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SUE: With the storm
that's come in,
my visibility is going down.
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I'm not just camping out here,
I mean, I have a job to do.
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This is a functioning outpost.
I am a weather station,
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a refuelling station
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a search and rescue station.
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There are so many things
that I have to do.
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I can't just shut down.
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I've got to keep
this place going.
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That means I have to clear
drifts, check generators,
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anything that hits the tent,
I've got to fix it.
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You cannot just
close this down
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and come back
and hope it's okay.
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I need to stay here
and make sure it's okay.
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This time of year,
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the window of available
light is minimal.
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The problem with a storm like
this is you can't see.
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I have a runway,
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from there it comes in,
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I've got a little pad
with a fuel shed.
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My dining hall,
which is where I live.
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Three rows of trailers,
storage facilities for fuel,
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generator shed,
outhouses back here.
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From here to this source
of fuel is about 50 yards.
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What I have to do today
is lay lines for my safety.
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I will tie a rope from
one building to the next
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or a length of rope
that I can follow.
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In conditions where
you can't see this far
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in front of your face,
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all's I got between me
and the coast
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is snow, ice, cold
and eventual death.
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These are my lifelines.
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You got to take baby steps
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'cause I can't see
where I'm going.
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That building right there
is about 30, 40 feet away
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and the wind is blowing
so hard you can't see it.
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I'm out of breath,
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I'm tired from the wind
and the cold
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and the pelting snow.
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It just sucks every ounce
of energy you have.
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But you got to keep moving
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or else you'll freeze
right in place.
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In storms like these,
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you really have
to want to go out.
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Mother fucker.
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Even going that little bit.
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(BREATHING HEAVILY)
I mean, I'm 30 feet
from my door,
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40 feet my door,
but I'm tired.
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But now I've caught my breath,
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I'll try to
make the last push.
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Right now it's 450 feet
of whiteout,
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the visibility is so poor you
can't see where you're going.
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I'm going to be using,
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it's approximately
50 feet of rope.
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I just need it to be enough
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so I can find my way
here and back.
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You fuckin' bitch.
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All right, one rope down,
one more to go.
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These ropes save my life.
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I have to have these
or I'm dead.
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I'd be one of them out there
out in the tundra
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becoming a Sue-sicle.
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I have to have my ropes
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to know where I'm going
when my eyes can't do the job.
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Your brain may think
you're going north,
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south, east or west.
You won't know.
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It's white.
The ground is white.
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The air is white.
You are white.
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The wind whips so hard
you can't keep your eyes open.
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You have to have something
you can hang onto,
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that says I can make it
from point A to point B.
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(WIND HOWLING)
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Every single day
that I wake up,
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I may go out there and get
lost in a snowstorm,
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it might be my last.
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You know, you have
to be willing
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and be very at peace
with the fact
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that you're playing
with a real final edge.
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You know every search
and rescue guide has a family.
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Has kids and has a life.
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I don't want them
to sacrifice theirs
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just because I was a dip-shit.
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ERIK: Up here in the Arctic,
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you know, everything
is about efficiency.
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You don't really put in
any extra effort
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or use any resources
unless you have to.
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Filled up my coffee pot
before I went to bed
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with the last of my water.
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So today's going to have
to be a water day.
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Drinking water I haul from
the river, from the...
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In these jugs for,
for drinking.
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(RATTLES HOLLOWLY)
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Without water,
there's no coffee,
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without coffee
nothing happens.
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I was out trapping
the other day.
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I rather unexpectedly
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came across a open
lead in the river.
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It was kind of a problem
while I was trapping
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but it's a godsend now that
we're needing some water.
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So I'm going to head back
to the same spot on the river
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where there's an open area,
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hopefully it'll still be open.
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It's no good right now.
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We get all of our water out
of this river here.
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It's pure clean,
mountain water.
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But right now this ice isn't
safe to go out onto the edge
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and it's not thick enough
to cut a hole through it
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to get the water out.
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Consequences of going on that
are too severe, not worth it.
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Here in rural Alaska
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and especially in
the Arctic of Alaska,
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come winter, there's virtually
zero daylight.
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But you don't need daylight
to get water.
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You know, I am a pretty
nocturnal guy here,
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working on my own clock,
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so, I get water
at night-time a lot.
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Last water jug is empty.
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Make a run down to the river
here and get some water.
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A little bit different
than getting water
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anywhere else you know,
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can't just flip on the faucet.
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Just hop on my snow machine
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and go maybe
a half a mile over
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to a particular spot
on the river
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that I that I do well
with the water at.
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The river conditions,
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just like the weather
conditions here in the Arctic,
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they control everything.
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Sometimes it's real easy
to get water
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and other times
it's very difficult.
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Sometimes, it's kind of,
it's kind of dangerous
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depending on
the ice condition.
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Getting water from a river
that is partially
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or completely frozen, you need
to always think about
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shelf ice and thin ice.
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It's no fun to take a,
take a dip.
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Standing on a little bit
of shelf ice here.
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The water level
is actually lower
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than the bottom of the ice,
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so there's air between
the water and the ice.
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There's always the danger
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of it breaking
the whole shelf.
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(ICE CRACKLING)
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A lot of people
make a lot of fuss
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about the way I live
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and they think
that is so hard and all.
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If I didn't like it,
I wouldn't do this.
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This doesn't bother me.
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I like being outside,
it's a nice life.
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I think it's about
1:30 a.m. right now.
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I'll probably go home
and work on things
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for another two
or three hours.
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Time is kind of
insignificant here.
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ANDY: When you live out here,
we don't have roads.
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In Alaska, most of the rivers
are the highways
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and we live along
an interstate, you know?
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What do you guys think?
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Tea, you want to go
to Eagle today?
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Hey, Tea. Hey, girl.
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(DOG WHINING)
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You want to go to Eagle?
Hey, Ram, you guarding her?
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Every year when the river
freezes, the ice packs in
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and blocks our path to town.
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Whoa! God.
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The main problem
with getting to Eagle
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is jumble ice and thin ice.
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Look at that.
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That ice is only
about two inches
thick or so right there.
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We're definitely not going out
on the ice around here.
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It's just not safe.
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I think with the snow,
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I think I'm going to go
up to Eagle.
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I think I'll get through
that jumble ice.
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I got a report from town that
it's good once I get up there.
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Okay.
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I got to get plastic,
got to get mail.
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Take your time and don't go
beating up no sleds
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-on that ice.
-Yeah.
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All right, that sounds
like a plan then.
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Okay, Burny boy.
Ready to go up to Eagle, huh?
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You look so excited.
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Yay, yay.
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Yay, Cougar.
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We're going up to Eagle today.
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Let's go!
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Hup, hup.
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That-a boy, straight ahead.
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(DOGS HOWLING)
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Gee, gee, gee. That-a boy!
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All right, let's go.
Let's go, on by. That-a boys.
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That-a boys,
straight ahead now.
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Little gee, little gee.
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Good, perfect!
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All right. Hup, hup.
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You gonna go... Haw!
Iceberg, Tiara.
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Haw, haw! Haw, haw!
Haw, haw! Whoa. Haw.
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Right there. Okay, everybody
stay here. Everybody stay.
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So right after freeze up,
I tried coming up river
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and right at this point here,
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the river ice had packed up
right into the willows
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and it cut me off,
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basically created a barrier
of pretty big jumble ice
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so I couldn't get by.
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So today, I decided I'm going
to cut my way around it
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and hoping to have a pretty
good trail to Eagle
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but I don't know what's
ahead of me right now.
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Time to make
some trail, you guys.
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CHIP: I'd never live
in the lower 48 again.
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Because a man can always hunt
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and a man can always fish
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and a man can always
go get wood.
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Caribou over here
on my rack running thin,
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and I think what needs
to happen is
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we need to go get
some fresh meats.
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There is a lot meats close by.
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Um, we plan on going in much
further to go get fresh meat.
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But, um, luck and the caribou
are with us
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and we don't have far to go
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and our chances at success
are almost 100%.
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What's been stopping us lately
from hunting caribou
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is the river needing
to freeze.
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We're looking at open water
in that refroze,
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open water that's refreezing.
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I can see some thin ice over
here that I wouldn't go on,
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I'm not going to go on.
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The caribou are stuck on
their side of the river
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-and we're stuck on ours.
-(SIGHING)
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But now that
the river is frozen,
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everybody can cross,
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us and the caribou.
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I really enjoy working
with Agnes
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because she is very
professional about it,
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she knows exactly
what she's doing,
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she's been raised this way
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and our kids are old enough
that we can leave them behind
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and they can go to school
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and I can enjoy my time
with my wife.
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AGNES: I really enjoy
hunting with Chip
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because it's a rare time
we can spend alone together.
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CHIP: Right now, she's doing
the shooting,
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which is no pain in my butt,
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because I like to take
them apart.
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Dissembling animals is fun.
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We're going to stop over here.
That's my idea,
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that'll keep the wind
off of us
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and hopefully
that'll keep the wind
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blowing our noise away.
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And then we can get up
on the bank
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-and take a shot or two.
-Yeah.
249
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Let's give it a try.
250
00:13:17,667 --> 00:13:19,735
AGNES: Chip and I
are a strange couple.
251
00:13:19,802 --> 00:13:23,172
We do like to do things
certain ways.
252
00:13:23,239 --> 00:13:25,975
I always do the shooting
because I'm a good shot
253
00:13:26,042 --> 00:13:29,011
and I've been shooting
since I was a little kid.
254
00:13:29,078 --> 00:13:30,246
Probably since 12.
255
00:13:39,288 --> 00:13:40,957
(WHISPERING) They are right
in front of us.
256
00:13:57,974 --> 00:13:58,975
(GUNSHOT FIRED)
257
00:14:02,178 --> 00:14:03,913
They were right
in front of her.
258
00:14:03,980 --> 00:14:06,515
The wind took you off
about one foot.
259
00:14:06,582 --> 00:14:07,917
They're going to go
right over the hill.
260
00:14:07,984 --> 00:14:09,151
Let's just go back
to the snow machines
261
00:14:09,218 --> 00:14:10,986
-and go meet them
on the other side of the hill.
-Okay.
262
00:14:11,053 --> 00:14:13,523
-The wind is too stiff
for this kind of range.
-Yeah.
263
00:14:13,590 --> 00:14:15,424
But she's a good one.
We'll pick her up.
264
00:14:15,491 --> 00:14:17,426
-Grab your glove. Let's go.
-Okay.
265
00:14:17,493 --> 00:14:20,630
AGNES: Safety first.
CHIP: Safety first.
266
00:14:20,697 --> 00:14:22,231
The caribou have been
spooked a bit
267
00:14:22,298 --> 00:14:24,166
and what they like to do
is run up hills.
268
00:14:24,233 --> 00:14:26,069
We got a hill between us
and them right now
269
00:14:26,136 --> 00:14:27,270
that they're heading up,
270
00:14:27,337 --> 00:14:28,671
we get around the hill
271
00:14:28,738 --> 00:14:31,307
and let the caribou come
down to us, real natural like.
272
00:14:41,017 --> 00:14:42,885
What's at stake
is our economy here.
273
00:14:42,952 --> 00:14:45,588
If I go burning up gas
and bringing home nothing,
274
00:14:45,655 --> 00:14:48,357
then I'm wasting my time
and my trip and my effort.
275
00:14:59,502 --> 00:15:00,803
Caribou can live without us,
276
00:15:00,870 --> 00:15:02,705
but we can't live
without caribou.
277
00:15:16,686 --> 00:15:17,820
(GUNSHOT FIRED)
278
00:15:23,459 --> 00:15:24,460
(CHIP SPEAKING)
279
00:15:28,331 --> 00:15:30,366
It's not got off
to a very good start,
280
00:15:30,433 --> 00:15:32,768
but the best way to get out
of it is to work hard.
281
00:15:32,835 --> 00:15:35,238
It's like anything in life.
You got to work hard.
282
00:15:43,250 --> 00:15:45,781
ANDY: I've come to realise
when I'm mushing my dogs,
283
00:15:45,848 --> 00:15:48,084
it's kind of a meditative
state for me.
284
00:15:48,885 --> 00:15:50,686
My dogs are my therapy.
285
00:16:10,073 --> 00:16:11,574
(SIGHS) Son of a gun.
286
00:16:12,892 --> 00:16:14,092
(PANTING)
287
00:16:14,159 --> 00:16:17,830
This year the river ice jammed
up right to the bank
288
00:16:17,897 --> 00:16:20,666
and cut me off from getting
to Eagle with a decent trail,
289
00:16:20,733 --> 00:16:23,937
so we've had a lot of snow,
290
00:16:24,004 --> 00:16:25,671
we've had a lot of wind
291
00:16:25,738 --> 00:16:27,706
and I'm putting a trail
into Eagle now
292
00:16:27,773 --> 00:16:29,275
so I can haul supplies back.
293
00:16:31,210 --> 00:16:34,080
I guess maybe
I should have bought
some snow shoes with me.
294
00:16:35,648 --> 00:16:38,084
Now I got to figure out
295
00:16:39,052 --> 00:16:40,386
how to get through that.
296
00:16:45,991 --> 00:16:48,828
There's a lot
of hollow ice here.
297
00:16:48,895 --> 00:16:51,597
This is the stuff you've got
to worry about with the dogs.
298
00:16:51,664 --> 00:16:53,599
Right there.
They fall into that
299
00:16:55,267 --> 00:16:57,036
and that's when a shoulder
gets blown out.
300
00:16:59,305 --> 00:17:01,941
Here we go, this is what
I'm talking about.
301
00:17:02,008 --> 00:17:04,911
This hollow ice. Feels like
another crack right there.
302
00:17:09,949 --> 00:17:12,618
Jumble ice poses as a couple
of different problems.
303
00:17:13,453 --> 00:17:15,054
I can get through it
304
00:17:15,121 --> 00:17:16,855
but it's very easy
to hurt a dog
305
00:17:16,922 --> 00:17:18,858
when you're going through
rough jumble ice
306
00:17:18,925 --> 00:17:22,027
and I'm really concerned about
taking care of my dogs
307
00:17:22,094 --> 00:17:24,029
'cause they're my work force.
308
00:17:24,096 --> 00:17:27,400
They are, they are everything
to me in the wintertime.
309
00:17:27,467 --> 00:17:28,834
Making sure
they don't get hurt
310
00:17:28,901 --> 00:17:31,304
is critically important to me.
311
00:17:32,938 --> 00:17:35,040
You can see right here
there's a bunch of hollow ice
under here
312
00:17:35,107 --> 00:17:38,110
and I'm definitely going to
have to get this broke down.
313
00:17:41,247 --> 00:17:43,849
I don't mind doing the work
if there's a payoff for it.
314
00:17:43,916 --> 00:17:46,018
Just don't do anything stupid.
315
00:17:46,085 --> 00:17:47,786
-(ANDY LAUGHING)
-No, I'm serious.
316
00:17:47,853 --> 00:17:50,122
ANDY: Whoa! God.
317
00:17:53,193 --> 00:17:55,828
I hate doing work twice.
318
00:17:55,895 --> 00:17:58,364
You know, you've always
got to be the first person
on the river,
319
00:17:58,431 --> 00:18:00,433
when it's ice or water.
320
00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:01,500
ANDY: I screwed up.
321
00:18:03,836 --> 00:18:06,572
KATE: You live anywhere
like this,
322
00:18:06,639 --> 00:18:08,040
something can always go wrong.
323
00:18:09,241 --> 00:18:13,045
Sometime I think Mother
Nature is going to win.
324
00:18:25,091 --> 00:18:27,160
All that work and I can
still see home.
325
00:18:27,227 --> 00:18:29,061
(LAUGHS)
326
00:18:29,128 --> 00:18:32,698
Man, sometimes it feels
endless out here.
327
00:18:32,765 --> 00:18:34,433
I think the boys want to go.
328
00:18:36,769 --> 00:18:39,005
We'll try and go nice
and slow through this.
329
00:18:39,605 --> 00:18:40,773
Everybody stay.
330
00:18:45,711 --> 00:18:47,579
That-a boys, okay.
Let's go to Eagle.
331
00:18:47,646 --> 00:18:50,316
Come on, boys.
Hup, hup. Here you go.
Haw!
332
00:18:50,383 --> 00:18:51,384
Iceberg, Tiara!
333
00:18:53,653 --> 00:18:54,854
That-a boys. Pack it out.
334
00:18:56,555 --> 00:18:57,990
Let's put a trail in,
you guys.
335
00:18:58,858 --> 00:19:00,159
That's my boys.
336
00:19:01,460 --> 00:19:03,028
That's my boys.
337
00:19:03,095 --> 00:19:06,599
This year the river ice
jammed up and cut me off,
338
00:19:06,666 --> 00:19:09,001
so I'm putting a trail
into Eagle now
339
00:19:09,068 --> 00:19:10,670
so I can haul supplies back.
340
00:19:10,737 --> 00:19:12,538
Easy, easy, easy.
341
00:19:12,605 --> 00:19:14,173
Watch the cracks,
watch the cracks.
342
00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:15,307
Up you go.
343
00:19:16,242 --> 00:19:17,576
Nice and easy.
344
00:19:17,643 --> 00:19:21,547
Easy. Easy.
345
00:19:21,614 --> 00:19:23,715
That-a boys. Easy.
346
00:19:23,782 --> 00:19:27,787
(TUTS) Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.
347
00:19:29,555 --> 00:19:31,224
That-a boys.
348
00:19:31,291 --> 00:19:32,658
Okay, everybody, whoa.
349
00:19:33,759 --> 00:19:37,530
Whoa. Good job!
Yeah. Good boy.
350
00:19:38,798 --> 00:19:40,833
You guys are
trail-breaking machines.
351
00:19:42,167 --> 00:19:43,803
I should have
a pretty good trail.
352
00:19:44,503 --> 00:19:45,804
I mean, I think I just went
353
00:19:45,871 --> 00:19:48,106
through the worst
of it right now
354
00:19:48,173 --> 00:19:49,775
and I know that people
up in Eagle
355
00:19:49,842 --> 00:19:51,610
probably have some
trail laid up there,
356
00:19:51,677 --> 00:19:54,046
so soon as I connect
up with their trail,
357
00:19:54,113 --> 00:19:57,316
I should have a fairly decent
trail into town.
358
00:19:57,383 --> 00:19:59,118
One way or another,
I'm going to make it.
359
00:20:00,419 --> 00:20:01,988
That sun is starting
to dip down
360
00:20:02,055 --> 00:20:03,689
and I got to get going
361
00:20:03,756 --> 00:20:06,826
'cause I don't want to be
running through this crap
at night in the dark.
362
00:20:06,893 --> 00:20:10,696
So I'm burning daylight,
I'm going to Eagle.
363
00:20:10,763 --> 00:20:12,197
The boys are ready.
364
00:20:12,264 --> 00:20:14,900
Everybody stay.
Everybody stay.
365
00:20:16,902 --> 00:20:18,437
Head out, let's go, boys.
366
00:20:18,504 --> 00:20:20,873
Hup, hup! Yeah! Let's go.
367
00:20:25,043 --> 00:20:27,246
ERIK: Everything I have to do,
I have to do for myself
368
00:20:27,313 --> 00:20:29,415
and build for myself
and create for myself.
369
00:20:40,660 --> 00:20:43,762
These coals stay hot
for days and days.
370
00:20:43,829 --> 00:20:45,998
I only light
a few fires a year
371
00:20:46,065 --> 00:20:48,300
because the fire
just keeps going,
372
00:20:48,367 --> 00:20:51,103
but today we're going
to change the stove pipe out.
373
00:20:51,170 --> 00:20:52,371
It's kind of beat down,
374
00:20:52,438 --> 00:20:54,573
a wind storm damaged
the old one
375
00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,710
and I had to scab together
these pieces here
376
00:20:57,777 --> 00:21:00,479
out of some pipe I had just
laying around to get through,
377
00:21:00,546 --> 00:21:02,381
but it's a real fire hazard.
378
00:21:02,448 --> 00:21:04,250
Could easily burn
my house down.
379
00:21:06,819 --> 00:21:10,589
This is going to be the piece
that's right above
the stove itself.
380
00:21:10,656 --> 00:21:13,859
So we need to put a hole
in the centre of the pipe
381
00:21:13,926 --> 00:21:17,329
and it's essential
that the hole
is centred and straight
382
00:21:17,396 --> 00:21:19,498
and that's where our flue
is going to go, our damper,
383
00:21:19,565 --> 00:21:21,800
and that's how you shut
down the stove
384
00:21:21,867 --> 00:21:24,370
so that you can control
the temperature
at which it burns.
385
00:21:24,437 --> 00:21:28,240
My little way of putting that
hole in is with .22 handgun.
386
00:21:31,110 --> 00:21:33,078
Got to make sure
it's perfectly straight.
387
00:21:33,980 --> 00:21:36,415
We're going to centre
it just right.
388
00:21:38,051 --> 00:21:39,051
(METALLIC CLANKING)
389
00:21:39,118 --> 00:21:40,986
And let's see how we did.
390
00:21:47,526 --> 00:21:49,895
Pretty good!
Let's go put it in.
391
00:21:50,797 --> 00:21:52,531
Take the old pipe out.
392
00:21:52,598 --> 00:21:54,133
Try not to make a mess.
393
00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:55,201
(GROANS)
394
00:21:56,135 --> 00:21:57,236
Make a mess.
395
00:21:57,303 --> 00:21:59,005
We are north
of the Arctic Circle
396
00:21:59,072 --> 00:22:01,707
and it can get to 60
below zero here,
397
00:22:01,774 --> 00:22:03,876
so staying warm and
having a good wood stove
398
00:22:03,943 --> 00:22:05,411
is really important.
399
00:22:06,512 --> 00:22:09,448
Looks good. I'm happy with it.
400
00:22:09,515 --> 00:22:14,119
Light the virgin fire here,
appears to be
drawing well.
401
00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:16,622
Get back to doing
some other things.
402
00:22:30,870 --> 00:22:31,904
Some people think
403
00:22:31,971 --> 00:22:33,873
I'm crazy to want
to live out here in the cold,
404
00:22:35,107 --> 00:22:38,177
but any day that I get to sit
on the edge of a mountain
405
00:22:38,244 --> 00:22:40,212
and look out over all this,
406
00:22:40,279 --> 00:22:43,415
is a pretty successful
day to me.
407
00:22:43,482 --> 00:22:44,650
I don't need
to shoot anything,
408
00:22:44,717 --> 00:22:46,084
or put up any meat,
409
00:22:46,151 --> 00:22:49,621
add any fur to my catch
for the season
410
00:22:49,688 --> 00:22:51,823
just get to walk around out
here in the quiet
411
00:22:51,890 --> 00:22:52,924
and be alone.
412
00:22:52,991 --> 00:22:55,261
You know there's no
interruptions or distractions
413
00:22:55,328 --> 00:22:56,796
from my thoughts.
414
00:22:56,863 --> 00:22:58,898
This is my church here,
415
00:22:58,965 --> 00:23:01,667
I feel really, really blessed
and really, really fortunate
416
00:23:01,734 --> 00:23:04,869
to be able to live as close
to nature as I do.
417
00:23:04,936 --> 00:23:06,739
If you didn't have a clock
or anything right now
418
00:23:06,806 --> 00:23:08,106
and you looked around,
419
00:23:08,173 --> 00:23:11,677
I don't think
it would've looked
a bit different 500 years ago
420
00:23:11,744 --> 00:23:14,046
and that's what I really like.
421
00:23:21,753 --> 00:23:23,989
SUE: The last person I see
is the end of September
422
00:23:24,056 --> 00:23:27,926
and the next is May
or June so, nine months.
423
00:23:27,993 --> 00:23:29,728
It's just me, totally alone.
424
00:23:37,536 --> 00:23:41,640
The weather is poor enough
outside that the risk of life
425
00:23:41,707 --> 00:23:43,142
and limb
is a little bit large.
426
00:23:43,209 --> 00:23:46,578
It's keeping me from working
on my runway and what not.
427
00:23:46,645 --> 00:23:50,383
And this is the weather
we're looking at right now.
428
00:23:50,450 --> 00:23:52,084
This is the low front,
429
00:23:52,151 --> 00:23:53,785
this is causing
a lot of problems.
430
00:23:53,852 --> 00:23:56,354
You know we're still going
to be 40 below zero
431
00:23:56,421 --> 00:23:59,558
and maybe 50 below zero,
60 below zero,
432
00:23:59,625 --> 00:24:02,361
you know once you get that far
below zero who really cares.
433
00:24:02,428 --> 00:24:03,829
Useless for me to try
434
00:24:03,896 --> 00:24:05,163
and get out there
on a piece of equipment
435
00:24:05,230 --> 00:24:06,698
and try and make any headway.
436
00:24:06,765 --> 00:24:08,166
Even with the hand lines up,
437
00:24:08,233 --> 00:24:10,502
it's far too dangerous
to go out in this weather.
438
00:24:10,569 --> 00:24:12,538
You've only got five,
10 minutes
439
00:24:12,605 --> 00:24:13,939
and your skin
is going to freeze,
440
00:24:14,006 --> 00:24:15,240
you're gonna have frostbite.
441
00:24:16,175 --> 00:24:17,743
You just can't do it.
442
00:24:17,810 --> 00:24:19,311
I have no choice
but to hole up
443
00:24:19,378 --> 00:24:20,879
and hope that
the camp survives
444
00:24:20,946 --> 00:24:22,047
without a day of upkeep.
445
00:24:24,249 --> 00:24:25,383
But, that's just what it is,
446
00:24:25,450 --> 00:24:28,520
I mean, to make the decision
to live here, you know,
447
00:24:28,587 --> 00:24:32,191
you're deciding that your
going to pit yourself against
448
00:24:32,258 --> 00:24:35,260
some of the worst shit that
Mother Nature has to give
449
00:24:35,327 --> 00:24:38,998
and why do I do it? I mean,
the jury's still out, really.
450
00:24:40,900 --> 00:24:43,769
It's damn near impossible
to try and keep track of
451
00:24:43,836 --> 00:24:47,072
all the things that is trying
to kill me out here.
452
00:24:47,139 --> 00:24:49,608
You can put up your hand.
You're gonna
run out of fingers.
453
00:24:49,675 --> 00:24:53,211
You've got the wind,
you've got the cold,
454
00:24:53,278 --> 00:24:55,547
you've the bears,
you've got the polar bears,
455
00:24:55,614 --> 00:24:57,716
you've got the wolverines,
you've got the wolves,
456
00:24:57,783 --> 00:25:00,019
if you get sick,
the doctors aren't around,
457
00:25:00,086 --> 00:25:01,453
you're 500 miles from...
458
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:04,089
I mean, you can just
keep going with it.
459
00:25:04,156 --> 00:25:05,557
There's more stuff
that wants to eat me
460
00:25:05,624 --> 00:25:07,259
then I want to be eaten
by out here.
461
00:25:07,326 --> 00:25:10,395
It's always a challenge.
Staying alive, day-to-day.
462
00:25:10,462 --> 00:25:12,664
Each one of these guns
has a different home.
463
00:25:12,731 --> 00:25:15,401
It likes it there and has
a purpose in where it lives.
464
00:25:15,468 --> 00:25:18,037
All my weapons are usually
locked and loaded,
465
00:25:18,104 --> 00:25:19,872
they only safety is,
don't touch it.
466
00:25:21,841 --> 00:25:23,075
This is a .45-70.
467
00:25:23,142 --> 00:25:25,277
Locked, loaded,
ready for action.
468
00:25:25,878 --> 00:25:26,979
Safety's off.
469
00:25:28,113 --> 00:25:30,316
When I'm in bed
and laying here
470
00:25:30,383 --> 00:25:32,717
first thing my hand does
is grab the pistol,
471
00:25:32,784 --> 00:25:35,153
the next thing
the other hand does
472
00:25:35,220 --> 00:25:37,723
is grab the gun, you know.
473
00:25:38,657 --> 00:25:41,727
So, this is where they live.
474
00:25:42,528 --> 00:25:44,330
Had an incident years ago,
475
00:25:44,397 --> 00:25:46,265
bear came right through
the wall over here,
476
00:25:46,332 --> 00:25:47,866
I used to lay
with my head here
477
00:25:49,301 --> 00:25:51,036
and (GROWLS)...
Came right through
478
00:25:51,103 --> 00:25:52,304
at 2:00 in the morning,
479
00:25:52,371 --> 00:25:53,838
got hung up on the bars,
480
00:25:53,905 --> 00:25:57,643
but I was able to lift my head
put my feet right in my boots,
481
00:25:57,710 --> 00:26:00,279
grab the rifle and run.
482
00:26:00,346 --> 00:26:02,780
Stark naked, ran up
to the perch
483
00:26:02,847 --> 00:26:06,118
and as I threw my rifle up
and pulled myself up,
484
00:26:06,185 --> 00:26:07,486
you know, she took her claws
485
00:26:07,553 --> 00:26:10,322
and got right in between
the sole of my rubber boot
486
00:26:10,389 --> 00:26:12,324
and my foot yanking me down.
487
00:26:12,391 --> 00:26:14,827
I have fat calves
and just went...
488
00:26:14,894 --> 00:26:16,095
And the boot came off,
489
00:26:16,162 --> 00:26:20,399
I scrambled out, shot,
she went (GROWLING), ran off.
490
00:26:20,466 --> 00:26:22,000
And I never did find my boot,
491
00:26:22,067 --> 00:26:23,902
but in the morning
here's an ear with a tag.
492
00:26:23,969 --> 00:26:26,638
So I never sleep
naked any more
493
00:26:26,705 --> 00:26:29,508
and I never sleep with
my head towards the wall.
494
00:26:29,575 --> 00:26:31,676
I changed it,
I got my head up here,
495
00:26:31,743 --> 00:26:32,978
my pistol here,
496
00:26:33,045 --> 00:26:35,781
the rifle's always
stayed there.
497
00:26:35,848 --> 00:26:39,551
You know, it's what I...
I may never need it again,
498
00:26:39,618 --> 00:26:41,720
but I thank God I had it
when I needed it.
499
00:26:41,787 --> 00:26:43,355
You point a gun
when you mean it.
500
00:26:43,422 --> 00:26:46,058
Something big is chasing me,
a predator at close range.
501
00:26:46,125 --> 00:26:47,159
Boom.
502
00:26:48,393 --> 00:26:49,528
You're dead.
503
00:27:06,712 --> 00:27:09,682
10 below, 13 below.
Thursday is 25 below.
504
00:27:09,749 --> 00:27:10,982
Well, when you have
a bad hunt,
505
00:27:11,049 --> 00:27:14,853
you've wasted resources,
gas, good weather, time.
506
00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:16,388
But that's just
the way it goes,
507
00:27:16,455 --> 00:27:17,990
you have to accept it.
508
00:27:18,057 --> 00:27:20,058
Clear enough, just
going to be a little funny
to see, that's all.
509
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:22,394
Overcast will turn...
510
00:27:22,461 --> 00:27:23,862
The weather is everything.
511
00:27:23,929 --> 00:27:25,097
We go with the weather,
512
00:27:25,164 --> 00:27:26,298
it doesn't go with us.
513
00:27:26,365 --> 00:27:28,066
Weather is looking like
it's going to get colder
514
00:27:28,133 --> 00:27:29,334
and hopefully clear up.
515
00:27:29,401 --> 00:27:31,336
Right now, we got
a lot of overcast
516
00:27:31,403 --> 00:27:32,470
and it makes it very difficult
517
00:27:32,537 --> 00:27:34,406
to see the snow
that you're driving over.
518
00:27:34,473 --> 00:27:37,509
If it's an unbroken trail, you
can get into some troubles.
519
00:27:37,576 --> 00:27:39,645
Back past Melagivik Lakes
520
00:27:39,712 --> 00:27:41,146
over toward the base
of the mountain
521
00:27:41,213 --> 00:27:43,082
all along this area,
522
00:27:43,149 --> 00:27:44,616
there're supposed
to be lots of caribou.
523
00:27:44,683 --> 00:27:46,251
Maybe 1,000
of them down there.
524
00:27:46,318 --> 00:27:48,253
We've been hearing
caribou are a little
south of here,
525
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:49,621
not very far away, so
526
00:27:49,688 --> 00:27:51,389
our best bet is to have a look
527
00:27:51,456 --> 00:27:54,359
over down at these lakes
in an area called Melagivik.
528
00:27:55,561 --> 00:27:58,163
-Sound good to you?
-Yes, sounds good.
529
00:27:58,230 --> 00:27:59,531
CHIP: My wife has
the most experience
530
00:27:59,598 --> 00:28:00,799
with hunting in this house.
531
00:28:00,866 --> 00:28:03,535
Her family were a family
of hunter gatherers as well.
532
00:28:03,602 --> 00:28:06,371
AGNES: Chip and my dad sat
and visited for a long time
533
00:28:06,438 --> 00:28:07,572
with maps in front of them
534
00:28:07,639 --> 00:28:09,408
and my father passed on
535
00:28:09,475 --> 00:28:13,178
a lot of traditions
to my husband.
536
00:28:13,245 --> 00:28:15,847
My wife's family is probably
responsible for 90%
537
00:28:15,914 --> 00:28:17,715
of my knowledge about
this region around here,
538
00:28:17,782 --> 00:28:19,450
and if it wasn't
for her father,
539
00:28:19,517 --> 00:28:21,787
I'd probably still wouldn't be
doing things right.
540
00:28:23,855 --> 00:28:25,089
ANDY: The more independent
you are,
541
00:28:25,156 --> 00:28:26,658
the more freedom you have
542
00:28:26,725 --> 00:28:28,560
and that's what
I want in my life.
543
00:28:28,627 --> 00:28:29,828
I want freedom.
544
00:28:45,043 --> 00:28:47,346
Straight ahead. Good boy.
545
00:28:48,313 --> 00:28:51,349
All right. You guys got
us to Eagle now,
546
00:28:51,416 --> 00:28:53,452
good job, you guys.
All right, straight ahead.
547
00:28:53,519 --> 00:28:56,054
It took a little longer than
I expected to get to Eagle
548
00:28:56,121 --> 00:28:57,823
but I finally got
a good trail in,
549
00:28:57,890 --> 00:28:59,191
that makes me feel good.
550
00:28:59,258 --> 00:29:01,493
Now I can get my supplies
and head home.
551
00:29:04,596 --> 00:29:06,465
I'm going to go
to my school bus first
552
00:29:06,532 --> 00:29:08,266
to get my dog food.
553
00:29:08,333 --> 00:29:13,472
This is an old school bus
converted into a storage unit.
554
00:29:15,241 --> 00:29:17,943
I go to Fairbanks to buy
dog food and stuff.
555
00:29:18,010 --> 00:29:20,778
I can't bring it
all down the river,
556
00:29:20,845 --> 00:29:22,547
so I got to have
a place in Eagle
557
00:29:22,614 --> 00:29:23,849
where I can store things.
558
00:29:25,717 --> 00:29:28,120
Hup, let's go, that-a boys.
559
00:29:28,187 --> 00:29:29,821
I'm going to head over
to the post office,
560
00:29:29,888 --> 00:29:31,489
pick up my beer supplies.
561
00:29:31,556 --> 00:29:33,191
Hi, Andy, are you
making beer?
562
00:29:33,258 --> 00:29:35,293
-Oh, yeah.
-All right, well,
there you go.
563
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:36,494
-All right.
-Enjoy making beer.
564
00:29:36,561 --> 00:29:39,898
Hey, man, you know what?
How many times
have I ordered stuff
565
00:29:39,965 --> 00:29:41,366
and it's taken like,
three weeks to get here...
566
00:29:41,433 --> 00:29:42,968
-Yeah.
-I order this on Monday.
567
00:29:43,035 --> 00:29:44,536
-Isn't that amazing?
-Yeah.
568
00:29:44,603 --> 00:29:46,271
The final trip is to pick up
569
00:29:46,338 --> 00:29:49,040
my plastic to build
some new sleds.
570
00:29:49,107 --> 00:29:51,109
Hey, Linda, I'm going
to pick up my freight
571
00:29:51,176 --> 00:29:52,844
out of the pool hall, okay?
572
00:29:53,445 --> 00:29:55,480
All right, thank you.
573
00:29:55,547 --> 00:29:57,249
There's nothing
like the north.
574
00:29:57,316 --> 00:29:58,783
Every time you
freight something,
575
00:29:58,850 --> 00:30:01,119
it's a new challenge
on how it get it home.
576
00:30:05,958 --> 00:30:07,392
Ah, we'll make it work.
577
00:30:08,060 --> 00:30:09,494
Whoa, whoa.
578
00:30:09,561 --> 00:30:12,097
You going to go haw.
You going to go haw.
579
00:30:12,164 --> 00:30:14,800
That-a boys, haw, haw.
Good boys.
580
00:30:23,174 --> 00:30:25,444
ERIK: What gets people
is in their mind
581
00:30:26,178 --> 00:30:27,379
and either you have it
582
00:30:27,446 --> 00:30:30,215
or you don't have it
to live in Alaska.
583
00:30:55,407 --> 00:30:57,576
When the temperature's
extremely cold,
584
00:30:57,643 --> 00:31:00,278
I might fill my wood box
three or four times a day.
585
00:31:00,345 --> 00:31:01,913
Mid-winter here,
I'm running low,
586
00:31:01,980 --> 00:31:04,349
I've been burning
a lot of wood,
I'm getting pretty low.
587
00:31:04,416 --> 00:31:05,450
I'm down to about nothing.
588
00:31:07,552 --> 00:31:09,521
Well, there are two types
of firewood that
589
00:31:09,588 --> 00:31:10,622
we cut here in the Arctic.
590
00:31:10,689 --> 00:31:12,691
One is dead-standing spruce.
591
00:31:14,059 --> 00:31:16,361
The other is green birch.
592
00:31:20,799 --> 00:31:21,833
Good to go.
593
00:31:23,067 --> 00:31:25,904
It's about zero this morning,
so we're good to go.
594
00:31:25,971 --> 00:31:27,306
It's a nice temperature
for cutting wood
595
00:31:27,373 --> 00:31:28,673
and go get it done.
596
00:31:30,475 --> 00:31:31,843
A little different
than other places
597
00:31:31,910 --> 00:31:33,779
where you just
flip a switch for heat.
598
00:31:33,846 --> 00:31:35,680
Go cut trees down
and buck them up
599
00:31:35,747 --> 00:31:37,282
and chop them up
600
00:31:37,349 --> 00:31:38,617
and bring them back
to wood stove.
601
00:31:43,689 --> 00:31:45,790
This is a glacier creek.
602
00:31:45,857 --> 00:31:47,892
Basically turned
into an ice waterfall
603
00:31:47,959 --> 00:31:49,126
or an ice fall.
604
00:31:49,193 --> 00:31:51,096
There is wood up here
that's not available to me
605
00:31:51,163 --> 00:31:52,296
any other time of year
606
00:31:52,363 --> 00:31:54,599
and, you know, when I cut
in the fall or spring,
607
00:31:54,666 --> 00:31:56,568
there's no snow and ice
to get up this creek.
608
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:17,255
We'll get these home and...
609
00:32:17,322 --> 00:32:18,823
(MOTOR STARTING)
610
00:32:18,890 --> 00:32:19,891
Keep moving.
611
00:32:21,660 --> 00:32:23,495
(ENGINE REVVING)
612
00:32:43,815 --> 00:32:44,850
It's fucked.
613
00:32:45,884 --> 00:32:47,219
Mother fucker.
614
00:32:51,456 --> 00:32:54,126
Anytime you're up on something
that's a precipice like this,
615
00:32:54,193 --> 00:32:55,427
it's a bad situation.
616
00:32:56,494 --> 00:32:57,896
Here in Alaska, you know,
617
00:32:57,963 --> 00:32:59,598
I, I hop on my sled
618
00:32:59,665 --> 00:33:01,166
and I go find some wood
and cut it down
619
00:33:01,233 --> 00:33:02,467
and drag it home.
620
00:33:02,534 --> 00:33:05,136
A lot of time a lot of energy
just to do some tasks here.
621
00:33:10,242 --> 00:33:12,577
You sleep when you're tired,
you eat when you're hungry,
622
00:33:12,644 --> 00:33:14,246
you work when there's
work to be done.
623
00:33:20,786 --> 00:33:22,120
Got plenty of water.
624
00:33:22,688 --> 00:33:23,855
Got some firewood,
625
00:33:23,922 --> 00:33:26,358
now I'm going to split a few
pieces up real small,
626
00:33:27,026 --> 00:33:28,126
spark my sauna up
627
00:33:28,193 --> 00:33:30,495
and take a nice relaxing steam
628
00:33:30,562 --> 00:33:31,663
and get a bath.
629
00:33:40,772 --> 00:33:43,141
I rarely know
what day of the week it is.
630
00:33:43,208 --> 00:33:46,411
I usually don't know
what time it is
and I don't care.
631
00:33:48,346 --> 00:33:50,815
Had a successful day
cutting wood.
632
00:33:50,882 --> 00:33:55,120
Got some good high-quality
dead-standing spruce here.
633
00:33:55,854 --> 00:33:56,922
Chop a little bit up.
634
00:34:19,811 --> 00:34:21,880
Nothing I rather be doing.
635
00:34:21,947 --> 00:34:23,215
If there was something
I'd rather be doing,
636
00:34:23,282 --> 00:34:24,282
I'd be out doing it,
637
00:34:24,349 --> 00:34:27,352
I do whatever
I want, literally.
638
00:34:32,090 --> 00:34:33,624
I enjoy living here very much
639
00:34:33,691 --> 00:34:36,862
and I wouldn't trade
this life for anything.
640
00:34:36,929 --> 00:34:38,930
My day can be made
just by seeing a moose
641
00:34:38,997 --> 00:34:41,633
and watching him walk
across the river.
642
00:34:42,601 --> 00:34:44,202
I don't know, maybe
I'm simple-minded.
643
00:34:50,241 --> 00:34:52,143
ANDY: What I find
really satisfying
644
00:34:52,210 --> 00:34:54,879
is building a life
you want for yourself
645
00:34:55,947 --> 00:34:57,248
and then living that life.
646
00:35:14,065 --> 00:35:16,268
Straight ahead. Up we go.
647
00:35:16,335 --> 00:35:17,536
(CLICKING TONGUE)
648
00:35:17,603 --> 00:35:20,271
Hup, hup, that-a boys.
649
00:35:20,338 --> 00:35:22,473
I just picked up
my supplies in Eagle
650
00:35:22,540 --> 00:35:26,277
and it feels good to be headed
home, away from civilisation.
651
00:35:26,344 --> 00:35:29,614
The world is becoming too
homogenized for my taste.
652
00:35:29,681 --> 00:35:32,951
Everything you do outside of
where we live costs you money.
653
00:35:33,018 --> 00:35:35,820
Park a car, costs you money,
got to have home insurance,
654
00:35:35,887 --> 00:35:38,390
got to have car insurance,
got to have health insurance.
655
00:35:38,457 --> 00:35:40,158
We don't have to worry
about that out here.
656
00:35:40,225 --> 00:35:43,561
I figure if I got sick,
it's up to me to deal with it,
657
00:35:43,628 --> 00:35:46,598
if I get hurt, it's up to me
to deal with it.
658
00:35:46,665 --> 00:35:49,734
Kate and I both agree that
quality of life is measured
659
00:35:49,801 --> 00:35:52,837
by how much free time you have
to do what you want to do
660
00:35:54,005 --> 00:35:57,442
and if that's the measure
of life's quality
661
00:35:57,509 --> 00:36:00,412
then we have an extremely high
quality of life.
662
00:36:02,113 --> 00:36:03,114
That-a boys!
663
00:36:04,016 --> 00:36:05,917
Let's go. Hup, hup.
664
00:36:05,984 --> 00:36:09,721
Hup, hup, let's go.
Let's go. Hup, hup.
That-a boys.
665
00:36:09,788 --> 00:36:10,822
Hup, hup.
666
00:36:14,059 --> 00:36:15,126
Cold?
667
00:36:17,328 --> 00:36:18,830
Ah, here, why don't you
wear that for a minute?
668
00:36:19,664 --> 00:36:20,832
Nice hat, buddy!
669
00:36:21,433 --> 00:36:22,967
Oh, yeah!
670
00:36:23,034 --> 00:36:25,069
-You look like
the long shoreman.
-(DOG BURPS)
671
00:36:25,136 --> 00:36:27,372
Oh, my God,
he burps like one too.
672
00:36:28,406 --> 00:36:30,108
Can you swear like a sailor?
673
00:36:30,175 --> 00:36:31,276
Huh?
674
00:36:31,977 --> 00:36:33,344
We got some mail,
675
00:36:33,812 --> 00:36:35,046
some supplies,
676
00:36:35,747 --> 00:36:37,015
and most importantly,
677
00:36:39,251 --> 00:36:41,219
we got our beer malts.
678
00:36:41,286 --> 00:36:43,621
Got to have beer malts here.
679
00:36:43,688 --> 00:36:46,257
So I'm going to brew up
a batch of beer tonight.
680
00:36:49,828 --> 00:36:52,230
I don't know if you're
going to get your
beer tonight, babe.
681
00:36:52,297 --> 00:36:53,430
KATE: What do you mean?
682
00:36:53,497 --> 00:36:55,433
I think the root cellar's
freezing up down below
683
00:36:55,500 --> 00:36:57,435
'cause I got a little bit
of frozen beer
684
00:36:57,502 --> 00:36:59,137
in this tube here, so...
685
00:36:59,204 --> 00:37:01,005
KATE: Can't you just
open it up?
686
00:37:01,072 --> 00:37:02,173
-Dip it out?
-Yeah.
687
00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:03,842
-No.
-Why?
688
00:37:03,909 --> 00:37:05,677
No, it would be all
over the place.
689
00:37:06,911 --> 00:37:08,046
It's wanting to.
690
00:37:09,580 --> 00:37:11,516
It's like there's ice in there
or something.
691
00:37:11,583 --> 00:37:12,817
KATE: Go on.
692
00:37:12,884 --> 00:37:16,554
ANDY: Ice-brewed Yukon beer,
look at that! Oh, it's going.
693
00:37:16,621 --> 00:37:18,956
-KATE: Yay!
-(ANDY LAUGHS)
694
00:37:19,023 --> 00:37:20,392
This beer tastes way better
695
00:37:20,459 --> 00:37:21,993
than anything
I've ever bought.
696
00:37:22,060 --> 00:37:23,528
Tell you the truth...
I mean, honest to God,
697
00:37:23,595 --> 00:37:25,864
this is the best beer
that I've ever had,
698
00:37:25,931 --> 00:37:27,565
and I think it's because
I can brew it myself
699
00:37:27,632 --> 00:37:30,635
and it cost about half
as much to make
700
00:37:30,702 --> 00:37:32,837
and it's better than
what I can buy.
701
00:37:32,904 --> 00:37:34,105
Look at that.
702
00:37:34,172 --> 00:37:36,240
KATE: That's the way
a beer should look.
703
00:37:36,307 --> 00:37:37,842
ANDY: Perfect carbonation.
704
00:37:39,210 --> 00:37:40,245
You da man.
705
00:37:41,646 --> 00:37:43,214
All right, there's your
break up brew.
706
00:37:43,281 --> 00:37:44,449
Cheers, babe.
707
00:37:49,721 --> 00:37:51,055
CHIP: Getting animals
for food,
708
00:37:51,122 --> 00:37:54,726
you start to appreciate that
animal much, much, more.
709
00:38:08,140 --> 00:38:09,741
So far we've blown
a couple chances
710
00:38:09,808 --> 00:38:10,875
of getting caribou,
711
00:38:10,942 --> 00:38:12,576
and it looks like we've got
one more chance
712
00:38:12,643 --> 00:38:13,845
before the sun goes down.
713
00:38:16,815 --> 00:38:19,317
I'd say the females
are at the back.
714
00:38:19,384 --> 00:38:21,653
AGNES: Yeah, that was
the very first one,
715
00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:22,787
just standing there.
716
00:38:23,522 --> 00:38:25,523
There is a shot I think.
717
00:38:25,590 --> 00:38:27,425
CHIP: Usually we try to shoot
them in the head or the neck
718
00:38:27,492 --> 00:38:28,726
but we're usually much closer
719
00:38:28,793 --> 00:38:31,062
and being as we're close
to a village
720
00:38:31,129 --> 00:38:33,430
and these animals have...
This herd has been hunted,
721
00:38:33,497 --> 00:38:35,032
they're what we call
educated.
722
00:38:35,099 --> 00:38:37,669
So the distance of shooting
is much greater.
723
00:38:44,709 --> 00:38:46,143
(GUNSHOT FIRED)
724
00:38:46,210 --> 00:38:47,912
CHIP: Yep, she's limping.
She'll go down.
725
00:38:47,979 --> 00:38:49,147
She's been hit all right.
726
00:38:49,214 --> 00:38:52,083
Just got to give her a chance
to calm down and settle in.
727
00:38:52,150 --> 00:38:53,751
She'll lay down
and we'll go get her.
728
00:38:55,419 --> 00:38:58,856
Me and my wife, we do this
quite a bit together.
729
00:38:58,923 --> 00:39:01,726
Right now it's my turn to do
the work, she's done her work.
730
00:39:01,793 --> 00:39:03,160
It's a division of labour.
731
00:39:03,227 --> 00:39:05,229
In this society
that we live in,
732
00:39:05,296 --> 00:39:07,732
woman hunters are just as
viable as man hunters.
733
00:39:07,799 --> 00:39:09,968
'Cause what matters is there's
meat on the table.
734
00:39:16,774 --> 00:39:18,476
Killing things
isn't so pretty.
735
00:39:18,543 --> 00:39:20,744
We came up here and finished
it off by cutting its throat
736
00:39:20,811 --> 00:39:22,046
'cause it wasn't
going anywhere.
737
00:39:22,113 --> 00:39:24,649
That's just the way
we do things.
738
00:39:24,716 --> 00:39:27,018
A lot of people don't like
the way it happens,
739
00:39:27,085 --> 00:39:29,320
but they can always
pay the butcher to do it.
740
00:39:29,387 --> 00:39:30,488
No different.
741
00:39:34,759 --> 00:39:35,859
We're not trophy hunting.
742
00:39:35,926 --> 00:39:38,362
Our trophy is the meat.
The fat meat.
743
00:39:38,429 --> 00:39:40,298
The females are starting
to put on a lot of fat
744
00:39:40,365 --> 00:39:43,068
from all the grazing
they've done in the dark.
745
00:39:43,135 --> 00:39:45,870
They haven't run it off,
she's a perfect cow.
746
00:39:49,507 --> 00:39:52,210
This is what we call
the mess of success.
747
00:39:58,316 --> 00:39:59,583
When we're cold sometimes
748
00:39:59,650 --> 00:40:01,953
we have a little bit
of the kidney,
749
00:40:02,020 --> 00:40:04,522
kidney warms real good.
750
00:40:04,589 --> 00:40:05,656
Liver.
751
00:40:05,723 --> 00:40:06,924
We have a bite of the liver.
752
00:40:06,991 --> 00:40:08,526
If you're cold and hungry.
753
00:40:24,942 --> 00:40:27,445
SUE: Nature does not want
you to succeed.
754
00:40:27,512 --> 00:40:29,313
If I went somewhere
and it were all easy,
755
00:40:29,380 --> 00:40:31,749
I'd be on Xanax and, you know,
756
00:40:31,816 --> 00:40:33,184
in la-la land in a heartbeat.
757
00:40:33,251 --> 00:40:34,352
I would not be happy.
758
00:40:43,516 --> 00:40:44,356
The blizzard is over
759
00:40:44,423 --> 00:40:46,364
and I can finally go
outside safely.
760
00:40:47,265 --> 00:40:48,699
It's, uh, nice and calm.
761
00:40:48,766 --> 00:40:51,836
I mean, it's 35, 40 below,
it's not bad weather.
762
00:40:52,737 --> 00:40:54,238
Being holed up for too long
763
00:40:54,305 --> 00:40:55,514
is not how you script it,
764
00:40:55,581 --> 00:40:58,343
but I'm my own master.
I tell the ship
which way to sail.
765
00:40:58,410 --> 00:41:00,111
But, you know,
you get a nice day
766
00:41:00,178 --> 00:41:01,780
and, yeah, you just
bounce around,
767
00:41:01,847 --> 00:41:02,947
you want to be outside.
768
00:41:03,014 --> 00:41:04,615
You go check all your drifts.
769
00:41:04,682 --> 00:41:07,085
I took the snow off
one side of the building
770
00:41:07,152 --> 00:41:08,853
'cause it was getting
too heavy.
771
00:41:11,310 --> 00:41:12,257
But, I mean,
772
00:41:12,324 --> 00:41:13,725
who else has an office
773
00:41:15,927 --> 00:41:18,596
this nice, you know?
774
00:41:19,631 --> 00:41:20,631
Nobody I know of.
775
00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:31,609
My foot has been aching
since the surgery
776
00:41:31,676 --> 00:41:33,745
and so one of the first things
I want to do now
777
00:41:33,812 --> 00:41:35,680
is go out and
get some willow bark.
778
00:41:35,747 --> 00:41:40,084
Willow has a component
to it called salic acid.
779
00:41:40,151 --> 00:41:42,720
The salic acid in willow helps
780
00:41:42,787 --> 00:41:45,456
eases your aches and pains
781
00:41:45,523 --> 00:41:47,925
and I'll take it and boil it
up in some water
782
00:41:47,992 --> 00:41:49,160
and make a tea,
783
00:41:49,227 --> 00:41:51,696
and it helps me sleep a little
better at night.
784
00:41:54,365 --> 00:41:58,069
Every year I have the concern,
785
00:41:58,136 --> 00:42:00,405
how adept am I
at my own survival?
786
00:42:00,472 --> 00:42:04,275
The mind says, boo-yah, 18.
10'-tall and bulletproof.
787
00:42:04,976 --> 00:42:06,678
But the body says, (CHUCKLING)
788
00:42:06,745 --> 00:42:09,847
gravity happens.
I'm a poster child, you know.
789
00:42:09,914 --> 00:42:11,582
Even though they did surgery
on the paw
790
00:42:11,649 --> 00:42:13,084
and it's feeling all right,
791
00:42:13,151 --> 00:42:14,585
it is now a liability.
792
00:42:14,652 --> 00:42:15,887
It's been cut on,
793
00:42:15,954 --> 00:42:18,856
it will develop scar tissue,
it will develop arthritis.
794
00:42:18,923 --> 00:42:20,658
I mean, every year
it's something.
795
00:42:21,392 --> 00:42:23,228
I did try to live in town
796
00:42:23,295 --> 00:42:26,164
and slowly but surely,
it was killing me.
797
00:42:26,231 --> 00:42:27,298
I don't understand
798
00:42:27,365 --> 00:42:28,933
where people want
to be mean to each other,
799
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,169
I don't understand
where gossip
800
00:42:31,236 --> 00:42:32,570
and you're not fitting
into the mould
801
00:42:32,637 --> 00:42:35,639
and why is there a need to
802
00:42:35,706 --> 00:42:37,541
tear apart
the fabric of society
803
00:42:37,608 --> 00:42:38,910
instead of making it so strong
804
00:42:38,977 --> 00:42:40,211
that we all support
each other.
805
00:42:40,845 --> 00:42:42,547
And I don't get that.
806
00:42:42,614 --> 00:42:45,582
I'm no good
at the social games
807
00:42:45,649 --> 00:42:46,984
that the rest of
the world plays,
808
00:42:47,051 --> 00:42:48,986
I don't understand it,
I don't get it,
809
00:42:49,053 --> 00:42:50,822
I'd rather have
a very honest relationship
810
00:42:50,889 --> 00:42:52,356
with something that
wants to eat me.
811
00:42:52,423 --> 00:42:54,258
This I understand,
bears want to eat me
812
00:42:54,325 --> 00:42:55,360
and I don't want them to.
813
00:42:55,427 --> 00:42:57,161
It's real simple,
it's logical.
814
00:42:57,228 --> 00:43:00,231
The environment itself says
get the fuck out
815
00:43:00,298 --> 00:43:02,934
and it's my nature to say,
make me.
816
00:43:05,670 --> 00:43:08,205
ANDY: There's pretty much
no place left on Earth
817
00:43:08,272 --> 00:43:10,675
except for interior Alaska
818
00:43:10,742 --> 00:43:12,510
where you still have
the freedom to pursue
819
00:43:12,577 --> 00:43:14,211
this kind of a lifestyle
820
00:43:14,278 --> 00:43:15,480
the way we do.
821
00:43:21,753 --> 00:43:23,121
You guys ready for your fish?
822
00:43:28,593 --> 00:43:31,629
All right, get some whole fish
for the boys tonight.
823
00:43:32,429 --> 00:43:33,897
Today was a really great day.
824
00:43:33,964 --> 00:43:35,599
I just got back from Eagle,
825
00:43:35,666 --> 00:43:37,267
the dogs did really well.
826
00:43:37,334 --> 00:43:39,137
Now they deserve
a really good treat.
827
00:43:40,271 --> 00:43:42,473
There you go,
let me see that fish.
828
00:43:43,541 --> 00:43:44,876
There you go, buddy.
829
00:43:54,452 --> 00:43:55,886
After a long, hard day,
830
00:43:55,953 --> 00:43:58,289
I like to sit back
in a nice, hot sauna.
831
00:43:58,356 --> 00:44:01,092
There's no better way to relax
at the end of the day.
832
00:44:05,696 --> 00:44:08,533
Yeah, buddy, look at
the northern lights. Whoo!
62697
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