40,946 [musk ox growls] 1190 01:04:40,980 --> 01:04:43,638 ♪