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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.

.