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DYLAN: We are heading into one of
the harshest winters on the planet.

SIA: There's no finish line.

TRENT: But there is $250,000
waiting for the last person.

LILLIAN: It's so cold.

Cold like this can kill you.

DOUGY: I can't feel my face.

I can't feel my hands.

TRENT: This weather's
going to sort a few people out.

CLINT: The wolves howling across
the lake send shivers up your spine.

JASPER: You've got wolverines,
wolves, bears.

ALYCE: It's a whole new frontier.

DOUGY: Alone season four, the Arctic.

It's on like Donkey Kong.

JASPER: The mind's unravelling.

DOUGY: It's gone completely tits up.

MISTY: I didn't think
it would be easy,

but I didn't think
it would be this hard.

SIA: Oh.

DOUGY: The landscape
doesn't care if you live or die.

(SOBBING)

TRENT: Shoulder's on fire.

JASPER: Look, look, look.

Oh, that is so beautiful.

LILLIAN: The northern lights are out.
They're telling me to stay.

CLINT:
Permanent now. And here forever.

God!

DYLAN: I need to be here
till the end. I'm not tapping.

- MISTY: Whoo!
- JASPER: Whoo!

- SIA: Dinner!
- DOUGY: Ha ha!

RESCUER 1: Hello?

Hello? He's not here.

Hello, mate?

RESCUER 2: He's gone. He's actually
gone. He's missing. Call it in.

We need immediate backup
for search and rescue.

RESCUER 2: Koo-wee!

DOUGY: Northern Finland.

It's one of the most beautiful places
I've ever seen in my life.

But in a couple of weeks,
it's going to be frozen solid.

And that is making me shit my pants.

We are heading into one of the
harshest winters on this planet.

The ice is coming for us all

and it's going to be a nightmare
if you're not prepared.

I think we're home.

That wind coming in is freezing cold.
Oh.

MISTY: Yeah. I think this place is a
very spiritual and sacred land.

The Sami people have been living and

coexisting with nature
for thousands of years.

I think that's pretty special.

For science, baby.

I borrowed a bit of land
over the next few months.

It's like rushing into a first date.
You just don't... Just take it easy.

It could be the love of your life
or a divorce waiting to happen.

We'll find out. We'll find out.

My name is Misty.

I'm a proud Wulli Wulli woman
from the Southern Hemisphere.

And I'm here for an experience
of a lifetime.

Sayonara, mother-lovers.
Day one has begun.

CLINT: I don't mind discomfort.

I'm 57 years old,
but I've got a mental toughness

through years of hard work
and experience.

The weirder it is, the colder it is,
the tougher it is, the harder I go.

Okay. Here we go.

Well, it's blowing
it's arse off. It's cold.

I've got no idea where I am.

Quite frankly, I don't care.

I'm just going to look the
Arctic circle in the eye and say,

"Bring it on, mate."

SIA: In this environment,
the smallest mistake can be fatal.

Ah. Okay. I can do this.
I can do this. I can do this.

Oh, my heart is beating.

The rain is coming and I need
to get the shelter up quickly.

Temperature is actually
dropping really quickly.

As an ultramarathon runner, you
don't have a finish line, I guess.

Oh, blueberries!
Blueberries. Blueberries.

I think men sometimes can go out
with that mentality where they have

to win it and beat it.

I'm not gonna starve after all.

But women will go out
with a different mentality

where we want to live with it.

Uh-huh. Not me. Not starving.

DYLAN: This is the most extreme
batshit crazy thing I've ever done.

It can get down to negative 10,
20, past negative 50.

That is just unfathomable to me.

Thank you.

And that'll be my last
little bit of human interaction.

It's just me and the land now.

And whatever else lives out here.

TRENT: They don't have bears
and wolves in Tasmania.

I'll tell you that.

I've come here to win,
this little guy from Tassie.

But I'd love to get to 101 days.

And there they go. Come on.

Hypothermia and frostbite

are probably the two worst things
that can happen to you.

Apart from getting eaten by a bear.

There's a big animal
that's been tracking through here.

I have no idea what that is.

If I was a betting man,
I'd probably say a moose.

JASPER: I've never seen ice.

I've never seen snow.

It's...it's wild what I'm doing here.

But I'm here to survive as long as
I can and try and beat everyone else.

And I'm willing to push myself
really far to win this challenge.

JASPER: Here we go.

It's adventure time.

I reckon that misty rain
might be setting in.

Might get my tarp out
and just some rocks,

and just make sure my gear
is not going to get wet.

That would be a really, really
bad start, would be wet clothes.

ARASH: This is the Arctic Circle.

Mother nature will not
show any mercy on us.

We're not in Australia anymore.

Whoo-hoo!

My superpower here is more mentality.

It's shaped through the hardness
that I've been through.

I grew up in war. Afghanistan.

I've already won this in my mind.

I can sense freedom.

Let's get back and build
a temporary shelter for tonight.

ALYCE:
The scientific part of my brain

sees this experience as a big
experiment, trial and error.

It's not so windy here.

I think I'm in a little
protected bay.

But the spiritual side of me

is yearning to form a deep connection
with the land.

I hope that Mother Nature
does kick me in the arse

and teaches me a few lessons.

Oh, I want to be humbled.

Let's get set up.

LILLIAN: These Australians think
they know what they're in for.

They have no idea.

I was born in the Arctic Circle.

I understand what it truly
feels like to be in -50 degrees.

Words can't really describe

what that type of temperature
feels on your skin.

It's this feeling
of harsh brute force.

We made it.

This is going to be crazy.
It already is.

I feel like this
is a bit of a homecoming.

I was born for this challenge.

Bye.

That's it.

Now I'm alone.

DOUGY: That wind is bleak.

This just got serious.
Oh, my God. Wow.

(LAUGHS)

Nothing - nothing can prepare you
for this. Absolutely nothing.

Not even having a beard can prepare
you for this moment right now.

It is freezing cold.
I'm super excited.

And if anyone says they aren't
shitting their pants, they're lying.

Oh, that wind.

So foraging wise, I don't think
berries are going to be a problem.

At least right now.

Oh, tasty.

So many terrifying
factors about this place.

Not only are we dealing
with the extreme cold,

we've got to deal with predators.

Well, here's a game trail.

Two game trails.

There's one there, one here.

And I don't know what's using these.
Is it bears? Is it moose?

A moose is more dangerous
than a bear.

The moose will walk up to you
and kill you for no reason.

Then just carry on with its day.

Imagine bumping
into one of them in the dark.

I don't know why people say
I want to push my limits.

I want to test myself.

I want to fight my boundaries.

I don't know what any of that means.

I'm just here to win.

I'm just here to do what I do.

Wow. Look at this.

And why it's awesome is it means
you've got all the little bugs and

grubs and seeds and God knows what
else that floats down into there.

That means, in theory,
there should be fish in there.

And I am absolutely confident
in my skills to win this.

I've been in Australia for 15 years.

I'm originally from the north
east of England, and

I've built a new life
here in Australia.

Mommy, I found this one.

DOUGY: I've got a beautiful missus
and two gorgeous children, but

hunting, shooting and fishing have
always been like a part of my life

ever since I was a little kid.

Me dad, me uncle, always used
to go out poaching for salmon and

the trout and the pheasants
and stuff like that.

Poaching teaches you how to be a good
hunter, a good fisherman, because

you've got to be stealthy.

You've got to be quiet.

Setting traps, set lines,
gill nets, reading the land.

I got one.

There aren't many things
I miss about England,

but I love the poaching.

Cold is one of the most
dangerous things in nature.

So I'm not going to try and fish.

I'm going to get my shelter done.

So this looks like a really
good spot to put a shelter.

So I need to clear
a space here first.

This is just
an international rock festival.

Tell you what,
glad I brought a shovel.

Argh!

Just what you need, isn't it?

Fucking 40kg rock in the way.

Come on!

You know, it's weird.
There's no worms.

If this was England, even Australia,

this would be covered in worms.

Jesus.

This is what I want.
I want to get down to the bare earth.

It's just a lot better
having bare earth on your camp

instead of this wet, mossy stuff.

It's just a moisture machine.

That's it.

How hard is it
just to get a flat area?

In a place like this,

if you don't respect the land,
it's going to bite you in the ass.

There we go. Timber.

DOUGY: No style points here
with the knots.

Running out of time,

running out of daylight,
running out of patience.

My plan here is to just bow this out
so it's not just a V.

And then I can get my bed up there.

I just can't even imagine
seeing a bear here.

I will shit my pants.

Oh! Oh!

I wouldn't mind a bit
of a cover on there, you know.

A few sticks,
a bit of a plastic tarp.

That'll definitely stop it there.

Fucking hell.

LILLIAN: Wow.

Wow. All right. Where am I? Okay.

You can go three minutes without
oxygen. Three days without water.

Three weeks without food,
and three months without people.

I made that last one up.

It's a newly added addition. And...

Yeah, we'll see how we go,
if that's true or not.

Oh!

That was made for sleeping in.

I'm going to set up my emergency
shelter with this rock.

I mean, this rock is going
to protect me from so much wind.

That is just asking for it.

Like, I wouldn't even need
to set up a tarp,

because it's just overhanging.

Wow.

Okay, I think I might go
with that spot,

because my little body,

my little body can fit.

That's the good thing
about being small.

I didn't want to go too far
from where I got dropped off,

just because my bags are quite heavy,

and I'm being really mindful of every
calorie that I have in me right now.

I think the first impression
people get of me is they think that

I'm not as capable as I am.

They might see me
as small and fragile.

Small but not fragile.

A big reason of why I'm doing this
is I'm here to prove a point

that just because I'm so small and

I might not look like
the stereotypical

strong, tall survival guide,

I'm just as capable
and I have just as many skills.

I was born in Sweden and I moved to
Australia when I was four years old.

I try and go back once a year.

I really love guiding up there,
especially in the winter.

It's something out of this world.

Part of the tours that I run,
we like to go into a frozen river,

make sure that the ice is super deep.

We'll drill a hole into the ice,

and then if you're lucky enough
to catch a fish, usually a salmon,

we can fillet it up and cook it
there on the frozen river.

As a wilderness guide, I have a lot
of experience in bushcraft skills,

different shelter making,
fire making

and I've recently got really
into cordage making.

Sorry, Mum.

But my secret weapon is that
we're literally in the Arctic Circle.

I was born here.

I know this place
and I feel very comfortable here.

This is not a scary landscape to me.

Don't underestimate me.

I'm here and I'm here to win.

Oh, I'm so excited. This...

This reindeer skin
just feels like home.

I've slept on ice.

I've slept in igloos.
I've slept in the snow.

And all I've had is a sleeping bag
and a reindeer skin.

I feel so at home.

It's what's in your DNA and being
over on this side of the world.

It's calming. It just feels good.

I think I do have an advantage,

this being quite similar
to where I'm from.

I hope I see a reindeer out here.

That would be so nice.

Oh, this is so cosy.

This is the home of the Sami people.

They've adapted to this land,
they are one with it.

I hope that I can build
a similar connection.

If the land should choose
to speak to me,

then I will listen
and take its guidance.

I really need to be careful not
to put my shelter on a game trail.

Which I'm noticing these
quite well-worn game trails.

Makes me think
I'll have some friends out here.

If something happens out here,

it'll still be a while before
someone gets here to help me.

Dead trees everywhere.

That one will kill you for sure.

(CREAKING)

Can you hear that?

That was like
minutes away from falling.

You've got to be real careful about
where you throw up your shelter.

You don't want to die out here.

Lots of heavy breathing,
lots of calories spent.

But I found where I want to set up
a temp shelter for the night.

That is the closest safe place

that isn't on
or five metres from a game trail.

I spent about five and a half years
in the army.

I was infantry, which means that we
go to the hard places and we do

the hard things.

You learn to live on the land

and you learn how to do it
when you're in danger.

When I got out, I studied paramedic
science, I completed my psych degrees

and I'm now a search and rescue
tracker.

So when people are missing
far out in the bush

and no one knows how to find them,
that's my job.

And I spend a lot of time in some
extreme environments

and we don't come back
until the job's done.

So I'm trying to find somewhere
that's just a little bit elevated.

As a Palawa man, my ancestors
used to live along the shores.

Let's go.

Growing up, I learnt a lot
about culture and practices and that

includes fishing with spears,
line with nets, just catching fish.

There's a whole bunch of different
ways you can catch fish.

And I like to think
that I know a lot of them.

But when I found out that it
was in the Arctic, I was like,

I'm used to having to deal with heat
stroke, not critical hypothermia.

It's going to be challenging.

But the thing that is driving me
most at the moment is my family.

We've been going through IVF
for a long time now.

It took IVF for us to expand
our family and have Jensen.

We want siblings for him.

We want him to grow up
as a big brother.

The journey for us so far has been
not just emotionally difficult,

but financially as well.

It costs
many tens of thousands of dollars

and we are almost out of money.

I'm going to keep it
nice and low tonight.

I can fiddle around with it tomorrow.

It doesn't matter too much.

It doesn't take much energy
to set up a hoochie.

I think, emotionally,

I will struggle with being away
from Gemma and Jensen.

People are not meant to be alone.

We never were meant to be alone.

And I think it's going
to be really easy to spiral.

And if you can't bring yourself
out of that spiral,

you'll end up tapping.

Something big's come through here.

Someone's walked past and just
given it a knock and flipped it off.

With this experience,
it's not just about the skills.

It's also about
psychological fortitude,

your resilience,
your ability to overcome problems.

You start stressing.

Start seeing the world in a little
bit more of a dangerous way.

You see danger everywhere.

You see risk everywhere.

You start beating yourself up.

Everything's wet and it's raining.

Let's see
if we can start a fire anyway.

Take it slow.

Slow is smooth.

Smooth is fast.

I'm cooking with gas.

Probably the last one
to get a fire tonight.

(LAUGHS)

Hope everyone else's experience
on their first day

hasn't been too stressful.

It is so dark out here.

It's clouded over.

Could be anything out there
and I wouldn't know.

I can't see more than maybe
about five meters in front of me.

Everything else is just black.

It's a little bit concerning, but...

..there are bears out here.

There's not much
you can do about that.

(STICK CRACKS)

Just heard a stick crack.

I do wonder
what animals are out there.

Misty in the wilderness,
day two, take one.

Still wearing
yesterday's clothes and undies.

But that's all right.

I was just thinking
I've set up the camera in this area.

And I think this is where
I'm going to be building my shelter.

It's not far from my original camp.

This whole experience
is pretty intense.

Definitely didn't deal
with the landing so well.

Once you get dropped off,
it's just a lot.

It's a lot to take in
when you've got so much to do.

And there's this urgency that if you
don't do everything,

you're going to fail.

I started getting
my head freaked out.

I just feel a bit mumbled jumbled
at the moment.

And I just had to talk to the camera,

because who else do you talk to
out here?

Oh, so hard.

Like, not the physical,
the mental, you know?

That was brutal yesterday.

I had a really rough sleep last night
too.

Lucky that there's clouds clearing
today

and it looks like we might get
a bit of sunshine.

So I really need this shelter set up
because I just want to be cosy.

Before I do that,
I'm going to forage for some berries.

Gotta think about calories, right?

Totally underestimated the emotional
and mental side of this experience.

But I just don't give up too easy.

Being a tour guide
in Central Australia,

you know, I've got a lot
of plant knowledge.

I don't know, there's something
magical about walking through

a rocky, arid environment
and finding bush tucker to eat.

Little red.

I connect to nature in a way
that I think most people don't.

Pretty decent.

That there.

I'm bush woman.

I first started with the tour
guiding, taking school camps out on

country out to a remote community
in Central Australia.

Pretty good.

Connecting them to the land and
getting them to drop into places that

don't have the noise, you know.

Oh, my God.

I definitely have skills like
bushcraft and fishing and hunting

and shelter building.

But I think my biggest thing
is my ability to adapt.

I come from a life
of a lot of trauma

and my whole life has
been about adapting with that trauma.

I think my willingness to adapt
and be open-minded to a situation

is probably
one of my greatest strengths.

If you've just tuned in,
you're witnessing history happen.

An Australian making an arctic bed.

I've had my hissy fit with this land.

I've just got to chip away at it
and I've got to remind myself, Misty,

that you landed,
you're discombobulated,

you're disorientated,

you've built this shelter,

you've got somewhere safe
to sleep tonight.

Tick.

You got berries.

Tick.

We got water.

Tick.

I feel like once I get my bearings
and I get settled in,

that the land is actually going to
start to introduce herself to me.

I think there's a little bit of
deceit in the arctic

because we're here at the moment
where there's no snow,

and there's no ice

and there's still light.

But I've never been in the arctic

and all I've seen is photos
and this place gets pretty crazy.

It just feels like it's going to get
really cold really quick.

We're not in Kansas anymore,
you know?

The sun's nice, though.

Tell you what,
oh, the sun on your face.

Oh, it's nice.

It's a beautiful spot.

I'm just going to have a quick
walk through here, safe as anywhere,

that's good for a permanent shelter.

I need to make a main shelter
and that's going to take a long time.

So my camp is over there
and up the hill.

I also need food,
so where do you find the balance?

I've got active thyroid,
which is a fast metabolism.

I have to eat all the time,
otherwise I go really thin.

If I'm honest, I'm kind of
worried about it out here.

What the hell is this?

What is that?

It's just a pile of wood.

Oh, God, that's got bear den
written all over it.

Right, let's head back
and make a net

and try and get some fish in my belly

because I'm starving.

I had nothing to eat yesterday

and I've had nothing to eat
this morning.

I am certain you can eat that
mushroom, even though it's purple.

What's the name of it?

I'm lying, I'm not certain.

So you know what that means?
Throw it away.

It smells just like a field mushroom
in England.

And it tastes exactly like it.

But if in doubt,
you cannot eat mushrooms.

I done so much homework on mushrooms
before I came out here.

And I've instantly forgot everything.

I need food in my belly
because time is ticking.

I still can't think of the name
of that purple one.

You can eat them for sure.

But, I mean, eating a purple mushroom
when you're not sure of it

is a little bit dodgy really,
isn't it?

You know?

Whoo-hoo!
She's wild weather out here.

Bloody oath, get around it.

Trying to be positive
about the location that I'm in,

even though it's a shoreline
that does cop the wind

and it's a bit shallow.

Hopefully I can still
catch fish here.

And that's probably priority today

is find bait and get lines
in the water.

I mean, if we can't catch bait
to catch at least that initial fish

that then we can use for bait,
we might be in a bit of strife.

That...

is potentially...

..the worst-looking shovel
I've ever seen.

The goal for me coming into this
is to try and catch as much food

as I can to survive
for as long as I can.

Here we are,
worst shovel in Australia.

Oh, well, in Finland now.

Just gonna go and have a look,
have a scratch around, see if I can

find any worms.

I don't know how realistic this
goal is,

but I'd love to get to 101 days.

The only way to do it
is to get food in the belly.

But you're massive, look at yourself.

In preparation for this,
I've put on nearly 30 kilos.

I know I'm a lot bigger than what
I normally am,

but within three or four weeks,
a lot of this will be gone.

I don't want to come second,
I don't want to come third.

I want to win.

A month after I turned 18,
I joined the Navy as a chef.

I was only in for four years,

but the most intense place
would have been...

would have been the waters of Iraq.

Oh, he's a big boy! Aren't ya?

The last 10 years of my life

have probably been the most stable
period of my life.

And I've got three beautiful kids.

I've got a beautiful wife, Em.

We've got our farm animals,
we've got our chickens.

We do a lot of caravaning
and fishing and things like that.

Fishing is definitely
my strongest skill.

I would have had a fishing rod
in my hand

when I was two or three years old.

I was born into a hunting family
and a fishing family,

and that's all they live for.

And it's just passed on.

So I'm not worried
about catching fish.

"I know that going on Alone
is a big thing for you.

"I'm so proud of you.

"You are the most wonderful,
generous and bravest dad.

"P.S. Just win."

The main struggle throughout this
whole challenge will be being away

from the kids and Em, but ultimately
I'm doing this for them.

For me, this is about getting that
money, paying a bit off the mortgage

and creating memories with the kids.

Memories mean so much
more to me than money.

I love you, guys.

- Bye, Dad.
- Bye, Dad.

There's nothing special about me.

I'm just a dad from Tassie,

but I came here to have a crack
and to give my family a better life.

That's it.

Looks like a good worm spot here.

If I was a worm,
this is where I'd live.

Let's have a look.

I think I've got an advantage having
more weight than other people, but

saying that, I'm the less fittest
I've ever been in my life as well.

So it can work probably two ways,

but I'd rather have the extra weight
on.

Oh, jeez, it looks wormy.

Looks amazing. Oh, no bloody worms.

Here...

wormy, wormy.

No bloody worms in Finland.

Can't believe it.

This looks so wormy,
but not even a bloody small one.

There's not even a dirty old cricket.

Thing is, if I can't find bait,

I don't know if I can win
in this location.

I have not seen one fish
on top of the water.

It's got me stumped.

Berries aren't going to get
me through, that's for sure.

I've just got my doubts about this.

Yeah, food's becoming a worry now.

Even though it's only day two,

it's concerning how far I can go
if I don't sort this out.

It's a worry.

I might be in a bit of trouble.

But hey, I'm not going to die trying,
that's for sure.

Have a look at this.

I was coming down the rocks
and I see a tiny little fish out here

floating on top of the water.

If I can get him.

Yeah!

Have a look at this.

It's like a little minnow.

Yes,
I'll be able to use him for bait.

Surely something's going to eat him.

I'll put a hook through the back
of him and I'll throw him out.

Surely something's going to eat that.

It's my first catch.

Hee-hee!

Oh, there's another one!

I don't know if you can see that.

See him there?

(LAUGHS) Have a look at that.

I've got two.

Hang on.

There's two more.

I don't know what's happened.

So maybe that rough weather's
killed a few

and they've blown
to this side of the lake.

But...

Wow-wee.

I'm going to put them on a hook
and get them straight out.

Got a rod ready.

Just put the hook through his back
like that.

Loop around his tail.

Tell you what,
I'm bloody stoked with that.

Oh, man, there's heaps down here.

Oh, wow, man.

I reckon there's about 30 here.

This could be game-changing.

Whoo-hoo!

This could get me some fish.

There's another two.

These are bloody better than worms,
these for bait.

Come back.

I think I'm going to have to get in
if I want to get those.

You gotta do what you gotta do.

Just trying to think of a way
I can keep them so they don't go bad.

It's cold, man.

I think you should...

Oh, shit,
I stepped on something sharp.

Have a look at this.

Have a look how many I've got.

I'm bloody stoked with that.

Man, bloody oath.

I don't know if I should eat
some of those fish or not.

I reckon I will.

Hey! (WHISTLES)

He just come down and stole my fish.

And he wants some more.

I've got heaps,
but the problem I've got

is they won't all fit in my pot lid.

So I might take these back to camp.

As many as I can carry.

I might bury the others
and come back and get them.

Because I know those birds
are going to come and get them all.

I need to get some big rocks.

I might do a wee next to that too.

So hopefully nothing smells it.

Wee on the rock and around the rock.

Hopefully that deters any predators.

Oh, Aussies in the Arctic, they said.

It'll be fun, they said.

It's cold.

It's so cold out here.

It's crazy because it's
just going to get colder.

I think if we can get a fire going...

Definitely morale booster,
the smell of smoke.

If I think about my journey
here for the next couple of months,

I think about safety
and fire and warmth.

Yeah, look what I just found.

Oh, you beauty!

You know what this is?

This is tinder, baby.

It's usnea.

It's old man's beard.

And that is the best fire lighting.

I worked hard to get here.

I don't have a military background

and I didn't grow up in hunting
and fishing.

These skills,
they came to me later in life.

I remember as a child saying I'm
never, ever, ever going to drink or

take drugs because of what I'd seen
as a child growing up.

But as soon as I became a teenager
and drugs were presented to me in

high school, this child who was
yearning for connection and community

was like, "Oh, friends."

And it kind of just escalated

without realising
that it became all-consuming.

My Lord.

But I don't think you realise how
all-consuming it is until waking up

with the guilt and shame.

"What have I done this time?"

Oh!

But I just didn't know
how to get clean.

And going out into nature was the
first time I maintained clean time.

Oh!

That's nice.

It was those first few nights getting
out to the bush and for the first

time in my life, not being under the
influence and hearing the sounds

of birds or the fire crackling.

It was like, oh, it's the first place

I've ever felt
truly loved and accepted.

Oh!

Why?

Why did I come on Alone?

I think for me, I grew up
in a housing commission...

And nothing wrong with that.

Like, yeah, I just grew up with a lot
of drugs and alcohol and violence

in the scene, you know?

I just wanted to show it doesn't
matter where you come from,

you can achieve anything, you know?

I think my willingness
to adapt to a situation

is probably
one of my greatest strengths.

I moved over 60 times
before I was 20.

I lived out of a backpack
for a while there, you know?

Fight or flight
was a very strong thing.

I look at it now and I go,
"How the hell did I do that?"

You know?

But I just don't think
I give up too easy.

I'm a bit of a fighter
and, God, I'm not dead yet.

Gosh.

I don't feel like I need to prove
myself, but I'd love to show kids

who came from homes like I did
that anything's possible.

And if you want to put your mind
to something,

put your heart to something,
you can achieve it, you know?

Smoking me out, boy.

Smoking me out.

Oh.

Looks like we've got a load of reeds
over that side.

You know what that means, don't you?

Pike!

Big pike with big teeth.

Some of the pike in this lake
are built like a Russian shot putter.

Massive.

Couple of days in with no food,
I'm starting to feel it already.

I've never been in a starvation
situation before.

I've never been as hungry as this
in my entire life.

Head up the stream,
see if I can find any mushrooms.

Is that a rufus milkcap?

You know what?

If it is, it's very, very sad.

Let's see
if any milk comes out of it.

You know what? I think it is.

Can you see
that little bit of milk there?

You can eat these.

Whoa!

Ha ha!

Yeah.

Come to daddy.

Oh, at least I've got something
on my stomach for tonight.

When I was a kid, I used to get a
load of bread bags off my granddad.

I used to go over the fields, picking
the mushrooms, and I'd fill like,

well, probably five or six bags,

and I couldn't carry them
because I was only a kid.

And I'd sell them for a fiver each
down the pub.

A fiver on them days
was like a million dollars to a kid.

Oh, that's a good weight.

There's a good kilo's worth there.

Gonna be a mushroom festival tonight.

Hunger.

Belly's really hurting.

All of my stomach
is just in my throat.

Oh.

Thank fuck for that.

Oh!

Oh, no, look at the worms in it.

See that?

Oh, my God.

Well, all the more protein.

These are quite old.

They're not in the best condition.

I'm gonna cut all this shit off.

It looks like you're cutting...

poo.

I'll just cut it in half.

Why's it all red?

Gonna be honest with you,

they don't look appetizing.

Oh, God, I can't eat that.

Or can I?

That just doesn't look
like a mushroom you can eat.

It looks like something an orc
off Lord of the Rings would spew up.

Agh!

This is bubbling away nicely.

Nice, manky old mushrooms.

Well, that looks disgusting.

All I'm thinking of here, eating
these mushrooms, is Beef Wellington.

I'm sure you know what I mean.

(RETCHES) Fuck, the texture!

(RETCHES)

(RETCHES)

Come on, Dougy,
fucking stop thinking about it, man.

(RETCHES)

It's amazing how something like this
can lift your mood out here.

Just giving them a wash.

Chuck a few berries in there
as I'm walking back up.

Something so small
can be such a difference.

First bit of protein
since I've been here.

I was really stressing last night
about this location,

but it's given something back to me
today.

Things are looking up.

This, my friends, is my first feed.

Looks like baby vomit.

Let me fish one of these out.

You know, it is a bit of a risk
eating them when you don't know

why they died or how long
they've been in the water,

but some of them were still kicking,

so I don't think they've been dead
that long.

Mm!

Some salt would be good, but...

..it's just bones and...

..bones and guts.

That's what it tastes like.

Still quite surreal
to think that I'm here.

Nothing special about me, you know,
I'm just an ordinary dad from Tassie.

You know, works hard
and I'm a pretty hands-on dad.

Alright, so I've got one, two,
three, four lines around here.

One over there - that's five.

I think I've got about 10 lines in
with all dead baits on them.

I want to stay on this ride
as long as I can

and hopefully just set an example
to my kids.

You know, I'm always watching them
achieve stuff, you know.

They're winning their cross-countries
and surf lifesaving and, you know,

they can't watch me play sport
or anything anymore.

They haven't really
watched me achieve anything.

This is the one thing
they can all watch me do.

Oh, a bite!

Oh, he's let it go.

Oh, no, he hasn't.

Here he goes.

Let him take a bit of line.

Oh, got him!

Oh, got him.

Oh!

Yes!

Oh, I don't think he's size, though.

Oh.

A brown trout.

But he's not 50 centimetres.

Hang on.

Shit.

There's another one.

Oh.

Got him.

Far out!

Oh.

Oh, that's a good fish.

Oh, yeah.

Jeez, man, do you see that?

Yeah!

He's easy 50.

(LAUGHS)

Have a look at that, baby!

Whoa!

Yes!

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Yeah, baby!

Man, I'm stoked with that.

If only I had this bait all the time.

Look at that.

See that?

Look what's in his belly.

One, two, three,
four of those little fish.

And then the pig's
tried to eat mine too.

Yeah.

So glad I got one.

Have a look at that.

So orange.

First bit of food
that I've caught and not found.

Yeah. Things are looking up.

Ripper day, actually.

Old Trent from Tassie.

Come on, Tassie.

There's the liver.

Mmm.

Ah! Delicious.

Hey, fish!

I have to prepare for the worst.

I live here now,
in this forest, in the wild.

Koo-wee!

There's my slug bait.

Oh, holy moly.

I was going to leave the camera
behind,

but you probably want to see me
naked.

(CHORTLES)

I think you do need
to follow your gut

to be able to be successful out here.

Ah!

I really hurt myself.

I can't do the movements I need
to get things done.

I've been out all day.

It's getting really dark.

And I'm freaking out.

I don't know where I am.

God. It's not good.