1 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:14,020 I'm Bear Grylls. Whoo-hoo! 2 00:00:14,020 --> 00:00:16,400 I'm gonna show you what it takes to get out alive 3 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,100 from some of the most dangerous places on earth. 4 00:00:20,220 --> 00:00:22,420 I've got to make it through a week of challenges 5 00:00:22,420 --> 00:00:26,000 in the sort of places you wouldn't last a day 6 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,280 without the right survival skills. 7 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,140 Now I'm in Alaska... 8 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:36,480 ..tackling treacherous glaciers... 9 00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:38,100 Whoa! 10 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:43,060 And if that goes on us, it's basically the weight of a car. 11 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,240 ..fighting my way across wild waterfalls... 12 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,000 Squeeze my spuds! This is cold. 13 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,260 ..and taking to the high seas 14 00:00:51,260 --> 00:00:54,120 with some of the largest creatures on the planet. 15 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,000 And that's coming fast. 16 00:01:05,300 --> 00:01:08,060 Alaska is the largest state in the US, 17 00:01:08,060 --> 00:01:11,060 over half a million square miles of wilderness. 18 00:01:11,060 --> 00:01:15,060 It's more remote and less populated than anywhere in the States. 19 00:01:15,060 --> 00:01:19,040 For adventurers like me, it's truly the last frontier. 20 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,300 I'm being dropped deep into the wilderness 21 00:01:21,300 --> 00:01:24,000 by the Alaska Air National Guard, 22 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,420 and these guys are part of 23 00:01:25,420 --> 00:01:29,180 one of the busiest search-and-rescue operations in the US. 24 00:01:29,180 --> 00:01:34,240 Last year alone, they flew 68 missions and saved over 50 lives. 25 00:01:36,460 --> 00:01:41,240 With 30,000 square miles of permanent ice, winter snows of up to 40 foot 26 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:45,280 and one of the largest populations of black and grizzly bears in the world, 27 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,320 Alaska is the ultimate survival challenge. 28 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,240 You don't want to get lost out here. 29 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:55,120 But if you do, these are the guys that'll be looking to get you out. 30 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,040 But today's flight is no rescue mission. 31 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,480 Its purpose - to deploy me into harsh glacier terrain 32 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:03,360 high up in the Chugach Mountains. 33 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:07,380 I plan to rappel as a combat chopper, this Pave Hawk, 34 00:02:07,380 --> 00:02:10,240 is the ideal platform for a rapid insertion. 35 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,380 I'm 80 foot up and the only way is down. 36 00:02:23,380 --> 00:02:27,220 I'm safely on the deck, and the helicopter is out of here. 37 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,320 Quite high up in the mountains. Look. 38 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:40,120 And that is a proper Alaskan mountain view. 39 00:02:41,140 --> 00:02:44,420 God! The first thing you notice is just how cold it is up here. 40 00:02:44,420 --> 00:02:47,020 You know, we left the base at sea level, 41 00:02:47,020 --> 00:02:50,400 but up here, we're about 4,000 or 5,000 feet. 42 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,160 It's a different ball game. 43 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,380 Every thousand foot you drop, 44 00:02:56,380 --> 00:02:59,000 temperatures rise by up to five degrees. 45 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,360 So it could be 25 degrees warmer at sea level. 46 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:06,020 Even better, most Alaskans live near the coast, 47 00:03:06,020 --> 00:03:09,300 so if you get stuck out here, your best plan is to head for the sea. 48 00:03:09,300 --> 00:03:14,240 But in this harsh place, getting there is never gonna be easy. 49 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:19,140 My best route off this mountain is to head for the vast glacier below. 50 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,280 But that means crossing a dangerous scree slope. 51 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:27,180 The frost-shattered rock is hard, sharp and treacherous underfoot. 52 00:03:29,380 --> 00:03:32,460 Getting onto the glacier will be no walk in the park. 53 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:38,340 Don't like the look of this stuff at all. 54 00:03:38,340 --> 00:03:43,000 There, you see, it's just all free-floating broken ice. 55 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,400 Kind of like lots of mini little icebergs here. 56 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,420 But they are gonna be super-unstable. 57 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:54,040 It's only about 100 metres, look, across the main glacier. 58 00:03:55,360 --> 00:04:00,160 Might have to be a case of being a bit light-footed on it. 59 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,320 OK. Here we go, Twinkle Toes. 60 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:07,120 Because it's less dense than water, ice floats. 61 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,380 These small bergs should support my weight. 62 00:04:09,380 --> 00:04:13,060 But there's no way of telling how stable they're gonna be. 63 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:21,400 Whoo! 64 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:24,420 Just... OK, come on, then. I'll give you a hand. 65 00:04:27,260 --> 00:04:29,020 One, two, three. 66 00:04:29,020 --> 00:04:30,300 Good, good, and again. 67 00:04:30,300 --> 00:04:32,100 Nice. 68 00:04:32,100 --> 00:04:35,020 Sometimes, you've just got to commit to these things. 69 00:04:35,020 --> 00:04:40,020 OK, the next little bit. I mean, you see how undercut all this stuff is. 70 00:04:40,020 --> 00:04:42,280 You don't know whether what you're standing on's 71 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:46,180 just gonna drop you straight in the drink or it's gonna be solid. 72 00:04:46,180 --> 00:04:50,400 You do not want to end up freezing cold in this water up here. 73 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,180 This water will refreeze at night, 74 00:04:53,180 --> 00:04:56,120 and by day, it will be only just above zero. 75 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,280 It's like I've crossed a minefield and now I'm onto solid ice. 76 00:05:01,280 --> 00:05:04,460 Alaska is home to more than half of the world's glaciers, 77 00:05:04,460 --> 00:05:07,140 over 100,000 of them. 78 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:10,000 In early summer, when they're melting and moving, 79 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,040 then they're at their most dangerous. 80 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,260 It's no place to hang around. 81 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,380 It's getting quite tricky, this bit... 82 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,180 ..especially without... 83 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,100 ..proper crampons or ice axes. 84 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:34,080 When moving ice slows at the edge of glaciers, 85 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,300 it tears and ruptures, forming crevasses 86 00:05:36,300 --> 00:05:40,040 with steep sides and deadly deep hollows. 87 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,120 Fall in here and you're not coming out. 88 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:49,120 Oh, man, this ice is just treacherous. 89 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,200 Let's get safe here and assess what we're gonna do. 90 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:58,420 You see, this crevasse here narrows as it goes down into a choke point. 91 00:06:00,060 --> 00:06:04,380 I reckon if I can rappel down to that and then just edge my way along... 92 00:06:04,380 --> 00:06:06,360 Look, you can see where it leads - 93 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,360 all the way round the bottom to that, like, funnel. 94 00:06:13,100 --> 00:06:16,340 I need to anchor my rope, and the answer is an ice bollard. 95 00:06:16,340 --> 00:06:18,300 But I need to work fast. 96 00:06:18,300 --> 00:06:22,020 The sun is high, and all the ice around here is melting. 97 00:06:28,380 --> 00:06:32,380 It's summertime, and a lot of all of this surface ice, you see, 98 00:06:32,380 --> 00:06:36,340 really loose and crumbly - it's basically just melting. 99 00:06:36,340 --> 00:06:40,420 You need to get through that to more solid stuff, 100 00:06:40,420 --> 00:06:43,200 especially if your life is depending on it. 101 00:06:44,460 --> 00:06:48,480 I've hung onto my rappelling rope for just this kind of situation. 102 00:06:52,280 --> 00:06:54,380 The good thing about doing it like this 103 00:06:54,380 --> 00:06:58,100 is that it means the rope is retrievable. 104 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:02,340 The bollard looks solid, 105 00:07:02,340 --> 00:07:05,400 but you always have that doubt - will the ice hold? 106 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:09,320 Actually, what worries me more at the moment is this big block here. 107 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:14,440 And if that goes on us, it's basically the weight of a car. 108 00:07:16,220 --> 00:07:19,200 So we need to get moving through here and not really stop. 109 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,260 Sharp, hurried movements could dislodge the bollard. 110 00:07:26,260 --> 00:07:28,420 Seems to be holding at the moment. 111 00:07:30,340 --> 00:07:32,280 But the longer it's forced to take my weight, 112 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,120 the greater the chance it will collapse. 113 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,040 You see these blocks I'm standing on? 114 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:45,060 They're acting as, like, a little walkway. 115 00:07:47,020 --> 00:07:51,020 But if these go, we're just gonna get jammed down the sea. 116 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:56,220 If you get trapped down here, 117 00:07:56,220 --> 00:07:58,440 your chances of getting out are almost zero. 118 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,040 OK, let's keep moving down this. 119 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:10,200 The movement of melt-water has formed a labyrinth of tunnels. 120 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:11,460 These could be my way out. 121 00:08:16,260 --> 00:08:19,420 Not a good place to be if you're a little bit claustrophobic. 122 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:25,220 Now, all of this, really, is just a snow bridge 123 00:08:25,220 --> 00:08:27,440 over a crevasse that's filled in. 124 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,420 It should be strong enough. 125 00:08:31,100 --> 00:08:34,400 The frozen bodies of climbers have been disgorged from glaciers 126 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,260 decades after they were caught in ice vices like this. 127 00:08:37,260 --> 00:08:40,220 So I'm looking for the quickest route out of here. 128 00:08:40,220 --> 00:08:43,060 Well, there's definitely daylight here. 129 00:08:44,260 --> 00:08:47,180 See if we can punch through some of this. 130 00:08:47,180 --> 00:08:51,420 The world beyond my glacier dungeon is tantalisingly close, 131 00:08:51,420 --> 00:08:54,060 but there's an ice wall to get through. 132 00:08:54,060 --> 00:08:57,020 It's too thick to punch, so I'm gonna use my feet. 133 00:09:04,020 --> 00:09:07,040 The ice has given way just enough, 134 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,340 but this is gonna be a really tight squeeze. 135 00:09:19,140 --> 00:09:23,000 But I'm through, and now I can see my route off the glacier. 136 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,260 Whoo! 137 00:09:26,300 --> 00:09:28,400 Looks like the end of the glacier 138 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:32,220 and the green of the Alaskan forest down in the distance. 139 00:09:33,380 --> 00:09:35,340 That's where I want to be heading. 140 00:09:35,340 --> 00:09:38,040 And I can't wait to get off the ice. 141 00:09:47,180 --> 00:09:50,060 For my next challenge, I've got a river to cross... 142 00:09:50,060 --> 00:09:52,060 Probably actually use this one to get across. 143 00:09:52,060 --> 00:09:54,360 But this could be a bridge too far. 144 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:10,220 I'm in Alaska, wading through the most northern forests in the US, 145 00:10:10,220 --> 00:10:14,040 5,000 square miles of subpolar rainforest, 146 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,980 a narrow strip between the icy alpine zone I've just left behind 147 00:10:17,980 --> 00:10:20,120 and the ocean - that's where I'm heading. 148 00:10:23,060 --> 00:10:26,400 It's a large area of wilderness, but it seems I'm not alone. 149 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:29,420 Look, there's bear poo. 150 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,320 Alaskan forests are just teeming with black bears. 151 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:40,200 You know, these guys can grow up to seven foot tall and 900 pounds. 152 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,360 Even though that's smaller than grizzlies, 153 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:46,120 in many ways, they're less predictable, 154 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,040 which makes them also more dangerous. 155 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,240 Black bears have also been known to track humans, 156 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,220 so if you get a river like this and you can get across, 157 00:10:56,220 --> 00:10:59,080 crisscrossing's gonna help to break your scent trail. 158 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,000 OK, let's get down there. 159 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,260 Black bears kill more people in the US than grizzlies. 160 00:11:04,260 --> 00:11:08,420 So I want to make sure I'm not easy prey, and these fallen trees are key. 161 00:11:08,420 --> 00:11:11,460 (WATER ROARS) 162 00:11:11,460 --> 00:11:14,260 Probably actually use this one to get across. 163 00:11:18,140 --> 00:11:20,220 You can see we're definitely getting further downstream. 164 00:11:20,220 --> 00:11:23,420 There's a huge amount more water flowing down this. Look. 165 00:11:26,220 --> 00:11:30,280 I want to test my makeshift bridge before committing. 166 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,140 The log seems solid. 167 00:11:35,020 --> 00:11:36,160 But then disaster. 168 00:11:57,380 --> 00:12:02,060 God, I hate it when that happens. That was very, very close. 169 00:12:02,060 --> 00:12:06,220 You know, you think something's solid and then it's just rotten. 170 00:12:06,220 --> 00:12:09,240 You can't take anything for granted out here. 171 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:11,120 Whoo! 172 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:13,320 Go into that, with that much water coming down, 173 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:15,400 you're in a lot of trouble. 174 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,220 Gonna need to find a different way to get across this. 175 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,340 By continually crossing the river, I'll break my scent trail. 176 00:12:24,340 --> 00:12:27,240 Just downstream, there's a perfect opportunity. 177 00:12:30,980 --> 00:12:33,040 Can definitely use this one to get across. 178 00:12:39,380 --> 00:12:44,060 The thing is, it is quite a thin one and very slippy in this wet. 179 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:48,140 Actually, look. We'll make this much simpler here. 180 00:12:51,180 --> 00:12:54,320 Improvisation is key in any survival situation. 181 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,140 I reckon I can make my rucksack into a harness 182 00:12:57,140 --> 00:13:00,280 and use the super-slippery tree as a form of zip line. 183 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,180 OK, let's give this a go. 184 00:13:08,460 --> 00:13:11,440 Whoo! Well, that worked. Come across. 185 00:13:12,460 --> 00:13:14,380 Now to get the crew across. 186 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:23,320 That's it. I got it. OK. 187 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:28,060 When we used to plan things in the special forces, 188 00:13:28,060 --> 00:13:30,460 people often used to talk about the letters KISS, 189 00:13:30,460 --> 00:13:33,220 which stood for "Keep it simple, stupid." 190 00:13:33,220 --> 00:13:38,240 And that was simple, but it worked perfectly. OK, let's get going. 191 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,420 In thick woodland, you must never drop your guard. 192 00:13:42,420 --> 00:13:45,440 Black bears are active at this time of year, 193 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:49,440 feeding on green forest shoots exposed by the snow melt. 194 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:51,440 But they're opportunistic hunters 195 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,200 and always on the lookout for tastier fare. 196 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:58,040 So I'm gonna keep crossing this river as I head downstream. 197 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,260 Gonna need some of this deadfall to get across here. 198 00:14:08,300 --> 00:14:11,420 These large deadfall logs have been brought down by winter snows 199 00:14:11,420 --> 00:14:13,420 and melt season floodwaters. 200 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,300 There's quite a lot of pressure and water down there. 201 00:14:19,300 --> 00:14:21,260 (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) 202 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,180 In this narrow channel, the current is very strong. 203 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:45,280 With greasy rock underfoot, it would be easy to lose your footing 204 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:47,160 and be swept off downstream. 205 00:14:51,180 --> 00:14:55,420 But by using this deadfall as a climbing rope, I make it across. 206 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:01,180 Now to cover some ground. 207 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:07,280 In my next challenge, 208 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,260 I'm making a bed where the bears can't get to me. 209 00:15:10,260 --> 00:15:12,420 Moment of truth. Whoa! 210 00:15:12,420 --> 00:15:15,220 Whoa! Whoo! 211 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:26,360 I'm in the forests of Alaska. 212 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:31,060 I've made my way off a glacier, down some treacherous white waterfalls 213 00:15:31,060 --> 00:15:33,040 and now I'm on the lookout for food. 214 00:15:34,260 --> 00:15:36,300 I was kind of half-hoping this river 215 00:15:36,300 --> 00:15:40,100 would be full of salmon heading upstream to spawn. 216 00:15:40,100 --> 00:15:41,340 Because when they're running, 217 00:15:41,340 --> 00:15:43,440 this whole river would just be teeming. 218 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:47,440 Racing up through the white water, the bears just pluck 'em out. 219 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,360 But not today. 220 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:55,300 It means I need another way of finding something to eat. 221 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,280 And there might be other food sources nearby. 222 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:03,180 The terrain is flattening out here, which means I'm nearing the coast. 223 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,240 Now, this is the point where all our glacier water 224 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:13,240 runs down the river and then hits the coast. 225 00:16:15,140 --> 00:16:17,120 This is good news. 226 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,180 And, look, you can see, it's tidal here. 227 00:16:20,260 --> 00:16:22,280 Look across it, you see the actual seaweed 228 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:25,060 on the high-tide mark over there. 229 00:16:27,020 --> 00:16:30,040 And what I want to do is now follow this coastline 230 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,180 and see where I can get to. 231 00:16:32,180 --> 00:16:34,000 Come on, then. 232 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,960 Alaska has more shoreline than all the other US states combined - 233 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,100 around 40,000 miles of it. 234 00:16:40,100 --> 00:16:42,100 So this could be a long walk. 235 00:16:42,100 --> 00:16:45,080 But there should be plenty of opportunities to find some seafood. 236 00:16:46,420 --> 00:16:48,420 There are loads of these limpets here. 237 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:55,000 You see, these guys... little shells stuck to the rock. 238 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,000 You can actually eat these raw. All you got to do is knock 'em off. 239 00:17:02,340 --> 00:17:05,080 And what they do, they stick to the rock at low tide, 240 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:06,440 and when the tide's in, they move around 241 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,380 and they graze off all the algae. 242 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:13,360 Limpets clamp down onto the rock using a muscular foot, 243 00:17:13,360 --> 00:17:16,060 which is the main edible part of this gastropod. 244 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:20,080 And you're left with just that. 245 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,220 And that's fine to eat raw. 246 00:17:23,260 --> 00:17:28,200 It tastes a bit like... very salty, chewy rubber. 247 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:33,180 It's a good snack, and every little helps, 248 00:17:33,180 --> 00:17:37,000 but ahead there's something that could help me catch much bigger game. 249 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,020 There's a fishing net. 250 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:43,160 No surprise in Alaska, though. 251 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:44,440 Whoa! 252 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:48,020 One of the biggest fishing communities in the world. 253 00:17:48,020 --> 00:17:52,180 And you're gonna get this sort of thing blown up in storm surges. 254 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,040 By the look of it, yeah, this is nylon as well. 255 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,240 Gonna be good. It means it doesn't perish. 256 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:03,980 So it's gonna be strong, definitely worth taking. 257 00:18:03,980 --> 00:18:07,040 Nylon fishing nets don't degrade in salt water. 258 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,200 It makes them an environmental hazard. 259 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,040 But for me, that durability is an advantage. 260 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:16,120 It's a good find, that. 261 00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:19,280 But now is not the time for fishing. 262 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,240 Towards the end of day, bears come to the shoreline to feed. 263 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,260 OK, let's keep moving. 264 00:18:25,380 --> 00:18:28,280 Better to go hungry than end up as a bear snack. 265 00:18:31,020 --> 00:18:33,040 I'm heading for higher ground 266 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,360 and a place to make camp before it gets too late. 267 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:42,040 One of the challenges of having 22 hours of daylight every day 268 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:46,060 is just your body clock gets completely thrown out. 269 00:18:46,060 --> 00:18:49,200 It's hard to know when to stop and take a break. 270 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,340 One of the golden rules of survival 271 00:18:51,340 --> 00:18:55,380 is you've got to give yourself time to rest and to recover. 272 00:18:55,380 --> 00:19:00,980 And really then it just becomes a discipline to make yourself stop. 273 00:19:08,020 --> 00:19:10,220 It's time for me to take a break. 274 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,260 And this looks like a good place to rest up. 275 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:19,380 Actually, this might work. 276 00:19:19,380 --> 00:19:25,200 You know, my number one priority is protection from bears. 277 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,360 And, look, when you get a good overhanging face like this, 278 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:34,040 few trees leaning against it, and you've also got a fishing net, 279 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:39,400 I can make myself some way of sleeping off the ground. 280 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:43,400 I've also still got my rope, which will play a crucial part in my plan. 281 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,060 And, there, you see this? 282 00:19:54,060 --> 00:19:57,420 And that...probably about the weight of one man. 283 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:04,280 If I can get this rope around it, put it on up over one of those trees 284 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,260 and down over there, 285 00:20:06,260 --> 00:20:12,000 could act as a counterweight to lift me off the ground to sleep. 286 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,160 Standard tree platform is not a good option here. 287 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:19,240 Black bears are excellent climbers, but using this design, 288 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,200 there'll be no way for them to climb up. 289 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,080 One rope to suspend my fish-net hammock 290 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,340 and a trigger line to my rock counterweight. 291 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:34,000 OK, that's all primed this end, 292 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:38,000 and then all I've got to do is make a hammock 293 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,340 out of all of this fishing net. 294 00:20:40,340 --> 00:20:43,260 Nets like this are used to catch tons of fish, 295 00:20:43,260 --> 00:20:45,300 so this should easily take my weight. 296 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:52,080 And seat myself...in here... 297 00:20:58,100 --> 00:21:01,980 Now I'm actually just gonna pull this bit between my legs as well 298 00:21:01,980 --> 00:21:05,100 so I can't fall out of this at the critical moment. 299 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:12,120 Right, moment of truth. One, two, three. 300 00:21:13,140 --> 00:21:14,380 Whoa! 301 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:23,020 Well, I'm off the ground, but the rock's got caught on that ledge. 302 00:21:23,020 --> 00:21:25,140 Let me see if I can dislodge it again. Hang on. 303 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,220 Come on you, you... 304 00:21:29,220 --> 00:21:33,060 There we go. Whoa! Whoo! 305 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:41,980 Cool! What do you know? 306 00:21:41,980 --> 00:21:46,400 Well, I'm off the ground and safe from the bears. 307 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,220 Now to see if I can get some sleep. 308 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:57,400 Just 'cause it's light at night-time in Alaska does not mean it's warm. 309 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,420 You know, it's actually freezing cold at the moment. 310 00:22:00,420 --> 00:22:06,360 And it's also cold just 'cause I can't move in this net. 311 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:10,120 And I'm normally quite a wriggler in the night-time. 312 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:13,280 But there's no wriggling going on at the moment. 313 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:18,080 Feel like a bit of meat hung up at the butcher's shop. 314 00:22:19,380 --> 00:22:23,080 For my next challenge, I'm in a deadly race against the tides. 315 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,420 Tide's cut us off that way as well. 316 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,220 It's a grey morning on the Alaskan coast, 317 00:22:48,220 --> 00:22:51,120 where it can rain for over 200 days a year. 318 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:56,000 I'm wet, cold and I'm trying to find some food. 319 00:22:58,220 --> 00:23:00,400 Good place just to try and dig for clams. 320 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:04,980 Just the sort of mud and gunk they love and they'll live in. 321 00:23:06,060 --> 00:23:10,300 Clams are marine molluscs - shellfish from the same family as oysters. 322 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,140 Just rake your fingers through all the mud. 323 00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:18,960 You'll then quite often just feel it. 324 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:27,100 That's one. Get a few more of those and that'll be good to eat. 325 00:23:27,100 --> 00:23:30,220 You need to cook these. You know, they're filter feeders. 326 00:23:30,220 --> 00:23:33,120 Filter the food through the water. 327 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:36,080 So you get a build-up of toxins, 328 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,140 which means you don't want to eat them raw. 329 00:23:38,140 --> 00:23:40,080 But cook them up and they're fine. 330 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:45,120 Clams are an excellent source of iron and the energy-boosting vitamin B12. 331 00:23:46,980 --> 00:23:50,180 Keep doing this and get a few more of them and then go and cook 'em up. 332 00:23:52,300 --> 00:23:55,060 OK. Let's get out of here. 333 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,380 The weather has taken a turn for the worse. 334 00:24:01,980 --> 00:24:07,100 The worst sort of cold, this. It's wet and windy. 335 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:15,020 I want to collect some driftwood, make a fire and get cooking quickly. 336 00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:18,060 But I'm gonna need some shelter. 337 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,200 Bit of a cave in here. I want to get out of the weather a bit. 338 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:29,980 Let's tuck in under this a bit. 339 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:32,320 Phew! 340 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:34,200 Time to get this fire going. 341 00:24:37,020 --> 00:24:39,960 I'm using my fire steel and some dry kindling 342 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,300 to get this damp driftwood lit. 343 00:24:47,260 --> 00:24:51,040 In these conditions, it's easy to get despondent, 344 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,360 but a fire always lifts the spirits, 345 00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:56,120 especially when there's a promise of food. 346 00:24:57,140 --> 00:24:59,320 And as they get hot, these should open up. 347 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,400 As long as they open, they're good to eat. 348 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:06,080 If they stay closed, it means they're dead, 349 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,140 and you really just want to chuck those. 350 00:25:10,940 --> 00:25:12,980 But it's very nice to... 351 00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:16,260 ..just warm my hands a bit, yeah. 352 00:25:18,060 --> 00:25:22,400 When the cooked clam dies, its muscles relax and the shell opens up. 353 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,120 These are pretty well done. 354 00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:28,420 Try and take the actual shell off 355 00:25:28,420 --> 00:25:30,980 and you're left with just that. 356 00:25:35,020 --> 00:25:36,260 Mmm. 357 00:25:36,260 --> 00:25:38,000 Above all, it's warming. 358 00:25:40,260 --> 00:25:42,020 They're actually good, yeah. 359 00:25:42,020 --> 00:25:45,220 Not a huge meal, but I'm feeling warmer and ready to move on, 360 00:25:45,220 --> 00:25:47,080 and not a minute too soon. 361 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,360 That tide's coming in quite fast, actually, as well. 362 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:57,340 Yeah, do you know what? It's coming in quite fast. We need to get going. 363 00:25:57,340 --> 00:26:00,020 Let's get moving and try and work our way round. 364 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,980 The tides here move fast, and with a range of up to 30 foot, 365 00:26:05,980 --> 00:26:08,060 there's a real danger of getting cut off. 366 00:26:08,060 --> 00:26:10,960 Let's take it steady round here. 367 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,220 We can't get around that. 368 00:26:19,300 --> 00:26:21,420 The tide cut us off that way as well. 369 00:26:24,260 --> 00:26:28,400 It's not actually a very clever position to find ourselves in here. 370 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,420 I'm gonna have to climb out. 371 00:26:30,420 --> 00:26:34,140 And that's all overhanging. So is this stuff. 372 00:26:34,140 --> 00:26:38,240 This tide is coming up fast, guys. Fast. 373 00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:42,240 Just back up and see what that fissure's like. 374 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:45,280 Actually, this might be possible, this bit. 375 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,380 And most cliff faces will have some sort of line of weakness 376 00:26:53,380 --> 00:26:55,340 if you look hard enough. 377 00:26:55,340 --> 00:26:59,360 This is probably our best way up out of this cove. 378 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:02,420 And I want to move fast up this exposed rock face. 379 00:27:04,340 --> 00:27:10,020 The good thing about this is that the wind and the waves have smashed off 380 00:27:10,020 --> 00:27:11,280 all of the loose rock, 381 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:17,060 so everywhere is basically pretty good as a hold. 382 00:27:17,060 --> 00:27:19,400 I'm using a climbing technique called foot and back 383 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:23,220 that relies on opposing forces to keep you on the cliff face. 384 00:27:25,260 --> 00:27:29,120 OK, quite nicely wedged now in this chimney 385 00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:32,000 with my back against this wall, my hands and legs here. 386 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,000 But there's no time to rest. 387 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:42,200 Do you know what? 388 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,340 This is the sort of thing you do in your head 389 00:27:44,340 --> 00:27:46,340 when it's a nice summer's day somewhere. 390 00:27:46,340 --> 00:27:50,020 But when your hands are so cold, you can hardly feel 'em, 391 00:27:50,020 --> 00:27:52,400 the wind's blowing, the rain's coming in, 392 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,940 everything becomes harder. 393 00:27:55,940 --> 00:28:01,040 And the higher I get, the more difficult the climb becomes. 394 00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:08,140 The nightmare up here is that we're above the wave mark 395 00:28:08,140 --> 00:28:12,980 and therefore, there's much more loose rock, all of this moss as well. 396 00:28:12,980 --> 00:28:17,320 But the sea doesn't allow it to grow lower down. 397 00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:22,420 This is really the crux of the climb now, this bit. 398 00:28:24,380 --> 00:28:28,300 My limbs are cold and getting tired, but there's an end in sight. 399 00:28:28,300 --> 00:28:30,040 Phew! 400 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:36,200 See, I'm not a million miles now from an exit point up by that fallen tree. 401 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,960 That's what I want to reach. 402 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,160 It's quite a long way down there. 403 00:28:45,980 --> 00:28:47,220 Last little push. 404 00:28:47,220 --> 00:28:51,020 Oh, God. Grab this tree root. 405 00:28:55,140 --> 00:28:57,140 And then I'm out of here. 406 00:28:57,140 --> 00:29:00,320 Full concentration for the final few feet. 407 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,000 This is the last place to make a mistake. 408 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,380 But I've made it. 409 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:15,260 And these clifftops provide a great vantage point. 410 00:29:15,260 --> 00:29:18,060 And I can get a good idea of the coastline from here. 411 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:25,220 You can see, there's lots of little inlets and islands. 412 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,940 And, really, I want to get myself to a position 413 00:29:30,940 --> 00:29:33,000 where it's gonna be easier to be spotted. 414 00:29:35,260 --> 00:29:37,420 OK, let's keep going this way. 415 00:29:37,420 --> 00:29:42,180 In my next challenge, I'm all at sea with some true monsters of the deep. 416 00:29:42,180 --> 00:29:46,080 Let's hope he doesn't try and surface under this. 417 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:55,240 I'm in Alaska. 418 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,340 I've made it off a glacier and battled down raging rivers. 419 00:29:58,340 --> 00:30:01,400 Now I'm following the undulating coast. 420 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,400 And the going here is hard. 421 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,980 There are plenty of tricky climbs and descents 422 00:30:05,980 --> 00:30:09,060 on difficult terrain back down to sea level. 423 00:30:09,060 --> 00:30:13,320 There's some rusty... rusty buildings down there. 424 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:15,320 In there through the trees. See it? 425 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,220 Let's get down there, have a look. 426 00:30:26,980 --> 00:30:28,960 Looks like an old factory of some sort. 427 00:30:34,100 --> 00:30:38,000 Probably the storage tank for something, maybe fuel. 428 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,400 Whatever it was, it was a big operation here. 429 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:45,120 Let's see what else I can find. 430 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:47,920 Man, look. Masses of these old nets. 431 00:30:49,260 --> 00:30:51,180 It means probably something to do with fish, 432 00:30:51,180 --> 00:30:53,040 maybe an old canning station. 433 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:57,040 But what a wild, remote place to work. 434 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:58,280 Whoo! 435 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:02,360 Fish canneries like this were often located in remote areas 436 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:04,180 near large fishing grounds. 437 00:31:06,020 --> 00:31:08,100 Here the catch was gutted, cooked and tinned 438 00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:10,320 before being shipped for sale. 439 00:31:11,380 --> 00:31:13,180 But not anymore. 440 00:31:14,180 --> 00:31:17,160 Just been completely trashed. Look at it. 441 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:22,240 You know, the harsh winters here, up to 40 foot of snow 442 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,920 is gonna cause a lot of damage. 443 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:30,200 Also, in the '60s, they had one of the biggest earthquakes of all times 444 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:31,960 off the coast of Alaska. 445 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,020 Caused a massive tsunami, 446 00:31:34,020 --> 00:31:36,200 ripped through all of these sands and inlets, 447 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:39,360 destroyed masses of local communities 448 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:43,160 and more than likely would have caused a lot of the damage here. 449 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:48,280 The 1964 Good Friday earthquake measured 9.2 on the Richter scale 450 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,940 and took over 130 lives. 451 00:31:50,940 --> 00:31:53,060 The death toll would have been much higher 452 00:31:53,060 --> 00:31:55,320 but for the extreme remoteness of the location. 453 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,000 And you can see all the terrain along the coastline there. 454 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,020 It's tough going. 455 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,400 But I reckon with all of these sort of resources around here, 456 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,220 better off making some sort of raft 457 00:32:08,220 --> 00:32:10,980 and then getting out onto the water itself. 458 00:32:10,980 --> 00:32:13,040 OK. 459 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,180 You should be able to cover more distance 460 00:32:15,180 --> 00:32:17,380 and have a better chance of being spotted on the sea. 461 00:32:17,380 --> 00:32:21,320 But out there, you'll need a sturdy raft. 462 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,180 Loads of old beds. 463 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:29,260 Actually, that'd be quite good to lie on for a raft. 464 00:32:31,260 --> 00:32:33,980 Also, these old barrels, look. 465 00:32:33,980 --> 00:32:37,380 And these are so buoyant, these things. 466 00:32:37,380 --> 00:32:42,340 You want to check they've got both the bungs in 467 00:32:42,340 --> 00:32:45,280 and also that they've not got any holes. 468 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:49,320 Otherwise, look. Like that fellow. 469 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:52,320 An airtight oil drum will easily support my weight, 470 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:56,100 and with a few, I have the beginnings of a substantial raft. 471 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:07,000 It's always worth making sure you build a raft close enough 472 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:08,400 to where you're gonna launch it. 473 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,320 The last thing you want to do is build a thing, 474 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:13,200 especially when it's out of metal, 475 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,940 and then not be able to drag it down there. 476 00:33:15,940 --> 00:33:19,060 I can see the tide's coming in here, so this is probably about right. 477 00:33:19,060 --> 00:33:21,180 I want to get this raft built quickly 478 00:33:21,180 --> 00:33:23,320 so I'm ready to launch when the tide turns. 479 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:27,260 What I want to do is use the barrels to give me all the buoyancy 480 00:33:27,260 --> 00:33:31,280 to then keep this up out of the water. 481 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:39,120 Couple of bits of wood across here and then lash that all down. 482 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,400 And to tie off, I'm using a sledge knot. 483 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:48,060 And you won't find how to tie a sledge knot in any book or manual, 484 00:33:48,060 --> 00:33:52,260 but it's used by dog sledders as a really efficient self-tightening knot 485 00:33:52,260 --> 00:33:54,020 that will never come undone. 486 00:33:54,020 --> 00:33:58,040 You take a bite around the rope, then you go around itself 487 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:03,000 once, twice, three times. 488 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,200 Just go through the last two loops... 489 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:12,240 ..over the first and back down the hole, and then tighten it up. 490 00:34:12,240 --> 00:34:15,340 The tide's coming in fast, but there's still work to do. 491 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,100 Need to get a wiggle on with this. 492 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:24,060 We'll just use these, one each side, 493 00:34:24,060 --> 00:34:28,160 to act as the longitudinal strength to this. 494 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:31,180 And that will stop it wobbling. 495 00:34:31,180 --> 00:34:34,040 And finally, this length of corrugated iron. 496 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:38,180 Put this across the back, something to sit on. 497 00:34:39,980 --> 00:34:41,940 We used to have a sergeant in the army 498 00:34:41,940 --> 00:34:45,320 who used to say, "No prizes for being uncomfortable." 499 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,320 If you've got it, might as well use it. 500 00:34:48,380 --> 00:34:53,080 You just break this end off, attach it and make a bit of a paddle. 501 00:35:02,020 --> 00:35:04,220 And people often think that survival's about 502 00:35:04,220 --> 00:35:07,140 knowing the right knots or reading the right books. 503 00:35:07,140 --> 00:35:11,080 But, actually, in my view, good survival is about 504 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:13,220 a determination never to give up 505 00:35:13,220 --> 00:35:17,980 and then an ability to improvise, to think outside the box 506 00:35:17,980 --> 00:35:21,300 about how you're gonna get out of somewhere in one piece. 507 00:35:23,340 --> 00:35:27,020 Time and tide wait for no man. I need to move fast. 508 00:35:27,020 --> 00:35:29,980 The tide's almost completely lifting this off now, 509 00:35:29,980 --> 00:35:32,160 so it's a good time to be finishing. 510 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:34,380 But it's pretty well ready. 511 00:35:34,380 --> 00:35:37,340 Quick final check of these knots. 512 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,400 And I've got a very simple principle when it comes to rafts. 513 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:46,920 However much lashing you think you need, double it. 514 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,200 'Cause it might be nice and calm in here, 515 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:50,940 but if I've learnt anything, 516 00:35:50,940 --> 00:35:53,040 it's that the sea state can change very fast. 517 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:54,360 OK, let's get this thing out. 518 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,260 (STRAINS) 519 00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:02,320 Oh, squeeze my spuds! This is cold. 520 00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,180 OK, that's pretty stable. Let's get you on. 521 00:36:10,180 --> 00:36:11,940 Good. 522 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:15,200 OK. 523 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,240 Come on. 524 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:19,080 Time to get going. 525 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,100 And I've launched at the height of the tide, 526 00:36:28,100 --> 00:36:33,920 and what I'm hoping is that as the tide turns, it will take me out... 527 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:36,300 ..out towards the shipping lanes more. 528 00:36:36,300 --> 00:36:41,080 With difficult inland terrain, much of Alaska traffic moves by water, 529 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:43,240 so there's a chance of finding a boat. 530 00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:45,200 But I spotted something else. 531 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:48,160 Just behind the island there, a whale. 532 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:52,320 See if he'll come round this side. There you go. See him? 533 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:56,180 Absolutely amazing! 534 00:36:56,180 --> 00:36:58,100 It's a humpback. 535 00:37:00,180 --> 00:37:03,400 And just extraordinary to see this close. 536 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:09,080 These guys can grow up to 50 foot long, 35 tonnes in weight. 537 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,960 Just effortlessly moving through the waters. 538 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:16,300 Humpbacks cruise just below the water surface, coming up every few minutes. 539 00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:19,980 But they often breach, launching their bodies out of the water 540 00:37:19,980 --> 00:37:21,400 before splashing down on their backs. 541 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:26,000 Let's hope he doesn't try and surface under this. 542 00:37:30,300 --> 00:37:34,180 I've left the coast behind, and now I'm heading out into open water. 543 00:37:34,180 --> 00:37:38,180 But staying on course is becoming a major challenge. 544 00:37:38,180 --> 00:37:41,980 What's difficult with just one paddle and this raft 545 00:37:41,980 --> 00:37:46,340 is actually controlling your direction and where you go. 546 00:37:46,340 --> 00:37:52,120 Kind of pretty at the mercy of the wind and the waves and the tide. 547 00:37:56,020 --> 00:37:58,200 I'm drifting into colder waters. 548 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:02,040 To make matters worse, there's a problem with the raft. 549 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:08,080 That barrel's looking quite low in the water. 550 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:14,160 Now...she's steadily been getting lower and lower. 551 00:38:16,140 --> 00:38:19,400 There wasn't a hole in it. I'm pretty sure. 552 00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:29,220 But all too soon, I'm forced to abandon ship. 553 00:38:30,380 --> 00:38:32,360 OK, you ready to jump for this? 554 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,320 I'm on a raft off the coast of Alaska 555 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:49,380 keeping watch for a boat to pick me up. 556 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,920 It's noticeably colder here, 557 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:58,380 and the current is taking me towards a lot of this ice, 558 00:38:58,380 --> 00:39:00,240 these sort of things, 559 00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:02,080 which isn't ideal, you know. 560 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,920 I don't want to get messed up in that. 561 00:39:06,060 --> 00:39:07,960 But, you know, it's not sea ice. 562 00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:11,000 It's summertime, and that's come from a maritime glacier. 563 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,000 It's not where I want to be heading. 564 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,320 I want to stick out in the open...open sea. 565 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:19,100 Other vessels are unlikely to brave these waters, 566 00:39:19,100 --> 00:39:21,380 where they risk being hulled by an iceberg. 567 00:39:21,380 --> 00:39:24,300 There's a better chance of being spotted out in open water. 568 00:39:26,180 --> 00:39:28,240 But I'm fighting a losing battle. 569 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,300 There's more and more ice in the water now. 570 00:39:32,300 --> 00:39:34,240 I must be getting close to its source. 571 00:39:35,300 --> 00:39:37,200 Ahead of the field... See that glacier? 572 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:42,900 This time of year, big chunks of ice are just carving off that. 573 00:39:44,060 --> 00:39:47,940 I don't like being funnelled backwards towards all of that. 574 00:39:47,940 --> 00:39:50,280 Maritime glaciers are dangerous, 575 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,220 with carving icebergs that can cause huge waves. 576 00:39:53,220 --> 00:39:55,220 You don't want to hang around here. 577 00:39:55,220 --> 00:39:59,040 The best option, to get out to the shipping lanes and find a vessel. 578 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,380 There's a boat. There's a boat, through the ice to the right. 579 00:40:01,380 --> 00:40:03,980 See the top of the mast. 580 00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:06,320 Hey! 581 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:08,100 Through the ice to the right. 582 00:40:08,100 --> 00:40:10,160 Hey! 583 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:14,120 Hey! 584 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:17,080 There's a fishing trawler about a mile away. 585 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:20,040 Hey! 586 00:40:21,100 --> 00:40:22,920 Too far too see us. 587 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,220 We need to make our way to that icefloe, bigger one, 588 00:40:25,220 --> 00:40:29,920 try and make a bit of a signal fire there, and get spotted like that. 589 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:31,160 Let's go for this. 590 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,300 My plan - to get to the iceberg quickly and signal from there. 591 00:40:34,300 --> 00:40:36,960 That's about the biggest one around here. 592 00:40:40,900 --> 00:40:42,340 Are you ready to jump for this? 593 00:40:42,340 --> 00:40:47,060 I'm gonna jump onto the berg and hope that the ice doesn't give way. 594 00:40:50,940 --> 00:40:53,160 But as I leap off, the raft is unbalanced 595 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,260 and my crew plunge into the icy waters. 596 00:40:55,260 --> 00:40:57,100 I got you, I got you. 597 00:40:57,100 --> 00:40:58,900 Come on. 598 00:40:58,900 --> 00:41:00,260 That's it. 599 00:41:00,260 --> 00:41:05,180 Now, we need to work fast, and he's gonna spot us. 600 00:41:05,180 --> 00:41:08,120 In situations like this, the boat could be out of range in minutes. 601 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:11,220 So any signal fire needs to be a quick build. 602 00:41:20,980 --> 00:41:23,000 Build this baby up. 603 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:26,020 My emergency fire-making materials are quick to ignite, 604 00:41:26,020 --> 00:41:29,000 but there's not nearly enough smoke for my signal fire. 605 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,960 It's giving off some smoke, but it's only white smoke. 606 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,200 It's never gonna show against all this ice. 607 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:40,380 What we need to do is use just some rubber off the bottom of my boot. 608 00:41:40,380 --> 00:41:43,300 Burning rubber produces thick, black smoke 609 00:41:43,300 --> 00:41:47,080 which'll show up clearly against the white of the ice. 610 00:41:49,140 --> 00:41:51,040 See if they can see this. 611 00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:56,360 Hey! 612 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,900 With black smoke and my bright red jacket, 613 00:41:58,900 --> 00:42:01,120 I've given myself the best chance of being seen. 614 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:04,040 Hold your arms up in a big 'Y' shape. 615 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:08,220 It's the international distress sign for, "Yes, I need help!" 616 00:42:08,220 --> 00:42:11,220 Hey! Help! 617 00:42:11,220 --> 00:42:13,980 The trawler has slowed and is altering course. 618 00:42:13,980 --> 00:42:17,140 And there can be no better sight in the world for the survivor 619 00:42:17,140 --> 00:42:20,240 than seeing their rescue ship turn towards 'em. 620 00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:22,040 The boat is coming to get me. 621 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:23,100 Help! 622 00:42:23,100 --> 00:42:25,140 You won't want to hang around in these icy waters, 623 00:42:25,140 --> 00:42:27,300 so this is gonna be a one-shot deal. 624 00:42:27,300 --> 00:42:30,980 Man, that's coming fast and straight towards us. 625 00:42:30,980 --> 00:42:32,940 We need to move to make this. 626 00:42:33,940 --> 00:42:36,080 The boat is gonna come alongside the iceberg 627 00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:38,100 and I'm gonna make a leap for it. 628 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:42,360 Now, I've got to be 100% confident of making this jump. 629 00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:47,120 I do not want to end up crushed between this and the ice. 630 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:50,160 But she's coming in too hard and too close. 631 00:42:52,060 --> 00:42:54,940 And at the last moment, it crashes into the ice. 632 00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,280 A close shave, but I've made it. 633 00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:07,100 Whoo! 634 00:43:07,100 --> 00:43:08,360 Just! 635 00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:10,220 And I'm heading home.