1 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:21,000 We are heading into one of the harshest winters on the planet. 2 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:22,640 There's no finish line. 3 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:27,560 But there is $250,000 waiting for the last person. 4 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:31,560 It's so cold. 5 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:33,560 Cold like this can kill you. 6 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,040 I can't feel my face. 7 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:37,280 I can't feel my hands. 8 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,200 This weather's going to sort a few people out. 9 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,120 The wolves howling across the lake send shivers up your spine. 10 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,720 You've got wolverines, wolves, bears. 11 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,440 It's a whole new frontier. 12 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,920 Alone season four, the Arctic. 13 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,000 It's on like Donkey Kong. 14 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:01,800 The mind's unravelling. 15 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:03,720 It's gone completely tits up. 16 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:05,280 I didn't think it would be easy, 17 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:06,960 but I didn't think it would be this hard. 18 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,360 The landscape doesn't care if you live or die. 19 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:13,320 Shoulder's on fire. 20 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:16,280 Look, look, look. 21 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,320 that is so beautiful. 22 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:22,960 The northern lights are out. They're telling me to stay. 23 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,680 Permanent now. And here forever. 24 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:29,920 God! 25 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,000 I need to be here till the end. I'm not tapping. 26 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:37,720 - Dinner! - 27 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:42,480 Hello? 28 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:45,960 Hello? He's not here. 29 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:48,120 Hello, mate? 30 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,680 He's gone. He's actually gone. He's missing. Call it in. 31 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,120 We need immediate backup for search and rescue. 32 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,960 Northern Finland. 33 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:30,760 It's one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen in my life. 34 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,800 But in a couple of weeks, it's going to be frozen solid. 35 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,400 And that is making me shit my pants. 36 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,040 We are heading into one of the harshest winters on this planet. 37 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,040 The ice is coming for us all 38 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:49,000 and it's going to be a nightmare if you're not prepared. 39 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,400 I think we're home. 40 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:54,360 That wind coming in is freezing cold. 41 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,320 Yeah. I think this place is a very spiritual and sacred land. 42 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,200 The Sami people have been living and 43 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,720 coexisting with nature for thousands of years. 44 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:07,440 I think that's pretty special. 45 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,240 For science, baby. 46 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,640 I borrowed a bit of land over the next few months. 47 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:16,120 It's like rushing into a first date. You just don't... Just take it easy. 48 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:21,240 It could be the love of your life or a divorce waiting to happen. 49 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,240 We'll find out. We'll find out. 50 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:25,040 My name is Misty. 51 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,360 I'm a proud Wulli Wulli woman from the Southern Hemisphere. 52 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,400 And I'm here for an experience of a lifetime. 53 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:35,960 Sayonara, mother-lovers. Day one has begun. 54 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,120 I don't mind discomfort. 55 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,640 I'm 57 years old, but I've got a mental toughness 56 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,800 through years of hard work and experience. 57 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:52,080 The weirder it is, the colder it is, the tougher it is, the harder I go. 58 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:56,120 Okay. Here we go. 59 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,920 Well, it's blowing it's arse off. It's cold. 60 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,080 I've got no idea where I am. 61 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:04,760 Quite frankly, I don't care. 62 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,480 I'm just going to look the Arctic circle in the eye and say, 63 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,000 "Bring it on, mate." 64 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:15,000 SIA: In this environment, the smallest mistake can be fatal. 65 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:20,680 Okay. I can do this. I can do this. I can do this. 66 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:22,200 my heart is beating. 67 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:25,840 The rain is coming and I need to get the shelter up quickly. 68 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:29,480 Temperature is actually dropping really quickly. 69 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:35,440 As an ultramarathon runner, you don't have a finish line, I guess. 70 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,000 blueberries! Blueberries. Blueberries. 71 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:42,240 I think men sometimes can go out with that mentality where they have 72 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:43,840 to win it and beat it. 73 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:46,280 I'm not gonna starve after all. 74 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:49,200 But women will go out with a different mentality 75 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:52,040 where we want to live with it. 76 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,440 Uh-huh. Not me. Not starving. 77 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:01,400 This is the most extreme batshit crazy thing I've ever done. 78 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:06,480 It can get down to negative 10, 20, past negative 50. 79 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,120 That is just unfathomable to me. 80 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,360 Thank you. 81 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,920 And that'll be my last little bit of human interaction. 82 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:19,920 It's just me and the land now. 83 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,640 And whatever else lives out here. 84 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,280 They don't have bears and wolves in Tasmania. 85 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:33,760 I'll tell you that. 86 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:37,160 I've come here to win, this little guy from Tassie. 87 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,160 But I'd love to get to 101 days. 88 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,880 And there they go. Come on. 89 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:44,320 Hypothermia and frostbite 90 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,280 are probably the two worst things that can happen to you. 91 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:48,880 Apart from getting eaten by a bear. 92 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,640 There's a big animal that's been tracking through here. 93 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:54,720 I have no idea what that is. 94 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,320 If I was a betting man, I'd probably say a moose. 95 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,680 I've never seen ice. 96 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:02,560 I've never seen snow. 97 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:06,680 It's...it's wild what I'm doing here. 98 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,680 But I'm here to survive as long as I can and try and beat everyone else. 99 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:15,040 And I'm willing to push myself really far to win this challenge. 100 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:16,560 Here we go. 101 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:18,680 It's adventure time. 102 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,240 I reckon that misty rain might be setting in. 103 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,840 Might get my tarp out and just some rocks, 104 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,280 and just make sure my gear is not going to get wet. 105 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:32,600 That would be a really, really bad start, would be wet clothes. 106 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,480 This is the Arctic Circle. 107 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:40,600 Mother nature will not show any mercy on us. 108 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,920 We're not in Australia anymore. 109 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,960 My superpower here is more mentality. 110 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:52,040 It's shaped through the hardness that I've been through. 111 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:56,120 I grew up in war. Afghanistan. 112 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:01,000 I've already won this in my mind. 113 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,720 I can sense freedom. 114 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:07,200 Let's get back and build a temporary shelter for tonight. 115 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,320 The scientific part of my brain 116 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:16,200 sees this experience as a big experiment, trial and error. 117 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,240 It's not so windy here. 118 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,760 I think I'm in a little protected bay. 119 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:22,440 But the spiritual side of me 120 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:26,280 is yearning to form a deep connection with the land. 121 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,040 I hope that Mother Nature does kick me in the arse 122 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:30,280 and teaches me a few lessons. 123 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:34,800 I want to be humbled. 124 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:36,080 Let's get set up. 125 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,960 These Australians think they know what they're in for. 126 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:43,640 They have no idea. 127 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:45,800 I was born in the Arctic Circle. 128 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:50,680 I understand what it truly feels like to be in -50 degrees. 129 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:52,840 Words can't really describe 130 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,560 what that type of temperature feels on your skin. 131 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:58,680 It's this feeling of harsh brute force. 132 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:02,000 We made it. 133 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,800 This is going to be crazy. It already is. 134 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,160 I feel like this is a bit of a homecoming. 135 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:09,840 I was born for this challenge. 136 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:11,080 Bye. 137 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:15,160 That's it. 138 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,440 Now I'm alone. 139 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,600 That wind is bleak. 140 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:45,120 This just got serious. my God. 141 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:52,240 Nothing - nothing can prepare you for this. Absolutely nothing. 142 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:57,120 Not even having a beard can prepare you for this moment right now. 143 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:05,040 It is freezing cold. I'm super excited. 144 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:09,320 And if anyone says they aren't shitting their pants, they're lying. 145 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:12,040 that wind. 146 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:20,000 So foraging wise, I don't think berries are going to be a problem. 147 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,240 At least right now. 148 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,840 tasty. 149 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:34,160 So many terrifying factors about this place. 150 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,760 Not only are we dealing with the extreme cold, 151 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,080 we've got to deal with predators. 152 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,200 Well, here's a game trail. 153 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,200 Two game trails. 154 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,560 There's one there, one here. 155 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:06,560 And I don't know what's using these. Is it bears? Is it moose? 156 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:08,720 A moose is more dangerous than a bear. 157 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,440 The moose will walk up to you and kill you for no reason. 158 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,480 Then just carry on with its day. 159 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,840 Imagine bumping into one of them in the dark. 160 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,640 I don't know why people say I want to push my limits. 161 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,400 I want to test myself. 162 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:25,400 I want to fight my boundaries. 163 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,600 I don't know what any of that means. 164 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:28,800 I'm just here to win. 165 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,520 I'm just here to do what I do. 166 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:34,680 Look at this. 167 00:11:34,680 --> 00:11:38,880 And why it's awesome is it means you've got all the little bugs and 168 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:43,480 grubs and seeds and God knows what else that floats down into there. 169 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,800 That means, in theory, there should be fish in there. 170 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:52,120 And I am absolutely confident in my skills to win this. 171 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:56,040 I've been in Australia for 15 years. 172 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:58,200 I'm originally from the north east of England, and 173 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,480 I've built a new life here in Australia. 174 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:03,640 Mommy, I found this one. 175 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:08,000 I've got a beautiful missus and two gorgeous children, but 176 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:13,520 hunting, shooting and fishing have always been like a part of my life 177 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:15,280 ever since I was a little kid. 178 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:20,240 Me dad, me uncle, always used to go out poaching for salmon and 179 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,960 the trout and the pheasants and stuff like that. 180 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:28,600 Poaching teaches you how to be a good hunter, a good fisherman, because 181 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,200 you've got to be stealthy. 182 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,080 You've got to be quiet. 183 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:37,400 Setting traps, set lines, gill nets, reading the land. 184 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:38,760 I got one. 185 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:40,840 There aren't many things I miss about England, 186 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:42,600 but I love the poaching. 187 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:49,280 Cold is one of the most dangerous things in nature. 188 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,520 So I'm not going to try and fish. 189 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:53,000 I'm going to get my shelter done. 190 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,920 So this looks like a really good spot to put a shelter. 191 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,360 So I need to clear a space here first. 192 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:06,960 This is just an international rock festival. 193 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:11,160 Tell you what, glad I brought a shovel. 194 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,160 Argh! 195 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,360 Just what you need, isn't it? 196 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,280 Fucking 40kg rock in the way. 197 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:24,920 Come on! 198 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:33,800 You know, it's weird. There's no worms. 199 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:37,240 If this was England, even Australia, 200 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:39,480 this would be covered in worms. 201 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:44,480 Jesus. 202 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:51,560 This is what I want. I want to get down to the bare earth. 203 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:53,880 It's just a lot better having bare earth on your camp 204 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:55,840 instead of this wet, mossy stuff. 205 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,080 It's just a moisture machine. 206 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:00,640 That's it. 207 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,800 How hard is it just to get a flat area? 208 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,080 In a place like this, 209 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,480 if you don't respect the land, it's going to bite you in the ass. 210 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:11,320 There we go. Timber. 211 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,800 No style points here with the knots. 212 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,360 Running out of time, 213 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,160 running out of daylight, running out of patience. 214 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:31,240 My plan here is to just bow this out so it's not just a V. 215 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:34,760 And then I can get my bed up there. 216 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,080 I just can't even imagine seeing a bear here. 217 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,160 I will shit my pants. 218 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,880 219 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,520 I wouldn't mind a bit of a cover on there, you know. 220 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:57,760 A few sticks, a bit of a plastic tarp. 221 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,040 That'll definitely stop it there. 222 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:03,200 Fucking hell. 223 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:27,120 All right. Where am I? Okay. 224 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:37,400 You can go three minutes without oxygen. Three days without water. 225 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:42,240 Three weeks without food, and three months without people. 226 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,680 I made that last one up. 227 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,120 It's a newly added addition. And... 228 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,240 Yeah, we'll see how we go, if that's true or not. 229 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,400 That was made for sleeping in. 230 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,640 I'm going to set up my emergency shelter with this rock. 231 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,760 I mean, this rock is going to protect me from so much wind. 232 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:08,160 That is just asking for it. 233 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,320 Like, I wouldn't even need to set up a tarp, 234 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:13,520 because it's just overhanging. 235 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:19,040 Okay, I think I might go with that spot, 236 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,320 because my little body, 237 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,280 my little body can fit. 238 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,680 That's the good thing about being small. 239 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,960 I didn't want to go too far from where I got dropped off, 240 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,440 just because my bags are quite heavy, 241 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:41,320 and I'm being really mindful of every calorie that I have in me right now. 242 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:48,560 I think the first impression people get of me is they think that 243 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:50,440 I'm not as capable as I am. 244 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:53,600 They might see me as small and fragile. 245 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,040 Small but not fragile. 246 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:00,000 A big reason of why I'm doing this is I'm here to prove a point 247 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,840 that just because I'm so small and 248 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,160 I might not look like the stereotypical 249 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,320 strong, tall survival guide, 250 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:10,600 I'm just as capable and I have just as many skills. 251 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:16,280 I was born in Sweden and I moved to Australia when I was four years old. 252 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,360 I try and go back once a year. 253 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:21,200 I really love guiding up there, especially in the winter. 254 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,640 It's something out of this world. 255 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:27,160 Part of the tours that I run, we like to go into a frozen river, 256 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:28,760 make sure that the ice is super deep. 257 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:30,680 We'll drill a hole into the ice, 258 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,880 and then if you're lucky enough to catch a fish, usually a salmon, 259 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:37,360 we can fillet it up and cook it there on the frozen river. 260 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:42,080 As a wilderness guide, I have a lot of experience in bushcraft skills, 261 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:44,360 different shelter making, fire making 262 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:47,320 and I've recently got really into cordage making. 263 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:49,000 Sorry, Mum. 264 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:53,800 But my secret weapon is that we're literally in the Arctic Circle. 265 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,720 I was born here. 266 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:59,160 I know this place and I feel very comfortable here. 267 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:00,920 This is not a scary landscape to me. 268 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,920 Don't underestimate me. 269 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,520 I'm here and I'm here to win. 270 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:12,480 I'm so excited. This... 271 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:16,120 This reindeer skin just feels like home. 272 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:20,920 I've slept on ice. 273 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:25,120 I've slept in igloos. I've slept in the snow. 274 00:18:25,120 --> 00:18:29,120 And all I've had is a sleeping bag and a reindeer skin. 275 00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:31,080 I feel so at home. 276 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:35,600 It's what's in your DNA and being over on this side of the world. 277 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,000 It's calming. It just feels good. 278 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,280 I think I do have an advantage, 279 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,040 this being quite similar to where I'm from. 280 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,640 I hope I see a reindeer out here. 281 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:48,760 That would be so nice. 282 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,640 this is so cosy. 283 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:11,120 This is the home of the Sami people. 284 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,560 They've adapted to this land, they are one with it. 285 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,240 I hope that I can build a similar connection. 286 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:22,960 If the land should choose to speak to me, 287 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,240 then I will listen and take its guidance. 288 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,800 I really need to be careful not to put my shelter on a game trail. 289 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:41,960 Which I'm noticing these quite well-worn game trails. 290 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,960 Makes me think I'll have some friends out here. 291 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:46,200 If something happens out here, 292 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,600 it'll still be a while before someone gets here to help me. 293 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:53,480 Dead trees everywhere. 294 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:56,160 That one will kill you for sure. 295 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:00,720 Can you hear that? 296 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:02,800 That was like minutes away from falling. 297 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,280 You've got to be real careful about where you throw up your shelter. 298 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:06,960 You don't want to die out here. 299 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:11,000 Lots of heavy breathing, lots of calories spent. 300 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:16,880 But I found where I want to set up a temp shelter for the night. 301 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,560 That is the closest safe place 302 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:26,840 that isn't on or five metres from a game trail. 303 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:32,240 I spent about five and a half years in the army. 304 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:37,760 I was infantry, which means that we go to the hard places and we do 305 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:39,080 the hard things. 306 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,000 You learn to live on the land 307 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,520 and you learn how to do it when you're in danger. 308 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:48,000 When I got out, I studied paramedic science, I completed my psych degrees 309 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,280 and I'm now a search and rescue tracker. 310 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,760 So when people are missing far out in the bush 311 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:58,160 and no one knows how to find them, that's my job. 312 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,800 And I spend a lot of time in some extreme environments 313 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,240 and we don't come back until the job's done. 314 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,200 So I'm trying to find somewhere that's just a little bit elevated. 315 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:11,760 As a Palawa man, my ancestors used to live along the shores. 316 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:12,760 Let's go. 317 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:17,320 Growing up, I learnt a lot about culture and practices and that 318 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:22,400 includes fishing with spears, line with nets, just catching fish. 319 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,680 There's a whole bunch of different ways you can catch fish. 320 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,840 And I like to think that I know a lot of them. 321 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:32,680 But when I found out that it was in the Arctic, I was like, 322 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,800 I'm used to having to deal with heat stroke, not critical hypothermia. 323 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:38,880 It's going to be challenging. 324 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:43,160 But the thing that is driving me most at the moment is my family. 325 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,320 We've been going through IVF for a long time now. 326 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:49,360 It took IVF for us to expand our family and have Jensen. 327 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:52,440 We want siblings for him. 328 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,880 We want him to grow up as a big brother. 329 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,960 The journey for us so far has been not just emotionally difficult, 330 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:00,400 but financially as well. 331 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,760 It costs many tens of thousands of dollars 332 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:07,520 and we are almost out of money. 333 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:09,760 I'm going to keep it nice and low tonight. 334 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,800 I can fiddle around with it tomorrow. 335 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,200 It doesn't matter too much. 336 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:17,760 It doesn't take much energy to set up a hoochie. 337 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:21,240 I think, emotionally, 338 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,480 I will struggle with being away from Gemma and Jensen. 339 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,760 People are not meant to be alone. 340 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:34,680 We never were meant to be alone. 341 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,280 And I think it's going to be really easy to spiral. 342 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,120 And if you can't bring yourself out of that spiral, 343 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:44,000 you'll end up tapping. 344 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,200 Something big's come through here. 345 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,680 Someone's walked past and just given it a knock and flipped it off. 346 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:54,280 With this experience, it's not just about the skills. 347 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,200 It's also about psychological fortitude, 348 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,640 your resilience, your ability to overcome problems. 349 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,120 You start stressing. 350 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:11,840 Start seeing the world in a little bit more of a dangerous way. 351 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:12,920 You see danger everywhere. 352 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:14,200 You see risk everywhere. 353 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:15,480 You start beating yourself up. 354 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,160 Everything's wet and it's raining. 355 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,160 Let's see if we can start a fire anyway. 356 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:42,120 Take it slow. 357 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:44,040 Slow is smooth. 358 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:45,480 Smooth is fast. 359 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,400 I'm cooking with gas. 360 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,720 Probably the last one to get a fire tonight. 361 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,920 Hope everyone else's experience on their first day 362 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:18,560 hasn't been too stressful. 363 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,240 It is so dark out here. 364 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:23,720 It's clouded over. 365 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,920 Could be anything out there and I wouldn't know. 366 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:37,640 I can't see more than maybe about five meters in front of me. 367 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:39,040 Everything else is just black. 368 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,440 It's a little bit concerning, but... 369 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:48,360 ..there are bears out here. 370 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:51,800 There's not much you can do about that. 371 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,040 Just heard a stick crack. 372 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:04,000 I do wonder what animals are out there. 373 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:29,920 Misty in the wilderness, day two, take one. 374 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:34,160 Still wearing yesterday's clothes and undies. 375 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,120 But that's all right. 376 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:40,160 I was just thinking I've set up the camera in this area. 377 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:46,360 And I think this is where I'm going to be building my shelter. 378 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:48,760 It's not far from my original camp. 379 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,160 This whole experience is pretty intense. 380 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,800 Definitely didn't deal with the landing so well. 381 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,400 Once you get dropped off, it's just a lot. 382 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:03,040 It's a lot to take in when you've got so much to do. 383 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:07,120 And there's this urgency that if you don't do everything, 384 00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:09,440 you're going to fail. 385 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,960 I started getting my head freaked out. 386 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:14,880 I just feel a bit mumbled jumbled at the moment. 387 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,880 And I just had to talk to the camera, 388 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,000 because who else do you talk to out here? 389 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,040 so hard. 390 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:39,600 Like, not the physical, the mental, you know? 391 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:43,360 That was brutal yesterday. 392 00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:45,360 I had a really rough sleep last night too. 393 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,360 Lucky that there's clouds clearing today 394 00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:52,400 and it looks like we might get a bit of sunshine. 395 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:57,840 So I really need this shelter set up because I just want to be cosy. 396 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,560 Before I do that, I'm going to forage for some berries. 397 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,680 Gotta think about calories, right? 398 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:13,880 Totally underestimated the emotional and mental side of this experience. 399 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,360 But I just don't give up too easy. 400 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,920 Being a tour guide in Central Australia, 401 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,440 you know, I've got a lot of plant knowledge. 402 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,640 I don't know, there's something magical about walking through 403 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:28,360 a rocky, arid environment and finding bush tucker to eat. 404 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:30,840 Little red. 405 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,160 I connect to nature in a way that I think most people don't. 406 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,000 Pretty decent. 407 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,000 That there. 408 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:44,400 I'm bush woman. 409 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,320 I first started with the tour guiding, taking school camps out on 410 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:51,400 country out to a remote community in Central Australia. 411 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:52,480 Pretty good. 412 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:56,600 Connecting them to the land and getting them to drop into places that 413 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:58,720 don't have the noise, you know. 414 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,040 my God. 415 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:04,680 I definitely have skills like bushcraft and fishing and hunting 416 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:06,720 and shelter building. 417 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,760 But I think my biggest thing is my ability to adapt. 418 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,600 I come from a life of a lot of trauma 419 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:16,880 and my whole life has been about adapting with that trauma. 420 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:21,120 I think my willingness to adapt and be open-minded to a situation 421 00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:23,040 is probably one of my greatest strengths. 422 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:29,440 If you've just tuned in, you're witnessing history happen. 423 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:33,320 An Australian making an arctic bed. 424 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:39,880 I've had my hissy fit with this land. 425 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:44,680 I've just got to chip away at it and I've got to remind myself, Misty, 426 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,440 that you landed, you're discombobulated, 427 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:49,600 you're disorientated, 428 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,520 you've built this shelter, 429 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,040 you've got somewhere safe to sleep tonight. 430 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:55,560 Tick. 431 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,080 You got berries. 432 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,080 Tick. 433 00:28:58,080 --> 00:28:59,440 We got water. 434 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,200 Tick. 435 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,760 I feel like once I get my bearings and I get settled in, 436 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:08,520 that the land is actually going to start to introduce herself to me. 437 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,440 I think there's a little bit of deceit in the arctic 438 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,400 because we're here at the moment where there's no snow, 439 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:17,800 and there's no ice 440 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:19,200 and there's still light. 441 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,400 But I've never been in the arctic 442 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:31,640 and all I've seen is photos and this place gets pretty crazy. 443 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:36,760 It just feels like it's going to get really cold really quick. 444 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,440 We're not in Kansas anymore, you know? 445 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:43,680 The sun's nice, though. 446 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:06,040 Tell you what, the sun on your face. 447 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:08,760 it's nice. 448 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,000 It's a beautiful spot. 449 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:18,680 I'm just going to have a quick walk through here, safe as anywhere, 450 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,640 that's good for a permanent shelter. 451 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:28,360 I need to make a main shelter and that's going to take a long time. 452 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:34,360 So my camp is over there and up the hill. 453 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:40,840 I also need food, so where do you find the balance? 454 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:44,160 I've got active thyroid, which is a fast metabolism. 455 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:48,560 I have to eat all the time, otherwise I go really thin. 456 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,920 If I'm honest, I'm kind of worried about it out here. 457 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:56,840 What the hell is this? 458 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:01,320 What is that? 459 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,520 It's just a pile of wood. 460 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:11,080 God, that's got bear den written all over it. 461 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:14,920 Right, let's head back and make a net 462 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:18,640 and try and get some fish in my belly 463 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,560 because I'm starving. 464 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:22,400 I had nothing to eat yesterday 465 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,360 and I've had nothing to eat this morning. 466 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:39,680 I am certain you can eat that mushroom, even though it's purple. 467 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:43,080 What's the name of it? 468 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,400 I'm lying, I'm not certain. 469 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,080 So you know what that means? Throw it away. 470 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,120 It smells just like a field mushroom in England. 471 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:13,200 And it tastes exactly like it. 472 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,240 But if in doubt, you cannot eat mushrooms. 473 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:29,920 I done so much homework on mushrooms before I came out here. 474 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,160 And I've instantly forgot everything. 475 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,880 I need food in my belly because time is ticking. 476 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,840 I still can't think of the name of that purple one. 477 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:52,240 You can eat them for sure. 478 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:58,680 But, I mean, eating a purple mushroom when you're not sure of it 479 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,000 is a little bit dodgy really, isn't it? 480 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,000 You know? 481 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,000 She's wild weather out here. 482 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:34,000 Bloody oath, get around it. 483 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,560 Trying to be positive about the location that I'm in, 484 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,360 even though it's a shoreline that does cop the wind 485 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:44,680 and it's a bit shallow. 486 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,600 Hopefully I can still catch fish here. 487 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:49,600 And that's probably priority today 488 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,680 is find bait and get lines in the water. 489 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:56,520 I mean, if we can't catch bait to catch at least that initial fish 490 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:59,560 that then we can use for bait, we might be in a bit of strife. 491 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,960 That... 492 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,080 is potentially... 493 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:13,160 ..the worst-looking shovel I've ever seen. 494 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:16,840 The goal for me coming into this is to try and catch as much food 495 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,920 as I can to survive for as long as I can. 496 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:21,560 Here we are, worst shovel in Australia. 497 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,720 well, in Finland now. 498 00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:26,440 Just gonna go and have a look, have a scratch around, see if I can 499 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:27,520 find any worms. 500 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,680 I don't know how realistic this goal is, 501 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,360 but I'd love to get to 101 days. 502 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:35,280 The only way to do it is to get food in the belly. 503 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,120 But you're massive, look at yourself. 504 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,960 In preparation for this, I've put on nearly 30 kilos. 505 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,160 I know I'm a lot bigger than what I normally am, 506 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,920 but within three or four weeks, a lot of this will be gone. 507 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,800 I don't want to come second, I don't want to come third. 508 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,560 I want to win. 509 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:57,080 A month after I turned 18, I joined the Navy as a chef. 510 00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:59,080 I was only in for four years, 511 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:02,080 but the most intense place would have been... 512 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,600 would have been the waters of Iraq. 513 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:06,440 he's a big boy! Aren't ya? 514 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:07,520 The last 10 years of my life 515 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:10,480 have probably been the most stable period of my life. 516 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:12,280 And I've got three beautiful kids. 517 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:13,640 I've got a beautiful wife, Em. 518 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:15,640 We've got our farm animals, we've got our chickens. 519 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:18,480 We do a lot of caravaning and fishing and things like that. 520 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,280 Fishing is definitely my strongest skill. 521 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,080 I would have had a fishing rod in my hand 522 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:25,600 when I was two or three years old. 523 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,280 I was born into a hunting family and a fishing family, 524 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,640 and that's all they live for. 525 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:31,760 And it's just passed on. 526 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:33,640 So I'm not worried about catching fish. 527 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:36,920 "I know that going on Alone is a big thing for you. 528 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,280 "I'm so proud of you. 529 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,960 "You are the most wonderful, generous and bravest dad. 530 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:42,320 "P.S. Just win." 531 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,840 The main struggle throughout this whole challenge will be being away 532 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,800 from the kids and Em, but ultimately I'm doing this for them. 533 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,920 For me, this is about getting that money, paying a bit off the mortgage 534 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:53,480 and creating memories with the kids. 535 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,760 Memories mean so much more to me than money. 536 00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:56,920 I love you, guys. 537 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,640 - Bye, Dad. - Bye, Dad. 538 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:01,520 There's nothing special about me. 539 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:02,880 I'm just a dad from Tassie, 540 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:06,920 but I came here to have a crack and to give my family a better life. 541 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:08,120 That's it. 542 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,400 Looks like a good worm spot here. 543 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,000 If I was a worm, this is where I'd live. 544 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:17,360 Let's have a look. 545 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:22,960 I think I've got an advantage having more weight than other people, but 546 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:27,040 saying that, I'm the less fittest I've ever been in my life as well. 547 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,480 So it can work probably two ways, 548 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:32,080 but I'd rather have the extra weight on. 549 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:34,880 jeez, it looks wormy. 550 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:39,960 Looks amazing. no bloody worms. 551 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:42,880 Here... 552 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:44,160 wormy, wormy. 553 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:48,400 No bloody worms in Finland. 554 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:52,240 Can't believe it. 555 00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:55,520 This looks so wormy, but not even a bloody small one. 556 00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:59,440 There's not even a dirty old cricket. 557 00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:04,000 Thing is, if I can't find bait, 558 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:09,560 I don't know if I can win in this location. 559 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:14,720 I have not seen one fish on top of the water. 560 00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:15,960 It's got me stumped. 561 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:21,960 Berries aren't going to get me through, that's for sure. 562 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:23,720 I've just got my doubts about this. 563 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:27,560 Yeah, food's becoming a worry now. 564 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:30,840 Even though it's only day two, 565 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:35,000 it's concerning how far I can go if I don't sort this out. 566 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,280 It's a worry. 567 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,240 I might be in a bit of trouble. 568 00:37:41,240 --> 00:37:45,040 But hey, I'm not going to die trying, that's for sure. 569 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:21,160 Have a look at this. 570 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:26,440 I was coming down the rocks and I see a tiny little fish out here 571 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:27,880 floating on top of the water. 572 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:30,920 If I can get him. 573 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:41,120 Have a look at this. 574 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:45,360 It's like a little minnow. 575 00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:48,960 Yes, I'll be able to use him for bait. 576 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:51,840 Surely something's going to eat him. 577 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:54,840 I'll put a hook through the back of him and I'll throw him out. 578 00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:57,720 Surely something's going to eat that. 579 00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,240 It's my first catch. 580 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:05,400 there's another one! 581 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,600 I don't know if you can see that. 582 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:10,880 See him there? 583 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:12,320 Have a look at that. 584 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:14,360 I've got two. 585 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:16,960 Hang on. 586 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:19,960 There's two more. 587 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:22,160 I don't know what's happened. 588 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:25,440 So maybe that rough weather's killed a few 589 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,520 and they've blown to this side of the lake. 590 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:29,560 But... 591 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:32,400 Wow-wee. 592 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,480 I'm going to put them on a hook and get them straight out. 593 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:39,040 Got a rod ready. 594 00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:42,040 Just put the hook through his back like that. 595 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:45,640 Loop around his tail. 596 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:50,440 Tell you what, I'm bloody stoked with that. 597 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,600 man, there's heaps down here. 598 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,240 man. 599 00:39:54,240 --> 00:39:56,160 I reckon there's about 30 here. 600 00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,000 This could be game-changing. 601 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:00,640 This could get me some fish. 602 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:02,400 There's another two. 603 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,560 These are bloody better than worms, these for bait. 604 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,400 Come back. 605 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,960 I think I'm going to have to get in if I want to get those. 606 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,160 You gotta do what you gotta do. 607 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:16,360 Just trying to think of a way I can keep them so they don't go bad. 608 00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:22,120 It's cold, man. 609 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:24,760 I think you should... 610 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:27,920 shit, I stepped on something sharp. 611 00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:30,600 Have a look at this. 612 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:32,200 Have a look how many I've got. 613 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:33,520 I'm bloody stoked with that. 614 00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:36,320 Man, bloody oath. 615 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:38,440 I don't know if I should eat some of those fish or not. 616 00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:39,520 I reckon I will. 617 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,600 Hey! 618 00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:49,600 He just come down and stole my fish. 619 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,560 And he wants some more. 620 00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:53,680 I've got heaps, but the problem I've got 621 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:55,000 is they won't all fit in my pot lid. 622 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,720 So I might take these back to camp. 623 00:40:57,720 --> 00:40:58,840 As many as I can carry. 624 00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,200 I might bury the others and come back and get them. 625 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:12,320 Because I know those birds are going to come and get them all. 626 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:13,840 I need to get some big rocks. 627 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,160 I might do a wee next to that too. 628 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:26,600 So hopefully nothing smells it. 629 00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:35,000 Wee on the rock and around the rock. 630 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,840 Hopefully that deters any predators. 631 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:59,440 Aussies in the Arctic, they said. 632 00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,640 It'll be fun, they said. 633 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:03,000 It's cold. 634 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:04,000 It's so cold out here. 635 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:07,400 It's crazy because it's just going to get colder. 636 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:09,360 I think if we can get a fire going... 637 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,560 Definitely morale booster, the smell of smoke. 638 00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:18,120 If I think about my journey here for the next couple of months, 639 00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:21,640 I think about safety and fire and warmth. 640 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:24,200 Yeah, look what I just found. 641 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:29,520 you beauty! 642 00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:31,160 You know what this is? 643 00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:33,360 This is tinder, baby. 644 00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:36,680 It's usnea. 645 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:38,560 It's old man's beard. 646 00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:41,920 And that is the best fire lighting. 647 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:49,000 I worked hard to get here. 648 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,880 I don't have a military background 649 00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:58,360 and I didn't grow up in hunting and fishing. 650 00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:00,560 These skills, they came to me later in life. 651 00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:08,520 I remember as a child saying I'm never, ever, ever going to drink or 652 00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:11,960 take drugs because of what I'd seen as a child growing up. 653 00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:15,480 But as soon as I became a teenager and drugs were presented to me in 654 00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:19,400 high school, this child who was yearning for connection and community 655 00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:21,280 was like, "friends." 656 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:22,840 And it kind of just escalated 657 00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:25,920 without realising that it became all-consuming. 658 00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:30,440 My Lord. 659 00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:34,520 But I don't think you realise how all-consuming it is until waking up 660 00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:35,920 with the guilt and shame. 661 00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:37,000 "What have I done this time?" 662 00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,760 But I just didn't know how to get clean. 663 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:47,000 And going out into nature was the first time I maintained clean time. 664 00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:51,360 That's nice. 665 00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:55,680 It was those first few nights getting out to the bush and for the first 666 00:43:55,680 --> 00:44:00,600 time in my life, not being under the influence and hearing the sounds 667 00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:02,440 of birds or the fire crackling. 668 00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:05,240 It was like, it's the first place 669 00:44:05,240 --> 00:44:08,200 I've ever felt truly loved and accepted. 670 00:44:24,720 --> 00:44:26,520 Why? 671 00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:28,280 Why did I come on Alone? 672 00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:35,480 I think for me, I grew up in a housing commission... 673 00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:38,840 And nothing wrong with that. 674 00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:47,680 Like, yeah, I just grew up with a lot of drugs and alcohol and violence 675 00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:51,240 in the scene, you know? 676 00:44:51,240 --> 00:44:55,720 I just wanted to show it doesn't matter where you come from, 677 00:44:55,720 --> 00:44:57,920 you can achieve anything, you know? 678 00:45:03,240 --> 00:45:07,080 I think my willingness to adapt to a situation 679 00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:09,200 is probably one of my greatest strengths. 680 00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:12,960 I moved over 60 times before I was 20. 681 00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:17,600 I lived out of a backpack for a while there, you know? 682 00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:20,560 Fight or flight was a very strong thing. 683 00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:22,840 I look at it now and I go, "How the hell did I do that?" 684 00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:24,080 You know? 685 00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,600 But I just don't think I give up too easy. 686 00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:35,000 I'm a bit of a fighter and, God, I'm not dead yet. 687 00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:39,000 Gosh. 688 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:43,400 I don't feel like I need to prove myself, but I'd love to show kids 689 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:47,160 who came from homes like I did that anything's possible. 690 00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:48,920 And if you want to put your mind to something, 691 00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:51,200 put your heart to something, you can achieve it, you know? 692 00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:54,360 Smoking me out, boy. 693 00:45:56,840 --> 00:45:57,840 Smoking me out. 694 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,360 Looks like we've got a load of reeds over that side. 695 00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:23,800 You know what that means, don't you? 696 00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:25,120 Pike! 697 00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:27,560 Big pike with big teeth. 698 00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:36,400 Some of the pike in this lake are built like a Russian shot putter. 699 00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:38,360 Massive. 700 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:43,160 Couple of days in with no food, I'm starting to feel it already. 701 00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:46,040 I've never been in a starvation situation before. 702 00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:49,200 I've never been as hungry as this in my entire life. 703 00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:53,240 Head up the stream, see if I can find any mushrooms. 704 00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:07,160 Is that a rufus milkcap? 705 00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:09,520 You know what? 706 00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:18,320 If it is, it's very, very sad. 707 00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:20,120 Let's see if any milk comes out of it. 708 00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:24,360 You know what? I think it is. 709 00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:28,720 Can you see that little bit of milk there? 710 00:47:28,720 --> 00:47:29,720 You can eat these. 711 00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:37,680 Yeah. 712 00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:41,320 Come to daddy. 713 00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:44,200 at least I've got something on my stomach for tonight. 714 00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:50,120 When I was a kid, I used to get a load of bread bags off my granddad. 715 00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:54,240 I used to go over the fields, picking the mushrooms, and I'd fill like, 716 00:47:54,240 --> 00:47:55,800 well, probably five or six bags, 717 00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:58,240 and I couldn't carry them because I was only a kid. 718 00:47:58,240 --> 00:48:01,640 And I'd sell them for a fiver each down the pub. 719 00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:04,560 A fiver on them days was like a million dollars to a kid. 720 00:48:06,240 --> 00:48:07,280 that's a good weight. 721 00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:10,400 There's a good kilo's worth there. 722 00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:14,000 Gonna be a mushroom festival tonight. 723 00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:18,360 Hunger. 724 00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:19,920 Belly's really hurting. 725 00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:22,120 All of my stomach is just in my throat. 726 00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:30,360 Thank fuck for that. 727 00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:41,440 no, look at the worms in it. 728 00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:42,800 See that? 729 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:44,760 my God. 730 00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:47,040 Well, all the more protein. 731 00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:49,280 These are quite old. 732 00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:51,240 They're not in the best condition. 733 00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,000 I'm gonna cut all this shit off. 734 00:49:05,560 --> 00:49:08,320 It looks like you're cutting... 735 00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:09,320 poo. 736 00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:13,480 I'll just cut it in half. 737 00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:17,880 Why's it all red? 738 00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:19,640 Gonna be honest with you, 739 00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:21,600 they don't look appetizing. 740 00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:23,840 God, I can't eat that. 741 00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:28,120 Or can I? 742 00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:33,760 That just doesn't look like a mushroom you can eat. 743 00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:40,640 It looks like something an orc off Lord of the Rings would spew up. 744 00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:45,720 This is bubbling away nicely. 745 00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:50,720 Nice, manky old mushrooms. 746 00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:07,240 Well, that looks disgusting. 747 00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:15,000 All I'm thinking of here, eating these mushrooms, is Beef Wellington. 748 00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:16,400 I'm sure you know what I mean. 749 00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:22,440 Fuck, the texture! 750 00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:37,720 Come on, Dougy, fucking stop thinking about it, man. 751 00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:32,840 It's amazing how something like this can lift your mood out here. 752 00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:35,960 Just giving them a wash. 753 00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:39,560 Chuck a few berries in there as I'm walking back up. 754 00:51:42,080 --> 00:51:45,560 Something so small can be such a difference. 755 00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:47,400 First bit of protein since I've been here. 756 00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:54,160 I was really stressing last night about this location, 757 00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:56,720 but it's given something back to me today. 758 00:51:56,720 --> 00:51:58,600 Things are looking up. 759 00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:04,120 This, my friends, is my first feed. 760 00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:06,040 Looks like baby vomit. 761 00:52:08,240 --> 00:52:09,520 Let me fish one of these out. 762 00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:13,280 You know, it is a bit of a risk eating them when you don't know 763 00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:15,440 why they died or how long they've been in the water, 764 00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:16,880 but some of them were still kicking, 765 00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:18,640 so I don't think they've been dead that long. 766 00:52:35,160 --> 00:52:36,920 Some salt would be good, but... 767 00:52:38,720 --> 00:52:40,440 ..it's just bones and... 768 00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:44,640 ..bones and guts. 769 00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:46,080 That's what it tastes like. 770 00:52:53,120 --> 00:52:56,560 Still quite surreal to think that I'm here. 771 00:52:57,720 --> 00:53:02,000 Nothing special about me, you know, I'm just an ordinary dad from Tassie. 772 00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:04,280 You know, works hard and I'm a pretty hands-on dad. 773 00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:13,800 Alright, so I've got one, two, three, four lines around here. 774 00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:17,080 One over there - that's five. 775 00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:21,840 I think I've got about 10 lines in with all dead baits on them. 776 00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:28,320 I want to stay on this ride as long as I can 777 00:53:28,320 --> 00:53:31,760 and hopefully just set an example to my kids. 778 00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:34,360 You know, I'm always watching them achieve stuff, you know. 779 00:53:34,360 --> 00:53:39,280 They're winning their cross-countries and surf lifesaving and, you know, 780 00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:41,920 they can't watch me play sport or anything anymore. 781 00:53:41,920 --> 00:53:43,920 They haven't really watched me achieve anything. 782 00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:46,840 This is the one thing they can all watch me do. 783 00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:50,000 a bite! 784 00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:51,520 he's let it go. 785 00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:55,320 no, he hasn't. 786 00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:58,400 Here he goes. 787 00:53:58,400 --> 00:53:59,640 Let him take a bit of line. 788 00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:06,960 got him! 789 00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:09,760 got him. 790 00:54:18,080 --> 00:54:19,640 Yes! 791 00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:22,640 I don't think he's size, though. 792 00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:29,680 A brown trout. 793 00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:34,240 But he's not 50 centimetres. 794 00:54:36,280 --> 00:54:37,840 Hang on. 795 00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:39,080 Shit. 796 00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:40,240 There's another one. 797 00:54:45,080 --> 00:54:46,200 Got him. 798 00:54:47,320 --> 00:54:48,320 Far out! 799 00:54:51,920 --> 00:54:53,600 that's a good fish. 800 00:54:57,040 --> 00:55:00,200 man, do you see that? 801 00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:07,280 He's easy 50. 802 00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:10,800 Have a look at that, baby! 803 00:55:13,840 --> 00:55:15,360 Yes! 804 00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:19,120 Yeah, baby! 805 00:55:19,120 --> 00:55:21,640 Man, I'm stoked with that. 806 00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:23,120 If only I had this bait all the time. 807 00:55:24,640 --> 00:55:25,640 Look at that. 808 00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:26,640 See that? 809 00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:28,480 Look what's in his belly. 810 00:55:28,480 --> 00:55:35,040 One, two, three, four of those little fish. 811 00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:37,720 And then the pig's tried to eat mine too. 812 00:55:37,720 --> 00:55:38,960 Yeah. 813 00:55:38,960 --> 00:55:40,240 So glad I got one. 814 00:55:40,240 --> 00:55:41,840 Have a look at that. 815 00:55:41,840 --> 00:55:43,160 So orange. 816 00:55:43,160 --> 00:55:47,000 First bit of food that I've caught and not found. 817 00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:50,640 Yeah. Things are looking up. 818 00:55:50,640 --> 00:55:52,200 Ripper day, actually. 819 00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:53,600 Old Trent from Tassie. 820 00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:54,600 Come on, Tassie. 821 00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:56,840 There's the liver. 822 00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:03,560 Delicious. 823 00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:05,680 Hey, fish! 824 00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:09,000 I have to prepare for the worst. 825 00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:12,720 I live here now, in this forest, in the wild. 826 00:56:14,240 --> 00:56:15,840 There's my slug bait. 827 00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:17,240 holy moly. 828 00:56:17,240 --> 00:56:19,000 I was going to leave the camera behind, 829 00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:21,520 but you probably want to see me naked. 830 00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:25,600 I think you do need to follow your gut 831 00:56:25,600 --> 00:56:27,080 to be able to be successful out here. 832 00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:31,320 I really hurt myself. 833 00:56:31,320 --> 00:56:35,000 I can't do the movements I need to get things done. 834 00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:36,920 I've been out all day. 835 00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:40,200 It's getting really dark. 836 00:56:40,200 --> 00:56:41,840 And I'm freaking out. 837 00:56:41,840 --> 00:56:43,520 I don't know where I am. 838 00:56:43,520 --> 00:56:45,800 God. It's not good. 839 00:56:45,824 --> 00:56:47,824 .