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NARRATOR: On this episode of Life Below Zero,

when opportunity knocks Alaskans seize the day.

IDI: Hurry up, they're going up the hill.

NARRATOR: An uninvited intruder interrupts Andy's summer project.

(GASPS) We got a bear.

NARRATOR: The Hailstones play the long game in order to secure food.

IDI: It's still running, Ting. Hurry up!

NARRATOR: Sue's plan to harvest her own garden hits a snag.

What I say goes whether it makes sense or not.

NARRATOR: And Glenn uses a new tool in his quest for sustenance.

GLENN: It's a difficult time of the year for me to get food.

CHIP: Plan is for me to go get firewood while my daughters do some hunting.

Ting and Idi are experienced,

and the younger ones need to see it, and they need to interact.

It's also not a man's only deal.

Women like to hunt, too.

NARRATOR: For Chip and Agnes Hailstone,

surviving off the land is a native tradition

they hope to pass on to their children.

But mastering these skills takes years of discipline.

CHIP: I think these girls are gonna grow up to be as good a hunters

as maybe their brothers.

Tinmiaq, that kid makes me so happy.

She learned from her brothers.

Ting, you can't be scared to throw a harpoon.

You have to have your mind set.

CHIP: And her sisters are following right behind her.

NARRATOR: With Chip upriver and Agnes cooking on the outskirts of camp,

21-year-old Tinmiaq is in charge,

and she's prepared for any prey that may venture by.

For my birthday this year I bought this.

This is a high-powered rifle, a .223.

It's a gun that I'm getting to know.

And it's got a scope, and I'm not used to the scopes,

so I've been trying to practise with it.

Shoot it off, use the scope,

but it's got a 30 round clip on it,

so I can just go bap, bap, bap, bap, bap.

So I could get the bigger game animals

like the caribous, and the musk ox,

and scare off some bears or something.

(IDI SPEAKING)

(TING SPEAKING)

IDI: Hurry up. They're going up the hill.

-(CONTINUES SPEAKING) -TING: Shh!

Just stand still. Stand still.

I shot the caribou.

IDI: It's still running, Ting! Hurry up!

And the water's soaking.

(TING SPEAKING)

(IDI SPEAKING)

TING: Where is it? You girls could see it?

Right there.

IDI: Qutan, get back! Qutan!

Carol!

You missed!

It's taking off again.

Might as well give me your rifle.

TING: (SIGHS) Yup, it's getting away,

but I'll go get it.

SUE: Do I know what I'm doing?

I only know what I wanna do. That's the beauty of being me.

There's nobody here but myself so not many people in line telling me "no."

From the end of September to the following June, I don't get deliveries,

I don't get fresh vegetables.

If I can grow things, dehydrate, or freeze them,

I'm ahead of the game on my own nutrition and health.

I wanna do a greenhouse this year.

So getting this done is really important to me.

I am getting older. I do have some injuries.

Last year, Rick, a family member, came up

and helped me out for a couple months,

and so I brought him back up this year.

Right now when I want blueberries or cranberries,

I gotta go into the fields and duke it out with the bears.

I wanna see, can I hydroponically take some of those wild plants,

put them in my tiny garden,

and grow my own blueberries,

and cranberries, and crowberries, and bearberries,

and then I don't have to mess with the bears.

They can have their tundra, and I've got my little space.

NARRATOR: Because of the extreme conditions of the tundra,

Sue must improvise a way to plant her food.

SUE: I don't have dirt here.

I always have to import the dirt.

The most expensive cost is the $5,000 per trip plane bringing it up here.

I wanna get, um... The sphagnum moss that grows up here

is an extremely good medium.

If I mix that with round rock from the river...

Water comes down, nutrients are flowing around,

the plants soak up what they can.

You know, for thousands of years tundra hydroponics has worked.

It's time for me to start emulating what's already here.

This is what I'm trying to do.

This is a plant, which is not this plant,

yet it's using this plant to hold the nutrients and moisture to grow.

That's what I want.

My curiosity is just like this curious little monkey, and it's going everywhere.

And so I've gotta give it little tricks here and there so it can be satisfied.

There.

Now I have clean, sterile rocks.

They're a little hot. (LAUGHS)

So, take a little basket.

You can see, there's holes.

I wanna put some of this moss.

The moss will retain the nutrients

that I've put through in the water as well as some rocks.

Roots have to have a little bit of oxygen.

You can't just, you know...

If you put them just in the solid hard-packed environment,

it's just too hard on the little guys. They can't grow too well.

So this is called your medium for growing your plants.

I'm really excited to have thought of something

that is emulating what nature has already proven works up here.

And now it's time to see if I can make it work.

ANDY: I wouldn't call myself a perfectionist,

but I try and do the best job I can at everything I do.

I believe that doing as a fine a job as you can pays off in the long run.

I've got a really busy summer.

Lot of really heavy, physical work.

I'm gonna be working alone for probably 90% of the time.

All the heavy labour is gonna be by myself.

So today's project is gonna be to build what I call the moveable crane.

NARRATOR: Andy Bassich is determined to get in as much building as he can

before winter's darkness returns.

ANDY: But once I have this I'll be able to find a million uses around the yard for this.

I'll be glad when I have this done,

'cause I'm hoping my back's gonna hold up.

I'm 56 years old,

and this is a job for a 20-year-old kid.

Not a 50-year-old guy.

(GRUNTING)

(LAUGHS)

NARRATOR: For Andy, building a crane by hand is the first step

in getting his summer projects done.

ANDY: It's gonna be a learning process.

It's gonna require a lot of cutting, welding, and drilling.

And hopefully at the end of the day

I'm gonna have something that I can lift a thousand pounds with

and roll it around.

I spent the day fabricating my mobile crane.

A lot of cutting, and welding, and drilling of holes,

but all that went pretty well.

Tomorrow will be its test, and today was a good day of fabrication.

GLENN: I never came here for the isolation.

I came here for the wilderness, for the nature, for the animals.

I don't think there's anybody that craves solitary existence for months at a time.

I'm closing up my cabin.

I'm getting ready to go on a trip.

I'm gonna go looking for food in a different location.

This time of year, it's spring in the Brooks Range.

For eight and a half months of the year, this lake is covered in ice.

And when there's this ice on it right now

that's actually rotting from the sun beating down on it,

it's not safe to walk on it any more.

It's a difficult time of the year for me to get food right here, right now.

If I can find open water with no ice on it,

I'm gonna have more opportunities.

So that's what I'm looking for today.

Okay, I'm gonna close this door.

I'm not worried about people now.

It's just to keep the critters out.

NARRATOR: Glenn Villeneuve lives isolated and alone in the Brooks Range,

and finding food from the land around him is essential to his survival.

A lot of times it's easier just to walk barefoot.

Keep the shoes dry for later when I need them.

Actually get a better grip on these tussocks

with my bare toes than I do with those boots.

But I get used to it. As the summer goes on, my feet get tougher.

This is a great area. It looks very promising.

It looks like it has potential.

Pretty level, dry, I'm close to water for drinking.

This should be perfect.

Big enough spot for me to lay down.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, what a view of the sky with the trees.

I love it. This is the spot.

I'm more connected to nature.

I'm not just coming out here for recreation.

Of course it's really enjoyable,

but I'm using the resources out here to live.

I got the limbs off this pole,

but it has to be a lot smoother than it is right now.

Because if it has any of these little sharp remnants of branches sticking out,

that can tear the canvas.

I don't wanna poke a hole in my tent.

So, I'm gonna actually peel all the bark off of this,

and take off all those little stubs.

Springtime, bark comes off easy.

Wintertime, it comes off a lot harder.

Pole looks pretty good.

The tent doesn't have a floor, it doesn't need one.

I like to be right on the ground. It feels more natural.

Perfect.

Now that I've got my camp set up, I'm gonna go out,

and I'm gonna look for some food.

This time of year the pike like to go into the shallows, and weedy areas,

and they spawn in there.

So I was thinking maybe I can spear a fish.

Be kind of interesting.

Okay. So right here I'm gonna head into a shallow, weedy area

where I think there could possibly be some fish.

There's still ice across here, and this lake ice is just melting,

so the water is just above freezing.

I won't be able to stay in this cold water too long,

but I gotta stay in long enough to find some fish.

I've done a lot of fishing with a rod and lure,

but I'd like to be less dependent on that.

I'd like to be able to catch fish with a spear.

Something I could possibly make right here on the spot.

(WHISPERS) I see a fish right here.

Missed it.

I tell you, this is more fun than fishing with a fishing pole. (LAUGHS)

I think I have to get closer to the fish

before I get too excited and let the spear fly.

I'm gonna try and sneak up closer.

I mean, the closer they are, the better.

Ah! It got away.

I'm actually very inexperienced with spearfishing.

I've speared one fish in my life.

The good thing about it, the bottom here is weedy.

It's not too stony. So if I impale this into it,

it's not gonna dull it too badly.

If it's edible, I'm after it.

Whoa.

It's freaking ice on the bottom right there I slipped on.

That water is cold.

My feet are getting really cold.

Wetness is a real danger in the summertime.

If it's raining all day or if I get wet in the water,

I gotta make sure I get myself warmed up

before I get too cold to function.

(SIGHS) Missed it.

(CHUCKLES)

This hasn't been very productive.

I'm getting too cold.

I need to make a fire.

SUE: This is one of the few places

we have a few more freedoms to do what you want.

And it's okay to be wilderness chick.

Dawn of another day.

Um...

Gotta finish up that, uh...

The hydroponic project that I've been working on.

NARRATOR: In order to avoid spending $5,000 to fly in fresh produce,

Sue is attempting to construct her own garden.

SUE: I'm gonna have Rick working on making couplers,

putting the ends together, getting the pipe work done.

I need a stand for it,

how I need him to cut the plywood that I need cut,

and then just trust that he can do it.

RICK: Sue wants me to build a hydroponic system.

It's a bunch of pipes and hoses, and I'm used to doing that.

-SUE: Over the top? -Fluff and then over the top.

SUE: I'm taking an old tent,

stripping off the solid-coloured tent material.

I ordered up a new greenhouse type material five plies thick to go over it.

Next. Sweet. Awesome.

RICK: What? SUE: I mean, we don't have enough hose.

We're not gonna have enough. I can tell you that right fucking now.

I only got one size of my tubing.

We have to engineer the return lines and everything, 'cause I don't have it.

Didn't get the right amount of tubing that I ordered.

I can't go to the store and get more.

I'm just getting frustrated about it.

I can come up with a fix later,

but, I mean, we don't have enough hose, and I'm out of time.

Right?

I wanted to get the hydroponics system done today.

I'm that close to being done.

Now we gotta change everything around again.

It's time out of my day. That's a wasted effort. I don't like that.

I'll do it if I have to, but it's not optimum.

It's not what I wanna do.

RICK: We need four hoses.

Look.

It's gonna be so fucking tight. Do it to your top one.

Yank it up to your top one, 'cause you're gonna have to have a little slop. Right?

These don't have to reach the bottom of the tank.

These just have to be able to drip in.

Yeah, the returns just have to drip in, but this has to reach down.

I like to be the boss. It's good to be the king.

What I say goes whether it makes sense or not.

-I'm just getting... -Don't worry about it.

...that frustrated about the logistical.

Yup.

Mmm, find my happy place.

All right. I'm good at collecting water.

Should I go do that instead of being a psycho?

-I don't care. -All right. You do care.

Thank you, Rick. I appreciate it.

-No problem. I'm gonna do... -I'm not sounding out on you.

-I'm just sounding out on... -No, I don't take nothing personally.

...some douchebag that didn't read the directions on what I said.

Just as long as you don't hit me.

You know, people say I have an issue with control,

and I say as long as I have it, there is no issue.

So I need to let go of that a little bit.

We can get the chore done twice as fast if I let go of half of the responsibilities.

RICK: Sue's just getting frustrated. That's the problem.

Sometimes it doesn't look like what you want,

but as long as it's functionable, and that's all that it has to be.

It'll all work.

CHIP: You teach your kids how to hunt whether they're a boy or a girl.

You're making them self-sufficient.

You know, you give them exercise, you give them adventure,

and you give them really healthy food.

And if they don't connect, that's okay, too.

(QUTAN LAUGHS)

Come on!

Well, I was sitting at camp, and I was working on some stuff,

and Ting started shooting, and got a wounded caribou.

I'm just catching up to my girls.

Make sure they're doing what they're supposed to, and just keep on the trail.

NARRATOR: 21-year-old Tinmiaq shot a caribou to provide for her family.

The law of the tundra is if you wound an animal,

you honour it by humanely ending its life.

AGNES: The girls are gonna push the caribou back down the hill,

and then the caribou being wounded will eventually come down to the flats.

And hopefully come down to me to where I could actually shoot it.

The caribou just swam across the creek, and it's on the ice.

That's dangerous ice.

Idi, keep going that way, so it won't come back up the hill.

This is gonna take a lot of effort and teamwork.

The caribou is on the ice right on the other side of this little hump.

If the caribou sees me,

then it'll get spooked to the other side.

It'll never cross.

I could shoot it on the ice, but I don't want to shoot it on the ice.

I want it to come on land to where it's safe for us to get on there.

I don't trust the ice.

It's just not moving.

So I'm just gonna watch it.

Only thing we could do for now till it gets to the other side.

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

It's just not moving.

(SPEAKING)

I think you got it.

Fuck, I missed.

TING: Okay, girls. That means go!

Go, go, go, go!

Don't let it pass.

I need you to tell me where it go.

It's wounded all right.

Really ain't gonna go too much farther.

We'll just keep chasing it till it's down.

GLENN: I have to tolerate a condition a lot of times

that humans aren't adapted well to.

Like going four and a half months without seeing another human.

I don't care for it, but I tolerate it better than most people.

I've got this little fish net that would be great for catching whitefish in.

NARRATOR: Earlier, Glenn attempted to obtain food by spearfishing,

but came up empty.

Now, he's forced to use another method.

GLENN: I have to figure out now how I'm gonna rig the net out in the water.

Because I don't have any lead line on the bottom to hold it down.

So I'm going to have to improvise on the spot.

And I have to figure out how to get the net out into the water,

away from the shore without a boat.

Now that the ice is thawed, it makes travel a real chore.

A lot of the ground out here is wet,

and there isn't much you can do about it.

I've never had a problem in the winter

where I felt like I was in danger of hypothermia.

The most fear I've ever had of the cold

was in the summer when I got wet.

And I just kept going. I thought, "Oh, I'll get there. I'll warm up."

But actually I kept getting so cold that my hands didn't work very well,

and it was almost impossible to build a fire.

I just lost dexterity in my fingers.

So it's time to set this fish net.

I anticipate needing a stake.

I'm not certain how I'm gonna string the net out there,

but I think I'm just gonna walk out in the water,

put a stake, and then tie a rope to it.

In this area, whitefish may be travelling along the shoreline,

and I'm just thinking about where exactly I want to put the net.

Oh, that water is cold.

Hopefully it doesn't get very deep, very fast.

As long as it stays shallow for a ways, I'll be able to walk out there far enough

that the net will cover a good territory,

and I'll have a good chance of getting a fish in it.

Whoa!

(LAUGHS) Hit that critical point.

Yikes!

Yeah, that's cold water.

Okay, I gotta get moving. Get this net out there before I freeze up.

So, one end of the net is gonna be attached to the shore.

The other end is gonna be out here.

I might catch a pike.

I might catch a burbot, but most likely whitefish.

Whitefish are the ones I enjoy eating the most right now.

Put the stones on, and then I'm gonna get the hell out of this water.

I don't want the net drifting up.

Look, that'll hold that net down.

That should work.

I'm gonna get out of here and get warmed up.

I got my net out. Hopefully I'll catch some fish.

In the meantime, I'm gonna go get dried out.

ANDY: I like working with my brain to create new ideas.

I'm constantly challenging myself mentally and physically

through my engineering of projects and inventions.

How much do you think it weighs, Andy?

-I don't know. Probably 600 or 800 pounds maybe? -Hooah.

NARRATOR: With only a few short months before the long winter's darkness sets in,

Andy worked around the clock to complete the crane build.

Now it's time to put his invention to the test.

ANDY: This log is kind of a test log.

If I can get it to the point where I can pick this up comfortably.

It's probably gonna be lifting more than what I really need to lift.

(WHIRRING)

Oh, yeah. That came off the ground pretty quick.

Ooh, that ain't doing it! (GRUNTS)

Let me try this.

(WHIRRING)

-Whoa! -Ah!

(ANDY LAUGHS)

Come on, baby. Come on up.

KATE: No, no, no, no, no. Don't tip over.

ANDY: All right, you get on the back.

Did you eat lots of lasagne last night?

-No, I didn't. -Well, you should've.

(WHIRRING)

It's coming off the ground.

-Yeah, baby! -That's the ticket.

The power of Kate! (LAUGHS)

Okay, this is gonna come off.

Uh-oh! It's bending. Bending, bending.

ANDY: I don't know why the winch isn't locking.

I don't like that. That's not good.

I want you to go over there and pivot that back around

so that it gets on there. Okay?

It's flexing pretty bad.

Oh, my heavens. It's crumbling.

I don't like the fact the winch isn't holding the load.

I'm not really sure why that is.

It should be holding the load.

I do know that it can pick the load up.

I think I'm gonna do a little bit of strengthening up in the very top up here.

This whole thing is gonna move a whole lot easier on a plywood deck.

Oh, okay. I'll go drop this off.

I'm a little concerned about the way this pipe is flexing.

I don't have the engineering skills and the math,

and I understand some of the principles of the physics behind it,

but obviously if I was a trained engineer

I'd probably do a better job of the initial design.

I definitely got some modifications I gotta do to this thing.

(BEAR GROWLS)

KATE: (GASPS) Andy.

Oh, my God!

We got a bear.

(CONTINUES SPEAKING)

Why don't you go over by the sauna, Kate,

and keep an eye out in that opening.

If he's gonna circle around, he's gonna come out in that opening.

(MIMICS ANIMAL CALL)

(WHISPERING)

He's crouched down.

I'll wait for the bang.

(FIRES)

I think it's time just to stay away from this area.

It's best not to go chasing after him into the woods.

You haven't got an idea of where they're at.

And you have no advantage.

It's a lot better just to wait for them to come in.

For you to know where they're at,

but them not to know where you're at is a much better advantage.

KATE: Well, they're back.

SUE: When I want it, I get it.

If I need it, I procure it.

The world does revolve around you to a certain degree out here.

All right. All right.

I gotta say it, 'cause it's part of my personality.

I threw a snit earlier.

It's not fair for me to sit here and throw myself around like a two-year-old

not getting an ice cream cone,

so happy face, and back to work.

I try not to come from an emotional place out here,

because being negative and spending an awful lot of time alone, you know,

you're gonna go bonkers.

It's like a domino effect, but, all right, so I had a fit.

It's over. Life doesn't have me down.

It's just having fun.

Where are we at? What are we doing?

You see... See how it works though?

-It's gonna drain off into the bucket. -Okay.

The water comes in the far end,

out of the barrel, into this end here.

Flows in at a greater rate than it's gonna flow out.

It's coming out that end, so when this fills up,

it'll slowly drain out back into the barrel.

-There it is. That's it. -Okay.

Rick came up with a little tundra engineering.

Just what I needed. We're gonna flood the pipes.

All right. Well, I'm just gonna plug it in then.

Hmm. Let's see if it's running.

SUE: I can feel it running.

RICK: Come on, Tiny Tim, work.

-Oh, there. I hear it. -Yeah. Yeah, it's pumping.

RICK: Oh, there we go. Yeah.

SUE: Holy schnikes, Batman.

RICK: It's full. Okay, now you would shut it off.

SUE: Well, it's humming.

As it drains down, the mat will retain moisture.

So my little plants will be able to go... (SUCKING NOISE)

There you are. This is your new home, little guys.

I will be very proud if my little dudes make it.

It may be a little, uh,

Sue-fixed,

and engineered along the way,

but it's working.

Yay, me!

I should say, "Yay, us." 'Cause Rick was a big help.

Are there little roadblocks?

Yeah, there's little roadblocks, but I gotta just create a detour.

You know, it's not that I can't get to point B.

I just might have to take a different route.

♪ Got my thing, and it's all done ♪

Whoo!

Whoo! (LAUGHS)

CHIP: This is all about being in synchronicity with the season.

This is about having your timing right and getting fresh food.

We've timed this out pretty good I think.

NARRATOR: Ting shot and wounded a caribou that wandered close to camp...

IDI: It's taking off again.

...and the girls, along with Agnes,

pursue the animal over the vast tundra.

Probably should give it one more shot.

Go get it, puppy.

(PANTING)

(AGNES SPEAKING)

This is only half of it.

Now the work begins. (LAUGHS)

Mary, we got it!

AGNES: You girls did real good.

-Teamwork. -GIRL: You gotta go around.

Once you wound an animal you stick to that one animal,

and after I wounded the animal I stuck to that.

This one taught my girls a good deal.

Now my girls know how it's gonna be to carry meat back.

You'll carry the heart, and tongue, and brisket, Qutan?

TING: We have to... AGNES: Chip went out to go get some more firewood earlier.

He don't know what we're up to right now. (LAUGHS)

But I'm sure he'll know where we are later.

He'll probably get up and look around and see us all huddled in a big circle,

seeing how we're all colourful.

(INDISTINCT)

IDI: Hi, Dad.

We caught a caribou. (LAUGHS)

Yeah, I saw the one walking up the ridge here,

and I didn't wanna blow your hunt so I waited until it was up,

and I knew you weren't gonna shoot.

So who got this? Tinmiaq?

-Yeah. -CHIP: Awesome.

TING: It was a good team effort on the caribou today.

I shot it, and it ran pretty far away.

But everybody came and helped me.

I thank them for helping me, and it'll keep us all fed for this week.

-The puppy doesn't want to follow back to camp? -Mary...

Let the puppy stay and eat.

AGNES: Carol, could you carry your sister's rifle?

MARY: I can. CAROL: Mom, you want me to carry yours?

CHIP: Okay, there we go. CAROL: Mom?

CHIP: You guys lead the way. I'm looking at the ground.

(GIRLS LAUGHING)

It's a long, successful, happy walk back.

I'm happy that the girls got this experience

to where they themselves go chasing after their wounded,

and they know how to bring it back down the hill,

and then they continue chasing even though it went way far.

What's really cool, is they did it on their own initiative.

They weren't told to do it.

AGNES: It's just been an awesome day.

ANDY: Things are challenging out here,

but at the end of the day when I'm sitting back, I feel really good.

I don't remember the bad times.

I only remember the good times.

This is modification number one,

to strengthen this boom system.

These are gonna fit in here.

That's gonna help support this front from flexing a little bit more.

NARRATOR: Andy's mobile crane failed its first test,

forcing him to make alterations.

Looks like good welds.

I think this'll work.

That's definitely gonna stiffen this up a lot.

So, see how this is gonna hang.

Looks like that's still gonna clear my cable here.

So I think this modification is done.

I think I'll cut that winch off, and re-weld that up a little higher.

(GRUNTS)

Whoo-hoo!

Okay, uh, modifications are done.

I've strengthened up the upper portion of the boom.

Added some more support up there.

I don't think it's gonna get in the way of me getting this over a wall.

I cut my winch off and moved it up a little bit,

so I can place more heavy weight back in here closer to the wheel.

So, uh, I think my modifications are gonna work.

It's time to go over and do a second test. Test number two.

Hey, Kate! You wanna come out?

Okay, we ready to roll this baby again?

Yeah. I think, uh... I think I've got it braced up.

(GRUNTS)

You put some weight on that side so it doesn't tip over?

Thank you.

All right. Here's the test. Will it pick it up?

(WHIRRING)

Come on, baby!

It's doing it.

All right, it's holding it.

That's good.

If I was on a good flat surface,

I'd be able to roll that around, I think, pretty easily.

(WHIRRING)

Yay!

It was flexing, but if I can pick this up...

This is heavier than anything I'm probably gonna have to pick up.

I'm happy that I've got it working.

This mobile crane is basically taking the place of two people,

maybe even three.

And it's gonna allow me to work a lot longer in a day,

'cause I'm not gonna be exhausted from carrying things

and, uh... Carrying heavy loads.

This little invention's gonna save me a lot of time.

It's gonna save me a lot of back-breaking work,

and it was damn fun to make.

GLENN: Changes are very dramatic here,

because it's a land of extremes.

And the spring, the thaw, the break-up,

that's the transition right there.

It's what keeps life interesting.

Hopefully I got something in this net.

I'm gonna take a look now.

There's pike, burbot, and whitefish.

Any of them could possibly be in that net.

It's cold.

I'm already cold.

I gotta go in and check this net.

I tell you, life isn't easy, but it's fun.

Hey, look at this. It looks like there's a fish right here.

I got something.

I got a fish.

It's a pike.

Really sharp teeth,

and it's really important not to get injured on those teeth.

I got dinner here.

This is a good-sized fish. That'll make a good meal for me.

Probably won't even finish him in one meal.

So that paid off.

I mean, I spent some energy getting that net out there, but it's worth it,

and who knows, that might produce a few more fish over the next couple of days.

I'm gonna boil this fish.

Keep it simple.

I'm pretty tired, and if I just throw this in boiling water,

I don't have to worry about it.

Isn't that beautiful?

I got a full pot of fish.

That's more than enough for my dinner.

Oh, this is gonna be a nice ending to a long day.

Having a little pike for dinner.

Mmm.

This is powerful food. I mean, you know it when you eat this.

This wasn't fast food.

It took a long time to get, but it's powerful food.

CHIP: This is all a learning experience, but it's also adventure.

It's good food, and it's a good time.

It's healthy for the mind, body.

It's healthy all the way around.

AGNES: Today I'm gonna be working the meat with Carol.

The first thing you do is sharpen your ulu.

And try not to cut yourself while you do it.

We're turning this back leg into shish kabob parts.

We're just gonna cube it up, and marinate it,

and then we'll put them on sticks that the girls carve,

and have some caribou shish kabob.

-Is your ulu sharp enough? -Yes.

See what I mean by having a sharp ulu?

Carol is at the age right now to where she can control her ulu, and help.

So, I'm glad Carol is right here.

You're doing a good job.

Just little cubes, Carol, and then we'll go marinate them.

Right now we got one dinner from this caribou,

and it's gonna get us about seven more.

CHIP: I made up some kabobs, and busted up a bunch of ribs.

There's kabobs without onions if you don't want onions.

There's kabobs with onions.

TING: Some fresh meat over the barbecue sounds

pretty darn good right now after a good long day.

We're gonna eat pretty good tonight.

Oh, yeah.

CHIP: I got some with onions.

I got some with no onions, but they've all been marinated.

QUTAN: Are they done? CHIP: They're done.

-Okay, be careful. -(TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

AGNES: I'll have the tongue.

(LAUGHS)

CHIP: Carol got the tongue. CAROL: Thank you.

CHIP: I'm gonna move the ribs. AGNES: As fresh as you can get it.

CHIP: It's as fresh as you can get. That's right.

Thanks to you girls. A wonderful dinner.

Yup. Team effort.

That was a lot of fun.

Some of the best food on the planet.

TING: Thank you, guys, for all helping me.

That would've been hard work if I had to do it by myself.

-(LAUGHS) Yeah. -And I know that work.

So I know that's the truth.

But the fact is, this is success,

-and this is... This is excellent. -Healthiest and the best.

Yup. Good lean meat.

Thanks.

(ALL LAUGH)