1 00:00:06,696 --> 00:00:09,595 [eerie music] 2 00:00:09,699 --> 00:00:14,531 3 00:00:14,635 --> 00:00:16,637 [dramatic music] 4 00:00:16,740 --> 00:00:18,363 - Holy [bleep]. Bear. 5 00:00:18,466 --> 00:00:20,054 If I want that bear, 6 00:00:20,158 --> 00:00:21,435 I need to be at the berry patch. 7 00:00:21,538 --> 00:00:22,470 8 00:00:22,574 --> 00:00:25,439 - Dang, my gill net snapped. 9 00:00:25,542 --> 00:00:26,888 Look at that. 10 00:00:26,992 --> 00:00:28,787 Don't fall in the water. 11 00:00:28,890 --> 00:00:30,064 - So I've been trying every day 12 00:00:30,168 --> 00:00:32,170 to get a little bit done on the shelter, 13 00:00:32,273 --> 00:00:35,276 but catching more game-- that's my focus. 14 00:00:35,380 --> 00:00:37,485 This is a fat trout. 15 00:00:37,589 --> 00:00:40,178 - I'm gonna sneak up over this rock 16 00:00:40,281 --> 00:00:42,214 and hopefully get one in him. 17 00:00:42,318 --> 00:00:44,768 18 00:00:44,872 --> 00:00:46,770 [wind whistling] 19 00:00:46,874 --> 00:00:48,703 20 00:00:48,807 --> 00:00:50,222 male narrator: For the first time, 21 00:00:50,326 --> 00:00:54,123 ten participants will fight to survive the Arctic 22 00:00:54,226 --> 00:00:57,505 for longer than anyone in "Alone" history... 23 00:00:57,609 --> 00:01:01,302 a grueling 100 days. 24 00:01:01,406 --> 00:01:02,959 - This is the ultimate challenge. 25 00:01:03,063 --> 00:01:04,374 26 00:01:04,478 --> 00:01:07,515 - A hundred days in the Arctic is no joke. 27 00:01:07,619 --> 00:01:08,861 narrator: If they can endure, 28 00:01:08,965 --> 00:01:11,761 they'll win the biggest prize ever: 29 00:01:11,864 --> 00:01:14,971 $1 million. 30 00:01:15,075 --> 00:01:16,283 31 00:01:16,386 --> 00:01:17,594 - Whoa! 32 00:01:17,698 --> 00:01:18,595 - Holy [bleep]! 33 00:01:18,699 --> 00:01:20,321 - You can't tap out 34 00:01:20,425 --> 00:01:22,254 when there's a million bucks on the line. 35 00:01:22,358 --> 00:01:24,429 - Oh, my gosh. [growls] 36 00:01:24,532 --> 00:01:27,466 - How hard can you work for $10,000 a day? 37 00:01:27,570 --> 00:01:28,881 - It looks like frostbite. 38 00:01:28,985 --> 00:01:30,090 [screams] 39 00:01:30,193 --> 00:01:31,919 - Oh, [bleep]! 40 00:01:32,022 --> 00:01:36,406 narrator: This is "Alone: Million Dollar Challenge." 41 00:01:36,510 --> 00:01:38,374 - They're just surrounding my shelter. 42 00:01:38,477 --> 00:01:39,513 [wolf growling] 43 00:01:39,616 --> 00:01:43,137 44 00:01:43,241 --> 00:01:46,140 [eerie music] 45 00:01:46,244 --> 00:01:53,216 46 00:02:03,053 --> 00:02:05,953 [music swells] 47 00:02:06,056 --> 00:02:11,338 48 00:02:12,925 --> 00:02:16,688 - We struck it. We just hit that muskox. 49 00:02:16,791 --> 00:02:18,621 We just hit that muskox. 50 00:02:18,724 --> 00:02:22,694 51 00:02:22,797 --> 00:02:24,799 We just got an arrow 52 00:02:24,903 --> 00:02:28,424 in a giant bull muskox. 53 00:02:28,527 --> 00:02:32,290 That was probably 35 yards. 54 00:02:32,393 --> 00:02:34,464 Holy [bleep]. 55 00:02:34,568 --> 00:02:37,467 [eerie tones] 56 00:02:37,571 --> 00:02:40,574 I think he's gonna go someplace and bleed out. 57 00:02:40,677 --> 00:02:43,646 There was a bunch of blood, man. 58 00:02:43,749 --> 00:02:45,372 59 00:02:45,475 --> 00:02:48,202 He's going up over the rock ridge. 60 00:02:48,306 --> 00:02:55,278 61 00:02:58,764 --> 00:03:04,391 62 00:03:04,494 --> 00:03:06,186 [whispers] He's right up here. 63 00:03:08,671 --> 00:03:10,397 I'm gonna wait a little bit. 64 00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:17,438 65 00:03:28,484 --> 00:03:31,383 [tense music] 66 00:03:31,487 --> 00:03:32,384 67 00:03:32,488 --> 00:03:35,629 Daylight's getting thin. 68 00:03:35,732 --> 00:03:38,390 I got no arrows. 69 00:03:38,494 --> 00:03:40,944 I gotta do something. 70 00:03:41,048 --> 00:03:47,365 71 00:03:47,468 --> 00:03:51,196 Sometimes you just gotta go for it. 72 00:03:51,300 --> 00:03:57,961 73 00:03:58,065 --> 00:03:59,308 [muskox growls] 74 00:03:59,411 --> 00:04:06,453 75 00:04:11,043 --> 00:04:18,050 76 00:04:20,881 --> 00:04:23,780 [music swells] 77 00:04:23,884 --> 00:04:25,126 78 00:04:25,230 --> 00:04:26,645 [muskox growling] 79 00:04:26,749 --> 00:04:33,756 80 00:04:34,239 --> 00:04:36,137 [growling] 81 00:04:36,241 --> 00:04:43,248 82 00:04:46,424 --> 00:04:47,459 [whimpers] 83 00:04:47,563 --> 00:04:50,531 [music fades] 84 00:04:59,437 --> 00:05:01,473 [breathing heavily] 85 00:05:03,648 --> 00:05:06,236 You ain't gonna [bleep] believe this. 86 00:05:06,340 --> 00:05:08,653 [panting] 87 00:05:08,756 --> 00:05:12,898 I just stabbed this muskox to death. 88 00:05:13,002 --> 00:05:15,453 Oh, my Lord. 89 00:05:15,556 --> 00:05:17,765 Hoo, hoo, hoo! 90 00:05:17,869 --> 00:05:19,871 We got big game. 91 00:05:19,974 --> 00:05:22,770 Big game at Rock House. 92 00:05:22,874 --> 00:05:24,220 [sighs] 93 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:26,705 We are very thankful. 94 00:05:26,809 --> 00:05:28,776 I still have a long road ahead of me, 95 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:30,709 but this is so big. 96 00:05:30,813 --> 00:05:32,780 There's a hundred emotions going through me 97 00:05:32,884 --> 00:05:34,057 at this very moment. 98 00:05:34,161 --> 00:05:38,234 99 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:40,892 Got a lot to do here quick. 100 00:05:40,995 --> 00:05:43,308 We got about an hour and a half of light. 101 00:05:43,412 --> 00:05:44,413 102 00:05:44,516 --> 00:05:46,863 We gotta pop the guts out of him. 103 00:05:46,967 --> 00:05:48,589 104 00:05:48,693 --> 00:05:52,041 The chase took me two miles away from Rock House. 105 00:05:52,144 --> 00:05:54,008 It's getting dark. 106 00:05:54,112 --> 00:05:55,838 Right now, I wanna take all these organs home. 107 00:05:55,941 --> 00:05:58,358 That is the most valuable part of the kill. 108 00:05:58,461 --> 00:06:01,464 That is where the best nutrients are. 109 00:06:01,568 --> 00:06:03,949 Right there, baby-- 110 00:06:04,053 --> 00:06:06,089 fresh heart. 111 00:06:06,193 --> 00:06:07,884 Feeding time. 112 00:06:07,988 --> 00:06:10,818 This is a pure animal out of the pure wilderness. 113 00:06:10,922 --> 00:06:12,958 There's absolutely nothing wrong with it, 114 00:06:13,062 --> 00:06:14,960 and it's mealtime warm. 115 00:06:15,064 --> 00:06:16,686 116 00:06:16,790 --> 00:06:19,171 Now that's pure energy right there. 117 00:06:21,415 --> 00:06:22,968 I love it. 118 00:06:23,072 --> 00:06:26,627 We're gonna need that by the time we get home. 119 00:06:26,731 --> 00:06:29,078 And there's still a lot of work to do yet. 120 00:06:31,874 --> 00:06:35,015 We're gonna get blessed from this so many ways, 121 00:06:35,118 --> 00:06:37,362 your freaking eyeballs are gonna spin. 122 00:06:37,466 --> 00:06:39,053 [ominous music] 123 00:06:39,157 --> 00:06:41,124 Holy [bleep]. 124 00:06:41,228 --> 00:06:44,645 125 00:06:44,749 --> 00:06:48,753 We're gonna have to make a break for camp, I'm afraid. 126 00:06:48,856 --> 00:06:51,031 I hate to shut down, 127 00:06:51,134 --> 00:06:53,274 but we gotta do it. 128 00:06:53,378 --> 00:06:55,415 I just got one side of the hide pulled off. 129 00:06:55,518 --> 00:06:58,072 130 00:06:58,176 --> 00:06:59,936 I'm gonna carry it in my raincoat, 131 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:01,731 what I'm taking back first. 132 00:07:01,835 --> 00:07:04,216 I wanna wrap all these entrails up. 133 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,253 There's just hardly no fat on him, 134 00:07:06,356 --> 00:07:08,428 no internal fat, you know? 135 00:07:08,531 --> 00:07:10,015 No kidney fat. 136 00:07:10,119 --> 00:07:12,328 Mostly the kidneys are all wrapped in a big, fat ball. 137 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:15,504 Little wee bit of fat in the intestines. 138 00:07:15,607 --> 00:07:18,058 139 00:07:18,161 --> 00:07:20,094 And there-- that bundle will ride. 140 00:07:20,198 --> 00:07:23,753 We've gotta make tracks. I can't help it. 141 00:07:23,857 --> 00:07:25,065 142 00:07:25,168 --> 00:07:27,205 We're just gonna bed down and try to be up early 143 00:07:27,308 --> 00:07:30,760 before them birds get out and anything else finds it. 144 00:07:30,864 --> 00:07:34,281 145 00:07:34,384 --> 00:07:37,249 [haunting music] 146 00:07:37,353 --> 00:07:44,360 147 00:07:46,327 --> 00:07:49,227 [bear growling] 148 00:07:49,330 --> 00:07:53,231 149 00:07:59,686 --> 00:08:01,929 - We can see... 150 00:08:09,868 --> 00:08:11,594 Man, look at that. 151 00:08:11,698 --> 00:08:13,941 Some is more recent, man. 152 00:08:14,045 --> 00:08:17,635 You can tell by how fresh the berries are. 153 00:08:19,706 --> 00:08:22,191 Hopefully it's not after my smoked fish. 154 00:08:32,650 --> 00:08:35,411 [whimsical music] 155 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:36,792 156 00:08:36,895 --> 00:08:38,794 I'm catching all this fish. 157 00:08:38,897 --> 00:08:41,382 I think that I have really good chances 158 00:08:41,486 --> 00:08:44,109 to lasting a very long time. 159 00:08:44,213 --> 00:08:45,525 160 00:08:51,807 --> 00:08:53,222 161 00:08:53,325 --> 00:08:56,087 It should be way more insulated 162 00:08:56,190 --> 00:08:57,640 and protected, 163 00:08:57,744 --> 00:08:59,711 and a bear would have a hard time 164 00:08:59,815 --> 00:09:02,093 trying to break in to get my fish. 165 00:09:02,196 --> 00:09:04,544 That will get me time to get up. 166 00:09:06,028 --> 00:09:07,616 The lake is calm, 167 00:09:07,719 --> 00:09:09,721 so I wanna check the gill net. 168 00:09:09,825 --> 00:09:12,724 [upbeat music] 169 00:09:12,828 --> 00:09:14,554 170 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,600 171 00:09:26,704 --> 00:09:28,119 Oh, [bleep]. 172 00:09:28,222 --> 00:09:30,121 [tense music] 173 00:09:30,224 --> 00:09:32,710 [bleep]. Oh, my God. 174 00:09:32,813 --> 00:09:34,850 175 00:09:34,953 --> 00:09:37,404 The gill net's gone. 176 00:09:41,097 --> 00:09:42,547 Whoa. 177 00:09:42,651 --> 00:09:45,239 178 00:09:47,794 --> 00:09:49,934 Ugh. 179 00:09:50,037 --> 00:09:52,005 This is really terrible. 180 00:09:54,317 --> 00:09:58,149 That thing produce a whole month of food, straight up. 181 00:09:58,252 --> 00:10:01,566 Full month of food supply. 182 00:10:01,670 --> 00:10:05,708 183 00:10:10,886 --> 00:10:13,026 184 00:10:13,129 --> 00:10:16,029 [solemn music] 185 00:10:16,132 --> 00:10:22,794 186 00:10:28,041 --> 00:10:30,043 - We gotta get moving 187 00:10:30,146 --> 00:10:32,666 and head up the mountain and out to the muskox. 188 00:10:32,770 --> 00:10:35,117 I'm worried there's some critters on it. 189 00:10:35,220 --> 00:10:38,120 [foreboding music] 190 00:10:38,223 --> 00:10:42,676 191 00:10:42,780 --> 00:10:44,885 I'm worried about a wolverine or a bear 192 00:10:44,989 --> 00:10:46,922 getting on this thing in the night. 193 00:10:47,025 --> 00:10:49,856 That's the main danger of me losing this meat. 194 00:10:49,959 --> 00:10:51,823 195 00:10:51,927 --> 00:10:54,205 I've had animals get my kills. 196 00:10:54,308 --> 00:10:56,828 I've busted my ass, go down the next day, 197 00:10:56,932 --> 00:10:58,727 and there's a grizzly bear on it. 198 00:10:58,830 --> 00:11:00,867 Got the whole thing buried. It's ruined. 199 00:11:00,970 --> 00:11:03,628 200 00:11:03,732 --> 00:11:06,493 Bear'll ruin it in one night. 201 00:11:06,596 --> 00:11:09,116 It'd be a shame to lose it. 202 00:11:09,220 --> 00:11:12,085 203 00:11:18,781 --> 00:11:22,785 Wow, something ate a bunch of the stomach liner. 204 00:11:24,545 --> 00:11:27,272 But he didn't do no damage to the muskox. 205 00:11:27,376 --> 00:11:30,517 The muskox is safe. Phew. 206 00:11:32,277 --> 00:11:33,693 Gotta be careful. 207 00:11:35,556 --> 00:11:38,042 We got a lot of work to do right now, a lot. 208 00:11:38,145 --> 00:11:40,941 [dramatic music] 209 00:11:41,045 --> 00:11:42,909 What the hell is that? 210 00:11:43,012 --> 00:11:49,950 211 00:11:50,054 --> 00:11:52,781 Thought I heard something. 212 00:11:52,884 --> 00:11:54,092 [sighs] 213 00:11:54,196 --> 00:11:55,784 214 00:11:55,887 --> 00:11:58,683 We gotta get the hell moving. 215 00:11:58,787 --> 00:12:00,685 216 00:12:00,789 --> 00:12:02,894 Here we go. 217 00:12:02,998 --> 00:12:06,104 218 00:12:06,208 --> 00:12:08,175 I need to get it butchered up 219 00:12:08,279 --> 00:12:10,419 and moved away from the kill site. 220 00:12:10,522 --> 00:12:13,318 Everything always comes to that kill site first. 221 00:12:13,422 --> 00:12:14,457 [groans] 222 00:12:14,561 --> 00:12:16,597 Then I'll start pack-ratting. 223 00:12:16,701 --> 00:12:18,979 There's one leg. 224 00:12:19,083 --> 00:12:21,844 Whew, nice. 225 00:12:21,948 --> 00:12:24,847 Next, we'll go for a front shoulder. 226 00:12:24,951 --> 00:12:26,055 227 00:12:26,159 --> 00:12:28,782 Butchering's brutal. It is hard work. 228 00:12:28,886 --> 00:12:31,371 [grunts, sighs] 229 00:12:31,474 --> 00:12:34,029 But I do that for a living. I have that advantage. 230 00:12:34,132 --> 00:12:36,410 I've packed tons of meat on my back. 231 00:12:36,514 --> 00:12:38,378 Tenderloin right there, baby. 232 00:12:38,481 --> 00:12:41,691 That's gonna be our reward for this day's hard work. 233 00:12:41,795 --> 00:12:43,452 Red meat. 234 00:12:45,557 --> 00:12:50,010 I'm probably one of the most experienced wilderness guides 235 00:12:50,114 --> 00:12:52,910 on the face of the planet. 236 00:12:53,013 --> 00:12:56,914 But a hundred days unsupplied, that's heavy duty. 237 00:12:57,017 --> 00:12:58,985 This is some real [bleep] here. 238 00:12:59,088 --> 00:13:02,022 [grunting] 239 00:13:02,126 --> 00:13:03,610 240 00:13:03,713 --> 00:13:06,751 You gotta try to think it all through. 241 00:13:06,855 --> 00:13:09,581 [birds cawing] 242 00:13:09,685 --> 00:13:12,792 The wilderness will make you more alert 243 00:13:12,895 --> 00:13:16,140 to your surroundings and what could happen to you. 244 00:13:16,243 --> 00:13:17,520 You just have to be 245 00:13:17,624 --> 00:13:19,937 because there's nobody backing you up here. 246 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,974 247 00:13:23,078 --> 00:13:26,840 These birds are sure circling us hard. 248 00:13:26,944 --> 00:13:30,395 I'll just keep shuttling everything up little by little 249 00:13:30,499 --> 00:13:32,708 where I can keep the birds off of it. 250 00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:36,229 Oh, the camp robbers found us. 251 00:13:36,332 --> 00:13:38,369 Now we got them in here too. 252 00:13:38,472 --> 00:13:39,957 253 00:13:40,060 --> 00:13:42,028 Man, oh, man. 254 00:13:42,131 --> 00:13:44,064 255 00:13:44,168 --> 00:13:46,515 Butchering, whew. 256 00:13:46,618 --> 00:13:49,380 I am whipped. 257 00:13:49,483 --> 00:13:53,211 I just wanna get everything to the top of that highest point. 258 00:13:53,315 --> 00:13:56,180 I'm just gonna cache that stuff there 259 00:13:56,283 --> 00:13:59,045 and come back later. 260 00:13:59,148 --> 00:14:00,494 It's getting late. 261 00:14:00,598 --> 00:14:02,082 262 00:14:02,186 --> 00:14:04,360 We're taking the hide too. 263 00:14:04,464 --> 00:14:08,951 That's what's gonna cover the meat while we're gone. 264 00:14:09,055 --> 00:14:11,333 And then go rocks all around the hide, 265 00:14:11,436 --> 00:14:14,336 and then a bunch of trees on top of that. 266 00:14:14,439 --> 00:14:18,167 Always worried about something getting on it. 267 00:14:18,271 --> 00:14:20,825 We're gonna be busy for a couple more days 268 00:14:20,929 --> 00:14:22,309 getting this to camp. 269 00:14:22,413 --> 00:14:24,484 I hope it's all safe, 270 00:14:24,587 --> 00:14:26,693 but I can't do no more. 271 00:14:26,796 --> 00:14:30,386 272 00:14:30,490 --> 00:14:37,497 273 00:14:38,981 --> 00:14:44,642 274 00:14:44,745 --> 00:14:46,092 - [groans] 275 00:14:46,195 --> 00:14:50,406 276 00:14:57,862 --> 00:15:00,175 - I got a home that's more like a shack 277 00:15:00,278 --> 00:15:02,418 I got a bed that's more like a rack 278 00:15:02,522 --> 00:15:04,765 I got a fire that's burning 279 00:15:04,869 --> 00:15:06,664 That keeps my heart a-yearning 280 00:15:06,767 --> 00:15:08,769 To stay out here for another day 281 00:15:08,873 --> 00:15:10,702 The goal is to make it to a hundred days 282 00:15:10,806 --> 00:15:12,808 So I sit here and I'm praying 283 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:14,983 Yeah, folks, listen to what I'm saying 284 00:15:15,086 --> 00:15:16,916 I need fish in my gill net 285 00:15:17,019 --> 00:15:18,641 I need rabbits in my trap set 286 00:15:18,745 --> 00:15:20,850 Yeah, a moose, where's the moose at 287 00:15:20,954 --> 00:15:22,749 I've seen lots of bear and lots of bear scat 288 00:15:22,852 --> 00:15:24,613 And this is the life I'm living 289 00:15:24,716 --> 00:15:26,649 I've been waiting for for a minute 290 00:15:26,753 --> 00:15:28,513 But trust me I miss my little one 291 00:15:28,617 --> 00:15:30,446 So I sit inside by the fire 292 00:15:30,550 --> 00:15:33,208 That's burning so bright 293 00:15:33,311 --> 00:15:35,486 And think about what I'll say, hey 294 00:15:35,589 --> 00:15:39,214 To that camera I carry all day 295 00:15:41,457 --> 00:15:44,357 [vocalizing] 296 00:15:44,460 --> 00:15:51,122 297 00:15:51,226 --> 00:15:53,849 [laughs] 298 00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:56,679 Now that's a song right there. 299 00:15:56,783 --> 00:15:59,682 [dramatic music] 300 00:15:59,786 --> 00:16:00,890 301 00:16:00,994 --> 00:16:03,031 Gonna go check the gill net now. 302 00:16:03,134 --> 00:16:05,171 303 00:16:05,274 --> 00:16:08,415 I've been lucky to catch a lot of fish in my gill net. 304 00:16:08,519 --> 00:16:10,590 Fish are like my life line out here. 305 00:16:10,693 --> 00:16:14,145 They've been saving me. They've been keeping me fed. 306 00:16:14,249 --> 00:16:15,836 Come on, fishy. 307 00:16:15,940 --> 00:16:18,149 308 00:16:18,253 --> 00:16:21,601 But recently, things have changed. 309 00:16:21,704 --> 00:16:24,707 310 00:16:24,811 --> 00:16:26,951 No fish today. 311 00:16:27,055 --> 00:16:28,988 312 00:16:29,091 --> 00:16:33,337 I went from two, to three, to four fish a day 313 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:34,786 down to none. 314 00:16:34,890 --> 00:16:37,479 [eerie music] 315 00:16:37,582 --> 00:16:40,758 Right now, I just have the fish hanging up in the cache. 316 00:16:40,861 --> 00:16:42,932 I have to figure out a new strategy, 317 00:16:43,036 --> 00:16:47,385 devising ways to put food in the food cache every day. 318 00:16:47,489 --> 00:16:50,940 Maybe they're moving deeper. I don't know. 319 00:16:51,044 --> 00:16:54,289 So we're gonna lower the net down. 320 00:16:54,392 --> 00:16:55,980 Yes, we are. 321 00:16:58,810 --> 00:17:01,572 The game plan is to lower the gill net 322 00:17:01,675 --> 00:17:03,781 about another 10 feet in the water. 323 00:17:03,884 --> 00:17:05,886 [exciting music] 324 00:17:05,990 --> 00:17:09,235 We're gonna try and angle the net this way 325 00:17:09,338 --> 00:17:11,271 'cause I think the water's deeper there. 326 00:17:11,375 --> 00:17:13,101 327 00:17:13,204 --> 00:17:18,002 I haven't even started to hit the tip of the hard part. 328 00:17:18,106 --> 00:17:19,969 When the weather gets real cold, 329 00:17:20,073 --> 00:17:23,007 it's gonna get extremely hard. 330 00:17:23,111 --> 00:17:26,597 I don't know how this is gonna work out, but... 331 00:17:26,700 --> 00:17:28,806 332 00:17:28,909 --> 00:17:30,221 When I became a Recon Marine, 333 00:17:30,325 --> 00:17:32,879 that's the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. 334 00:17:32,982 --> 00:17:35,019 This isn't harder than being a Recon Marine. 335 00:17:35,123 --> 00:17:36,952 It's not harder than being a Scout Sniper. 336 00:17:37,056 --> 00:17:39,679 It's just as hard. 337 00:17:39,782 --> 00:17:42,199 It's hard in a different way. 338 00:17:42,302 --> 00:17:45,202 I have no clue what my gill net looks like, 339 00:17:45,305 --> 00:17:47,652 but, I mean, it's deep. 340 00:17:47,756 --> 00:17:49,896 It's not just about me. 341 00:17:49,999 --> 00:17:52,450 I'm doing this for my son, and I'm doing this 342 00:17:52,554 --> 00:17:55,729 for all the recon and sniper communities out there. 343 00:17:55,833 --> 00:17:58,180 I've gotta keep it up. 344 00:17:58,284 --> 00:18:00,355 Hopefully some fish get tangled up in it, 345 00:18:00,458 --> 00:18:02,081 and we'll hope for the best. 346 00:18:02,184 --> 00:18:03,875 347 00:18:03,979 --> 00:18:06,878 [upbeat music] 348 00:18:06,982 --> 00:18:13,678 349 00:18:14,783 --> 00:18:17,096 [birds chirping] 350 00:18:22,549 --> 00:18:27,623 - I had a bit of an epiphany last night about fishing. 351 00:18:27,727 --> 00:18:31,696 The ice isn't coming as quickly as I want it to, 352 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,182 and I want to get out deeper, 353 00:18:34,285 --> 00:18:36,839 and I keep talking about having a boat. 354 00:18:36,943 --> 00:18:40,222 So yesterday, I walked my entire land 355 00:18:40,326 --> 00:18:41,844 and I found a barrel. 356 00:18:41,948 --> 00:18:44,675 If I can build a raft around the barrel, 357 00:18:44,778 --> 00:18:47,402 I can sit on the barrel as a seat, 358 00:18:47,505 --> 00:18:51,475 and paddle out, and start fishing from that. 359 00:18:51,578 --> 00:18:53,097 360 00:18:53,201 --> 00:18:56,238 So what I'm gonna do is get the barrel, 361 00:18:56,342 --> 00:18:59,241 and then we'll build a frame. 362 00:18:59,345 --> 00:19:01,554 All right. 363 00:19:01,657 --> 00:19:05,730 It's just a wee bit snowing. Nothing major. 364 00:19:05,834 --> 00:19:07,939 Hopefully this isn't the sign being like, 365 00:19:08,043 --> 00:19:10,735 "This is a bad idea." 366 00:19:10,839 --> 00:19:13,117 I'm running low on fuel 367 00:19:13,221 --> 00:19:16,776 'cause the snaring has kind of been frustrating. 368 00:19:16,879 --> 00:19:21,332 But you have to be creative with the stuff that you find. 369 00:19:21,436 --> 00:19:23,645 Semi-desperate. [laughs] 370 00:19:23,748 --> 00:19:26,095 This is a big deal, I think. 371 00:19:26,199 --> 00:19:30,169 I understand the energy that it will take 372 00:19:30,272 --> 00:19:32,447 to create this raft, 373 00:19:32,550 --> 00:19:36,105 but the reward of it working, 374 00:19:36,209 --> 00:19:38,522 I think, would totally outweigh 375 00:19:38,625 --> 00:19:41,594 the energy expended to make it. 376 00:19:41,697 --> 00:19:43,251 377 00:19:43,354 --> 00:19:47,013 I figure one fish per week should give me enough fat 378 00:19:47,116 --> 00:19:49,774 to get me to the end. 379 00:19:49,878 --> 00:19:51,845 So it'll be like a raft. 380 00:19:51,949 --> 00:19:55,642 I'll do three logs per side. 381 00:19:55,746 --> 00:19:59,267 I'm pretty happy with... 382 00:19:59,370 --> 00:20:02,580 these guys. 383 00:20:02,684 --> 00:20:05,618 I think when you take on a challenge like this, 384 00:20:05,721 --> 00:20:07,654 you have to be good 385 00:20:07,758 --> 00:20:11,071 at self-assessing risk. 386 00:20:11,175 --> 00:20:14,351 If the consequences outweigh the potential benefit, 387 00:20:14,454 --> 00:20:15,731 then you need to think about 388 00:20:15,835 --> 00:20:17,595 whether you're gonna take that risk or not. 389 00:20:17,699 --> 00:20:20,460 Trying out this raft is going to be 390 00:20:20,564 --> 00:20:22,704 one of the more risky things to do. 391 00:20:22,807 --> 00:20:25,534 If the weather picks up and I fall in this water, 392 00:20:25,638 --> 00:20:27,571 it would be a long, cold swim back. 393 00:20:27,674 --> 00:20:29,849 [dramatic music] 394 00:20:29,952 --> 00:20:31,402 It's dangerous, 395 00:20:31,506 --> 00:20:34,509 but I am dangerously low on fat. 396 00:20:34,612 --> 00:20:36,614 397 00:20:36,718 --> 00:20:39,445 Oh, I got one. Oh, I got one! 398 00:20:39,548 --> 00:20:41,240 399 00:20:41,343 --> 00:20:44,450 Okay, put two logs 400 00:20:44,553 --> 00:20:46,624 raised up on either side, 401 00:20:46,728 --> 00:20:48,764 and those'll be my foot stirrups. 402 00:20:50,076 --> 00:20:53,390 Lash it down to the raft. 403 00:20:54,839 --> 00:20:56,600 All right. 404 00:20:56,703 --> 00:20:58,567 405 00:20:58,671 --> 00:21:02,295 She's on there. She's on there real good. 406 00:21:05,125 --> 00:21:08,025 [melancholic music] 407 00:21:08,128 --> 00:21:15,135 408 00:21:24,938 --> 00:21:27,078 - I'm taking another bath. 409 00:21:27,182 --> 00:21:29,874 All I need to do is heat up my water, 410 00:21:29,978 --> 00:21:32,221 put my sock in the water, 411 00:21:32,325 --> 00:21:34,707 and I just give myself a rubdown 412 00:21:34,810 --> 00:21:36,502 'cause you gotta bathe. 413 00:21:36,605 --> 00:21:38,711 414 00:21:38,814 --> 00:21:41,127 I'm gonna start losing weight rapidly, I'm sure, 415 00:21:41,230 --> 00:21:43,509 whenever the weather gets real cold. 416 00:21:43,612 --> 00:21:45,269 [sighs] 417 00:21:45,373 --> 00:21:46,305 418 00:21:46,408 --> 00:21:48,065 This is a good chance for me 419 00:21:48,168 --> 00:21:51,310 to make sure I'm not looking too skinny. 420 00:21:51,413 --> 00:21:52,656 421 00:21:52,759 --> 00:21:56,245 My arm looks skinny, that's for damn sure. 422 00:21:59,076 --> 00:22:00,836 And I look clean. 423 00:22:00,940 --> 00:22:04,081 [eerie music] 424 00:22:04,184 --> 00:22:05,703 Time to get to work. 425 00:22:05,807 --> 00:22:08,119 426 00:22:08,223 --> 00:22:10,329 Let's go check our gill net. 427 00:22:10,432 --> 00:22:11,468 428 00:22:11,571 --> 00:22:14,229 High hopes for the gill net. Come on. 429 00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:15,610 I hope that the fish are on the bottom 430 00:22:15,713 --> 00:22:17,336 and I hope I set that net up good. 431 00:22:17,439 --> 00:22:20,408 Gotta get more, gotta keep filling that cache. 432 00:22:20,511 --> 00:22:21,961 Things could change drastically 433 00:22:22,064 --> 00:22:25,274 at any point in time, so I'm gonna try all means 434 00:22:25,378 --> 00:22:27,104 to try and produce food for myself. 435 00:22:27,207 --> 00:22:28,208 436 00:22:28,312 --> 00:22:30,866 Oh, man. Wow. 437 00:22:30,970 --> 00:22:33,524 Fresh bear poop. 438 00:22:33,628 --> 00:22:35,768 That's from last night. 439 00:22:35,871 --> 00:22:37,701 This is right on the trail 440 00:22:37,804 --> 00:22:40,359 where I go and check my gill net. 441 00:22:40,462 --> 00:22:41,601 I would not have missed this. 442 00:22:41,705 --> 00:22:45,467 So a fresh pile of bear scat? 443 00:22:45,571 --> 00:22:48,056 Come on. I'm excited. 444 00:22:48,159 --> 00:22:49,713 It's still around. That's good. 445 00:22:49,816 --> 00:22:51,404 [dramatic music] 446 00:22:51,508 --> 00:22:53,337 Bears just, they're hard to hunt, 447 00:22:53,441 --> 00:22:55,995 but that would be a food source 448 00:22:56,098 --> 00:22:57,755 that'll last you for the hundred days. 449 00:22:57,859 --> 00:22:59,792 450 00:22:59,895 --> 00:23:01,276 We're still gonna check the gill net. 451 00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:07,903 452 00:23:08,007 --> 00:23:10,216 So this is where we find out. 453 00:23:10,319 --> 00:23:14,013 Did we catch a fish, or what? 454 00:23:14,116 --> 00:23:21,054 455 00:23:21,158 --> 00:23:24,333 So we got ourselves another strikeout, guys. 456 00:23:24,437 --> 00:23:26,543 457 00:23:28,234 --> 00:23:31,686 Oh, well. No fish today. 458 00:23:31,789 --> 00:23:34,689 [tense music] 459 00:23:34,792 --> 00:23:38,727 I really gotta look into some other options for food 460 00:23:38,831 --> 00:23:41,558 because the fish'll dry up. 461 00:23:41,661 --> 00:23:43,732 That'll happen and that's inevitable. 462 00:23:43,836 --> 00:23:45,907 463 00:23:46,010 --> 00:23:47,633 We're gonna call it a day. 464 00:23:47,736 --> 00:23:50,567 465 00:23:50,670 --> 00:23:54,536 We've got fish in the food cache, dinner for tonight. 466 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,884 I'm saving my dried fish for emergencies. 467 00:23:57,988 --> 00:24:00,197 468 00:24:00,300 --> 00:24:04,408 Holy [bleep] cannoli. 469 00:24:04,512 --> 00:24:06,824 Now I'm pissed. 470 00:24:06,928 --> 00:24:08,826 [bleep]. 471 00:24:08,930 --> 00:24:11,380 There's my food cache, right? 472 00:24:11,484 --> 00:24:14,901 And there's no fish. That's insane. 473 00:24:15,005 --> 00:24:19,216 Oh, yeah, a bear apparently just started a war. 474 00:24:24,428 --> 00:24:31,435 475 00:24:35,577 --> 00:24:37,510 - [bleep]. 476 00:24:37,614 --> 00:24:39,719 Now I'm pissed. 477 00:24:39,823 --> 00:24:43,965 The bear had ended up stealing fish out of my cache. 478 00:24:44,068 --> 00:24:46,485 He climbed up, grabbed the line, 479 00:24:46,588 --> 00:24:50,316 and yanked on it until it pulled the fish over. 480 00:24:50,419 --> 00:24:53,215 You steal my food, you turn into food. 481 00:24:53,319 --> 00:24:54,320 482 00:24:54,423 --> 00:24:56,840 [exhales] 483 00:24:56,943 --> 00:24:59,325 I got a fire lit inside me, though. 484 00:25:01,845 --> 00:25:03,398 And that's not good for the bear. 485 00:25:03,502 --> 00:25:07,471 486 00:25:07,575 --> 00:25:10,681 We're gonna devise a game plan to kill this bear. 487 00:25:10,785 --> 00:25:15,168 All right, the goal is to turn these three trees 488 00:25:15,272 --> 00:25:19,103 into my next cache-slash-hunting stand. 489 00:25:19,207 --> 00:25:21,243 So... 490 00:25:21,347 --> 00:25:24,868 I think I may use this tree to get to that tree to climb. 491 00:25:24,971 --> 00:25:27,974 I'll be taking off almost all the branches. 492 00:25:28,078 --> 00:25:29,907 Might kill a bear from it. 493 00:25:30,011 --> 00:25:32,600 That's where I'm gonna put the meat. 494 00:25:32,703 --> 00:25:35,188 It's far enough away from my shelter 495 00:25:35,292 --> 00:25:37,881 and it's overlooking the berry patch. 496 00:25:37,984 --> 00:25:40,780 He loves to walk in throughout this berry patch. 497 00:25:40,884 --> 00:25:42,368 [sighs] 498 00:25:42,471 --> 00:25:45,509 The bears will eventually hibernate, 499 00:25:45,613 --> 00:25:47,131 so the clock's ticking. 500 00:25:47,235 --> 00:25:48,512 501 00:25:48,616 --> 00:25:50,549 So I just need to start putting up some poles, 502 00:25:50,652 --> 00:25:54,069 and then build my hunting stand. 503 00:25:54,173 --> 00:25:55,692 It's looking good. 504 00:25:55,795 --> 00:25:58,246 [sighs] But we're not done yet. 505 00:25:58,349 --> 00:25:59,972 [grunts] 506 00:26:00,075 --> 00:26:03,044 [ambient music] 507 00:26:03,147 --> 00:26:05,598 508 00:26:05,702 --> 00:26:08,256 Quitting is an option. That's true. 509 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:12,467 But that's just not something that I wanna do. 510 00:26:12,571 --> 00:26:14,089 511 00:26:14,193 --> 00:26:16,505 Holy [bleep], that was not easy. 512 00:26:16,609 --> 00:26:18,818 513 00:26:18,922 --> 00:26:22,753 Doing this, I wanna show Max, my son, 514 00:26:22,857 --> 00:26:26,032 what it is to do something extremely, extremely tough 515 00:26:26,136 --> 00:26:27,931 'cause this is not easy. 516 00:26:28,034 --> 00:26:29,380 This is hard. 517 00:26:29,484 --> 00:26:30,761 518 00:26:30,865 --> 00:26:32,556 [sputters lips] 519 00:26:32,660 --> 00:26:34,351 Failure is a part of life, 520 00:26:34,454 --> 00:26:37,009 but your mind can do amazing things, 521 00:26:37,112 --> 00:26:39,321 your body can do amazing things. 522 00:26:39,425 --> 00:26:43,049 A lot of times, it's your mind that stops first. 523 00:26:43,153 --> 00:26:45,258 But if you learn from it, 524 00:26:45,362 --> 00:26:47,640 you can go out and you can change who you are, 525 00:26:47,744 --> 00:26:51,299 and start doing something better. 526 00:26:51,402 --> 00:26:53,612 But you're never gonna get there unless you start it. 527 00:26:53,715 --> 00:26:55,061 That's the hardest part. 528 00:26:55,165 --> 00:27:00,308 529 00:27:00,411 --> 00:27:02,137 I like it up here. 530 00:27:02,241 --> 00:27:05,485 I can see a heck of a lot more and see what's coming. 531 00:27:05,589 --> 00:27:08,247 I want the advantage. Now I have it. 532 00:27:08,350 --> 00:27:10,387 [exhales] 533 00:27:10,490 --> 00:27:13,390 [eerie music] 534 00:27:13,493 --> 00:27:20,500 535 00:27:32,374 --> 00:27:34,411 - I'm fairly well-protected against the wind right now. 536 00:27:34,514 --> 00:27:36,378 It's not like I'm super cold, 537 00:27:36,482 --> 00:27:40,141 but definitely the wind is [bleep] driving me crazy. 538 00:27:40,244 --> 00:27:42,557 It's just like... 539 00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:45,664 [vocalizing] 540 00:27:47,286 --> 00:27:48,528 That's what it feels like. 541 00:27:48,632 --> 00:27:49,806 It feels like the little annoying 542 00:27:49,909 --> 00:27:52,740 Gripey McGriperson constantly. 543 00:27:52,843 --> 00:27:56,640 I know it's an indifferent force of nature. 544 00:27:56,744 --> 00:27:58,746 I really just wish it would stop. 545 00:27:58,849 --> 00:28:01,818 [funky music] 546 00:28:01,921 --> 00:28:03,509 547 00:28:03,612 --> 00:28:06,685 Today is pretty much all-day shelter build. 548 00:28:06,788 --> 00:28:08,928 That's the plan, and I wanna work hard at it. 549 00:28:09,032 --> 00:28:10,689 Gotta push right now. Here we go. 550 00:28:10,792 --> 00:28:15,348 551 00:28:15,452 --> 00:28:16,867 Going down. 552 00:28:16,971 --> 00:28:19,490 I still got a lot of work to do on this shelter. 553 00:28:19,594 --> 00:28:22,114 Not gonna lie, I'm disappointed in myself. 554 00:28:22,217 --> 00:28:24,254 I didn't think I would be this far in 555 00:28:24,357 --> 00:28:27,360 and no long-term shelter finished. 556 00:28:27,464 --> 00:28:30,778 I feel like I've been really focused on food. 557 00:28:30,881 --> 00:28:33,988 558 00:28:34,091 --> 00:28:38,509 Mm, I made things kind of hard on myself, didn't I? 559 00:28:41,443 --> 00:28:44,515 I wanna keep working on it, see it finished. 560 00:28:44,619 --> 00:28:47,070 I definitely wanted to have a robust shelter. 561 00:28:47,173 --> 00:28:49,210 I knew that it would be a big risk. 562 00:28:49,313 --> 00:28:51,384 Just the foundational framework has, like, 563 00:28:51,488 --> 00:28:53,317 three joints on either end, 564 00:28:53,421 --> 00:28:55,457 and I'm hewing the tops of them. 565 00:28:55,561 --> 00:28:57,805 I really hope that being meticulous with this shelter 566 00:28:57,908 --> 00:29:01,015 doesn't turn around and bite me in the ass. 567 00:29:01,118 --> 00:29:03,327 I don't think my time of forgiveness 568 00:29:03,431 --> 00:29:06,123 from the Arctic winter is gonna last much longer. 569 00:29:06,227 --> 00:29:08,643 Maybe I've made a mistake. 570 00:29:08,747 --> 00:29:11,508 571 00:29:11,611 --> 00:29:14,028 Getting a bit of a wet snow. 572 00:29:15,546 --> 00:29:18,101 It's coming down, 573 00:29:18,204 --> 00:29:21,967 so I'm gonna crawl and hide away. 574 00:29:22,070 --> 00:29:25,453 [sighs] Oh. 575 00:29:25,556 --> 00:29:28,767 Feeling winter gaining on me. 576 00:29:28,870 --> 00:29:31,321 Each day that goes by is another day 577 00:29:31,424 --> 00:29:33,495 that adds up that it's not finished, 578 00:29:33,599 --> 00:29:36,188 and it's my fault. 579 00:29:36,291 --> 00:29:38,638 I think I'm just gonna keep myself dry in here. 580 00:29:38,742 --> 00:29:44,058 581 00:29:44,161 --> 00:29:45,922 What the [bleep]? 582 00:29:46,025 --> 00:29:48,994 [solemn music] 583 00:29:51,065 --> 00:29:53,722 The tarp is just, like, permeable right now. 584 00:29:53,826 --> 00:29:55,517 The water's just coming through it 585 00:29:55,621 --> 00:29:57,105 and getting all over everything. 586 00:29:57,209 --> 00:30:03,491 587 00:30:03,594 --> 00:30:05,631 I think just all the fatigue from the wind. 588 00:30:05,734 --> 00:30:08,323 It's got holes all throughout it. 589 00:30:08,427 --> 00:30:10,739 It's not waterproof anymore. 590 00:30:10,843 --> 00:30:14,329 591 00:30:14,433 --> 00:30:17,746 My biggest "can't happen" out here is getting wet. 592 00:30:17,850 --> 00:30:21,198 And if I get wet, and then it drops well below freezing, 593 00:30:21,302 --> 00:30:23,097 then I'm really screwed. 594 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,133 Drips are hitting this pole and dripping down 595 00:30:25,237 --> 00:30:28,827 onto my sleeping bag, which freaked me out. 596 00:30:28,930 --> 00:30:32,244 The primary sacred object that cannot get wet 597 00:30:32,347 --> 00:30:33,279 is the sleeping bag. 598 00:30:33,383 --> 00:30:34,763 Down can't get wet. 599 00:30:34,867 --> 00:30:36,489 They're useless once they're wet. 600 00:30:36,593 --> 00:30:37,836 601 00:30:37,939 --> 00:30:42,012 So I am using the chamois for drying. 602 00:30:42,116 --> 00:30:45,602 If it keeps raining like this, I'll be done. 603 00:30:45,705 --> 00:30:48,985 Wet sleeping bag is tap out, period. 604 00:30:49,088 --> 00:30:52,333 605 00:30:52,436 --> 00:30:54,231 It's still happening. 606 00:30:54,335 --> 00:30:56,095 607 00:30:56,199 --> 00:30:59,340 Everything's just wet. 608 00:30:59,443 --> 00:31:03,309 Why? Why rain? 609 00:31:03,413 --> 00:31:04,932 [bleep] rain! 610 00:31:05,035 --> 00:31:08,418 It's not supposed to be [bleep] raining in the [bleep] Arctic. 611 00:31:08,521 --> 00:31:11,007 Son of a bitch. 612 00:31:11,110 --> 00:31:12,732 [bleep] this. 613 00:31:19,084 --> 00:31:26,056 614 00:31:30,233 --> 00:31:37,240 615 00:31:41,347 --> 00:31:42,970 - [sputters lips] 616 00:31:46,318 --> 00:31:48,699 It stopped raining a couple hours ago. 617 00:31:48,803 --> 00:31:55,810 618 00:31:59,503 --> 00:32:01,264 Air out a little bit. 619 00:32:01,367 --> 00:32:03,369 620 00:32:03,473 --> 00:32:05,578 Much needed airing out. 621 00:32:05,682 --> 00:32:10,583 622 00:32:10,687 --> 00:32:12,551 Hang up the sleeping bag to dry. 623 00:32:12,654 --> 00:32:14,518 624 00:32:14,622 --> 00:32:18,039 I had kind of a temper tantrum with the wet weather, 625 00:32:18,143 --> 00:32:21,111 but I still have energy, I still can get up and about. 626 00:32:21,215 --> 00:32:24,356 I've not experienced extreme hunger. 627 00:32:24,459 --> 00:32:26,461 I want to stay here a hundred days 628 00:32:26,565 --> 00:32:28,187 and win $1 million. 629 00:32:28,291 --> 00:32:30,465 630 00:32:32,571 --> 00:32:35,608 I'm moving into the long-term shelter today. 631 00:32:35,712 --> 00:32:37,162 632 00:32:37,265 --> 00:32:38,957 It's not gonna be easy, 633 00:32:39,060 --> 00:32:40,751 but I think I've got a good plan. 634 00:32:40,855 --> 00:32:45,687 635 00:32:45,791 --> 00:32:47,551 I'm moving into that shelter. 636 00:32:47,655 --> 00:32:49,795 I wouldn't have the end walls really up, 637 00:32:49,898 --> 00:32:52,315 but I could definitely get the tarp up. 638 00:32:52,418 --> 00:32:54,006 And in that instance, 639 00:32:54,110 --> 00:32:56,043 the tarp is at least not gonna be dripping on me 640 00:32:56,146 --> 00:32:57,665 'cause the walls will be steep enough. 641 00:32:57,768 --> 00:33:00,219 It just needs water to run off a bit faster. 642 00:33:00,323 --> 00:33:01,807 It's gonna take me a couple days 643 00:33:01,910 --> 00:33:04,534 to get enough logs up to close this thing. 644 00:33:04,637 --> 00:33:07,192 645 00:33:07,295 --> 00:33:08,987 It's looking good. 646 00:33:09,090 --> 00:33:10,747 647 00:33:10,850 --> 00:33:12,818 Feeling winter at my back. 648 00:33:12,921 --> 00:33:15,959 I just gotta power through. 649 00:33:16,063 --> 00:33:18,548 Just as tight as it needs to be, baby. 650 00:33:18,651 --> 00:33:20,032 Yeah, okay. 651 00:33:20,136 --> 00:33:22,103 652 00:33:22,207 --> 00:33:25,348 Okay, still moving. Hoo. 653 00:33:25,451 --> 00:33:27,143 654 00:33:27,246 --> 00:33:30,663 I wanna come away with the potential to change my life, 655 00:33:30,767 --> 00:33:34,667 and the primary goal has always been 656 00:33:34,771 --> 00:33:36,807 I'll buy property and have some security 657 00:33:36,911 --> 00:33:38,740 and have a little more freedom. 658 00:33:38,844 --> 00:33:41,329 And the more I'm out here, 659 00:33:41,433 --> 00:33:43,814 I'm starting to think more about the reality 660 00:33:43,918 --> 00:33:47,404 of that large sum of money that could be coming my way. 661 00:33:47,508 --> 00:33:49,958 662 00:33:50,062 --> 00:33:51,995 So I just gotta keep my mind set 663 00:33:52,099 --> 00:33:54,032 focused on what I can and can't control. 664 00:33:54,135 --> 00:33:55,826 And sometimes, it's gonna be wet and windy 665 00:33:55,930 --> 00:33:57,690 for several days, and I'm just gonna have 666 00:33:57,794 --> 00:34:00,762 to hang up my wet sleeping bag and try to keep warm. 667 00:34:00,866 --> 00:34:03,558 It sucks, but as long as it gets dry again, 668 00:34:03,662 --> 00:34:04,973 it won't be the end of me. 669 00:34:05,077 --> 00:34:06,458 670 00:34:06,561 --> 00:34:08,805 No rest for the weary here. 671 00:34:11,083 --> 00:34:13,982 [ominous music] 672 00:34:14,086 --> 00:34:21,059 673 00:34:27,858 --> 00:34:34,865 674 00:34:40,354 --> 00:34:47,361 675 00:34:49,363 --> 00:34:52,262 [lively music] 676 00:34:52,366 --> 00:34:59,338 677 00:35:02,203 --> 00:35:04,102 [wind whistling] 678 00:35:04,205 --> 00:35:06,242 679 00:35:06,345 --> 00:35:08,899 - [chuckles] 680 00:35:09,003 --> 00:35:12,110 Good morning. 681 00:35:12,213 --> 00:35:15,803 Winter has arrived. Check this out. 682 00:35:15,906 --> 00:35:18,254 [chuckles] 683 00:35:18,357 --> 00:35:23,707 I woke up to a world transformed. 684 00:35:23,811 --> 00:35:26,952 Winter is here. 685 00:35:27,055 --> 00:35:29,748 Obviously there's challenges that come with this, right? 686 00:35:29,851 --> 00:35:32,682 Clay is frozen, berries are hidden, 687 00:35:32,785 --> 00:35:34,856 firewood's wet, et cetera, 688 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,825 but it's winter tracking season. 689 00:35:37,928 --> 00:35:40,379 Now in the snow, I can see 690 00:35:40,483 --> 00:35:42,450 everything that happens throughout the night-- 691 00:35:42,554 --> 00:35:44,935 every squirrel track, every rabbit track, 692 00:35:45,039 --> 00:35:48,422 where they stop and eat, where they rest. 693 00:35:48,525 --> 00:35:52,564 So the snowshoe hares are moving. 694 00:35:52,667 --> 00:35:56,637 We got tracks in the snow which is super cool. 695 00:35:56,740 --> 00:35:58,086 This is gonna be awesome. 696 00:35:58,190 --> 00:36:00,365 It's gonna make setting traps easier. 697 00:36:00,468 --> 00:36:03,747 So we have the rabbits moving that way. 698 00:36:03,851 --> 00:36:08,200 We got the front feet, and then the back feet moving that way. 699 00:36:08,304 --> 00:36:10,720 So you can guess right where their head's gonna go, 700 00:36:10,823 --> 00:36:13,550 so you can place the trap right in the exact place 701 00:36:13,654 --> 00:36:15,000 that their head's gonna be. 702 00:36:15,103 --> 00:36:17,623 So all right, good day to set traps, huh? 703 00:36:17,727 --> 00:36:18,935 704 00:36:19,038 --> 00:36:21,558 I am starting to feel more hungry 705 00:36:21,662 --> 00:36:24,803 and I am losing weight too, 706 00:36:24,906 --> 00:36:28,738 so I'm very hopeful for snowshoe hares. 707 00:36:28,841 --> 00:36:30,153 708 00:36:30,257 --> 00:36:33,087 This is a place that's gonna test my abilities. 709 00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:36,021 I know where my edges are for my skills, 710 00:36:36,124 --> 00:36:38,851 and this is gonna just push me past that. 711 00:36:38,955 --> 00:36:40,577 712 00:36:40,681 --> 00:36:43,580 [dramatic music] 713 00:36:43,684 --> 00:36:50,691 714 00:36:54,833 --> 00:36:56,835 [wind whistling] 715 00:37:05,706 --> 00:37:08,191 - Yes, indeed. 716 00:37:08,295 --> 00:37:11,436 Boiled muskox heart 717 00:37:11,539 --> 00:37:13,438 from my big, fresh kill. 718 00:37:13,541 --> 00:37:16,958 719 00:37:17,062 --> 00:37:18,857 Pure energy. 720 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:25,484 721 00:37:25,588 --> 00:37:27,175 Oh, my. 722 00:37:27,279 --> 00:37:30,593 723 00:37:30,696 --> 00:37:32,388 Oh, my God. 724 00:37:32,491 --> 00:37:34,252 725 00:37:34,355 --> 00:37:37,289 Oh, Lord! That is delicious! 726 00:37:37,393 --> 00:37:40,223 Oh, ho! [grunts] 727 00:37:40,327 --> 00:37:43,295 728 00:37:43,399 --> 00:37:46,540 There's a big ring off the bottom, 729 00:37:46,643 --> 00:37:49,991 and it's one of my favorite cuts of any animal-- 730 00:37:50,095 --> 00:37:53,754 them first three or four rings off the bottom of the heart. 731 00:37:53,857 --> 00:37:55,549 732 00:37:55,652 --> 00:37:58,379 That's just a hunter's reward there. 733 00:37:58,483 --> 00:38:02,141 734 00:38:02,245 --> 00:38:04,040 Wonderful. 735 00:38:04,143 --> 00:38:08,044 That's what's gonna fuel the next run. 736 00:38:08,147 --> 00:38:12,393 We're gonna go find our muskox. 737 00:38:12,497 --> 00:38:16,673 We got wet snow, but there's nothing I can do. 738 00:38:16,777 --> 00:38:19,297 I gotta trudge out there and keep pecking at this. 739 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:20,574 740 00:38:20,677 --> 00:38:23,301 It'll be all day today packing meat. 741 00:38:23,404 --> 00:38:24,923 742 00:38:25,026 --> 00:38:28,202 I'm taking my bow on this first trip in the morning 743 00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:30,756 because if anything got on that, 744 00:38:30,860 --> 00:38:32,551 you know, it'll still be there. 745 00:38:32,655 --> 00:38:34,035 746 00:38:34,139 --> 00:38:37,142 I hope it's all just intact. 747 00:38:37,245 --> 00:38:40,387 This thing is way out there. 748 00:38:40,490 --> 00:38:44,011 As long as we don't screw up and hurt ourself 749 00:38:44,114 --> 00:38:47,152 or let something eat all that meat, 750 00:38:47,255 --> 00:38:48,981 we're looking good. 751 00:38:49,085 --> 00:38:55,471 752 00:38:55,574 --> 00:38:58,819 We're about halfway to the kill. 753 00:38:58,922 --> 00:39:00,959 Just bear tracks everywhere. 754 00:39:01,062 --> 00:39:02,650 755 00:39:02,754 --> 00:39:05,032 Little surprised to see bear tracks. 756 00:39:05,135 --> 00:39:09,001 I've seen winter bears before. It ain't real common. 757 00:39:09,105 --> 00:39:10,934 758 00:39:11,038 --> 00:39:14,282 Hopefully he didn't disturb the kill. 759 00:39:17,182 --> 00:39:19,874 [tense music] 760 00:39:19,978 --> 00:39:21,497 Oh, no. 761 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,740 762 00:39:23,844 --> 00:39:26,294 Head is over there. 763 00:39:26,398 --> 00:39:28,124 764 00:39:28,227 --> 00:39:31,990 Bear came in and raided my muskox cache. 765 00:39:32,093 --> 00:39:33,371 766 00:39:33,474 --> 00:39:37,513 They started to eat the lip off right here. 767 00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:42,172 Started to eat the lip off there. 768 00:39:42,276 --> 00:39:45,106 This bear, he cleaned the tongue out, 769 00:39:45,210 --> 00:39:47,488 and all the meat right here in the back of the head, 770 00:39:47,592 --> 00:39:49,870 the good jowl meat. 771 00:39:49,973 --> 00:39:51,596 [eerie music] 772 00:39:54,806 --> 00:39:55,910 773 00:39:56,014 --> 00:39:58,188 Oh, we gotta get the hell moving. 774 00:39:58,292 --> 00:40:01,329 My main concern is to get back to Rock House. 775 00:40:01,433 --> 00:40:02,676 776 00:40:02,779 --> 00:40:05,851 It's gonna be a heavy, heavy, heavy load, 777 00:40:05,955 --> 00:40:09,268 but I'm determined to take it all. 778 00:40:09,372 --> 00:40:11,374 I gotta cover it back up. 779 00:40:11,478 --> 00:40:16,275 We'll just have to pray nothing gets in this. 780 00:40:16,379 --> 00:40:23,386 781 00:40:25,077 --> 00:40:28,771 Packing meat, one of the hardest jobs there is. 782 00:40:28,874 --> 00:40:33,120 Brutal, hard work. There ain't no half measures. 783 00:40:33,223 --> 00:40:36,123 [tense music] 784 00:40:36,226 --> 00:40:42,060 785 00:40:42,163 --> 00:40:44,062 Holy [bleep]. 786 00:40:44,165 --> 00:40:47,134 787 00:40:47,237 --> 00:40:50,033 First load in. 788 00:40:50,137 --> 00:40:52,346 [grunts] That was brutal. 789 00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:55,142 790 00:40:55,245 --> 00:40:58,386 I packed a good many critters in on my back. 791 00:40:58,490 --> 00:41:03,633 Big ones--moose, caribou, sheep, bear hides. 792 00:41:03,737 --> 00:41:07,568 I've probably hauled in 20 ton of meat on my shoulders. 793 00:41:07,672 --> 00:41:10,744 Every year, they're getting a little heavier. 794 00:41:10,847 --> 00:41:12,884 It's starting to snow. 795 00:41:12,987 --> 00:41:16,474 This snow is just slippery. 796 00:41:16,577 --> 00:41:19,235 797 00:41:19,338 --> 00:41:22,445 I'm concerned every day about burning too many calories, 798 00:41:22,549 --> 00:41:24,412 but I gotta finish this. 799 00:41:24,516 --> 00:41:27,899 It probably is a good mile and a half or more. 800 00:41:28,002 --> 00:41:30,557 Whoo. 801 00:41:30,660 --> 00:41:32,490 What a battle. 802 00:41:35,803 --> 00:41:37,564 I am burnt, 803 00:41:37,667 --> 00:41:40,532 and we gotta go back and get another one. 804 00:41:40,636 --> 00:41:41,982 Wow! 805 00:41:42,085 --> 00:41:43,466 [ominous music] 806 00:41:43,570 --> 00:41:45,226 Time to roll. 807 00:41:45,330 --> 00:41:47,884 So if it stays safe one more night, 808 00:41:47,988 --> 00:41:50,231 tomorrow I can have all the meat in. 809 00:41:50,335 --> 00:41:51,232 810 00:41:51,336 --> 00:41:52,613 [sighs] 811 00:41:52,717 --> 00:41:56,928 812 00:41:57,031 --> 00:42:04,073 813 00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:14,601 - The weather... 814 00:42:14,704 --> 00:42:17,500 Well, the weather report is snowing. 815 00:42:17,604 --> 00:42:18,743 816 00:42:18,846 --> 00:42:20,779 It's like Christmas out there. 817 00:42:30,789 --> 00:42:32,239 818 00:42:32,342 --> 00:42:35,863 I think I have enough paracord. I got some lines laying. 819 00:42:35,967 --> 00:42:38,141 I'm not using this shuttle, 820 00:42:38,245 --> 00:42:40,937 so I let it from this corner to that corner over there, 821 00:42:41,041 --> 00:42:43,181 and I'm gonna try to bring it down right now, 822 00:42:43,284 --> 00:42:45,563 and just laying my strands here. 823 00:42:47,910 --> 00:42:51,810 Tomorrow is gonna be my daughter's second birthday. 824 00:42:51,914 --> 00:42:53,225 [solemn music] 825 00:42:53,329 --> 00:42:57,091 Two years now, she's starting to see life 826 00:42:57,195 --> 00:42:58,955 and its beauty. 827 00:42:59,059 --> 00:43:02,787 I'm trying to do this and stay strong because 828 00:43:02,890 --> 00:43:05,583 I want a better life for my daughter. 829 00:43:05,686 --> 00:43:09,448 I just wanna keep her in mind and wish her the best. 830 00:43:09,552 --> 00:43:10,622 831 00:43:12,486 --> 00:43:13,867 Awesome. 832 00:43:13,970 --> 00:43:16,352 [eerie music] 833 00:43:16,455 --> 00:43:20,459 My family--they are lifting me from the ground up, 834 00:43:20,563 --> 00:43:23,842 giving me some good energy so I can survive. 835 00:43:26,396 --> 00:43:27,605 836 00:43:29,399 --> 00:43:32,230 837 00:43:34,335 --> 00:43:36,096 838 00:43:40,548 --> 00:43:42,067 [exhales] 839 00:43:44,691 --> 00:43:47,590 [ambient music] 840 00:43:47,694 --> 00:43:54,632 841 00:44:04,642 --> 00:44:07,610 - Now the water is as calm as it's ever been, 842 00:44:07,714 --> 00:44:10,751 so I'm gonna go fishing. 843 00:44:10,855 --> 00:44:14,410 We just got to. We gotta try. 844 00:44:14,513 --> 00:44:16,377 We kind of have to move quickly here 845 00:44:16,481 --> 00:44:17,827 'cause the wind could pick up. 846 00:44:17,931 --> 00:44:20,140 847 00:44:20,243 --> 00:44:22,349 Every minute that passes, 848 00:44:22,452 --> 00:44:25,386 you're losing weight. 849 00:44:25,490 --> 00:44:28,596 There is this looming worry 850 00:44:28,700 --> 00:44:31,496 that I'm going to run out of fat. 851 00:44:31,599 --> 00:44:35,603 No matter how well someone is doing out here, 852 00:44:35,707 --> 00:44:38,745 they are low or deficient 853 00:44:38,848 --> 00:44:41,817 in some sort of mineral or vitamin 854 00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:44,371 that has potential to impair their judgment. 855 00:44:44,474 --> 00:44:47,512 And so, everything is higher risk out here. 856 00:44:47,615 --> 00:44:49,031 857 00:44:49,134 --> 00:44:51,861 Oh, can you imagine if this barge worked? 858 00:44:51,965 --> 00:44:53,587 859 00:44:53,691 --> 00:44:56,521 I got, like, two weeks of fishing in 860 00:44:56,624 --> 00:44:58,868 before the ice came. 861 00:44:58,972 --> 00:45:02,527 But we gotta be really careful here. 862 00:45:02,630 --> 00:45:05,806 To be alone on the water, you know, 863 00:45:05,910 --> 00:45:08,395 it could turn into a bad situation pretty quickly. 864 00:45:08,498 --> 00:45:12,848 865 00:45:12,951 --> 00:45:14,332 All right. 866 00:45:18,716 --> 00:45:21,132 And then paddle out there. 867 00:45:21,235 --> 00:45:24,307 And that'll get me out another 30 feet or so, 868 00:45:24,411 --> 00:45:27,759 and that can be hopefully where I get my fish. 869 00:45:29,968 --> 00:45:32,937 [grunting] 870 00:45:34,041 --> 00:45:36,941 [tense music] 871 00:45:37,044 --> 00:45:44,017 872 00:45:45,363 --> 00:45:47,675 Just going downhill now. 873 00:45:47,779 --> 00:45:49,263 874 00:45:49,367 --> 00:45:51,852 [grunts, panting] 875 00:45:51,956 --> 00:45:55,753 She's floating. She's floating. 876 00:45:55,856 --> 00:45:57,996 Okay, I'm getting on. 877 00:45:58,100 --> 00:46:05,141 878 00:46:07,523 --> 00:46:09,249 Oh, oh. 879 00:46:11,285 --> 00:46:13,701 Okay. 880 00:46:13,805 --> 00:46:17,050 All right, let's just try this, okay? 881 00:46:17,153 --> 00:46:19,984 Wow. Oh, my God, I'm floating. 882 00:46:20,087 --> 00:46:21,986 Oh, [bleep]. 883 00:46:22,089 --> 00:46:23,159 884 00:46:23,263 --> 00:46:25,437 Not as stable as we'd like. 885 00:46:25,541 --> 00:46:32,513 886 00:46:49,668 --> 00:46:52,326 [uneasy music] 887 00:46:54,259 --> 00:46:58,160 888 00:47:01,784 --> 00:47:03,717 889 00:47:03,821 --> 00:47:07,031 This is a bad idea. 890 00:47:07,134 --> 00:47:09,240 891 00:47:10,689 --> 00:47:16,972 892 00:47:22,736 --> 00:47:23,633 [dramatic music] 893 00:47:23,737 --> 00:47:25,532 Ooh, [bleep]. 894 00:47:25,635 --> 00:47:28,017 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. No. 895 00:47:46,070 --> 00:47:48,658 - Ooh, no. 896 00:47:48,762 --> 00:47:51,213 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. [grunts] 897 00:47:51,316 --> 00:47:52,766 No. 898 00:47:52,870 --> 00:47:58,772 899 00:48:06,193 --> 00:48:08,092 [ambient music] 900 00:48:14,995 --> 00:48:21,968 901 00:48:30,217 --> 00:48:36,499 902 00:48:43,921 --> 00:48:48,235 This raft is not ready for a big fishing expedition. 903 00:48:48,339 --> 00:48:50,479 It's unstable. 904 00:48:54,207 --> 00:48:55,829 Oh. 905 00:48:55,933 --> 00:48:59,453 We could've had a couple weeks of fishing. 906 00:48:59,557 --> 00:49:02,905 I am disappointed. 907 00:49:03,009 --> 00:49:04,907 Well... 908 00:49:05,011 --> 00:49:08,911 I guess now we can kinda put that out of our minds. 909 00:49:09,015 --> 00:49:10,499 Party barge. 910 00:49:10,602 --> 00:49:12,708 911 00:49:12,811 --> 00:49:17,092 It's a party of one bum, one wet bum. 912 00:49:17,195 --> 00:49:20,095 [exciting music] 913 00:49:20,198 --> 00:49:26,894 914 00:49:29,449 --> 00:49:31,451 - Think it's colder today. 915 00:49:31,554 --> 00:49:34,040 916 00:49:34,143 --> 00:49:38,044 But the important thing to know today, 917 00:49:38,147 --> 00:49:42,427 it's my baby's second birthday. 918 00:49:42,531 --> 00:49:43,808 It's two years now. 919 00:49:43,911 --> 00:49:47,432 She's starting to see life and its beauty. 920 00:49:47,536 --> 00:49:49,331 I wish I was there, 921 00:49:49,434 --> 00:49:53,473 but she's got a beautiful family taking care of her. 922 00:49:53,576 --> 00:49:56,994 923 00:50:03,793 --> 00:50:08,039 So the plan of today, I need to check the gill net. 924 00:50:08,143 --> 00:50:12,009 925 00:50:12,112 --> 00:50:13,389 [upbeat music] 926 00:50:13,493 --> 00:50:16,979 I realize to be living on these cold conditions 927 00:50:17,083 --> 00:50:18,256 is really tough. 928 00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:20,810 And without having a supply of food, 929 00:50:20,914 --> 00:50:23,261 it's pretty impossible. 930 00:50:23,365 --> 00:50:25,643 By the time you start lacking calories, 931 00:50:25,746 --> 00:50:28,197 of course, you start thinking more and more, 932 00:50:28,301 --> 00:50:30,958 "Is it now the time, or can I go a little longer?" 933 00:50:31,062 --> 00:50:32,546 You know? 934 00:50:34,686 --> 00:50:36,550 Oh. 935 00:50:36,654 --> 00:50:39,036 Well, guess what? 936 00:50:39,139 --> 00:50:41,348 I think we got fish. 937 00:50:41,452 --> 00:50:44,489 The gill net's starting to work. 938 00:50:44,593 --> 00:50:47,803 First night on the shift, 939 00:50:47,906 --> 00:50:50,530 and it provided fish. 940 00:50:50,633 --> 00:50:53,257 Metzli got me a fish for her birthday. 941 00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:54,706 942 00:50:54,810 --> 00:50:57,364 My daughter, Metzli, thank you for this fish. 943 00:50:57,468 --> 00:50:59,573 [laughs] 944 00:50:59,677 --> 00:51:00,781 [whimsical music] 945 00:51:00,885 --> 00:51:04,854 Gave me this awesome, awesome gift, 946 00:51:04,958 --> 00:51:07,029 some food for my belly. 947 00:51:07,133 --> 00:51:14,105 948 00:51:15,279 --> 00:51:18,144 Yeah, I see the line. 949 00:51:18,247 --> 00:51:25,151 950 00:51:25,254 --> 00:51:26,842 I got a pike. 951 00:51:26,945 --> 00:51:28,326 952 00:51:28,430 --> 00:51:31,847 It's freaking awesome. My gill net is producing. 953 00:51:33,055 --> 00:51:36,196 Food for another couple days here with this pike. 954 00:51:36,300 --> 00:51:38,198 [optimistic music] 955 00:51:38,302 --> 00:51:40,097 What a great start. 956 00:51:48,967 --> 00:51:52,419 So grateful. So freaking happy. 957 00:51:53,662 --> 00:51:56,561 [tense music] 958 00:51:56,665 --> 00:52:03,706 959 00:52:09,160 --> 00:52:11,887 - We're getting ready to head up the mountain. 960 00:52:11,990 --> 00:52:14,303 That'll make two more loads there. 961 00:52:14,407 --> 00:52:16,409 We just got to keep shuttling. 962 00:52:16,512 --> 00:52:18,100 [ominous music] 963 00:52:18,204 --> 00:52:21,138 Oh, boy. I'm feeling it, man. 964 00:52:21,241 --> 00:52:22,967 965 00:52:23,070 --> 00:52:26,246 We're throwing ourselves at it as hard as we can. 966 00:52:26,350 --> 00:52:27,937 I'm done in each day. 967 00:52:28,041 --> 00:52:30,526 968 00:52:30,630 --> 00:52:32,114 But I gotta stay focused. 969 00:52:32,218 --> 00:52:33,840 970 00:52:33,943 --> 00:52:36,394 It's gonna literally make me or break me. 971 00:52:36,498 --> 00:52:38,085 972 00:52:38,189 --> 00:52:40,847 I cannot let nothing get this meat. 973 00:52:40,950 --> 00:52:47,957 974 00:52:51,375 --> 00:52:53,273 975 00:52:55,275 --> 00:52:58,175 [ambient music] 976 00:52:58,278 --> 00:53:01,626 He knows there's a dead animal in the area. 977 00:53:01,730 --> 00:53:03,007 978 00:53:03,110 --> 00:53:04,664 It might balls him up. 979 00:53:04,767 --> 00:53:11,636 980 00:53:11,740 --> 00:53:12,948 Look. 981 00:53:13,051 --> 00:53:16,089 982 00:53:16,193 --> 00:53:18,574 That's a bear right there. 983 00:53:18,678 --> 00:53:20,335 984 00:53:20,438 --> 00:53:22,406 We'll fight, crawl, or [bleep] swim, 985 00:53:22,509 --> 00:53:24,270 whatever we gotta do. 986 00:53:24,373 --> 00:53:26,893 Ain't gonna let no [bleep] stinking bear 987 00:53:26,996 --> 00:53:29,378 steal my meat out of my front yard. 988 00:53:33,348 --> 00:53:35,419 989 00:53:35,522 --> 00:53:37,904 - Welcome to "Alone: Tales From the Arctic." 990 00:53:38,007 --> 00:53:39,733 I'm Colby Donaldson, here tonight 991 00:53:39,837 --> 00:53:44,255 with Roland, Mark, Joe, Amós, Kielyn, and Callie. 992 00:53:44,359 --> 00:53:47,051 Roland, you shot a musk ox with your bow and arrow. 993 00:53:47,154 --> 00:53:50,365 Then you gotta finish him off, put him out of his misery, 994 00:53:50,468 --> 00:53:51,711 with your knife. 995 00:53:51,814 --> 00:53:54,783 Walk us through, if you can, that experience. 996 00:53:54,886 --> 00:53:57,648 - Yeah, I can try. It was quite a time. 997 00:53:57,751 --> 00:53:59,339 Anything can happen. 998 00:53:59,443 --> 00:54:01,341 There I am, there he is, 999 00:54:01,445 --> 00:54:04,517 and I--all's I got is an empty bow 1000 00:54:04,620 --> 00:54:05,621 and a belt knife. 1001 00:54:05,725 --> 00:54:07,485 I don't want to set there till dark, 1002 00:54:07,589 --> 00:54:10,937 and I got within three or four jumps of it, 1003 00:54:11,040 --> 00:54:13,353 and I went in and hit it, as you see, 1004 00:54:13,457 --> 00:54:14,803 and then, when he finally-- 1005 00:54:14,906 --> 00:54:16,563 you see he goes down on his side, 1006 00:54:16,667 --> 00:54:17,633 and his legs are out, 1007 00:54:17,737 --> 00:54:19,048 I let out a war hoop 1008 00:54:19,152 --> 00:54:20,912 somebody in the next camp might've heard. 1009 00:54:21,016 --> 00:54:22,466 I don't know. [laughs] 1010 00:54:22,569 --> 00:54:24,502 Hoo-hoo-hoo! 1011 00:54:24,606 --> 00:54:28,368 Praise God! We got big game! 1012 00:54:28,472 --> 00:54:29,645 - Speaking of those in the next camp, 1013 00:54:29,749 --> 00:54:32,303 I-I do want to hear from some of the others 1014 00:54:32,407 --> 00:54:34,132 just in terms of what they were thinking 1015 00:54:34,236 --> 00:54:36,169 as they were watching it play out 1016 00:54:36,273 --> 00:54:38,240 with the rest of the viewers on the show. 1017 00:54:38,344 --> 00:54:40,207 Uh, Mark, how about you? What were-- 1018 00:54:40,311 --> 00:54:41,588 what thoughts were going through your head 1019 00:54:41,692 --> 00:54:44,177 as you watched Roland take that musk ox down? 1020 00:54:44,281 --> 00:54:46,490 That was insane. I mean, Roland talks about it 1021 00:54:46,593 --> 00:54:48,561 as one of his most epic kills-- 1022 00:54:48,664 --> 00:54:50,770 and this is what he does for a living-- 1023 00:54:50,873 --> 00:54:53,462 and I have to agree. That was absolutely insane. 1024 00:54:53,566 --> 00:54:54,463 I loved it. 1025 00:54:54,567 --> 00:54:55,947 - Did any of you know 1026 00:54:56,051 --> 00:54:57,777 that Roland had taken a musk ox 1027 00:54:57,880 --> 00:54:59,330 prior to seeing it on TV? 1028 00:54:59,434 --> 00:55:00,814 - No. [laughs] 1029 00:55:00,918 --> 00:55:03,921 Everyone probably assumed someone got a big game, 1030 00:55:04,024 --> 00:55:07,442 but ultimately, the nice thing about the 100-day challenge 1031 00:55:07,545 --> 00:55:11,342 is that doesn't matter how other people are doing. 1032 00:55:11,446 --> 00:55:13,068 You still gotta get to that 100 days, 1033 00:55:13,171 --> 00:55:16,036 and everyone was trying their best to get there. 1034 00:55:16,140 --> 00:55:17,900 - Joe, just--I want to ask you, 1035 00:55:18,004 --> 00:55:20,834 how important is big game out there 1036 00:55:20,938 --> 00:55:22,319 during an experience like this? 1037 00:55:22,422 --> 00:55:24,251 - I mean, it's like pulling off the Hail Mary 1038 00:55:24,355 --> 00:55:25,563 at the end of the football game. 1039 00:55:25,667 --> 00:55:27,185 You gotta have some luck on your side, 1040 00:55:27,289 --> 00:55:28,877 and you gotta be skilled, and luckily, 1041 00:55:28,980 --> 00:55:30,982 Roland had both in that instance. 1042 00:55:31,086 --> 00:55:32,363 - Roland, first of all, 1043 00:55:32,467 --> 00:55:35,918 how many miles do you think you covered, in total, 1044 00:55:36,022 --> 00:55:38,438 just getting that animal back to your camp? 1045 00:55:38,542 --> 00:55:42,097 - I very well could've put on 40 miles in three days, 1046 00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:43,961 but just the sheer workload 1047 00:55:44,064 --> 00:55:45,687 of breaking that thing down 1048 00:55:45,790 --> 00:55:47,896 and then the process of pack ratting it 1049 00:55:47,999 --> 00:55:49,518 clear back to camp-- 1050 00:55:49,622 --> 00:55:52,072 it's the hardest thing you'll ever do to your body. 1051 00:55:52,176 --> 00:55:54,592 - You know, as far as protecting your food goes, 1052 00:55:54,696 --> 00:55:56,491 that's--that's really what a lot of this episode 1053 00:55:56,594 --> 00:55:57,906 is all about. 1054 00:55:58,009 --> 00:55:59,494 How did that weigh on you, Mark? 1055 00:55:59,597 --> 00:56:01,116 - A lot of it is all about food. 1056 00:56:01,219 --> 00:56:03,567 And so once you get it, you're lucky enough to get it, 1057 00:56:03,670 --> 00:56:05,120 then you gotta say, "Well, I gotta keep it." 1058 00:56:05,223 --> 00:56:07,087 And so if it means fighting off 1059 00:56:07,191 --> 00:56:08,434 whatever's coming in there to take it, 1060 00:56:08,537 --> 00:56:09,573 that means fighting it off. 1061 00:56:09,676 --> 00:56:11,885 It is a daunting task. 1062 00:56:11,989 --> 00:56:13,853 Once you grab that food, 1063 00:56:13,956 --> 00:56:15,510 everything in there is trying to eat, 1064 00:56:15,613 --> 00:56:17,477 so survival of the fittest, right? 1065 00:56:17,581 --> 00:56:20,653 You steal my food, you turn into food. 1066 00:56:20,756 --> 00:56:22,344 - The interesting thing was, 1067 00:56:22,448 --> 00:56:24,311 animals weren't the only thing out there, 1068 00:56:24,415 --> 00:56:26,693 uh, in the Arctic stealing food. 1069 00:56:26,797 --> 00:56:28,695 Let's take a look at this never-before-seen footage 1070 00:56:28,799 --> 00:56:29,800 of Callie. 1071 00:56:29,903 --> 00:56:36,047 1072 00:56:36,151 --> 00:56:37,601 - What do we have here? 1073 00:56:37,704 --> 00:56:41,984 1074 00:56:43,848 --> 00:56:46,264 Oh, wow. 1075 00:56:46,368 --> 00:56:48,612 We have a squirrel stash... 1076 00:56:48,715 --> 00:56:50,234 1077 00:56:50,337 --> 00:56:51,891 Of mushrooms. 1078 00:56:51,994 --> 00:56:56,343 1079 00:56:56,447 --> 00:56:58,553 Whoa. 1080 00:56:58,656 --> 00:56:59,933 What a cache. 1081 00:57:00,037 --> 00:57:01,866 1082 00:57:01,970 --> 00:57:04,869 [squirrel scolding] Oh, the squirrel's not happy. 1083 00:57:04,973 --> 00:57:09,529 Wow, this squirrel's like, "Dude, get out of my cache." 1084 00:57:09,633 --> 00:57:11,220 1085 00:57:11,324 --> 00:57:13,222 [laughs] 1086 00:57:13,326 --> 00:57:16,502 So I got some mushrooms 1087 00:57:16,605 --> 00:57:18,400 from a squirrel cache. 1088 00:57:18,504 --> 00:57:20,160 That's a nice little meal right there. 1089 00:57:20,264 --> 00:57:21,161 1090 00:57:21,265 --> 00:57:22,508 Thank you, squirrels. 1091 00:57:22,611 --> 00:57:24,130 [squirrel scolding] 1092 00:57:24,233 --> 00:57:25,821 1093 00:57:25,925 --> 00:57:29,618 - Callie, tell us about, uh, raiding the stash there 1094 00:57:29,722 --> 00:57:31,965 and you being the, uh, ever opportunist. 1095 00:57:32,069 --> 00:57:34,761 - [laughs] Yeah, that was fun. 1096 00:57:34,865 --> 00:57:36,763 You know, we were dropped at location 1097 00:57:36,867 --> 00:57:38,972 at the very end of September, 1098 00:57:39,076 --> 00:57:41,872 and by then, a lot of the mushrooms I was finding 1099 00:57:41,975 --> 00:57:46,532 were decaying and slimy and practically just mush, 1100 00:57:46,635 --> 00:57:48,326 so the squirrels did something for me 1101 00:57:48,430 --> 00:57:50,121 that I couldn't do for myself. 1102 00:57:50,225 --> 00:57:52,296 They stashed a bunch of mushrooms 1103 00:57:52,399 --> 00:57:53,400 up in the trees. 1104 00:57:53,504 --> 00:57:56,300 So it was a pretty awesome score, 1105 00:57:56,403 --> 00:57:59,337 and being a scavenger and an opportunist 1106 00:57:59,441 --> 00:58:01,236 is a great skill to have. 1107 00:58:01,339 --> 00:58:03,376 I mean, all the animals out there-- 1108 00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:04,895 they're not gonna pass up an easy meal, 1109 00:58:04,998 --> 00:58:06,275 and neither am I. 1110 00:58:06,379 --> 00:58:08,933 - I wanna talk about hunger for a second, Callie, 1111 00:58:09,037 --> 00:58:12,040 uh, because it's always present in an experience like this, 1112 00:58:12,143 --> 00:58:15,181 and for those who may be sitting at home, watching, 1113 00:58:15,284 --> 00:58:17,183 uh, enjoying a pizza, 1114 00:58:17,286 --> 00:58:19,668 give us an idea of what it's like 1115 00:58:19,772 --> 00:58:21,394 to be that hungry. 1116 00:58:21,498 --> 00:58:24,811 - Yeah, I mean, out there, I had food, 1117 00:58:24,915 --> 00:58:28,677 but still, you are expending so many calories 1118 00:58:28,781 --> 00:58:30,748 going all over the place, 1119 00:58:30,852 --> 00:58:32,336 building massive shelters. 1120 00:58:32,439 --> 00:58:34,752 Like, doing everything that we have to do 1121 00:58:34,856 --> 00:58:36,616 is burning tons of calories, 1122 00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:38,549 and so even though I was eating every day, 1123 00:58:38,653 --> 00:58:44,106 it's still not enough. 1124 00:58:44,210 --> 00:58:45,280 I'm Colby Donaldson, here with Roland, 1125 00:58:45,383 --> 00:58:49,422 Mark, Joe, Amós, Kielyn, and Callie. 1126 00:58:49,526 --> 00:58:51,079 Joe, uh, at this point, 1127 00:58:51,182 --> 00:58:53,460 your shelter is beginning to take shape. 1128 00:58:53,564 --> 00:58:54,979 It looks pretty solid. 1129 00:58:55,083 --> 00:58:57,810 Are you concerned that maybe you waited too long? 1130 00:58:57,913 --> 00:59:00,260 - It's such a game of balancing priorities 1131 00:59:00,364 --> 00:59:01,848 and managing your time, 1132 00:59:01,952 --> 00:59:04,713 and I went in knowing that I was gonna take my time 1133 00:59:04,817 --> 00:59:06,439 on a long-term shelter. 1134 00:59:06,543 --> 00:59:08,337 Really, having my shelter incomplete 1135 00:59:08,441 --> 00:59:10,305 was something that I was just looking at 1136 00:59:10,408 --> 00:59:13,308 as, um, something I could be patient with, 1137 00:59:13,411 --> 00:59:15,344 and I really needed to prioritize food, 1138 00:59:15,448 --> 00:59:19,072 and the shelter was sort of like my hobby. 1139 00:59:19,176 --> 00:59:22,317 - So what were you working on, uh, in lieu of that shelter? 1140 00:59:22,420 --> 00:59:24,043 What were you spending your time doing? 1141 00:59:24,146 --> 00:59:26,355 - So I had been chipping away at a gill net 1142 00:59:26,459 --> 00:59:28,703 for a little while, and that was something I'd work on, 1143 00:59:28,806 --> 00:59:31,395 um, when I just had some spare time 1144 00:59:31,498 --> 00:59:34,432 between trapping, foraging, working on the shelter, 1145 00:59:34,536 --> 00:59:36,918 and doing other various craft projects. 1146 00:59:37,021 --> 00:59:39,576 - Amós, you took a-- a huge hit 1147 00:59:39,679 --> 00:59:41,301 when you lost that gill net. 1148 00:59:41,405 --> 00:59:43,649 How does that affect your morale and just your-- 1149 00:59:43,752 --> 00:59:45,582 your mental state moving forward 1150 00:59:45,685 --> 00:59:46,893 when something like that happens? 1151 00:59:46,997 --> 00:59:49,516 - Yeah, it was a big blow to the strategy. 1152 00:59:49,620 --> 00:59:53,279 The gill net--it did provide a ton of fish, 1153 00:59:53,382 --> 00:59:56,627 a bunch, so it was a big loss. 1154 00:59:56,731 --> 00:59:58,905 But at the same time, I felt really low 1155 00:59:59,009 --> 01:00:01,045 because I lost a net to the lake. 1156 01:00:01,149 --> 01:00:03,289 I didn't want to contaminate the lake. 1157 01:00:03,392 --> 01:00:04,531 - Well, and at that point, 1158 01:00:04,635 --> 01:00:06,706 were you having much success hunting? 1159 01:00:06,810 --> 01:00:09,329 - No, I'd been walking a lot, but I hadn't had-- 1160 01:00:09,433 --> 01:00:11,435 I hadn't seen any big game. 1161 01:00:11,538 --> 01:00:15,266 I seen some moose tracks, I seen some scat, 1162 01:00:15,370 --> 01:00:16,923 but the gill net was pretty much 1163 01:00:17,027 --> 01:00:19,236 what was providing for my food. 1164 01:00:19,339 --> 01:00:22,480 - Kielyn, let's talk about that raft. 1165 01:00:22,584 --> 01:00:23,689 - She's floating. 1166 01:00:23,792 --> 01:00:25,829 Okay, I'm getting on. 1167 01:00:25,932 --> 01:00:27,589 - That was a bold move. 1168 01:00:27,693 --> 01:00:29,211 Uh, you're fully kitted out. 1169 01:00:29,315 --> 01:00:30,661 It's about 30 degrees outside. 1170 01:00:30,765 --> 01:00:33,802 You decide, uh, to paddle out on a barrel 1171 01:00:33,906 --> 01:00:36,425 into the deepest lake in North America. 1172 01:00:36,529 --> 01:00:37,703 Tell us about that choice. 1173 01:00:37,806 --> 01:00:39,187 - I struggled with the fish, 1174 01:00:39,290 --> 01:00:42,259 and I didn't want to give up on the fish, 1175 01:00:42,362 --> 01:00:44,502 and I just weighed the options, 1176 01:00:44,606 --> 01:00:47,195 uh, how much energy it was going to cost me 1177 01:00:47,298 --> 01:00:49,093 to build this raft, 1178 01:00:49,197 --> 01:00:51,061 and what it would be worth to me 1179 01:00:51,164 --> 01:00:53,063 if I--if it was successful, 1180 01:00:53,166 --> 01:00:56,583 and, um, it floated. It worked, 1181 01:00:56,687 --> 01:00:59,656 but it wasn't quite, uh, maybe beefy enough, 1182 01:00:59,759 --> 01:01:01,036 wide enough, 1183 01:01:01,140 --> 01:01:03,418 that if I felt like I was catching, 1184 01:01:03,521 --> 01:01:05,903 you know, a 10-pound, 20-pound, lake trout, 1185 01:01:06,007 --> 01:01:09,148 it would just pull me in, and I would've gone swimming. 1186 01:01:09,251 --> 01:01:13,600 - Mark, this gets us into sort of that inner conversation 1187 01:01:13,704 --> 01:01:15,292 you have to have at some point out there 1188 01:01:15,395 --> 01:01:17,501 about risk versus reward. 1189 01:01:17,604 --> 01:01:19,814 - I mean, you gotta take risks. 1190 01:01:19,917 --> 01:01:22,471 Even walking, walking around the lakeshore, 1191 01:01:22,575 --> 01:01:23,749 right, when it starts freezing up 1192 01:01:23,852 --> 01:01:25,026 and there's ice everywhere-- 1193 01:01:25,129 --> 01:01:27,166 um, that's a risk, 1194 01:01:27,269 --> 01:01:29,547 but you--you have to do that if you want to survive. 1195 01:01:29,651 --> 01:01:31,170 Everybody's taking risks, 1196 01:01:31,273 --> 01:01:32,792 and they are calculated. 1197 01:01:32,896 --> 01:01:34,898 But that's life, you know, so you gotta take that risk 1198 01:01:35,001 --> 01:01:37,417 and just hope that you got enough knowledge and skill 1199 01:01:37,521 --> 01:01:38,833 that you're gonna be able to work your way out, 1200 01:01:38,936 --> 01:01:40,006 work yourself through. 1201 01:01:40,110 --> 01:01:41,249 And now I gotta get back up here 1202 01:01:41,352 --> 01:01:42,906 without busting my butt. 1203 01:01:43,009 --> 01:01:45,874 - Roland, we leave, uh, the episode 1204 01:01:45,978 --> 01:01:47,842 seeing that bear off in the distance, 1205 01:01:47,945 --> 01:01:50,189 probably the bear, you know, that's been raiding 1206 01:01:50,292 --> 01:01:51,500 your musk ox. 1207 01:01:51,604 --> 01:01:54,227 How rare is it to see a winter bear? 1208 01:01:54,331 --> 01:01:56,229 - The winter bear is a little bit of an oddity, 1209 01:01:56,333 --> 01:01:59,474 and it will make them more unpredictable 1210 01:01:59,577 --> 01:02:01,683 and potentially more dangerous. 1211 01:02:01,787 --> 01:02:04,721 Mark, we saw that bear, you know, took your fish, 1212 01:02:04,824 --> 01:02:07,033 so you decided to flip the script 1213 01:02:07,137 --> 01:02:08,586 and actually hunt the animal. 1214 01:02:08,690 --> 01:02:10,485 Tell us about that. Were you successful? 1215 01:02:10,588 --> 01:02:12,901 - Uh, well, you guys will have to wait to see, right? 1216 01:02:13,005 --> 01:02:14,696 Um, but I will say, 1217 01:02:14,800 --> 01:02:16,802 if anything takes anything from me 1218 01:02:16,905 --> 01:02:17,975 while I'm out there, 1219 01:02:18,079 --> 01:02:19,839 I mean, I'm going after it. 1220 01:02:19,943 --> 01:02:22,255 It's wartime. It's game time. 1221 01:02:22,359 --> 01:02:24,257 - Well, that's it for "Alone: Tales From the Arctic." 1222 01:02:24,361 --> 01:02:26,225 I'd like to thank Roland, Mark, 1223 01:02:26,328 --> 01:02:29,124 Joe, Amós, Kielyn, and Callie. 1224 01:02:29,228 --> 01:02:31,161 Tune in each week after the episodes, 1225 01:02:31,264 --> 01:02:33,611 where we'll be talking with all of the cast, 1226 01:02:33,715 --> 01:02:35,303 and now, as promised, 1227 01:02:35,406 --> 01:02:38,409 a sneak peek of next week's exciting episode. 1228 01:02:38,513 --> 01:02:39,445 We'll see you then. 1229 01:02:39,548 --> 01:02:42,793 1230 01:02:42,897 --> 01:02:45,071 - Hey! Get out of here, wolverine. 1231 01:02:45,175 --> 01:02:46,348 It's my food cache. [wolverine growls] 1232 01:02:46,452 --> 01:02:47,625 Get out of here! 1233 01:02:47,729 --> 01:02:50,490 - I'm gonna build a meat crib. 1234 01:02:50,594 --> 01:02:53,355 We're gonna fit them tight so nothing can get in there. 1235 01:02:54,978 --> 01:02:56,703 1236 01:02:56,807 --> 01:02:58,326 I was right there. 1237 01:02:58,429 --> 01:03:00,466 1238 01:03:00,569 --> 01:03:02,433 - Oh, [bleep]! 1239 01:03:02,537 --> 01:03:04,125 I just lit my shelter on fire. 1240 01:03:04,228 --> 01:03:06,368 [grunts] 1241 01:03:06,472 --> 01:03:09,026 Holy [bleep]. 1242 01:03:09,130 --> 01:03:12,374