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For the first time ever on "Alone,"

ten international participants from around the world

compete to win the title of "Alone" World Champion.

Deep in the Arctic Circle in Canada's Northwest Territories

lies the Beaufort Delta,

the traditional homeland

of the Gwich'in and Inuvialuit peoples.

Nestled at the foothills of the Richardson Mountain Range,

bordering the Yukon to the west

and extending all the way up to the Arctic Ocean,

this remote wilderness is home to Dall sheep,

caribou, moose, wolf, and grizzly bear.

Here, Arctic winds hammer the landscape

with temperatures as low

as negative forty degrees Fahrenheit,

causing frostbite in as little as 10 minutes.

Heavy snow and ice blanket this territory

for up to eight months a year.

And polar night steadily creeps in,

cloaking the land in a full month of darkness.

It is this rugged landscape chosen as the ultimate arena

to hold the first-ever

international survival competition,

crowning the "Alone" World Champion.

The process of choosing locations for "Alone"

requires a year of planning and on-the-ground scouting.

For the "Alone: World Championship,

however, finding the most rugged

and remote region possible

meant the production team must also build a home base

from the ground up

that can survive the ravages of a polar winter.

- All right, just arrived back at boats.

They've been here in Inuvik in storage for two years.

And they just got a service and looking good.

So we are on our way to the site

for the first time.

We're almost there.

We had a pretty good run, just under four hours.

So we have a local land-clearing crew

that will be working on the site

of the production hub today,

making sure that everything is suitable

to have a full kind of production,

safety, survival hub.

And it's also where we'll have our orientation camp.

All right, we've just landed.

And...

this is what we're working with.

As the clearing of the home base location begins,

back in Inuvik,

the tents, refrigerators, fuel, bedding,

food, communications gear, camera equipment,

and all other necessities for a full camp build

have come as far as it can by road.

Now it is all being loaded onto a barge

to make the 33-hour trip

to the site of the production hub.

Between now and the arrival of the barge,

the crew must clear the site

of all small, fast-growing willow and alder trees

to make space for the build of an off-grid production hub

that will house up to 28 people,

including the 24 full-time crew

who will live here for the duration

of the participants' time in the wilderness.

After three days, the bulk of the small trees are removed,

and the barge arrives with larger machines to fully clear

the location and level out the ground

so that the build can begin.

So ground is looking nice and clear.

And you can see all the piles of brush along the edges

of the forest there.

This gives the camp-building team

relatively even ground to build on--

and, yeah, get going on our camp build,

because we've got a bunch of crew starting

Monday next week coming in.

So, yeah, the sooner we can get tents built,

the faster we can get everyone on site

and get the project running.

Over the next 12 days,

the structures of the hub are built,

including sleeping quarters, a kitchen...

laundry room, and showers.

With the hub coming together, the final piece

is building a floating dock to moor the four boats

and allow easy access

for yet even more supplies and crew.

With a fully functional hub nearly complete,

attention is turned to the participant orientation camp.

- All right, so everywhere here is where the participants

are going to be.

This is the fastest we've ever put it up,

so pretty happy with that.

People arrive tomorrow.

- Big days. - Yeah, big days.

For sure. - That's for sure, yeah.

But everyone's working so hard here.

So we can definitely feel a bit the pressure to get it ready.

And we want it to look good when people show up, so...

All the amenities that we provide

for the participant--

each of them has their own tents

in which they have a bed,

a mattress, a wood stove.

We provide fire starters and a lighter.

And we have the mess tent.

There's wood stoves as well.

So we provide heat.

We will provide food-- so three times a day.

We'll have a little snack table

for whenever they're hungry.

We'll provide an area as well for archery practice.

Mm-

Yeah, I think, for me, what's important

is that people are feeling happy.

They're not feeling too stressed,

because this show is already so stressful for them.

So, if they have warmth, if they have food,

and it's a good energy around camp,

then I think that's the biggest thing for me.

With just hours to go before participants arrive,

the production team's home base

is finally up and running.

Though comfortable, the living conditions

for the next four months are basic at best.

Being this remote means that the crew must work

with what little resources they have

to make the best of their time here.

- This is a 16-by-40 camp tent.

And these tents are all for Arctic mining and explorations.

And when we walked in, it was totally empty.

And it's slowly been built out in the last month.

We usually are in a lodge or some sort of a kitchen,

like a commercial kitchen.

So this is a new kind of way of cooking.

And these camps are usually "camp cooking."

So these are simple--

a lot of cans, a lot of frozen things.

We've had to adapt.

You know, it's like, we don't have commercial ovens,

which is a certain size for cooking for 70 mouths.

And just the wear and tear of things--

like, we may have already broken one oven.

So...

But we're making it work.

In the front here is craft services.

Here's a little bit of our kind of, like, dining area.

And then here's our little dish pit.

Usually, we have a commercial dishwasher.

We didn't get a commercial dishwasher this time.

We got a dishwasher that takes an hour and a half

to do a load.

We don't have an HVAC.

And so an HVAC pulls all the air out,

you know, like, all the "grease-laden vapors,"

they call them.

This is our kitchen.

This is our "Alone" gym setup.

So I just made tripods,

tied them together, so I can do my pull-ups.

I can do push-ups. I can do dips.

I got some rings to train with.

So that's a good way to stay in shape.

And of course, you can run.

You can run, like, 1K that way and about 1K that way.

So that's 4Ks.

So that's about the variety of physical exercises

for the crew.

It's like Muscle Beach on the Peel River.

- We don't have conventional flushing toilets here.

We've got one better.

So let me take you down here and show you

where everyone makes a visit.

Let's have a look what's behind the door in "Schittz Creek."

The Incinolet--

so you might wonder kind of how it works.

It's a waterless system.

Pop the lid.

Pull out one of these proprietary Incinolet bags.

In it goes.

And then...

Press the button.

Listen for the fan.

Make your deposit.

I'd say, done and dusted,

literally going to be turned to ash.

The Incinolet...

Every remote camp should have one.

their multi-day journey from all over the world,

including Portugal...

- Let's go to "Alone" season 13.

Wales...

Slovenia...

- I'm leaving Slovenia behind.

New Zealand...

Australia...

- Early-morning start, flight four of nine coming up.

Canada...

And the U.S....

- That was my first step outside of the U.S.

- What an adventure.

Here we go.

To their final destination

above the Arctic Circle.

- Touchdown at Inuvik.

From there, all participants

take one final flight, where they will finally get a chance

to have an aerial look at the location

they will be surviving on

and then be transported to orientation camp by boat.

- Home sweet home.

- It's starting to feel very real now.

- Yep. This is "Alone."

Well, first bit of it, anyway.

The participants disembark

and get their first look at where they will be living

for the next ten days.

How was the ride? - That was a fun ride.

It was awesome, eh? - Very fun.

Nice river, beautiful.

- We're just going to find our new homes--

well, for the next few days.

And then we're on our own.

This is mine.

Oh, that's awesome.

- The place looks great.

- Perfect, man.

Check this out.

Awesome, totally amazing.

This is all I need and more, actually.

It looks like I'm going to be sleeping

with spruce beetles tonight.

And these guys, they're vicious guys.

They'll take a good chunk out of your skin

and make you bleed, leave a scar--

vicious little dudes.

- We're finally here.

Ooh.

I get a pillow.

I can't believe I'm finally here.

We got a crier already, folks.

- It's getting real--

no more hotels, no more plane flights.

[laughter and chatter in the background]

Game on.

The participants settle in

for ten days of orientation,

learning what this land has to offer,

what they must do to thrive,

and the dangers that they will encounter.

- This season, we're remote.

We always say we're remote.

But I'm really feeling the distance,

the remoteness that we've managed to attain

on this particular show.

We're closer to the mountains.

We're closer to migratory routes

of moose and caribou,

probably more moose in this area

than we've ever seen before.

To get to us, you have to cross many creeks,

many rivers.

The terrain is boggy.

It's soft underfoot.

It's very muddy.

And it's difficult to negotiate

on just an average day's walk.

This year, we have an international cast.

I'm not sure whether they're ready for the Canadian winter.

It's going to be quite a challenge.

This part of Northwest Territories--

you get pounded by weather from all directions.

And it can bring in different types of weather.

I think the cast will be reasonably shocked by,

I think, the amount of precipitation we get here

in the form of rain.

And it can get very wet and muggy.

And the bugs love that.

And then we move further into the year.

And we start getting exposed to the bitter-cold conditions

of minus ten Celsius

and slowly dropping to the minus-forties.

It's coming.

Coupled with that, of course,

we start to lose daylight as well--

an hour of daylight a week.

This area is full of grizzly bears.

Grizzly bears tend to chase out the black bears.

In fact, the grizzly bears tend to chase everything.

So we have to be really careful ourselves.

The cast have bear deterrents.

They have bear spray, bear bangers, and air horns.

And we, the crew, carry those same deterrents with us.

We're seeing fresh tracks everywhere.

We're seeing large female grizzly bears and their cubs.

And, of course, the female grizzly bears

will get very defensive around their cubs as well.

So, at all times, the cast must remain

in a state of situational awareness,

ready for anything that could happen at any particular time.

A grizzly bear can just come out of nowhere.

And they have to be ready with their bear spray

or their bear bangers to deter that creature.

I want you to scare that animal,

because it's coming at you.

Come on, scare it.

Come on, scare it.

Go. Distance is good.

Good. Good. Good.

I want you to get that animal side of you

and make it having a doubt.

- Good.

It's the real deal.

It's no joke.

Bear spray is the last line of defense, really.

If you don't get that right,

it's not looking too good for you.

With nine days before launch,

participants receive their complete camera kit,

and training begins.

Oh, yeah, you have to.

Jeff, is this your favorite part?

- Camera class. Yeah.

- Yeah.

Or one of the classes.

- Yeah, so I can judge you guys when you guys mess up.

- Ahhh!

That's where the magic happens.

This is what you guys see everything on.

It's nothing but just me and this guy...

And this guy and his brother.

That's the whole show. That's it.

- See, I'm just kind of--

like, you know, I got a little bit of a side profile,

'cause that's my good side, and I'm telling stories.

This will be the first of three classes

they will receive, covering everything

from how the cameras work...

Shooting with multiple cameras...

- Boo.

Okay, guys, bam, bam, bam.

And problem-solving in the field

when the producers aren't there to help.

- He was messing with all their cameras.

I don't think any of them have figured it out yet.

Mic check. Mic check.

Pitch your microphone.

Okay, that's working.

- Okay, but not here. It's not here.

So then we're going to-- so then it has to be--

- Some connection.

- Let's see how they're doing.

- Let's see how many of them are missing their audio.

- Yeah.

Assist with microphones.

Jeff, Jeff, Jeff. Oh, we got it.

We fixed it. I fixed it. Don't worry.

- How did you do it? It was cables.

Jeffrey.

- Just make sure your cables are--

- So it just moved. - Something might have--

- Okay.

Jeff? - Yes?

- Okay, thanks.

- Oh.

- Oh, just...

just your friendly Good Samaritan Jeff...

- I didn't--

- Walking through in the lone woods.

- I didn't know he needed the help.

So I come in. He asked me. What am I going to say, no?

You know, he could, you know, hurt his leg.

I'd help him out, you know?

Shame on you guys for this.

Whatever this is, I don't want any of it.

- Jeffrey.

Way to go.

The producer comes in and takes over my camera class,

helping the cast up.

- We're off with our tools to get our photos taken.

So this is fun.

On the second day of orientation,

the participants finally get a chance to leave the confines

of camp to get their publicity photos

taken for the History website.

Here in the Delta,

photographing for "Alone's" marketing images.

For each of the cast, it's like the first time

they're getting a professional photo done.

And it's really fun to just see how each person reacts,

because they're not professionally photographed

and kind of what they give me.

And looking off that way.

They just look so epic and cinematic.

That little bit of extra, I loved it.

While the cast members

are busy taking their portraits,

the production crew continues scouting potential sites

where the participants will attempt to survive

during their time in the field.

- Site selection is very important to us

on the "Alone" show.

And we spend a considerable amount of time

looking at the possible sites

where we're going to place the cast members.

When we drive around in the boats, we're seeing beavers.

We're seeing muskrat.

There is an abundance of wildlife here

that we don't commonly see.

Initially, we arrive on location

and drive up and down in our boats and get out,

check on some possible sites that we want to use

that will suit survivability for the cast members.

We got moose scat here. This is quite fresh.

The bedding area is really fresh around here.

And we've got fresh moose tracks here as well.

- Fresh, steaming warm? - Warm.

So...

Yeah. - Wow.

How many lakes here?

Well, this one just pours into the next

and into the next.

So I'd say there's little sub-lakes

that are all connected.

- When you say open land on this side,

is it open a bit flatter and drier

on the other side of that? - Open a bit flatter.

Right.

I won't say that it's drier, just because the rain

and stuff that we've had--

so pretty substantial lakes to explore.

- What's on the other side of that?

- It appears to be more open terrain.

Maybe the idea would be to keep the site intact

and kind of natural-- that we put the drone up

and have a look and see what's over there.

- All right.

The sound link?

Yeah, I could see something coming here and--

- What are you guys seeing?

It's not quite what we are

looking for in terms of site use by the participant.

There's not enough area to move around.

It's quite restricted with bushes and water.

We've been grading them out of 5.

This would be about a 1.5.

Just as operating...

- It's tight. - It's tight.

And then this is stunning.

But the bank's a little tight.

And from a resource perspective...

- There aren't many resources here.

There are some berries there that we saw.

But they're going to be dropping off

pretty damn quick and maybe within the first week

of when the cast come out here.

I do think there is, like--

I mean, obviously, there's moose that's come through here.

This is great moose zone.

There's probably fish in this lake.

Yeah.

And bugs in my throat.

But, yeah, not a ton. Yeah.

- You know, not able to move around and harvest, you know?

That's what we want to look for.

Yeah.

All right, moving out.

Seven days before launch,

the participants are welcomed to the ancestral home

of the Gwich'in First Nation with a ceremony.

Good morning, everyone.

My name is Velma Lysiak.

I'd like to introduce you to our elders,

Henry Jerome--and he's from Aklavik, born and raised here--

Richard Ross, Freddy Greenland--

born and raised in Aklavik--

Rita Airy-- born and raised in Aklavik.

You are going out on this quest...

who you are.

You're going to come back with a shift in yourself,

your personal change for yourself,

because that's what it is--

a spiritual happening that's going to happen within you.

I had some elders that worked with me,

and we made some prayer pouches.

You need something tangible,

because it's hard when you talk about spirit and within.

So they've prayed over these prayer pouches.

These prayer pouches are made with sage,

sweetgrass, tobacco

and a little bit of essential oils.

And it's to remind you

of holding yourself strong for you,

because trials and tribulations in life are tough.

And like I said, you are going to be pushed.

So, welcome, and good luck to all of you.

In terms of the ceremony,

the welcoming and putting a blessing

over the participants,

it's a little deeper than just welcoming them.

I think it is a sense of grounding them to place,

meaning our land, the Gwich'in lands,

to understand that the spirit within

has to connect to nature

and that those two pieces together

will help them achieve what they need to achieve.

Hopefully they'll remember those words...

To carry them through.

Over the remaining six days,

participants are supplied with every bit of information

that the production crew can provide them,

from how to use their communications devices...

So this is your yellow brick.

To rendering themselves first aid...

- This little buckle goes right over the wound.

This is for a bleed that you can control

with your hand right on it.

And what wild edibles are available.

- So we are finding quite a few cloudberries out there.

Yeah.

- And, you know, this is so rare.

Normally, we come on the show, and they've all gone.

But they're here.

In between those classes,

participants use what precious time they can find

to adapt the skills from their home countries

to this new land,

from learning what spring poles work

and what the fish are biting on...

- Call that one a day.

To building gill nets from scratch,

learning what tinder burns the best...

What wood they can use to create a bow drill fire...

and testing out their trapping knowledge

on the local hare population.

- And I've got myself a snowshoe hare.

Utilizing the limited time they have

at orientation to practice these skills

in the environment they will be in

means a better chance of success

without having to figure it out

while also trying to survive.

Throughout orientation,

evenings are reserved for storytelling classes,

focusing on ways to document their journey.

Three days before launch, they receive their final one.

We're going to review some past scenes

of past seasons.

My own experience is the pinnacle

of my adventure seeking.

What I'd like to say to my outdoor-ed students is,

thank you for inspiring me.

And I hope I can inspire you

to believe that anything is possible.

And with hard work and the right attitude

and staying positive, you can achieve amazing things.

- Does anybody ever tear up on this show at the end

after watching it? Yes.

- I do. - Yeah.

Yes.

- I've watched this--

I've watched this, like, a bajillion times in the edit.

I'm tearing up right now.

- Can you name me a single other television show

that that happens?

- And the reason for that is you're on this ride.

You are Alan at that point, right?

Like, you know the struggles.

You know the good. You know the bad.

And that's why it connects with you.

And that's why this show is so, so different

from any other series out there.

- Yeah, look, this is the reason

I come back every year.

It grabs your soul.

I'm ready.

- So imagine what the hell's going to happen out there.

.

Day eight of orientation camp--

the production crew has analyzed the weather windows

for the next few days

and determined the official day of launch.

- All right, so good news.

We'd like to officially announce

that in 44.5-ish hours, you're going to launch.

Yeah!

- Whoo-hoo. - Yeah.

- Perfect.

- Today is where we pick your sites.

Come on out.

We're going to play bear, hunter, moose.

Bear, hunter, moose is like rock, paper, scissors.

Bear kills moose.

Moose kills hunter-- tramples hunter.

Hunter kills bear.

Bear, hunter, moose, shoot.

Bear, hunter, moose, shoot.

Bear, hunter, moose, shoot.

Moose tramples hunter.

- Oh!

- Okay, so inside the bark confection is a name of a site.

It depends which one you pick, and that will become your site.

- Okay.

Narrow Fields.

Narrow Fields, that sounds moose-y.

- It sounds moose-y. Yeah, it does!

- Lake of the Clouds-- oh, I like that.

Bear, hunter, moose, shoot.

Jacks wins. - Yeah.

Okay.

Bear, hunter, moose, shoot.

Jacks wins.

Oh, Jacks wins.

Have you won any of these games?

No.

Planting Prairie-- I'll just take this one--

Breezy Glenn.

Oh! Oh!

Bear, hunter, moose, shoot.

Oh!

- What?

- You were bear. No, he was a moose.

It was a moose.

- Okay, sorry.

- Horsetail Flat! Whoo!

Bear, hunter, moose, shoot.

- Aah!

- Grassy Point.

Oh!

All right, guys, those are your sites.

When we put you out there, that's where you'll be going.

And you'll see, obviously, why we named them

those names.

So good luck.

It's sunrise the morning before launch.

The production crew heads out to finalize

the location where the participants

will start their journey.

It's starting.

It's coming.

This looks like probably our best spot

to do this whole sequence here, because we have

the sun coming up right now.

It's 7:30.

- So we are out looking for a launch spot.

And we're thinking Richardson Mountain Range

as our backdrop--I think would be a perfect spot.

Raf and Cable have found this amazing spot

just right next to orientation camp,

as you can see right there.

So we're going to just have these guys

come out early in the morning, pop on over here.

And then we'll be on our way.

- Oh, there it is right there.

Now it's just starting to hit. There you go, man.

- Mm-

And coming right down the river to you.

So that's fantastic.

Yeah.

The cast is ready to go.

I think when they see this,

and they get ready to launch that morning,

hearts are going to be pounding.

But they're going to be in awe.

I mean, like, you know, we're speechless.

Back at orientation camp,

participants are given their final medical checks

before leaving for their time on the land.

This baseline information will inform the medical team

how best to treat them

when they return from their experience.

Additionally, it is explained to the participants

that upon arriving back to base camp

after they've tapped out or won,

they will enter the refeeding program,

which slowly reintroduces foods that their bodies

are no longer accustomed to.

- All right, guys, welcome to a quick chat

that we're going to have on the aftercare process,

so you guys can get a better understanding

of what will happen when you come out of the competition.

Refeeding syndrome is pretty much a deadly shift

in electrolytes.

It's a metabolic condition,

where, if you come out of competition

after not having eaten very much,

when you start putting foods back into your system,

specifically carbohydrates, it causes a shift

of fluids in your body.

And that can then convey very dangerous medical conditions,

including organ failure, pulmonary edema,

just a very bad slew of medical complications.

So, with that, this is a example

of what you may expect will end up on your plate.

Let's go.

I don't know.

- It doesn't look that bad.

Delicious.

But is minimal.

So what we're doing here--you can see this is a breakdown

of your entire day.

Breakfast, a.m. snack,

lunch, p.m. snack, dinner.

We want to put carbohydrates into your system.

We want that metabolism to start working again.

We just want to do it slow and steady.

So you're not going to be receiving huge meals.

It's going to be five fractionated meals,

gradually ramping up throughout one to two weeks,

depending on your current state.

This is medicine.

It might not be exactly what you want.

But it's also worth noting, too, that you will be

more sensitive to everything.

And then all of a sudden, you're coming out,

and having a little salt and pepper

will be like having a curry from India.

Like, it's that type of flavor explosion in your mouth

just because you are sensitized to it.

So our kitchen also works to ensure

that that's not overwhelming.

With just hours to go before launch,

all participants' gear is checked for contraband...

- Gloves, two hats.

Okay, so I'm wearing one now.

- Okay.

And then I have this beaver hat.

- Okay.

Packed and taken from them.

- They got all my .

The only thing I got now is my sleeping bag and my bow.

Everything else is gone.

Tomorrow we drop.

What am I doing?

I'm going to try and get some sleep.

Early morning tomorrow.

Tomorrow I'm going to go on a helicopter,

and I'm going to get dropped off at a place

that I've never been to,

and I'm going to be alone for...

a long time, Deb.

I hope.

But...

Just know I'm going to be okay,

and I'm going to be thinking about you guys every day, okay?

Love you guys.

- Love you.

- Not easy, not easy.

You can hear the helicopter.

Tomorrow the drop will be in the helicopter.

And it will be awesome...

to get dropped.

- This is our last sleep in these tents,

last sleep at orientation camp, and it's go time.

I'm ready. I'm happy.

I'm also scared.

Meanwhile, the entire production crew

assembles for the final walkthrough of launch day,

happening in just eight hours.

- Launch day, big day, 4:00 wake-up for everyone.

All staff, grab and go breakfast,

and make your own lunch, 4:00 a.m. to 4:30.

Also, we're asking that the cast light fires.

Ideally, we want some ambience, some smoke.

At 7:45, we will spin up the heli.

And from that point on to 8:30, we'll be doing heli flyovers.

8:30 to 9:30, there'll be some cutaway shots

of the cast packing, all of that.

Victor will be up with the drone.

Hank will be shooting from shore on our side on Oak Camp.

And then we're up and running.

Questions, concerns, comments?

All right. Good luck, everybody, tomorrow.

Thank you very much for getting up so early. Sorry.

It's going to be fun.

- Today is the big day.

- I got the best 15 minutes of sleep in my life last night.

- It is time.

- "Alone" season 13 is about to begin.

Good morning, guys. Good morning.

- All right, we're going to walk you

through a little bit of what we're doing this morning

for the first hour.

I want you guys to think of this as first moments, right,

early morning, just waking up,

about to be launched.

When you hear your name, come out from your tent.

Walk to the fire.

Stand in front of the fire, contemplation.

Hold there as we get a series of shots.

Once we're done, then we'll give you instruction

for sort of the next sequences and what we're going to do.

We're just going to get a nice big, wide shot

of all of our participants here by the fire with the drone,

just kind of the last big piece

before we move on to the boat sequence

to get to the landing area for the helicopter.

- Awesome.

- Okay. - All right, good to go.

- Maybe get on sticks over here for the boat arrival.

- Next group is ready to go off to the launch site.

I mean, look at that morning.

Nature's turned it on for us today.

- It's all kicking off. Look at this.

Representing Slovenia.

Of course.

How do you say "good morning"?

- Dobro jutro. - Dobro jutro.

Dobro jutro, Slovenia.

Say it in Portuguese.

- Bom dia. - Bom dia.

- Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful.

Okay, are you guys happy?

Is the drone up? Yep.

Current time, 7:15.

We are 45 minutes away from launch--

a beautiful morning in the Arctic Circle.

Season 13, "World Championship,"

but the first global competition we've ever had.

So, new, new for all of us.

Here we go.

- Have fun out there. I will.

No worries.

I would like to show that Slovenians

are proud people and that they can achieve great stuff.

- Enjoy.

- Series 13 of "Alone"-- this is the ultimate test,

and I'm absolutely buzzing.

It's amazing.

I don't think I've ever seen so much wilderness

in one place.

This is about as surreal as it can get.

It's like there's nowhere else on Earth that looks like this.

You got some nerves going right now?

- I got nerves, 100%.

Anybody that tells you they don't, they're lying to you.

Yeah, you see everybody, meet everybody.

They're all good people.

They all seem like they have good skills.

But this is Canada.

This isn't back home.

A lot of these people are from warm-weather areas.

So let's see what they can do in Canada.

I'm from Canada.

You know, it's an honor to be here,

you know, representing my country

and to hopefully inspire.

Yeah, we have people from the Southern Hemisphere

coming up here and to be able to show our skills

and also to show that, if you know the fundamentals,

you know how to look after yourself,

you can apply them to go anywhere.

I'm not sure there's very many more remote places

than where we are now.

It takes days to get here.

It's an honor to be chosen

to represent America in this.

I think I'll represent us well.

I'll really push the envelope on how many days

we're going to be out here.

Oh, man.

I've been waiting for this day for a really long time.

I just can't believe it's finally here.

Now I get to go see what I'm made of.

I'm stoked. Let's go.

This is life-changing.

For the rest of my life, nothing's going to come close.

I've learned from our elders throughout my entire life.

And I'm here to bring all that knowledge

and come represent the Inupiat people.

Yeah.

Super excited to be the first Kiwi

in Northwest Territories on "Alone."

I mean, yeah, it's hard for me to even fathom, you know,

even how big this whole event is.

I think, you know, it'll slowly sink in.

We are far, far away from Portugal.

It's my first time in this continent.

We are near the Arctic Circle.

And is where the bears live.

Yes, I'm ready. I'm born ready.

- Last to leave, last to come back.

How you feeling?

I'm as nervous as a cat.

I spent my entire life in Alaska.

I know exactly what this land can do to somebody.

And I'm putting myself in it for longer than I've ever been.

So I know this is going to be an incredible challenge.

I know it's beautiful now.

But it's not going to be forever.

Pretty soon, this is going to be froze up.

And it's going to be a battle.

"Alone: World Championship"

starts now.

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