1 00:00:05,260 --> 00:00:08,296 [ominous music] 2 00:00:08,296 --> 00:00:09,764 - Yeah, there's snow in the mountains. 3 00:00:09,898 --> 00:00:11,499 [laughs] 4 00:00:11,499 --> 00:00:13,434 The cold is gonna destroy people. 5 00:00:13,468 --> 00:00:14,602 Like, it's coming. 6 00:00:14,636 --> 00:00:16,070 If you're not set up for winter, 7 00:00:16,103 --> 00:00:17,138 you're not gonna last. 8 00:00:17,171 --> 00:00:18,773 It's just the way it is. 9 00:00:18,873 --> 00:00:20,375 ♪ 10 00:00:20,408 --> 00:00:21,543 - [grunts] 11 00:00:21,576 --> 00:00:23,211 Yes! 12 00:00:23,211 --> 00:00:24,379 I'm really, really fortunate enough 13 00:00:24,412 --> 00:00:28,049 to get a full-size adult beaver. 14 00:00:28,182 --> 00:00:31,853 This gives me food security. 15 00:00:31,853 --> 00:00:34,088 - Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God. 16 00:00:34,122 --> 00:00:37,859 Now more than ever, I can say I'm a hunter. 17 00:00:37,859 --> 00:00:40,261 - We're gonna get moved in to this ivrulik. 18 00:00:40,261 --> 00:00:42,897 I'm most afraid of never seeing my family again. 19 00:00:42,897 --> 00:00:46,100 I know there are dangers on this land 20 00:00:46,134 --> 00:00:48,503 and that I may never return home. 21 00:00:48,503 --> 00:00:50,138 Beautiful in here. 22 00:00:50,138 --> 00:00:52,340 - Things were feeling really good, 23 00:00:52,340 --> 00:00:55,343 and then I decided to build this tepee. 24 00:00:55,376 --> 00:00:57,312 I just feel like I've got nothing, 25 00:00:57,345 --> 00:01:00,248 nothing in the tank. 26 00:01:00,381 --> 00:01:02,584 I'm officially tapping out. 27 00:01:02,617 --> 00:01:05,587 ♪ 28 00:01:05,620 --> 00:01:08,656 [howling] 29 00:01:08,656 --> 00:01:10,258 ♪ 30 00:01:10,258 --> 00:01:13,227 [soft music] 31 00:01:13,227 --> 00:01:20,068 ♪ 32 00:01:25,306 --> 00:01:28,209 [tense music] 33 00:01:28,343 --> 00:01:35,049 ♪ 34 00:01:38,419 --> 00:01:41,189 [Will] We're going to be working on the wood stove. 35 00:01:41,222 --> 00:01:48,262 ♪ 36 00:01:50,231 --> 00:01:52,467 The chimney's looking good. 37 00:01:55,370 --> 00:02:00,008 There's just a cool, old Iñupiat song 38 00:02:00,141 --> 00:02:02,043 that has a story to it too. 39 00:02:02,176 --> 00:02:05,580 It puts my two younger babies to sleep every time I sing it, 40 00:02:05,613 --> 00:02:08,383 so it's a really special song. 41 00:02:08,383 --> 00:02:11,619 And the story is of a old man 42 00:02:11,653 --> 00:02:13,021 who looks outside of his window, 43 00:02:13,054 --> 00:02:15,890 and he sees a rabbit being hunted. 44 00:02:16,024 --> 00:02:19,861 The rabbit comes to the old man's door and knocks. 45 00:02:19,894 --> 00:02:25,533 The old man lets the rabbit inside and takes care of him. 46 00:02:25,667 --> 00:02:27,769 And the song goes... 47 00:02:27,802 --> 00:02:30,571 [singing in Iñupiaq] 48 00:02:58,366 --> 00:03:02,070 And that's a-- that's a Iñupiat song. 49 00:03:04,772 --> 00:03:09,377 So yeah, we'll get to work on the wood stove. 50 00:03:09,410 --> 00:03:13,815 ♪ 51 00:03:13,815 --> 00:03:17,118 I think I spent as much time working on the chimney 52 00:03:17,251 --> 00:03:20,822 as the entire shelter, to be honest. 53 00:03:20,855 --> 00:03:22,390 Okay. 54 00:03:22,423 --> 00:03:26,094 We lost about half the mud just walking up here. 55 00:03:27,695 --> 00:03:31,899 Try to fill these holes best we can. 56 00:03:31,933 --> 00:03:33,968 [tense music] 57 00:03:34,001 --> 00:03:39,240 My shelter is working just the way as I had hoped. 58 00:03:39,373 --> 00:03:42,777 It's keeping me dry, keeping me warm. 59 00:03:42,810 --> 00:03:45,980 But winter is coming fast, 60 00:03:45,980 --> 00:03:49,016 and the cold will come with that. 61 00:03:49,016 --> 00:03:54,455 And I realize, without having a fire in my shelter, 62 00:03:54,455 --> 00:03:57,425 it's not going to be warm enough 63 00:03:57,425 --> 00:03:59,861 going into the cold season. 64 00:03:59,861 --> 00:04:01,529 Looking great, man. 65 00:04:01,562 --> 00:04:03,698 I know that, with those cold temperatures, 66 00:04:03,731 --> 00:04:07,702 I need to get a way to have fire in my shelter, 67 00:04:07,735 --> 00:04:09,303 to have heat. 68 00:04:09,303 --> 00:04:11,172 Just have the back portion to do, 69 00:04:11,205 --> 00:04:13,508 and I gotta mud that outside wall 70 00:04:13,541 --> 00:04:16,544 and then put mud patties on the bottom, and it's done, 71 00:04:16,544 --> 00:04:18,146 and I could get a fire going. 72 00:04:18,179 --> 00:04:19,814 ♪ 73 00:04:19,814 --> 00:04:21,449 This is one of the first things 74 00:04:21,482 --> 00:04:25,620 that makes me realize I'm really alone out here. 75 00:04:25,653 --> 00:04:29,457 I can't just send a photo of my shelter to my wife. 76 00:04:29,457 --> 00:04:33,461 And this can be a difficult thing to do, 77 00:04:33,461 --> 00:04:36,430 living out here alone, not being able to show 78 00:04:36,464 --> 00:04:39,300 the ones you love your accomplishments. 79 00:04:39,333 --> 00:04:40,701 ♪ 80 00:04:40,701 --> 00:04:43,671 My wife, the love of my life. 81 00:04:43,704 --> 00:04:45,740 I think about her every day. 82 00:04:45,740 --> 00:04:47,575 ♪ 83 00:04:47,608 --> 00:04:49,577 So if I'm standing on the mountaintop, 84 00:04:49,610 --> 00:04:51,579 and I've won this thing, 85 00:04:51,612 --> 00:04:54,081 the person that is going to reveal that 86 00:04:54,215 --> 00:04:56,784 I've won this "Alone" experience is her. 87 00:04:56,818 --> 00:04:58,452 ♪ 88 00:04:58,586 --> 00:05:00,188 Looking forward to it. 89 00:05:00,221 --> 00:05:04,025 ♪ 90 00:05:04,025 --> 00:05:06,828 [footsteps crunching] 91 00:05:08,663 --> 00:05:11,232 We have fire. 92 00:05:11,265 --> 00:05:12,567 Oh, that's warm. 93 00:05:12,700 --> 00:05:13,901 [fire crackling] 94 00:05:13,935 --> 00:05:14,969 Oh, that feels good. 95 00:05:15,102 --> 00:05:17,538 Look at that draft, right out the roof, 96 00:05:17,538 --> 00:05:19,941 right out the chimney. 97 00:05:19,974 --> 00:05:21,742 Man, look at that go. 98 00:05:21,776 --> 00:05:24,178 [whistles] 99 00:05:24,212 --> 00:05:26,547 [singing in Iñupiaq] 100 00:05:26,547 --> 00:05:27,982 Oh. 101 00:05:28,015 --> 00:05:30,051 I don't want to get the camera all hot, 102 00:05:30,084 --> 00:05:32,987 but let's check this draft out. 103 00:05:32,987 --> 00:05:35,523 Look at that. 104 00:05:35,656 --> 00:05:39,694 That's right out the chimney. 105 00:05:39,727 --> 00:05:41,896 Yeah. 106 00:05:41,929 --> 00:05:43,865 Nice. 107 00:05:43,865 --> 00:05:46,534 Oh, that feels good. 108 00:05:46,567 --> 00:05:49,537 Nice. 109 00:05:49,537 --> 00:05:52,673 Sleeping good now, ready for winter. 110 00:05:54,742 --> 00:05:57,612 Let's go! 111 00:05:57,745 --> 00:06:00,648 [dramatic music] 112 00:06:00,781 --> 00:06:07,788 ♪ 113 00:06:19,433 --> 00:06:21,269 [Jacks] I have to collect some moss. 114 00:06:23,771 --> 00:06:25,172 Here's a good patch. 115 00:06:29,410 --> 00:06:32,213 Well, until I have a pack basket... 116 00:06:34,615 --> 00:06:36,584 This'll do. 117 00:06:36,617 --> 00:06:39,553 [tense music] 118 00:06:39,587 --> 00:06:41,622 I'll tell you what, though, 119 00:06:41,622 --> 00:06:42,857 it's definitely insulating. 120 00:06:42,857 --> 00:06:44,825 [laughs] 121 00:06:44,859 --> 00:06:46,060 ♪ 122 00:06:46,060 --> 00:06:47,628 [sighs] 123 00:06:47,662 --> 00:06:49,330 ♪ 124 00:06:49,330 --> 00:06:51,899 Making progress on the shelter. 125 00:06:51,933 --> 00:06:54,135 I finished weaving the roof. 126 00:06:54,135 --> 00:06:56,904 Then I put on a layer of earth. 127 00:06:56,904 --> 00:06:59,106 I built the bed inside. 128 00:06:59,140 --> 00:07:00,975 I need to insulate the walls 129 00:07:01,008 --> 00:07:03,544 because there's a lot of holes still. 130 00:07:03,577 --> 00:07:06,347 Hey. 131 00:07:06,347 --> 00:07:07,882 Anybody need moss? 132 00:07:08,015 --> 00:07:09,850 Moss for sale! Moss! 133 00:07:12,053 --> 00:07:13,187 Oh. 134 00:07:13,187 --> 00:07:17,925 ♪ 135 00:07:18,059 --> 00:07:19,894 I didn't think that, going into this, 136 00:07:19,927 --> 00:07:21,595 this build would take that long. 137 00:07:21,729 --> 00:07:24,865 Time management has been a really big issue. 138 00:07:24,899 --> 00:07:28,569 Let's do the bed. Okay. 139 00:07:28,569 --> 00:07:30,504 There's a lot more that still has to be done, 140 00:07:30,504 --> 00:07:32,974 and it's definitely getting colder. 141 00:07:33,107 --> 00:07:35,576 ♪ 142 00:07:35,576 --> 00:07:37,878 You know, I really kind of like being in here, 143 00:07:38,012 --> 00:07:39,747 so I guess that's a good thing, eh? 144 00:07:39,747 --> 00:07:41,215 ♪ 145 00:07:41,248 --> 00:07:42,817 The most important thing that you need 146 00:07:42,817 --> 00:07:45,853 to take care of is your core temperature. 147 00:07:45,853 --> 00:07:47,822 If I cannot stay warm out here, 148 00:07:47,822 --> 00:07:49,523 I am seriously gambling. 149 00:07:49,657 --> 00:07:51,392 I am rolling the dice. 150 00:07:51,425 --> 00:07:53,260 I want to make sure that I get this right. 151 00:07:53,260 --> 00:07:55,763 ♪ 152 00:07:55,796 --> 00:07:57,598 I still have to chink the walls, 153 00:07:57,732 --> 00:08:01,569 but my shelter is in an okay enough place 154 00:08:01,569 --> 00:08:04,538 that I could walk away from it for a while. 155 00:08:04,538 --> 00:08:05,506 Cool. 156 00:08:06,774 --> 00:08:08,142 So that's good. 157 00:08:13,381 --> 00:08:16,650 Fat is really what's gonna allow you to thrive out here. 158 00:08:16,684 --> 00:08:19,820 I really need fish, and I need fish now. 159 00:08:19,820 --> 00:08:21,522 I need fat now. 160 00:08:21,655 --> 00:08:24,191 And so recently, I made a gill net. 161 00:08:24,225 --> 00:08:27,028 ♪ 162 00:08:27,061 --> 00:08:29,730 [sighs] It's a marathon, not a sprint. 163 00:08:29,764 --> 00:08:31,098 ♪ 164 00:08:35,603 --> 00:08:36,937 All righty. 165 00:08:36,937 --> 00:08:38,572 I want to deploy the gill net. 166 00:08:38,705 --> 00:08:44,412 ♪ 167 00:08:44,445 --> 00:08:47,014 It's taken me a while to get to this point 168 00:08:47,048 --> 00:08:51,485 where I'm getting all my food systems in place. 169 00:08:51,519 --> 00:08:54,622 Up to this point, I've only had hare, 170 00:08:54,622 --> 00:08:58,059 but now I have to catch fish. 171 00:08:58,092 --> 00:09:00,761 So if my gill net is a success 172 00:09:00,795 --> 00:09:04,165 and I can get the fat from these fish, 173 00:09:04,198 --> 00:09:05,666 that's what's going to allow me 174 00:09:05,666 --> 00:09:08,736 to stay here for the long run. 175 00:09:08,736 --> 00:09:12,540 Nature has always helped me in times of need. 176 00:09:12,540 --> 00:09:16,010 Nature has always been there for me. 177 00:09:16,043 --> 00:09:19,013 And right now, I know that nature 178 00:09:19,046 --> 00:09:21,215 is going to have my back. 179 00:09:21,215 --> 00:09:22,983 ♪ 180 00:09:23,017 --> 00:09:25,619 All right, feeling very accomplished. 181 00:09:25,653 --> 00:09:26,821 Whoo-whoo! 182 00:09:26,854 --> 00:09:29,223 ♪ We deployed a gill net, gill net ♪ 183 00:09:29,223 --> 00:09:32,226 ♪ We deployed a gill net, gill net ♪ 184 00:09:34,295 --> 00:09:36,330 Catch many fishies. 185 00:09:36,464 --> 00:09:38,499 Go forth and prosper, gill net. 186 00:09:38,532 --> 00:09:41,502 [vocalizing] 187 00:09:44,939 --> 00:09:47,908 [tense music] 188 00:09:47,942 --> 00:09:54,982 ♪ 189 00:09:59,220 --> 00:10:01,889 [Aaron mimicking moose call] 190 00:10:44,865 --> 00:10:47,902 [tense music] 191 00:10:47,902 --> 00:10:49,336 ♪ 192 00:10:49,336 --> 00:10:50,771 Seeing the snow in the mountains, 193 00:10:50,804 --> 00:10:52,907 that's a pretty good awakening. 194 00:10:52,940 --> 00:10:54,341 Cold is coming. 195 00:10:54,375 --> 00:10:55,809 I need to be ready. 196 00:10:55,943 --> 00:10:58,212 We still have fish hanging in the trees. 197 00:10:58,245 --> 00:11:00,848 But I'm trying to space it out. 198 00:11:00,848 --> 00:11:03,217 Right now, it should be prime time moose hunting. 199 00:11:03,217 --> 00:11:05,986 [mimicking moose call] 200 00:11:05,986 --> 00:11:09,823 And I'm just hoping for an opportunity at a moose. 201 00:11:09,857 --> 00:11:12,059 The amount of food on these moose, 202 00:11:12,059 --> 00:11:15,696 I can stay out here for hundreds of days. 203 00:11:15,696 --> 00:11:18,699 Like, I'm feeling emotionally good. 204 00:11:18,732 --> 00:11:21,335 Physically, I'll feel better with all that food. 205 00:11:21,368 --> 00:11:22,536 Mentally, I'm locked in. 206 00:11:22,570 --> 00:11:23,938 I'm ready to go. 207 00:11:23,971 --> 00:11:26,340 If we get a moose, we win this competition. 208 00:11:26,373 --> 00:11:28,008 There's not a doubt in my mind. 209 00:11:28,042 --> 00:11:30,144 ♪ 210 00:11:30,144 --> 00:11:32,346 There's nothing this way. 211 00:11:35,849 --> 00:11:39,186 We'll go back to my shelter. 212 00:11:39,220 --> 00:11:41,855 [suspenseful music] 213 00:11:41,889 --> 00:11:47,027 ♪ 214 00:11:47,027 --> 00:11:49,964 This weather, like, fluctuates so much. 215 00:11:50,097 --> 00:11:52,099 It's crazy. 216 00:11:52,099 --> 00:11:53,334 Go home, Mr. Winter. 217 00:11:53,367 --> 00:11:55,936 You're drunk. 218 00:11:55,970 --> 00:11:58,672 [bleep] Murphy. 219 00:11:58,706 --> 00:12:01,141 It's only September. 220 00:12:01,141 --> 00:12:04,011 Welcome to Canada, eh? 221 00:12:04,044 --> 00:12:06,380 We're gonna go check the fish lines, 222 00:12:06,380 --> 00:12:10,017 and then I want to walk around a little bit 223 00:12:10,050 --> 00:12:13,220 and see if there's any tracks, fresh prints, 224 00:12:13,220 --> 00:12:16,390 anything on the ground to give me some kind of hope. 225 00:12:16,423 --> 00:12:18,659 ♪ 226 00:12:18,692 --> 00:12:22,663 I'm bringing the bow, just in case. 227 00:12:22,663 --> 00:12:26,634 This will definitely get the moose moving. 228 00:12:26,667 --> 00:12:29,703 Bears are probably like, what the hell? 229 00:12:29,703 --> 00:12:31,138 I'm getting worried about the food. 230 00:12:31,138 --> 00:12:32,106 I'm not gonna lie. 231 00:12:32,106 --> 00:12:34,375 ♪ 232 00:12:34,375 --> 00:12:36,777 Nothing on that one. 233 00:12:36,810 --> 00:12:40,347 Canada needs to feed its only baby boy in the competition. 234 00:12:40,381 --> 00:12:41,782 ♪ 235 00:12:41,782 --> 00:12:44,451 Please, Lord. 236 00:12:44,585 --> 00:12:45,486 Come on, Travy. 237 00:12:45,619 --> 00:12:46,754 I need your help. 238 00:12:50,858 --> 00:12:54,928 One of the reasons why I'm here is my friend Travis. 239 00:12:55,062 --> 00:12:58,899 He was my mixed martial arts coach early on, 240 00:12:58,899 --> 00:13:00,768 and then we became really good buddies 241 00:13:00,901 --> 00:13:03,871 because of hunting and the outdoors. 242 00:13:03,904 --> 00:13:06,640 He was like a demigod with how gritty he was 243 00:13:06,774 --> 00:13:09,610 and how mentally strong he was. 244 00:13:09,643 --> 00:13:12,046 He was a Canadian mixed martial arts legend-- 245 00:13:12,179 --> 00:13:15,416 fought Georges St-Pierre and just, like, the strongest, 246 00:13:15,416 --> 00:13:18,018 toughest person I've ever met. 247 00:13:18,018 --> 00:13:19,687 There's nothing on it. 248 00:13:19,820 --> 00:13:22,022 [bleep]. 249 00:13:22,022 --> 00:13:25,693 He passed away about a year and a half ago. 250 00:13:25,726 --> 00:13:29,863 We had gone on a hunting trip together. 251 00:13:29,897 --> 00:13:32,266 He was rafting into one of our hunting spots 252 00:13:32,266 --> 00:13:34,768 and tragically lost his life. 253 00:13:34,902 --> 00:13:39,306 ♪ 254 00:13:39,306 --> 00:13:42,609 Losing him was unexpected. 255 00:13:42,743 --> 00:13:45,379 It was tough. It still is. 256 00:13:45,379 --> 00:13:47,348 I need Travis to help me out. 257 00:13:47,348 --> 00:13:48,982 Put some fish on my lines. 258 00:13:49,016 --> 00:13:51,185 Put a moose in front of me. 259 00:13:51,218 --> 00:13:52,419 I need help here. 260 00:13:52,453 --> 00:13:53,821 This is getting ridiculous. 261 00:13:53,854 --> 00:13:56,690 ♪ 262 00:13:56,724 --> 00:14:00,461 This one looks a little bit different. 263 00:14:06,934 --> 00:14:11,372 Deep water, prime bait. 264 00:14:13,340 --> 00:14:15,809 Everything in the making for a fish. 265 00:14:32,426 --> 00:14:34,928 Because there's a big log, it was going like this 266 00:14:34,962 --> 00:14:36,330 like it was swimming. 267 00:14:41,535 --> 00:14:43,937 What a greasy move, Mother Nature. 268 00:14:43,971 --> 00:14:45,472 What a greasy move. 269 00:14:45,506 --> 00:14:47,107 [tense music] 270 00:14:47,107 --> 00:14:49,443 Time to go for a hike, 271 00:14:49,576 --> 00:14:53,180 see if there's any tracks that way. 272 00:14:53,213 --> 00:14:55,249 Ah, that was dirty. 273 00:14:55,282 --> 00:15:02,289 ♪ 274 00:15:26,547 --> 00:15:28,348 Holy [bleep]. 275 00:15:37,324 --> 00:15:39,393 Good thing I left that running, eh? 276 00:15:40,627 --> 00:15:43,130 Damn. 277 00:15:43,163 --> 00:15:44,531 He's a lynx. 278 00:15:44,665 --> 00:15:46,066 I gotta trap this bugger. 279 00:15:46,066 --> 00:15:47,701 ♪ 280 00:15:47,734 --> 00:15:49,503 [sighs] 281 00:15:49,503 --> 00:15:53,740 If I can get him, you know, that's actual meat. 282 00:15:53,740 --> 00:15:56,510 A pound a day, that's 20, 30 days. 283 00:15:56,543 --> 00:15:57,578 ♪ 284 00:15:57,611 --> 00:16:00,414 And he followed my tracks. 285 00:16:00,447 --> 00:16:01,615 Here's my track. 286 00:16:01,648 --> 00:16:03,550 There's his track. 287 00:16:03,584 --> 00:16:06,253 My track, his track. 288 00:16:06,386 --> 00:16:08,021 This little bugger. 289 00:16:08,021 --> 00:16:09,656 ♪ 290 00:16:09,656 --> 00:16:11,825 There's his tracks there again, probably. 291 00:16:11,825 --> 00:16:13,827 ♪ 292 00:16:13,861 --> 00:16:15,062 See? 293 00:16:15,095 --> 00:16:18,932 This mother gunner-- he runs my fish line. 294 00:16:18,966 --> 00:16:23,103 Man, I need to kill that [bleep] thing and eat him. 295 00:16:23,103 --> 00:16:28,208 Operation snares are coming. 296 00:16:28,208 --> 00:16:32,946 For the lynx, you have to use five-strand snares. 297 00:16:32,946 --> 00:16:34,748 So we got to make a couple. 298 00:16:34,781 --> 00:16:39,620 ♪ 299 00:16:39,653 --> 00:16:44,057 Pull 'em tight, wrap 'em around your pliers. 300 00:16:44,091 --> 00:16:46,226 ♪ 301 00:16:48,662 --> 00:16:51,665 It's like everything is against me right now. 302 00:16:51,698 --> 00:16:54,768 I'm gonna hopefully snare this lynx so I can eat him. 303 00:16:54,801 --> 00:16:58,138 It's looking grim, but I'll have to make this work. 304 00:16:58,138 --> 00:17:00,307 This is all I have. 305 00:17:00,340 --> 00:17:03,744 I just want to win so damn bad. 306 00:17:03,777 --> 00:17:08,248 ♪ 307 00:17:08,382 --> 00:17:11,018 Man. 308 00:17:11,018 --> 00:17:12,819 He's got another thing coming. 309 00:17:12,853 --> 00:17:18,625 ♪ 310 00:17:18,625 --> 00:17:21,061 You can see there's a little bit of a trail here, 311 00:17:21,061 --> 00:17:24,865 and I've seen his tracks walk right through here. 312 00:17:24,898 --> 00:17:26,166 I don't like failing. 313 00:17:26,300 --> 00:17:27,901 There's lots of things I've quit 314 00:17:27,935 --> 00:17:30,337 and failed in my life, and I don't like it. 315 00:17:30,337 --> 00:17:32,172 But right now, I don't think I'm failing. 316 00:17:32,306 --> 00:17:33,740 I think there's setbacks. 317 00:17:33,774 --> 00:17:36,176 I knew there was gonna be issues out here. 318 00:17:36,176 --> 00:17:38,812 I just need to find the solutions. 319 00:17:38,812 --> 00:17:42,950 I won't quit, but I don't want to starve, either. 320 00:17:42,983 --> 00:17:46,019 And now I'm starting to think about Travis. 321 00:17:46,019 --> 00:17:49,022 He made me promise him that if I got on the show, 322 00:17:49,056 --> 00:17:50,724 that I would not quit. 323 00:17:50,857 --> 00:17:53,694 He says, anything that's worth doing has got to be hard. 324 00:17:53,727 --> 00:17:57,097 So I want to fulfill that promise I made to him. 325 00:17:57,130 --> 00:18:01,702 And it gives me the extra leg I need to keep going. 326 00:18:01,735 --> 00:18:03,770 We've got a couple of those out. 327 00:18:03,804 --> 00:18:06,139 So if I was Mr. Lynx, I'd be walking 328 00:18:06,139 --> 00:18:07,975 right through this path 329 00:18:08,008 --> 00:18:11,979 and right into the net--kaboom! 330 00:18:12,012 --> 00:18:13,013 ♪ 331 00:18:13,046 --> 00:18:15,248 We gon' get you. 332 00:18:15,349 --> 00:18:18,051 ♪ 333 00:18:22,189 --> 00:18:24,825 [suspenseful music] 334 00:18:24,858 --> 00:18:31,932 ♪ 335 00:18:35,535 --> 00:18:38,205 - It's finally winter! 336 00:18:38,338 --> 00:18:40,741 It is snowing. 337 00:18:40,774 --> 00:18:41,975 And it's not just a light snow. 338 00:18:42,009 --> 00:18:44,645 It is snow-snow. 339 00:18:44,778 --> 00:18:50,017 So I can see the animal trails, potentially. 340 00:18:50,017 --> 00:18:52,019 I'm gonna go check the gill net. 341 00:18:52,019 --> 00:18:54,254 On our way, I'll check out the trails. 342 00:18:54,254 --> 00:18:56,256 I just did not think that I'd be getting out 343 00:18:56,289 --> 00:18:57,858 my winter gear this early. 344 00:18:57,858 --> 00:18:59,693 ♪ 345 00:18:59,693 --> 00:19:02,095 Oh, I really thought I had more time. 346 00:19:02,129 --> 00:19:04,931 ♪ 347 00:19:05,065 --> 00:19:06,933 Wow. 348 00:19:06,967 --> 00:19:09,703 A lot of activity through here right now. 349 00:19:09,703 --> 00:19:14,374 Okay, we have beaver slide. 350 00:19:14,474 --> 00:19:15,842 Hmm. 351 00:19:15,976 --> 00:19:17,177 It's a beaver. 352 00:19:17,177 --> 00:19:19,246 Interesting. 353 00:19:19,379 --> 00:19:23,950 It looks like I'm sharing my shoreline with a beaver. 354 00:19:23,984 --> 00:19:26,820 I hope that's not going to be a problem. 355 00:19:26,853 --> 00:19:28,488 Check my gill net. 356 00:19:28,588 --> 00:19:29,423 ♪ 357 00:19:33,026 --> 00:19:35,896 ♪ 358 00:19:35,896 --> 00:19:39,499 Nope, nothing. 359 00:19:39,533 --> 00:19:42,135 [sighs] 360 00:19:42,169 --> 00:19:45,138 [bleep]. 361 00:19:45,172 --> 00:19:48,909 Damn beaver--it's scaring the fish in this river. 362 00:19:48,942 --> 00:19:50,977 [tense music] 363 00:19:51,011 --> 00:19:53,980 [sighs] 364 00:19:54,014 --> 00:19:57,184 ♪ 365 00:19:57,217 --> 00:20:00,020 Okay, just gotta keep trying. 366 00:20:00,020 --> 00:20:04,791 ♪ 367 00:20:09,896 --> 00:20:14,067 ♪ 368 00:20:15,769 --> 00:20:21,341 I'm open to the wisdom and the answers that she has. 369 00:20:23,243 --> 00:20:27,814 ♪ 370 00:20:27,814 --> 00:20:30,617 I really thought the net was gonna work. 371 00:20:30,650 --> 00:20:32,619 It still might. 372 00:20:32,652 --> 00:20:36,656 ♪ 373 00:20:36,656 --> 00:20:39,392 Fish was my biggest resource of fat. 374 00:20:39,426 --> 00:20:40,827 ♪ 375 00:20:40,861 --> 00:20:42,496 But there's also beaver. 376 00:20:42,496 --> 00:20:46,700 ♪ 377 00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:48,735 Maybe my obstacle isn't fish. 378 00:20:48,735 --> 00:20:50,470 My obstacle is fat. 379 00:20:50,504 --> 00:20:52,572 ♪ 380 00:20:52,572 --> 00:20:56,777 Maybe it doesn't matter if I catch fish or not, 381 00:20:56,810 --> 00:20:58,979 as long as I catch fat. 382 00:20:58,979 --> 00:21:02,816 ♪ 383 00:21:02,849 --> 00:21:05,218 All right, we got to shift gears. 384 00:21:05,218 --> 00:21:07,587 ♪ 385 00:21:07,621 --> 00:21:09,623 I'm going for the beaver. 386 00:21:09,656 --> 00:21:12,626 ♪ 387 00:21:12,659 --> 00:21:15,529 [ominous music] 388 00:21:15,629 --> 00:21:22,369 ♪ 389 00:21:44,124 --> 00:21:45,058 [Will] Uvlaalluataq. 390 00:21:45,058 --> 00:21:47,127 Good morning. 391 00:21:47,260 --> 00:21:50,530 I moved my head down to this side, 392 00:21:50,564 --> 00:21:54,367 next to the fire pit, 393 00:21:54,501 --> 00:22:00,540 and slept really well last night, really warm. 394 00:22:00,574 --> 00:22:04,845 So this morning, I'm going out hunting for moose and tuttu. 395 00:22:04,978 --> 00:22:07,647 I don't want to wind down to not having any food 396 00:22:07,781 --> 00:22:11,051 and be like, crap, what do I do? 397 00:22:11,051 --> 00:22:16,056 So hopefully I can add to that food cache this morning. 398 00:22:16,089 --> 00:22:20,093 [tense music] 399 00:22:20,126 --> 00:22:24,898 It snowed, but the snowfall has melted. 400 00:22:24,931 --> 00:22:26,499 ♪ 401 00:22:26,533 --> 00:22:28,768 I'm disappointed because 402 00:22:28,802 --> 00:22:31,972 tracks are more visible in the snow. 403 00:22:32,005 --> 00:22:33,874 ♪ 404 00:22:33,907 --> 00:22:36,509 It's important for me to explore this land 405 00:22:36,543 --> 00:22:39,746 because I need to find moose. 406 00:22:39,779 --> 00:22:43,617 I need to find tuttu, caribou, so I can harvest them, 407 00:22:43,650 --> 00:22:46,620 and that can help me through the long winter ahead. 408 00:22:46,653 --> 00:22:48,054 ♪ 409 00:22:48,054 --> 00:22:52,425 My long-term food source is going to be big game. 410 00:22:52,459 --> 00:22:56,062 So I need to try and be quiet. 411 00:22:56,096 --> 00:22:57,864 ♪ 412 00:23:01,735 --> 00:23:04,337 My hunting strategy on this hike 413 00:23:04,337 --> 00:23:09,643 is to find an animal walking, eating, 414 00:23:09,776 --> 00:23:11,945 and be able to have a chance to harvest it. 415 00:23:11,978 --> 00:23:14,614 ♪ 416 00:23:14,648 --> 00:23:18,418 It's been weeks that I haven't seen my family. 417 00:23:18,418 --> 00:23:20,186 That's a big deal to me. 418 00:23:26,927 --> 00:23:28,895 Every day missed is 419 00:23:28,895 --> 00:23:32,666 a day of their childhood that I'm missing. 420 00:23:32,699 --> 00:23:34,034 They're only gonna be kids once. 421 00:23:43,810 --> 00:23:47,614 I find myself out in nature alone a lot, 422 00:23:47,647 --> 00:23:49,783 but sometimes that's just because 423 00:23:49,816 --> 00:23:51,451 I need to provide meat for my family. 424 00:23:51,551 --> 00:23:54,020 ♪ 425 00:23:54,020 --> 00:23:56,690 I enjoy it, but I enjoy it more 426 00:23:56,690 --> 00:23:59,559 when I'm able to teach my kids those things. 427 00:23:59,693 --> 00:24:01,661 When they're out there with me, 428 00:24:01,661 --> 00:24:03,096 it's, like, an amazing difference. 429 00:24:03,129 --> 00:24:05,098 It's so much fun. 430 00:24:05,131 --> 00:24:07,334 I'm tired. 431 00:24:07,367 --> 00:24:08,902 Man, I'm tired. 432 00:24:11,972 --> 00:24:13,974 I feel like I'm out there doing those things 433 00:24:14,107 --> 00:24:17,610 for more than just survival because we need meat. 434 00:24:17,610 --> 00:24:21,014 I'm out there to pass all this knowledge on to my children. 435 00:24:21,147 --> 00:24:25,218 ♪ 436 00:24:25,251 --> 00:24:28,888 No signs of any animals yet. 437 00:24:29,022 --> 00:24:34,494 Gassed out and tired, so gonna be heading back. 438 00:24:34,494 --> 00:24:36,663 Check the ukalliatchiaq snares on the way back. 439 00:24:36,696 --> 00:24:38,898 Maybe there's something in there. 440 00:24:38,932 --> 00:24:41,935 [tense music] 441 00:24:41,968 --> 00:24:48,975 ♪ 442 00:24:48,975 --> 00:24:50,777 No signs of any rabbit. 443 00:24:50,810 --> 00:24:53,346 ♪ 444 00:24:56,049 --> 00:24:57,817 Maybe I'll come from the top down, 445 00:24:57,817 --> 00:25:04,457 and I'll take four of these strands of paracord. 446 00:25:04,491 --> 00:25:05,859 What I like to do is make a loop. 447 00:25:05,859 --> 00:25:08,094 ♪ 448 00:25:08,128 --> 00:25:14,734 A lot of energy used with-- 449 00:25:14,868 --> 00:25:19,472 you know, didn't get anything out of it. 450 00:25:19,506 --> 00:25:21,274 Yeah, that ain't going nowhere. 451 00:25:34,821 --> 00:25:36,456 [bleep]. 452 00:25:36,456 --> 00:25:37,824 Whoa! 453 00:25:37,824 --> 00:25:41,861 ♪ 454 00:25:44,898 --> 00:25:47,867 [dramatic music] 455 00:25:47,867 --> 00:25:53,573 ♪ 456 00:25:53,706 --> 00:25:56,409 [Will groaning] 457 00:25:56,443 --> 00:25:57,977 Man. 458 00:25:57,977 --> 00:26:02,982 ♪ 459 00:26:03,016 --> 00:26:04,617 Oh. 460 00:26:07,887 --> 00:26:10,824 That was a bad faint. 461 00:26:10,857 --> 00:26:13,226 Maybe high blood pressure, low blood pressure. 462 00:26:13,259 --> 00:26:15,662 I don't know. 463 00:26:15,662 --> 00:26:17,130 Man, not good. 464 00:26:19,065 --> 00:26:20,333 It's a good thing I wasn't on the other side 465 00:26:20,366 --> 00:26:22,535 of that steep river bank here. 466 00:26:24,337 --> 00:26:25,371 Not good. 467 00:26:29,576 --> 00:26:32,979 You gotta eat meat and drink water. 468 00:26:32,979 --> 00:26:35,982 [tense music] 469 00:26:35,982 --> 00:26:41,187 ♪ 470 00:26:41,221 --> 00:26:43,022 Don't know what's going on. 471 00:26:43,056 --> 00:26:44,324 ♪ 472 00:26:44,457 --> 00:26:46,659 My body might be hungry 473 00:26:46,659 --> 00:26:49,729 and possibly a little dehydrated, 474 00:26:49,729 --> 00:26:53,066 but I've never experienced either. 475 00:26:53,066 --> 00:26:55,602 Got our whitefish stomach here. 476 00:26:55,735 --> 00:26:58,705 We're gonna put it in the pot of boiling water, 477 00:26:58,738 --> 00:27:00,306 which has a grouse in it. 478 00:27:00,306 --> 00:27:02,942 But we'll just leave it in for a few minutes. 479 00:27:02,942 --> 00:27:04,410 Really looking forward to this. 480 00:27:04,544 --> 00:27:06,613 This is a taste of home right here. 481 00:27:06,746 --> 00:27:08,381 ♪ 482 00:27:08,414 --> 00:27:10,183 Totally lost consciousness. 483 00:27:10,183 --> 00:27:12,619 Felt like I was dead, I guess. 484 00:27:12,619 --> 00:27:15,555 I mean, felt like I didn't exist. 485 00:27:15,688 --> 00:27:19,626 Once I could see where I was, I was like, okay, I'm here. 486 00:27:19,659 --> 00:27:24,063 But I didn't know where I was until I had to think about it. 487 00:27:24,063 --> 00:27:26,032 It was crazy. 488 00:27:26,065 --> 00:27:27,934 ♪ 489 00:27:28,067 --> 00:27:29,802 What scares me most about that 490 00:27:29,836 --> 00:27:34,140 is my children not having a father, 491 00:27:34,174 --> 00:27:37,377 missing out on events of their lives, 492 00:27:37,377 --> 00:27:39,812 not being there for them. 493 00:27:39,812 --> 00:27:41,814 That's important to me because I didn't have 494 00:27:41,814 --> 00:27:43,950 a lot of those things, so I know how it feels. 495 00:27:43,983 --> 00:27:46,019 ♪ 496 00:27:46,019 --> 00:27:48,021 I know that I said that 497 00:27:48,021 --> 00:27:50,423 I'm willing to die to win this, 498 00:27:50,456 --> 00:27:55,662 but this experience has given me a different mindset. 499 00:27:55,695 --> 00:27:58,665 Winning this competition means I can spend time 500 00:27:58,665 --> 00:28:00,867 with my family, as much time as I can, 501 00:28:00,900 --> 00:28:03,636 by paying that mortgage off. 502 00:28:03,770 --> 00:28:05,271 I might not have to work a full-time job. 503 00:28:05,305 --> 00:28:06,973 Maybe I could do a part-time job 504 00:28:07,006 --> 00:28:09,776 and have more time with my kids. 505 00:28:09,809 --> 00:28:12,378 I just need to take care of myself better, 506 00:28:12,378 --> 00:28:16,583 because I know if I do, I can win this thing. 507 00:28:16,583 --> 00:28:18,818 ♪ 508 00:28:18,818 --> 00:28:20,019 Okay, here we go. 509 00:28:20,053 --> 00:28:21,621 Whitefish stomach-- look at that. 510 00:28:21,654 --> 00:28:22,689 Piping hot, baby. 511 00:28:22,722 --> 00:28:24,023 Let's see how it tastes. 512 00:28:29,495 --> 00:28:31,264 Mmm, my God. 513 00:28:35,268 --> 00:28:39,305 Give me 100 more of those, please. 514 00:28:40,773 --> 00:28:43,743 [tense music] 515 00:28:43,776 --> 00:28:50,583 ♪ 516 00:28:57,924 --> 00:28:58,992 [thud] 517 00:28:59,859 --> 00:29:01,027 [Ziga] I got it. 518 00:29:07,333 --> 00:29:12,138 Sorry, buddy, for this, and thank you for your meat. 519 00:29:14,907 --> 00:29:16,643 I appreciate it. 520 00:29:16,776 --> 00:29:19,746 [tense music] 521 00:29:19,779 --> 00:29:21,781 Actually, I never really bow-hunted before, 522 00:29:21,814 --> 00:29:24,984 but at least, for small game, 523 00:29:24,984 --> 00:29:27,587 working quite well so far. 524 00:29:27,587 --> 00:29:32,925 I caught, so far, five squirrels with a bow, 525 00:29:33,059 --> 00:29:35,895 which is actually quite good. 526 00:29:35,895 --> 00:29:39,932 But I wish I would be getting something bigger, 527 00:29:40,066 --> 00:29:45,772 and then I wouldn't have to take so many small lives. 528 00:29:45,805 --> 00:29:48,141 That's how it is. 529 00:29:48,174 --> 00:29:54,514 I think about, for example, animals that eat zooplankton. 530 00:29:54,547 --> 00:29:58,384 They eat, like, thousands and millions of them, 531 00:29:58,384 --> 00:30:02,855 taking so many lives of small animals... 532 00:30:02,889 --> 00:30:06,192 ♪ 533 00:30:06,225 --> 00:30:10,063 While, yeah, hunting something big, you take only one life. 534 00:30:10,063 --> 00:30:12,899 But... 535 00:30:12,932 --> 00:30:17,770 I don't know if you can measure stuff in this way. 536 00:30:17,870 --> 00:30:20,106 ♪ 537 00:30:20,139 --> 00:30:21,708 [sighs] 538 00:30:21,741 --> 00:30:25,745 Anyway, enough of philosophy. 539 00:30:27,180 --> 00:30:30,416 It's time for shelter, finally. 540 00:30:30,450 --> 00:30:33,419 [tense music] 541 00:30:33,453 --> 00:30:35,988 ♪ 542 00:30:36,022 --> 00:30:42,128 I'm going to cut small spruce to build the frame 543 00:30:42,261 --> 00:30:46,766 and dig the hole here and make A-frame over it, 544 00:30:46,899 --> 00:30:49,902 so where this smoke is coming here, approximately. 545 00:30:49,902 --> 00:30:51,771 ♪ 546 00:30:51,804 --> 00:30:53,373 [sawing] 547 00:30:53,406 --> 00:30:56,376 My focus was just food, 548 00:30:56,376 --> 00:30:59,812 and so I think I'm the last participant 549 00:30:59,846 --> 00:31:03,483 who started making permanent shelter. 550 00:31:03,616 --> 00:31:06,619 But now I think I'm in quite good position, 551 00:31:06,652 --> 00:31:12,258 so I know I need to start working very hard 552 00:31:12,258 --> 00:31:16,062 and get this done before winter really starts to come. 553 00:31:16,062 --> 00:31:17,897 ♪ 554 00:31:17,930 --> 00:31:21,701 I'm going to make dugout type of shelter. 555 00:31:21,734 --> 00:31:23,569 ♪ 556 00:31:23,569 --> 00:31:26,272 It's actually a traditional Slavic shelter 557 00:31:26,305 --> 00:31:27,940 called zemlyanka. 558 00:31:27,974 --> 00:31:29,976 ♪ 559 00:31:29,976 --> 00:31:34,580 This is A-frame, and walls are actually excavated. 560 00:31:34,614 --> 00:31:36,849 So it's in the ground, pretty much. 561 00:31:36,883 --> 00:31:38,084 ♪ 562 00:31:38,217 --> 00:31:39,652 That's perfect. 563 00:31:39,685 --> 00:31:42,121 In the ground, covered with tarp-- 564 00:31:42,155 --> 00:31:44,891 and that's one of the best protections against wind. 565 00:31:44,991 --> 00:31:46,926 ♪ 566 00:31:47,059 --> 00:31:49,095 Comparingly to digging in the soil, 567 00:31:49,128 --> 00:31:52,899 you can never make walls airtight. 568 00:31:52,899 --> 00:31:55,768 Especially for so cold environment, 569 00:31:55,768 --> 00:31:57,737 I think this is the best way to go. 570 00:31:57,770 --> 00:32:02,141 ♪ 571 00:32:02,141 --> 00:32:03,943 What the [bleep] is this? 572 00:32:09,549 --> 00:32:11,150 Permafrost. 573 00:32:11,184 --> 00:32:13,586 ♪ 574 00:32:13,586 --> 00:32:14,987 Crap. 575 00:32:14,987 --> 00:32:16,289 ♪ 576 00:32:16,322 --> 00:32:18,624 I thought it would be deeper here. 577 00:32:18,658 --> 00:32:20,026 ♪ 578 00:32:20,026 --> 00:32:22,428 Ah, [bleep]. 579 00:32:22,462 --> 00:32:29,302 ♪ 580 00:32:31,737 --> 00:32:34,340 I'm starting to think if I should move 581 00:32:34,340 --> 00:32:36,943 and look for another location. 582 00:32:36,943 --> 00:32:38,344 ♪ 583 00:32:38,377 --> 00:32:40,813 Damn it. 584 00:32:40,947 --> 00:32:43,416 Damn it, damn it. 585 00:32:43,449 --> 00:32:47,653 Permafrost, it's really difficult to dig, 586 00:32:47,653 --> 00:32:50,289 and it's basically like digging in ice. 587 00:32:50,323 --> 00:32:51,657 It's getting cold. 588 00:32:51,657 --> 00:32:53,993 I will put my jacket on. 589 00:32:54,026 --> 00:32:56,929 So you have to use a lot of force. 590 00:32:56,929 --> 00:32:59,532 And another problem is, it's always frozen, 591 00:32:59,565 --> 00:33:03,870 so that will keep my shelter cold. 592 00:33:03,903 --> 00:33:05,938 But on the other hand, 593 00:33:05,938 --> 00:33:08,608 this location is one of the best locations. 594 00:33:08,608 --> 00:33:09,041 [tense music] 595 00:33:09,742 --> 00:33:11,544 Despite permafrost, I think I'm staying here 596 00:33:11,711 --> 00:33:11,978 ♪ ♪ 597 00:33:12,845 --> 00:33:13,913 and rather putting more effort to make it work. 598 00:33:17,884 --> 00:33:18,851 ♪ 599 00:33:18,851 --> 00:33:23,890 ♪ 600 00:33:26,993 --> 00:33:29,896 [tense music] 601 00:33:29,929 --> 00:33:33,900 ♪ 602 00:33:33,933 --> 00:33:35,935 [Nero] Getting this smoker going, 603 00:33:35,968 --> 00:33:37,937 start rendering the beaver fat as well. 604 00:33:37,937 --> 00:33:40,506 ♪ 605 00:33:40,540 --> 00:33:42,575 That fat's gonna need a fair while to render down. 606 00:33:42,575 --> 00:33:44,377 ♪ 607 00:33:44,377 --> 00:33:48,347 ♪ 608 00:33:51,017 --> 00:33:53,185 I think my pot is ready... 609 00:33:58,391 --> 00:33:59,859 I'm sure you see that. 610 00:33:59,859 --> 00:34:01,193 Maybe not. 611 00:34:01,227 --> 00:34:05,331 But that is liquid gold. 612 00:34:05,464 --> 00:34:07,066 You'll see it when I pour it. 613 00:34:09,267 --> 00:34:10,736 [tense music] 614 00:34:10,769 --> 00:34:12,905 That took a long time to render down. 615 00:34:12,939 --> 00:34:16,441 ♪ 616 00:34:16,475 --> 00:34:18,377 I was up till God knows what time 617 00:34:18,410 --> 00:34:20,112 this morning just trying to render 618 00:34:20,146 --> 00:34:22,281 and get that first batch done. 619 00:34:22,314 --> 00:34:24,816 I got a container that I fortunately found. 620 00:34:24,850 --> 00:34:26,252 I got a second container that I also found. 621 00:34:26,285 --> 00:34:28,387 So the fat's gonna go into those. 622 00:34:28,421 --> 00:34:32,224 They're the best and safest long-term storage that I have. 623 00:34:32,224 --> 00:34:33,825 Oh, yeah. 624 00:34:37,263 --> 00:34:38,331 Kind of looks like rust. 625 00:34:42,535 --> 00:34:45,537 I have enough fat still to render 626 00:34:45,571 --> 00:34:47,173 to fill this whole entire thing up. 627 00:34:48,774 --> 00:34:51,209 Anyway, I'm gonna go check trap lines. 628 00:34:51,243 --> 00:34:54,213 [tense music] 629 00:34:54,246 --> 00:34:56,015 ♪ 630 00:34:56,015 --> 00:34:58,384 There's a lot of meat on that beaver, 631 00:34:58,417 --> 00:35:01,053 but the biggest thing was the fat. 632 00:35:01,053 --> 00:35:05,491 No time for fancy shots for trap line. 633 00:35:05,524 --> 00:35:10,296 It's just get out, see what she got, 634 00:35:10,329 --> 00:35:11,530 get back. 635 00:35:11,631 --> 00:35:12,932 ♪ 636 00:35:12,932 --> 00:35:14,533 I'm trying really hard to be able 637 00:35:14,667 --> 00:35:16,535 to dry as much as possible, 638 00:35:16,535 --> 00:35:20,106 just to try and make it last as long as I can. 639 00:35:22,775 --> 00:35:25,177 But just with the fat alone, 640 00:35:25,177 --> 00:35:28,381 there's probably 15,000 to 20,000 calories there. 641 00:35:28,381 --> 00:35:31,050 There's a lot of fat. 642 00:35:31,083 --> 00:35:34,086 Supplement that with the other foods that I got coming in-- 643 00:35:34,220 --> 00:35:35,821 yeah, there's a lot of food. 644 00:35:35,821 --> 00:35:38,257 ♪ 645 00:35:38,257 --> 00:35:41,127 Got myself a snowshoe hare. 646 00:35:41,260 --> 00:35:43,663 Whoa. 647 00:35:43,696 --> 00:35:47,733 I got another one, and it's still alive. 648 00:35:47,833 --> 00:35:51,470 ♪ 649 00:35:51,504 --> 00:35:54,874 Hey, hey, chill, chill. 650 00:35:54,907 --> 00:35:56,575 Chill, chill, chill, chill, chill, chill, 651 00:35:56,609 --> 00:35:59,545 chill, chill, chill, chill. 652 00:35:59,545 --> 00:36:01,180 Come on, come on, come on, come on. 653 00:36:01,180 --> 00:36:02,348 Shh. 654 00:36:06,052 --> 00:36:08,821 Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. 655 00:36:08,821 --> 00:36:11,123 You're trapped up around. 656 00:36:11,257 --> 00:36:13,626 You know what? 657 00:36:13,659 --> 00:36:16,462 I do not need two snowshoe hares right now. 658 00:36:16,495 --> 00:36:19,865 So if you can chill... 659 00:36:19,899 --> 00:36:21,300 I will let you go. 660 00:36:22,268 --> 00:36:24,336 Shh, shh. 661 00:36:24,336 --> 00:36:27,339 [tense music] 662 00:36:27,339 --> 00:36:29,141 Shh. 663 00:36:29,175 --> 00:36:30,176 Hey, hey, hey. 664 00:36:30,176 --> 00:36:32,378 Don't die on me. 665 00:36:32,378 --> 00:36:34,013 Don't die on me. Don't die on me. 666 00:36:34,046 --> 00:36:35,314 Come on. 667 00:36:35,347 --> 00:36:36,816 I just gotta get this off you. 668 00:36:36,849 --> 00:36:39,018 ♪ 669 00:36:39,051 --> 00:36:42,154 Got you around the neck. 670 00:36:42,188 --> 00:36:43,622 Shh. 671 00:36:43,622 --> 00:36:44,824 There you go. 672 00:36:44,824 --> 00:36:47,126 ♪ 673 00:36:47,259 --> 00:36:48,127 Come on. 674 00:36:48,260 --> 00:36:49,328 That's it. 675 00:36:49,361 --> 00:36:55,634 Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe. 676 00:36:55,668 --> 00:36:57,169 Come on. 677 00:36:57,303 --> 00:37:03,175 Come on, come on, come on. 678 00:37:03,175 --> 00:37:05,177 Get your breath back. 679 00:37:05,177 --> 00:37:06,946 That's it. 680 00:37:06,979 --> 00:37:11,383 ♪ 681 00:37:11,383 --> 00:37:14,787 That's it. 682 00:37:14,820 --> 00:37:16,455 You're all right. 683 00:37:16,455 --> 00:37:23,462 ♪ 684 00:37:24,663 --> 00:37:26,932 Come on. 685 00:37:26,966 --> 00:37:29,101 There we go. 686 00:37:29,101 --> 00:37:30,503 Good. 687 00:37:30,536 --> 00:37:31,971 Get your breath back. 688 00:37:32,004 --> 00:37:34,573 ♪ 689 00:37:34,607 --> 00:37:35,975 I've got another dead snowshoe hare. 690 00:37:36,008 --> 00:37:38,210 I can see it down in my snare. 691 00:37:38,344 --> 00:37:41,781 I have more than enough food. 692 00:37:41,781 --> 00:37:44,817 You can live, little dude. 693 00:37:44,817 --> 00:37:46,018 Come on. 694 00:37:46,018 --> 00:37:47,820 That's it. 695 00:37:47,853 --> 00:37:50,389 You good? 696 00:37:50,422 --> 00:37:53,092 That's it. 697 00:37:53,225 --> 00:37:55,961 Get your consciousness back. 698 00:37:56,095 --> 00:37:57,062 There we go. 699 00:37:57,096 --> 00:37:58,731 You okay? 700 00:37:58,864 --> 00:38:00,499 Come on. 701 00:38:00,533 --> 00:38:02,234 You good, dude? 702 00:38:05,104 --> 00:38:07,940 And he's off. 703 00:38:07,973 --> 00:38:09,942 Nice little guy. 704 00:38:09,975 --> 00:38:12,978 [soft music] 705 00:38:13,012 --> 00:38:16,182 ♪ 706 00:38:16,182 --> 00:38:18,984 Live free, little one. 707 00:38:19,018 --> 00:38:22,421 Yep, he's good. 708 00:38:22,454 --> 00:38:26,292 I got another one right here, which... 709 00:38:26,325 --> 00:38:29,562 both successful around the neck. 710 00:38:29,695 --> 00:38:32,998 This one just struggled more and died. 711 00:38:33,132 --> 00:38:34,967 There's this feeling in my body of just, like, 712 00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:37,903 I don't need this snowshoe hare right now. 713 00:38:37,903 --> 00:38:39,939 ♪ 714 00:38:39,972 --> 00:38:42,741 And regardless of whether, all of a sudden, 715 00:38:42,775 --> 00:38:45,144 I don't get any food for the rest of my time out here, 716 00:38:45,177 --> 00:38:49,315 I won't regret letting that snowshoe hare go. 717 00:38:49,448 --> 00:38:51,050 My intention isn't to come to the land 718 00:38:51,083 --> 00:38:53,252 and just take as much as I can. 719 00:38:53,385 --> 00:38:54,486 I really want to have 720 00:38:54,620 --> 00:38:58,057 this respectful relationship with it. 721 00:38:58,057 --> 00:39:02,428 The right thing was to not take that snowshoe hare. 722 00:39:02,461 --> 00:39:05,231 The right thing was to let it go. 723 00:39:05,264 --> 00:39:08,133 I feel really good about that. 724 00:39:08,267 --> 00:39:09,668 Thank you, big guy. 725 00:39:11,937 --> 00:39:14,740 I am grateful. 726 00:39:14,740 --> 00:39:18,010 That little snowshoe hare is just hanging out over there, 727 00:39:18,143 --> 00:39:19,578 just recovering. 728 00:39:19,578 --> 00:39:22,514 It looks fine. 729 00:39:22,648 --> 00:39:27,453 I'll save that guy for another day. 730 00:39:31,490 --> 00:39:33,459 [tense music] 731 00:39:33,492 --> 00:39:39,665 ♪ 732 00:39:39,665 --> 00:39:39,732 ♪ 733 00:39:40,232 --> 00:39:42,134 - Right here is good. 734 00:39:42,268 --> 00:39:46,305 ♪ Gonna catch a beaver, yeah 735 00:39:46,305 --> 00:39:49,541 ♪ Gonna catch some beaver 736 00:39:49,575 --> 00:39:50,743 ♪ 737 00:39:57,216 --> 00:40:01,387 Over there, Mr. Beaver, 738 00:40:01,420 --> 00:40:04,290 right where my gill net is. 739 00:40:04,423 --> 00:40:06,225 The bane of my existence. 740 00:40:07,593 --> 00:40:09,094 I'm gonna follow it. 741 00:40:09,128 --> 00:40:11,730 [tense music] 742 00:40:11,764 --> 00:40:14,033 Nothing in the gill net. 743 00:40:14,066 --> 00:40:16,535 [bleep]. 744 00:40:16,568 --> 00:40:18,537 I want to find his lodge, 745 00:40:18,570 --> 00:40:20,306 because if I can find his lodge 746 00:40:20,339 --> 00:40:21,774 and set traps there, 747 00:40:21,774 --> 00:40:22,942 the potential to trap the beaver 748 00:40:22,942 --> 00:40:24,143 is a lot higher. 749 00:40:24,143 --> 00:40:28,614 ♪ 750 00:40:28,647 --> 00:40:30,215 I lost the beaver. 751 00:40:30,215 --> 00:40:32,751 ♪ 752 00:40:32,785 --> 00:40:34,987 Oh, there he is. 753 00:40:35,020 --> 00:40:36,255 Oh, my God. 754 00:40:36,255 --> 00:40:38,424 ♪ 755 00:40:40,893 --> 00:40:41,860 Uh... 756 00:40:41,894 --> 00:40:43,829 ♪ 757 00:40:43,862 --> 00:40:50,135 I just found a dead beaver right here. 758 00:40:50,169 --> 00:40:52,071 Whoa. What do I do? 759 00:40:52,104 --> 00:40:53,906 There's a live beaver there and a dead beaver there-- 760 00:40:53,906 --> 00:40:55,341 live, dead. 761 00:40:59,144 --> 00:41:00,546 Well, how dead is he? 762 00:41:03,816 --> 00:41:06,385 I think he's been there for a while. 763 00:41:06,385 --> 00:41:13,425 ♪ 764 00:41:13,459 --> 00:41:14,893 Oh! 765 00:41:15,027 --> 00:41:16,695 Oh, he smells pretty bad. 766 00:41:16,695 --> 00:41:17,863 Yeah. 767 00:41:17,863 --> 00:41:19,098 ♪ 768 00:41:19,131 --> 00:41:22,101 There could be a lot of fat on him still, 769 00:41:22,134 --> 00:41:24,603 but he's too far gone. 770 00:41:24,737 --> 00:41:26,872 The risk of infection is way too high. 771 00:41:26,905 --> 00:41:28,907 ♪ 772 00:41:28,941 --> 00:41:30,342 Buddy. 773 00:41:30,342 --> 00:41:32,544 Well, I asked for a beaver. 774 00:41:32,544 --> 00:41:34,780 ♪ 775 00:41:34,813 --> 00:41:38,150 I got this dead one. 776 00:41:38,183 --> 00:41:40,786 Not what I was asking for specifically. 777 00:41:41,854 --> 00:41:43,222 Whoa. 778 00:41:45,024 --> 00:41:47,026 There Mr. Beaver goes. 779 00:41:47,026 --> 00:41:51,463 ♪ 780 00:41:51,497 --> 00:41:55,434 Maybe he was just leading me to his friend, 781 00:41:55,467 --> 00:42:00,272 or maybe he's saying, look at this tragedy. 782 00:42:00,305 --> 00:42:03,542 Is this what's gonna happen to me? 783 00:42:03,542 --> 00:42:06,045 I don't know. 784 00:42:06,178 --> 00:42:07,946 It's kind of sad. 785 00:42:07,980 --> 00:42:14,787 ♪ 786 00:42:16,055 --> 00:42:19,691 I am starting to realize that nature may not 787 00:42:19,725 --> 00:42:21,860 always provide when you need it. 788 00:42:21,860 --> 00:42:24,930 And there's going to be times where things get dark, 789 00:42:24,963 --> 00:42:26,732 and there's going to be times 790 00:42:26,765 --> 00:42:28,700 when things aren't going to be easy. 791 00:42:28,700 --> 00:42:31,870 ♪ 792 00:42:31,904 --> 00:42:36,408 These decisions and choices that I have to make in hunting 793 00:42:36,408 --> 00:42:40,546 is a part of our shared heritage as humans. 794 00:42:40,546 --> 00:42:43,082 ♪ 795 00:42:43,115 --> 00:42:48,220 I don't want to remove this beaver from his home. 796 00:42:48,220 --> 00:42:51,323 But at the same time, I know that 797 00:42:51,457 --> 00:42:54,660 fat is an invaluable resource out here. 798 00:42:54,693 --> 00:42:56,295 I have to try. 799 00:42:56,295 --> 00:42:57,830 I'm not ready to give up. 800 00:42:57,863 --> 00:42:59,164 ♪ 801 00:42:59,298 --> 00:43:04,403 But is my life worth more than his? 802 00:43:04,536 --> 00:43:06,405 I don't know. 803 00:43:06,438 --> 00:43:10,843 But if I can honor him and respect his life, 804 00:43:10,876 --> 00:43:14,580 then I believe that he is worth taking. 805 00:43:14,580 --> 00:43:17,783 I'm gonna set up a few more snares. 806 00:43:17,816 --> 00:43:19,985 I have to try and get this beaver. 807 00:43:19,985 --> 00:43:23,021 [tense music] 808 00:43:23,021 --> 00:43:30,062 ♪ 809 00:43:46,178 --> 00:43:47,379 [Ziga] Today's plan: 810 00:43:47,379 --> 00:43:49,681 finishing to build this frame, 811 00:43:49,815 --> 00:43:54,186 make a bed, putting tarp over, 812 00:43:54,186 --> 00:43:55,888 and move in. 813 00:43:56,021 --> 00:43:58,857 It's nice and cozy inside. 814 00:43:58,857 --> 00:44:01,593 Oh! 815 00:44:01,627 --> 00:44:03,295 ♪ 816 00:44:03,328 --> 00:44:04,663 I love it. 817 00:44:07,065 --> 00:44:09,535 Let's have breakfast. 818 00:44:09,568 --> 00:44:15,140 Every evening, put the meat in a pot--or fish-- 819 00:44:15,174 --> 00:44:17,009 and cook it overnight. 820 00:44:17,142 --> 00:44:19,344 I mean, it's nice. 821 00:44:19,344 --> 00:44:22,714 It's enough food for almost entire day. 822 00:44:22,748 --> 00:44:23,782 ♪ 823 00:44:23,815 --> 00:44:25,984 So today we have burbot head, 824 00:44:25,984 --> 00:44:27,853 some fish organs, 825 00:44:27,886 --> 00:44:32,224 and fish backbone. 826 00:44:32,257 --> 00:44:34,693 ♪ 827 00:44:34,726 --> 00:44:36,695 So not a fillet. 828 00:44:36,728 --> 00:44:38,463 ♪ 829 00:44:38,463 --> 00:44:41,466 It's gonna be quite fatty... 830 00:44:41,500 --> 00:44:45,771 ♪ 831 00:44:45,904 --> 00:44:50,309 So a lot of energy for today. 832 00:44:50,342 --> 00:44:52,544 ♪ 833 00:44:52,544 --> 00:44:58,584 So these chopsticks are meant to be broken this way... 834 00:44:58,617 --> 00:45:00,152 ♪ 835 00:45:00,185 --> 00:45:03,055 So they hang together. 836 00:45:03,055 --> 00:45:07,059 ♪ 837 00:45:10,729 --> 00:45:14,533 ♪ 838 00:45:14,566 --> 00:45:18,370 Life here is really in abundance right now-- 839 00:45:18,503 --> 00:45:20,505 so much meat, so much berries. 840 00:45:20,505 --> 00:45:21,940 ♪ 841 00:45:21,974 --> 00:45:24,109 Everything is kind of good. 842 00:45:24,142 --> 00:45:27,813 Mmm. Amazing. 843 00:45:43,929 --> 00:45:49,868 ♪ 844 00:45:49,901 --> 00:45:51,303 [twigs snapping] 845 00:46:02,214 --> 00:46:04,983 [suspenseful music] 846 00:46:04,983 --> 00:46:12,024 ♪ 847 00:46:21,066 --> 00:46:28,073 ♪ 848 00:46:57,736 --> 00:47:04,543 ♪ 849 00:47:22,928 --> 00:47:25,864 [dramatic music] 850 00:47:25,897 --> 00:47:26,865 ♪ 851 00:47:26,898 --> 00:47:27,933 [cracking] 852 00:47:31,937 --> 00:47:33,538 [Ziga] I shot it. 853 00:47:42,714 --> 00:47:44,182 [bleep]. 854 00:48:31,463 --> 00:48:34,299 [sighs] Crazy. 855 00:49:03,829 --> 00:49:06,731 [suspenseful music] 856 00:49:06,865 --> 00:49:13,572 ♪ 857 00:50:17,269 --> 00:50:20,171 [tense music] 858 00:50:20,305 --> 00:50:22,307 ♪ 859 00:50:25,810 --> 00:50:29,614 ♪ 860 00:50:29,648 --> 00:50:32,183 Waiting is definitely the best strategy. 861 00:50:32,217 --> 00:50:36,855 If I would try to run after it and put another shot 862 00:50:36,855 --> 00:50:40,425 and finish it, I'm risking to scare it. 863 00:50:40,458 --> 00:50:44,396 Then this animal could run very, very far away, 864 00:50:44,529 --> 00:50:47,933 and probably I wouldn't have a second chance to shoot it. 865 00:50:47,966 --> 00:50:50,569 But if you let it be and it bleeds out, 866 00:50:50,569 --> 00:50:54,739 it's slowly losing energy, and there are higher chances 867 00:50:54,773 --> 00:50:57,175 that it would die or become so weak that 868 00:50:57,175 --> 00:50:58,944 you could approach it and finish it. 869 00:50:58,944 --> 00:51:00,745 ♪ 870 00:51:06,618 --> 00:51:08,386 [sighs] 871 00:51:15,260 --> 00:51:18,129 [dramatic music] 872 00:51:18,263 --> 00:51:22,934 ♪ 873 00:51:22,968 --> 00:51:25,904 So if I harvest this moose, that would definitely be 874 00:51:25,937 --> 00:51:31,409 a game changer for me, because my plan was 875 00:51:31,443 --> 00:51:35,580 not to shoot a moose and still last very long. 876 00:51:35,614 --> 00:51:38,817 If I harvest this moose, I wouldn't have excuse 877 00:51:38,850 --> 00:51:42,654 not to last very, very, very long. 878 00:51:42,687 --> 00:51:47,092 That's, of course, very high potential for winning. 879 00:51:47,092 --> 00:51:49,894 But of course, things can always go wrong. 880 00:51:49,928 --> 00:51:52,697 ♪ 881 00:51:56,101 --> 00:51:59,104 ♪ 882 00:51:59,137 --> 00:52:04,476 I think it is either dead 883 00:52:04,609 --> 00:52:06,611 or not on this peninsula anymore. 884 00:52:11,383 --> 00:52:17,389 Ravens, show me where this huge animal is. 885 00:52:19,257 --> 00:52:22,227 [ravens cawing] 886 00:54:32,323 --> 00:54:35,226 [wind whistling] 887 00:54:35,260 --> 00:54:38,463 I decide to go back to the shelter. 888 00:54:42,767 --> 00:54:45,303 I have no experience with moose, 889 00:54:45,336 --> 00:54:49,808 because I live in a country with only red deer. 890 00:54:49,941 --> 00:54:52,143 This is totally different category. 891 00:54:52,143 --> 00:54:53,745 It's not a big deer. 892 00:54:53,778 --> 00:54:56,214 It's huge animal. 893 00:54:56,214 --> 00:54:58,983 I'm definitely not confident it won't go anywhere. 894 00:54:58,983 --> 00:55:00,652 Maybe it would be dead. 895 00:55:00,785 --> 00:55:02,387 Maybe it would be gone. 896 00:55:02,420 --> 00:55:03,822 Maybe it would be still there. 897 00:55:06,291 --> 00:55:09,861 But I want keep on checking every hour 898 00:55:09,861 --> 00:55:12,197 if it's still there because it won't bring me anything. 899 00:55:12,330 --> 00:55:14,899 I have to check if it's still there in the morning 900 00:55:14,933 --> 00:55:16,134 and then decide what to do. 901 00:55:18,536 --> 00:55:21,573 ♪ 902 00:55:24,809 --> 00:55:27,779 [tense music] 903 00:55:27,812 --> 00:55:29,147 ♪ 904 00:55:31,382 --> 00:55:34,886 It's day 18, and yesterday, 905 00:55:35,019 --> 00:55:36,888 I shot this moose. 906 00:56:09,888 --> 00:56:16,261 ♪ 907 00:56:27,138 --> 00:56:29,307 I'm quite mad at myself. 908 00:57:22,460 --> 00:57:29,467 ♪ 909 00:57:40,545 --> 00:57:41,746 [bleep]. 910 00:57:45,817 --> 00:57:49,887 ♪ 911 00:57:50,021 --> 00:57:52,790 I'm nervous to scare moose away, 912 00:57:52,824 --> 00:57:55,660 so I should try to approach this site 913 00:57:55,660 --> 00:57:57,295 as quietly as possible. 914 00:57:57,328 --> 00:58:02,166 ♪ 915 00:58:02,200 --> 00:58:05,470 So take off my shoes and even my pants, 916 00:58:05,503 --> 00:58:06,938 because they're making noise. 917 00:58:06,938 --> 00:58:12,343 ♪ 918 00:58:17,382 --> 00:58:18,783 [bleep]! 919 00:58:18,816 --> 00:58:25,890 ♪ 920 00:58:27,892 --> 00:58:29,427 [bleep]! 921 00:58:29,460 --> 00:58:36,267 ♪ 922 00:58:55,820 --> 00:58:58,489 [breathing heavily] 923 00:59:10,701 --> 00:59:11,903 Okay. 924 00:59:22,380 --> 00:59:24,782 [sighs] 925 00:59:38,296 --> 00:59:41,099 I was so [bleep] close. 926 00:59:41,099 --> 00:59:44,068 [tense music] 927 00:59:44,102 --> 00:59:45,570 ♪ 928 00:59:45,703 --> 00:59:47,371 Seriously, how can I get-- 929 00:59:47,405 --> 00:59:49,140 I have only one arrow left. 930 00:59:49,173 --> 00:59:51,943 ♪ 931 00:59:51,976 --> 00:59:54,378 How can you be so stupid? 932 00:59:54,412 --> 00:59:57,215 ♪ 933 01:00:01,953 --> 01:00:04,021 [sighs] 934 01:00:08,659 --> 01:00:14,532 ♪ 935 01:00:27,845 --> 01:00:33,985 ♪ 936 01:00:33,985 --> 01:00:35,353 [sighs] 937 01:00:40,691 --> 01:00:45,129 ♪ 938 01:00:45,163 --> 01:00:48,966 I have spent pretty much majority of the day 939 01:00:49,000 --> 01:00:51,102 trying to slowly approach this moose, 940 01:00:51,135 --> 01:00:54,172 and I have failed. 941 01:01:02,780 --> 01:01:05,183 I, of course, don't want it to die 942 01:01:05,216 --> 01:01:10,288 somewhere random with all this meat going to spoil. 943 01:01:10,421 --> 01:01:12,056 I feel like [bleep]. 944 01:01:12,056 --> 01:01:15,726 I really feel bad, think about crying. 945 01:01:15,860 --> 01:01:18,896 But Ziga, you can feel sorry later. 946 01:01:18,930 --> 01:01:22,033 Now still try to do anything that you can do. 947 01:01:22,066 --> 01:01:25,136 I really, really want this saga to finish. 948 01:01:25,136 --> 01:01:27,305 ♪ 949 01:01:32,376 --> 01:01:35,313 [dramatic music] 950 01:01:35,346 --> 01:01:42,386 ♪ 951 01:02:10,615 --> 01:02:13,584 [solemn music] 952 01:02:13,584 --> 01:02:20,424 ♪ 953 01:02:50,021 --> 01:02:57,028 ♪ 954 01:02:57,061 --> 01:02:58,696 Thank you. 955 01:02:58,696 --> 01:03:01,499 ♪ 956 01:03:01,499 --> 01:03:03,234 I'm sorry for this, buddy. 957 01:03:03,267 --> 01:03:10,308 ♪ 958 01:03:11,976 --> 01:03:14,945 [howling] 959 01:03:14,945 --> 01:03:18,582 ♪ 960 01:03:18,616 --> 01:03:20,584 It's gonna be a long night. 961 01:03:20,618 --> 01:03:23,187 I know that I will face predators. 962 01:03:23,220 --> 01:03:25,923 Do we have any bear here? 963 01:03:25,956 --> 01:03:29,493 So I will have to protect my meat. 964 01:03:29,527 --> 01:03:32,797 [Pedrosa] This is a lot of energy. 965 01:03:32,930 --> 01:03:36,467 Why did I do so much big shelter? 966 01:03:36,467 --> 01:03:38,102 ♪ 967 01:03:38,102 --> 01:03:40,137 [Will speaking Iñupiaq] 968 01:03:40,137 --> 01:03:41,672 Snow. 969 01:03:41,706 --> 01:03:43,841 Overnight, the land has changed. 970 01:03:43,974 --> 01:03:45,643 [Nero] This place is gonna get harder. 971 01:03:45,776 --> 01:03:47,411 You can just feel it. 972 01:03:47,445 --> 01:03:48,412 [Medic] How are you doing? 973 01:03:48,512 --> 01:03:50,815 ♪ 974 01:03:50,848 --> 01:03:52,450 If this was a patient of mine, 975 01:03:52,583 --> 01:03:54,151 they'd be staying in the hospital. 976 01:03:54,185 --> 01:03:57,855 ♪