1 00:00:15,636 --> 00:00:17,879 - Holy [bleep], man, this fox. 2 00:00:17,983 --> 00:00:19,985 Starting to feel like this fox 3 00:00:20,089 --> 00:00:21,711 might be a danger for me. 4 00:00:21,814 --> 00:00:23,023 Go away! 5 00:00:23,126 --> 00:00:24,162 - Is that a bunny? 6 00:00:24,265 --> 00:00:27,441 Holy schmoly, that's three today. 7 00:00:27,544 --> 00:00:29,788 - I'm gonna build a meat crib. 8 00:00:29,891 --> 00:00:31,755 Now, that's a lot of freezer space. 9 00:00:31,859 --> 00:00:33,550 - I just can't do it. 10 00:00:33,654 --> 00:00:34,758 - I want to come home 11 00:00:34,862 --> 00:00:37,002 to my family and friends whole. 12 00:00:37,106 --> 00:00:40,178 - Hey, this is Mark. I am officially tapping out. 13 00:00:40,281 --> 00:00:41,800 Pain, misery, and suffering-- 14 00:00:41,903 --> 00:00:45,493 I've dealt with it enough, and I'm done. 15 00:00:49,463 --> 00:00:50,981 male narrator: For the first time, 16 00:00:51,085 --> 00:00:54,882 ten participants will fight to survive the Arctic 17 00:00:54,985 --> 00:00:58,575 for longer than anyone in "Alone" history-- 18 00:00:58,679 --> 00:01:02,165 a grueling 100 days. 19 00:01:02,269 --> 00:01:03,684 - This is the ultimate challenge. 20 00:01:05,203 --> 00:01:08,240 - A hundred days in the Arctic is no joke. 21 00:01:08,344 --> 00:01:09,897 narrator: If they can endure, 22 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,486 they'll win the biggest prize ever-- 23 00:01:12,589 --> 00:01:15,696 $1 million. 24 00:01:17,111 --> 00:01:18,319 - Oh! 25 00:01:18,423 --> 00:01:19,320 - Oh, [bleep]. 26 00:01:19,424 --> 00:01:21,046 - You can't tap out 27 00:01:21,150 --> 00:01:22,979 when there's a million bucks on the line. 28 00:01:23,083 --> 00:01:25,154 - Oh, my gosh. 29 00:01:25,257 --> 00:01:28,157 - How hard can you work for $10,000 a day? 30 00:01:28,260 --> 00:01:29,606 - It looks like frostbite. 31 00:01:29,710 --> 00:01:32,575 - Oh, [bleep]. 32 00:01:32,678 --> 00:01:37,131 narrator: This is "Alone: Million Dollar Challenge." 33 00:01:37,235 --> 00:01:39,099 - They're just surrounding my shelter. 34 00:02:13,788 --> 00:02:16,101 - You can tell when your soup got no grease. 35 00:02:17,758 --> 00:02:19,794 You know as soon as it hits your mouth... 36 00:02:21,244 --> 00:02:22,901 If it's got grease in it. 37 00:02:24,730 --> 00:02:26,836 It's just water and meat fragments. 38 00:02:28,907 --> 00:02:30,978 It's missing that richness. 39 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:34,464 All the fat, 40 00:02:34,568 --> 00:02:37,778 that's what keeps a man strong in the woods. 41 00:02:37,881 --> 00:02:39,193 Fat. 42 00:02:43,818 --> 00:02:45,234 And we're gonna start mining 43 00:02:45,337 --> 00:02:48,098 into this muskox head a little bit more. 44 00:02:48,202 --> 00:02:49,997 We had a little bit of grease 45 00:02:50,100 --> 00:02:52,827 in our stew this morning, but today's... 46 00:02:52,931 --> 00:02:55,347 meat looked dry to me again. 47 00:02:57,073 --> 00:02:59,144 We're gonna get it out of this right here. 48 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:02,872 We still got the lips 49 00:03:02,975 --> 00:03:05,185 and the nose and the other ear-- 50 00:03:05,288 --> 00:03:07,808 all kinds of good stuff here. 51 00:03:07,911 --> 00:03:10,120 There's the bottom lip. 52 00:03:10,224 --> 00:03:13,158 That'll jazz up one potful. 53 00:03:13,262 --> 00:03:15,540 We can get a day out of the nose. 54 00:03:15,643 --> 00:03:18,681 All this area, the upper lip and the nose. 55 00:03:18,784 --> 00:03:21,718 That's all got good fatty tissue inside. 56 00:03:21,822 --> 00:03:23,824 The other lower lip. 57 00:03:23,927 --> 00:03:25,481 You can see it. 58 00:03:25,584 --> 00:03:28,380 There'll be some gristle, too, but... 59 00:03:28,484 --> 00:03:30,831 it'll render out a little bit of grease. 60 00:03:33,074 --> 00:03:35,594 This is probably a lot like what the Plains Indians 61 00:03:35,698 --> 00:03:37,251 did with the buffalo. 62 00:03:37,355 --> 00:03:39,115 You could form a whole lifestyle 63 00:03:39,219 --> 00:03:40,944 off of this muskox. 64 00:03:41,048 --> 00:03:44,845 We're utilizing every little bit. 65 00:03:44,948 --> 00:03:46,743 I've already got it in my head 66 00:03:46,847 --> 00:03:49,815 all the little fat pockets to exploit 67 00:03:49,919 --> 00:03:52,370 because this is a dry animal. 68 00:03:54,475 --> 00:03:58,134 Now, this is what's called knee fleshing... 69 00:03:58,238 --> 00:04:00,619 'Cause you drape it over your knee. 70 00:04:02,552 --> 00:04:06,142 Here's his eyeball hole. 71 00:04:06,246 --> 00:04:09,732 So we got to start south of it here. 72 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:19,466 It'll be tougher than a boot, but it'll render oil. 73 00:04:19,569 --> 00:04:23,193 You know, it's muscle and gristle and skin. 74 00:04:23,297 --> 00:04:25,644 But it has that little 75 00:04:25,748 --> 00:04:28,268 tallow layer between the 76 00:04:28,371 --> 00:04:30,304 gristle and the meat. 77 00:04:30,408 --> 00:04:32,410 And that's what we want. 78 00:04:32,513 --> 00:04:35,792 We got to render the tallow out of this face gristle. 79 00:04:37,346 --> 00:04:40,072 That's where it's at in this game. 80 00:04:40,176 --> 00:04:44,007 This hundred-day challenge is an epic moment, 81 00:04:44,111 --> 00:04:46,355 and I pray to God I make it. 82 00:04:46,458 --> 00:04:47,977 I want to do it 83 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:51,912 and just as a testimony to the old-timers. 84 00:04:52,015 --> 00:04:54,535 This was just every day to them. 85 00:04:54,639 --> 00:04:57,952 I got a heap of respect for the old pioneers. 86 00:04:58,056 --> 00:05:01,404 I would love to see this hundred-day challenge through. 87 00:05:03,268 --> 00:05:05,926 My whole being screams out 88 00:05:06,029 --> 00:05:07,824 that I was born in the wrong era, 89 00:05:07,928 --> 00:05:09,343 the wrong century. 90 00:05:09,447 --> 00:05:11,380 I set my first trap at eight 91 00:05:11,483 --> 00:05:13,520 and tried to read every mountain-man book 92 00:05:13,623 --> 00:05:16,385 I could get ahold of, and I did. 93 00:05:16,488 --> 00:05:19,629 I'm currently one of the best guides in Alaska. 94 00:05:19,733 --> 00:05:23,392 And it all started with my absolute desire 95 00:05:23,495 --> 00:05:25,739 to live in the wilderness. 96 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:29,846 Oh, yeah. 97 00:05:29,950 --> 00:05:31,538 There's what we want... 98 00:05:32,815 --> 00:05:36,922 Big old glob of gristle and lower lip, 99 00:05:37,026 --> 00:05:40,132 little bit of... 100 00:05:40,236 --> 00:05:42,652 fat from around the eyeball. 101 00:05:42,756 --> 00:05:45,586 But that ain't pure fat by any means. 102 00:05:45,690 --> 00:05:47,036 I need to start thinking 103 00:05:47,139 --> 00:05:49,694 about what's gonna get me through the winter. 104 00:06:13,545 --> 00:06:15,685 - My apologies. 105 00:06:19,896 --> 00:06:23,210 My caveman behavior here. 106 00:06:37,983 --> 00:06:38,950 Okay. 107 00:06:45,681 --> 00:06:47,130 Whoa. 108 00:06:47,234 --> 00:06:49,685 Look at that. 109 00:06:49,788 --> 00:06:51,031 Uh-oh. 110 00:06:55,035 --> 00:06:58,141 Those poles are frozen together, man. 111 00:07:36,939 --> 00:07:40,460 It's got a big hole down there, a couple big holes. 112 00:07:42,289 --> 00:07:44,394 Yeah. I don't know, man. 113 00:07:48,847 --> 00:07:51,367 Yeah, I see two new holes in the net. 114 00:08:00,652 --> 00:08:02,689 Frozen, frozen, frozen... 115 00:08:14,114 --> 00:08:16,496 Ah, my fingers... 116 00:08:17,980 --> 00:08:19,326 Are frozen. 117 00:08:21,570 --> 00:08:23,675 The weather is really cold. 118 00:08:23,779 --> 00:08:25,539 I'm from El Salvador. 119 00:08:25,643 --> 00:08:28,922 I have never experienced this type of temperatures. 120 00:08:30,475 --> 00:08:32,926 You can tell that you have low energy. 121 00:08:33,029 --> 00:08:35,515 You get more cold, you get more tired, 122 00:08:35,618 --> 00:08:37,931 and, of course, you start getting hungry. 123 00:08:40,934 --> 00:08:43,281 Okay. 124 00:08:43,384 --> 00:08:46,836 Let's go put all this stuff back at camp 125 00:08:46,940 --> 00:08:49,080 and get out of this wind. 126 00:09:04,544 --> 00:09:05,614 Look. 127 00:09:27,601 --> 00:09:29,569 It's coming from over there. 128 00:09:30,984 --> 00:09:33,089 There is all this wildlife, 129 00:09:33,193 --> 00:09:35,920 and it's just dangerous animals walking by. 130 00:09:36,023 --> 00:09:39,440 So it's scary to be right in the path 131 00:10:14,234 --> 00:10:15,787 - I finally did it. 132 00:10:15,891 --> 00:10:18,238 I can get my gill net in the water. 133 00:10:18,341 --> 00:10:20,999 I never made one from start to finish. 134 00:10:21,103 --> 00:10:23,450 I want to go give it a try. 135 00:10:23,553 --> 00:10:26,867 Give it a gill... a gillnet try. 136 00:10:29,525 --> 00:10:31,492 I'm excited about this gill net, 137 00:10:31,596 --> 00:10:34,081 and I'd love to get it in the water, 138 00:10:34,185 --> 00:10:37,567 but it's just so treacherous to get down there. 139 00:10:37,671 --> 00:10:40,778 So I'm concerned about going down 140 00:10:40,881 --> 00:10:42,503 to get to my fishing spot. 141 00:10:46,922 --> 00:10:48,337 Since I've been eating the rabbit, 142 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:50,339 I feel more hungry, 143 00:10:50,442 --> 00:10:52,859 and I think it's just because there's less fat. 144 00:10:52,962 --> 00:10:55,206 I need a consistent fat source. 145 00:10:55,309 --> 00:10:58,174 I need to figure out how to catch fish here 146 00:10:58,278 --> 00:10:59,969 because they have fat on 'em. 147 00:11:02,454 --> 00:11:05,009 If I could just get one fish, 148 00:11:05,112 --> 00:11:07,874 I feel like I could work on that fat for a while. 149 00:11:11,429 --> 00:11:15,778 Okay, so, to get my fishing spot... 150 00:11:15,882 --> 00:11:19,299 It's like a ten-minute walk on this-- 151 00:11:19,402 --> 00:11:21,439 ice on the rocks... 152 00:11:23,441 --> 00:11:25,685 'Cause my fishing spot is way down this-- 153 00:11:25,788 --> 00:11:27,100 like, way down there. 154 00:11:29,033 --> 00:11:30,931 So... 155 00:11:31,035 --> 00:11:32,622 let's see. 156 00:11:35,971 --> 00:11:40,354 I'm here to explore, and that's what I want to do. 157 00:11:40,458 --> 00:11:42,736 Just total immersion. 158 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,774 This is a place that's gonna test my abilities 159 00:11:45,877 --> 00:11:48,466 and what I know and what I can do. 160 00:11:54,955 --> 00:11:57,233 All right, well, I didn't think I'd be able 161 00:11:57,337 --> 00:12:01,444 to make it down here because it's so slippery. 162 00:12:01,548 --> 00:12:03,101 But I did! 163 00:12:03,205 --> 00:12:05,759 So I guess I got to try fishing. 164 00:12:07,381 --> 00:12:08,555 And just get my... 165 00:12:10,108 --> 00:12:11,696 Get my stuff. 166 00:12:17,529 --> 00:12:19,773 Oh! [bleep]! 167 00:12:26,090 --> 00:12:27,643 [bleep]. 168 00:12:27,747 --> 00:12:30,957 Oh, man. [bleep]. 169 00:12:56,085 --> 00:12:58,156 - Oh, [bleep]. 170 00:13:00,434 --> 00:13:01,746 Oh, I fell. 171 00:13:01,850 --> 00:13:05,405 I just slipped on the ice, and I hit my... 172 00:13:05,508 --> 00:13:08,477 my tooth, hit my lip. 173 00:13:08,580 --> 00:13:09,823 Mm-hmm. 174 00:13:09,927 --> 00:13:13,033 It's-- and my--my eyebrow. 175 00:13:13,137 --> 00:13:14,310 Uh-huh. 176 00:13:14,414 --> 00:13:16,450 Good old eyebrow split. 177 00:13:29,878 --> 00:13:33,985 Well, I knew it was sketchy coming down here. 178 00:13:34,089 --> 00:13:36,401 Yep. The trap line is... 179 00:13:36,505 --> 00:13:40,026 The trap line's a little easier to get to right now. 180 00:13:40,129 --> 00:13:43,132 Okay, well, I guess I'll clean this up. 181 00:13:53,729 --> 00:13:56,732 I really, really hope I don't need stitches. 182 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:04,119 Yep, I've definitely taken kids 183 00:14:04,222 --> 00:14:06,086 to get stuff like that stitched up. 184 00:14:09,434 --> 00:14:10,850 It's like... 185 00:14:14,129 --> 00:14:17,270 Eyeshadow. Blood eyeshadow. 186 00:14:19,030 --> 00:14:21,170 Yes, blood eyeshadow. 187 00:14:23,414 --> 00:14:27,659 Wonder if my lip's gonna swell up any more or anything. 188 00:14:27,763 --> 00:14:29,869 Well, that cut's fine. 189 00:14:32,595 --> 00:14:33,769 Gosh, I don't know. 190 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:36,013 Do I put the gill net in the water or not? 191 00:14:36,116 --> 00:14:38,256 I mean, I made it. 192 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:40,638 So... 193 00:14:40,741 --> 00:14:43,192 I kind of want to put the gill net in the water. 194 00:14:45,229 --> 00:14:49,509 But I don't want to risk falling in. 195 00:14:49,612 --> 00:14:52,029 If I'm careful, it's fine, but it's just hard. 196 00:14:52,132 --> 00:14:54,134 You just don't know. I mean, like... 197 00:14:54,238 --> 00:14:57,241 I could've slipped like that towards the water. 198 00:14:59,450 --> 00:15:00,934 And there you go. 199 00:15:02,487 --> 00:15:03,661 If I was on the edge, 200 00:15:03,764 --> 00:15:05,214 that could've been a lot worse. 201 00:15:05,318 --> 00:15:07,113 And I'm lucky that... 202 00:15:07,216 --> 00:15:09,943 I just only split my lip and cut my face. 203 00:15:13,774 --> 00:15:15,190 I'm, like, bummed 204 00:15:15,293 --> 00:15:17,192 that I didn't get that gill net in the water, 205 00:15:17,295 --> 00:15:21,368 but slipping and falling just made me realize, like... 206 00:15:21,472 --> 00:15:24,130 if I'm trying to pull in a fish 207 00:15:24,233 --> 00:15:27,340 or pull in the gill net 208 00:15:27,443 --> 00:15:30,481 and I fall in the water, that could be it. 209 00:15:34,312 --> 00:15:37,488 Hmm. Hmm. 210 00:15:37,591 --> 00:15:40,008 To fish or not to fish... 211 00:16:28,642 --> 00:16:30,679 - Every day it gets colder. 212 00:16:33,578 --> 00:16:37,651 I was so lucky that I thought about taking my mittens. 213 00:16:46,833 --> 00:16:49,318 So I should take my mittens out with me... 214 00:16:52,839 --> 00:16:54,772 Every time I walk out. 215 00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:58,534 That would be a good thing. 216 00:17:00,053 --> 00:17:02,124 I'll just get that soup and the fire-- 217 00:17:02,228 --> 00:17:04,471 and the fire cracking for the soup and... 218 00:17:06,301 --> 00:17:07,923 Keep smoking the fish. 219 00:17:11,099 --> 00:17:14,033 I got to start rationing my fish. 220 00:17:35,951 --> 00:17:36,952 Okay. 221 00:17:49,378 --> 00:17:50,690 A wolf. 222 00:18:35,942 --> 00:18:37,840 I'm in wolf territory. 223 00:18:39,911 --> 00:18:41,913 I never experienced this. 224 00:18:42,017 --> 00:18:44,502 Wolves are able to take big animals, 225 00:18:44,606 --> 00:18:46,366 like a moose or a muskox. 226 00:18:46,470 --> 00:18:48,610 If you are encountered by a pack of wolves, 227 00:18:48,713 --> 00:18:51,095 you can't be showing them too much fear. 228 00:19:00,069 --> 00:19:02,831 You need some of the fear to get you going, 229 00:19:02,934 --> 00:19:05,144 but you don't want fear to dominate you, 230 00:19:05,247 --> 00:19:09,458 where even the wolves are sensing your fear. 231 00:19:18,743 --> 00:19:22,091 I never had a predator charge me or attack me. 232 00:19:22,195 --> 00:19:25,750 But I'm just going to hope that I am prepared mentally 233 00:19:25,854 --> 00:19:28,063 to stay calm and make the proper decisions 234 00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:29,582 to deal with that situation. 235 00:19:31,135 --> 00:19:33,275 Wolves are a very skilled group of hunters. 236 00:19:33,379 --> 00:19:35,484 They could take me down pretty easy. 237 00:19:41,387 --> 00:19:44,010 So I think trying to remain calm 238 00:19:44,113 --> 00:19:45,770 will be an important part 239 00:19:45,874 --> 00:19:48,014 of being attacked by a predator. 240 00:20:20,495 --> 00:20:21,668 - Coo! 241 00:20:23,118 --> 00:20:24,326 Caw! 242 00:20:24,430 --> 00:20:26,639 Coo! 243 00:20:28,710 --> 00:20:30,470 The neighbors. 244 00:20:33,853 --> 00:20:36,752 They're always dropping by-- pain in the ass. 245 00:20:40,204 --> 00:20:43,690 In cold weather, fat is like instant energy, 246 00:20:43,794 --> 00:20:45,174 instant calories. 247 00:20:45,278 --> 00:20:47,246 My body's telling me I need it. 248 00:20:48,350 --> 00:20:50,214 I ate most of the gristle 249 00:20:50,318 --> 00:20:52,216 and fat out of the muskox. 250 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,356 But there's been a lot of men 251 00:20:54,460 --> 00:20:56,634 get through the winter on a fish net. 252 00:20:56,738 --> 00:20:59,154 Lot of fat in fish, a lot. 253 00:21:00,397 --> 00:21:01,743 So I'm gonna go out here 254 00:21:01,846 --> 00:21:03,434 and have a look at Danger Rock. 255 00:21:14,238 --> 00:21:18,242 Here's the legendary fishing hole Danger Rock. 256 00:21:21,107 --> 00:21:25,801 It's all nice right now, tranquil, like a little pond. 257 00:21:27,355 --> 00:21:29,253 We know it don't stay like that, 258 00:21:29,357 --> 00:21:33,292 but it's suckering me in, I think, one more time. 259 00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:37,641 One last attempt 260 00:21:37,744 --> 00:21:40,126 to catch another fish at Danger Rock. 261 00:21:49,756 --> 00:21:52,828 We're gonna go for it. I'm gonna go get my equipment. 262 00:21:54,382 --> 00:21:56,591 Danger Rock is a great fishing hole. 263 00:21:56,694 --> 00:22:00,042 It is hard to get in and hard to manage, 264 00:22:00,146 --> 00:22:02,597 but when you do get in, you catch fish. 265 00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:05,531 But now that it's full-blown winter, 266 00:22:05,634 --> 00:22:07,878 the risk factor goes way up. 267 00:22:07,981 --> 00:22:09,466 It'll be really dangerous 268 00:22:09,569 --> 00:22:11,675 when there's ice on them stones. 269 00:22:11,778 --> 00:22:14,263 My biggest fear is a personal injury 270 00:22:14,367 --> 00:22:16,818 by falling into that deep water, 271 00:22:16,921 --> 00:22:19,717 getting totally submerged, and hypothermia. 272 00:22:19,821 --> 00:22:22,893 But I really need to catch a fish. 273 00:22:34,663 --> 00:22:35,561 Holy [bleep]. 274 00:22:36,907 --> 00:22:39,323 Muskox everywhere. 275 00:22:50,161 --> 00:22:53,337 Sneaking up on the herd's kind of dangerous. 276 00:22:53,441 --> 00:22:55,374 Not impossible with a bow. 277 00:22:55,477 --> 00:22:57,203 Rifle, yeah. 278 00:22:59,067 --> 00:23:00,517 That's just too many. 279 00:23:08,904 --> 00:23:11,182 We're gonna have to skirt a little bit more 280 00:23:11,286 --> 00:23:12,839 to the east here. 281 00:23:14,841 --> 00:23:17,119 I don't want to spook that herd. 282 00:23:17,223 --> 00:23:18,569 We're gonna go around them. 283 00:23:18,673 --> 00:23:21,261 We're gonna give them a wide berth. 284 00:23:25,265 --> 00:23:27,302 A single animal is always easier 285 00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:29,235 to stalk than a herd. 286 00:23:29,338 --> 00:23:31,099 Too many eyes and ears-- 287 00:23:31,202 --> 00:23:33,998 always one sees you or hears you. 288 00:23:34,102 --> 00:23:36,932 The fish is more valuable right now. 289 00:23:37,036 --> 00:23:38,417 It's set up down there. 290 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,178 We'll see how it goes. 291 00:23:41,281 --> 00:23:43,974 The gill net is a risky undertaking, 292 00:23:44,077 --> 00:23:47,149 but you never know-- we might be lucky. 293 00:23:47,253 --> 00:23:49,635 Maybe it's gonna give me a big fish. 294 00:23:51,706 --> 00:23:53,949 And then if it don't kill me, 295 00:23:54,053 --> 00:23:56,331 I'll maybe come back and try it again. 296 00:24:18,664 --> 00:24:21,321 - Looking forward to trying this ptarmigan. 297 00:25:37,294 --> 00:25:39,227 All right, let's go check the lake. 298 00:25:41,954 --> 00:25:46,130 There are times when I feel like I'm thriving out here. 299 00:25:46,234 --> 00:25:47,476 I have bunnies. 300 00:25:47,580 --> 00:25:49,651 I've got berries and mushrooms. 301 00:25:49,755 --> 00:25:51,550 I feel ready for winter. 302 00:25:51,653 --> 00:25:55,346 But there is this looming worry 303 00:25:55,450 --> 00:25:58,764 that I'm going to run out of fat. 304 00:25:58,867 --> 00:25:59,765 It's cold. 305 00:26:01,180 --> 00:26:05,736 I can feel my nose kind of... poking together. 306 00:26:08,843 --> 00:26:12,605 Ice fishing-- my next best plan. 307 00:26:37,734 --> 00:26:39,114 Just need to wait for it 308 00:26:39,218 --> 00:26:42,566 to be a little bit thicker for the ice fishing. 309 00:26:44,395 --> 00:26:45,880 The rabbits are going really well, 310 00:26:45,983 --> 00:26:48,089 but there's not enough fat on them. 311 00:26:49,538 --> 00:26:51,817 Fat is what's going to keep you alive 312 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,509 for 100 days. 313 00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:59,134 And a lake trout is the best bang for your buck 314 00:26:59,238 --> 00:27:01,102 for fat. 315 00:27:04,761 --> 00:27:07,487 I'll come back out first thing tomorrow. 316 00:27:31,166 --> 00:27:33,030 - All right. Good morning. 317 00:27:37,966 --> 00:27:39,588 I got to get firewood, 318 00:27:39,692 --> 00:27:42,661 work on traps, get more firewood. 319 00:27:53,464 --> 00:27:55,052 Holy [bleep], man. 320 00:27:58,780 --> 00:28:00,057 [bleep]. 321 00:28:19,836 --> 00:28:21,009 [bleep]. 322 00:28:58,150 --> 00:29:00,014 - [bleep]. 323 00:29:02,188 --> 00:29:03,327 Go away. 324 00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:05,882 Go away, dude. 325 00:29:11,473 --> 00:29:12,923 They're all stalking me. 326 00:29:33,979 --> 00:29:37,051 They're circling my fish back there. 327 00:29:50,823 --> 00:29:52,963 And that was my morning. 328 00:29:59,211 --> 00:30:00,695 Like, um... 329 00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:02,662 right here. 330 00:30:02,766 --> 00:30:04,492 One. 331 00:30:04,595 --> 00:30:08,289 This is my shelter. My entrance, where it was. 332 00:30:08,392 --> 00:30:10,947 One, two... 333 00:30:11,050 --> 00:30:13,812 three yards away pretty much. 334 00:30:22,751 --> 00:30:23,683 Just... 335 00:30:25,237 --> 00:30:26,583 checking it out. 336 00:30:48,950 --> 00:30:51,401 That was exciting for the morning. 337 00:31:25,055 --> 00:31:27,747 Have these moments of weakness, you know. 338 00:31:29,439 --> 00:31:31,027 Then I eat. 339 00:31:33,029 --> 00:31:36,549 It's just the fact that I'm, like, out of fat, so... 340 00:31:37,861 --> 00:31:39,656 I do need fish. 341 00:31:42,003 --> 00:31:43,867 You know, this pain... 342 00:31:45,075 --> 00:31:48,078 Right at the back of my...chest. 343 00:31:49,873 --> 00:31:52,048 Maybe that's... 344 00:31:52,151 --> 00:31:54,291 normal for... 345 00:31:54,395 --> 00:31:55,914 someone that's... 346 00:31:57,122 --> 00:31:58,917 Not getting... 347 00:32:03,162 --> 00:32:05,716 You know, the right nutrients. 348 00:32:07,028 --> 00:32:08,547 Hard to... 349 00:32:08,650 --> 00:32:11,791 Stay motivated when you don't have energy. 350 00:32:13,724 --> 00:32:16,037 Those fish are my ticket there. 351 00:32:21,905 --> 00:32:24,390 Ice is in, guys. 352 00:32:24,494 --> 00:32:27,531 Just need to hold more than a 2-pound stone. 353 00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:32,916 I'm down at the water 354 00:32:33,020 --> 00:32:35,470 checking the ice. 355 00:32:35,574 --> 00:32:37,162 Prep for the ice fishing. 356 00:32:38,404 --> 00:32:39,819 I am getting skinny. 357 00:32:39,923 --> 00:32:42,408 Never been this thin before. 358 00:32:42,512 --> 00:32:44,963 I'm finding it hard to be motivated now. 359 00:32:45,066 --> 00:32:47,620 I'm not trying to put all my eggs in the fish basket, 360 00:32:47,724 --> 00:32:49,277 but I feel like I need it 361 00:32:49,381 --> 00:32:51,900 in order to make it the 100 days. 362 00:32:58,597 --> 00:33:00,392 I got this pole. 363 00:33:01,738 --> 00:33:03,429 And I'm listening for sounds 364 00:33:03,533 --> 00:33:05,984 and also if it goes right through. 365 00:33:08,331 --> 00:33:09,849 So... 366 00:33:09,953 --> 00:33:11,368 Nice, solid thud... 367 00:33:13,025 --> 00:33:14,682 Is good. 368 00:33:14,785 --> 00:33:16,235 Hold on. 369 00:33:16,339 --> 00:33:18,375 That's very bad. 370 00:33:18,479 --> 00:33:20,515 But... 371 00:33:21,930 --> 00:33:24,209 That often happens at the edge. 372 00:33:27,453 --> 00:33:29,041 I need the fish. 373 00:33:29,145 --> 00:33:31,561 I need this ice to come in. 374 00:33:34,529 --> 00:33:36,117 Not quite there. 375 00:33:49,855 --> 00:33:51,753 This is so... 376 00:33:51,857 --> 00:33:53,617 risky! 377 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,590 Oh, boy. 378 00:34:05,077 --> 00:34:08,046 Nope. Not a chance. 379 00:34:09,564 --> 00:34:10,634 Whoa. 380 00:34:12,878 --> 00:34:14,190 This is not good. 381 00:34:17,158 --> 00:34:18,228 That is not... 382 00:34:19,402 --> 00:34:21,473 What you would deem safe. 383 00:34:22,784 --> 00:34:24,476 Kind of disappointing. 384 00:34:24,579 --> 00:34:26,547 Really need it to freeze. 385 00:34:27,686 --> 00:34:29,619 I'm all alone here, and... 386 00:34:31,172 --> 00:34:34,210 Margin for error is low. 387 00:34:51,365 --> 00:34:52,607 - What we're doing right now 388 00:34:52,711 --> 00:34:55,127 is I'm trying to get that muskox hide 389 00:34:55,231 --> 00:34:59,304 pinned up to the ceiling, leather side down. 390 00:34:59,407 --> 00:35:01,513 So all this ceiling smoke 391 00:35:01,616 --> 00:35:03,894 is gonna start curing that hide. 392 00:35:03,998 --> 00:35:06,690 And put it on my bed for warmth. 393 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:09,693 I'll leave part of it go up the wall. 394 00:35:09,797 --> 00:35:13,525 And then on cold nights, I'll let it flop down on me. 395 00:35:13,628 --> 00:35:15,561 What a battle. 396 00:35:15,665 --> 00:35:17,943 Damn near took up the whole ceiling. 397 00:35:23,017 --> 00:35:24,846 Ready for smoking. 398 00:35:28,436 --> 00:35:31,336 It's windy and snowing pretty damn good. 399 00:35:31,439 --> 00:35:33,993 Danger Rock's gonna be kind of wicked. 400 00:35:35,443 --> 00:35:37,169 Well, with any luck, I'll scoop that net 401 00:35:37,273 --> 00:35:38,826 out of there with a fish 402 00:35:38,929 --> 00:35:41,346 without falling on that slippy-ass rock. 403 00:35:43,831 --> 00:35:44,763 All right. 404 00:35:46,454 --> 00:35:48,422 Run out there and get the net. 405 00:35:51,079 --> 00:35:52,840 Was a lot of work getting it in. 406 00:35:52,943 --> 00:35:54,566 I'd sure like to have it pay off. 407 00:35:56,395 --> 00:35:58,708 I've lost some weight, no doubt about it-- 408 00:35:58,811 --> 00:36:02,021 just the sheer workload, the energy output. 409 00:36:03,782 --> 00:36:06,060 The outdoor living takes a lot out of you. 410 00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:08,856 You look at pictures of the old old-timers 411 00:36:08,959 --> 00:36:12,515 on an old hardscrabble homestead or in the woods. 412 00:36:12,618 --> 00:36:14,689 Them men were skinny. 413 00:36:14,793 --> 00:36:17,761 I got a heap of respect for the old-timers. 414 00:36:19,107 --> 00:36:21,869 Starting to turn into a winter wonderland. 415 00:36:22,973 --> 00:36:25,148 [bleep] wind out here. 416 00:36:25,252 --> 00:36:28,255 So I definitely didn't want to be out near that water 417 00:36:28,358 --> 00:36:30,947 later in winter, when it's... 418 00:36:31,050 --> 00:36:33,294 30 below and wind blasting you, 419 00:36:33,398 --> 00:36:34,709 Holy [bleep]. 420 00:36:37,333 --> 00:36:39,921 Gonna be slippery out here. 421 00:36:40,025 --> 00:36:41,751 Ice and snow now. 422 00:36:43,684 --> 00:36:46,238 Before, I had that nice gritty rock 423 00:36:46,342 --> 00:36:48,136 to give me traction. 424 00:36:51,554 --> 00:36:53,935 Oh, yeah, it's gonna be a booger. 425 00:37:19,409 --> 00:37:20,859 [bleep]! 426 00:37:25,829 --> 00:37:28,660 See what I mean? 427 00:37:28,763 --> 00:37:30,627 It is slippy, man. 428 00:37:30,731 --> 00:37:31,801 Whoo! 429 00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,702 Boy, that right [bleep] knee is killing me. 430 00:37:36,806 --> 00:37:39,567 Dangerous [bleep] place, man. 431 00:37:39,671 --> 00:37:42,018 One wrong move, and it's splash. 432 00:37:43,295 --> 00:37:44,952 There ain't no rescue party 433 00:37:45,055 --> 00:37:47,126 coming out here in this [bleep]. 434 00:37:48,818 --> 00:37:52,304 [bleep] wind's whipping the waves up. 435 00:37:52,408 --> 00:37:55,894 My net's already starting to fray in places. 436 00:37:55,997 --> 00:37:57,965 You can't put a [bleep]damn net in 437 00:37:58,068 --> 00:37:59,622 in a [bleep] like that. 438 00:37:59,725 --> 00:38:02,901 [bleep], if I lose my net, [bleep]. 439 00:38:03,004 --> 00:38:06,318 This is a [bleep]hole [bleep] spot. 440 00:38:06,422 --> 00:38:08,838 [bleep]. The thing can stay in there for tonight. 441 00:38:13,187 --> 00:38:14,982 From here on... 442 00:38:19,124 --> 00:38:23,542 I declare Danger Rock off-limits 443 00:38:23,646 --> 00:38:25,993 until it ices over. 444 00:38:30,618 --> 00:38:33,172 That first week or two of ice up, 445 00:38:33,276 --> 00:38:35,520 before it gets super thick... 446 00:38:37,315 --> 00:38:40,283 I'm going--I'm coming back here, Danger Rock. 447 00:38:40,387 --> 00:38:42,043 You mark my words. 448 00:39:16,181 --> 00:39:18,183 - Good morning. 449 00:39:21,704 --> 00:39:23,361 It's cold. 450 00:39:26,329 --> 00:39:27,399 And... 451 00:39:31,438 --> 00:39:34,199 It's all good, all good in the hood. 452 00:39:36,408 --> 00:39:39,238 And it's even better than it... 453 00:39:40,930 --> 00:39:42,759 Was yesterday, of course. 454 00:39:45,383 --> 00:39:47,454 Got my probing stick. 455 00:39:49,663 --> 00:39:51,285 Okay. 456 00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:53,667 I guess I'll just... 457 00:39:53,770 --> 00:39:55,013 drag my axe. 458 00:40:11,857 --> 00:40:13,549 Okay, I'm gonna check it right here. 459 00:40:33,983 --> 00:40:35,122 All right. 460 00:40:42,267 --> 00:40:43,441 It's that thick. 461 00:40:43,544 --> 00:40:45,512 That's four inches, guys. 462 00:40:45,615 --> 00:40:48,238 We're rolling. 463 00:40:48,342 --> 00:40:51,345 Oh, my hands. Wow, it's cold. 464 00:40:51,449 --> 00:40:55,487 If I get boughs, lay them across and ice-- 465 00:40:55,591 --> 00:40:57,351 At least to make it warmer. 466 00:40:57,455 --> 00:41:00,078 I think that's what I'm gonna do. 467 00:41:00,181 --> 00:41:02,321 Let's go inside. 468 00:41:02,425 --> 00:41:05,152 We're going ice fishing tonight. 469 00:41:07,741 --> 00:41:09,259 We'll do it. 470 00:41:21,375 --> 00:41:23,204 Let's hope it's shiny enough. 471 00:41:26,345 --> 00:41:28,382 Water's really dark today. 472 00:41:32,559 --> 00:41:34,975 I consider myself well equipped 473 00:41:35,078 --> 00:41:36,183 for this experience, 474 00:41:36,286 --> 00:41:39,566 based on knowing the climate. 475 00:41:41,015 --> 00:41:42,879 I mean, not to toot my own horn here, 476 00:41:42,983 --> 00:41:46,711 but I literally have traveled 477 00:41:46,814 --> 00:41:51,578 thousands of kilometers on ice on personal trips. 478 00:41:51,681 --> 00:41:55,409 I have experienced extreme temperatures many times. 479 00:41:56,893 --> 00:41:59,378 I have an advantage because I know winter. 480 00:41:59,482 --> 00:42:01,553 I know what to expect from winter. 481 00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:05,384 Nothing. 482 00:42:30,858 --> 00:42:32,584 - I think I got one! 483 00:42:35,380 --> 00:42:37,658 Yes! Yes! 484 00:42:42,007 --> 00:42:43,906 I got a fish! 485 00:43:22,047 --> 00:43:25,637 Oh! Oh, God! 486 00:43:48,108 --> 00:43:51,076 It's beautiful. 487 00:43:52,802 --> 00:43:54,321 Oh, my God! 488 00:44:04,711 --> 00:44:07,472 Oh, I'm so happy! 489 00:44:07,575 --> 00:44:10,717 Getting this first fish is probably 490 00:44:10,820 --> 00:44:15,066 the happiest day of my life since my wedding day. 491 00:44:15,169 --> 00:44:17,482 Up until now, I've been catching bunnies, 492 00:44:17,585 --> 00:44:19,829 which is basically two days of food. 493 00:44:21,244 --> 00:44:23,557 And now I have fish... 494 00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:26,077 and it's ten days of food. 495 00:44:26,180 --> 00:44:27,665 And that's huge. 496 00:44:33,740 --> 00:44:36,570 If I can start catching fish, 497 00:44:36,674 --> 00:44:41,299 I can supplement my rabbits with the fish, 498 00:44:41,402 --> 00:44:44,612 and hopefully that will be a better balanced diet 499 00:44:44,716 --> 00:44:47,995 and it will last me, you know, to 100 days. 500 00:44:51,758 --> 00:44:53,311 There's a fish right there. 501 00:45:02,941 --> 00:45:04,046 Yep! 502 00:45:06,358 --> 00:45:09,499 Oh, my God! It's bigger than the last one! 503 00:45:16,748 --> 00:45:19,889 Oh...my...God! 504 00:45:30,935 --> 00:45:31,867 Yes! 505 00:45:38,183 --> 00:45:40,772 I consider myself a strong woman, 506 00:45:40,876 --> 00:45:45,294 and not just a strong woman compared to other women, 507 00:45:45,397 --> 00:45:47,399 but compared to other men. 508 00:45:47,503 --> 00:45:50,471 And I want to prove that a woman can do 509 00:45:50,575 --> 00:45:51,749 what a man can do. 510 00:45:53,474 --> 00:45:55,269 Let's go cook some fish. 511 00:45:55,373 --> 00:45:56,926 Good feeling. 512 00:45:57,030 --> 00:45:58,203 Very good feeling. 513 00:45:59,687 --> 00:46:02,173 I want to inspire other people, 514 00:46:02,276 --> 00:46:04,762 especially women, 515 00:46:04,865 --> 00:46:08,696 and to show how strong women can be. 516 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:10,595 We are a force to be reckoned with. 517 00:46:21,399 --> 00:46:23,815 - Welcome to "Alone: Tales From the Arctic." 518 00:46:23,919 --> 00:46:25,023 I'm Colby Donaldson, 519 00:46:25,127 --> 00:46:27,025 here with tonight's final four: 520 00:46:27,129 --> 00:46:30,201 Callie, Amós, Roland, and Kielyn. 521 00:46:30,304 --> 00:46:32,513 Day 49. 522 00:46:32,617 --> 00:46:34,136 Only four people left. 523 00:46:34,239 --> 00:46:36,138 Fifty-one days to go, and as we've seen, 524 00:46:36,241 --> 00:46:39,520 even the smallest thing can knock you out. 525 00:46:39,624 --> 00:46:43,352 At this point, it is anyone's competition. 526 00:46:43,455 --> 00:46:45,561 Roland, for those people 527 00:46:45,664 --> 00:46:48,702 that are thinking, "He had a huge musk ox..." 528 00:46:48,806 --> 00:46:52,533 - I just stabbed this musk ox to death. 529 00:46:52,637 --> 00:46:56,192 I don't know if you heard me say that enough already, 530 00:46:56,296 --> 00:46:57,711 but I did. 531 00:46:57,815 --> 00:47:00,196 I'm not [bleep] joking. 532 00:47:00,300 --> 00:47:01,715 - "Plenty of food. 533 00:47:01,819 --> 00:47:05,098 How could he be struggling in the food department?" 534 00:47:05,201 --> 00:47:06,962 Explain to those at home 535 00:47:07,065 --> 00:47:09,309 the difference between having a very lean animal 536 00:47:09,412 --> 00:47:12,864 like a musk ox versus a fatty animal to feed off of. 537 00:47:12,968 --> 00:47:15,763 - Yeah, there is fat meat and there's lean meat. 538 00:47:15,867 --> 00:47:18,559 Musk ox is lean, lean, lean. 539 00:47:19,698 --> 00:47:20,941 Dig the eyeballs out 540 00:47:21,045 --> 00:47:23,841 and get all the fat behind them. 541 00:47:23,944 --> 00:47:25,566 I think I'm gonna have to do all them little cricks. 542 00:47:25,670 --> 00:47:27,085 Eat the brain. 543 00:47:27,189 --> 00:47:29,225 The brain for the fat. 544 00:47:29,329 --> 00:47:32,366 This is lean, I mean... 545 00:47:32,470 --> 00:47:35,645 It was a lean, tough animal. 546 00:47:35,749 --> 00:47:37,544 There was no kidney fat, 547 00:47:37,647 --> 00:47:39,580 and that's your primary indicator. 548 00:47:39,684 --> 00:47:42,169 The kidney should be engulfed in a ball of fat, 549 00:47:42,273 --> 00:47:45,172 and there was almost none, actually, on the kidneys. 550 00:47:45,276 --> 00:47:47,485 The rest of him was tougher than a boot. 551 00:47:47,588 --> 00:47:49,728 Of course it was a giant resource, and-- 552 00:47:49,832 --> 00:47:55,182 and we utilized it well, but it wasn't ideal, no. 553 00:47:55,286 --> 00:47:57,598 - Well, and speaking of utilization, 554 00:47:57,702 --> 00:48:00,360 you even got into the ox's face there. 555 00:48:00,463 --> 00:48:02,776 I mean, man, at that point, Roland, 556 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,710 are you just in the mode of truly survival? 557 00:48:05,813 --> 00:48:07,815 - Yeah, I got a lot of experience 558 00:48:07,919 --> 00:48:09,300 of taking animals apart, 559 00:48:09,403 --> 00:48:12,337 and there is fat on dry animals. 560 00:48:12,441 --> 00:48:16,169 You just have to look for it in the weirdest places. 561 00:48:16,272 --> 00:48:17,480 It's still kind of tough. 562 00:48:17,584 --> 00:48:19,586 You have to process it just right. 563 00:48:19,689 --> 00:48:20,863 - Sure. 564 00:48:20,967 --> 00:48:22,830 - I'll do the same old trick I've been doing 565 00:48:22,934 --> 00:48:25,074 with some of them tougher cuts of meat. 566 00:48:25,178 --> 00:48:28,698 I'll cut it up so small that, you know, 567 00:48:28,802 --> 00:48:30,321 I really don't gotta chew it much, 568 00:48:30,424 --> 00:48:31,563 I just swallow it. 569 00:48:31,667 --> 00:48:33,565 'Cause you ain't gonna chew that [bleep]. 570 00:48:33,669 --> 00:48:35,740 It's like chewing a rubber ball. 571 00:48:35,843 --> 00:48:37,535 - You mentioned that you feel like 572 00:48:37,638 --> 00:48:39,123 you were born in the wrong century. 573 00:48:39,226 --> 00:48:41,642 Explain and expand on that for us. 574 00:48:41,746 --> 00:48:44,922 - Ever since a small boy, my heart and my whole being 575 00:48:45,025 --> 00:48:48,063 has yearned to go back to a simpler time. 576 00:48:48,166 --> 00:48:52,860 It was just a more direct 577 00:48:52,964 --> 00:48:55,760 and honest time to live, I feel, you know. 578 00:48:55,863 --> 00:48:59,419 You could go pit yourself against the wilderness, 579 00:48:59,522 --> 00:49:01,421 and it was up for grabs. 580 00:49:01,524 --> 00:49:03,699 The best man, go get it, you know? 581 00:49:03,802 --> 00:49:06,253 - Yeah, I mean, I agree with you, Roland, 582 00:49:06,357 --> 00:49:10,844 in that I kind of feel like I was born in the era as well. 583 00:49:10,948 --> 00:49:13,743 Being out there in the wilderness 584 00:49:13,847 --> 00:49:17,506 in that simple time where it really was just, 585 00:49:17,609 --> 00:49:20,958 you know, you were just surviving on the land 586 00:49:21,061 --> 00:49:25,617 and you were so connected with your environment. 587 00:49:25,721 --> 00:49:29,483 And that was one of my huge takeaways from this experience, 588 00:49:29,587 --> 00:49:31,554 is coming back into my life 589 00:49:31,658 --> 00:49:34,557 and get back to our ancestral roots. 590 00:49:34,661 --> 00:49:36,697 - You bet. God bless you, sister. 591 00:49:36,801 --> 00:49:37,733 - Interesting. - Mm-hmm. 592 00:49:37,836 --> 00:49:39,183 - Amós, the weather's 593 00:49:39,286 --> 00:49:41,012 getting colder in this episode. 594 00:49:41,116 --> 00:49:44,395 Your gill net is in jeopardy until the ice-up. 595 00:49:44,498 --> 00:49:47,363 Tell me about how the changing weather 596 00:49:47,467 --> 00:49:50,470 constantly forces all of you to adapt. 597 00:49:50,573 --> 00:49:51,643 - Yeah. 598 00:49:51,747 --> 00:49:53,991 The weather, it's just unbelievable. 599 00:49:54,094 --> 00:49:56,338 There are all these microclimates. 600 00:49:56,441 --> 00:49:58,857 The little beach in the bay where I was, it was-- 601 00:49:58,961 --> 00:50:01,481 some days, it would completely freeze up. 602 00:50:01,584 --> 00:50:04,311 And like, oh, maybe in a week, I can go ice fishing. 603 00:50:04,415 --> 00:50:06,106 But no, the next day, it would be all broken up 604 00:50:06,210 --> 00:50:09,799 and big chunks of ice will be floating around there, 605 00:50:09,903 --> 00:50:13,286 so you have to adjust every day 606 00:50:13,389 --> 00:50:15,633 depending what's coming from the weather. 607 00:50:15,736 --> 00:50:18,153 - Callie, same question to you. 608 00:50:18,256 --> 00:50:20,224 You're wanting to get your gill net out further, 609 00:50:20,327 --> 00:50:22,502 but you can't do it until the lake freezes. 610 00:50:22,605 --> 00:50:24,159 How did that affect you? 611 00:50:24,262 --> 00:50:27,679 - The spot that I was at was very, very windy. 612 00:50:27,783 --> 00:50:30,786 And that made it challenging for gill nets 613 00:50:30,889 --> 00:50:32,926 and active fishing too, 614 00:50:33,030 --> 00:50:37,413 and I decided to focus more on the land 615 00:50:37,517 --> 00:50:39,312 and land animals just because every time 616 00:50:39,415 --> 00:50:41,521 I tried to go out fishing, it was just-- 617 00:50:41,624 --> 00:50:42,970 my lines were blowing all around 618 00:50:43,074 --> 00:50:46,457 and it was really intense being down on the shore. 619 00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:49,287 - Well, Roland, you had the reverse issue. 620 00:50:49,391 --> 00:50:51,600 You can't get your gill net out of the water. 621 00:50:51,703 --> 00:50:53,326 How frustrating was that, 622 00:50:53,429 --> 00:50:54,913 and what would happen 623 00:50:55,017 --> 00:50:57,330 with the potential of losing your net? 624 00:50:57,433 --> 00:50:59,987 - Yeah, I was kind of worried the net was a goner. 625 00:51:00,091 --> 00:51:02,783 I did manage to get that out of the water the next day 626 00:51:02,887 --> 00:51:05,821 with a 20-foot pole and a snare on the end. 627 00:51:05,924 --> 00:51:07,443 I lassoed it out. 628 00:51:07,547 --> 00:51:11,137 [bleep]. I got it. 629 00:51:13,484 --> 00:51:15,658 I didn't bring no other cameras. 630 00:51:15,762 --> 00:51:18,213 That was so dangerous. 631 00:51:18,316 --> 00:51:20,007 I didn't want, you know, 632 00:51:20,111 --> 00:51:22,562 nothing hanging on me or anything. 633 00:51:24,357 --> 00:51:26,393 My whole stretch was like Callie's, 634 00:51:26,497 --> 00:51:29,189 very turbulent, real hard to work a net there. 635 00:51:29,293 --> 00:51:32,779 I picked my openings and would even have to 636 00:51:32,882 --> 00:51:34,263 go pull the net in the middle of the night 637 00:51:34,367 --> 00:51:36,127 when I thought it was getting too windy, 638 00:51:36,231 --> 00:51:37,853 but losing that net was something 639 00:51:37,956 --> 00:51:42,133 I didn't want to do, so I braved Danger Rock, 640 00:51:42,237 --> 00:51:44,411 I aptly named that place. 641 00:51:44,515 --> 00:51:46,551 It was a bitch in and out every time. 642 00:51:46,655 --> 00:51:47,656 - Yeah. 643 00:51:47,759 --> 00:51:49,934 Callie. Slipping on the ice. 644 00:51:50,037 --> 00:51:51,487 Injuring yourself. - [bleep]. 645 00:51:51,591 --> 00:51:53,800 - It can happen in an instant out there, 646 00:51:53,903 --> 00:51:54,973 as we saw with you. 647 00:51:55,077 --> 00:51:56,251 After that fall, 648 00:51:56,354 --> 00:51:57,735 when you gather yourself back up 649 00:51:57,838 --> 00:52:00,255 and sort of assess the damage, 650 00:52:00,358 --> 00:52:02,153 how serious did it appear to you 651 00:52:02,257 --> 00:52:05,087 and do you think now, looking back, 652 00:52:05,191 --> 00:52:06,916 you needed stitches for your mouth? 653 00:52:07,020 --> 00:52:08,435 - It could've used a few, 654 00:52:08,539 --> 00:52:13,130 but I was not seriously considering leaving for that. 655 00:52:13,233 --> 00:52:14,890 No way. 656 00:52:14,993 --> 00:52:15,994 No way. 657 00:52:16,098 --> 00:52:18,997 Dude, did you get in a fight? 658 00:52:19,101 --> 00:52:22,104 Yeah, man, I got in a fight with a fish. 659 00:52:22,208 --> 00:52:25,176 I said, yo, I want to eat you, and he's like, oh, 660 00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:27,903 you can't eat me, I'm gonna smack you in the face 661 00:52:28,006 --> 00:52:30,768 with ice. 662 00:52:30,871 --> 00:52:33,736 - What if you had called in the medics, 663 00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:36,049 and if so, what happens then 664 00:52:36,153 --> 00:52:38,258 to the future of your competition? 665 00:52:38,362 --> 00:52:40,122 - You know, I hit my head also, 666 00:52:40,226 --> 00:52:43,781 so that was actually a bigger concern than the cuts. 667 00:52:43,884 --> 00:52:45,092 Anytime you hit your head and you're alone, 668 00:52:45,196 --> 00:52:47,543 that's a little bit of a questionable area, 669 00:52:47,647 --> 00:52:52,307 and so I did consider notifying them just so they were aware. 670 00:52:52,410 --> 00:52:54,723 But the thing is, is if you call 671 00:52:54,826 --> 00:52:56,587 and they come out and check you 672 00:52:56,690 --> 00:52:58,451 and they feel like they need to intervene 673 00:52:58,554 --> 00:53:00,867 or do anything to help you, 674 00:53:00,970 --> 00:53:03,870 then that is a tap-out situation, 675 00:53:03,973 --> 00:53:06,493 so if they're like, well, we need to help you, 676 00:53:06,597 --> 00:53:08,357 then that's it, you're done. 677 00:53:08,461 --> 00:53:10,290 So I actually did not report that. 678 00:53:10,394 --> 00:53:13,086 I don't think I was being extra risky 679 00:53:13,190 --> 00:53:14,708 with making that decision. 680 00:53:14,812 --> 00:53:16,365 My health and safety's important to me, 681 00:53:16,469 --> 00:53:19,334 but I have enough basic wilderness 682 00:53:19,437 --> 00:53:20,956 first aid training 683 00:53:21,059 --> 00:53:22,923 that I felt like I was fine 684 00:53:23,027 --> 00:53:24,787 to just keep going about my business 685 00:53:24,891 --> 00:53:26,962 and not call the safety team. 686 00:53:27,065 --> 00:53:29,240 - Callie, on that fall that you had, 687 00:53:29,344 --> 00:53:31,760 what would've happened if you had been, you know, 688 00:53:31,863 --> 00:53:33,313 just a little bit closer to the water 689 00:53:33,417 --> 00:53:34,694 and you go in the water? 690 00:53:34,797 --> 00:53:36,592 I mean, that changes everything in a hurry. 691 00:53:36,696 --> 00:53:38,387 - Right, if I was closer to the water, 692 00:53:38,491 --> 00:53:40,596 I would have slipped right in 693 00:53:40,700 --> 00:53:43,565 and that would have been a major issue. 694 00:53:43,668 --> 00:53:45,049 It's very cold. 695 00:53:45,152 --> 00:53:48,155 Hypothermia would've been an absolute risk, 696 00:53:48,259 --> 00:53:50,572 and anytime I went down to the water, 697 00:53:50,675 --> 00:53:52,194 even before it was really icy, 698 00:53:52,298 --> 00:53:54,852 I knew that there was just always a risk of falling in, 699 00:53:54,955 --> 00:53:55,956 'cause that's how it is, 700 00:53:56,060 --> 00:53:58,235 so I would plan for that 701 00:53:58,338 --> 00:54:00,513 and I would always have a fire ready to go, 702 00:54:00,616 --> 00:54:03,343 so I would hopefully be able to warm myself up quickly 703 00:54:03,447 --> 00:54:05,932 and be able to keep myself from getting hypothermic. 704 00:54:06,035 --> 00:54:07,830 But that's the thing out there, 705 00:54:07,934 --> 00:54:10,523 there's a lot of things that can happen, 706 00:54:10,626 --> 00:54:14,251 so we're all taking our lives in our own hands out there. 707 00:54:14,354 --> 00:54:17,323 It's a true survival situation. 708 00:54:17,426 --> 00:54:18,531 - Well, Roland, 709 00:54:18,634 --> 00:54:20,395 I want to toggle back to you for a second, 710 00:54:20,498 --> 00:54:22,604 because you had a fall in this episode as well. 711 00:54:22,707 --> 00:54:24,985 So my question to you is, 712 00:54:25,089 --> 00:54:27,402 if a fall had led to you going in the water, 713 00:54:27,505 --> 00:54:29,749 what would that scenario have been for you, 714 00:54:29,852 --> 00:54:32,786 given how turbulent the water was there at your location? 715 00:54:32,890 --> 00:54:34,650 - Yeah, it would've been not so good 716 00:54:34,754 --> 00:54:36,031 if I'd have went in the water, 717 00:54:36,134 --> 00:54:38,551 but if I had went in the water, 718 00:54:38,654 --> 00:54:40,725 I'd have clawed my ass out of there 719 00:54:40,829 --> 00:54:42,969 and boogied for camp to get warm. 720 00:54:45,074 --> 00:54:48,077 - Well, there is still... - [bleep]. 721 00:54:48,181 --> 00:54:52,289 Amós, you had a pack of wolves outside your shelter. 722 00:54:52,392 --> 00:54:56,879 Give us on a scale of 1 to 10 how concerned you were. 723 00:54:56,983 --> 00:54:58,881 I think you said they were within 3 yards, 724 00:54:58,985 --> 00:55:00,745 the tracks that you saw there? 725 00:55:00,849 --> 00:55:02,402 - It was a real concern. 726 00:55:02,506 --> 00:55:05,198 I'd never been so close to a pack of wolves. 727 00:55:05,302 --> 00:55:06,786 In terms of a concern, 728 00:55:06,889 --> 00:55:08,546 something in the high numbers. 729 00:55:08,650 --> 00:55:11,929 - And what are you gonna do against five wolves? 730 00:55:12,032 --> 00:55:13,275 - Well, the first thing you have to do 731 00:55:13,379 --> 00:55:16,209 is get the camera and make sure you got 'em, 732 00:55:16,313 --> 00:55:17,762 'cause that's what we're there to do. 733 00:55:17,866 --> 00:55:19,971 We got a show to make, man. 734 00:55:20,075 --> 00:55:21,663 - I like your priorities. 735 00:55:21,766 --> 00:55:24,597 - And then for safety, I have my bow. 736 00:55:24,700 --> 00:55:26,530 On the other side, I have a spear that I made. 737 00:55:26,633 --> 00:55:29,429 So that's where your training comes in, 738 00:55:29,533 --> 00:55:32,570 and you have to stay in check. 739 00:55:32,674 --> 00:55:34,331 You have to try to remain calm. 740 00:55:34,434 --> 00:55:38,611 I was really lucky that they decided to move on. 741 00:55:38,714 --> 00:55:40,578 - Yeah, you mentioned that spear, 742 00:55:40,682 --> 00:55:42,235 and you were obviously concerned enough 743 00:55:42,339 --> 00:55:43,719 that you made one. 744 00:55:43,823 --> 00:55:46,170 We do have some never-before-seen footage 745 00:55:46,273 --> 00:55:47,274 of you making that spear. 746 00:55:47,378 --> 00:55:48,897 Let's take a look at that real quick. 747 00:56:05,223 --> 00:56:08,054 Just trying to protect myself. 748 00:56:15,406 --> 00:56:18,305 In primitive skills and survival, 749 00:56:18,409 --> 00:56:20,860 you have to try to think about ways to use 750 00:56:20,963 --> 00:56:23,414 the different parts of the animal. 751 00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:27,729 So in my case, I wanted to use it 752 00:56:27,832 --> 00:56:30,663 as part of my weapons that I was making. 753 00:56:30,766 --> 00:56:32,975 The bunnies are really agile. 754 00:56:33,079 --> 00:56:34,908 They're really swift. 755 00:56:35,012 --> 00:56:38,256 So even the decoration is not just so it look pretty. 756 00:56:38,360 --> 00:56:41,846 It's also to give a little energy to the spear. 757 00:56:44,331 --> 00:56:45,678 Okay. 758 00:56:49,026 --> 00:56:51,097 - Did you ever have an opportunity to use it? 759 00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:52,305 - Just right there. 760 00:56:52,409 --> 00:56:53,927 When the wolves came, I grabbed it. 761 00:56:54,031 --> 00:56:57,103 I needed it by my side just to make me feel safer. 762 00:56:57,206 --> 00:56:59,519 Have the spear right here. 763 00:56:59,623 --> 00:57:01,935 I might go down, but it won't be easy. 764 00:57:03,385 --> 00:57:05,076 - And Callie, you touched on this a minute ago, 765 00:57:05,180 --> 00:57:08,597 just about how authentic and real this experience is, 766 00:57:08,701 --> 00:57:11,980 whether it's with the wolves or slipping into the water. 767 00:57:12,083 --> 00:57:14,776 The reality is, there's no one coming to get you. 768 00:57:14,879 --> 00:57:16,778 There's no one coming to fend those wolves off of you. 769 00:57:16,881 --> 00:57:19,919 It is all about you in that moment, isn't it? 770 00:57:20,022 --> 00:57:21,058 - Exactly. 771 00:57:21,161 --> 00:57:22,128 You know, people are like, oh, well, 772 00:57:22,231 --> 00:57:23,716 they have a whole safety team 773 00:57:23,819 --> 00:57:25,683 that comes and checks on 'em and stuff, 774 00:57:25,787 --> 00:57:27,616 but the reality is, is it's not like 775 00:57:27,720 --> 00:57:29,031 they're right around the corner. 776 00:57:29,135 --> 00:57:30,688 You could get yourself into a lot of trouble 777 00:57:30,792 --> 00:57:34,105 before anybody's coming to help you out. 778 00:57:34,209 --> 00:57:37,143 There's a whole bunch of blood in my eyelashes. 779 00:57:37,246 --> 00:57:39,007 - Roland, I want to talk to you about something 780 00:57:39,110 --> 00:57:40,698 that we've never seen before on the show, 781 00:57:40,802 --> 00:57:45,600 and that is when you come upon and get to witness 782 00:57:45,703 --> 00:57:48,050 that entire herd of musk ox. 783 00:57:48,154 --> 00:57:50,156 And then you decide not to go after them. 784 00:57:50,259 --> 00:57:52,952 Clarify for us why you made that decision. 785 00:57:53,055 --> 00:57:55,782 - That was a real nice herd of musk ox. 786 00:57:55,886 --> 00:58:01,063 The herd is way harder to get into than a single animal. 787 00:58:01,167 --> 00:58:04,239 It just wasn't the right situation. 788 00:58:04,342 --> 00:58:05,827 And I didn't want to spook 'em. 789 00:58:05,930 --> 00:58:07,863 - There is something you mentioned 790 00:58:07,967 --> 00:58:09,244 that I find very curious, 791 00:58:09,347 --> 00:58:12,316 and it didn't necessarily make the show, 792 00:58:12,419 --> 00:58:14,870 but you talked about not wanting 793 00:58:14,974 --> 00:58:17,114 to necessarily go after the herd 794 00:58:17,217 --> 00:58:19,426 because that herd might end up on-- 795 00:58:19,530 --> 00:58:22,568 on one of the other competitors' area. 796 00:58:22,671 --> 00:58:23,569 Explain that. 797 00:58:23,672 --> 00:58:24,570 - Yeah, we had 798 00:58:24,673 --> 00:58:25,950 plenty of space between us. 799 00:58:26,054 --> 00:58:30,541 There was 5 miles or more between participants. 800 00:58:30,645 --> 00:58:32,578 I mean, that's a long way to a human being, 801 00:58:32,681 --> 00:58:36,340 but that is nothing to a wild, big game creature. 802 00:58:36,443 --> 00:58:39,205 Big game animals move quick and they move far, 803 00:58:39,308 --> 00:58:42,001 and I did not want to spook that herd 804 00:58:42,104 --> 00:58:44,106 into the next contestant's territory. 805 00:58:44,210 --> 00:58:46,177 I'm out for the money, I'm out for the win. 806 00:58:46,281 --> 00:58:48,421 I don't need a spiritual journey. 807 00:58:48,525 --> 00:58:49,698 - I get it. 808 00:58:49,802 --> 00:58:51,251 Pivoting a little bit, Kielyn, 809 00:58:51,355 --> 00:58:55,083 when you start to make your way out on the ice, 810 00:58:55,186 --> 00:58:57,844 you're testing the thickness of it. 811 00:58:57,948 --> 00:59:00,467 How precarious, maybe even scary, 812 00:59:00,571 --> 00:59:02,159 is that for the first time 813 00:59:02,262 --> 00:59:05,265 as the freeze is happening and the ice is thickening up? 814 00:59:05,369 --> 00:59:09,822 - I've been through many years of freeze-up and ice-outs, 815 00:59:09,925 --> 00:59:12,341 and I'm not a stranger to thin ice. 816 00:59:12,445 --> 00:59:14,240 I know exactly what it's like 817 00:59:14,343 --> 00:59:16,725 and I've traveled on a lot of ice 818 00:59:16,829 --> 00:59:17,968 that you wouldn't deem safe 819 00:59:18,071 --> 00:59:20,660 on just, like, personal adventures, 820 00:59:20,764 --> 00:59:24,871 but I had a full belly, I had backup clothing, 821 00:59:24,975 --> 00:59:29,566 and so when I was starting to check the ice in my bay, 822 00:59:29,669 --> 00:59:32,776 yeah, there was a little bit more caution 823 00:59:32,879 --> 00:59:34,053 when I was doing it. 824 00:59:34,156 --> 00:59:36,124 - At that point, once you were able 825 00:59:36,227 --> 00:59:39,127 to really get out on the ice and begin fishing, 826 00:59:39,230 --> 00:59:41,578 did you feel like things were gonna take off for you? 827 00:59:41,681 --> 00:59:43,545 - Well, I was hoping for it to. 828 00:59:43,649 --> 00:59:45,271 - Yeah. - For sure. 829 00:59:45,374 --> 00:59:48,101 But, again, I was just trying to stay adaptable, 830 00:59:48,205 --> 00:59:49,689 stay flexible, and-- 831 00:59:49,793 --> 00:59:52,036 and take the journey as it was coming. 832 00:59:52,140 --> 00:59:54,832 I'm not an expert ice fisher person, 833 00:59:54,936 --> 00:59:56,731 but I was hopeful. 834 00:59:56,834 --> 01:00:00,562 - Well, and let's talk about when you got those two fish. 835 01:00:00,666 --> 01:00:02,564 Crying is not even descriptive enough. 836 01:00:02,668 --> 01:00:04,911 You were borderline hysterical, but-- 837 01:00:05,015 --> 01:00:07,880 and it was impossible not to get excited for you 838 01:00:07,983 --> 01:00:11,573 because it was truly just jubilation on your part. 839 01:00:11,677 --> 01:00:13,092 Had you ever experienced... - Yeah. 840 01:00:13,195 --> 01:00:16,198 - Anything quite like that at that moment? 841 01:00:16,302 --> 01:00:18,166 - I got a fish! 842 01:00:18,269 --> 01:00:19,892 Oh, my God, I mean, 843 01:00:19,995 --> 01:00:21,790 I don't know what those sounds were 844 01:00:21,894 --> 01:00:23,274 that were coming out of me, 845 01:00:23,378 --> 01:00:25,656 but yeah, it was just pure bliss. 846 01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:28,417 You know, you can see me crying a lot on the show, 847 01:00:28,521 --> 01:00:31,006 and I'm not gonna pretend that I didn't, 848 01:00:31,110 --> 01:00:34,147 but the one thing that I did do 849 01:00:34,251 --> 01:00:37,185 was recover from those lows quickly, 850 01:00:37,288 --> 01:00:41,707 and that was my journey just through my own resilience. 851 01:00:41,810 --> 01:00:45,538 But then when you get that little bit of success, 852 01:00:45,642 --> 01:00:48,334 it's just like, you can finally let go 853 01:00:48,437 --> 01:00:50,750 of all of that tension that you were holding. 854 01:00:50,854 --> 01:00:54,478 That scene was me just letting go. 855 01:00:54,581 --> 01:00:56,998 Man, I needed that fish. 856 01:00:57,101 --> 01:01:00,104 - Well, Kielyn, you said at the end of the episode, 857 01:01:00,208 --> 01:01:02,831 women are a force to be reckoned with. 858 01:01:02,935 --> 01:01:04,453 And you are certainly one of those. 859 01:01:04,557 --> 01:01:06,904 At this point in the competition, 860 01:01:07,008 --> 01:01:09,907 do you feel like you've hit your stride a bit? 861 01:01:10,011 --> 01:01:12,116 Do you feel like you're a real threat 862 01:01:12,220 --> 01:01:13,842 to take this whole thing? 863 01:01:13,946 --> 01:01:16,189 - Well, I mean, I knew that the fish 864 01:01:16,293 --> 01:01:19,779 was going to be what would get me to the hundred days. 865 01:01:19,883 --> 01:01:23,507 This is what I needed to kind of keep me going and-- 866 01:01:23,610 --> 01:01:27,614 and hopefully prevent any more weight loss. 867 01:01:27,718 --> 01:01:30,376 Oh, my God, look at that. 868 01:01:32,447 --> 01:01:35,692 Is that not from a grocery store or what? 869 01:01:35,795 --> 01:01:38,833 I do want to mention that being out on the ice 870 01:01:38,936 --> 01:01:42,906 was a absolute blessing, but it was extremely hard. 871 01:01:44,010 --> 01:01:45,943 You know, winter has set in, 872 01:01:46,047 --> 01:01:49,257 and that requires a lot more calories 873 01:01:49,360 --> 01:01:50,637 to keep yourself warm, 874 01:01:50,741 --> 01:01:53,848 and sitting on that ice just completely exposed 875 01:01:53,951 --> 01:01:58,473 to that north arctic wind was not easy. 876 01:01:58,576 --> 01:02:01,234 - Yeah, no doubt. Nothing is easy out there. 877 01:02:01,338 --> 01:02:03,202 - That is for sure. 878 01:02:03,305 --> 01:02:06,067 Well, that is it for "Alone: Tales From the Arctic." 879 01:02:06,170 --> 01:02:09,691 I'd like to thank Callie, Amós, Roland, and Kielyn. 880 01:02:09,795 --> 01:02:11,382 We'll be speaking to the participants 881 01:02:11,486 --> 01:02:13,799 all season long after the episodes, 882 01:02:13,902 --> 01:02:15,421 so make sure you tune in to that, 883 01:02:15,524 --> 01:02:17,043 and, as promised, 884 01:02:17,147 --> 01:02:19,597 here's a sneak peek at next week's episode. 885 01:02:19,701 --> 01:02:20,702 We'll see you then. 886 01:02:22,324 --> 01:02:24,637 - I just gotta get in there. 887 01:02:24,741 --> 01:02:26,225 Oh, it's so tight. 888 01:02:26,328 --> 01:02:27,329 Oh, my gosh. 889 01:02:27,433 --> 01:02:29,297 The porcupine's right here. 890 01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:30,954 Oh, [bleep]. 891 01:02:31,057 --> 01:02:34,543 This is probably the start of the real end. 892 01:02:34,647 --> 01:02:37,719 I really want to take home the win for my family. 893 01:02:37,823 --> 01:02:40,204 But I just want to go home. 894 01:02:40,308 --> 01:02:42,310 - Yeah, we're gettin' it now. 895 01:02:42,413 --> 01:02:44,864 Just slicker and [bleep] here in about an hour. 896 01:02:44,968 --> 01:02:46,797 I'm talking freeze you to death, 897 01:02:46,901 --> 01:02:48,040 kill you cold. 898 01:02:48,143 --> 01:02:49,455 Holy [bleep]. 899 01:02:49,558 --> 01:02:50,456 [bleep]. 900 01:02:50,559 --> 01:02:51,457 Please. 901 01:02:51,560 --> 01:02:52,699 [bleep]. Get out of here. 902 01:02:52,803 --> 01:02:54,253 [bleep], out of here.