1 00:00:05,695 --> 00:00:08,594 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:08,698 --> 00:00:15,532 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:15,636 --> 00:00:17,879 - Holy [bleep], man, this fox. 4 00:00:17,983 --> 00:00:19,985 Starting to feel like this fox 5 00:00:20,089 --> 00:00:21,711 might be a danger for me. 6 00:00:21,814 --> 00:00:23,023 Go away! 7 00:00:23,126 --> 00:00:24,162 - Is that a bunny? 8 00:00:24,265 --> 00:00:27,441 Holy schmoly, that's three today. 9 00:00:27,544 --> 00:00:29,788 - I'm gonna build a meat crib. 10 00:00:29,891 --> 00:00:31,755 Now, that's a lot of freezer space. 11 00:00:31,859 --> 00:00:33,550 - I just can't do it. 12 00:00:33,654 --> 00:00:34,758 - I want to come home 13 00:00:34,862 --> 00:00:37,002 to my family and friends whole. 14 00:00:37,106 --> 00:00:40,178 - Hey, this is Mark. I am officially tapping out. 15 00:00:40,281 --> 00:00:41,800 Pain, misery, and suffering-- 16 00:00:41,903 --> 00:00:45,493 I've dealt with it enough, and I'm done. 17 00:00:45,597 --> 00:00:49,359 ♪ ♪ 18 00:00:49,463 --> 00:00:50,981 male narrator: For the first time, 19 00:00:51,085 --> 00:00:54,882 ten participants will fight to survive the Arctic 20 00:00:54,985 --> 00:00:58,575 for longer than anyone in "Alone" history-- 21 00:00:58,679 --> 00:01:02,165 a grueling 100 days. 22 00:01:02,269 --> 00:01:03,684 - This is the ultimate challenge. 23 00:01:03,787 --> 00:01:05,099 ♪ ♪ 24 00:01:05,203 --> 00:01:08,240 - A hundred days in the Arctic is no joke. 25 00:01:08,344 --> 00:01:09,897 narrator: If they can endure, 26 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,486 they'll win the biggest prize ever-- 27 00:01:12,589 --> 00:01:15,696 $1 million. 28 00:01:15,799 --> 00:01:17,007 ♪ ♪ 29 00:01:17,111 --> 00:01:18,319 - Oh! 30 00:01:18,423 --> 00:01:19,320 - Oh, [bleep]. 31 00:01:19,424 --> 00:01:21,046 - You can't tap out 32 00:01:21,150 --> 00:01:22,979 when there's a million bucks on the line. 33 00:01:23,083 --> 00:01:25,154 - Oh, my gosh. - [growls] 34 00:01:25,257 --> 00:01:28,157 - How hard can you work for $10,000 a day? 35 00:01:28,260 --> 00:01:29,606 - It looks like frostbite. 36 00:01:29,710 --> 00:01:32,575 - [screaming] - Oh, [bleep]. 37 00:01:32,678 --> 00:01:37,131 narrator: This is "Alone: Million Dollar Challenge." 38 00:01:37,235 --> 00:01:39,099 - They're just surrounding my shelter. 39 00:01:39,202 --> 00:01:40,272 [wolves snarling] 40 00:01:40,376 --> 00:01:47,348 ♪ ♪ 41 00:02:13,788 --> 00:02:16,101 - You can tell when your soup got no grease. 42 00:02:17,758 --> 00:02:19,794 You know as soon as it hits your mouth... 43 00:02:21,244 --> 00:02:22,901 If it's got grease in it. 44 00:02:24,730 --> 00:02:26,836 It's just water and meat fragments. 45 00:02:28,907 --> 00:02:30,978 It's missing that richness. 46 00:02:31,081 --> 00:02:33,049 ♪ ♪ 47 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:34,464 All the fat, 48 00:02:34,568 --> 00:02:37,778 that's what keeps a man strong in the woods. 49 00:02:37,881 --> 00:02:39,193 Fat. 50 00:02:39,297 --> 00:02:41,575 [wind blowing] 51 00:02:41,678 --> 00:02:43,715 ♪ ♪ 52 00:02:43,818 --> 00:02:45,234 And we're gonna start mining 53 00:02:45,337 --> 00:02:48,098 into this muskox head a little bit more. 54 00:02:48,202 --> 00:02:49,997 We had a little bit of grease 55 00:02:50,100 --> 00:02:52,827 in our stew this morning, but today's... 56 00:02:52,931 --> 00:02:55,347 meat looked dry to me again. 57 00:02:55,451 --> 00:02:56,969 ♪ ♪ 58 00:02:57,073 --> 00:02:59,144 We're gonna get it out of this right here. 59 00:02:59,248 --> 00:03:01,457 ♪ ♪ 60 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:02,872 We still got the lips 61 00:03:02,975 --> 00:03:05,185 and the nose and the other ear-- 62 00:03:05,288 --> 00:03:07,808 all kinds of good stuff here. 63 00:03:07,911 --> 00:03:10,120 There's the bottom lip. 64 00:03:10,224 --> 00:03:13,158 That'll jazz up one potful. 65 00:03:13,262 --> 00:03:15,540 We can get a day out of the nose. 66 00:03:15,643 --> 00:03:18,681 All this area, the upper lip and the nose. 67 00:03:18,784 --> 00:03:21,718 That's all got good fatty tissue inside. 68 00:03:21,822 --> 00:03:23,824 The other lower lip. 69 00:03:23,927 --> 00:03:25,481 You can see it. 70 00:03:25,584 --> 00:03:28,380 There'll be some gristle, too, but... 71 00:03:28,484 --> 00:03:30,831 it'll render out a little bit of grease. 72 00:03:33,074 --> 00:03:35,594 This is probably a lot like what the Plains Indians 73 00:03:35,698 --> 00:03:37,251 did with the buffalo. 74 00:03:37,355 --> 00:03:39,115 You could form a whole lifestyle 75 00:03:39,219 --> 00:03:40,944 off of this muskox. 76 00:03:41,048 --> 00:03:44,845 We're utilizing every little bit. 77 00:03:44,948 --> 00:03:46,743 I've already got it in my head 78 00:03:46,847 --> 00:03:49,815 all the little fat pockets to exploit 79 00:03:49,919 --> 00:03:52,370 because this is a dry animal. 80 00:03:54,475 --> 00:03:58,134 Now, this is what's called knee fleshing... 81 00:03:58,238 --> 00:04:00,619 [grunts] 'Cause you drape it over your knee. 82 00:04:02,552 --> 00:04:06,142 Here's his eyeball hole. 83 00:04:06,246 --> 00:04:09,732 So we got to start south of it here. 84 00:04:09,835 --> 00:04:16,152 ♪ ♪ 85 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:19,466 It'll be tougher than a boot, but it'll render oil. 86 00:04:19,569 --> 00:04:23,193 You know, it's muscle and gristle and skin. 87 00:04:23,297 --> 00:04:25,644 But it has that little 88 00:04:25,748 --> 00:04:28,268 tallow layer between the 89 00:04:28,371 --> 00:04:30,304 gristle and the meat. 90 00:04:30,408 --> 00:04:32,410 And that's what we want. 91 00:04:32,513 --> 00:04:35,792 We got to render the tallow out of this face gristle. 92 00:04:37,346 --> 00:04:40,072 That's where it's at in this game. 93 00:04:40,176 --> 00:04:44,007 This hundred-day challenge is an epic moment, 94 00:04:44,111 --> 00:04:46,355 and I pray to God I make it. 95 00:04:46,458 --> 00:04:47,977 I want to do it 96 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:51,912 and just as a testimony to the old-timers. 97 00:04:52,015 --> 00:04:54,535 This was just every day to them. 98 00:04:54,639 --> 00:04:57,952 I got a heap of respect for the old pioneers. 99 00:04:58,056 --> 00:05:01,404 I would love to see this hundred-day challenge through. 100 00:05:01,508 --> 00:05:03,164 ♪ ♪ 101 00:05:03,268 --> 00:05:05,926 My whole being screams out 102 00:05:06,029 --> 00:05:07,824 that I was born in the wrong era, 103 00:05:07,928 --> 00:05:09,343 the wrong century. 104 00:05:09,447 --> 00:05:11,380 I set my first trap at eight 105 00:05:11,483 --> 00:05:13,520 and tried to read every mountain-man book 106 00:05:13,623 --> 00:05:16,385 I could get ahold of, and I did. 107 00:05:16,488 --> 00:05:19,629 I'm currently one of the best guides in Alaska. 108 00:05:19,733 --> 00:05:23,392 And it all started with my absolute desire 109 00:05:23,495 --> 00:05:25,739 to live in the wilderness. 110 00:05:25,842 --> 00:05:27,223 ♪ ♪ 111 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:29,846 Oh, yeah. 112 00:05:29,950 --> 00:05:31,538 There's what we want... 113 00:05:32,815 --> 00:05:36,922 Big old glob of gristle and lower lip, 114 00:05:37,026 --> 00:05:40,132 little bit of... 115 00:05:40,236 --> 00:05:42,652 fat from around the eyeball. 116 00:05:42,756 --> 00:05:45,586 But that ain't pure fat by any means. 117 00:05:45,690 --> 00:05:47,036 I need to start thinking 118 00:05:47,139 --> 00:05:49,694 about what's gonna get me through the winter. 119 00:05:53,698 --> 00:06:00,774 ♪ 120 00:06:08,368 --> 00:06:11,681 [blowing nose] 121 00:06:13,545 --> 00:06:15,685 - My apologies. 122 00:06:19,896 --> 00:06:23,210 My caveman behavior here. [laughs] 123 00:06:37,983 --> 00:06:38,950 Okay. 124 00:06:39,053 --> 00:06:40,607 ♪ ♪ 125 00:06:45,681 --> 00:06:47,130 Whoa. 126 00:06:47,234 --> 00:06:49,685 Look at that. 127 00:06:49,788 --> 00:06:51,031 Uh-oh. 128 00:06:55,035 --> 00:06:58,141 Those poles are frozen together, man. 129 00:06:58,245 --> 00:07:05,321 ♪ ♪ 130 00:07:11,638 --> 00:07:17,437 ♪ 131 00:07:17,540 --> 00:07:20,440 [wind howling] 132 00:07:20,543 --> 00:07:23,201 ♪ ♪ 133 00:07:36,939 --> 00:07:40,460 It's got a big hole down there, a couple big holes. 134 00:07:40,563 --> 00:07:42,185 [clicks tongue] 135 00:07:42,289 --> 00:07:44,394 Yeah. I don't know, man. 136 00:07:48,847 --> 00:07:51,367 Yeah, I see two new holes in the net. 137 00:07:58,788 --> 00:08:00,549 ♪ 138 00:08:00,652 --> 00:08:02,689 Frozen, frozen, frozen... 139 00:08:02,792 --> 00:08:09,799 ♪ ♪ 140 00:08:14,114 --> 00:08:16,496 Ah, my fingers... 141 00:08:16,599 --> 00:08:17,876 ♪ ♪ 142 00:08:17,980 --> 00:08:19,326 Are frozen. 143 00:08:19,429 --> 00:08:21,466 ♪ ♪ 144 00:08:21,570 --> 00:08:23,675 The weather is really cold. 145 00:08:23,779 --> 00:08:25,539 I'm from El Salvador. 146 00:08:25,643 --> 00:08:28,922 I have never experienced this type of temperatures. 147 00:08:29,025 --> 00:08:30,371 ♪ ♪ 148 00:08:30,475 --> 00:08:32,926 You can tell that you have low energy. 149 00:08:33,029 --> 00:08:35,515 You get more cold, you get more tired, 150 00:08:35,618 --> 00:08:37,931 and, of course, you start getting hungry. 151 00:08:38,034 --> 00:08:40,830 ♪ ♪ 152 00:08:40,934 --> 00:08:43,281 Okay. 153 00:08:43,384 --> 00:08:46,836 Let's go put all this stuff back at camp 154 00:08:46,940 --> 00:08:49,080 and get out of this wind. 155 00:08:49,183 --> 00:08:52,842 ♪ ♪ 156 00:08:58,538 --> 00:09:04,440 ♪ 157 00:09:04,544 --> 00:09:05,614 Look. 158 00:09:05,717 --> 00:09:10,032 ♪ ♪ 159 00:09:11,378 --> 00:09:14,208 ♪ 160 00:09:16,728 --> 00:09:19,041 ♪ 161 00:09:27,601 --> 00:09:29,569 It's coming from over there. 162 00:09:29,672 --> 00:09:30,880 ♪ ♪ 163 00:09:30,984 --> 00:09:33,089 There is all this wildlife, 164 00:09:33,193 --> 00:09:35,920 and it's just dangerous animals walking by. 165 00:09:36,023 --> 00:09:39,440 So it's scary to be right in the path 166 00:09:39,544 --> 00:09:42,202 ♪ ♪ 167 00:09:57,458 --> 00:10:04,465 ♪ 168 00:10:14,234 --> 00:10:15,787 - I finally did it. 169 00:10:15,891 --> 00:10:18,238 I can get my gill net in the water. 170 00:10:18,341 --> 00:10:20,999 I never made one from start to finish. 171 00:10:21,103 --> 00:10:23,450 I want to go give it a try. 172 00:10:23,553 --> 00:10:26,867 Give it a gill... a gillnet try. 173 00:10:26,971 --> 00:10:29,421 ♪ ♪ 174 00:10:29,525 --> 00:10:31,492 I'm excited about this gill net, 175 00:10:31,596 --> 00:10:34,081 and I'd love to get it in the water, 176 00:10:34,185 --> 00:10:37,567 but it's just so treacherous to get down there. 177 00:10:37,671 --> 00:10:40,778 So I'm concerned about going down 178 00:10:40,881 --> 00:10:42,503 to get to my fishing spot. 179 00:10:42,607 --> 00:10:46,818 ♪ ♪ 180 00:10:46,922 --> 00:10:48,337 Since I've been eating the rabbit, 181 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:50,339 I feel more hungry, 182 00:10:50,442 --> 00:10:52,859 and I think it's just because there's less fat. 183 00:10:52,962 --> 00:10:55,206 I need a consistent fat source. 184 00:10:55,309 --> 00:10:58,174 I need to figure out how to catch fish here 185 00:10:58,278 --> 00:10:59,969 because they have fat on 'em. 186 00:11:00,073 --> 00:11:02,351 ♪ ♪ 187 00:11:02,454 --> 00:11:05,009 If I could just get one fish, 188 00:11:05,112 --> 00:11:07,874 I feel like I could work on that fat for a while. 189 00:11:07,977 --> 00:11:09,013 ♪ ♪ 190 00:11:11,429 --> 00:11:15,778 Okay, so, to get my fishing spot... 191 00:11:15,882 --> 00:11:19,299 It's like a ten-minute walk on this-- 192 00:11:19,402 --> 00:11:21,439 ice on the rocks... 193 00:11:23,441 --> 00:11:25,685 'Cause my fishing spot is way down this-- 194 00:11:25,788 --> 00:11:27,100 like, way down there. 195 00:11:29,033 --> 00:11:30,931 So... 196 00:11:31,035 --> 00:11:32,622 let's see. 197 00:11:32,726 --> 00:11:35,867 ♪ ♪ 198 00:11:35,971 --> 00:11:40,354 I'm here to explore, and that's what I want to do. 199 00:11:40,458 --> 00:11:42,736 Just total immersion. 200 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,774 This is a place that's gonna test my abilities 201 00:11:45,877 --> 00:11:48,466 and what I know and what I can do. 202 00:11:48,569 --> 00:11:54,852 ♪ ♪ 203 00:11:54,955 --> 00:11:57,233 All right, well, I didn't think I'd be able 204 00:11:57,337 --> 00:12:01,444 to make it down here because it's so slippery. 205 00:12:01,548 --> 00:12:03,101 But I did! 206 00:12:03,205 --> 00:12:05,759 So I guess I got to try fishing. 207 00:12:05,863 --> 00:12:07,278 ♪ ♪ 208 00:12:07,381 --> 00:12:08,555 And just get my... 209 00:12:08,658 --> 00:12:10,005 ♪ ♪ 210 00:12:10,108 --> 00:12:11,696 Get my stuff. 211 00:12:17,529 --> 00:12:19,773 Oh! [bleep]! [grunts] 212 00:12:19,877 --> 00:12:25,986 ♪ ♪ 213 00:12:26,090 --> 00:12:27,643 [bleep]. 214 00:12:27,747 --> 00:12:30,957 Oh, man. [bleep]. 215 00:12:31,060 --> 00:12:39,034 ♪ ♪ 216 00:12:39,137 --> 00:12:42,002 [dramatic music] 217 00:12:42,106 --> 00:12:49,113 ♪ ♪ 218 00:12:56,085 --> 00:12:58,156 - Oh, [bleep]. 219 00:13:00,434 --> 00:13:01,746 Oh, I fell. [laughs] 220 00:13:01,850 --> 00:13:05,405 I just slipped on the ice, and I hit my... 221 00:13:05,508 --> 00:13:08,477 my tooth, hit my lip. 222 00:13:08,580 --> 00:13:09,823 Mm-hmm. 223 00:13:09,927 --> 00:13:13,033 It's-- and my--my eyebrow. 224 00:13:13,137 --> 00:13:14,310 Uh-huh. 225 00:13:14,414 --> 00:13:16,450 Good old eyebrow split. 226 00:13:16,554 --> 00:13:23,561 ♪ ♪ 227 00:13:29,878 --> 00:13:33,985 Well, I knew it was sketchy coming down here. 228 00:13:34,089 --> 00:13:36,401 Yep. The trap line is... 229 00:13:36,505 --> 00:13:40,026 The trap line's a little easier to get to right now. 230 00:13:40,129 --> 00:13:43,132 Okay, well, I guess I'll clean this up. 231 00:13:48,517 --> 00:13:53,625 ♪ 232 00:13:53,729 --> 00:13:56,732 I really, really hope I don't need stitches. 233 00:13:56,836 --> 00:14:02,496 ♪ ♪ 234 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:04,119 Yep, I've definitely taken kids 235 00:14:04,222 --> 00:14:06,086 to get stuff like that stitched up. 236 00:14:06,190 --> 00:14:09,331 ♪ ♪ 237 00:14:09,434 --> 00:14:10,850 [laughs] It's like... 238 00:14:14,129 --> 00:14:17,270 Eyeshadow. Blood eyeshadow. 239 00:14:19,030 --> 00:14:21,170 Yes, blood eyeshadow. 240 00:14:23,414 --> 00:14:27,659 Wonder if my lip's gonna swell up any more or anything. 241 00:14:27,763 --> 00:14:29,869 Well, that cut's fine. 242 00:14:32,595 --> 00:14:33,769 Gosh, I don't know. 243 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:36,013 Do I put the gill net in the water or not? 244 00:14:36,116 --> 00:14:38,256 I mean, I made it. 245 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:40,638 So... 246 00:14:40,741 --> 00:14:43,192 I kind of want to put the gill net in the water. 247 00:14:45,229 --> 00:14:49,509 But I don't want to risk falling in. 248 00:14:49,612 --> 00:14:52,029 If I'm careful, it's fine, but it's just hard. 249 00:14:52,132 --> 00:14:54,134 You just don't know. I mean, like... 250 00:14:54,238 --> 00:14:57,241 I could've slipped like that towards the water. 251 00:14:57,344 --> 00:14:59,346 ♪ ♪ 252 00:14:59,450 --> 00:15:00,934 And there you go. 253 00:15:01,038 --> 00:15:02,384 ♪ ♪ 254 00:15:02,487 --> 00:15:03,661 If I was on the edge, 255 00:15:03,764 --> 00:15:05,214 that could've been a lot worse. 256 00:15:05,318 --> 00:15:07,113 And I'm lucky that... 257 00:15:07,216 --> 00:15:09,943 I just only split my lip and cut my face. 258 00:15:13,774 --> 00:15:15,190 I'm, like, bummed 259 00:15:15,293 --> 00:15:17,192 that I didn't get that gill net in the water, 260 00:15:17,295 --> 00:15:21,368 but slipping and falling just made me realize, like... 261 00:15:21,472 --> 00:15:24,130 if I'm trying to pull in a fish 262 00:15:24,233 --> 00:15:27,340 or pull in the gill net 263 00:15:27,443 --> 00:15:30,481 and I fall in the water, that could be it. 264 00:15:30,584 --> 00:15:34,209 ♪ ♪ 265 00:15:34,312 --> 00:15:37,488 Hmm. Hmm. 266 00:15:37,591 --> 00:15:40,008 To fish or not to fish... 267 00:15:48,775 --> 00:15:55,782 ♪ 268 00:16:28,642 --> 00:16:30,679 - Every day it gets colder. 269 00:16:33,578 --> 00:16:37,651 I was so lucky that I thought about taking my mittens. 270 00:16:44,106 --> 00:16:46,729 [laughing] 271 00:16:46,833 --> 00:16:49,318 So I should take my mittens out with me... 272 00:16:52,839 --> 00:16:54,772 Every time I walk out. 273 00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:58,534 That would be a good thing. 274 00:16:58,638 --> 00:16:59,949 ♪ ♪ 275 00:17:00,053 --> 00:17:02,124 I'll just get that soup and the fire-- 276 00:17:02,228 --> 00:17:04,471 and the fire cracking for the soup and... 277 00:17:04,575 --> 00:17:06,197 ♪ ♪ 278 00:17:06,301 --> 00:17:07,923 Keep smoking the fish. 279 00:17:08,027 --> 00:17:10,995 ♪ ♪ 280 00:17:11,099 --> 00:17:14,033 I got to start rationing my fish. 281 00:17:35,951 --> 00:17:36,952 Okay. 282 00:17:46,858 --> 00:17:49,275 [distant howling] 283 00:17:49,378 --> 00:17:50,690 A wolf. 284 00:17:50,793 --> 00:17:57,766 ♪ ♪ 285 00:18:05,291 --> 00:18:10,089 [wolf howling] 286 00:18:10,192 --> 00:18:11,504 ♪ ♪ 287 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:22,653 ♪ 288 00:18:27,658 --> 00:18:30,661 [wolf howling] 289 00:18:35,942 --> 00:18:37,840 I'm in wolf territory. 290 00:18:37,944 --> 00:18:39,808 ♪ ♪ 291 00:18:39,911 --> 00:18:41,913 I never experienced this. 292 00:18:42,017 --> 00:18:44,502 Wolves are able to take big animals, 293 00:18:44,606 --> 00:18:46,366 like a moose or a muskox. 294 00:18:46,470 --> 00:18:48,610 If you are encountered by a pack of wolves, 295 00:18:48,713 --> 00:18:51,095 you can't be showing them too much fear. 296 00:18:51,199 --> 00:18:54,063 ♪ ♪ 297 00:18:54,167 --> 00:18:56,583 [wolf howling] 298 00:18:58,275 --> 00:18:59,966 ♪ 299 00:19:00,069 --> 00:19:02,831 You need some of the fear to get you going, 300 00:19:02,934 --> 00:19:05,144 but you don't want fear to dominate you, 301 00:19:05,247 --> 00:19:09,458 where even the wolves are sensing your fear. 302 00:19:09,562 --> 00:19:16,396 ♪ ♪ 303 00:19:18,743 --> 00:19:22,091 I never had a predator charge me or attack me. 304 00:19:22,195 --> 00:19:25,750 But I'm just going to hope that I am prepared mentally 305 00:19:25,854 --> 00:19:28,063 to stay calm and make the proper decisions 306 00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:29,582 to deal with that situation. 307 00:19:29,685 --> 00:19:31,031 ♪ ♪ 308 00:19:31,135 --> 00:19:33,275 Wolves are a very skilled group of hunters. 309 00:19:33,379 --> 00:19:35,484 They could take me down pretty easy. 310 00:19:41,387 --> 00:19:44,010 So I think trying to remain calm 311 00:19:44,113 --> 00:19:45,770 will be an important part 312 00:19:45,874 --> 00:19:48,014 of being attacked by a predator. 313 00:19:50,016 --> 00:19:56,988 ♪ 314 00:19:59,681 --> 00:20:02,580 [wind howling] 315 00:20:02,684 --> 00:20:05,307 ♪ ♪ 316 00:20:05,411 --> 00:20:08,379 [bird squawking] 317 00:20:20,495 --> 00:20:21,668 - Coo! 318 00:20:23,118 --> 00:20:24,326 Caw! 319 00:20:24,430 --> 00:20:26,639 Coo! 320 00:20:26,742 --> 00:20:28,606 [bird squawks] 321 00:20:28,710 --> 00:20:30,470 The neighbors. 322 00:20:33,853 --> 00:20:36,752 They're always dropping by-- pain in the ass. 323 00:20:36,856 --> 00:20:40,100 [birds squawking] 324 00:20:40,204 --> 00:20:43,690 In cold weather, fat is like instant energy, 325 00:20:43,794 --> 00:20:45,174 instant calories. 326 00:20:45,278 --> 00:20:47,246 My body's telling me I need it. 327 00:20:47,349 --> 00:20:48,247 ♪ ♪ 328 00:20:48,350 --> 00:20:50,214 I ate most of the gristle 329 00:20:50,318 --> 00:20:52,216 and fat out of the muskox. 330 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,356 But there's been a lot of men 331 00:20:54,460 --> 00:20:56,634 get through the winter on a fish net. 332 00:20:56,738 --> 00:20:59,154 Lot of fat in fish, a lot. 333 00:20:59,258 --> 00:21:00,293 ♪ ♪ 334 00:21:00,397 --> 00:21:01,743 So I'm gonna go out here 335 00:21:01,846 --> 00:21:03,434 and have a look at Danger Rock. 336 00:21:03,538 --> 00:21:10,510 ♪ ♪ 337 00:21:14,238 --> 00:21:18,242 Here's the legendary fishing hole Danger Rock. 338 00:21:21,107 --> 00:21:25,801 It's all nice right now, tranquil, like a little pond. 339 00:21:27,355 --> 00:21:29,253 We know it don't stay like that, 340 00:21:29,357 --> 00:21:33,292 but it's suckering me in, I think, one more time. 341 00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:37,641 One last attempt 342 00:21:37,744 --> 00:21:40,126 to catch another fish at Danger Rock. 343 00:21:40,229 --> 00:21:47,236 ♪ ♪ 344 00:21:49,756 --> 00:21:52,828 We're gonna go for it. I'm gonna go get my equipment. 345 00:21:52,932 --> 00:21:54,278 ♪ ♪ 346 00:21:54,382 --> 00:21:56,591 Danger Rock is a great fishing hole. 347 00:21:56,694 --> 00:22:00,042 It is hard to get in and hard to manage, 348 00:22:00,146 --> 00:22:02,597 but when you do get in, you catch fish. 349 00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:05,531 But now that it's full-blown winter, 350 00:22:05,634 --> 00:22:07,878 the risk factor goes way up. 351 00:22:07,981 --> 00:22:09,466 It'll be really dangerous 352 00:22:09,569 --> 00:22:11,675 when there's ice on them stones. 353 00:22:11,778 --> 00:22:14,263 My biggest fear is a personal injury 354 00:22:14,367 --> 00:22:16,818 by falling into that deep water, 355 00:22:16,921 --> 00:22:19,717 getting totally submerged, and hypothermia. 356 00:22:19,821 --> 00:22:22,893 But I really need to catch a fish. 357 00:22:29,831 --> 00:22:32,834 [water lapping] 358 00:22:34,663 --> 00:22:35,561 Holy [bleep]. 359 00:22:35,664 --> 00:22:36,803 ♪ ♪ 360 00:22:36,907 --> 00:22:39,323 [whispering] Muskox everywhere. 361 00:22:50,161 --> 00:22:53,337 Sneaking up on the herd's kind of dangerous. 362 00:22:53,441 --> 00:22:55,374 Not impossible with a bow. 363 00:22:55,477 --> 00:22:57,203 Rifle, yeah. 364 00:22:57,306 --> 00:22:58,963 [sighs] 365 00:22:59,067 --> 00:23:00,517 That's just too many. 366 00:23:00,620 --> 00:23:07,627 ♪ ♪ 367 00:23:08,904 --> 00:23:11,182 We're gonna have to skirt a little bit more 368 00:23:11,286 --> 00:23:12,839 to the east here. 369 00:23:12,943 --> 00:23:14,738 [sniffs] 370 00:23:14,841 --> 00:23:17,119 I don't want to spook that herd. 371 00:23:17,223 --> 00:23:18,569 We're gonna go around them. 372 00:23:18,673 --> 00:23:21,261 We're gonna give them a wide berth. 373 00:23:25,265 --> 00:23:27,302 A single animal is always easier 374 00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:29,235 to stalk than a herd. 375 00:23:29,338 --> 00:23:31,099 Too many eyes and ears-- 376 00:23:31,202 --> 00:23:33,998 always one sees you or hears you. 377 00:23:34,102 --> 00:23:36,932 The fish is more valuable right now. 378 00:23:37,036 --> 00:23:38,417 It's set up down there. 379 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,178 We'll see how it goes. 380 00:23:41,281 --> 00:23:43,974 The gill net is a risky undertaking, 381 00:23:44,077 --> 00:23:47,149 but you never know-- we might be lucky. 382 00:23:47,253 --> 00:23:49,635 Maybe it's gonna give me a big fish. 383 00:23:51,706 --> 00:23:53,949 And then if it don't kill me, 384 00:23:54,053 --> 00:23:56,331 I'll maybe come back and try it again. 385 00:23:59,334 --> 00:24:06,410 ♪ 386 00:24:18,664 --> 00:24:21,321 - Looking forward to trying this ptarmigan. 387 00:24:21,425 --> 00:24:24,428 [fire crackling] 388 00:24:27,776 --> 00:24:30,434 [sniffs, grunts, clears throat] 389 00:24:41,618 --> 00:24:43,274 [chuckles] 390 00:24:46,761 --> 00:24:48,728 [chuckles] 391 00:25:01,810 --> 00:25:03,502 [slurps] 392 00:25:25,662 --> 00:25:32,634 ♪ 393 00:25:37,294 --> 00:25:39,227 All right, let's go check the lake. 394 00:25:39,330 --> 00:25:41,850 ♪ ♪ 395 00:25:41,954 --> 00:25:46,130 There are times when I feel like I'm thriving out here. 396 00:25:46,234 --> 00:25:47,476 I have bunnies. 397 00:25:47,580 --> 00:25:49,651 I've got berries and mushrooms. 398 00:25:49,755 --> 00:25:51,550 I feel ready for winter. 399 00:25:51,653 --> 00:25:55,346 But there is this looming worry 400 00:25:55,450 --> 00:25:58,764 that I'm going to run out of fat. 401 00:25:58,867 --> 00:25:59,765 It's cold. 402 00:25:59,868 --> 00:26:01,076 ♪ ♪ 403 00:26:01,180 --> 00:26:05,736 I can feel my nose kind of... poking together. 404 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,013 [sniffs] 405 00:26:07,117 --> 00:26:08,739 ♪ ♪ 406 00:26:08,843 --> 00:26:12,605 Ice fishing-- my next best plan. 407 00:26:12,709 --> 00:26:15,194 ♪ ♪ 408 00:26:15,297 --> 00:26:18,438 [footsteps crunching] 409 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:37,630 ♪ 410 00:26:37,734 --> 00:26:39,114 Just need to wait for it 411 00:26:39,218 --> 00:26:42,566 to be a little bit thicker for the ice fishing. 412 00:26:42,670 --> 00:26:44,292 ♪ ♪ 413 00:26:44,395 --> 00:26:45,880 The rabbits are going really well, 414 00:26:45,983 --> 00:26:48,089 but there's not enough fat on them. 415 00:26:48,192 --> 00:26:49,435 ♪ ♪ 416 00:26:49,538 --> 00:26:51,817 Fat is what's going to keep you alive 417 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,509 for 100 days. 418 00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:59,134 And a lake trout is the best bang for your buck 419 00:26:59,238 --> 00:27:01,102 for fat. 420 00:27:01,205 --> 00:27:04,657 ♪ ♪ 421 00:27:04,761 --> 00:27:07,487 I'll come back out first thing tomorrow. 422 00:27:08,903 --> 00:27:15,875 ♪ 423 00:27:31,166 --> 00:27:33,030 - All right. Good morning. 424 00:27:37,966 --> 00:27:39,588 I got to get firewood, 425 00:27:39,692 --> 00:27:42,661 work on traps, get more firewood. 426 00:27:43,627 --> 00:27:45,111 [wolf growling] 427 00:27:53,464 --> 00:27:55,052 Holy [bleep], man. 428 00:27:55,156 --> 00:27:57,227 ♪ ♪ 429 00:27:58,780 --> 00:28:00,057 [bleep]. 430 00:28:01,956 --> 00:28:04,303 ♪ 431 00:28:10,827 --> 00:28:14,175 ♪ 432 00:28:19,836 --> 00:28:21,009 [bleep]. 433 00:28:23,253 --> 00:28:24,564 ♪ 434 00:28:35,921 --> 00:28:38,406 ♪ 435 00:28:38,509 --> 00:28:39,579 [wolf snarls] 436 00:28:47,035 --> 00:28:54,008 ♪ ♪ 437 00:28:58,150 --> 00:29:00,014 - [bleep]. 438 00:29:00,117 --> 00:29:02,085 ♪ ♪ 439 00:29:02,188 --> 00:29:03,327 Go away. 440 00:29:03,431 --> 00:29:04,639 ♪ ♪ 441 00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:05,882 Go away, dude. 442 00:29:05,985 --> 00:29:11,370 ♪ ♪ 443 00:29:11,473 --> 00:29:12,923 They're all stalking me. 444 00:29:13,027 --> 00:29:19,999 ♪ ♪ 445 00:29:29,043 --> 00:29:30,285 ♪ 446 00:29:31,804 --> 00:29:33,875 ♪ 447 00:29:33,979 --> 00:29:37,051 They're circling my fish back there. 448 00:29:50,823 --> 00:29:52,963 [chuckles] And that was my morning. 449 00:29:59,211 --> 00:30:00,695 Like, um... 450 00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:02,662 right here. 451 00:30:02,766 --> 00:30:04,492 One. 452 00:30:04,595 --> 00:30:08,289 This is my shelter. My entrance, where it was. 453 00:30:08,392 --> 00:30:10,947 One, two... 454 00:30:11,050 --> 00:30:13,812 three yards away pretty much. 455 00:30:22,751 --> 00:30:23,683 Just... 456 00:30:23,787 --> 00:30:25,133 ♪ ♪ 457 00:30:25,237 --> 00:30:26,583 checking it out. 458 00:30:26,686 --> 00:30:28,412 ♪ ♪ 459 00:30:37,318 --> 00:30:40,217 ♪ 460 00:30:48,950 --> 00:30:51,401 That was exciting for the morning. 461 00:30:54,611 --> 00:31:01,583 ♪ 462 00:31:01,687 --> 00:31:04,552 [ice crackling] 463 00:31:04,655 --> 00:31:11,662 ♪ ♪ 464 00:31:16,702 --> 00:31:19,601 [wind howling] 465 00:31:19,705 --> 00:31:23,674 ♪ ♪ 466 00:31:23,778 --> 00:31:24,952 [fire crackling] 467 00:31:25,055 --> 00:31:27,747 Have these moments of weakness, you know. 468 00:31:29,439 --> 00:31:31,027 Then I eat. 469 00:31:31,130 --> 00:31:32,925 [inhales deeply] 470 00:31:33,029 --> 00:31:36,549 It's just the fact that I'm, like, out of fat, so... 471 00:31:37,861 --> 00:31:39,656 I do need fish. 472 00:31:42,003 --> 00:31:43,867 You know, this pain... 473 00:31:45,075 --> 00:31:48,078 Right at the back of my...chest. 474 00:31:49,873 --> 00:31:52,048 Maybe that's... 475 00:31:52,151 --> 00:31:54,291 normal for... 476 00:31:54,395 --> 00:31:55,914 someone that's... 477 00:31:57,122 --> 00:31:58,917 Not getting... 478 00:32:03,162 --> 00:32:05,716 You know, the right nutrients. 479 00:32:07,028 --> 00:32:08,547 Hard to... [sniffs] 480 00:32:08,650 --> 00:32:11,791 Stay motivated when you don't have energy. 481 00:32:13,724 --> 00:32:16,037 Those fish are my ticket there. 482 00:32:20,214 --> 00:32:21,801 ♪ 483 00:32:21,905 --> 00:32:24,390 Ice is in, guys. 484 00:32:24,494 --> 00:32:27,531 Just need to hold more than a 2-pound stone. 485 00:32:27,635 --> 00:32:30,396 ♪ ♪ 486 00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:32,916 I'm down at the water 487 00:32:33,020 --> 00:32:35,470 checking the ice. 488 00:32:35,574 --> 00:32:37,162 Prep for the ice fishing. 489 00:32:37,265 --> 00:32:38,301 ♪ ♪ 490 00:32:38,404 --> 00:32:39,819 I am getting skinny. 491 00:32:39,923 --> 00:32:42,408 Never been this thin before. 492 00:32:42,512 --> 00:32:44,963 I'm finding it hard to be motivated now. 493 00:32:45,066 --> 00:32:47,620 I'm not trying to put all my eggs in the fish basket, 494 00:32:47,724 --> 00:32:49,277 but I feel like I need it 495 00:32:49,381 --> 00:32:51,900 in order to make it the 100 days. 496 00:32:58,597 --> 00:33:00,392 I got this pole. 497 00:33:01,738 --> 00:33:03,429 And I'm listening for sounds 498 00:33:03,533 --> 00:33:05,984 and also if it goes right through. 499 00:33:08,331 --> 00:33:09,849 So... 500 00:33:09,953 --> 00:33:11,368 Nice, solid thud... 501 00:33:11,472 --> 00:33:12,921 [stick tapping] 502 00:33:13,025 --> 00:33:14,682 Is good. 503 00:33:14,785 --> 00:33:16,235 Hold on. [water splashes] 504 00:33:16,339 --> 00:33:18,375 That's very bad. 505 00:33:18,479 --> 00:33:20,515 But... 506 00:33:20,619 --> 00:33:21,827 [thudding] 507 00:33:21,930 --> 00:33:24,209 That often happens at the edge. 508 00:33:24,312 --> 00:33:26,349 [thudding] 509 00:33:26,452 --> 00:33:27,350 ♪ ♪ 510 00:33:27,453 --> 00:33:29,041 I need the fish. 511 00:33:29,145 --> 00:33:31,561 I need this ice to come in. 512 00:33:31,664 --> 00:33:34,426 ♪ ♪ 513 00:33:34,529 --> 00:33:36,117 Not quite there. 514 00:33:36,221 --> 00:33:43,159 ♪ ♪ 515 00:33:49,855 --> 00:33:51,753 This is so... 516 00:33:51,857 --> 00:33:53,617 risky! 517 00:33:53,721 --> 00:33:58,657 ♪ ♪ 518 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,590 Oh, boy. 519 00:34:00,693 --> 00:34:04,973 ♪ ♪ 520 00:34:05,077 --> 00:34:08,046 Nope. Not a chance. 521 00:34:08,149 --> 00:34:09,461 ♪ ♪ 522 00:34:09,564 --> 00:34:10,634 Whoa. 523 00:34:10,738 --> 00:34:12,774 ♪ ♪ 524 00:34:12,878 --> 00:34:14,190 This is not good. 525 00:34:14,293 --> 00:34:17,055 ♪ ♪ 526 00:34:17,158 --> 00:34:18,228 That is not... 527 00:34:18,332 --> 00:34:19,298 ♪ ♪ 528 00:34:19,402 --> 00:34:21,473 What you would deem safe. 529 00:34:21,576 --> 00:34:22,681 ♪ ♪ 530 00:34:22,784 --> 00:34:24,476 Kind of disappointing. 531 00:34:24,579 --> 00:34:26,547 Really need it to freeze. 532 00:34:27,686 --> 00:34:29,619 I'm all alone here, and... 533 00:34:31,172 --> 00:34:34,210 Margin for error is low. 534 00:34:36,902 --> 00:34:43,909 ♪ 535 00:34:51,365 --> 00:34:52,607 - What we're doing right now 536 00:34:52,711 --> 00:34:55,127 is I'm trying to get that muskox hide 537 00:34:55,231 --> 00:34:59,304 pinned up to the ceiling, leather side down. 538 00:34:59,407 --> 00:35:01,513 So all this ceiling smoke 539 00:35:01,616 --> 00:35:03,894 is gonna start curing that hide. 540 00:35:03,998 --> 00:35:06,690 And put it on my bed for warmth. 541 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:09,693 I'll leave part of it go up the wall. 542 00:35:09,797 --> 00:35:13,525 And then on cold nights, I'll let it flop down on me. 543 00:35:13,628 --> 00:35:15,561 What a battle. 544 00:35:15,665 --> 00:35:17,943 Damn near took up the whole ceiling. 545 00:35:23,017 --> 00:35:24,846 Ready for smoking. 546 00:35:27,090 --> 00:35:28,333 ♪ 547 00:35:28,436 --> 00:35:31,336 It's windy and snowing pretty damn good. 548 00:35:31,439 --> 00:35:33,993 Danger Rock's gonna be kind of wicked. 549 00:35:34,097 --> 00:35:35,340 ♪ ♪ 550 00:35:35,443 --> 00:35:37,169 Well, with any luck, I'll scoop that net 551 00:35:37,273 --> 00:35:38,826 out of there with a fish 552 00:35:38,929 --> 00:35:41,346 without falling on that slippy-ass rock. 553 00:35:41,449 --> 00:35:43,727 ♪ ♪ 554 00:35:43,831 --> 00:35:44,763 All right. 555 00:35:44,866 --> 00:35:46,351 ♪ ♪ 556 00:35:46,454 --> 00:35:48,422 Run out there and get the net. 557 00:35:48,525 --> 00:35:50,976 ♪ ♪ 558 00:35:51,079 --> 00:35:52,840 Was a lot of work getting it in. 559 00:35:52,943 --> 00:35:54,566 I'd sure like to have it pay off. 560 00:35:54,669 --> 00:35:56,292 ♪ ♪ 561 00:35:56,395 --> 00:35:58,708 I've lost some weight, no doubt about it-- 562 00:35:58,811 --> 00:36:02,021 just the sheer workload, the energy output. 563 00:36:02,125 --> 00:36:03,678 ♪ ♪ 564 00:36:03,782 --> 00:36:06,060 The outdoor living takes a lot out of you. 565 00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:08,856 You look at pictures of the old old-timers 566 00:36:08,959 --> 00:36:12,515 on an old hardscrabble homestead or in the woods. 567 00:36:12,618 --> 00:36:14,689 Them men were skinny. 568 00:36:14,793 --> 00:36:17,761 I got a heap of respect for the old-timers. 569 00:36:17,865 --> 00:36:19,004 ♪ ♪ 570 00:36:19,107 --> 00:36:21,869 Starting to turn into a winter wonderland. 571 00:36:21,972 --> 00:36:22,870 [wind howling] 572 00:36:22,973 --> 00:36:25,148 [bleep] wind out here. 573 00:36:25,252 --> 00:36:28,255 So I definitely didn't want to be out near that water 574 00:36:28,358 --> 00:36:30,947 later in winter, when it's... 575 00:36:31,050 --> 00:36:33,294 30 below and wind blasting you, 576 00:36:33,398 --> 00:36:34,709 Holy [bleep]. 577 00:36:37,333 --> 00:36:39,921 Gonna be slippery out here. 578 00:36:40,025 --> 00:36:41,751 Ice and snow now. 579 00:36:43,684 --> 00:36:46,238 Before, I had that nice gritty rock 580 00:36:46,342 --> 00:36:48,136 to give me traction. 581 00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:51,450 ♪ ♪ 582 00:36:51,554 --> 00:36:53,935 Oh, yeah, it's gonna be a booger. 583 00:36:54,039 --> 00:36:58,975 ♪ ♪ 584 00:36:59,078 --> 00:37:02,047 [dramatic music] 585 00:37:02,150 --> 00:37:09,157 ♪ ♪ 586 00:37:16,337 --> 00:37:19,306 - [yelling] 587 00:37:19,409 --> 00:37:20,859 [bleep]! 588 00:37:21,825 --> 00:37:24,138 [breathing heavily] 589 00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:25,726 [groans] 590 00:37:25,829 --> 00:37:28,660 See what I mean? 591 00:37:28,763 --> 00:37:30,627 It is slippy, man. 592 00:37:30,731 --> 00:37:31,801 Whoo! 593 00:37:31,904 --> 00:37:33,216 [wind howling] 594 00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,702 Boy, that right [bleep] knee is killing me. 595 00:37:36,806 --> 00:37:39,567 Dangerous [bleep] place, man. 596 00:37:39,671 --> 00:37:42,018 One wrong move, and it's splash. 597 00:37:42,121 --> 00:37:43,191 ♪ ♪ 598 00:37:43,295 --> 00:37:44,952 There ain't no rescue party 599 00:37:45,055 --> 00:37:47,126 coming out here in this [bleep]. 600 00:37:47,230 --> 00:37:48,714 ♪ ♪ 601 00:37:48,818 --> 00:37:52,304 [bleep] wind's whipping the waves up. 602 00:37:52,408 --> 00:37:55,894 My net's already starting to fray in places. 603 00:37:55,997 --> 00:37:57,965 You can't put a [bleep]damn net in 604 00:37:58,068 --> 00:37:59,622 in a [bleep] like that. 605 00:37:59,725 --> 00:38:02,901 [bleep], if I lose my net, [bleep]. 606 00:38:03,004 --> 00:38:06,318 This is a [bleep]hole [bleep] spot. 607 00:38:06,422 --> 00:38:08,838 [bleep]. The thing can stay in there for tonight. 608 00:38:08,941 --> 00:38:12,048 ♪ ♪ 609 00:38:13,187 --> 00:38:14,982 From here on... 610 00:38:19,124 --> 00:38:23,542 I declare Danger Rock off-limits 611 00:38:23,646 --> 00:38:25,993 until it ices over. 612 00:38:26,096 --> 00:38:30,515 ♪ ♪ 613 00:38:30,618 --> 00:38:33,172 That first week or two of ice up, 614 00:38:33,276 --> 00:38:35,520 before it gets super thick... 615 00:38:35,623 --> 00:38:37,211 ♪ ♪ 616 00:38:37,315 --> 00:38:40,283 I'm going--I'm coming back here, Danger Rock. 617 00:38:40,387 --> 00:38:42,043 You mark my words. 618 00:38:42,147 --> 00:38:49,154 ♪ ♪ 619 00:39:16,181 --> 00:39:18,183 - Good morning. 620 00:39:21,704 --> 00:39:23,361 It's cold. 621 00:39:26,329 --> 00:39:27,399 And... 622 00:39:28,711 --> 00:39:30,126 [grunts] 623 00:39:30,229 --> 00:39:31,334 [sniffs] 624 00:39:31,438 --> 00:39:34,199 It's all good, all good in the hood. 625 00:39:36,408 --> 00:39:39,238 [inhales sharply] And it's even better than it... 626 00:39:40,930 --> 00:39:42,759 Was yesterday, of course. 627 00:39:45,383 --> 00:39:47,454 Got my probing stick. 628 00:39:49,663 --> 00:39:51,285 Okay. [grunts] 629 00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:53,667 I guess I'll just... 630 00:39:53,770 --> 00:39:55,013 drag my axe. 631 00:39:55,116 --> 00:39:58,016 [stick tapping] 632 00:39:58,119 --> 00:40:05,092 ♪ ♪ 633 00:40:11,857 --> 00:40:13,549 Okay, I'm gonna check it right here. 634 00:40:13,652 --> 00:40:15,965 ♪ ♪ 635 00:40:16,068 --> 00:40:18,036 [sighs] 636 00:40:18,139 --> 00:40:25,146 ♪ ♪ 637 00:40:33,983 --> 00:40:35,122 All right. 638 00:40:35,225 --> 00:40:39,989 ♪ ♪ 639 00:40:40,092 --> 00:40:41,093 [sniffs] 640 00:40:42,267 --> 00:40:43,441 It's that thick. 641 00:40:43,544 --> 00:40:45,512 That's four inches, guys. 642 00:40:45,615 --> 00:40:48,238 We're rolling. 643 00:40:48,342 --> 00:40:51,345 Oh, my hands. Wow, it's cold. 644 00:40:51,449 --> 00:40:55,487 If I get boughs, lay them across and ice-- 645 00:40:55,591 --> 00:40:57,351 At least to make it warmer. 646 00:40:57,455 --> 00:41:00,078 I think that's what I'm gonna do. 647 00:41:00,181 --> 00:41:02,321 Let's go inside. 648 00:41:02,425 --> 00:41:05,152 We're going ice fishing tonight. 649 00:41:07,741 --> 00:41:09,259 We'll do it. 650 00:41:09,363 --> 00:41:16,370 ♪ ♪ 651 00:41:21,375 --> 00:41:23,204 Let's hope it's shiny enough. 652 00:41:23,308 --> 00:41:26,242 ♪ ♪ 653 00:41:26,345 --> 00:41:28,382 Water's really dark today. 654 00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:32,455 ♪ ♪ 655 00:41:32,559 --> 00:41:34,975 I consider myself well equipped 656 00:41:35,078 --> 00:41:36,183 for this experience, 657 00:41:36,286 --> 00:41:39,566 based on knowing the climate. 658 00:41:39,669 --> 00:41:40,912 ♪ ♪ 659 00:41:41,015 --> 00:41:42,879 I mean, not to toot my own horn here, 660 00:41:42,983 --> 00:41:46,711 but I literally have traveled 661 00:41:46,814 --> 00:41:51,578 thousands of kilometers on ice on personal trips. 662 00:41:51,681 --> 00:41:55,409 I have experienced extreme temperatures many times. 663 00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:56,790 ♪ ♪ 664 00:41:56,893 --> 00:41:59,378 I have an advantage because I know winter. 665 00:41:59,482 --> 00:42:01,553 I know what to expect from winter. 666 00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:05,384 Nothing. 667 00:42:08,802 --> 00:42:18,570 ♪ 668 00:42:18,674 --> 00:42:25,646 ♪ ♪ 669 00:42:30,858 --> 00:42:32,584 - I think I got one! 670 00:42:32,688 --> 00:42:35,276 [screaming] 671 00:42:35,380 --> 00:42:37,658 Yes! Yes! 672 00:42:37,762 --> 00:42:40,696 [laughing] 673 00:42:42,007 --> 00:42:43,906 I got a fish! 674 00:42:44,009 --> 00:42:46,909 [laughing] 675 00:42:47,012 --> 00:42:52,708 ♪ ♪ 676 00:42:55,883 --> 00:42:58,886 [laughing] 677 00:43:08,068 --> 00:43:11,071 [continues laughing] 678 00:43:22,047 --> 00:43:25,637 Oh! Oh, God! 679 00:43:25,741 --> 00:43:28,398 [laughing] 680 00:43:29,917 --> 00:43:31,816 [inhales deeply] 681 00:43:31,919 --> 00:43:35,578 [sobbing laughter] 682 00:43:48,108 --> 00:43:51,076 It's beautiful. [laughs] 683 00:43:52,802 --> 00:43:54,321 Oh, my God! 684 00:44:03,019 --> 00:44:04,607 ♪ 685 00:44:04,711 --> 00:44:07,472 Oh, I'm so happy! [laughs] 686 00:44:07,575 --> 00:44:10,717 Getting this first fish is probably 687 00:44:10,820 --> 00:44:15,066 the happiest day of my life since my wedding day. 688 00:44:15,169 --> 00:44:17,482 Up until now, I've been catching bunnies, 689 00:44:17,585 --> 00:44:19,829 which is basically two days of food. 690 00:44:19,933 --> 00:44:21,141 ♪ ♪ 691 00:44:21,244 --> 00:44:23,557 And now I have fish... 692 00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:26,077 and it's ten days of food. 693 00:44:26,180 --> 00:44:27,665 And that's huge. 694 00:44:27,768 --> 00:44:29,563 ♪ ♪ 695 00:44:31,530 --> 00:44:33,636 ♪ 696 00:44:33,740 --> 00:44:36,570 If I can start catching fish, 697 00:44:36,674 --> 00:44:41,299 I can supplement my rabbits with the fish, 698 00:44:41,402 --> 00:44:44,612 and hopefully that will be a better balanced diet 699 00:44:44,716 --> 00:44:47,995 and it will last me, you know, to 100 days. 700 00:44:48,099 --> 00:44:51,654 ♪ ♪ 701 00:44:51,758 --> 00:44:53,311 There's a fish right there. 702 00:44:53,414 --> 00:45:00,421 ♪ ♪ 703 00:45:02,941 --> 00:45:04,046 Yep! 704 00:45:04,149 --> 00:45:06,255 [laughing wildly] 705 00:45:06,358 --> 00:45:09,499 Oh, my God! It's bigger than the last one! 706 00:45:09,603 --> 00:45:12,779 [breathing rapidly] 707 00:45:12,882 --> 00:45:16,644 ♪ ♪ 708 00:45:16,748 --> 00:45:19,889 Oh...my...God! 709 00:45:19,993 --> 00:45:21,408 [laughs] 710 00:45:21,511 --> 00:45:26,793 ♪ ♪ 711 00:45:26,896 --> 00:45:28,311 [laughs] 712 00:45:30,935 --> 00:45:31,867 Yes! 713 00:45:31,970 --> 00:45:33,938 [laughs] 714 00:45:38,183 --> 00:45:40,772 I consider myself a strong woman, 715 00:45:40,876 --> 00:45:45,294 and not just a strong woman compared to other women, 716 00:45:45,397 --> 00:45:47,399 but compared to other men. 717 00:45:47,503 --> 00:45:50,471 And I want to prove that a woman can do 718 00:45:50,575 --> 00:45:51,749 what a man can do. 719 00:45:51,852 --> 00:45:53,371 ♪ ♪ 720 00:45:53,474 --> 00:45:55,269 Let's go cook some fish. 721 00:45:55,373 --> 00:45:56,926 [sighs] Good feeling. 722 00:45:57,030 --> 00:45:58,203 Very good feeling. 723 00:45:58,307 --> 00:45:59,584 ♪ ♪ 724 00:45:59,687 --> 00:46:02,173 I want to inspire other people, 725 00:46:02,276 --> 00:46:04,762 especially women, 726 00:46:04,865 --> 00:46:08,696 and to show how strong women can be. 727 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:10,595 We are a force to be reckoned with. 728 00:46:10,698 --> 00:46:13,874 ♪ ♪ 729 00:46:13,978 --> 00:46:21,295 [wind howling] 730 00:46:21,399 --> 00:46:23,815 - Welcome to "Alone: Tales From the Arctic." 731 00:46:23,919 --> 00:46:25,023 I'm Colby Donaldson, 732 00:46:25,127 --> 00:46:27,025 here with tonight's final four: 733 00:46:27,129 --> 00:46:30,201 Callie, Amós, Roland, and Kielyn. 734 00:46:30,304 --> 00:46:32,513 Day 49. 735 00:46:32,617 --> 00:46:34,136 Only four people left. 736 00:46:34,239 --> 00:46:36,138 Fifty-one days to go, and as we've seen, 737 00:46:36,241 --> 00:46:39,520 even the smallest thing can knock you out. 738 00:46:39,624 --> 00:46:43,352 At this point, it is anyone's competition. 739 00:46:43,455 --> 00:46:45,561 Roland, for those people 740 00:46:45,664 --> 00:46:48,702 that are thinking, "He had a huge musk ox..." 741 00:46:48,806 --> 00:46:52,533 - I just stabbed this musk ox to death. 742 00:46:52,637 --> 00:46:56,192 I don't know if you heard me say that enough already, 743 00:46:56,296 --> 00:46:57,711 but I did. 744 00:46:57,815 --> 00:47:00,196 I'm not [bleep] joking. 745 00:47:00,300 --> 00:47:01,715 - "Plenty of food. 746 00:47:01,819 --> 00:47:05,098 How could he be struggling in the food department?" 747 00:47:05,201 --> 00:47:06,962 Explain to those at home 748 00:47:07,065 --> 00:47:09,309 the difference between having a very lean animal 749 00:47:09,412 --> 00:47:12,864 like a musk ox versus a fatty animal to feed off of. 750 00:47:12,968 --> 00:47:15,763 - Yeah, there is fat meat and there's lean meat. 751 00:47:15,867 --> 00:47:18,559 Musk ox is lean, lean, lean. 752 00:47:19,698 --> 00:47:20,941 Dig the eyeballs out 753 00:47:21,045 --> 00:47:23,841 and get all the fat behind them. 754 00:47:23,944 --> 00:47:25,566 I think I'm gonna have to do all them little cricks. 755 00:47:25,670 --> 00:47:27,085 Eat the brain. 756 00:47:27,189 --> 00:47:29,225 The brain for the fat. 757 00:47:29,329 --> 00:47:32,366 This is lean, I mean... 758 00:47:32,470 --> 00:47:35,645 It was a lean, tough animal. 759 00:47:35,749 --> 00:47:37,544 There was no kidney fat, 760 00:47:37,647 --> 00:47:39,580 and that's your primary indicator. 761 00:47:39,684 --> 00:47:42,169 The kidney should be engulfed in a ball of fat, 762 00:47:42,273 --> 00:47:45,172 and there was almost none, actually, on the kidneys. 763 00:47:45,276 --> 00:47:47,485 The rest of him was tougher than a boot. 764 00:47:47,588 --> 00:47:49,728 Of course it was a giant resource, and-- 765 00:47:49,832 --> 00:47:55,182 and we utilized it well, but it wasn't ideal, no. 766 00:47:55,286 --> 00:47:57,598 - Well, and speaking of utilization, 767 00:47:57,702 --> 00:48:00,360 you even got into the ox's face there. 768 00:48:00,463 --> 00:48:02,776 I mean, man, at that point, Roland, 769 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,710 are you just in the mode of truly survival? 770 00:48:05,813 --> 00:48:07,815 - Yeah, I got a lot of experience 771 00:48:07,919 --> 00:48:09,300 of taking animals apart, 772 00:48:09,403 --> 00:48:12,337 and there is fat on dry animals. 773 00:48:12,441 --> 00:48:16,169 You just have to look for it in the weirdest places. 774 00:48:16,272 --> 00:48:17,480 It's still kind of tough. 775 00:48:17,584 --> 00:48:19,586 You have to process it just right. 776 00:48:19,689 --> 00:48:20,863 - Sure. 777 00:48:20,967 --> 00:48:22,830 - I'll do the same old trick I've been doing 778 00:48:22,934 --> 00:48:25,074 with some of them tougher cuts of meat. 779 00:48:25,178 --> 00:48:28,698 I'll cut it up so small that, you know, 780 00:48:28,802 --> 00:48:30,321 I really don't gotta chew it much, 781 00:48:30,424 --> 00:48:31,563 I just swallow it. 782 00:48:31,667 --> 00:48:33,565 'Cause you ain't gonna chew that [bleep]. 783 00:48:33,669 --> 00:48:35,740 It's like chewing a rubber ball. 784 00:48:35,843 --> 00:48:37,535 - You mentioned that you feel like 785 00:48:37,638 --> 00:48:39,123 you were born in the wrong century. 786 00:48:39,226 --> 00:48:41,642 Explain and expand on that for us. 787 00:48:41,746 --> 00:48:44,922 - Ever since a small boy, my heart and my whole being 788 00:48:45,025 --> 00:48:48,063 has yearned to go back to a simpler time. 789 00:48:48,166 --> 00:48:52,860 It was just a more direct 790 00:48:52,964 --> 00:48:55,760 and honest time to live, I feel, you know. 791 00:48:55,863 --> 00:48:59,419 You could go pit yourself against the wilderness, 792 00:48:59,522 --> 00:49:01,421 and it was up for grabs. 793 00:49:01,524 --> 00:49:03,699 The best man, go get it, you know? 794 00:49:03,802 --> 00:49:06,253 - Yeah, I mean, I agree with you, Roland, 795 00:49:06,357 --> 00:49:10,844 in that I kind of feel like I was born in the era as well. 796 00:49:10,948 --> 00:49:13,743 Being out there in the wilderness 797 00:49:13,847 --> 00:49:17,506 in that simple time where it really was just, 798 00:49:17,609 --> 00:49:20,958 you know, you were just surviving on the land 799 00:49:21,061 --> 00:49:25,617 and you were so connected with your environment. 800 00:49:25,721 --> 00:49:29,483 And that was one of my huge takeaways from this experience, 801 00:49:29,587 --> 00:49:31,554 is coming back into my life 802 00:49:31,658 --> 00:49:34,557 and get back to our ancestral roots. 803 00:49:34,661 --> 00:49:36,697 - You bet. God bless you, sister. 804 00:49:36,801 --> 00:49:37,733 - Interesting. - Mm-hmm. 805 00:49:37,836 --> 00:49:39,183 - Amós, the weather's 806 00:49:39,286 --> 00:49:41,012 getting colder in this episode. 807 00:49:41,116 --> 00:49:44,395 Your gill net is in jeopardy until the ice-up. 808 00:49:44,498 --> 00:49:47,363 Tell me about how the changing weather 809 00:49:47,467 --> 00:49:50,470 constantly forces all of you to adapt. 810 00:49:50,573 --> 00:49:51,643 - Yeah. 811 00:49:51,747 --> 00:49:53,991 The weather, it's just unbelievable. 812 00:49:54,094 --> 00:49:56,338 There are all these microclimates. 813 00:49:56,441 --> 00:49:58,857 The little beach in the bay where I was, it was-- 814 00:49:58,961 --> 00:50:01,481 some days, it would completely freeze up. 815 00:50:01,584 --> 00:50:04,311 And like, oh, maybe in a week, I can go ice fishing. 816 00:50:04,415 --> 00:50:06,106 But no, the next day, it would be all broken up 817 00:50:06,210 --> 00:50:09,799 and big chunks of ice will be floating around there, 818 00:50:09,903 --> 00:50:13,286 so you have to adjust every day 819 00:50:13,389 --> 00:50:15,633 depending what's coming from the weather. 820 00:50:15,736 --> 00:50:18,153 - Callie, same question to you. 821 00:50:18,256 --> 00:50:20,224 You're wanting to get your gill net out further, 822 00:50:20,327 --> 00:50:22,502 but you can't do it until the lake freezes. 823 00:50:22,605 --> 00:50:24,159 How did that affect you? 824 00:50:24,262 --> 00:50:27,679 - The spot that I was at was very, very windy. 825 00:50:27,783 --> 00:50:30,786 And that made it challenging for gill nets 826 00:50:30,889 --> 00:50:32,926 and active fishing too, 827 00:50:33,030 --> 00:50:37,413 and I decided to focus more on the land 828 00:50:37,517 --> 00:50:39,312 and land animals just because every time 829 00:50:39,415 --> 00:50:41,521 I tried to go out fishing, it was just-- 830 00:50:41,624 --> 00:50:42,970 my lines were blowing all around 831 00:50:43,074 --> 00:50:46,457 and it was really intense being down on the shore. 832 00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:49,287 - Well, Roland, you had the reverse issue. 833 00:50:49,391 --> 00:50:51,600 You can't get your gill net out of the water. 834 00:50:51,703 --> 00:50:53,326 How frustrating was that, 835 00:50:53,429 --> 00:50:54,913 and what would happen 836 00:50:55,017 --> 00:50:57,330 with the potential of losing your net? 837 00:50:57,433 --> 00:50:59,987 - Yeah, I was kind of worried the net was a goner. 838 00:51:00,091 --> 00:51:02,783 I did manage to get that out of the water the next day 839 00:51:02,887 --> 00:51:05,821 with a 20-foot pole and a snare on the end. 840 00:51:05,924 --> 00:51:07,443 I lassoed it out. 841 00:51:07,547 --> 00:51:11,137 [bleep]. I got it. 842 00:51:11,240 --> 00:51:13,380 [grunts] 843 00:51:13,484 --> 00:51:15,658 I didn't bring no other cameras. 844 00:51:15,762 --> 00:51:18,213 That was so dangerous. 845 00:51:18,316 --> 00:51:20,007 I didn't want, you know, 846 00:51:20,111 --> 00:51:22,562 nothing hanging on me or anything. 847 00:51:22,665 --> 00:51:24,253 ♪ ♪ 848 00:51:24,357 --> 00:51:26,393 My whole stretch was like Callie's, 849 00:51:26,497 --> 00:51:29,189 very turbulent, real hard to work a net there. 850 00:51:29,293 --> 00:51:32,779 I picked my openings and would even have to 851 00:51:32,882 --> 00:51:34,263 go pull the net in the middle of the night 852 00:51:34,367 --> 00:51:36,127 when I thought it was getting too windy, 853 00:51:36,231 --> 00:51:37,853 but losing that net was something 854 00:51:37,956 --> 00:51:42,133 I didn't want to do, so I braved Danger Rock, 855 00:51:42,237 --> 00:51:44,411 I aptly named that place. 856 00:51:44,515 --> 00:51:46,551 It was a bitch in and out every time. 857 00:51:46,655 --> 00:51:47,656 - Yeah. 858 00:51:47,759 --> 00:51:49,934 Callie. Slipping on the ice. 859 00:51:50,037 --> 00:51:51,487 Injuring yourself. - [bleep]. 860 00:51:51,591 --> 00:51:53,800 - It can happen in an instant out there, 861 00:51:53,903 --> 00:51:54,973 as we saw with you. 862 00:51:55,077 --> 00:51:56,251 After that fall, 863 00:51:56,354 --> 00:51:57,735 when you gather yourself back up 864 00:51:57,838 --> 00:52:00,255 and sort of assess the damage, 865 00:52:00,358 --> 00:52:02,153 how serious did it appear to you 866 00:52:02,257 --> 00:52:05,087 and do you think now, looking back, 867 00:52:05,191 --> 00:52:06,916 you needed stitches for your mouth? 868 00:52:07,020 --> 00:52:08,435 - It could've used a few, 869 00:52:08,539 --> 00:52:13,130 but I was not seriously considering leaving for that. 870 00:52:13,233 --> 00:52:14,890 No way. [laughs] 871 00:52:14,993 --> 00:52:15,994 No way. 872 00:52:16,098 --> 00:52:18,997 Dude, did you get in a fight? [laughs] 873 00:52:19,101 --> 00:52:22,104 Yeah, man, I got in a fight with a fish. 874 00:52:22,208 --> 00:52:25,176 I said, yo, I want to eat you, and he's like, oh, 875 00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:27,903 you can't eat me, I'm gonna smack you in the face 876 00:52:28,006 --> 00:52:30,768 with ice. [laughs] 877 00:52:30,871 --> 00:52:33,736 - What if you had called in the medics, 878 00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:36,049 and if so, what happens then 879 00:52:36,153 --> 00:52:38,258 to the future of your competition? 880 00:52:38,362 --> 00:52:40,122 - You know, I hit my head also, 881 00:52:40,226 --> 00:52:43,781 so that was actually a bigger concern than the cuts. 882 00:52:43,884 --> 00:52:45,092 Anytime you hit your head and you're alone, 883 00:52:45,196 --> 00:52:47,543 that's a little bit of a questionable area, 884 00:52:47,647 --> 00:52:52,307 and so I did consider notifying them just so they were aware. 885 00:52:52,410 --> 00:52:54,723 But the thing is, is if you call 886 00:52:54,826 --> 00:52:56,587 and they come out and check you 887 00:52:56,690 --> 00:52:58,451 and they feel like they need to intervene 888 00:52:58,554 --> 00:53:00,867 or do anything to help you, 889 00:53:00,970 --> 00:53:03,870 then that is a tap-out situation, 890 00:53:03,973 --> 00:53:06,493 so if they're like, well, we need to help you, 891 00:53:06,597 --> 00:53:08,357 then that's it, you're done. 892 00:53:08,461 --> 00:53:10,290 So I actually did not report that. 893 00:53:10,394 --> 00:53:13,086 I don't think I was being extra risky 894 00:53:13,190 --> 00:53:14,708 with making that decision. 895 00:53:14,812 --> 00:53:16,365 My health and safety's important to me, 896 00:53:16,469 --> 00:53:19,334 but I have enough basic wilderness 897 00:53:19,437 --> 00:53:20,956 first aid training 898 00:53:21,059 --> 00:53:22,923 that I felt like I was fine 899 00:53:23,027 --> 00:53:24,787 to just keep going about my business 900 00:53:24,891 --> 00:53:26,962 and not call the safety team. 901 00:53:27,065 --> 00:53:29,240 - Callie, on that fall that you had, 902 00:53:29,344 --> 00:53:31,760 what would've happened if you had been, you know, 903 00:53:31,863 --> 00:53:33,313 just a little bit closer to the water 904 00:53:33,417 --> 00:53:34,694 and you go in the water? 905 00:53:34,797 --> 00:53:36,592 I mean, that changes everything in a hurry. 906 00:53:36,696 --> 00:53:38,387 - Right, if I was closer to the water, 907 00:53:38,491 --> 00:53:40,596 I would have slipped right in 908 00:53:40,700 --> 00:53:43,565 and that would have been a major issue. 909 00:53:43,668 --> 00:53:45,049 It's very cold. 910 00:53:45,152 --> 00:53:48,155 Hypothermia would've been an absolute risk, 911 00:53:48,259 --> 00:53:50,572 and anytime I went down to the water, 912 00:53:50,675 --> 00:53:52,194 even before it was really icy, 913 00:53:52,298 --> 00:53:54,852 I knew that there was just always a risk of falling in, 914 00:53:54,955 --> 00:53:55,956 'cause that's how it is, 915 00:53:56,060 --> 00:53:58,235 so I would plan for that 916 00:53:58,338 --> 00:54:00,513 and I would always have a fire ready to go, 917 00:54:00,616 --> 00:54:03,343 so I would hopefully be able to warm myself up quickly 918 00:54:03,447 --> 00:54:05,932 and be able to keep myself from getting hypothermic. 919 00:54:06,035 --> 00:54:07,830 But that's the thing out there, 920 00:54:07,934 --> 00:54:10,523 there's a lot of things that can happen, 921 00:54:10,626 --> 00:54:14,251 so we're all taking our lives in our own hands out there. 922 00:54:14,354 --> 00:54:17,323 It's a true survival situation. 923 00:54:17,426 --> 00:54:18,531 - Well, Roland, 924 00:54:18,634 --> 00:54:20,395 I want to toggle back to you for a second, 925 00:54:20,498 --> 00:54:22,604 because you had a fall in this episode as well. 926 00:54:22,707 --> 00:54:24,985 So my question to you is, 927 00:54:25,089 --> 00:54:27,402 if a fall had led to you going in the water, 928 00:54:27,505 --> 00:54:29,749 what would that scenario have been for you, 929 00:54:29,852 --> 00:54:32,786 given how turbulent the water was there at your location? 930 00:54:32,890 --> 00:54:34,650 - Yeah, it would've been not so good 931 00:54:34,754 --> 00:54:36,031 if I'd have went in the water, 932 00:54:36,134 --> 00:54:38,551 but if I had went in the water, 933 00:54:38,654 --> 00:54:40,725 I'd have clawed my ass out of there 934 00:54:40,829 --> 00:54:42,969 and boogied for camp to get warm. 935 00:54:45,074 --> 00:54:48,077 - Well, there is still... - [bleep]. 936 00:54:48,181 --> 00:54:52,289 Amós, you had a pack of wolves outside your shelter. 937 00:54:52,392 --> 00:54:56,879 Give us on a scale of 1 to 10 how concerned you were. 938 00:54:56,983 --> 00:54:58,881 I think you said they were within 3 yards, 939 00:54:58,985 --> 00:55:00,745 the tracks that you saw there? 940 00:55:00,849 --> 00:55:02,402 - It was a real concern. 941 00:55:02,506 --> 00:55:05,198 I'd never been so close to a pack of wolves. 942 00:55:05,302 --> 00:55:06,786 In terms of a concern, 943 00:55:06,889 --> 00:55:08,546 something in the high numbers. 944 00:55:08,650 --> 00:55:11,929 - And what are you gonna do against five wolves? 945 00:55:12,032 --> 00:55:13,275 - Well, the first thing you have to do 946 00:55:13,379 --> 00:55:16,209 is get the camera and make sure you got 'em, 947 00:55:16,313 --> 00:55:17,762 'cause that's what we're there to do. 948 00:55:17,866 --> 00:55:19,971 We got a show to make, man. 949 00:55:20,075 --> 00:55:21,663 - I like your priorities. 950 00:55:21,766 --> 00:55:24,597 - And then for safety, I have my bow. 951 00:55:24,700 --> 00:55:26,530 On the other side, I have a spear that I made. 952 00:55:26,633 --> 00:55:29,429 So that's where your training comes in, 953 00:55:29,533 --> 00:55:32,570 and you have to stay in check. 954 00:55:32,674 --> 00:55:34,331 You have to try to remain calm. 955 00:55:34,434 --> 00:55:38,611 I was really lucky that they decided to move on. 956 00:55:38,714 --> 00:55:40,578 - Yeah, you mentioned that spear, 957 00:55:40,682 --> 00:55:42,235 and you were obviously concerned enough 958 00:55:42,339 --> 00:55:43,719 that you made one. 959 00:55:43,823 --> 00:55:46,170 We do have some never-before-seen footage 960 00:55:46,273 --> 00:55:47,274 of you making that spear. 961 00:55:47,378 --> 00:55:48,897 Let's take a look at that real quick. 962 00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:54,627 ♪ ♪ 963 00:56:05,223 --> 00:56:08,054 Just trying to protect myself. 964 00:56:15,406 --> 00:56:18,305 In primitive skills and survival, 965 00:56:18,409 --> 00:56:20,860 you have to try to think about ways to use 966 00:56:20,963 --> 00:56:23,414 the different parts of the animal. 967 00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:27,729 So in my case, I wanted to use it 968 00:56:27,832 --> 00:56:30,663 as part of my weapons that I was making. 969 00:56:30,766 --> 00:56:32,975 The bunnies are really agile. 970 00:56:33,079 --> 00:56:34,908 They're really swift. 971 00:56:35,012 --> 00:56:38,256 So even the decoration is not just so it look pretty. 972 00:56:38,360 --> 00:56:41,846 It's also to give a little energy to the spear. 973 00:56:41,950 --> 00:56:44,228 ♪ ♪ 974 00:56:44,331 --> 00:56:45,678 Okay. 975 00:56:49,026 --> 00:56:51,097 - Did you ever have an opportunity to use it? 976 00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:52,305 - Just right there. 977 00:56:52,409 --> 00:56:53,927 When the wolves came, I grabbed it. 978 00:56:54,031 --> 00:56:57,103 I needed it by my side just to make me feel safer. 979 00:56:57,206 --> 00:56:59,519 Have the spear right here. 980 00:56:59,623 --> 00:57:01,935 I might go down, but it won't be easy. 981 00:57:02,039 --> 00:57:03,281 ♪ ♪ 982 00:57:03,385 --> 00:57:05,076 - And Callie, you touched on this a minute ago, 983 00:57:05,180 --> 00:57:08,597 just about how authentic and real this experience is, 984 00:57:08,701 --> 00:57:11,980 whether it's with the wolves or slipping into the water. 985 00:57:12,083 --> 00:57:14,776 The reality is, there's no one coming to get you. 986 00:57:14,879 --> 00:57:16,778 There's no one coming to fend those wolves off of you. 987 00:57:16,881 --> 00:57:19,919 It is all about you in that moment, isn't it? 988 00:57:20,022 --> 00:57:21,058 - Exactly. 989 00:57:21,161 --> 00:57:22,128 You know, people are like, oh, well, 990 00:57:22,231 --> 00:57:23,716 they have a whole safety team 991 00:57:23,819 --> 00:57:25,683 that comes and checks on 'em and stuff, 992 00:57:25,787 --> 00:57:27,616 but the reality is, is it's not like 993 00:57:27,720 --> 00:57:29,031 they're right around the corner. 994 00:57:29,135 --> 00:57:30,688 You could get yourself into a lot of trouble 995 00:57:30,792 --> 00:57:34,105 before anybody's coming to help you out. 996 00:57:34,209 --> 00:57:37,143 There's a whole bunch of blood in my eyelashes. 997 00:57:37,246 --> 00:57:39,007 - Roland, I want to talk to you about something 998 00:57:39,110 --> 00:57:40,698 that we've never seen before on the show, 999 00:57:40,802 --> 00:57:45,600 and that is when you come upon and get to witness 1000 00:57:45,703 --> 00:57:48,050 that entire herd of musk ox. 1001 00:57:48,154 --> 00:57:50,156 And then you decide not to go after them. 1002 00:57:50,259 --> 00:57:52,952 Clarify for us why you made that decision. 1003 00:57:53,055 --> 00:57:55,782 - That was a real nice herd of musk ox. 1004 00:57:55,886 --> 00:58:01,063 The herd is way harder to get into than a single animal. 1005 00:58:01,167 --> 00:58:04,239 It just wasn't the right situation. 1006 00:58:04,342 --> 00:58:05,827 And I didn't want to spook 'em. 1007 00:58:05,930 --> 00:58:07,863 - There is something you mentioned 1008 00:58:07,967 --> 00:58:09,244 that I find very curious, 1009 00:58:09,347 --> 00:58:12,316 and it didn't necessarily make the show, 1010 00:58:12,419 --> 00:58:14,870 but you talked about not wanting 1011 00:58:14,974 --> 00:58:17,114 to necessarily go after the herd 1012 00:58:17,217 --> 00:58:19,426 because that herd might end up on-- 1013 00:58:19,530 --> 00:58:22,568 on one of the other competitors' area. 1014 00:58:22,671 --> 00:58:23,569 Explain that. 1015 00:58:23,672 --> 00:58:24,570 - Yeah, we had 1016 00:58:24,673 --> 00:58:25,950 plenty of space between us. 1017 00:58:26,054 --> 00:58:30,541 There was 5 miles or more between participants. 1018 00:58:30,645 --> 00:58:32,578 I mean, that's a long way to a human being, 1019 00:58:32,681 --> 00:58:36,340 but that is nothing to a wild, big game creature. 1020 00:58:36,443 --> 00:58:39,205 Big game animals move quick and they move far, 1021 00:58:39,308 --> 00:58:42,001 and I did not want to spook that herd 1022 00:58:42,104 --> 00:58:44,106 into the next contestant's territory. 1023 00:58:44,210 --> 00:58:46,177 I'm out for the money, I'm out for the win. 1024 00:58:46,281 --> 00:58:48,421 I don't need a spiritual journey. 1025 00:58:48,525 --> 00:58:49,698 - I get it. 1026 00:58:49,802 --> 00:58:51,251 Pivoting a little bit, Kielyn, 1027 00:58:51,355 --> 00:58:55,083 when you start to make your way out on the ice, 1028 00:58:55,186 --> 00:58:57,844 you're testing the thickness of it. 1029 00:58:57,948 --> 00:59:00,467 How precarious, maybe even scary, 1030 00:59:00,571 --> 00:59:02,159 is that for the first time 1031 00:59:02,262 --> 00:59:05,265 as the freeze is happening and the ice is thickening up? 1032 00:59:05,369 --> 00:59:09,822 - I've been through many years of freeze-up and ice-outs, 1033 00:59:09,925 --> 00:59:12,341 and I'm not a stranger to thin ice. 1034 00:59:12,445 --> 00:59:14,240 I know exactly what it's like 1035 00:59:14,343 --> 00:59:16,725 and I've traveled on a lot of ice 1036 00:59:16,829 --> 00:59:17,968 that you wouldn't deem safe 1037 00:59:18,071 --> 00:59:20,660 on just, like, personal adventures, 1038 00:59:20,764 --> 00:59:24,871 but I had a full belly, I had backup clothing, 1039 00:59:24,975 --> 00:59:29,566 and so when I was starting to check the ice in my bay, 1040 00:59:29,669 --> 00:59:32,776 yeah, there was a little bit more caution 1041 00:59:32,879 --> 00:59:34,053 when I was doing it. 1042 00:59:34,156 --> 00:59:36,124 - At that point, once you were able 1043 00:59:36,227 --> 00:59:39,127 to really get out on the ice and begin fishing, 1044 00:59:39,230 --> 00:59:41,578 did you feel like things were gonna take off for you? 1045 00:59:41,681 --> 00:59:43,545 - Well, I was hoping for it to. 1046 00:59:43,649 --> 00:59:45,271 - Yeah. - For sure. 1047 00:59:45,374 --> 00:59:48,101 But, again, I was just trying to stay adaptable, 1048 00:59:48,205 --> 00:59:49,689 stay flexible, and-- 1049 00:59:49,793 --> 00:59:52,036 and take the journey as it was coming. 1050 00:59:52,140 --> 00:59:54,832 I'm not an expert ice fisher person, 1051 00:59:54,936 --> 00:59:56,731 but I was hopeful. 1052 00:59:56,834 --> 01:00:00,562 - Well, and let's talk about when you got those two fish. 1053 01:00:00,666 --> 01:00:02,564 Crying is not even descriptive enough. 1054 01:00:02,668 --> 01:00:04,911 You were borderline hysterical, but-- 1055 01:00:05,015 --> 01:00:07,880 and it was impossible not to get excited for you 1056 01:00:07,983 --> 01:00:11,573 because it was truly just jubilation on your part. 1057 01:00:11,677 --> 01:00:13,092 Had you ever experienced... - Yeah. 1058 01:00:13,195 --> 01:00:16,198 - Anything quite like that at that moment? 1059 01:00:16,302 --> 01:00:18,166 - I got a fish! [laughing] 1060 01:00:18,269 --> 01:00:19,892 Oh, my God, I mean, 1061 01:00:19,995 --> 01:00:21,790 I don't know what those sounds were 1062 01:00:21,894 --> 01:00:23,274 that were coming out of me, 1063 01:00:23,378 --> 01:00:25,656 but yeah, it was just pure bliss. 1064 01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:28,417 You know, you can see me crying a lot on the show, 1065 01:00:28,521 --> 01:00:31,006 and I'm not gonna pretend that I didn't, 1066 01:00:31,110 --> 01:00:34,147 but the one thing that I did do 1067 01:00:34,251 --> 01:00:37,185 was recover from those lows quickly, 1068 01:00:37,288 --> 01:00:41,707 and that was my journey just through my own resilience. 1069 01:00:41,810 --> 01:00:45,538 But then when you get that little bit of success, 1070 01:00:45,642 --> 01:00:48,334 it's just like, you can finally let go 1071 01:00:48,437 --> 01:00:50,750 of all of that tension that you were holding. 1072 01:00:50,854 --> 01:00:54,478 That scene was me just letting go. 1073 01:00:54,581 --> 01:00:56,998 Man, I needed that fish. 1074 01:00:57,101 --> 01:01:00,104 - Well, Kielyn, you said at the end of the episode, 1075 01:01:00,208 --> 01:01:02,831 women are a force to be reckoned with. 1076 01:01:02,935 --> 01:01:04,453 And you are certainly one of those. 1077 01:01:04,557 --> 01:01:06,904 At this point in the competition, 1078 01:01:07,008 --> 01:01:09,907 do you feel like you've hit your stride a bit? 1079 01:01:10,011 --> 01:01:12,116 Do you feel like you're a real threat 1080 01:01:12,220 --> 01:01:13,842 to take this whole thing? 1081 01:01:13,946 --> 01:01:16,189 - Well, I mean, I knew that the fish 1082 01:01:16,293 --> 01:01:19,779 was going to be what would get me to the hundred days. 1083 01:01:19,883 --> 01:01:23,507 This is what I needed to kind of keep me going and-- 1084 01:01:23,610 --> 01:01:27,614 and hopefully prevent any more weight loss. 1085 01:01:27,718 --> 01:01:30,376 Oh, my God, look at that. 1086 01:01:30,479 --> 01:01:32,343 [gasps] 1087 01:01:32,447 --> 01:01:35,692 Is that not from a grocery store or what? 1088 01:01:35,795 --> 01:01:38,833 I do want to mention that being out on the ice 1089 01:01:38,936 --> 01:01:42,906 was a absolute blessing, but it was extremely hard. 1090 01:01:43,009 --> 01:01:43,907 ♪ ♪ 1091 01:01:44,010 --> 01:01:45,943 You know, winter has set in, 1092 01:01:46,047 --> 01:01:49,257 and that requires a lot more calories 1093 01:01:49,360 --> 01:01:50,637 to keep yourself warm, 1094 01:01:50,741 --> 01:01:53,848 and sitting on that ice just completely exposed 1095 01:01:53,951 --> 01:01:58,473 to that north arctic wind was not easy. 1096 01:01:58,576 --> 01:02:01,234 - Yeah, no doubt. Nothing is easy out there. 1097 01:02:01,338 --> 01:02:03,202 - That is for sure. 1098 01:02:03,305 --> 01:02:06,067 Well, that is it for "Alone: Tales From the Arctic." 1099 01:02:06,170 --> 01:02:09,691 I'd like to thank Callie, Amós, Roland, and Kielyn. 1100 01:02:09,795 --> 01:02:11,382 We'll be speaking to the participants 1101 01:02:11,486 --> 01:02:13,799 all season long after the episodes, 1102 01:02:13,902 --> 01:02:15,421 so make sure you tune in to that, 1103 01:02:15,524 --> 01:02:17,043 and, as promised, 1104 01:02:17,147 --> 01:02:19,597 here's a sneak peek at next week's episode. 1105 01:02:19,701 --> 01:02:20,702 We'll see you then. 1106 01:02:20,806 --> 01:02:22,221 ♪ ♪ 1107 01:02:22,324 --> 01:02:24,637 - I just gotta get in there. 1108 01:02:24,741 --> 01:02:26,225 Oh, it's so tight. 1109 01:02:26,328 --> 01:02:27,329 Oh, my gosh. 1110 01:02:27,433 --> 01:02:29,297 The porcupine's right here. 1111 01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:30,954 Oh, [bleep]. 1112 01:02:31,057 --> 01:02:34,543 This is probably the start of the real end. 1113 01:02:34,647 --> 01:02:37,719 I really want to take home the win for my family. 1114 01:02:37,823 --> 01:02:40,204 But I just want to go home. 1115 01:02:40,308 --> 01:02:42,310 - Yeah, we're gettin' it now. 1116 01:02:42,413 --> 01:02:44,864 Just slicker and [bleep] here in about an hour. 1117 01:02:44,968 --> 01:02:46,797 I'm talking freeze you to death, 1118 01:02:46,901 --> 01:02:48,040 kill you cold. 1119 01:02:48,143 --> 01:02:49,455 Holy [bleep]. 1120 01:02:49,558 --> 01:02:50,456 [bleep]. 1121 01:02:50,559 --> 01:02:51,457 Please. 1122 01:02:51,560 --> 01:02:52,699 [bleep]. Get out of here. 1123 01:02:52,803 --> 01:02:54,253 [bleep], out of here.