1 00:00:12,180 --> 00:00:14,120 I'm Bear Grylls. Whoo-hoo! 2 00:00:14,300 --> 00:00:16,460 I'm gonna show you what it takes to get out alive 3 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,200 from some of the most dangerous places on earth. 4 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:22,480 I've got to make it through a week of challenges 5 00:00:23,340 --> 00:00:26,100 in the sort of places you wouldn't last a day 6 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:28,360 without the right survival skills. 7 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,300 Now I'm in the frozen wastes of the Arctic Circle, 8 00:00:35,180 --> 00:00:36,160 where I'll be battling 9 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:39,080 some of the most extreme conditions on the planet... 10 00:00:39,340 --> 00:00:43,080 This plan has not gone to plan. 11 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,040 Let's go. 12 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,320 ..pitting my wits against nature... 13 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,400 ...in a constant struggle with the elements. 14 00:01:03,420 --> 00:01:06,420 I'm over 200 miles inside the Arctic Circle here. 15 00:01:07,140 --> 00:01:10,360 And the temperature can regularly dip below -50 degrees. 16 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,300 That's how cold it can get. 17 00:01:13,100 --> 00:01:15,120 This is gonna be a mission. 18 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,400 The Arctic Circle is a sparsely populated region 19 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,440 of ice, snow and freezing sea, 20 00:01:22,260 --> 00:01:25,220 covering 8 million square miles around the North Pole. 21 00:01:26,380 --> 00:01:28,420 Parachuting into this barren landscape 22 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,440 will be one of my toughest jumps I've ever taken on. 23 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,240 Normally, the terrain is just covered 24 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,440 in steep rocky slopes and boulders. 25 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,280 I've broken my back before in a parachuting accident. 26 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,180 I do not want that to happen again. 27 00:01:45,020 --> 00:01:47,300 My best bet is to aim for frozen water. 28 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,440 Looks like a frozen lake. 29 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,360 What I'm gonna do is throw this smoke 30 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,080 grenade as a marker on the lake. 31 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,160 And as long as I land near this, 32 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,320 I know I'm not gonna hit any boulders. 33 00:02:00,180 --> 00:02:02,120 The army uses smoke grenades 34 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,160 to check the wind before dropping into hostile terrain. 35 00:02:06,260 --> 00:02:08,460 My grenade has hit the lake - that's my target. 36 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Now to position the chopper. 37 00:02:12,420 --> 00:02:14,380 So we've got a frozen lake. Do you see it? 38 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,440 - I see it. Yeah, go ahead. - OK, it's looking good. 39 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,000 Bring us up a bit higher. 40 00:02:20,060 --> 00:02:21,160 Little bit more. 41 00:02:21,420 --> 00:02:24,000 What do you reckon? Here? - 10,000 feet. 42 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,100 10,000 feet. OK. OK, perfect. Let's go for it. 43 00:02:27,140 --> 00:02:29,260 I'm taking a few basic survival tools, 44 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:31,200 and my film crew will follow me. 45 00:02:37,460 --> 00:02:39,220 Time to pull the cord. 46 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:49,280 I'm 3,000 feet above the ground. Now I need to find my smoke marker. 47 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,200 There's the smoke! 48 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,300 But I've got to hit that point. 49 00:02:55,400 --> 00:03:00,120 If I miss the smoke and land amongst all of those rocks, imagine 50 00:03:00,260 --> 00:03:02,400 it'd be so easy just to break something. 51 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,280 This is one jump I cannot afford to get wrong. 52 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,000 I've got to keep to the left of the smoke. 53 00:03:13,060 --> 00:03:15,480 Too far to the right and I'll smash into the rocks. 54 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,460 It's gonna be very, very tight, this. 55 00:03:23,260 --> 00:03:25,480 The lake surface is a featureless glare 56 00:03:26,060 --> 00:03:28,300 and it's so hard to judge the impact point. 57 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,080 Whoo! 58 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,280 Man alive! God, it's cold. 59 00:03:46,020 --> 00:03:50,160 Man! I literally cannot feel my fingers now. 60 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:57,160 This is one wild, desolate place to have landed. 61 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:00,360 My chute could be useful. I'm gonna keep it. 62 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,180 But I can't wait around long. 63 00:04:02,220 --> 00:04:04,300 I got to get off this exposed mountain top 64 00:04:04,340 --> 00:04:06,200 before frostbite sets in. 65 00:04:07,140 --> 00:04:12,120 Get this thing stowed, get moving, get some blood pumping again. 66 00:04:12,260 --> 00:04:13,240 Let's go. 67 00:04:17,140 --> 00:04:19,320 When in hostile terrain, always be on the lookout 68 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,260 for anything to help you navigate your way out of trouble. 69 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:26,080 All of this is sastrugi, 70 00:04:26,300 --> 00:04:29,400 and it's formed by the wind, kind of like sand dunes. 71 00:04:30,140 --> 00:04:34,080 You can see on the windward side, builds up this steeper bank, 72 00:04:34,260 --> 00:04:38,040 and then over the top of it, on the leeward side, you get soft snow. 73 00:04:38,420 --> 00:04:41,360 But it's a good indicator of the main wind direction. 74 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,440 Out here, that's from the sea. 75 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,440 Follow the sastrugi and you should get to the coast. 76 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,260 Go the wrong way and you're into Siberia. 77 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,180 Little survives a harsh Arctic winter, 78 00:04:55,220 --> 00:04:58,060 but look carefully and you will find signs of life. 79 00:04:58,100 --> 00:05:01,320 All round here. Crowberries. See these? 80 00:05:02,420 --> 00:05:04,080 These tiny little things. 81 00:05:04,340 --> 00:05:08,380 And at this time of year, this is really about all that grows up here. 82 00:05:08,420 --> 00:05:13,340 Not much, but it's gonna give you a little bit of energy and vitamin C. 83 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,300 Hang on. These aren't crowberries over here. Look. 84 00:05:19,100 --> 00:05:22,020 All the way along. These are reindeer droppings. 85 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,120 They're actually... Look, masses of them. 86 00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:29,020 And these look pretty fresh. 87 00:05:29,060 --> 00:05:31,160 There you go, look. These are reindeer tracks. 88 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,420 Really see the hoof marks all the way along. 89 00:05:36,020 --> 00:05:39,480 There you go, droppings, and here... OK, let's definitely follow this. 90 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,220 Thousands of years ago, Sami tribespeople 91 00:05:44,260 --> 00:05:47,200 moved into this remote wilderness to hunt wild reindeer. 92 00:05:48,260 --> 00:05:50,140 Small groups still hunt these lands. 93 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:54,020 But the chances of seeing them is close to zero. 94 00:05:54,220 --> 00:05:56,460 Their range is the size of North Carolina. 95 00:05:58,300 --> 00:06:00,000 Come down, come down. 96 00:06:00,140 --> 00:06:02,040 Get on your belly, get on your belly. 97 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,260 Yeah, there are reindeer over here. Bit closer. 98 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,460 Must be about...at least 50 there. 99 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,400 Actually, though, the sun's behind us, 100 00:06:17,060 --> 00:06:18,320 which is gonna work in our favour. 101 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,360 It means they're gonna be blinded looking this way. 102 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:26,220 But we've also got the wind on our back, which is bad. 103 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,160 It's blowing our scent straight across the valley. 104 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,180 Back away. 105 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,400 The Sami have allowed me to kill an animal from this wild herd. 106 00:06:36,060 --> 00:06:38,360 I need to drop out of sight before they spook. 107 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,140 They've got every survival advantage. 108 00:06:45,300 --> 00:06:50,120 Wide hooves - they're like snowshoes moving on the snow - and very fast. 109 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,220 But what I've got is a bigger brain than them, 110 00:06:53,340 --> 00:06:57,060 and that's why I'm gonna try and use that to set a bit of a snare here. 111 00:06:59,100 --> 00:07:01,260 Finding their trail narrows the odds. 112 00:07:01,300 --> 00:07:05,480 They often use the same tracks, and this one is like a reindeer highway. 113 00:07:06,380 --> 00:07:10,160 And the idea is, is the reindeer comes along, 114 00:07:10,260 --> 00:07:15,120 puts its foot in that, steps up - it's gonna get caught in it. 115 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,200 The more traps you set, the better your chance of catching something. 116 00:07:29,380 --> 00:07:32,380 I've pretty well scattergunned that area with nooses, 117 00:07:32,420 --> 00:07:34,140 and we'll see what happens. 118 00:07:34,180 --> 00:07:36,340 What I need you to do, back down the track we came, 119 00:07:36,380 --> 00:07:40,320 go up on that hillside, camouflage yourself, no movement, stay low. 120 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,120 And I'm gonna grab this camera and go round, 121 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,140 try and sneak all the way round the back here. 122 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:47,220 OK, let's go for it. 123 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,320 The crew are out of the way on the hill, 124 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,080 and I'm going in alone to outflank the herd. 125 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,320 These deer have highly tuned eyesight. 126 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,320 A stealthy approach is vital. 127 00:08:04,100 --> 00:08:07,300 What's difficult is these reindeer, really, up here 128 00:08:07,340 --> 00:08:10,160 are on a pretty flat plateau. 129 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:14,240 Once you're out of that gully, there's not a huge amount of cover. 130 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:19,300 I need to stay low and hope that the herd doesn't see me. 131 00:08:20,140 --> 00:08:22,320 OK, they're starting to move. 132 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,300 Whether that's me or whether something else has spooked them, 133 00:08:25,340 --> 00:08:26,400 I don't know. 134 00:08:26,460 --> 00:08:28,360 But at the moment, they're moving the wrong way. 135 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:31,320 They're agitated. They don't know what to do. 136 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,280 They're looking for a way to run. 137 00:08:33,460 --> 00:08:35,300 Here's a chance. You go. Go, go, go! 138 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:40,360 I have the element of surprise, 139 00:08:40,460 --> 00:08:43,380 but the reindeer can run 10 times faster than me. 140 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,380 My advantage will be over in a few short seconds. 141 00:08:50,180 --> 00:08:53,000 The herd is panicking. They're splitting up. 142 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,020 Well, half of them have broken off there. 143 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,000 The other half have gone down to that gully. 144 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,260 Let's go and find out whether I've had any luck with that. 145 00:09:11,100 --> 00:09:14,220 Reindeer have kept men alive up here since the Ice Age. 146 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,320 But in this terrain, dragging a carcass that's heavier than me 147 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:19,140 is a mission. 148 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:24,040 This plan has not gone to plan. 149 00:09:34,460 --> 00:09:37,140 I'm 200 miles inside the Arctic Circle 150 00:09:37,460 --> 00:09:41,100 in the sacred ancestral lands of the Sami reindeer hunters. 151 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,320 Here's a chance. You go. Go, go, go. 152 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:49,100 My trap failed, but they've allowed me one animal from their wild herd 153 00:09:55,060 --> 00:09:59,180 And this is just gonna be really rough and ready and makeshift. 154 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,280 Just a frame to carry this carcass on. 155 00:10:04,060 --> 00:10:08,420 It's a typical North American way they used to carry their teepees. 156 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,140 Birch branches lashed together with the cord from my traps 157 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:13,400 form the frame. 158 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,440 A section of fur will act as a yoke. 159 00:10:15,980 --> 00:10:19,180 No doubt, this is gonna be quite hard work. 160 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:23,080 But when you got a kill like this, you know, 161 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,100 you really don't want to leave much of it behind. 162 00:10:28,380 --> 00:10:30,420 The frame is taking the weight of the carcass, 163 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:34,180 but dragging it through this deep snow is a real effort. 164 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,200 Right, so, I'm actually moving through the mountains. 165 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:45,440 It's about going steady. Got to pace yourself. 166 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,220 As I reach the tree line, the terrain gets steeper. 167 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,340 It's getting even harder for my sledge. 168 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:57,400 I think I can stand it here. 169 00:11:02,020 --> 00:11:04,320 There, you see - there's a big drop-off down here. 170 00:11:06,140 --> 00:11:11,200 No way I'm gonna get me and the sledge down that. 171 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,280 Well, actually, look. Hang on. 172 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,360 Now, you see that frozen waterfall the other side. 173 00:11:20,020 --> 00:11:23,080 I might be able to worm my way down that if we can get round. 174 00:11:27,220 --> 00:11:29,240 Now, you see, this is the river 175 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:31,140 that's feeding that frozen waterfall. 176 00:11:31,180 --> 00:11:34,080 In summertime, this'll be a gushing torrent. 177 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,220 But because most of it's frozen, 178 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,100 it's that that I'm gonna use to climb down. 179 00:11:40,140 --> 00:11:41,360 Hang on, this is a... 180 00:11:42,140 --> 00:11:44,380 The reindeer is a guaranteed source of food, 181 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,980 but dragging it through this sort of terrain is not easy. 182 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,080 OK, give us a hand. Just kick that bit free inside. 183 00:12:06,100 --> 00:12:10,060 It's landed in the freezing river and stuck under the ice. 184 00:12:12,980 --> 00:12:15,120 Well, we're down at the river. Wah! 185 00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:16,320 It's in the river. 186 00:12:20,380 --> 00:12:24,120 This plan has not gone to plan. 187 00:12:25,340 --> 00:12:27,060 That was a bad move. 188 00:12:27,220 --> 00:12:30,060 Survival in icy water is measured in minutes. 189 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:32,180 I'm soaked and freezing. 190 00:12:35,140 --> 00:12:38,180 And that water is very, very cold. 191 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,400 OK, we need to get this sledge out and get moving, get warm. 192 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,020 But it's trapped under the lip of the icefloe. 193 00:12:46,420 --> 00:12:47,460 Wedged in there. 194 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,120 And it's not gonna budge. 195 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,100 I need a plan B fast. 196 00:12:52,380 --> 00:12:56,160 I've worked hard for this meat, and there's no way I'm leaving that. 197 00:12:56,420 --> 00:12:59,400 See if I can just get at least the hindquarters off it. 198 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,200 My body is starting to shut down, 199 00:13:02,380 --> 00:13:06,140 but by going in again, I can at least salvage some of my kill. 200 00:13:07,020 --> 00:13:11,040 Survival time in water like 201 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,340 this is not long. 202 00:13:18,060 --> 00:13:19,460 I can't feel my hands now. 203 00:13:20,060 --> 00:13:23,100 My body is pulling blood away from my fingers and feet 204 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:24,440 to protect my vital organs. 205 00:13:25,420 --> 00:13:27,300 I know my body pretty well. 206 00:13:27,340 --> 00:13:31,100 I know that I'm starting to get really cold. 207 00:13:32,420 --> 00:13:36,220 As I ask my body to do stuff and it doesn't do it so well. 208 00:13:37,180 --> 00:13:39,380 Getting out of cold water, it's always harder work. 209 00:13:39,420 --> 00:13:41,140 Everything slows down. 210 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:46,120 OK, got my meat, but that is well and truly a goner. 211 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,060 It's the top of the waterfall, 212 00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:55,120 and that's the way we're gonna be going down. 213 00:13:56,300 --> 00:13:58,280 Man, am I cold now. 214 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:00,320 The danger being wet and cold 215 00:14:00,420 --> 00:14:04,200 is losing the sensation of your hands and then your feet. 216 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,460 And when you can't use them, you're in real trouble. 217 00:14:08,340 --> 00:14:11,000 So I need to just wring these gloves out. 218 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:15,020 I need to get down this before my fingers stop working altogether. 219 00:14:15,180 --> 00:14:17,040 I'm looking for the fastest way. 220 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:19,180 Oh, this stuff is brittle. 221 00:14:20,260 --> 00:14:21,260 And, actually, look. 222 00:14:21,300 --> 00:14:24,360 See the waterfall running behind the ice there. 223 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,160 (ICE CREAKS) Oh, man, you hear that? 224 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,120 All the ice just went "Rrt!" 225 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:37,320 Oh, hang on, look. I can get my whole hand through this. 226 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:41,340 By looping the paracord through this ice hole, 227 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:44,260 I can slide down my chute like a fireman's pole. 228 00:14:44,380 --> 00:14:47,160 It's a quick way down, but it's risky. 229 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:52,040 I have to hope that the ice holds my weight. There's a big drop below me. 230 00:14:53,980 --> 00:14:56,140 It is pretty sheer on this bit. 231 00:14:57,460 --> 00:14:58,980 (GRUNTS) 232 00:14:59,460 --> 00:15:01,300 There's a ledge of sorts. 233 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:07,080 I want to take the parachute with me, 234 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,260 so when I release the end, the rest will just pull through. 235 00:15:11,420 --> 00:15:13,060 Pull it through and bring it back. 236 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:24,220 Freezing-cold hands, but I'm down that waterfall. 237 00:15:26,020 --> 00:15:30,120 And, look, I've got the meat as well. 238 00:15:31,100 --> 00:15:34,160 With the reindeer meat and my parachute packed away, 239 00:15:34,220 --> 00:15:37,020 I head straight for the trees, where I can make a fire. 240 00:15:38,020 --> 00:15:42,020 All this deep snow is a serious workout. 241 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:47,240 It's always blowing straight off the high mountains up there. 242 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,300 With all this exercise, the blood is pumping, 243 00:15:50,340 --> 00:15:52,340 and I can feel my hands again. 244 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:56,300 But the clock is ticking. 245 00:15:56,340 --> 00:15:59,160 In these wet clothes, my body is losing heat fast. 246 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,340 See that? Down the bottom of the valley. 247 00:16:02,380 --> 00:16:04,180 Come on, let's get down there. 248 00:16:05,220 --> 00:16:08,300 It's some kind of old hunting lodge, but it looks abandoned. 249 00:16:09,460 --> 00:16:13,980 Doesn't look like anyone has been here for a very long time. 250 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:16,080 Get down and have a look in. 251 00:16:18,980 --> 00:16:21,380 Got to clear some of this snow out. I can't even open the door. 252 00:16:24,380 --> 00:16:25,440 OK, come on. 253 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,100 Good firewood at least. 254 00:16:33,380 --> 00:16:34,420 Hang on. 255 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:41,340 A really very, very ancient ski. 256 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:48,080 And these don't look like they've been used in a very long time. 257 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:52,160 OK, first thing, I need to get a fire. I need to get warm again. 258 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,240 People used to hunt wolverine in this area. 259 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,380 Now they are protected and these lodges are redundant. 260 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,100 But it's a welcome place to take stock before I get on my way. 261 00:17:12,340 --> 00:17:16,980 This reindeer meat is absolutely frozen solid. 262 00:17:17,380 --> 00:17:21,060 But I'll get some shavings off this and the fat and the meat... 263 00:17:22,140 --> 00:17:25,200 ..and put that into this boiling water 264 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:30,200 and make a nice, nutritious, warming stew. 265 00:17:31,360 --> 00:17:33,460 In such extreme temperatures, your body needs 266 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,400 double the amount of daily calories. 267 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,360 For a man, that's 6,000 a day. 268 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,380 Oh, man, that's better. 269 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,040 Often, all it takes is a warm fire to dry you out, 270 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,440 raise your spirits and get you back on track. 271 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:52,300 Most of it's kind of rubbish, really, 272 00:17:52,980 --> 00:17:56,160 but one man's rubbish is another man's survival. 273 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,040 Look. There's a bit of old wire. 274 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,420 He's obviously used that to hold the window open. Look. 275 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:07,100 Keep that. That's gonna be useful. 276 00:18:12,380 --> 00:18:15,160 And they are pretty knackered, these old skis. 277 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,380 You know, probably haven't been used for 50 years. 278 00:18:18,460 --> 00:18:21,160 But this old curtain material in here... 279 00:18:22,060 --> 00:18:27,280 Or it will be when... improvised some sort of bindings. 280 00:18:29,020 --> 00:18:33,160 Skis have been found in Arctic Russia that are 4,000 years old. 281 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,000 I'm hoping these old things will work for me. 282 00:18:46,380 --> 00:18:49,080 I'm deep in the Arctic north, fighting a losing battle 283 00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:52,060 with the freezing cold and the deep snow. 284 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,060 I've fixed up a pair of ancient skis 285 00:18:55,100 --> 00:18:58,080 with some cloth I found in an old cabin. 286 00:18:58,180 --> 00:19:00,980 And I'm going to try and squeeze a bit more life out of them. 287 00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:02,400 Now I've got to improvise ski poles 288 00:19:03,060 --> 00:19:06,080 just from straight bit of willow, 289 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:08,320 a couple of twigs pressed in the end. 290 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,220 And, you know, this is all pretty makeshift. 291 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:13,280 And I'm not expecting ski Olympics. 292 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:17,340 But it's gonna help me make better progress through this deep snow 293 00:19:17,380 --> 00:19:19,300 than if I was on foot. 294 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,260 These old cross-country skis are good on the flat 295 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,000 but not ideal for downhill. 296 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,960 Steering them through this deep snow is almost impossible. 297 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,080 Impossible. 298 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:49,440 But, you know, in many ways, I can 299 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:52,300 do more damage than good, doing this. 300 00:19:52,340 --> 00:19:57,380 It's actually quite dangerous skiing amongst trees 301 00:19:57,980 --> 00:20:01,080 when you've got no control or skis like this. 302 00:20:02,380 --> 00:20:06,180 And on these steep slopes, things are going from bad to worse. 303 00:20:09,060 --> 00:20:10,340 Steady here. 304 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,360 Must be 50, 60 foot down that. 305 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,080 There's no way I'm skiing off that. 306 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,100 Hang on. There's a birch tree over there. I've got an idea. 307 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:24,420 The skis are taking the quick way down, 308 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:30,020 and I'm hoping a flexible birch tree will get me down just as fast. 309 00:20:31,420 --> 00:20:33,120 The plan is tenuous - 310 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:38,240 grab the top of the tree and use my weight to bend it over. 311 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,300 So far, so good. 312 00:20:57,960 --> 00:20:59,160 (SPITS) 313 00:20:59,260 --> 00:21:01,000 Sort of. 314 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:02,240 Hoo! 315 00:21:04,300 --> 00:21:06,340 Birch trees are meant to be bendy! 316 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,980 But I'm alright. Snow took most of that. Whoo! 317 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,100 I'm back on my skis again, 318 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,360 but getting through this undulating terrain is tough, 319 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,980 and I'm going nowhere fast. 320 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,040 This isn't working. 321 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:46,100 No, these are good on the flat, but they are no good uphill. 322 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,300 Cross-country skis usually have a special kick wax 323 00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:51,060 applied to their base. 324 00:21:51,220 --> 00:21:53,160 It's rough and grips the snow. 325 00:21:53,300 --> 00:21:56,400 I don't have any of that, but I do have an idea. 326 00:21:57,100 --> 00:21:59,000 The best way I can think of 327 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,000 of improvising some grip on the bottom of these skis 328 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:03,960 is just, actually, to pee on it. 329 00:22:04,300 --> 00:22:08,020 And what I'm hoping is when that pee then freezes, 330 00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:11,980 snow will stick to that ice and give me a bit of traction. 331 00:22:15,420 --> 00:22:18,240 OK, turn this over and it should start to freeze 332 00:22:18,340 --> 00:22:20,280 and stick pretty quickly. 333 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,260 And, look, this should have snow - 334 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,320 yeah, look, there you go - stuck to the bottom of it. 335 00:22:28,980 --> 00:22:30,200 OK, let's get going. 336 00:22:34,180 --> 00:22:36,340 Actually, look, these are climbing quite nicely. 337 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,300 Urine skins. That's what they are. 338 00:22:42,260 --> 00:22:46,180 I'm always inspired by the legend of a Polish Second World War prisoner 339 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,100 who escaped a Russian Gulag deep in the Arctic. 340 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,420 It's said he hiked for three years across terrain like this 341 00:22:52,980 --> 00:22:54,320 before finding rescue. 342 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,440 There's a big lake ahead. 343 00:23:07,180 --> 00:23:08,440 Man, just look at this place - 344 00:23:09,060 --> 00:23:14,420 absolutely vast and pretty featureless. 345 00:23:16,260 --> 00:23:18,380 But, you know, that's the way I want to be heading, 346 00:23:19,120 --> 00:23:21,320 but, really, I don't want to hang around long 347 00:23:22,060 --> 00:23:24,120 on a lake as big as this. 348 00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:26,960 The lake is five miles across, 349 00:23:27,020 --> 00:23:29,080 but there's only one hour of daylight left. 350 00:23:29,140 --> 00:23:31,060 I'll never cross it before dark. 351 00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:33,320 With no shelter, this exposed stretch of ice 352 00:23:33,380 --> 00:23:35,360 is no place to get stuck for the night. 353 00:23:35,420 --> 00:23:39,100 Actually, the wind's picked up now quite a lot. 354 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:44,160 But I reckon I can actually use my reserve parachute as like a kite 355 00:23:44,220 --> 00:23:46,140 to pull me across the ice here. 356 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,080 And that will get me across much quicker. 357 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:54,200 If I get this thing inflated, the wind should do the rest. 358 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:01,140 Right. Here...we go. 359 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,300 The great thing about being on an open lake like this 360 00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:16,220 is the wind is nice and steady and constant. 361 00:24:17,220 --> 00:24:20,140 This is much easier at the moment 362 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:25,120 than trying to drag myself across this just walking on skis. 363 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,280 When the sun drops, temperatures can plummet to -50. 364 00:24:33,140 --> 00:24:36,420 And out here, just surviving the night is an achievement. 365 00:24:37,140 --> 00:24:39,240 Back into the snow coffin. 366 00:24:59,020 --> 00:25:02,380 I'm deep inside the Arctic Circle, halfway across a frozen lake. 367 00:25:02,980 --> 00:25:05,380 Soon the sun will drop, and with it, the temperature. 368 00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:09,240 I'm using my parachute like a kite to pull me along. 369 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,300 It was a long shot, but it seems to be working. 370 00:25:13,020 --> 00:25:16,360 Good survival is actually about thinking smart, being ingenious, 371 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:20,120 coming up with clever ways to use nature and not fight it. 372 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,260 That's how people really survive. 373 00:25:24,220 --> 00:25:27,260 Maintain this speed and I'll be across in 20 minutes 374 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,420 and reach the other side before it goes dark. 375 00:25:30,300 --> 00:25:34,100 OK, getting quite close towards the shoreline now. 376 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:42,180 And that has worked much nicer than I ever imagined it would. 377 00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:45,300 You know, really nice, steady breeze. 378 00:25:46,060 --> 00:25:47,400 But there's no brake on this thing. 379 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,180 The only way to stop is to take a dive. 380 00:25:52,100 --> 00:25:54,080 (GROANS) 381 00:25:56,260 --> 00:26:00,060 OK, it's getting darker now. 382 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,380 This wouldn't be a bad place to make a bit of a camp 383 00:26:05,420 --> 00:26:07,140 down amongst the trees. 384 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:08,140 So I've got firewood. 385 00:26:08,260 --> 00:26:10,980 I'm also a little bit higher than the actual lake, 386 00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:13,200 where all the cold air is gonna sink down to. 387 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:17,940 Get this down. OK, time to start digging. 388 00:26:26,300 --> 00:26:30,420 And what I want to do is just dig a snow trench. 389 00:26:31,260 --> 00:26:33,100 It's really more like a coffin. 390 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:37,080 When the sun drops, temperatures can plummet and dramatically. 391 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,100 Branches of snow on top will insulate 392 00:26:39,140 --> 00:26:40,380 you against the worst of that 393 00:26:40,940 --> 00:26:42,360 and help you survive the night. 394 00:26:44,020 --> 00:26:46,140 The last thing I need. You see this? 395 00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:47,420 It's like a gutter, 396 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:53,060 where all the cold air in the shelter will run down here. 397 00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:55,000 It actually makes a massive difference. 398 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:56,940 OK. 399 00:27:00,100 --> 00:27:02,300 Eskimos supplement their diet with fish. 400 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,980 I'm gonna try my luck in this lake, if I can get to it. 401 00:27:06,340 --> 00:27:10,080 Most of the ice on this lake is gonna be super-thick - 402 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:11,220 you know, at least a metre. 403 00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:13,340 But because I'm quite near this outflow, 404 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:16,380 the ice is gonna be thinner - I should be able to get through. 405 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,020 Fish contain omega-3 oils. 406 00:27:20,340 --> 00:27:21,340 These thin the blood, 407 00:27:21,380 --> 00:27:24,160 which improves your circulation and keeps you warmer. 408 00:27:25,220 --> 00:27:27,240 Getting pretty dark to see this, but what I've got, 409 00:27:27,940 --> 00:27:29,200 it's just a bit of stick 410 00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:32,340 with some line on the end from the middle of the paracord. 411 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:35,060 And on the end of that, 412 00:27:35,380 --> 00:27:38,220 I've got this little bit of wire from the cabin. 413 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:40,180 And then onto the end of that 414 00:27:40,220 --> 00:27:45,100 I need to make a throat gorge and just break off...bit of twig. 415 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:49,320 A fish takes the bait 416 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,000 and then this bit of stick gets stuck in its throat. 417 00:27:54,980 --> 00:27:58,100 I just put a little bit of the reindeer meat onto that, 418 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,960 and that, then, is good to drop into the hole. 419 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,400 Then kick snow over the hole to insulate it from the wind 420 00:28:06,940 --> 00:28:08,360 and stop it refreezing. 421 00:28:09,020 --> 00:28:11,380 One last thing, I was gonna make a torch. 422 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,280 Fish are most active at night, 423 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:17,260 and it's an old Inuit trick to make small fires around the hole 424 00:28:17,380 --> 00:28:19,220 to attract them to the line. 425 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:24,400 I've just got these two branches, and then in between this wedge, 426 00:28:25,100 --> 00:28:27,240 lots of this birch bark, 427 00:28:27,340 --> 00:28:31,120 which should attract, hopefully, some fish. 428 00:28:32,380 --> 00:28:35,940 It's the same principle as lantern fishing in the Far East. 429 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,220 Hopefully, the fish will see the glow through the cleared ice 430 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:42,020 and come to the bait while I try and get some sleep. 431 00:28:52,420 --> 00:28:55,380 Well, this reindeer fur is giving me a bit of insulation below. 432 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,340 But there's no getting away from it it is still cold. 433 00:29:01,380 --> 00:29:05,060 Less cold than if I didn't have a shelter, but still cold. 434 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,260 Might actually just go and set that other torch burning, 435 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,120 see how the fishing's going, 436 00:29:12,140 --> 00:29:14,400 give me a chance to get my feet moving again. 437 00:29:16,380 --> 00:29:19,060 OK. Come on. 438 00:29:19,940 --> 00:29:21,380 But I'll need to be quick. 439 00:29:21,420 --> 00:29:24,340 It's midnight, and right now, the temperature is -30 degrees. 440 00:29:27,420 --> 00:29:30,160 Well, at least I've got some blood moving again. 441 00:29:33,220 --> 00:29:35,300 Back into the snow coffin. 442 00:29:44,100 --> 00:29:46,000 It's been a long, cold night. 443 00:29:46,060 --> 00:29:50,020 It's such a relief when the sun rises and with it, the temperature. 444 00:29:50,380 --> 00:29:52,980 Well, I was freezing cold last night, 445 00:29:53,020 --> 00:29:57,360 ended up wrapping myself in all this parachute trying to keep me warm. 446 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,420 Anyway, get down and check this ice fishing hole. 447 00:30:03,340 --> 00:30:06,260 And, look, the snow stopped the hole from freezing. 448 00:30:07,020 --> 00:30:08,420 Let's see if we've got anything on here. 449 00:30:16,180 --> 00:30:18,100 Yeah, well, that's a no, isn't it? 450 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,300 Maybe they just weren't biting. 451 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,260 Anyway, you can't win 'em all. 452 00:30:24,140 --> 00:30:25,280 Get on my way. 453 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:27,100 Time to get moving. 454 00:30:27,180 --> 00:30:30,980 But in this frozen landscape, nature blocks you at every turn. 455 00:30:31,260 --> 00:30:36,020 I can't say enough just how careful you gotta be with water this cold. 456 00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:47,320 I'm in the Arctic Circle, battling through deep forest. 457 00:30:48,180 --> 00:30:51,160 The temperature's currently a biting -26, 458 00:30:51,220 --> 00:30:54,340 and if that's not enough, there's now a river in my path. 459 00:30:58,060 --> 00:30:59,980 You know, I can't say enough 460 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,020 just how careful you've got to be with water this cold. 461 00:31:03,060 --> 00:31:04,920 You know, it can be such a killer. 462 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,320 Got to be prepared for something like this. 463 00:31:08,020 --> 00:31:09,280 I'm actually gonna get some materials 464 00:31:09,340 --> 00:31:10,980 for making a fire this side 465 00:31:11,060 --> 00:31:12,400 and take it across with me. 466 00:31:12,940 --> 00:31:15,160 'Cause once I'm in that cold water and out, 467 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,400 we're talking kind of minutes before everything starts to shut down. 468 00:31:18,940 --> 00:31:20,140 So let's get some tinder up here. 469 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,220 Birch bark is full of flammable sap. 470 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,220 It'll help me start a fire as soon as I'm out. 471 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:33,320 OK. Good preparation is rarely wasted. 472 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:36,180 If you get your clothes wet, they'll freeze on you 473 00:31:36,220 --> 00:31:38,080 and be useless for insulation. 474 00:31:38,300 --> 00:31:41,200 So they're going in my pack with my portable fire. 475 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,280 Funny - as soon as you start to get at this stage, 476 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,160 you just feel your heart rate already increase. 477 00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:55,100 Oh! Man, that is nice. 478 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,320 Sometimes my boys watch these sort of programs, 479 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,940 and they go, "Was it really that cold?" 480 00:32:01,980 --> 00:32:04,060 When you can show them a shoelace 481 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:09,100 out horizontal, then you know it's cold. 482 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:14,060 Reach a coast and you can signal a passing ship. 483 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:17,020 But first you got to make it out to the shipping lanes. 484 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,120 Dead seal in the water over there. 485 00:32:27,180 --> 00:32:30,320 I'm deep in the Arctic north... This is a serious workout. 486 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:35,300 ..heading across mountains, frozen waterfalls, thick forest... 487 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:38,240 ..and now I'm at the coast. 488 00:32:39,340 --> 00:32:43,940 Pretty big, forbidding Arctic landscape, that. 489 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:48,000 Look, you can see the sea mist rolling in as well. 490 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:49,340 OK, let's get down there. 491 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,960 The coast is your best chance of finding signs of civilisation. 492 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,140 And here, there's no shortage. 493 00:33:00,140 --> 00:33:02,120 Seen quite a lot of all of this sort of stuff. 494 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:06,340 And, really, it's from all the fishing vessels 495 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:10,240 that use these very northerly shipping lanes out there. 496 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:15,320 80% of the world's whitefish comes from Arctic waters. 497 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:19,000 It's the superhighway of fishing, if you can get out to it. 498 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,040 There's probably enough of all of this sort of thing 499 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,080 to improvise some sort of raft. 500 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,980 You can make one that's gonna float. 501 00:33:28,020 --> 00:33:30,300 You can then get out to some of these 502 00:33:30,340 --> 00:33:33,240 outer islands, make a signal fire, 503 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,000 that's probably your best chance of being spotted 504 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:37,900 from the shipping lanes. 505 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,360 All this has been dumped off ships out at sea. 506 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:45,920 It's buoyant and tough. 507 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,240 You know, even something as simple as... 508 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:55,220 ..just this, lashed to the top of the raft... 509 00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:59,960 ..and then attached to these balls, 510 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,880 is gonna give us some stability. 511 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:06,300 That sea out in the Arctic is freezing. 512 00:34:09,060 --> 00:34:11,880 I do not want to be getting wet if I can avoid it. 513 00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:17,920 I only have an hour before the tide turns, 514 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:19,360 which would pull me back to shore. 515 00:34:22,340 --> 00:34:26,120 Well, I'm afloat, but the problem is, this end barrel 516 00:34:27,100 --> 00:34:29,240 has got a crack or something in it, 517 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,280 'cause that's now filled up with water, 518 00:34:32,020 --> 00:34:37,180 means this whole raft is leaning at quite...dodgy angle. 519 00:34:38,260 --> 00:34:42,360 It's also a bit rougher out here, which isn't kind of helping me. 520 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:48,260 The current's doing a lot of the work. 521 00:34:48,300 --> 00:34:51,100 The tide's taking me through these inner islands 522 00:34:51,240 --> 00:34:54,140 to where I should be able to see the shipping lanes. 523 00:34:55,900 --> 00:34:58,240 Salt water won't freeze until it's -2 degrees. 524 00:34:59,240 --> 00:35:01,960 I'm wet, and I can't feel my fingers now, 525 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:05,000 but I am making good progress with the outgoing tide. 526 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:09,060 Dead seal in the water over there. 527 00:35:09,220 --> 00:35:12,220 Try and paddle over a bit. Hang on. Stick that there. 528 00:35:16,100 --> 00:35:19,300 There are large grey seal colonies on the more remote islands. 529 00:35:19,340 --> 00:35:23,000 They used to be hunted for their fat to fuel oil lamps. 530 00:35:23,260 --> 00:35:24,360 I've got an idea. 531 00:35:24,940 --> 00:35:26,200 I've got this thing. 532 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:31,120 Pretty stinky. What I want is a bit of this blubber. 533 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:35,160 And that will help me keep the signal fire burning a bit longer. 534 00:35:36,140 --> 00:35:38,300 And look how much fat it's got on it. 535 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:44,900 That's how this guy keeps warm in these icy, icy waters. 536 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:49,120 The sea's getting rougher now, 537 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,220 which could be a sign that the tide's changing. 538 00:35:51,340 --> 00:35:54,940 Then onshore currents would drag me back to the mainland. 539 00:35:54,980 --> 00:35:56,180 But I'm almost there. 540 00:35:57,140 --> 00:35:59,160 Well, these are the outer islands here. 541 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:05,960 Just about in time as well. This raft is on its last legs now. 542 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,160 The raft's had it, but I've made it to the island. 543 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,040 Now I need to find a good place for a signal fire. 544 00:36:22,340 --> 00:36:24,920 Let's get up to high ground. 545 00:36:31,980 --> 00:36:34,180 And this is the tip of the outer islands. 546 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:38,940 And out there are all the northerly shipping lanes. 547 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,080 This is the place to make a signal fire, right up here. 548 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:45,920 A Danish fisherman survived 15 days 549 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,060 on an island like this off Greenland. 550 00:36:48,220 --> 00:36:51,300 There was no food and he ate only snow. 551 00:36:51,340 --> 00:36:56,120 He was finally rescued 45 pounds lighter with extreme frostbite. 552 00:36:56,360 --> 00:37:00,100 When a ship comes near you, you need to be ready with your fire. 553 00:37:00,140 --> 00:37:03,300 You don't know when or if you'll get another chance. 554 00:37:03,340 --> 00:37:06,300 What I want is some seaweed. That's gonna make it smoke. 555 00:37:06,340 --> 00:37:09,280 Some polystyrene found off the beach shore as well - 556 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:10,900 that's gonna make smoke. 557 00:37:10,980 --> 00:37:12,200 OK, bit more tinder. 558 00:37:16,140 --> 00:37:18,040 There you go. There's a fishing vessel. 559 00:37:22,060 --> 00:37:23,880 OK, I've got to move. 560 00:37:29,020 --> 00:37:31,020 The ship is at least two miles offshore. 561 00:37:31,060 --> 00:37:33,900 If you want to be seen, you got to move fast. 562 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:36,240 Blubber on. 563 00:37:37,340 --> 00:37:39,340 And a simple signal fire like this 564 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:42,200 that lights first time and when you need it 565 00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:44,260 has saved so many lives over the years. 566 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:46,080 OK. 567 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:53,240 There are places in the world untouched and unchanged 568 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:55,300 by the march of time and technology. 569 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,320 But basic survival techniques are timeless. 570 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:03,040 And by making nature work for you, you can make it out alive.