1 00:00:15,532 --> 00:00:16,982 - Holy . 2 00:00:17,086 --> 00:00:19,605 A bear had ended up stealing fish out of my cache. 3 00:00:19,709 --> 00:00:20,710 He just started a war. 4 00:00:22,436 --> 00:00:25,197 - Every day I'm here, I will fight missing my son. 5 00:00:25,301 --> 00:00:26,957 But that's why I have to block it out. 6 00:00:28,614 --> 00:00:32,066 - I can build a raft, paddle out, and start fishing. 7 00:00:32,170 --> 00:00:34,448 No! No, no, no, no, no, no, no! 8 00:00:37,451 --> 00:00:40,454 - I just stabbed this musk ox to death. 9 00:00:40,557 --> 00:00:42,490 I'm worried about a wolverine or a bear 10 00:00:42,594 --> 00:00:43,802 getting on this thing. 11 00:00:49,118 --> 00:00:50,636 male narrator: For the first time, 12 00:00:50,740 --> 00:00:54,192 ten participants will fight to survive the Arctic 13 00:00:54,295 --> 00:00:58,437 for longer than anyone in "Alone" history: 14 00:00:58,541 --> 00:01:01,716 a grueling 100 days. 15 00:01:01,820 --> 00:01:03,063 - This is the ultimate challenge. 16 00:01:04,581 --> 00:01:07,619 - 100 days in the Arctic is no joke. 17 00:01:07,722 --> 00:01:09,345 If they can endure, 18 00:01:09,448 --> 00:01:12,279 they'll win the biggest prize ever: 19 00:01:12,382 --> 00:01:15,040 $1 million. 20 00:01:16,421 --> 00:01:17,663 - Oh! 21 00:01:17,767 --> 00:01:18,975 - Oh, . 22 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:20,390 - You can't tap out 23 00:01:20,494 --> 00:01:22,323 when there's a million bucks on the line. 24 00:01:22,427 --> 00:01:23,324 - Oh, my gosh. 25 00:01:24,946 --> 00:01:27,535 - How hard can you work for $10,000 a day? 26 00:01:27,639 --> 00:01:28,950 - It looks like frostbite. 27 00:01:29,054 --> 00:01:30,159 - Oh! 28 00:01:30,262 --> 00:01:32,195 - Oh, . 29 00:01:32,299 --> 00:01:36,855 This is "Alone: Million Dollar Challenge." 30 00:01:36,958 --> 00:01:38,443 - They're just surrounding my shelter. 31 00:02:15,169 --> 00:02:16,308 - Good mornin'. 32 00:02:16,412 --> 00:02:17,654 Welcome to another episode 33 00:02:17,758 --> 00:02:20,588 of Great Slave Lake's "Cribs." 34 00:02:24,730 --> 00:02:26,698 Inside my shelter, 35 00:02:26,801 --> 00:02:28,251 I've got all my dried fish 36 00:02:28,355 --> 00:02:30,805 and then dinner for tonight on top. 37 00:02:30,909 --> 00:02:33,946 If we move on, we've got our kindling and our fuel wood. 38 00:02:34,050 --> 00:02:36,535 We've got where I sleep, 39 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:38,710 we got my chair, and yeah. 40 00:02:38,813 --> 00:02:40,539 I really love my side table. 41 00:02:40,643 --> 00:02:42,058 Beyond that, 42 00:02:42,162 --> 00:02:44,060 the antlers I found, I put up top 43 00:02:44,164 --> 00:02:45,820 just as fire prevention, 44 00:02:45,924 --> 00:02:48,098 and I also put these rocks up top 45 00:02:48,202 --> 00:02:49,859 because from underneath, 46 00:02:49,962 --> 00:02:52,965 all those sparks were going up into this 47 00:02:53,069 --> 00:02:55,244 and making me real nervous. 48 00:02:55,347 --> 00:02:56,417 So... 49 00:03:00,387 --> 00:03:01,560 That's my shack. 50 00:03:01,664 --> 00:03:03,321 I'm in love with it. 51 00:03:11,777 --> 00:03:14,849 Good news: nice fresh snow on the ground. 52 00:03:14,953 --> 00:03:17,645 Makes great for tracking, hunting. 53 00:03:17,749 --> 00:03:21,960 It's really nuts how much things have changed 54 00:03:22,063 --> 00:03:23,996 in the last ten days. 55 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:26,758 I've looked at fish as my main priority 56 00:03:26,861 --> 00:03:28,208 since I've been out here, 57 00:03:28,311 --> 00:03:30,693 but trying to change my mindset a little bit. 58 00:03:30,796 --> 00:03:32,350 I saw promising tracks, 59 00:03:32,453 --> 00:03:34,317 so I'm gonna add a rabbit snare 60 00:03:34,421 --> 00:03:35,836 or two or three or four. 61 00:03:39,253 --> 00:03:40,841 So we got a really good rabbit trail 62 00:03:40,944 --> 00:03:42,601 going right through here. 63 00:03:42,705 --> 00:03:45,190 Let me go ahead and pop a snare. 64 00:03:47,123 --> 00:03:49,332 I can be thankful I've done so well 65 00:03:49,436 --> 00:03:50,816 so far with food. 66 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:52,335 When I came out here, 67 00:03:52,439 --> 00:03:54,130 I thought, it's gonna be the worst-case scenario, 68 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:55,821 there's not gonna be any food, 69 00:03:55,925 --> 00:03:58,445 it's gonna be really, really tough finding it, 70 00:03:58,548 --> 00:04:00,170 and now, 71 00:04:00,274 --> 00:04:04,036 the last five days have been exactly what I expected. 72 00:04:04,140 --> 00:04:05,314 I think we're gonna see 73 00:04:05,417 --> 00:04:07,799 my body go through a transformation, 74 00:04:07,902 --> 00:04:10,940 doing okay to not doing so okay, 75 00:04:11,043 --> 00:04:12,976 but I'm gonna keep my spirits high 76 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,014 for catching rabbits. 77 00:04:16,117 --> 00:04:18,499 Can't just make a loop, right? 78 00:04:18,603 --> 00:04:20,087 You wanna make it to where, 79 00:04:20,190 --> 00:04:21,813 when the rabbit touches the bottom, 80 00:04:21,916 --> 00:04:22,814 it closes 81 00:04:22,917 --> 00:04:25,299 much further... 82 00:04:25,403 --> 00:04:27,577 than what you originally had it set for. 83 00:04:29,717 --> 00:04:31,443 Now it's about finding a good anchor. 84 00:04:34,135 --> 00:04:37,138 Then I'm gonna check my other trap line. 85 00:04:40,797 --> 00:04:43,248 All right. Just came across this. 86 00:04:43,352 --> 00:04:46,458 There's rabbit fur and blood and no rabbit. 87 00:04:46,562 --> 00:04:47,839 That sucks. 88 00:04:47,942 --> 00:04:49,806 I was really looking forward to catching that guy. 89 00:05:01,542 --> 00:05:02,612 Fox. 90 00:05:04,407 --> 00:05:06,823 And... 91 00:05:06,927 --> 00:05:07,859 fox urine. 92 00:05:07,962 --> 00:05:10,413 See that little yellow speck? 93 00:05:10,517 --> 00:05:12,484 This fox came up here, he's marking his territory, 94 00:05:12,588 --> 00:05:14,003 so there's a lot more fox in the area, 95 00:05:14,106 --> 00:05:15,660 so great. 96 00:05:17,178 --> 00:05:19,077 I went from food 97 00:05:19,180 --> 00:05:21,735 and catching food and stuff 98 00:05:21,838 --> 00:05:25,463 to zero food and competition for my food. 99 00:05:27,292 --> 00:05:28,500 Hoo! All right. 100 00:05:28,604 --> 00:05:31,676 It's getting real. 101 00:05:58,185 --> 00:06:00,912 - Pretty dark in Rock House. 102 00:06:01,015 --> 00:06:03,535 That's one drawback, 103 00:06:03,639 --> 00:06:06,538 having it all tight and insulated. 104 00:06:06,642 --> 00:06:09,403 No light. 105 00:06:09,507 --> 00:06:12,233 Yesterday was all butchering, 106 00:06:12,337 --> 00:06:14,581 hacking and slashing, 107 00:06:14,684 --> 00:06:16,790 and then got it all to camp. 108 00:06:16,893 --> 00:06:18,343 You gotta get as much distance 109 00:06:18,447 --> 00:06:21,311 between the kill site and your meat as possible. 110 00:06:24,211 --> 00:06:27,387 Boy, he had a set on him. 111 00:06:27,490 --> 00:06:29,803 We're gonna clean skin his nuts off. 112 00:06:31,529 --> 00:06:34,117 In old times, they always made pouches 113 00:06:34,221 --> 00:06:37,742 out of the buffalo scrotums. 114 00:06:37,845 --> 00:06:42,125 There's a musk ox scrotum pouch. 115 00:06:42,229 --> 00:06:44,921 Yeah, they're big and they're already pouch-shaped, you know? 116 00:06:45,025 --> 00:06:48,269 No sewing involved. 117 00:06:50,375 --> 00:06:52,584 Here's the nut. 118 00:06:52,688 --> 00:06:55,725 Great Slave Lake oyster. 119 00:06:55,829 --> 00:06:58,521 Musk ox testicle. It's big. 120 00:06:58,625 --> 00:07:00,592 Big as my hand. 121 00:07:00,696 --> 00:07:03,077 Testicles, they're good. 122 00:07:03,181 --> 00:07:05,425 I'm not kidding. 123 00:07:05,528 --> 00:07:08,358 I want that 100 day title as much as the money, 124 00:07:08,462 --> 00:07:11,051 so we're gonna eat this 125 00:07:11,154 --> 00:07:12,846 from the horns to the hooves. 126 00:07:19,024 --> 00:07:21,958 This is gonna make an award-winning soup. 127 00:07:22,062 --> 00:07:24,892 Yeah, they're fatty. They're rich. 128 00:07:24,996 --> 00:07:28,689 There's all kinds of goodness in a set of nuts. 129 00:07:28,793 --> 00:07:30,622 The Eskimos that I hung out with 130 00:07:30,726 --> 00:07:32,072 up on the Kuskokwim 131 00:07:32,175 --> 00:07:34,592 always put a high, high value 132 00:07:34,695 --> 00:07:36,525 on the fat of the animal. 133 00:07:36,628 --> 00:07:39,217 I might not know the science of it and things, 134 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:42,047 but I know about the fat behind the eyeballs. 135 00:07:42,151 --> 00:07:44,878 The Eskimos always eat the nose off the moose, 136 00:07:44,981 --> 00:07:48,329 so therefore, I know to eat the nose off the musk ox. 137 00:07:48,433 --> 00:07:50,090 Perfect. 138 00:07:50,193 --> 00:07:51,712 Pot's full, 139 00:07:51,816 --> 00:07:54,474 and now we're set up with tenderloin. 140 00:07:56,545 --> 00:07:57,925 Oh, baby. 141 00:08:03,137 --> 00:08:05,899 Holy . 142 00:08:06,002 --> 00:08:08,384 Day 100, there ain't gonna be 143 00:08:08,488 --> 00:08:12,422 a whole hell of a lot of that musk ox left. 144 00:08:12,526 --> 00:08:14,494 It turned out perfect. 145 00:08:17,876 --> 00:08:19,740 Last bite. 146 00:08:21,328 --> 00:08:23,641 Oh, dear Lord, that was so good. 147 00:08:26,126 --> 00:08:30,095 A guy can just flop. 148 00:08:30,199 --> 00:08:31,856 Feels good. 149 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:39,242 Everything's really coming together in Rock House. 150 00:08:39,346 --> 00:08:42,280 It sure is. 151 00:09:11,343 --> 00:09:13,932 Making the guitar has now inspired me 152 00:09:14,036 --> 00:09:17,349 to make a good size eating bowl. 153 00:09:17,453 --> 00:09:20,283 That's not just a crafting. That's a need. 154 00:09:20,387 --> 00:09:22,838 Would just make life so much easier 155 00:09:22,941 --> 00:09:25,806 to be able to transfer my food into the bowl 156 00:09:25,910 --> 00:09:27,739 and then I can use the pot to boil water, 157 00:09:27,843 --> 00:09:31,398 so I can have boiled water and my food at the same time. 158 00:09:36,403 --> 00:09:37,646 Oh, yeah. 159 00:09:40,545 --> 00:09:42,720 Yeah, I think this should do quite nicely. 160 00:09:53,213 --> 00:09:54,628 I feel very in sync with the land, 161 00:09:54,732 --> 00:09:55,940 with what I'm doing. 162 00:09:56,043 --> 00:09:57,527 I feel like I'm doing the right thing. 163 00:09:57,631 --> 00:09:59,046 I don't feel, like, any need 164 00:09:59,150 --> 00:10:01,808 to go and absolutely pillage the land 165 00:10:01,911 --> 00:10:05,225 and just catch and catch and kill and-- 166 00:10:05,328 --> 00:10:08,469 I've got almost two weeks of fish fillets 167 00:10:08,573 --> 00:10:10,161 up in the food cache, 168 00:10:10,264 --> 00:10:12,301 which could be looked at as a month of food 169 00:10:12,404 --> 00:10:13,509 in survival mode. 170 00:10:15,442 --> 00:10:17,168 Oh, Joel. 171 00:10:17,271 --> 00:10:20,378 Just keep going. 172 00:10:23,553 --> 00:10:24,831 All right. 173 00:10:24,934 --> 00:10:26,349 Let's head back to camp. 174 00:10:35,911 --> 00:10:37,429 My legs are heavy. 175 00:10:41,537 --> 00:10:44,195 My legs have taken a toll out here. 176 00:10:44,298 --> 00:10:46,231 Yes, I've been eating, 177 00:10:46,335 --> 00:10:49,787 but I feel I've lost a lot of muscle on my legs, 178 00:10:49,890 --> 00:10:51,305 especially my calves. 179 00:10:53,204 --> 00:10:55,137 The physical fatigue 180 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,070 that comes with this whole experience 181 00:10:57,173 --> 00:10:59,969 is freaking tough. 182 00:11:00,073 --> 00:11:03,904 Like, they have that saying, "bone tired." 183 00:11:04,008 --> 00:11:06,562 I know the meaning to that saying now. 184 00:11:10,531 --> 00:11:14,363 Legs, legs, legs. 185 00:11:29,378 --> 00:11:32,381 I'm looking for a decent size bowl. 186 00:11:32,484 --> 00:11:34,797 I want no little itty-bitty. 187 00:11:36,626 --> 00:11:39,802 It's hard to physically keep up with the workload 188 00:11:39,906 --> 00:11:41,321 and then doing other fun projects 189 00:11:41,424 --> 00:11:42,632 that you wanna do, 190 00:11:42,736 --> 00:11:45,463 being on your feet all day, you know? 191 00:11:45,566 --> 00:11:46,913 Wow, guys. 192 00:11:47,016 --> 00:11:48,742 That's coming along. 193 00:11:50,261 --> 00:11:51,607 Freaking arm's about to fall off, 194 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:53,885 but it's coming along. 195 00:11:53,989 --> 00:11:56,267 But most of all, it's so hard 196 00:11:56,370 --> 00:11:58,890 to be completely out of touch, separated, 197 00:11:58,994 --> 00:12:01,099 such a long distance from your family, 198 00:12:01,203 --> 00:12:03,550 from a young kid just learning to speak. 199 00:12:03,653 --> 00:12:05,966 Just probably can't comprehend what's going on. 200 00:12:06,070 --> 00:12:08,141 He was here every day, and now he's gone. 201 00:12:08,244 --> 00:12:09,142 Why? 202 00:12:14,043 --> 00:12:16,218 He's a tough little bugger, though. 203 00:12:16,321 --> 00:12:18,047 I just have to keep doing what I'm doing. 204 00:12:18,151 --> 00:12:20,532 I just gotta keep myself in the right headspace. 205 00:12:25,434 --> 00:12:26,884 Really, really makes you feel good. 206 00:12:26,987 --> 00:12:29,127 I've been wanting this for a while, 207 00:12:29,231 --> 00:12:31,647 and it's now in the making. 208 00:12:31,751 --> 00:12:33,338 So get some coals in here 209 00:12:33,442 --> 00:12:35,237 and burn it out and clean it up. 210 00:12:35,340 --> 00:12:38,378 By tomorrow evening, be eating out of this thing. 211 00:13:08,995 --> 00:13:11,169 Being freaking paranoid. 212 00:13:11,273 --> 00:13:12,826 I hear it, a little noise, 213 00:13:12,930 --> 00:13:16,623 and I think it's, like, something in my food cache. 214 00:13:16,726 --> 00:13:18,142 So come on. 215 00:13:18,245 --> 00:13:20,178 Let's just go and take a quick look. 216 00:13:20,282 --> 00:13:21,835 Just go and make sure. 217 00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:31,362 Oh, I don't see nothing. 218 00:13:31,465 --> 00:13:32,535 Let's see. 219 00:13:35,297 --> 00:13:37,402 Damn it. 220 00:13:37,506 --> 00:13:39,059 Get outta here! 221 00:13:57,767 --> 00:13:58,665 - Damn it. 222 00:13:58,768 --> 00:13:59,908 Wolverine. 223 00:14:00,011 --> 00:14:01,254 Get outta here. 224 00:14:01,357 --> 00:14:03,049 Get outta here. 225 00:14:03,152 --> 00:14:04,084 Hey! 226 00:14:04,188 --> 00:14:05,914 Get outta here! 227 00:14:11,954 --> 00:14:12,852 There he goes. 228 00:14:12,955 --> 00:14:15,578 Get outta here, wolverine. 229 00:14:15,682 --> 00:14:17,684 It's my food cache, hear me? 230 00:14:20,031 --> 00:14:22,068 Bugger! 231 00:14:22,171 --> 00:14:26,003 Well, he wasn't up there, but I bet he was trying. 232 00:14:26,106 --> 00:14:30,179 I am, just for safekeeping, gonna take just a few steaks 233 00:14:30,283 --> 00:14:34,597 'cause I don't have any food spare in the shelter. 234 00:14:39,223 --> 00:14:42,191 Oh, God. My sixth sense just kicks in. 235 00:14:44,055 --> 00:14:46,886 Oh, ! 236 00:14:46,989 --> 00:14:48,611 He did pull some fish down. 237 00:14:49,819 --> 00:14:51,683 So he gets up here. 238 00:14:51,787 --> 00:14:53,168 No way! 239 00:14:53,271 --> 00:14:55,101 He pulled it out through the bottom. 240 00:14:55,204 --> 00:14:56,619 Damn it. 241 00:14:56,723 --> 00:14:58,242 This is all coming in the shelter. 242 00:15:00,416 --> 00:15:02,867 Not leaving it out here and letting it get eaten. 243 00:15:06,629 --> 00:15:08,217 Bugger! 244 00:15:08,321 --> 00:15:09,356 How much did he get? 245 00:15:12,739 --> 00:15:15,293 I've got one, 246 00:15:15,397 --> 00:15:18,434 two, three... 247 00:15:20,747 --> 00:15:22,335 Part of one that is-- 248 00:15:22,438 --> 00:15:24,751 this is what he didn't manage to get. 249 00:15:24,854 --> 00:15:27,202 It was on the ground. 250 00:15:27,305 --> 00:15:30,688 Four, five. 251 00:15:33,415 --> 00:15:34,726 He's taken about ten-- 252 00:15:34,830 --> 00:15:37,937 he's already eaten about ten pieces this size. 253 00:15:39,524 --> 00:15:40,560 Damn it! 254 00:15:40,663 --> 00:15:42,665 That does not leave me with a lot. 255 00:15:42,769 --> 00:15:45,461 Welcome to the winter in the Arctic. 256 00:15:45,565 --> 00:15:47,636 Everything just wants your food. 257 00:15:59,441 --> 00:16:00,890 All right. 258 00:16:00,994 --> 00:16:03,479 Maybe I could scrape four days out of that, 259 00:16:03,583 --> 00:16:06,620 but I had stores for, like, you know, ten days. 260 00:16:08,381 --> 00:16:10,383 All that effort, 261 00:16:10,486 --> 00:16:12,557 those calories spent 262 00:16:12,661 --> 00:16:14,904 in building that food cache and that brush wall 263 00:16:15,008 --> 00:16:15,905 and that... 264 00:16:18,460 --> 00:16:20,876 Nope. Didn't matter. 265 00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:23,016 If he wants it, he's gonna get it. 266 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:27,607 Just shows me that it's, like-- there's just no stopping 267 00:16:27,710 --> 00:16:29,643 an animal like that when he's hungry. 268 00:16:31,887 --> 00:16:34,372 Man, what a tough place to keep food. 269 00:16:36,340 --> 00:16:38,135 What a tough place. 270 00:17:09,649 --> 00:17:12,652 - This is my brain pouch. 271 00:17:15,862 --> 00:17:18,347 There's the brain in there. 272 00:17:18,451 --> 00:17:21,109 I'm wanting to put a little bit on my gloves. 273 00:17:21,212 --> 00:17:23,111 That's gonna tan that so nice. 274 00:17:25,803 --> 00:17:27,805 Little bit of this goes a long way. 275 00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:36,365 You can just feel how greasy it is. 276 00:17:36,469 --> 00:17:37,711 Like lanolin. 277 00:17:39,955 --> 00:17:41,198 Good thing we tended to 'em. 278 00:17:41,301 --> 00:17:44,615 That'll help keep 'em from cracking as well, 279 00:17:44,718 --> 00:17:46,272 this brain juice. 280 00:17:50,655 --> 00:17:52,450 See how that looks? 281 00:17:52,554 --> 00:17:54,418 Now, you can tell it got oiled. 282 00:17:57,973 --> 00:17:59,837 I just want some on my hands. 283 00:18:02,598 --> 00:18:05,291 It's like putting lotion on. 284 00:18:05,394 --> 00:18:07,086 My hands are sore. 285 00:18:07,189 --> 00:18:09,191 You can't believe how sore my hands was 286 00:18:09,295 --> 00:18:11,400 from building Rock House. 287 00:18:11,504 --> 00:18:14,231 It's even good for chapped face. 288 00:18:16,578 --> 00:18:19,305 When the wind blows your face and chaps it. 289 00:18:23,032 --> 00:18:24,724 I don't think we're gonna eat this brain. 290 00:18:24,827 --> 00:18:26,243 We're gonna save it for... 291 00:18:30,419 --> 00:18:32,111 Skin and leather treatment. 292 00:18:34,147 --> 00:18:36,805 Everything has a use out here. 293 00:18:39,842 --> 00:18:41,499 Aw, yeah. 294 00:18:41,603 --> 00:18:44,364 Nice and supple now. 295 00:18:44,468 --> 00:18:47,678 Now they're ready to go build meat cache. 296 00:18:53,201 --> 00:18:56,583 I have to move the meat away from Rock House, 297 00:18:56,687 --> 00:18:59,448 so I'm gonna build a meat crib 298 00:18:59,552 --> 00:19:01,347 that's gonna be just like a log cabin, 299 00:19:01,450 --> 00:19:03,349 notched on the ends, 300 00:19:03,452 --> 00:19:06,110 and we're gonna fit 'em tight so nothing can get in there. 301 00:19:09,424 --> 00:19:11,426 It'll be bulletproof. 302 00:19:11,529 --> 00:19:14,636 And I'm gonna clear all the poles I need, 303 00:19:14,739 --> 00:19:18,502 you know, to 100 yards from Rock House 304 00:19:18,605 --> 00:19:20,538 in a straight line. 305 00:19:20,642 --> 00:19:22,437 That way, I can look out my door 306 00:19:22,540 --> 00:19:24,680 and see down here. 307 00:19:24,784 --> 00:19:28,167 I'll shine my headlamp and hopefully see eyeballs. 308 00:19:28,270 --> 00:19:29,237 Well, hopefully not, 309 00:19:29,340 --> 00:19:30,548 but if there's something around, 310 00:19:30,652 --> 00:19:32,792 I'll see eyeballs. 311 00:19:32,895 --> 00:19:35,588 I think I'm gonna cut little poles 312 00:19:35,691 --> 00:19:36,968 and place on the bottom. 313 00:19:37,072 --> 00:19:39,902 That way, they'll be pinned under these ones. 314 00:19:40,006 --> 00:19:41,145 Then it'll have a floor. 315 00:19:41,249 --> 00:19:42,457 It'll be damn hard 316 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,700 for anything to come in under it that way. 317 00:19:58,749 --> 00:19:59,646 Ha. 318 00:20:03,271 --> 00:20:07,136 My mother died while I was preparing for this quest, 319 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,347 so I'm trying to remember her a little bit through this all, 320 00:20:10,450 --> 00:20:13,039 but I know if anybody's with the Lord, she is. 321 00:20:13,142 --> 00:20:15,524 That woman was devout, man. 322 00:20:17,595 --> 00:20:18,976 So she's probably got her finger 323 00:20:19,079 --> 00:20:21,392 on some of this too. 324 00:20:21,496 --> 00:20:23,291 Hi, Mom. You hear me? 325 00:20:23,394 --> 00:20:25,085 I'm here, 326 00:20:25,189 --> 00:20:28,468 Rock House, building my meat cache. 327 00:20:28,572 --> 00:20:31,126 Thinking of you, Mom. 328 00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:33,266 Not bad. 329 00:20:33,370 --> 00:20:34,647 Pretty damn good, actually. 330 00:20:34,750 --> 00:20:37,408 That's a tight little cube we got happening there. 331 00:20:39,548 --> 00:20:42,068 I know I was kind of a difficult... 332 00:20:42,171 --> 00:20:44,139 little [bleep] to raise up. 333 00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:46,072 I sure hope some of the stuff I've done 334 00:20:46,175 --> 00:20:49,006 has made you proud though. 335 00:20:49,109 --> 00:20:51,008 I'll see you soon, Mom. 336 00:20:51,111 --> 00:20:52,596 I'm right behind you. 337 00:20:56,393 --> 00:20:58,843 That's it for the walls. 338 00:20:58,947 --> 00:21:00,500 It turned out pretty good. 339 00:21:00,604 --> 00:21:03,262 Now that's a lot of freezer space. 340 00:21:03,365 --> 00:21:06,472 Now we need eight big, heavy stakes, 341 00:21:06,575 --> 00:21:07,852 about yo high. 342 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:11,339 They're gonna be driven in each corner, 343 00:21:11,442 --> 00:21:13,927 inside and out, 344 00:21:14,031 --> 00:21:17,931 and then tied at the top with my fencing twist. 345 00:21:18,035 --> 00:21:20,555 You won't be able to pull a log outta here no how. 346 00:21:22,867 --> 00:21:25,974 Pretty snug. 347 00:21:26,077 --> 00:21:27,769 Oh, yeah. 348 00:21:27,872 --> 00:21:31,220 That's tightened that end right the hell up. 349 00:21:31,324 --> 00:21:32,739 Do it half-assed, 350 00:21:32,843 --> 00:21:34,569 a wolverine will jump right in there 351 00:21:34,672 --> 00:21:37,434 and have a party. 352 00:21:37,537 --> 00:21:40,540 I'm building the meat crib wolverine- and bear-proof. 353 00:21:44,717 --> 00:21:47,651 I got a big game kill, and I'm gonna win this baby 354 00:21:47,754 --> 00:21:49,100 if I'm smart. 355 00:21:49,204 --> 00:21:52,345 I cannot let nothing get this meat. 356 00:21:52,449 --> 00:21:54,485 I ain't putting it up in the [bleep] damn air, 357 00:21:54,589 --> 00:21:56,107 'cause that don't work anyway. 358 00:21:57,764 --> 00:21:59,904 Climb like a [bleep] acrobat every day 359 00:22:00,008 --> 00:22:03,494 just to see how much [bleep] damn meat got stolen. 360 00:22:03,598 --> 00:22:05,496 You don't keep a [bleep] wolverine down. 361 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:06,980 I don't care if you skin the bark 362 00:22:07,084 --> 00:22:09,604 off the whole [bleep] damn tree. 363 00:22:09,707 --> 00:22:12,434 There ain't nothing out here a wolverine can't climb. 364 00:22:16,024 --> 00:22:17,266 Lock it in. 365 00:22:23,652 --> 00:22:26,483 There by a beaver. 366 00:22:29,071 --> 00:22:31,729 What a [bleep] damn ordeal. 367 00:23:06,626 --> 00:23:08,110 - Have I mentioned this is the only diet 368 00:23:08,214 --> 00:23:09,698 I've ever been on? 369 00:23:12,425 --> 00:23:14,462 And I'll tell you what, 370 00:23:14,565 --> 00:23:18,051 I do not recommend this diet. 371 00:23:18,155 --> 00:23:20,122 I'm sure there's better ones out there. 372 00:23:22,746 --> 00:23:24,506 But if you want fast results... 373 00:23:27,026 --> 00:23:28,890 Maybe this is the one for you. 374 00:23:30,926 --> 00:23:34,274 This place went from fruitful with bears 375 00:23:34,378 --> 00:23:38,347 and fish and berries 376 00:23:38,451 --> 00:23:41,178 to the first real snowfall, 377 00:23:41,281 --> 00:23:43,387 and now there's nothing. 378 00:23:43,491 --> 00:23:45,700 But this is survival. 379 00:23:45,803 --> 00:23:47,426 I've gotta keep pushing forward. 380 00:23:49,289 --> 00:23:50,705 Gonna check my trap line. 381 00:23:50,808 --> 00:23:51,844 I might get lucky. 382 00:23:57,746 --> 00:24:00,542 I don't know if it's a good thing 383 00:24:00,646 --> 00:24:02,613 or a bad thing when I-- 384 00:24:02,717 --> 00:24:05,098 walking down, I see a good patch of reindeer moss 385 00:24:05,202 --> 00:24:06,686 and I'm like, yeah! 386 00:24:09,931 --> 00:24:11,588 This is a humbling experience, 387 00:24:11,691 --> 00:24:14,832 gathering moss 388 00:24:14,936 --> 00:24:18,146 for your food, right? 389 00:24:18,249 --> 00:24:21,356 But reindeer moss isn't gonna do it. 390 00:24:21,460 --> 00:24:22,944 I gotta find food. 391 00:24:28,536 --> 00:24:31,228 What is that? 392 00:24:35,508 --> 00:24:37,545 Oh, my gosh. 393 00:24:58,186 --> 00:25:00,637 - All right. So hey. 394 00:25:00,740 --> 00:25:02,915 Came out here today 395 00:25:03,018 --> 00:25:05,469 and... 396 00:25:05,573 --> 00:25:07,126 we trapped this guy. 397 00:25:10,232 --> 00:25:12,372 Little fox. 398 00:25:12,476 --> 00:25:13,650 Caught him 'round the waist. 399 00:25:13,753 --> 00:25:15,134 He's not injured. 400 00:25:17,274 --> 00:25:20,346 Coming out here and seeing an animal in your trap 401 00:25:20,449 --> 00:25:24,350 that has this much food, 402 00:25:24,453 --> 00:25:25,731 it kinda sucks. 403 00:25:31,460 --> 00:25:33,186 I haven't really eaten that much. 404 00:25:41,367 --> 00:25:43,024 But sometimes, you just gotta do the right thing, 405 00:25:43,127 --> 00:25:45,371 so we're gonna let this guy go. 406 00:25:45,474 --> 00:25:46,475 We're gonna try and do it 407 00:25:46,579 --> 00:25:48,581 without getting injured, obviously. 408 00:25:48,685 --> 00:25:50,065 But we don't wanna hurt him. 409 00:26:06,495 --> 00:26:09,878 Life isn't all about gaining stuff. 410 00:26:09,982 --> 00:26:12,191 Sometimes, the biggest gains you can get from life 411 00:26:12,294 --> 00:26:13,675 are just by doing the right thing. 412 00:26:16,954 --> 00:26:19,198 So... 413 00:26:19,301 --> 00:26:20,544 this is him. 414 00:26:23,443 --> 00:26:25,031 This little guy is fine. 415 00:26:25,135 --> 00:26:26,205 There's nothing wrong with him. 416 00:26:26,308 --> 00:26:28,587 So we're just gonna let him go. 417 00:26:32,245 --> 00:26:33,419 All right. 418 00:26:33,522 --> 00:26:34,834 Gonna go check the rest of my traps. 419 00:26:46,950 --> 00:26:47,916 Yeah! 420 00:26:48,020 --> 00:26:50,954 Got myself a rabbit. 421 00:26:51,057 --> 00:26:53,819 Look at this guy. 422 00:26:53,922 --> 00:26:56,684 Pretty sure I just gave him a heart attack. 423 00:26:56,787 --> 00:26:58,099 Super happy. 424 00:26:58,202 --> 00:26:59,376 Man! 425 00:26:59,479 --> 00:27:02,310 I snared a fox today, I let him go, 426 00:27:02,413 --> 00:27:06,348 and I was able to snare a rabbit. 427 00:27:06,452 --> 00:27:08,281 Fuzzy little bunny. 428 00:27:08,385 --> 00:27:10,698 Got food again. 429 00:27:10,801 --> 00:27:11,837 Great day. 430 00:27:11,940 --> 00:27:13,252 I'm gonna get him outta here real quick 431 00:27:13,355 --> 00:27:14,667 and go check the gill net. 432 00:27:21,156 --> 00:27:25,471 I truly, truly believe that was karma. 433 00:27:27,369 --> 00:27:29,855 I just had a trifecta of a day. 434 00:27:31,684 --> 00:27:33,997 I got a fish! 435 00:27:35,895 --> 00:27:37,345 Man! 436 00:27:37,448 --> 00:27:41,176 I been waiting to catch another fish for so long. 437 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:42,937 Yeah! Whitefish! 438 00:27:44,801 --> 00:27:46,492 It's really neat being able to take things 439 00:27:46,595 --> 00:27:48,736 from the water and from the land, 440 00:27:48,839 --> 00:27:50,703 especially all in the same day, 441 00:27:50,807 --> 00:27:51,946 and give back. 442 00:27:57,537 --> 00:27:59,781 How's that for a day's catch? 443 00:28:02,853 --> 00:28:04,303 Man, I can't be happier. 444 00:28:04,406 --> 00:28:06,719 I am so happy. 445 00:28:08,376 --> 00:28:11,137 Yeah! 446 00:28:11,241 --> 00:28:14,002 If I didn't believe in karma before, 447 00:28:14,106 --> 00:28:15,659 I am a believer now. 448 00:28:34,885 --> 00:28:36,059 - So here's my thoughts. 449 00:28:37,923 --> 00:28:41,305 This is the front end corner of my shelter, 450 00:28:41,409 --> 00:28:43,687 and I'd like to build this little box 451 00:28:43,791 --> 00:28:46,103 in the corner here for-- to store my fish, 452 00:28:46,207 --> 00:28:48,140 keep them fresh. 453 00:28:48,243 --> 00:28:51,074 Cut ourselves a digging stick. 454 00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:56,079 After the wolverine's visit, 455 00:28:56,182 --> 00:28:58,633 I can't leave the food out in the food cache. 456 00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:00,014 Obviously, he's still gonna get it. 457 00:29:00,117 --> 00:29:01,463 So what I'm gonna do 458 00:29:01,567 --> 00:29:04,432 is I'm gonna make a little bush refrigerator. 459 00:29:04,535 --> 00:29:05,985 I'm just gonna dig down, 460 00:29:06,089 --> 00:29:08,367 around about a foot is what I'm shooting for, 461 00:29:08,470 --> 00:29:11,197 and then also pack snow inside there. 462 00:29:11,301 --> 00:29:12,889 Hopefully, the geothermal cooling 463 00:29:12,992 --> 00:29:14,373 and the insulation of the ground 464 00:29:14,476 --> 00:29:15,995 will lock in that temperature. 465 00:29:28,214 --> 00:29:31,321 That is pretty good right there. 466 00:29:33,357 --> 00:29:35,704 Next, I'm just gonna use stakes 467 00:29:35,808 --> 00:29:38,397 and spruce boughs to create some insulation 468 00:29:38,500 --> 00:29:41,020 and the structure for the box so it doesn't collapse in. 469 00:29:45,024 --> 00:29:45,956 Kay. 470 00:29:46,060 --> 00:29:49,339 All the hard work's done now. 471 00:29:49,442 --> 00:29:51,099 Oh, man. 472 00:29:51,203 --> 00:29:53,688 Everything I do... 473 00:29:53,792 --> 00:29:56,139 is just so exhausting. 474 00:29:58,279 --> 00:30:00,246 I feel like I'm lacking electrolytes 475 00:30:00,350 --> 00:30:04,803 and definitely feel my body going into full ketosis. 476 00:30:04,906 --> 00:30:07,978 There is definitely a reduced pep in the step. 477 00:30:12,811 --> 00:30:16,366 Just try and create a good seal around. 478 00:30:20,749 --> 00:30:23,580 Mmm. Such a nice smell. 479 00:30:26,341 --> 00:30:28,067 The trick is to compact it 480 00:30:28,171 --> 00:30:30,207 very good. 481 00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:34,522 We'll put just a couple of these in the bottom 482 00:30:34,625 --> 00:30:38,491 just so we don't create frostbite on the fish. 483 00:30:38,595 --> 00:30:40,148 And then let's load 'em in. 484 00:30:42,668 --> 00:30:45,326 I don't really want the fish on top of each other 485 00:30:45,429 --> 00:30:46,603 so that they don't have that moisture 486 00:30:46,706 --> 00:30:49,192 trapped between them. 487 00:30:49,295 --> 00:30:52,402 Now we compact everything in spruce boughs 488 00:30:52,505 --> 00:30:54,887 to add insulation. 489 00:30:54,991 --> 00:30:56,578 Yeah, and the lid goes on top. 490 00:30:59,685 --> 00:31:01,652 And there we go. 491 00:31:01,756 --> 00:31:03,551 Beautiful. 492 00:31:03,654 --> 00:31:05,449 From now forward, 493 00:31:05,553 --> 00:31:08,590 I look forward to keeping some frozen fresh fish at hand 494 00:31:08,694 --> 00:31:09,591 all the time. 495 00:31:14,182 --> 00:31:16,909 We're gonna be making a fire very soon, 496 00:31:17,013 --> 00:31:19,291 but I'm still not satisfied with the firewood. 497 00:31:19,394 --> 00:31:20,602 I still need much more. 498 00:31:26,505 --> 00:31:28,472 Kay. Let's do some cutting. 499 00:31:35,445 --> 00:31:37,585 I've worked a lot of hard jobs in my life, 500 00:31:37,688 --> 00:31:39,518 like working in sewage tanks 501 00:31:39,621 --> 00:31:42,659 and working, like, without sleep for a couple days 502 00:31:42,762 --> 00:31:45,041 and, you know, being at sea with machinery broken down 503 00:31:45,144 --> 00:31:47,284 that I gotta repair at 4:00 in the morning, 504 00:31:47,388 --> 00:31:50,287 and it's all taught me how to work hard 505 00:31:50,391 --> 00:31:51,564 and just get in the right mindset 506 00:31:51,668 --> 00:31:52,738 of "just get it done." 507 00:31:57,225 --> 00:32:01,333 The $1 million prize is definitely a big motivator 508 00:32:01,436 --> 00:32:02,713 to get to day 100, 509 00:32:02,817 --> 00:32:05,406 so I will push my body to its limit. 510 00:32:17,349 --> 00:32:18,591 Frick. 511 00:32:57,044 --> 00:32:58,045 Oh, . 512 00:32:58,148 --> 00:32:59,805 Oh, . 513 00:33:01,393 --> 00:33:05,362 Oh, legs, oh, legs, oh, legs. 514 00:33:05,466 --> 00:33:07,330 You're giving up on me. 515 00:33:15,165 --> 00:33:16,787 I've already asked so much of my body, 516 00:33:16,891 --> 00:33:18,375 I just hate to keep abusing it, 517 00:33:18,479 --> 00:33:20,860 but I don't wanna leave. 518 00:33:25,451 --> 00:33:27,315 Ah, it sucks. 519 00:33:34,322 --> 00:33:37,015 Joel, do not let this bum you out. 520 00:33:39,879 --> 00:33:41,743 Come on, Joel. Just come on. 521 00:33:41,847 --> 00:33:43,745 [bleep] pull yourself together here. 522 00:33:50,890 --> 00:33:53,065 It's not the nicest position to be in, 523 00:33:53,169 --> 00:33:56,137 but it's just how it is. 524 00:34:21,404 --> 00:34:24,786 - Cravings this morning... 525 00:34:24,890 --> 00:34:27,548 just a cup of coffee with cream. 526 00:34:29,688 --> 00:34:32,139 I'd take a croissant on the side. 527 00:34:32,242 --> 00:34:33,726 A croissant. 528 00:34:37,282 --> 00:34:38,904 Fresh. 529 00:34:42,494 --> 00:34:46,705 I got up this morning with my bow in hand. 530 00:34:46,808 --> 00:34:48,431 You never know what's out there. 531 00:34:50,916 --> 00:34:53,505 Today is the day to get something... 532 00:34:55,472 --> 00:34:58,613 To make me feel like I'm still on top of it. 533 00:35:00,374 --> 00:35:02,169 What a way to live. 534 00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:11,833 Food'll do me good. 535 00:35:18,081 --> 00:35:20,532 Oh, look at all those moose tracks. 536 00:35:23,983 --> 00:35:25,053 Right there. 537 00:35:32,060 --> 00:35:33,131 There. 538 00:35:36,306 --> 00:35:38,964 I'm okay with trying to stick with snaring rabbits, 539 00:35:39,067 --> 00:35:41,449 but I'm not giving up with big game. 540 00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:51,356 Hopefully I catch something today in my snares. 541 00:35:54,876 --> 00:35:56,188 Empty. 542 00:35:58,294 --> 00:36:00,054 The reason I'm doing this 543 00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:03,782 is because I want to do my husband, Dave, proud. 544 00:36:06,025 --> 00:36:07,682 Nothing. 545 00:36:09,684 --> 00:36:11,652 And I wanna do myself proud 546 00:36:11,755 --> 00:36:15,276 because I know that I'm blown away 547 00:36:15,380 --> 00:36:17,761 with Dave and his abilities. 548 00:36:20,316 --> 00:36:22,835 We joke about the money a lot, like, "Oh, if we win, 549 00:36:22,939 --> 00:36:25,873 we're gonna get a boat that doesn't leak." 550 00:36:25,976 --> 00:36:27,840 Nothing. 551 00:36:27,944 --> 00:36:29,394 And, like, "Oh if we win, 552 00:36:29,497 --> 00:36:31,637 then Dave's gonna go to the South Pole." 553 00:36:33,708 --> 00:36:36,263 So there's lots of things that, you know, it'd be like, 554 00:36:36,366 --> 00:36:38,265 "Oh, if we win..." 555 00:36:40,474 --> 00:36:41,647 Nothing. 556 00:37:00,770 --> 00:37:02,220 Nope. 557 00:37:03,945 --> 00:37:05,844 Done checking my traps. 558 00:37:05,947 --> 00:37:07,363 No bunnies today. 559 00:37:35,045 --> 00:37:36,806 It knows I'm here, you know. 560 00:37:36,909 --> 00:37:39,326 It's running away. 561 00:38:27,063 --> 00:38:28,236 Damn it. 562 00:38:48,602 --> 00:38:52,330 Just the prospect of having that much food. 563 00:38:53,538 --> 00:38:54,573 It's like... 564 00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:58,819 It was right there. 565 00:39:10,831 --> 00:39:12,660 That's the good news right there. 566 00:39:12,764 --> 00:39:13,972 That's good news. 567 00:39:16,319 --> 00:39:18,045 They're coming 'round here. 568 00:39:20,806 --> 00:39:23,015 So I shouldn't give up. 569 00:39:43,795 --> 00:39:44,761 - Look. 570 00:39:49,248 --> 00:39:51,009 So the little short-tailed weasel 571 00:39:51,112 --> 00:39:53,701 just poked his little head. 572 00:39:53,805 --> 00:39:55,945 He was right there. 573 00:39:58,499 --> 00:40:00,328 There he is. 574 00:40:00,432 --> 00:40:01,916 Hello, little friend. 575 00:40:07,094 --> 00:40:08,958 What do you think you're doing, little dude? 576 00:40:15,861 --> 00:40:17,415 I have so many things to do, 577 00:40:17,518 --> 00:40:20,383 but instead, I'm playing with the short-tailed weasel. 578 00:40:23,006 --> 00:40:24,974 Really, I should probably just scare him outta here 579 00:40:25,077 --> 00:40:26,216 so he stops coming in, 580 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:29,737 but it's kinda nice to have a little friend. 581 00:40:29,841 --> 00:40:31,290 That's the problem. 582 00:40:31,394 --> 00:40:33,845 The animals that are gonna, like, take my food-- 583 00:40:33,948 --> 00:40:36,123 I kinda like 'em, so... 584 00:40:36,226 --> 00:40:38,090 I'm not really motivated to kill them. 585 00:40:44,545 --> 00:40:48,135 There--geez--they go. 586 00:40:48,238 --> 00:40:50,378 You gonna come back, or was that it? 587 00:40:57,765 --> 00:40:59,974 All right, trap line, here I come. 588 00:41:01,942 --> 00:41:04,772 Keeps getting colder around here. 589 00:41:04,876 --> 00:41:07,085 And it is windy. 590 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,227 It's drier. The snow's drier. 591 00:41:11,330 --> 00:41:14,575 So Arctic winter, here we come. 592 00:41:14,679 --> 00:41:17,371 Now the adventure really begins, right? 593 00:41:19,856 --> 00:41:21,237 I'm burning tons of calories 594 00:41:21,340 --> 00:41:23,377 because this place is beautiful 595 00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:25,621 and I'm just hiking all over it. 596 00:41:25,724 --> 00:41:29,348 So I need to be focusing any calorie expenditure 597 00:41:29,452 --> 00:41:31,972 towards food procurement. 598 00:41:32,075 --> 00:41:33,145 Oh. 599 00:41:35,665 --> 00:41:38,461 I caught a rabbit. 600 00:41:38,565 --> 00:41:41,291 Poor little guy's frozen solid, 601 00:41:41,395 --> 00:41:44,881 but we have a sweet little-- 602 00:41:44,985 --> 00:41:47,366 a sweet little bunny. 603 00:41:47,470 --> 00:41:50,818 So that makes me very happy. 604 00:41:50,922 --> 00:41:54,684 Oh, my heart is seriously overflowing 605 00:41:54,788 --> 00:41:57,100 with joy and gratitude. 606 00:41:57,204 --> 00:41:59,275 Just yesterday, I was all worried, 607 00:41:59,378 --> 00:42:01,933 you know, that I was losing so much weight 608 00:42:02,036 --> 00:42:04,004 and not getting enough food, 609 00:42:04,107 --> 00:42:07,663 and then I get blessed up with a rabbit. 610 00:42:13,807 --> 00:42:15,636 Oh. 611 00:42:15,740 --> 00:42:18,018 Another rabbit. 612 00:42:18,121 --> 00:42:19,985 It's a two-rabbit day. 613 00:42:23,161 --> 00:42:24,956 You're too big to see. 614 00:42:30,996 --> 00:42:32,584 White as the snow. 615 00:42:32,688 --> 00:42:34,897 Sweet, sweet little guy. 616 00:42:37,831 --> 00:42:39,729 All right, let's keep going on. 617 00:42:44,941 --> 00:42:46,805 Oh, my gosh. 618 00:42:46,909 --> 00:42:48,427 There's another rabbit. 619 00:42:48,531 --> 00:42:49,808 Three rabbits! 620 00:42:49,912 --> 00:42:51,983 Oh, my gosh. 621 00:43:02,338 --> 00:43:04,789 Are you kidding me? 622 00:43:04,892 --> 00:43:06,273 Four. 623 00:43:06,376 --> 00:43:07,861 What? 624 00:43:07,964 --> 00:43:10,553 What? 625 00:43:10,657 --> 00:43:14,730 What did I do to deserve this good fortune? 626 00:43:17,940 --> 00:43:19,079 Oh, my gosh. 627 00:43:19,182 --> 00:43:20,667 Look at this abundance. 628 00:43:23,324 --> 00:43:27,639 We're going back to camp with four rabbits! 629 00:43:27,743 --> 00:43:29,399 Look at this! 630 00:43:29,503 --> 00:43:31,401 Can you believe this? 631 00:43:36,130 --> 00:43:39,168 These rabbits gave their life for me, 632 00:43:39,271 --> 00:43:42,205 and it's powerful to know 633 00:43:42,309 --> 00:43:43,862 it takes a death 634 00:43:43,966 --> 00:43:46,693 for me to have energy for the day. 635 00:43:46,796 --> 00:43:50,179 That makes me appreciate that I have life, 636 00:43:50,282 --> 00:43:52,284 that I'm alive. 637 00:43:52,388 --> 00:43:54,528 I wanna be connected to my food, 638 00:43:54,632 --> 00:43:58,187 and out here, I get to be. 639 00:43:58,290 --> 00:44:01,190 Thank you, Great Slave Lake! 640 00:44:01,293 --> 00:44:03,330 Thank you, Arctic. 641 00:44:03,433 --> 00:44:04,849 Thank you for feeding me. 642 00:44:04,952 --> 00:44:08,024 Thank you for teaching me. 643 00:44:08,128 --> 00:44:11,890 This place is raw and wild, 644 00:44:11,994 --> 00:44:13,961 and I'm becoming a part of it. 645 00:45:01,802 --> 00:45:03,666 My thoughts have been with the Hadza 646 00:45:03,770 --> 00:45:06,117 for all they've taught me. 647 00:45:06,220 --> 00:45:09,361 I felt compelled to thank the land in Swahili. 648 00:45:23,203 --> 00:45:24,687 Last night was pretty miserable, 649 00:45:24,791 --> 00:45:27,103 I'm not gonna lie. 650 00:45:27,207 --> 00:45:29,761 Just could not sleep. 651 00:45:32,005 --> 00:45:34,214 I just--it's getting worse and worse. 652 00:45:38,632 --> 00:45:42,878 My legs will collapse from underneath me. 653 00:45:42,981 --> 00:45:45,432 When I lose balance, 654 00:45:45,535 --> 00:45:48,366 my mind will tell my leg to move out to stabilize myself 655 00:45:48,469 --> 00:45:49,712 and my leg just won't do it. 656 00:45:53,233 --> 00:45:54,268 And the bottom line is that 657 00:45:54,372 --> 00:45:56,236 I just don't trust my body anymore. 658 00:45:58,721 --> 00:46:02,138 And after half of my fish has been eaten 659 00:46:02,242 --> 00:46:04,175 by Mr. Wolverine, 660 00:46:04,278 --> 00:46:06,522 I don't have the energy 661 00:46:06,625 --> 00:46:09,939 to go and get back on track with food again. 662 00:46:10,043 --> 00:46:13,909 I am now risking my safety a little bit. 663 00:46:21,330 --> 00:46:25,058 I promised my wife, made her a promise. 664 00:46:25,161 --> 00:46:29,027 The deal is that if my body gets to the point... 665 00:46:31,512 --> 00:46:33,791 Where I can't be safe, 666 00:46:33,894 --> 00:46:36,034 that I would call it. 667 00:46:36,138 --> 00:46:38,174 And I have to keep that promise to her. 668 00:46:40,867 --> 00:46:44,215 What's so important to me is that I choose to go. 669 00:46:52,844 --> 00:46:55,053 Hi. This is Joel here. 670 00:46:55,813 --> 00:46:58,022 I am officially tapping out. 671 00:47:05,305 --> 00:47:06,720 Disappointed in my body. 672 00:47:06,824 --> 00:47:09,688 I can't help it. I'm just disappointed. 673 00:47:09,792 --> 00:47:12,070 I just would've loved to have gone home 674 00:47:12,174 --> 00:47:13,589 with that money, you know? 675 00:47:13,692 --> 00:47:16,178 But that's not gonna happen. 676 00:47:30,468 --> 00:47:32,504 It's come to that time. 677 00:47:35,231 --> 00:47:38,027 My mind is so rock solid. 678 00:47:38,131 --> 00:47:40,685 So alive out here in this place. 679 00:47:40,788 --> 00:47:44,137 I could go for so much longer. 680 00:47:44,240 --> 00:47:45,379 It's just my body's not giving me 681 00:47:45,483 --> 00:47:47,968 what I need anymore. 682 00:47:48,072 --> 00:47:52,007 And I don't wanna go home in a-- 683 00:47:52,110 --> 00:47:55,044 don't wanna go home in a heap. 684 00:47:55,148 --> 00:47:56,218 It's time. 685 00:47:56,321 --> 00:47:59,566 I have to go. 686 00:48:03,881 --> 00:48:07,436 I am very conflicted about leaving the Arctic. 687 00:48:07,539 --> 00:48:10,508 I feel like I was forced to. 688 00:48:10,611 --> 00:48:13,580 I feel like I've let my wife down a bit. 689 00:48:13,683 --> 00:48:15,893 She sacrificed a lot 690 00:48:15,996 --> 00:48:17,791 for me to be away for this long, 691 00:48:17,895 --> 00:48:20,587 and I just would've loved to have gone home 692 00:48:20,690 --> 00:48:23,486 with that money to reward her. 693 00:48:23,590 --> 00:48:26,834 I'm not certain how I'm gonna move on from here, 694 00:48:26,938 --> 00:48:28,457 but I do know one thing: 695 00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:31,011 it's experiences like this 696 00:48:31,115 --> 00:48:34,152 that really make you realize what's important in life. 697 00:48:34,256 --> 00:48:37,224 The real blessing is my family. 698 00:48:37,328 --> 00:48:39,813 That is the most important thing to me in my life 699 00:48:39,917 --> 00:48:41,435 above everything else. 700 00:49:04,527 --> 00:49:06,391 - I get to look at Max today. 701 00:49:07,945 --> 00:49:09,429 I like showing him off. 702 00:49:13,916 --> 00:49:15,780 Look at that baby. 703 00:49:15,883 --> 00:49:17,851 I pull my picture of my son out every ten days, 704 00:49:17,955 --> 00:49:19,853 and I look at him, and I think about him. 705 00:49:19,957 --> 00:49:21,820 And I've done that to kinda make sure 706 00:49:21,924 --> 00:49:24,478 that my head's in the right place, you know. 707 00:49:24,582 --> 00:49:26,308 I make cute kids, I know. 708 00:49:26,411 --> 00:49:27,309 Crazy, huh? 709 00:49:33,832 --> 00:49:36,352 It's just not good weather to be outside. 710 00:49:36,456 --> 00:49:38,665 Maybe I'll start working on a horse for Max, 711 00:49:38,768 --> 00:49:40,874 a little toy horse, like a wooden horse. 712 00:49:42,980 --> 00:49:44,982 Never made a horse before. 713 00:49:48,295 --> 00:49:51,402 I've got a block to work with. 714 00:49:51,505 --> 00:49:54,129 Might help if I draw it out and then cut it out. 715 00:49:56,096 --> 00:49:57,580 Horses are a passion of mine 716 00:49:57,684 --> 00:50:00,204 and something that I strive to get one day, 717 00:50:00,307 --> 00:50:01,446 and I really hope 718 00:50:01,550 --> 00:50:03,828 that Max gets to grow up with horses. 719 00:50:03,931 --> 00:50:06,762 Horses and animals and a small little farm-- 720 00:50:06,865 --> 00:50:09,075 that's something I'm trying to do for Max. 721 00:50:09,178 --> 00:50:10,559 I'll make it happen one day, bud. 722 00:50:12,492 --> 00:50:14,149 So here's the horse. 723 00:50:14,252 --> 00:50:15,874 I just took a board and burnt it in, 724 00:50:15,978 --> 00:50:19,085 and I cut it about that thick, split it. 725 00:50:19,188 --> 00:50:21,156 Damn good horse. 726 00:50:24,435 --> 00:50:25,539 If I won $1 million, 727 00:50:25,643 --> 00:50:27,334 I'd take it and I'd just buy a house 728 00:50:27,438 --> 00:50:28,818 in the country 729 00:50:28,922 --> 00:50:30,786 in order to have the type of house 730 00:50:30,889 --> 00:50:33,961 that Max can grow up with the same things that I had 731 00:50:34,065 --> 00:50:35,998 and to let him pick his path in life 732 00:50:36,102 --> 00:50:37,241 and what he wants to do. 733 00:50:37,344 --> 00:50:38,759 Hey, does he wanna work with animals? 734 00:50:38,863 --> 00:50:40,209 Does he wanna work in the city? 735 00:50:40,313 --> 00:50:41,348 Either way. 736 00:50:41,452 --> 00:50:42,798 But I wanna make sure 737 00:50:42,901 --> 00:50:45,835 that he at least has that childhood growing up. 738 00:50:45,939 --> 00:50:47,354 That's what I'm trying to do. 739 00:50:47,458 --> 00:50:50,323 I'm trying to give him a life that I think he'd love. 740 00:51:03,025 --> 00:51:04,923 It is not easy at all to be out here 741 00:51:05,027 --> 00:51:06,684 feeling that you're missing everything 742 00:51:06,787 --> 00:51:08,858 that your son's doing for the first time. 743 00:51:08,962 --> 00:51:11,275 I'll never be able to get that back. 744 00:51:11,378 --> 00:51:14,312 When I get back, I'll have to reintroduce myself. 745 00:51:14,416 --> 00:51:15,693 I'm gonna get there, he's gonna be like-- 746 00:51:15,796 --> 00:51:16,935 he's gonna look at his mom 747 00:51:17,039 --> 00:51:18,972 just like, who the heck is this? 748 00:51:19,076 --> 00:51:20,318 The whole point of this is to show him 749 00:51:20,422 --> 00:51:21,906 that quitting isn't always an option 750 00:51:22,009 --> 00:51:24,081 and to push through the hard times. 751 00:51:26,324 --> 00:51:29,914 Once we reattach this leg, 752 00:51:30,017 --> 00:51:31,950 it'll look something like that. 753 00:51:33,159 --> 00:51:34,746 That's better now. I'll fix it. 754 00:51:36,921 --> 00:51:38,578 Let's see. 755 00:51:47,863 --> 00:51:49,140 Ya! 756 00:51:49,244 --> 00:51:52,316 I just lit my [bleep] shelter on fire. 757 00:51:52,419 --> 00:51:54,318 That's not good. 758 00:51:54,421 --> 00:51:55,526 Ah, we're gonna have to fix that 759 00:51:55,629 --> 00:51:57,493 real [bleep] quick! 760 00:51:57,597 --> 00:52:00,151 Oh, ! 761 00:52:00,255 --> 00:52:01,635 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 762 00:52:01,739 --> 00:52:04,293 [bleep] you. [bleep] you! 763 00:52:06,330 --> 00:52:07,538 Nope. Nope. 764 00:52:07,641 --> 00:52:10,092 This ain't happening. 765 00:52:10,196 --> 00:52:11,335 Oh, . 766 00:52:12,957 --> 00:52:14,683 Holy ! 767 00:52:21,828 --> 00:52:24,658 - Welcome to "Alone: Tales from the Arctic." 768 00:52:24,762 --> 00:52:26,004 I'm Colby Donaldson 769 00:52:26,108 --> 00:52:30,319 here with Roland, Mark, Callie, Joel, and Kielyn, 770 00:52:30,423 --> 00:52:33,667 discussing everything they just went through. 771 00:52:33,771 --> 00:52:35,462 Before we get into Joel's tap-out 772 00:52:35,566 --> 00:52:37,499 and find out what he's doing now, 773 00:52:37,602 --> 00:52:39,259 let's talk about day 40. 774 00:52:39,363 --> 00:52:41,434 Now that winter has set in, 775 00:52:41,537 --> 00:52:44,264 a lot of you are seeing that those food resources 776 00:52:44,368 --> 00:52:45,541 are beginning to dry up. 777 00:52:45,645 --> 00:52:47,957 Joel, how much of a factor is that, 778 00:52:48,061 --> 00:52:51,616 in terms of just the resources and how they change 779 00:52:51,720 --> 00:52:52,928 as winter sets in? 780 00:52:53,031 --> 00:52:55,033 - They change pretty drastically, 781 00:52:55,137 --> 00:52:57,104 and it was almost like a light switch went off. 782 00:52:57,208 --> 00:53:00,694 I noticed a drastic increase in predators. 783 00:53:00,798 --> 00:53:03,456 Look at that--four, five toes. 784 00:53:03,559 --> 00:53:04,974 Part of the weasel family. 785 00:53:05,078 --> 00:53:07,770 We'll have to keep an eye out for him. 786 00:53:07,874 --> 00:53:10,187 To think of all this work and calories 787 00:53:10,290 --> 00:53:13,051 that I'm using to lose to a wolverine. 788 00:53:13,155 --> 00:53:15,261 Be devastating. 789 00:53:15,364 --> 00:53:17,504 Rabbits were blending in with the environment, 790 00:53:17,608 --> 00:53:19,886 so they were much more challenging to see and hunt, 791 00:53:19,989 --> 00:53:21,888 but the fish seemed to still be active for me, 792 00:53:21,991 --> 00:53:24,373 so that was always my go-to. 793 00:53:24,477 --> 00:53:28,239 Good old fish eggs. 794 00:53:28,343 --> 00:53:32,761 - Mark and Callie, you two have a similar thing going on 795 00:53:32,864 --> 00:53:35,281 in what Mark describes as karma. 796 00:53:35,384 --> 00:53:36,592 Okay, Callie, 797 00:53:36,696 --> 00:53:39,354 you let the weasel live to see another day, 798 00:53:39,457 --> 00:53:41,908 and Mark releases that fox 799 00:53:42,011 --> 00:53:43,358 that was in his snare. 800 00:53:43,461 --> 00:53:45,739 Do you feel like, Callie, 801 00:53:45,843 --> 00:53:48,708 you know, there is something in your actions 802 00:53:48,811 --> 00:53:51,020 when you're out there and how the world gives back? 803 00:53:51,124 --> 00:53:54,403 - I certainly believe that we reap what we sow, 804 00:53:54,507 --> 00:53:56,405 and any relationship I'm in, 805 00:53:56,509 --> 00:53:57,889 whether it's with a person 806 00:53:57,993 --> 00:53:59,650 or animals or the land, 807 00:53:59,753 --> 00:54:01,099 I want it to be in balance, 808 00:54:01,203 --> 00:54:04,206 and I want to be giving as much as I'm receiving, 809 00:54:04,310 --> 00:54:07,278 and so I wasn't there just to take everything I could. 810 00:54:07,382 --> 00:54:09,660 I wanted to also be a caretaker 811 00:54:09,763 --> 00:54:11,317 of that land as well. 812 00:54:11,420 --> 00:54:13,353 - Mark, do you agree with Callie 813 00:54:13,457 --> 00:54:16,839 that, you know, releasing that fox from your snare 814 00:54:16,943 --> 00:54:18,289 had a direct effect 815 00:54:18,393 --> 00:54:20,740 on you then later catching some fish that day? 816 00:54:20,843 --> 00:54:22,500 - Yeah, absolutely. 817 00:54:22,604 --> 00:54:24,709 What I thought was exactly what Callie described. 818 00:54:24,813 --> 00:54:26,159 Doing the right thing, 819 00:54:26,263 --> 00:54:27,885 and the right thing is gonna come back to you, 820 00:54:27,988 --> 00:54:30,267 and it was just absolutely evident there, 821 00:54:30,370 --> 00:54:32,027 so it was good. 822 00:54:32,130 --> 00:54:33,408 - One of my favorite parts of the episode 823 00:54:33,511 --> 00:54:36,652 was when we get the "Cribs"-style tour 824 00:54:36,756 --> 00:54:37,860 of your home there, 825 00:54:37,964 --> 00:54:40,863 and knowing how much you cared about 826 00:54:40,967 --> 00:54:42,831 and the pride you took in your shelter, 827 00:54:42,934 --> 00:54:45,420 it had to be a major blow when that thing caught fire. 828 00:54:45,523 --> 00:54:47,560 - . - Tell me about that. 829 00:54:47,663 --> 00:54:49,562 - Yeah, when that thing caught fire, it was game on, 830 00:54:49,665 --> 00:54:51,909 because I spent a long time and a lot of work 831 00:54:52,012 --> 00:54:53,600 and a lot of energy making that thing, 832 00:54:53,704 --> 00:54:55,222 so right when I saw that roof on fire, 833 00:54:55,326 --> 00:54:57,017 it was time to take action. 834 00:54:57,121 --> 00:54:58,122 - Well, and the truth is, you know, 835 00:54:58,225 --> 00:54:59,503 the longer you guys are out there, 836 00:54:59,606 --> 00:55:02,402 your shelter basically becomes a big tinderbox. 837 00:55:02,506 --> 00:55:05,543 All the material you're using just continues to dry out. 838 00:55:06,441 --> 00:55:08,926 Roland, does that play a factor 839 00:55:09,029 --> 00:55:10,686 in determining what type of shelter 840 00:55:10,790 --> 00:55:13,586 and how you build your structure from the outset? 841 00:55:13,689 --> 00:55:15,242 - Yes, it does, Colby. 842 00:55:15,346 --> 00:55:18,176 It has a lot to do with living in the woods. 843 00:55:18,280 --> 00:55:20,834 Everything I do in camp, 844 00:55:20,938 --> 00:55:23,561 the way I move around camp and work in camp 845 00:55:23,665 --> 00:55:26,702 all reflect a healthy respect for fire. 846 00:55:26,806 --> 00:55:29,878 - Let's switch the conversation to big game for a bit. 847 00:55:29,981 --> 00:55:32,846 Roland, now that you have the musk ox, 848 00:55:32,950 --> 00:55:36,298 you must be feeling pretty positive at this point, right? 849 00:55:36,402 --> 00:55:38,921 - Oh, yeah, it was a high. 850 00:55:39,025 --> 00:55:42,097 It's probably the greatest kill of my whole life. 851 00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:44,444 Oh, Lordy! 852 00:55:44,548 --> 00:55:46,170 Lordy Lord! 853 00:55:46,273 --> 00:55:48,206 Mwah! 854 00:55:48,310 --> 00:55:50,243 - Let's talk about that brain for a second. 855 00:55:50,347 --> 00:55:53,142 For anyone who hasn't brain-tanned an animal, 856 00:55:53,246 --> 00:55:55,317 how important is it to have that resource? 857 00:55:55,421 --> 00:55:57,595 - Stuff you can do with brains is real important 858 00:55:57,699 --> 00:56:00,115 in long-term survival, 859 00:56:00,218 --> 00:56:02,359 and 100 days is long-term. 860 00:56:02,462 --> 00:56:03,636 I mean, it's a good asset. 861 00:56:03,739 --> 00:56:06,639 - And, Kielyn, speaking of big game, 862 00:56:06,742 --> 00:56:10,643 we've now missed two opportunities with moose. 863 00:56:10,746 --> 00:56:12,265 How frustrating is that for you? 864 00:56:12,369 --> 00:56:15,026 - It's frustrating, but it's also a part of it. 865 00:56:15,130 --> 00:56:17,477 You know, I came into this whole experience 866 00:56:17,581 --> 00:56:20,618 knowing that I was not a big game hunter. 867 00:56:20,722 --> 00:56:22,102 Just practicing. 868 00:56:22,206 --> 00:56:27,073 But that I was willing to take as many opportunities 869 00:56:27,176 --> 00:56:29,731 and use strategies to get big game. 870 00:56:29,834 --> 00:56:32,078 You know, I've been calling moose since day one. 871 00:56:33,390 --> 00:56:36,082 So it's not just happening upon these moose. 872 00:56:36,185 --> 00:56:39,672 You know, I've been working towards those encounters 873 00:56:39,775 --> 00:56:43,572 and the timing so far hasn't lined up for me yet. 874 00:56:43,676 --> 00:56:44,573 - Yeah. 875 00:56:44,677 --> 00:56:45,574 Callie, where do you stand 876 00:56:45,678 --> 00:56:47,542 on the need for big game 877 00:56:47,645 --> 00:56:50,165 in this entire experience and process? 878 00:56:50,268 --> 00:56:52,443 - Yeah, I mean, I was hoping for big game, 879 00:56:52,547 --> 00:56:55,446 I think, like everybody, because it's huge security 880 00:56:55,550 --> 00:56:57,379 to have that much food laid in, 881 00:56:57,483 --> 00:57:00,417 and there's endless resources on a big game animal, 882 00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:02,039 but you know, big game does come 883 00:57:02,142 --> 00:57:03,558 with a mixed blessing, though. 884 00:57:03,661 --> 00:57:06,423 If I got a big game animal, then at that point, 885 00:57:06,526 --> 00:57:09,149 all of my energy would be going towards protecting it, 886 00:57:09,253 --> 00:57:15,708 so it's definitely, you know, a mixed bag. 887 00:57:15,811 --> 00:57:18,676 I'm here with Roland, Mark, Callie, Joel, and Kielyn. 888 00:57:18,780 --> 00:57:22,059 Joel, expand on the comment you made in this episode, 889 00:57:22,162 --> 00:57:25,649 when you said everything in the Arctic wants your food. 890 00:57:25,752 --> 00:57:26,753 - It really humbles you. 891 00:57:26,857 --> 00:57:29,031 When you're out in the environment 892 00:57:29,135 --> 00:57:32,897 where you feel like you're a little out of your depth 893 00:57:33,001 --> 00:57:35,452 and you know, these animals, these wolverines 894 00:57:35,555 --> 00:57:37,730 thrive in this type of environment. 895 00:57:39,076 --> 00:57:40,284 All that effort 896 00:57:40,387 --> 00:57:44,633 that I put into building an elevated structure, 897 00:57:44,737 --> 00:57:46,532 not even an issue for him. 898 00:57:46,635 --> 00:57:48,913 Man, what a tough place to keep food 899 00:57:49,017 --> 00:57:51,985 on the outside. 900 00:57:52,089 --> 00:57:54,022 I really was in their territory, 901 00:57:54,125 --> 00:57:55,748 and they knew exactly what they were doing, 902 00:57:55,851 --> 00:57:57,888 where I was learning a lot as I was going. 903 00:57:57,991 --> 00:58:01,443 - Well, and you knew there was a wolverine in the area 904 00:58:01,547 --> 00:58:03,756 even before he got into your food cache. 905 00:58:03,859 --> 00:58:05,930 I mean, you even made an alarm for him. 906 00:58:06,034 --> 00:58:08,623 Here is some never-before-seen footage 907 00:58:08,726 --> 00:58:10,694 of you doing just that. Let's take a look. 908 00:58:12,730 --> 00:58:15,388 - So this is a musk ox carcass, 909 00:58:15,492 --> 00:58:20,911 and I spooked a wolverine eating on it today, 910 00:58:21,014 --> 00:58:22,706 and I couldn't get that on camera. 911 00:58:22,809 --> 00:58:24,259 But this is a fresh kill, 912 00:58:24,362 --> 00:58:27,193 and it's not very far from my shelter, 913 00:58:27,296 --> 00:58:29,816 and I'm kind of hoping to use that to my advantage, 914 00:58:29,920 --> 00:58:32,578 because I'd hunt the wolverine for meat. 915 00:58:32,681 --> 00:58:34,062 I think he's gonna come back 916 00:58:34,165 --> 00:58:36,616 and try and get the marrow out of these rib bones. 917 00:58:39,446 --> 00:58:44,003 I'm gonna take all these bones... 918 00:58:45,694 --> 00:58:47,213 Kind of put them in a pile... 919 00:58:49,560 --> 00:58:53,046 And then I'm gonna use the two tin cans that I found today, 920 00:58:53,150 --> 00:58:55,635 put a couple pebbles inside, 921 00:58:55,739 --> 00:58:57,741 and I'm gonna put this on top of the carcass. 922 00:58:57,844 --> 00:58:59,432 I'm hoping that that'll alert me, 923 00:58:59,536 --> 00:59:02,780 and I can come out and take a shot. 924 00:59:05,887 --> 00:59:08,648 I think he's gonna come back. I really do. 925 00:59:08,752 --> 00:59:10,098 - All right, Joel, 926 00:59:10,201 --> 00:59:12,687 did the wolverine ever trigger your alarm? 927 00:59:12,790 --> 00:59:15,828 - No. No, the wolverine never triggered the alarm. 928 00:59:15,931 --> 00:59:19,694 I figured that he might have been scared off of the area 929 00:59:19,797 --> 00:59:22,351 and wouldn't come back, but man, was I wrong. 930 00:59:22,455 --> 00:59:23,767 - Yeah. 931 00:59:23,870 --> 00:59:26,148 Roland, you took a totally different approach 932 00:59:26,252 --> 00:59:27,909 to the food cache. 933 00:59:28,012 --> 00:59:31,015 Where did you come up with the design idea for the meat crib? 934 00:59:31,119 --> 00:59:33,742 - Well, that's just engineered out of my own head. 935 00:59:33,846 --> 00:59:37,194 It had to be something nothing could penetrate. 936 00:59:37,297 --> 00:59:39,196 It had to be bulletproof. 937 00:59:39,299 --> 00:59:42,579 The platform thing I knew would give me problems. 938 00:59:42,682 --> 00:59:44,339 - Well, I've got to say, 939 00:59:44,442 --> 00:59:47,860 that is indicative of Roland's experience 940 00:59:47,963 --> 00:59:49,413 in the northern bush, 941 00:59:49,516 --> 00:59:52,899 and it is my lack of experience with wolverine. 942 00:59:53,003 --> 00:59:55,384 I honestly underestimated the animal, and... 943 00:59:55,488 --> 00:59:56,385 Hey! 944 00:59:56,489 --> 00:59:57,870 Yeah, it was a failure, 945 00:59:57,973 --> 00:59:59,630 and I definitely learned from it. 946 00:59:59,734 --> 01:00:01,839 - Well, and at this point, you know, 947 01:00:01,943 --> 01:00:04,462 all of you are ruminating on family. 948 01:00:04,566 --> 01:00:07,362 How strong is that pull back home? 949 01:00:07,465 --> 01:00:08,743 Mark, I'll start with you. 950 01:00:08,846 --> 01:00:09,882 - So when it comes to survival, 951 01:00:09,985 --> 01:00:11,780 you want food, water, shelter, fire. 952 01:00:11,884 --> 01:00:13,886 You could care less about family, 953 01:00:13,989 --> 01:00:14,887 especially in the beginning. 954 01:00:14,990 --> 01:00:17,337 What's going through my head? 955 01:00:17,441 --> 01:00:20,340 Work, work, work, work, work. 956 01:00:20,444 --> 01:00:21,548 That's what's going through my head. 957 01:00:21,652 --> 01:00:24,413 But the longer you're out there, 958 01:00:24,517 --> 01:00:27,244 the more you miss what you already have, 959 01:00:27,347 --> 01:00:28,486 which is those relationships, 960 01:00:28,590 --> 01:00:30,040 and talking to stuff like that. 961 01:00:30,143 --> 01:00:32,456 - And what viewers don't realize, 962 01:00:32,559 --> 01:00:33,560 if they've never done something like this, 963 01:00:33,664 --> 01:00:35,286 is that one day 964 01:00:35,390 --> 01:00:37,081 feels like the longest day 965 01:00:37,185 --> 01:00:38,911 you've ever experienced in your life, 966 01:00:39,014 --> 01:00:41,810 but it does give you so much time 967 01:00:41,914 --> 01:00:44,192 to dwell on things that are important 968 01:00:44,295 --> 01:00:45,503 to you in your life. 969 01:00:45,607 --> 01:00:47,195 - Well, and continuing on with that, Joel, 970 01:00:47,298 --> 01:00:48,714 in terms of introspection, 971 01:00:48,817 --> 01:00:50,888 a million dollars is a lot of money. 972 01:00:50,992 --> 01:00:54,167 But at some point in this experience, 973 01:00:54,271 --> 01:00:56,480 does it become maybe less important 974 01:00:56,583 --> 01:00:58,482 than it was when you first arrived out there? 975 01:00:58,585 --> 01:00:59,794 - Yes. 976 01:00:59,897 --> 01:01:03,142 I did have a lot of introspection out there 977 01:01:03,245 --> 01:01:06,283 and realized I have it so good. 978 01:01:06,386 --> 01:01:08,699 I have health. I have a family that loves me. 979 01:01:08,803 --> 01:01:10,943 The money would have just been the cherry on top, 980 01:01:11,046 --> 01:01:14,118 but I knew that either way, when I go home, 981 01:01:14,222 --> 01:01:15,568 I need to count all my blessings, 982 01:01:15,672 --> 01:01:17,294 because I am rich in every way. 983 01:01:17,397 --> 01:01:20,746 - Joel, tell us about that process of transitioning back 984 01:01:20,849 --> 01:01:22,886 after 40 days of being out there. 985 01:01:22,989 --> 01:01:25,164 - Oh, that process is absolutely miserable. 986 01:01:25,267 --> 01:01:26,752 When you're out there, 987 01:01:26,855 --> 01:01:30,617 you tap into a total different level of consciousness, 988 01:01:30,721 --> 01:01:33,482 where you feel so alive 989 01:01:33,586 --> 01:01:35,105 in a way that you've never felt before, 990 01:01:35,208 --> 01:01:37,245 and when you get put back into this environment, 991 01:01:37,348 --> 01:01:38,729 you feel so overstimulated. 992 01:01:38,833 --> 01:01:41,905 All you want to do is just clutch onto that feeling 993 01:01:42,008 --> 01:01:43,147 that you had out there, 994 01:01:43,251 --> 01:01:44,666 and everything in the modern world 995 01:01:44,770 --> 01:01:47,565 is just slowly trying to suck it back out of you. 996 01:01:47,669 --> 01:01:49,084 That, I deal with every day, 997 01:01:49,188 --> 01:01:51,949 you know, and I'll probably deal with it for a long time. 998 01:01:52,053 --> 01:01:53,537 It's a constant battle. 999 01:01:53,640 --> 01:01:55,159 - Looking back on this experience, 1000 01:01:55,263 --> 01:01:57,748 any regrets or anything you might have done differently? 1001 01:01:57,852 --> 01:01:59,785 - I wish I had just laid down 1002 01:01:59,888 --> 01:02:01,234 and just waited it out 1003 01:02:01,338 --> 01:02:03,858 and maybe pushed out another ten days. 1004 01:02:03,961 --> 01:02:05,894 - Kielyn, what did you think, watching this show, 1005 01:02:05,998 --> 01:02:07,137 when you saw Joel tap out? 1006 01:02:07,240 --> 01:02:08,448 - I felt for him, 1007 01:02:08,552 --> 01:02:10,968 because it could have happened to any of us, 1008 01:02:11,072 --> 01:02:13,212 and you are out there, and you are doing it, 1009 01:02:13,315 --> 01:02:14,903 and you made the best decision. 1010 01:02:15,007 --> 01:02:17,354 I think you should be really proud of yourself. 1011 01:02:17,457 --> 01:02:19,356 - Thanks, Ki. That means a lot. 1012 01:02:19,459 --> 01:02:22,600 - Well, that is it for "Alone: Tales from the Arctic." 1013 01:02:22,704 --> 01:02:26,950 I'd like to thank Roland, Mark, Callie, Joel, and Kielyn. 1014 01:02:27,053 --> 01:02:29,435 We'll be speaking with the participants all season long 1015 01:02:29,538 --> 01:02:30,781 after each episode, 1016 01:02:30,885 --> 01:02:32,783 so make sure you stay tuned in for that. 1017 01:02:32,887 --> 01:02:34,578 Until then, and as promised, 1018 01:02:34,681 --> 01:02:37,374 here's a sneak peek at next week's episode 1019 01:02:37,477 --> 01:02:39,410 of "Alone: Million Dollar Challenge." 1020 01:02:40,791 --> 01:02:43,829 - I really want to track this porcupine, 1021 01:02:43,932 --> 01:02:45,485 but we got a wolf. 1022 01:02:45,589 --> 01:02:48,040 There's a lot of competition for food. 1023 01:02:48,143 --> 01:02:49,696 - The fox. 1024 01:02:49,800 --> 01:02:51,768 It's not afraid of me. 1025 01:02:51,871 --> 01:02:53,528 Go away! Go away! 1026 01:02:53,631 --> 01:02:54,598 - Uh-oh. 1027 01:02:54,701 --> 01:02:57,290 Huge prints. Lynx. 1028 01:02:57,394 --> 01:02:58,291 Damn! 1029 01:03:00,259 --> 01:03:01,536 He found my cache. 1030 01:03:03,365 --> 01:03:04,711 - Did I just hear a wolf?