1 00:00:05,488 --> 00:00:08,387 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:08,491 --> 00:00:15,429 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:15,532 --> 00:00:17,983 - I need to figure out how to catch fish here 4 00:00:18,087 --> 00:00:19,881 because they have fat on them. 5 00:00:19,985 --> 00:00:21,538 Whoa! [bleep]! 6 00:00:21,642 --> 00:00:22,850 [grunts] 7 00:00:22,953 --> 00:00:24,024 ♪ ♪ 8 00:00:24,127 --> 00:00:25,853 - Dangerous [bleep] place, man. 9 00:00:25,956 --> 00:00:28,200 One wrong move, and it's splash. 10 00:00:28,304 --> 00:00:31,755 You can't put a [bleep] damn net into [bleep] like that. 11 00:00:31,859 --> 00:00:35,828 I declare Danger Rock off limits. 12 00:00:35,932 --> 00:00:38,038 - I think I got one. 13 00:00:38,141 --> 00:00:40,178 [gasps, screams] 14 00:00:40,281 --> 00:00:42,214 ♪ ♪ 15 00:00:42,318 --> 00:00:43,733 Yup. 16 00:00:43,836 --> 00:00:44,975 [laughs] 17 00:00:45,079 --> 00:00:47,944 Oh, my God, it's bigger than the last one! 18 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:49,739 [laughs] 19 00:00:49,842 --> 00:00:51,016 ♪ ♪ 20 00:00:55,227 --> 00:00:56,987 [wolf barks] 21 00:00:57,091 --> 00:00:59,990 [dramatic music] 22 00:01:00,094 --> 00:01:01,233 ♪ ♪ 23 00:01:01,337 --> 00:01:02,890 male narrator: For the first time, 24 00:01:02,993 --> 00:01:06,411 ten participants will fight to survive the Arctic 25 00:01:06,514 --> 00:01:10,518 for longer than anyone in "Alone" history: 26 00:01:10,622 --> 00:01:14,177 a grueling 100 days. 27 00:01:14,281 --> 00:01:16,628 - This is the ultimate challenge. 28 00:01:16,731 --> 00:01:19,734 - 100 days in the Arctic is no joke. 29 00:01:19,838 --> 00:01:21,460 narrator: If they can endure, 30 00:01:21,564 --> 00:01:24,360 they'll win the biggest prize ever: 31 00:01:24,463 --> 00:01:27,156 $1 million. 32 00:01:27,259 --> 00:01:28,502 ♪ ♪ 33 00:01:28,605 --> 00:01:30,780 - Whoa! - Holy [bleep]! 34 00:01:30,883 --> 00:01:32,540 - You can't tap out 35 00:01:32,644 --> 00:01:34,473 when there's a million bucks on the line. 36 00:01:34,577 --> 00:01:36,648 - Oh, my gosh. - [growls] 37 00:01:36,751 --> 00:01:39,651 - How hard can you work for $10,000 a day? 38 00:01:39,754 --> 00:01:41,101 - It looks like frostbite. 39 00:01:41,204 --> 00:01:42,309 - [gasps, screams] 40 00:01:42,412 --> 00:01:44,345 - Holy [bleep]! 41 00:01:44,449 --> 00:01:48,970 narrator: This is "Alone: Million Dollar Challenge." 42 00:01:49,074 --> 00:01:50,593 - They're just surrounding my shelter. 43 00:01:50,696 --> 00:01:51,766 [wolf growling] 44 00:01:51,870 --> 00:01:55,045 ♪ ♪ 45 00:01:55,149 --> 00:01:58,048 [low dramatic music] 46 00:01:58,152 --> 00:02:05,159 ♪ ♪ 47 00:02:26,939 --> 00:02:30,184 - Today I'm gonna go make a raid. 48 00:02:30,288 --> 00:02:32,324 [squirrel chirping] 49 00:02:32,428 --> 00:02:34,637 That squirrel, he's been hanging out 50 00:02:34,740 --> 00:02:36,397 over here in these trees, 51 00:02:36,501 --> 00:02:40,263 and I always wondered what made these trees appeal to him. 52 00:02:40,367 --> 00:02:43,266 Just a little bit ago, I see him grab a mushroom 53 00:02:43,370 --> 00:02:45,406 and bring it down, then I look, 54 00:02:45,510 --> 00:02:48,547 he's got a big mushroom cache up there. 55 00:02:48,651 --> 00:02:52,379 I'm gonna cut that [bleep] down and steal his mushrooms. 56 00:02:52,482 --> 00:02:54,726 ♪ ♪ 57 00:02:54,829 --> 00:02:57,694 December can be a long, cold month. 58 00:02:57,798 --> 00:03:00,594 It's gonna get pretty nasty here, 59 00:03:00,697 --> 00:03:02,423 and it's another 50 days 60 00:03:02,527 --> 00:03:05,599 till we're in the land of milk and Christmas cookies. 61 00:03:05,702 --> 00:03:08,498 Taking nothing for granted here. 62 00:03:08,602 --> 00:03:12,157 ♪ ♪ 63 00:03:12,261 --> 00:03:14,401 Here's a beautiful mushroom right here. 64 00:03:14,504 --> 00:03:16,403 ♪ ♪ 65 00:03:16,506 --> 00:03:19,129 Eureka! 66 00:03:19,233 --> 00:03:22,961 Oh, we found a bonanza of mushroom today. 67 00:03:24,273 --> 00:03:27,724 That was a good score. Thanks, Mr. Squirrel. 68 00:03:27,828 --> 00:03:30,520 I've got to find someplace to keep them. 69 00:03:30,624 --> 00:03:33,420 ♪ ♪ 70 00:03:33,523 --> 00:03:36,319 I'm gonna bring that musk ox head skin out here, 71 00:03:36,423 --> 00:03:39,219 stitch it up into some kind of pouch. 72 00:03:39,322 --> 00:03:41,462 We're gonna fill it with mushrooms. 73 00:03:42,946 --> 00:03:47,710 I'm gonna take the nose and the lips 74 00:03:47,813 --> 00:03:51,334 and just wrap them with a heavy hunk of wire. 75 00:03:51,438 --> 00:03:55,925 I'll double it and twist it tight, twist them together. 76 00:03:56,028 --> 00:04:00,240 And then I'm gonna stitch it up with my trapping wire. 77 00:04:00,343 --> 00:04:04,934 In my past expeditions, I've improvised many times. 78 00:04:05,037 --> 00:04:09,007 You have to learn to use what's at hand. 79 00:04:09,110 --> 00:04:10,871 Work everything two ways. 80 00:04:10,974 --> 00:04:12,562 [squirrel chirping] 81 00:04:12,666 --> 00:04:16,186 Squirrel's pissed I got all his mushrooms. 82 00:04:16,290 --> 00:04:17,809 Every time I do something, 83 00:04:17,912 --> 00:04:21,433 I'm trying to knock off two birds with one stone. 84 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:27,059 These here are the forelegs. I'm gonna use them for straps. 85 00:04:29,061 --> 00:04:31,271 I'm the happiest when I'm alone. 86 00:04:31,374 --> 00:04:34,032 I like living far away from civilization, 87 00:04:34,135 --> 00:04:37,587 and that began as a very small child. 88 00:04:37,691 --> 00:04:40,072 I vividly remember telling people, 89 00:04:40,176 --> 00:04:43,110 "I'm gonna move to Alaska, so far back in, 90 00:04:43,213 --> 00:04:46,700 nobody can ever touch me," and I did that. 91 00:04:46,803 --> 00:04:49,841 I'm in one of the remotest spots left in North America. 92 00:04:49,944 --> 00:04:55,122 Musk ox face skin carryall. 93 00:04:55,225 --> 00:04:58,608 Let's put some mushrooms in. 94 00:04:58,712 --> 00:05:00,127 And it's--that's real, 95 00:05:00,230 --> 00:05:02,302 when you're sitting there all by yourself 96 00:05:02,405 --> 00:05:05,063 watching the freeze up happen or butchering your moose 97 00:05:05,166 --> 00:05:08,135 with a lantern at midnight while the wolves are howling. 98 00:05:08,238 --> 00:05:12,450 The thrill-- it's undescribable. 99 00:05:14,555 --> 00:05:18,007 We got a hell of a bunch of mushrooms. 100 00:05:19,249 --> 00:05:22,252 That looks pretty good, don't it? 101 00:05:22,356 --> 00:05:25,255 [quiet mysterious music] 102 00:05:25,359 --> 00:05:27,706 ♪ ♪ 103 00:05:27,810 --> 00:05:30,813 [birds squawking] 104 00:05:45,931 --> 00:05:49,694 - ♪ Need to get a little firewood ♪ 105 00:05:49,797 --> 00:05:52,973 ♪ A little firewood ♪ 106 00:05:53,076 --> 00:05:57,805 Okay, who wants to be firewood? Who wants to? 107 00:06:02,879 --> 00:06:05,882 [humming] 108 00:06:10,024 --> 00:06:11,336 What was that? 109 00:06:14,270 --> 00:06:18,308 What is that? It looks like a bear. 110 00:06:18,412 --> 00:06:21,311 [soft tense music] 111 00:06:21,415 --> 00:06:25,177 ♪ ♪ 112 00:06:25,281 --> 00:06:27,214 What is that? 113 00:06:27,317 --> 00:06:34,290 ♪ ♪ 114 00:06:35,153 --> 00:06:38,743 [growls] 115 00:06:38,846 --> 00:06:40,089 [laughs] 116 00:06:40,192 --> 00:06:42,332 [growls] 117 00:06:42,436 --> 00:06:46,889 It's not a bear, it's me! [laughs] 118 00:06:46,992 --> 00:06:51,203 I might look like a bear or maybe a Sasquatch, 119 00:06:51,307 --> 00:06:52,791 but it's me and my 120 00:06:52,895 --> 00:06:56,795 "it's real, real, real cold" outfit. 121 00:06:56,899 --> 00:06:59,867 [beatboxing] 122 00:07:09,152 --> 00:07:12,224 This parka is made by Nenet reindeer herders, 123 00:07:12,328 --> 00:07:14,641 and it's all out of reindeer skin, 124 00:07:14,744 --> 00:07:18,023 and it's made in the old way, and this is how people survived 125 00:07:18,127 --> 00:07:20,785 in this climate for a long, long time. 126 00:07:20,888 --> 00:07:25,203 And it's not that far off from having to wear this every day. 127 00:07:25,306 --> 00:07:29,449 ♪ ♪ 128 00:07:29,552 --> 00:07:31,174 All right. 129 00:07:31,278 --> 00:07:34,764 Let's go see what's happening out there, huh? 130 00:07:34,868 --> 00:07:37,111 Everything is really changing out here. 131 00:07:37,215 --> 00:07:39,320 Deep winter is setting in. 132 00:07:39,424 --> 00:07:41,875 And things are getting a little bit more challenging. 133 00:07:41,978 --> 00:07:44,118 I mean, every day that there's more snow 134 00:07:44,222 --> 00:07:46,673 just makes it harder for me to get food. 135 00:07:46,776 --> 00:07:49,192 Most of the traps are buried. 136 00:07:49,296 --> 00:07:51,574 Dang. A rabbit's not gonna 137 00:07:51,678 --> 00:07:55,060 plow through the snow to go through that. 138 00:07:55,164 --> 00:07:58,339 All this snow changes how the rabbits are moving. 139 00:07:58,443 --> 00:08:02,102 And I need fat, 140 00:08:02,205 --> 00:08:05,554 but fishing's not really an option 141 00:08:05,657 --> 00:08:08,004 until the lake ices up more. 142 00:08:08,108 --> 00:08:11,732 So just gotta keep trying, you know? 143 00:08:11,836 --> 00:08:13,872 ♪ ♪ 144 00:08:16,012 --> 00:08:21,535 Now I really wanna go over to the porcupine spot. 145 00:08:21,639 --> 00:08:23,606 [brisk tense music] 146 00:08:23,710 --> 00:08:26,920 I'm pretty sure that there's another porcupine. 147 00:08:27,023 --> 00:08:30,199 I've seen tracks and I've tracked him to his den, 148 00:08:30,302 --> 00:08:32,546 and I go and check his den all the time. 149 00:08:32,650 --> 00:08:35,238 But so far, he's never home. 150 00:08:35,342 --> 00:08:37,102 ♪ ♪ 151 00:08:37,206 --> 00:08:39,001 So check it out. 152 00:08:39,104 --> 00:08:42,487 One of the porcupine spots is down in there. 153 00:08:42,591 --> 00:08:44,834 He came out from under that rock, 154 00:08:44,938 --> 00:08:47,078 and he walked over here, 155 00:08:47,181 --> 00:08:50,495 and then he ate this bark. 156 00:08:51,496 --> 00:08:55,880 And then he ate right up there. So I'm gonna set snares. 157 00:08:55,983 --> 00:08:59,055 [saw scraping] 158 00:08:59,159 --> 00:09:03,404 This porcupine is my best option for fat. 159 00:09:03,508 --> 00:09:06,097 ♪ ♪ 160 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:10,446 That last porcupine fed me for more than a week. 161 00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:12,690 ♪ ♪ 162 00:09:12,793 --> 00:09:17,729 So the porcupine walks along right here, 163 00:09:17,833 --> 00:09:20,283 so I wanted to set a trap right on this rock, 164 00:09:20,387 --> 00:09:22,423 but there's nothing to set it, 165 00:09:22,527 --> 00:09:27,152 so I wedged this tree in the crack so that I have a place. 166 00:09:27,256 --> 00:09:30,328 The porcupine, he goes up this ledge. 167 00:09:30,431 --> 00:09:34,159 Hopefully, he'll get caught in that snare. 168 00:09:34,263 --> 00:09:36,886 I'll come back and check tomorrow. 169 00:09:36,990 --> 00:09:41,097 But--all right, it's snowing a bunch, so... 170 00:09:41,201 --> 00:09:45,067 And the camera, I gotta get the jacket for the camera. 171 00:09:45,170 --> 00:09:47,379 Okay, let's go back to camp. 172 00:09:47,483 --> 00:09:50,382 [thrumming dramatic music] 173 00:09:50,486 --> 00:09:57,493 ♪ ♪ 174 00:10:04,534 --> 00:10:06,709 - [sighs] Whoa. 175 00:10:06,813 --> 00:10:08,849 I am skinny. 176 00:10:10,161 --> 00:10:13,820 Oh, but look at those muscles. I still got it. 177 00:10:13,923 --> 00:10:17,893 Those are still solid. Look at those hairy armpits. 178 00:10:19,066 --> 00:10:22,035 Oh, I look like a bodybuilder. 179 00:10:23,933 --> 00:10:26,591 Oh. [smooches] 180 00:10:26,695 --> 00:10:29,629 Yeah, that's strong. [sniffles] 181 00:10:29,732 --> 00:10:34,150 Dave's gonna like how I look. [chuckles] 182 00:10:34,254 --> 00:10:37,188 [light dramatic music] 183 00:10:37,291 --> 00:10:38,707 ♪ ♪ 184 00:10:38,810 --> 00:10:41,882 We're going ice fishing. Woot-woot! 185 00:10:41,986 --> 00:10:44,022 [laughs] 186 00:10:44,126 --> 00:10:47,267 ♪ ♪ 187 00:10:47,370 --> 00:10:49,787 You know, maybe my shallow water means that 188 00:10:49,890 --> 00:10:54,654 I get to ice fish a day or two ahead of some other people, 189 00:10:54,757 --> 00:10:58,968 and that will be my momentum, and I'll take her home. 190 00:10:59,072 --> 00:11:01,661 ♪ ♪ 191 00:11:01,764 --> 00:11:03,386 [panting lightly] 192 00:11:03,490 --> 00:11:06,079 I'm gonna feel so good if I can land, you know, 193 00:11:06,182 --> 00:11:08,046 a few fish. 194 00:11:08,150 --> 00:11:12,948 Fishing is so important to my survival strategy. 195 00:11:13,051 --> 00:11:16,572 Fish have a lot of really good fat on them, 196 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:19,575 and fat is what's going to keep you alive 197 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:21,957 for the long term. 198 00:11:22,060 --> 00:11:26,030 ♪ ♪ 199 00:11:26,133 --> 00:11:27,928 [grunts] 200 00:11:28,032 --> 00:11:29,447 [wind whistling] 201 00:11:34,417 --> 00:11:37,006 ♪ 202 00:11:37,110 --> 00:11:41,390 I call this experience my survival Olympics. 203 00:11:41,493 --> 00:11:42,632 ♪ ♪ 204 00:11:42,736 --> 00:11:45,877 From the ages of 7 to 20, 205 00:11:45,981 --> 00:11:50,261 going to the Olympics was my sole purpose in life. 206 00:11:50,364 --> 00:11:51,918 I was gonna be a gymnast. 207 00:11:52,021 --> 00:11:56,060 When I basically broke my back, I switched to swimming. 208 00:11:56,163 --> 00:12:01,099 I was 11th in the country for 100-meter backstroke. 209 00:12:01,203 --> 00:12:04,827 But I had to quit swimming because every time 210 00:12:04,931 --> 00:12:07,209 I would raise my heart rate in the water, 211 00:12:07,312 --> 00:12:09,659 I would get really dizzy. 212 00:12:09,763 --> 00:12:11,109 It was a hard way to have to quit 213 00:12:11,213 --> 00:12:14,561 because I freaking loved it, I really did. 214 00:12:19,531 --> 00:12:23,604 My competitive athletic days were dwindling. 215 00:12:23,708 --> 00:12:26,124 But then I found nature. 216 00:12:26,228 --> 00:12:30,094 And I realize being out here, 217 00:12:30,197 --> 00:12:33,476 this is meaningful to me now. 218 00:12:33,580 --> 00:12:36,928 This is a big deal, and I feel really proud 219 00:12:37,032 --> 00:12:40,242 to be the only Canadian out here. 220 00:12:40,345 --> 00:12:42,831 This is my Olympics. 221 00:12:46,869 --> 00:12:47,767 Huh. 222 00:12:47,870 --> 00:12:50,459 [dramatic music] 223 00:12:50,562 --> 00:12:53,393 Yes! Come on, come on, come on. 224 00:12:53,496 --> 00:12:55,257 Yes, yes! 225 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,225 [yelling excitedly] 226 00:12:58,329 --> 00:12:59,744 [screams] 227 00:12:59,848 --> 00:13:05,750 ♪ ♪ 228 00:13:05,854 --> 00:13:07,476 No! 229 00:13:10,893 --> 00:13:14,000 Oh, oh. 230 00:13:16,761 --> 00:13:18,280 ♪ 231 00:13:19,557 --> 00:13:21,490 ♪ 232 00:13:21,593 --> 00:13:23,457 Damn it. 233 00:13:23,561 --> 00:13:26,012 That was a good size. 234 00:13:26,115 --> 00:13:29,325 ♪ ♪ 235 00:13:29,429 --> 00:13:30,982 Damn. 236 00:13:31,086 --> 00:13:32,432 ♪ ♪ 237 00:13:32,535 --> 00:13:36,367 To sit there for two hours, not see a fish, 238 00:13:36,470 --> 00:13:39,508 not feel a fish, and then to have a fish 239 00:13:39,611 --> 00:13:43,823 and lose it is, like, heartbreaking. 240 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:53,315 ♪ 241 00:13:53,418 --> 00:13:57,595 Makes me nervous those two fish was just beginner's luck. 242 00:13:57,698 --> 00:13:59,873 ♪ ♪ 243 00:13:59,977 --> 00:14:02,496 Too cold. I gotta go warm up. 244 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:05,154 ♪ ♪ 245 00:14:05,258 --> 00:14:08,123 [delicate dramatic music] 246 00:14:08,226 --> 00:14:15,199 ♪ ♪ 247 00:14:30,593 --> 00:14:33,596 [rocks clinking musically] 248 00:15:01,452 --> 00:15:03,074 - [laughs] 249 00:15:03,178 --> 00:15:06,077 [foreboding music] 250 00:15:06,181 --> 00:15:08,942 ♪ ♪ 251 00:15:13,774 --> 00:15:15,224 ♪ 252 00:15:15,328 --> 00:15:18,503 I'm not catching fish. It's an iffy feeling. 253 00:15:18,607 --> 00:15:20,816 It's, like, "Oh, I better just stretch 254 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,507 what I have a little longer." 255 00:15:25,752 --> 00:15:27,236 ♪ 256 00:15:39,973 --> 00:15:41,423 ♪ 257 00:15:41,526 --> 00:15:45,461 But I gotta figure out a way to get more, 258 00:15:45,565 --> 00:15:49,603 'cause without food, I won't be able to keep going. 259 00:15:52,089 --> 00:15:57,232 I wonder how long it will take for the lake to freeze up 260 00:15:57,335 --> 00:15:59,924 so I can walk safe on it. 261 00:16:00,028 --> 00:16:03,617 The lake is not frozen yet on my side. 262 00:16:03,721 --> 00:16:06,827 So I cannot ice fish through the lake yet. 263 00:16:06,931 --> 00:16:10,762 But I need to catch another fish right now, you know? 264 00:16:10,866 --> 00:16:12,695 So I have to try something else. 265 00:16:12,799 --> 00:16:15,250 ♪ ♪ 266 00:16:21,359 --> 00:16:24,431 ♪ 267 00:16:24,535 --> 00:16:28,401 Just piece of metal that I found out there a while ago. 268 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:35,822 ♪ 269 00:16:39,826 --> 00:16:41,069 ♪ 270 00:16:45,866 --> 00:16:48,559 And the stuff that has happened in my life-- 271 00:16:48,662 --> 00:16:51,010 growing up in a civil war, 272 00:16:51,113 --> 00:16:54,565 it just feels like this was a special quest for me. 273 00:16:54,668 --> 00:16:57,499 After seeing so many bad things and bad people, 274 00:16:57,602 --> 00:17:02,366 and I wanna come out of here the best version of myself, 275 00:17:02,469 --> 00:17:04,437 a good human being. 276 00:17:04,540 --> 00:17:06,508 It's a big spoon. 277 00:17:06,611 --> 00:17:08,648 ♪ ♪ 278 00:17:08,751 --> 00:17:11,513 I'll hopefully catch this big fish. 279 00:17:14,343 --> 00:17:17,243 [light tense music] 280 00:17:17,346 --> 00:17:24,319 ♪ ♪ 281 00:17:31,602 --> 00:17:34,570 [wind whistling] 282 00:17:36,331 --> 00:17:39,161 - Good morning! 283 00:17:39,265 --> 00:17:41,543 I'm so cozy. It's, like, freezing out, 284 00:17:41,646 --> 00:17:45,029 but I feel so cozy in all my wool layers. 285 00:17:45,133 --> 00:17:48,619 And I slept warm last night, too warm. 286 00:17:48,722 --> 00:17:51,932 Oh, man. I had dreams. 287 00:17:52,036 --> 00:17:55,350 I was making homemade ice cream. 288 00:17:55,453 --> 00:17:57,006 Oh, my gosh. 289 00:17:57,110 --> 00:18:00,389 There was, like, fresh strawberries I just picked, 290 00:18:00,493 --> 00:18:02,702 and I was, like, churning the cream. 291 00:18:02,805 --> 00:18:06,844 Oh, cream! [laughs] 292 00:18:06,947 --> 00:18:11,159 And I would take a tortilla and cover it with butter, 293 00:18:11,262 --> 00:18:12,608 and then put honey on it, 294 00:18:12,712 --> 00:18:15,784 and I was having honey butter tacos. 295 00:18:15,887 --> 00:18:17,061 ♪ ♪ 296 00:18:17,165 --> 00:18:19,615 Oh, my gosh. They were so good. 297 00:18:19,719 --> 00:18:24,482 So I woke up thinking about cream and butter this morning. 298 00:18:24,586 --> 00:18:26,898 [laughs] 299 00:18:27,002 --> 00:18:30,419 So I guess it's time to get some fat. 300 00:18:31,662 --> 00:18:34,458 [soft melancholy music] 301 00:18:34,561 --> 00:18:36,701 This place is gonna get colder 302 00:18:36,805 --> 00:18:38,945 than I've ever experienced before. 303 00:18:39,048 --> 00:18:41,568 I've spent a lot of time living out in the wilderness, 304 00:18:41,672 --> 00:18:44,261 but when it gets really cold, I usually move south, 305 00:18:44,364 --> 00:18:46,918 and I go down to the desert for the winter. 306 00:18:47,022 --> 00:18:48,368 I'm a desert rat. 307 00:18:48,472 --> 00:18:50,957 I live out of my vehicle, and I travel around. 308 00:18:51,060 --> 00:18:54,754 I don't have a nine to five, I don't have a house. 309 00:18:54,857 --> 00:18:56,997 I go to where I'm comfortable, 310 00:18:57,101 --> 00:19:01,243 so I've never tried living in the wilderness over winter. 311 00:19:01,347 --> 00:19:04,212 Choosing to come up here and spend a winter in the wild, 312 00:19:04,315 --> 00:19:06,455 that's what I want. I wanna be pushed. 313 00:19:06,559 --> 00:19:09,217 But I'm just worried about staying warm 314 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,634 and whether I'm gonna be able to eat every day. 315 00:19:13,842 --> 00:19:15,257 Dang. 316 00:19:15,361 --> 00:19:19,813 So we're over at the porcupine spot, 317 00:19:19,917 --> 00:19:25,474 and it looks like he just walked right past the snare 318 00:19:25,578 --> 00:19:27,269 and pushed it out of the way. 319 00:19:27,373 --> 00:19:28,960 Hmm. 320 00:19:29,064 --> 00:19:30,962 The way the tracks are, it's hard to tell 321 00:19:31,066 --> 00:19:32,861 if he's in or out right now. 322 00:19:32,964 --> 00:19:35,726 So I'm thinking to try to crawl in there 323 00:19:35,829 --> 00:19:37,452 and see how far back the hole goes, 324 00:19:37,555 --> 00:19:40,869 but I don't really know if I can get in there. 325 00:19:40,972 --> 00:19:44,528 But sitting here's not gonna do anything, is it? 326 00:19:47,531 --> 00:19:51,707 I don't think that I can really fit down in that crack. 327 00:19:51,811 --> 00:19:55,539 Oh, it's so tight-- tight in here. 328 00:19:55,642 --> 00:19:57,575 [grunts] 329 00:19:57,679 --> 00:19:59,819 Kinda hard to see. 330 00:19:59,922 --> 00:20:01,821 [driving tense music] 331 00:20:01,924 --> 00:20:03,374 I just gotta get in there. 332 00:20:03,478 --> 00:20:05,065 ♪ ♪ 333 00:20:05,169 --> 00:20:09,656 I just gotta squeeze. 334 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,314 ♪ ♪ 335 00:20:12,418 --> 00:20:14,005 I'm scared to go into this crack 336 00:20:14,109 --> 00:20:16,939 because I could totally get stuck. 337 00:20:17,043 --> 00:20:19,287 And if I get stuck in there... 338 00:20:19,390 --> 00:20:20,598 [exhales sharply] 339 00:20:20,702 --> 00:20:23,498 No one will hear me yelling for help. 340 00:20:23,601 --> 00:20:26,984 Oh, my gosh. The porcupine's right here. 341 00:20:27,087 --> 00:20:28,606 Oh, [bleep]. 342 00:20:32,886 --> 00:20:35,372 ]. 343 00:20:35,475 --> 00:20:37,201 [grunts] 344 00:20:37,305 --> 00:20:41,067 ♪ ♪ 345 00:20:41,170 --> 00:20:45,140 [exhales sharply] 346 00:20:45,244 --> 00:20:47,418 ♪ ♪ 347 00:20:47,522 --> 00:20:50,594 [bleep]. 348 00:20:50,697 --> 00:20:52,665 [sighs] 349 00:20:52,768 --> 00:20:54,460 Okay. 350 00:20:54,563 --> 00:20:59,913 So the cool news is the porcupine's back there. 351 00:21:00,017 --> 00:21:03,123 The bad news is it's down this crack. 352 00:21:03,227 --> 00:21:07,369 He's probably 12 feet back down the crack. 353 00:21:07,473 --> 00:21:10,199 I wonder what is back around the other side. 354 00:21:10,303 --> 00:21:17,137 ♪ ♪ 355 00:21:17,241 --> 00:21:20,831 Ooh, this is sketchy, 'cause it's, like, not solid. 356 00:21:20,934 --> 00:21:22,936 There's, like, rock holes. 357 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:24,938 ♪ ♪ 358 00:21:29,253 --> 00:21:33,947 ♪ 359 00:21:34,051 --> 00:21:36,674 I scared him out the other side. 360 00:21:36,778 --> 00:21:39,021 So, gotta get over there. 361 00:21:39,125 --> 00:21:42,024 [quiet driving music] 362 00:21:42,128 --> 00:21:49,135 ♪ ♪ 363 00:21:51,689 --> 00:21:52,552 [arrow thwacks] 364 00:21:52,656 --> 00:21:54,313 Got him. 365 00:21:55,383 --> 00:21:58,213 [bleep], he went back down into the rock crevice. 366 00:21:58,317 --> 00:22:01,250 [ominous music] 367 00:22:01,354 --> 00:22:08,327 ♪ ♪ 368 00:22:13,401 --> 00:22:14,954 [grunts] 369 00:22:15,057 --> 00:22:18,820 So you can see blood. 370 00:22:18,923 --> 00:22:20,615 ♪ ♪ 371 00:22:20,718 --> 00:22:22,099 So there's some blood. 372 00:22:22,202 --> 00:22:23,790 ♪ ♪ 373 00:22:23,894 --> 00:22:25,861 There's Mr. Porcupine. 374 00:22:25,965 --> 00:22:27,346 ♪ ♪ 375 00:22:27,449 --> 00:22:31,315 I gotta figure out how to try to get this guy. 376 00:22:31,419 --> 00:22:36,355 Okay, I just gotta squeeze down in there and reach. 377 00:22:36,458 --> 00:22:40,428 ♪ ♪ 378 00:22:40,531 --> 00:22:41,946 [exhales sharply] 379 00:22:42,050 --> 00:22:43,431 ♪ ♪ 380 00:22:43,534 --> 00:22:47,020 Oh, I got you, brother. I got you, I got you. 381 00:22:47,124 --> 00:22:48,953 [sniffles and grunts] 382 00:22:49,057 --> 00:22:51,473 ♪ ♪ 383 00:22:51,577 --> 00:22:53,958 [exhales sharply] 384 00:22:54,062 --> 00:22:56,409 [grunts] 385 00:22:56,513 --> 00:22:57,790 ♪ ♪ 386 00:22:57,893 --> 00:23:01,380 Oh, I got you, porcupine brother--oh. 387 00:23:02,829 --> 00:23:05,522 [laughs] 388 00:23:05,625 --> 00:23:08,248 Oh, my gosh. I can't believe it. 389 00:23:08,352 --> 00:23:12,252 I thought it was, like, impossible when I saw him-- 390 00:23:12,356 --> 00:23:14,876 when I saw him down in there. 391 00:23:14,979 --> 00:23:19,363 Oh, I have fat. Thank you, porcupine. 392 00:23:19,467 --> 00:23:22,435 Thank you. Mm. 393 00:23:22,539 --> 00:23:25,369 Oh, my gosh. 394 00:23:25,473 --> 00:23:28,372 [quiet tense music] 395 00:23:28,476 --> 00:23:35,379 ♪ ♪ 396 00:23:35,483 --> 00:23:38,451 [wind whistling] 397 00:23:44,146 --> 00:23:48,288 - Good morning. Day number 54. 398 00:23:48,392 --> 00:23:53,501 The weather is warm and tropical here. 399 00:23:55,019 --> 00:23:59,783 Just like in Cancún. [laughs] 400 00:23:59,886 --> 00:24:02,682 Uh...no. 401 00:24:02,786 --> 00:24:04,995 It's nowhere near tropical; it's frozen. 402 00:24:05,098 --> 00:24:06,790 My fingers are about to fall off. 403 00:24:06,893 --> 00:24:08,757 [laughs] 404 00:24:08,861 --> 00:24:11,173 [low unsettling music] 405 00:24:11,277 --> 00:24:14,280 [flint scraping] 406 00:24:16,247 --> 00:24:17,939 Here we go. 407 00:24:18,042 --> 00:24:22,012 I don't have any more fish, all my reserves are gone, 408 00:24:22,115 --> 00:24:24,911 and I cannot stay warm, 'cause I think my body 409 00:24:25,015 --> 00:24:28,294 doesn't have any more calories to produce heat. 410 00:24:28,397 --> 00:24:30,123 I need to eat something. 411 00:24:30,227 --> 00:24:33,541 So I have to go out there and try to fish. 412 00:24:33,644 --> 00:24:39,754 ♪ ♪ 413 00:24:39,857 --> 00:24:42,722 [thrumming dramatic music] 414 00:24:42,826 --> 00:24:48,210 ♪ ♪ 415 00:24:48,314 --> 00:24:51,593 I'm feeling the weakness. 416 00:24:51,697 --> 00:24:53,768 My muscles feel strained. 417 00:24:53,871 --> 00:24:57,357 My balance is a little off. 418 00:24:57,461 --> 00:25:00,878 Somehow, I need to get some fish out of the lake. 419 00:25:05,365 --> 00:25:08,127 I hope that my situation is an inspiration 420 00:25:08,230 --> 00:25:11,268 for all the natives of all Latin America, 421 00:25:11,371 --> 00:25:12,994 for all America, you know? 422 00:25:13,097 --> 00:25:16,411 'Cause a lot of people out there, that without knowing, 423 00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:18,862 they're masters of survival. 424 00:25:18,965 --> 00:25:21,416 Surviving every day, trying to make do 425 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,315 with the very small resources they have. 426 00:25:24,419 --> 00:25:26,041 Trying to stay positive 427 00:25:26,145 --> 00:25:29,389 when they're having a really hard time. 428 00:25:29,493 --> 00:25:33,393 And I hope that my experience becomes a good example 429 00:25:33,497 --> 00:25:36,811 and a motivation for other people to come strong 430 00:25:36,914 --> 00:25:40,539 out of situations that could be life-threatening, 431 00:25:40,642 --> 00:25:42,368 and gain a lot of strength 432 00:25:42,471 --> 00:25:44,991 and gain a lot of insights, you know? 433 00:25:48,512 --> 00:25:51,757 Got one, got one. [grunts] 434 00:25:55,036 --> 00:25:58,004 [sighs] Let's get him again. 435 00:25:58,108 --> 00:26:00,489 [bleep]. 436 00:26:00,593 --> 00:26:03,700 [exhales sharply] That was a trout. 437 00:26:03,803 --> 00:26:05,356 ♪ ♪ 438 00:26:05,460 --> 00:26:06,806 [sighs] 439 00:26:06,910 --> 00:26:09,947 ♪ ♪ 440 00:26:10,051 --> 00:26:12,363 Grab it again, please. 441 00:26:12,467 --> 00:26:14,400 ♪ ♪ 442 00:26:14,503 --> 00:26:16,747 No, no, no, no, no, no. 443 00:26:18,887 --> 00:26:20,371 Whew. 444 00:26:20,475 --> 00:26:22,166 ♪ ♪ 445 00:26:22,270 --> 00:26:24,755 Come on, another fish, please. 446 00:26:24,859 --> 00:26:28,000 ♪ ♪ 447 00:26:28,103 --> 00:26:30,554 It's a tasty lure. Come get him. 448 00:26:30,658 --> 00:26:37,078 ♪ ♪ 449 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,300 [quiet eerie music] 450 00:26:52,403 --> 00:26:54,613 ♪ ♪ 451 00:26:54,716 --> 00:26:57,616 [fire crackling] 452 00:26:57,719 --> 00:27:02,068 ♪ ♪ 453 00:27:12,389 --> 00:27:15,875 Especially with no food. 454 00:27:15,979 --> 00:27:17,428 No calories to spend. 455 00:27:17,532 --> 00:27:20,811 The body trying to stay warm out there. 456 00:27:20,915 --> 00:27:23,227 [exhales slowly] 457 00:27:29,061 --> 00:27:31,442 It made me so tired. 458 00:27:32,823 --> 00:27:35,688 [light dramatic music] 459 00:27:35,792 --> 00:27:42,764 ♪ ♪ 460 00:27:47,596 --> 00:27:49,288 - [laughs] 461 00:27:49,391 --> 00:27:51,980 This porcupine is a fatty miracle. 462 00:27:52,084 --> 00:27:54,880 I'm so grateful. He's so fatty! 463 00:27:54,983 --> 00:27:56,260 ♪ ♪ 464 00:27:56,364 --> 00:27:58,331 This is a huge deal. 465 00:27:58,435 --> 00:28:01,403 I need this fat so bad. 466 00:28:01,507 --> 00:28:05,442 I'm getting skinny, and it's been hard for my body 467 00:28:05,545 --> 00:28:08,203 to be sustained with just rabbits. 468 00:28:08,307 --> 00:28:09,446 I was worried--I was like, 469 00:28:09,549 --> 00:28:12,449 "If ice up doesn't happen soon 470 00:28:12,552 --> 00:28:15,038 "and I can't get out and fish... 471 00:28:15,141 --> 00:28:16,936 ♪ ♪ 472 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,836 What kind of fat am I gonna have, you know?" 473 00:28:19,939 --> 00:28:23,184 ♪ ♪ 474 00:28:23,287 --> 00:28:27,602 Oh, my gosh, this is amazing. I cannot wait to fry up 475 00:28:27,706 --> 00:28:30,778 his liver and heart and kidneys and lungs. 476 00:28:30,881 --> 00:28:34,885 ♪ ♪ 477 00:28:34,989 --> 00:28:37,646 Oh. 478 00:28:37,750 --> 00:28:40,753 Man, but his liver... 479 00:28:40,857 --> 00:28:44,826 Oh, his liver is covered in white spots. 480 00:28:46,379 --> 00:28:48,519 Oh, no. 481 00:28:48,623 --> 00:28:50,245 ♪ ♪ 482 00:28:50,349 --> 00:28:53,248 That means... Oh, no. 483 00:28:53,352 --> 00:28:57,770 That he's, like, diseased or unhealthy. 484 00:28:57,874 --> 00:29:01,532 Look. That's not good. 485 00:29:01,636 --> 00:29:04,397 I mean, I know if an animal has white spots on the liver, 486 00:29:04,501 --> 00:29:07,746 you shouldn't eat the organs or eat the liver, 487 00:29:07,849 --> 00:29:11,957 but what does that mean for the rest of him? 488 00:29:12,060 --> 00:29:15,132 Ooh. Damn. 489 00:29:15,236 --> 00:29:19,930 That is just-- that makes me really sad. 490 00:29:20,034 --> 00:29:22,277 ♪ ♪ 491 00:29:22,381 --> 00:29:23,589 That's a lot of food. 492 00:29:23,692 --> 00:29:26,247 I mean, that's a whole day's worth of food. 493 00:29:26,350 --> 00:29:29,181 And really good nutrition right there. 494 00:29:29,284 --> 00:29:33,116 But seriously, are the kidneys okay to eat? 495 00:29:33,219 --> 00:29:35,083 Is the rest of him okay to eat? 496 00:29:35,187 --> 00:29:38,777 I'm not in a position to not eat this porcupine. 497 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,572 Like, I need to eat this porcupine. 498 00:29:41,676 --> 00:29:44,748 But will I get sick? 499 00:29:44,852 --> 00:29:48,407 I can't imagine killing an animal and then not eating it, 500 00:29:48,510 --> 00:29:52,376 but eating this porcupine could either end 501 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,069 or extend my time out here. 502 00:29:55,172 --> 00:29:56,864 So I don't know what to do. 503 00:30:02,386 --> 00:30:05,286 [dramatic music] 504 00:30:05,389 --> 00:30:12,396 ♪ ♪ 505 00:30:15,779 --> 00:30:18,747 [wind whistling] 506 00:30:21,750 --> 00:30:23,442 - It's getting cold out now. 507 00:30:23,545 --> 00:30:25,754 It's wintertime, dude. 508 00:30:25,858 --> 00:30:28,309 It is winter. 509 00:30:28,412 --> 00:30:31,139 We're burning a [bleep] load of wood. 510 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:34,487 I don't know how cold it's been getting at night. 511 00:30:34,591 --> 00:30:36,731 I wouldn't doubt if we saw 20 below. 512 00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:41,460 It's warm in here compared to outside. 513 00:30:41,563 --> 00:30:43,980 You know, the rocks on the outside, they're just frozen. 514 00:30:44,083 --> 00:30:46,396 But in here, where's it's trying to thaw, 515 00:30:46,499 --> 00:30:49,502 it makes that frost on them. 516 00:30:49,606 --> 00:30:51,194 I think one of my goals 517 00:30:51,297 --> 00:30:55,267 is gonna be to keep fire all the time. 518 00:30:55,370 --> 00:30:59,029 All's we have to do is play it smart. 519 00:30:59,133 --> 00:31:01,860 ♪ ♪ 520 00:31:01,963 --> 00:31:05,277 We got about three inches fell last night. 521 00:31:05,380 --> 00:31:06,450 [sniffles] 522 00:31:06,554 --> 00:31:09,488 I wanna get the whole yard swept out. 523 00:31:09,591 --> 00:31:12,456 ♪ ♪ 524 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:17,841 We're accomplishing two deals. 525 00:31:17,945 --> 00:31:21,258 We're clearing our yard 526 00:31:21,362 --> 00:31:23,674 so we ain't trudging around in the snow 527 00:31:23,778 --> 00:31:27,886 and packing it down, making it into ice 528 00:31:27,989 --> 00:31:29,749 and dragging in the house. 529 00:31:29,853 --> 00:31:31,406 ♪ ♪ 530 00:31:31,510 --> 00:31:33,719 And we're insulating. 531 00:31:33,822 --> 00:31:35,894 ♪ ♪ 532 00:31:35,997 --> 00:31:40,622 This is gonna make things real comfy. 533 00:31:42,072 --> 00:31:45,696 In Pennsylvania, Dad built a log cabin. 534 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:48,216 If you got up in the morning and it was all snowed in, 535 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:51,702 everything just looked fresh and brand new, 536 00:31:51,806 --> 00:31:54,015 and you're just a little kid, 537 00:31:54,119 --> 00:31:58,744 everything seems so safe and secure in that little world. 538 00:31:58,847 --> 00:32:00,263 [chuckles] 539 00:32:00,366 --> 00:32:03,473 You're so dumb when you're a kid. 540 00:32:03,576 --> 00:32:07,132 You don't know the whole world's out to get you. 541 00:32:07,235 --> 00:32:10,756 Your parents are taking all the heat. 542 00:32:10,859 --> 00:32:13,517 Growing up with my mother and father, 543 00:32:13,621 --> 00:32:15,657 I should've done them a little better. 544 00:32:15,761 --> 00:32:18,039 I was kind of a pain in the ass. 545 00:32:18,143 --> 00:32:20,766 If I can pull this off and have that money, 546 00:32:20,869 --> 00:32:23,320 I might slow down a little wee bit 547 00:32:23,424 --> 00:32:25,909 and spend some time with the old man. 548 00:32:26,013 --> 00:32:27,255 ♪ ♪ 549 00:32:27,359 --> 00:32:31,432 We are gonna be snug as a squirrel in a nest 550 00:32:31,535 --> 00:32:33,537 and a mouse in a hole. 551 00:32:33,641 --> 00:32:36,540 [tense music] 552 00:32:36,644 --> 00:32:43,651 ♪ ♪ 553 00:32:50,002 --> 00:32:52,971 [wind whistling] 554 00:32:57,561 --> 00:33:02,221 - Good morning! [laughs] 555 00:33:02,325 --> 00:33:07,088 I slept in because it's freaking nasty out there. 556 00:33:09,125 --> 00:33:13,439 And I just didn't feel like going out on the ice. 557 00:33:13,543 --> 00:33:17,271 ♪ ♪ 558 00:33:17,374 --> 00:33:21,171 I'm gonna have a camp day today. 559 00:33:21,275 --> 00:33:24,174 Just realized, like, I've got food. 560 00:33:24,278 --> 00:33:27,660 Rather than killing myself and frustrating myself out there, 561 00:33:27,764 --> 00:33:31,078 let's just stay in. 562 00:33:34,874 --> 00:33:37,843 [fire crackling] 563 00:33:40,604 --> 00:33:43,262 I wish my family was here. 564 00:33:43,366 --> 00:33:45,437 I would never wanna leave. 565 00:33:45,540 --> 00:33:46,955 "Follow the Marrones 566 00:33:47,059 --> 00:33:51,477 as they go deep into the Canadian Arctic." 567 00:33:51,581 --> 00:33:52,927 ♪ ♪ 568 00:33:54,998 --> 00:33:58,829 ♪ 569 00:33:58,933 --> 00:34:03,558 All my family thinks, "Oh, Kielyn, you got this. 570 00:34:03,662 --> 00:34:07,252 Oh, Kielyn, I know you're gonna win." 571 00:34:07,355 --> 00:34:08,943 It's a lot of pressure. 572 00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:10,462 There's always the caveat, 573 00:34:10,565 --> 00:34:12,809 "But if you don't, we'll be proud of you anyways." 574 00:34:12,912 --> 00:34:14,397 ♪ ♪ 575 00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:18,746 It's, like, yeah, but you'll be disappointed. 576 00:34:18,849 --> 00:34:20,230 ♪ ♪ 577 00:34:20,334 --> 00:34:22,888 I'll be disappointed. 578 00:34:24,752 --> 00:34:27,065 [sighs] 579 00:34:38,352 --> 00:34:41,803 ♪ 580 00:34:41,907 --> 00:34:43,702 [sniffles] 581 00:34:43,805 --> 00:34:45,497 ♪ ♪ 582 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,362 I'm not feeling good. 583 00:34:48,465 --> 00:34:50,467 I'm nauseous. 584 00:34:50,571 --> 00:34:56,646 ♪ ♪ 585 00:34:56,749 --> 00:34:59,545 I have such a headache. 586 00:34:59,649 --> 00:35:01,582 The smoke in my shelter 587 00:35:01,685 --> 00:35:04,861 has become the bane of my existence. 588 00:35:04,964 --> 00:35:06,518 ♪ ♪ 589 00:35:06,621 --> 00:35:11,074 Goes from bad to extremely bad. 590 00:35:11,178 --> 00:35:13,041 [breathes deeply] 591 00:35:17,770 --> 00:35:21,222 There are so many things that I have been trying. 592 00:35:23,535 --> 00:35:26,641 And it's driving me insane. 593 00:35:26,745 --> 00:35:28,781 [sniffles thickly] 594 00:35:28,885 --> 00:35:32,302 I'm not even crying, like, this is just the smoke. 595 00:35:32,406 --> 00:35:35,926 The reason you go in your shelter is to be protected. 596 00:35:36,030 --> 00:35:38,170 So when you can't be in your shelter 597 00:35:38,274 --> 00:35:43,348 because it's attacking you, where are you supposed to go? 598 00:35:43,451 --> 00:35:46,937 [sniffles and groans] 599 00:35:47,041 --> 00:35:49,768 I feel really dizzy. 600 00:35:49,871 --> 00:35:52,736 [thrumming tense music] 601 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:59,743 ♪ ♪ 602 00:35:59,847 --> 00:36:02,919 [wind whistling] 603 00:36:05,853 --> 00:36:09,753 - Oh, yeah, it seems all nice and good in here. 604 00:36:11,790 --> 00:36:14,793 Just outside the door, it's like that. 605 00:36:16,208 --> 00:36:19,901 It is snowing all to hell outside. 606 00:36:20,005 --> 00:36:23,008 [wind whistling] 607 00:36:26,391 --> 00:36:29,014 Yeah, we're getting it now. 608 00:36:29,117 --> 00:36:31,223 I don't know what it's gonna add up to, 609 00:36:31,327 --> 00:36:32,983 but it's dropped a couple inches, 610 00:36:33,087 --> 00:36:36,194 just slicker than [bleep] here in about an hour. 611 00:36:36,297 --> 00:36:39,542 And it ain't letting up; it's coming on hard. 612 00:36:39,645 --> 00:36:43,270 ♪ ♪ 613 00:36:43,373 --> 00:36:45,479 This is real winter. 614 00:36:45,582 --> 00:36:47,412 ♪ ♪ 615 00:36:47,515 --> 00:36:50,346 Look how high it's coming up. 616 00:36:50,449 --> 00:36:54,419 All that trail I opened today, closed. 617 00:36:54,522 --> 00:36:56,214 ♪ ♪ 618 00:36:56,317 --> 00:36:59,009 There's a big storm brewing. 619 00:36:59,113 --> 00:37:01,288 This weather we are experiencing now 620 00:37:01,391 --> 00:37:05,982 is bluebird compared to what's just getting ready to happen. 621 00:37:06,085 --> 00:37:07,742 I'm running out of time. 622 00:37:07,846 --> 00:37:10,089 Hyper cold is coming. 623 00:37:10,193 --> 00:37:13,507 I'm talking "freeze you to death, kill you" cold. 624 00:37:13,610 --> 00:37:16,579 [wind whistling] 625 00:37:16,682 --> 00:37:19,547 [dramatic music] 626 00:37:19,651 --> 00:37:26,658 ♪ ♪ 627 00:37:38,497 --> 00:37:41,155 [fire crackling] 628 00:37:42,467 --> 00:37:43,640 - [sniffles] 629 00:37:43,744 --> 00:37:45,642 My eyes were burning for a lot of the night, 630 00:37:45,746 --> 00:37:49,163 and I'm totally blurry eyed this morning. 631 00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:50,923 [inhales deeply] 632 00:37:51,027 --> 00:37:54,962 I just don't know how much longer I can... 633 00:37:57,102 --> 00:37:59,863 [sniffles] Deal with the smoke, and... 634 00:37:59,967 --> 00:38:05,144 ♪ ♪ 635 00:38:05,248 --> 00:38:10,495 The resilience in me is dwindling. 636 00:38:10,598 --> 00:38:12,566 ♪ ♪ 637 00:38:12,669 --> 00:38:16,052 And I'm playing the slow game, and... 638 00:38:16,155 --> 00:38:18,365 ♪ ♪ 639 00:38:18,468 --> 00:38:21,160 It's just catching up to me, I guess. 640 00:38:21,264 --> 00:38:25,130 ♪ ♪ 641 00:38:25,233 --> 00:38:28,064 [sniffles] Mm. 642 00:38:28,167 --> 00:38:30,618 ♪ ♪ 643 00:38:30,722 --> 00:38:34,173 So I'm gonna start pulling my traps. 644 00:38:34,277 --> 00:38:36,762 There's no sense catching more bunnies, 645 00:38:36,866 --> 00:38:39,800 because I think this is probably the start 646 00:38:39,903 --> 00:38:43,217 of the real end for me. 647 00:38:43,321 --> 00:38:45,461 I'm not, um... 648 00:38:45,564 --> 00:38:48,015 [breathes deeply] 649 00:38:48,118 --> 00:38:49,396 ♪ ♪ 650 00:38:49,499 --> 00:38:52,537 I really wanted to take home the win for my family. 651 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:54,539 ♪ ♪ 652 00:38:54,642 --> 00:38:59,060 [sobbing] I just know it's not enough. 653 00:38:59,164 --> 00:39:06,240 ♪ ♪ 654 00:39:09,864 --> 00:39:13,351 My eyes are still blurry. 655 00:39:13,454 --> 00:39:16,112 But it is really pretty. 656 00:39:19,046 --> 00:39:21,359 The biggest challenge for me has just been 657 00:39:21,462 --> 00:39:23,430 the hand to mouth thing 658 00:39:23,533 --> 00:39:26,018 and feeling like I'm not doing good enough. 659 00:39:26,122 --> 00:39:27,882 ♪ ♪ 660 00:39:27,986 --> 00:39:31,334 Validation from other people's really important to me, 661 00:39:31,438 --> 00:39:34,475 and there's nobody here to impress, 662 00:39:34,579 --> 00:39:37,064 but I'm really hard on myself. 663 00:39:37,167 --> 00:39:38,824 ♪ ♪ 664 00:39:38,928 --> 00:39:41,551 I gotta focus and make sure that I get them all. 665 00:39:41,655 --> 00:39:43,277 ♪ ♪ 666 00:39:43,381 --> 00:39:45,555 I've been in competitive sports all my life, 667 00:39:45,659 --> 00:39:48,972 and it's always been individual sports. 668 00:39:49,076 --> 00:39:52,459 It was your score, your time, 669 00:39:52,562 --> 00:39:55,807 and I've been trying and trying and trying 670 00:39:55,910 --> 00:39:59,845 to keep pushing through all of the obstacles along the way, 671 00:39:59,949 --> 00:40:03,918 and you can't force a win. 672 00:40:04,022 --> 00:40:10,891 ♪ ♪ 673 00:40:15,758 --> 00:40:18,623 [quiet dramatic music] 674 00:40:18,726 --> 00:40:25,699 ♪ ♪ 675 00:40:28,667 --> 00:40:32,671 I love the sparkle of the snow. 676 00:40:32,775 --> 00:40:35,225 It's so pretty. 677 00:40:35,329 --> 00:40:39,575 ♪ ♪ 678 00:40:39,678 --> 00:40:44,234 One of my favorite things to do is take pictures like that. 679 00:40:44,338 --> 00:40:46,651 [breathes deeply] 680 00:40:46,754 --> 00:40:48,998 ♪ ♪ 681 00:40:49,101 --> 00:40:50,482 [inhales deeply] 682 00:40:50,586 --> 00:40:53,485 And then share them with people. 683 00:40:55,349 --> 00:40:57,834 I just wanna go home. 684 00:40:57,938 --> 00:41:00,354 [sobbing] 685 00:41:02,529 --> 00:41:04,772 [sniffles] Oh. 686 00:41:10,571 --> 00:41:13,471 [dramatic music] 687 00:41:13,574 --> 00:41:20,547 ♪ ♪ 688 00:41:27,485 --> 00:41:29,797 [fire crackling] 689 00:41:29,901 --> 00:41:32,179 - [sniffles] You know... 690 00:41:32,282 --> 00:41:34,940 I have been thinking about it a lot. 691 00:41:35,044 --> 00:41:40,290 About going home. 692 00:41:40,394 --> 00:41:45,295 And it's not... [sighs] 693 00:41:45,399 --> 00:41:49,955 It's not about the chocolate cake or coffee or Dave anymore. 694 00:41:53,062 --> 00:41:57,549 Mind you, I definitely will be looking for those people 695 00:41:57,653 --> 00:42:00,448 and things as soon as I get home. 696 00:42:02,381 --> 00:42:06,662 And this is an experience 697 00:42:06,765 --> 00:42:12,944 where you kinda have this, like, "aha" moment. 698 00:42:13,047 --> 00:42:15,843 And I'm really glad that I've had the opportunity 699 00:42:15,947 --> 00:42:22,470 to contemplate my exit. 700 00:42:22,574 --> 00:42:24,127 ♪ ♪ 701 00:42:24,231 --> 00:42:27,855 In your regular life, your peaks and your valleys 702 00:42:27,959 --> 00:42:31,169 are much smaller than out here. 703 00:42:31,272 --> 00:42:34,172 Out here, you have highs 704 00:42:34,275 --> 00:42:38,348 that are higher than the tallest mountain, 705 00:42:38,452 --> 00:42:42,732 and then you'll have lows lower than the lowest valley, 706 00:42:42,836 --> 00:42:47,012 and that takes a huge toll on you mentally. 707 00:42:47,116 --> 00:42:49,290 ♪ ♪ 708 00:42:49,394 --> 00:42:52,086 You know, at the beginning of each show for this show, 709 00:42:52,190 --> 00:42:58,886 it says, "Warning, these are trained survival experts. 710 00:42:58,990 --> 00:43:02,234 Do not--whatever--attend-- attempt this at home," 711 00:43:02,338 --> 00:43:04,823 or something like that, and I've never once 712 00:43:04,927 --> 00:43:07,757 called myself an expert, a survival expert. 713 00:43:07,861 --> 00:43:11,312 I mean, an expert in anything limits yourself 714 00:43:11,416 --> 00:43:14,281 to continuing to learn. 715 00:43:14,384 --> 00:43:18,492 But what I can say is that 716 00:43:18,596 --> 00:43:21,944 this is athletics. 717 00:43:22,047 --> 00:43:25,292 This is mental athletics. This is sur-- 718 00:43:25,395 --> 00:43:30,055 I'm a survivor-- surviv--survival athlete. 719 00:43:30,159 --> 00:43:31,678 [laughs and sniffles] 720 00:43:31,781 --> 00:43:33,403 ♪ ♪ 721 00:43:33,507 --> 00:43:36,614 You need to buck up. Buck up, soldier. 722 00:43:36,717 --> 00:43:43,344 Because this is an opportunity to win a million dollars. 723 00:43:43,448 --> 00:43:46,969 [chuckles and sniffles] 724 00:43:47,072 --> 00:43:51,076 I mean, when do you ever get a chance, a one-in-ten shot-- 725 00:43:51,180 --> 00:43:53,458 and I'm sure it's less than that now-- 726 00:43:53,561 --> 00:43:58,394 one-in-five shot, at a million dollars? 727 00:43:58,497 --> 00:44:00,983 ♪ ♪ 728 00:44:01,086 --> 00:44:04,676 So we're just gonna keep on keeping on. 729 00:44:04,780 --> 00:44:07,679 [foreboding music] 730 00:44:07,783 --> 00:44:14,721 ♪ ♪ 731 00:44:20,830 --> 00:44:23,799 [wind whistling] 732 00:44:35,017 --> 00:44:36,018 - Thank you. 733 00:44:57,833 --> 00:44:59,041 ♪ 734 00:45:06,669 --> 00:45:07,912 ♪ 735 00:45:20,890 --> 00:45:22,409 ♪ 736 00:45:27,966 --> 00:45:30,797 ♪ 737 00:45:55,373 --> 00:45:57,099 ♪ 738 00:45:59,515 --> 00:46:01,068 ♪ 739 00:46:08,386 --> 00:46:10,319 ♪ 740 00:46:13,909 --> 00:46:15,980 ♪ 741 00:46:29,717 --> 00:46:31,685 ♪ 742 00:46:37,449 --> 00:46:40,452 [device beeping] 743 00:46:45,664 --> 00:46:48,564 [dramatic music] 744 00:46:48,667 --> 00:46:53,189 ♪ ♪ 745 00:46:53,293 --> 00:46:56,779 From the beginning, I'm not coming here for the fame. 746 00:46:56,883 --> 00:46:59,920 My goal was to become a better human. 747 00:47:00,024 --> 00:47:02,509 But it's the end of my quest. 748 00:47:02,612 --> 00:47:04,511 It's not easy to say it, 749 00:47:04,614 --> 00:47:07,272 because you don't want to leave with something, like, 750 00:47:07,376 --> 00:47:10,655 "But could I have gone another week or two?" 751 00:47:10,758 --> 00:47:15,763 And then maybe I could have found more insight. 752 00:47:15,867 --> 00:47:19,698 Or I could--I could win, you know? 753 00:47:19,802 --> 00:47:23,012 ♪ ♪ 754 00:47:23,116 --> 00:47:25,670 Like, am I making the right decision? 755 00:47:25,773 --> 00:47:28,052 ♪ ♪ 756 00:47:28,155 --> 00:47:30,088 [indistinct]-- oh, [bleep]! 757 00:47:30,192 --> 00:47:31,503 [exhales sharply] 758 00:47:31,607 --> 00:47:32,850 [rocks clinking] 759 00:47:32,953 --> 00:47:34,230 ♪ ♪ 760 00:47:34,334 --> 00:47:36,094 [bleep]. 761 00:47:36,198 --> 00:47:37,993 Just when I tap out. 762 00:47:38,096 --> 00:47:39,477 ♪ ♪ 763 00:47:45,552 --> 00:47:48,451 [dramatic music] 764 00:47:48,555 --> 00:47:55,562 ♪ ♪ 765 00:47:58,358 --> 00:48:01,050 [fire crackling] 766 00:48:01,154 --> 00:48:02,086 - Oh, [bleep]! 767 00:48:02,189 --> 00:48:03,156 [exhales sharply] 768 00:48:03,259 --> 00:48:04,882 [rocks clinking] 769 00:48:04,985 --> 00:48:06,159 ♪ ♪ 770 00:48:06,262 --> 00:48:07,988 [bleep]. 771 00:48:08,092 --> 00:48:09,990 Just when I tap out. 772 00:48:10,094 --> 00:48:14,581 ♪ ♪ 773 00:48:14,684 --> 00:48:17,101 Are you [bleep] serious? 774 00:48:17,204 --> 00:48:19,897 ♪ ♪ 775 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:21,933 Oh, my God. 776 00:48:22,037 --> 00:48:25,212 ♪ ♪ 777 00:48:25,316 --> 00:48:27,766 Try to get the [bleep] out of here. 778 00:48:27,870 --> 00:48:29,872 [bleep]. 779 00:48:29,976 --> 00:48:33,945 Do not. Do not, please. 780 00:48:34,049 --> 00:48:37,845 ♪ ♪ 781 00:48:37,949 --> 00:48:39,468 Camera. [bleep]. 782 00:48:39,571 --> 00:48:42,126 Get out of here. Get out of here. 783 00:48:42,229 --> 00:48:43,506 ♪ ♪ 784 00:48:43,610 --> 00:48:45,129 [grunts] 785 00:48:45,232 --> 00:48:47,648 [panting lightly] 786 00:48:47,752 --> 00:48:49,927 Hold on, I gotta get this. 787 00:48:50,030 --> 00:48:52,481 Oh, [bleep]. 788 00:48:52,584 --> 00:48:53,931 Come on. 789 00:48:54,034 --> 00:48:57,900 ♪ ♪ 790 00:48:58,004 --> 00:49:00,316 Oh, [bleep]. 791 00:49:00,420 --> 00:49:05,149 [tripod squeaking] 792 00:49:05,252 --> 00:49:11,086 ♪ ♪ 793 00:49:11,189 --> 00:49:13,743 [grunts] 794 00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:22,304 I got my stuff out, most of it, I think. 795 00:49:25,893 --> 00:49:26,964 [grunts] 796 00:49:31,209 --> 00:49:33,039 It's un-freaking-real. 797 00:49:33,142 --> 00:49:35,662 I turned around for one second, and when I looked up, 798 00:49:35,765 --> 00:49:38,320 the whole freaking shelter is on fire, man. 799 00:49:39,735 --> 00:49:41,737 [grunts] 800 00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:45,085 Oh, my feather. Got a little charred. 801 00:49:47,329 --> 00:49:49,641 [sighs] 802 00:49:49,745 --> 00:49:51,436 [grunts] 803 00:49:53,852 --> 00:49:56,614 Oh, my God. 804 00:49:56,717 --> 00:49:59,548 I can't believe the timing of it. 805 00:49:59,651 --> 00:50:01,481 [light dramatic music] 806 00:50:01,584 --> 00:50:03,690 I guess it was my time to leave. 807 00:50:03,793 --> 00:50:08,557 ♪ ♪ 808 00:50:12,802 --> 00:50:19,775 ♪ 809 00:50:23,399 --> 00:50:27,300 [helicopter rotors thrumming] 810 00:50:27,403 --> 00:50:29,957 [melancholy music] 811 00:50:30,061 --> 00:50:32,960 [coughing] 812 00:50:33,064 --> 00:50:35,446 ♪ ♪ 813 00:50:35,549 --> 00:50:38,380 [whirring] 814 00:50:38,483 --> 00:50:44,800 ♪ ♪ 815 00:50:44,903 --> 00:50:47,113 [laughs] 816 00:50:47,216 --> 00:50:50,564 I had made the call to you, packed my parka, 817 00:50:50,668 --> 00:50:53,464 turned around to start packing it, 818 00:50:53,567 --> 00:50:56,639 and when I turned around... 819 00:50:56,743 --> 00:50:58,986 I couldn't put it out. It was really quick. 820 00:50:59,090 --> 00:51:01,403 The whole shelter started going up in flames. 821 00:51:01,506 --> 00:51:03,612 Why? It was my time to go. 822 00:51:03,715 --> 00:51:07,995 My body--I couldn't keep up with the conditions. 823 00:51:08,099 --> 00:51:12,345 I started thinking about how weak I am 824 00:51:12,448 --> 00:51:15,106 and how low energy levels I have, 825 00:51:15,210 --> 00:51:18,040 and in this weather conditions, we're not fooling around, 826 00:51:18,144 --> 00:51:20,042 and I didn't think I could make it. 827 00:51:20,146 --> 00:51:21,940 [gentle music] 828 00:51:22,044 --> 00:51:25,737 I'm proud of being a Latin American man 829 00:51:25,841 --> 00:51:29,845 that has been able to accomplish a survival quest, 830 00:51:29,948 --> 00:51:32,951 and I feel like your outlook makes a difference 831 00:51:33,055 --> 00:51:35,989 on how you are going to have your experience. 832 00:51:36,093 --> 00:51:37,853 ♪ ♪ 833 00:51:37,956 --> 00:51:40,166 This is gonna become my way of life now, 834 00:51:40,269 --> 00:51:43,307 and I wanna take all those things that have kept me alive 835 00:51:43,410 --> 00:51:47,242 for 58 days, plus all the personal growth. 836 00:51:47,345 --> 00:51:49,278 So it's, like, there is some-- 837 00:51:49,382 --> 00:51:54,490 all parts of me that I left out there with the fire. 838 00:51:54,594 --> 00:51:58,391 And now I have come with that renewed me. 839 00:51:58,494 --> 00:52:01,704 I have done my rite of passage. 840 00:52:01,808 --> 00:52:03,913 I think that I'm taking with me 841 00:52:04,017 --> 00:52:07,089 to be more awareness, more empathy. 842 00:52:07,193 --> 00:52:09,471 So I think this is a turning point where I can put 843 00:52:09,574 --> 00:52:11,404 all of those things that have kept me here 844 00:52:11,507 --> 00:52:14,959 together in practice and try to help people, 845 00:52:15,062 --> 00:52:16,961 and I think that will allow me 846 00:52:17,064 --> 00:52:20,137 to be a better father for my daughter. 847 00:52:20,240 --> 00:52:27,523 ♪ ♪ 848 00:52:27,627 --> 00:52:29,456 ♪ ♪ 849 00:52:29,560 --> 00:52:32,149 - Welcome to "Alone: Tales from the Arctic." 850 00:52:32,252 --> 00:52:33,736 I'm Colby Donaldson, and I'm here 851 00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:36,532 with Roland, Callie, Kielyn, and Amós 852 00:52:36,636 --> 00:52:38,569 to discuss tonight's episode. 853 00:52:38,672 --> 00:52:40,985 So this episode begins on day 51, 854 00:52:41,088 --> 00:52:42,745 and we are beginning to see 855 00:52:42,849 --> 00:52:45,852 the extreme Arctic cold. 856 00:52:45,955 --> 00:52:47,716 Roland, you have the benefit 857 00:52:47,819 --> 00:52:50,167 of a few northern winters under your belt. 858 00:52:50,270 --> 00:52:52,030 Help us understand 859 00:52:52,134 --> 00:52:55,896 how this kind of intense cold has an effect 860 00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:58,382 on everything you do throughout the day. 861 00:52:58,485 --> 00:53:00,556 - The--the cold slows you down. 862 00:53:00,660 --> 00:53:03,249 It don't matter if you're experienced or not. 863 00:53:03,352 --> 00:53:06,459 It just makes everything you do twice as hard. 864 00:53:06,562 --> 00:53:09,151 It takes an hour to get your clothes on in the morning 865 00:53:09,255 --> 00:53:11,326 just to go out and deal with all that. 866 00:53:11,429 --> 00:53:12,499 It's like doubling down. 867 00:53:12,603 --> 00:53:14,639 Everything takes twice as long 868 00:53:14,743 --> 00:53:16,538 in this hyper cold. 869 00:53:16,641 --> 00:53:19,161 - Amós, as someone from El Salvador, 870 00:53:19,265 --> 00:53:20,887 you know, 871 00:53:20,990 --> 00:53:22,337 this kind of intense cold-- 872 00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:23,855 little new for you. 873 00:53:23,959 --> 00:53:26,962 Describe for someone who's never been through it 874 00:53:27,065 --> 00:53:28,515 what that experience is like. 875 00:53:28,619 --> 00:53:32,001 - The cold dance to warm up. 876 00:53:32,105 --> 00:53:33,658 It makes it dangerous. It makes everything 877 00:53:33,762 --> 00:53:35,004 a little harder to do. 878 00:53:35,108 --> 00:53:37,559 You have to try to stay with your firewood, 879 00:53:37,662 --> 00:53:40,665 try to keep your extremities warm. 880 00:53:40,769 --> 00:53:43,668 Um, so it is pretty dangerous. 881 00:53:43,772 --> 00:53:45,049 It's pretty real. 882 00:53:45,152 --> 00:53:47,224 You can die fairly quick out there. 883 00:53:47,327 --> 00:53:48,949 So cold. 884 00:53:49,053 --> 00:53:51,676 - Callie, you describe yourself as a desert rat, 885 00:53:51,780 --> 00:53:54,817 you know, someone who migrates to warmer places 886 00:53:54,921 --> 00:53:56,785 when things get really cold. 887 00:53:56,888 --> 00:53:58,407 How were you adapting 888 00:53:58,511 --> 00:54:00,823 to the freezing climate out there? 889 00:54:00,927 --> 00:54:03,378 - It's tough out there. It is the coldest weather 890 00:54:03,481 --> 00:54:04,896 I've ever experienced, 891 00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:08,762 and simple tasks become very challenging 892 00:54:08,866 --> 00:54:10,730 because just trying 893 00:54:10,833 --> 00:54:12,939 to, you know, moderate 894 00:54:13,042 --> 00:54:14,941 the temperature of my hands and feet 895 00:54:15,044 --> 00:54:16,943 became a constant challenge, 896 00:54:17,046 --> 00:54:19,428 and calories, too, with having an empty belly. 897 00:54:19,532 --> 00:54:20,740 It's definitely rough. 898 00:54:20,843 --> 00:54:23,052 - Kielyn, as everyone else is waiting 899 00:54:23,156 --> 00:54:24,364 for ice-up, 900 00:54:24,468 --> 00:54:26,504 the water where you are is a little shallower, 901 00:54:26,608 --> 00:54:28,644 and therefore, it's already frozen. 902 00:54:28,748 --> 00:54:30,439 How does it make you feel, knowing 903 00:54:30,543 --> 00:54:32,786 you've got a little head start on the ice fishing? 904 00:54:32,890 --> 00:54:35,927 - I was thrilled that the ice came in when it did, 905 00:54:36,031 --> 00:54:38,723 um, and I think, had it not, 906 00:54:38,827 --> 00:54:40,760 perhaps my story would've ended. 907 00:54:40,863 --> 00:54:44,626 And ice fishing, although it was a blessing, 908 00:54:44,729 --> 00:54:46,110 it wasn't easy. 909 00:54:46,213 --> 00:54:48,285 Um, you know, everyone here 910 00:54:48,388 --> 00:54:51,633 has mentioned how the cold just runs right through you. 911 00:54:51,736 --> 00:54:54,429 It's harder to keep your hands warm and feet warm. 912 00:54:54,532 --> 00:54:57,121 And I'm starving as well. 913 00:54:57,224 --> 00:54:59,123 You know, you-- you need more calories 914 00:54:59,226 --> 00:55:00,573 to keep yourself warm, 915 00:55:00,676 --> 00:55:02,782 and so sitting out on the ice 916 00:55:02,885 --> 00:55:05,302 is extremely difficult. 917 00:55:05,405 --> 00:55:06,855 [grunts] Getting pretty cold. 918 00:55:06,958 --> 00:55:07,890 [laughs weakly] 919 00:55:07,994 --> 00:55:09,685 - Callie, in this episode, 920 00:55:09,789 --> 00:55:12,516 we see you go to great lengths 921 00:55:12,619 --> 00:55:13,896 to get a porcupine. 922 00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:17,106 What makes that porcupine so valuable? 923 00:55:17,210 --> 00:55:19,868 - Well, fat is everything out there, 924 00:55:19,971 --> 00:55:22,595 and I'm doing great with rabbits and squirrels, 925 00:55:22,698 --> 00:55:24,321 and I'm very grateful for them, 926 00:55:24,424 --> 00:55:26,564 but they don't have enough fat 927 00:55:26,668 --> 00:55:29,153 to keep me out there as long as I want to be out there, 928 00:55:29,256 --> 00:55:31,155 and I basically can't fish 929 00:55:31,258 --> 00:55:33,088 until freeze-up happens, 930 00:55:33,191 --> 00:55:36,988 so that porcupine is basically my only option for fat 931 00:55:37,092 --> 00:55:39,508 at this point, since fishing is not an option. 932 00:55:39,612 --> 00:55:41,407 - Well, and dealing with that porcupine, 933 00:55:41,510 --> 00:55:43,892 you were in that rock outcropping there. 934 00:55:43,995 --> 00:55:46,619 You know that in a stress situation, 935 00:55:46,722 --> 00:55:48,793 it's gonna take a while for safety or anyone 936 00:55:48,897 --> 00:55:50,208 to get to you. 937 00:55:50,312 --> 00:55:51,589 What would've happened 938 00:55:51,693 --> 00:55:53,246 if you'd gotten stuck in that outcropping? 939 00:55:53,350 --> 00:55:54,730 - Yeah, I could've gotten stuck 940 00:55:54,834 --> 00:55:57,112 down in that rock. It was a really tight squeeze, 941 00:55:57,215 --> 00:55:59,286 and it was definitely a risky situation, 942 00:55:59,390 --> 00:56:02,048 but I was just focused on making it happen 943 00:56:02,151 --> 00:56:03,808 and not on what could go wrong. 944 00:56:03,912 --> 00:56:06,639 But if I got stuck, or if a rock fell on me, 945 00:56:06,742 --> 00:56:09,158 I mean, I would've just been stuck in there, 946 00:56:09,262 --> 00:56:12,610 and I would've probably just, you know, died of exposure. 947 00:56:12,714 --> 00:56:15,613 But ultimately, that's kind of how it is. 948 00:56:15,717 --> 00:56:17,926 You have to take risks out there 949 00:56:18,029 --> 00:56:20,307 for the potential reward. 950 00:56:20,411 --> 00:56:22,931 We are going to celebrate, 951 00:56:23,034 --> 00:56:24,622 celebrate this little guy! 952 00:56:24,726 --> 00:56:27,487 Oh, my gosh. Ah! 953 00:56:27,591 --> 00:56:29,144 - You ended up getting that porcupine. 954 00:56:29,247 --> 00:56:30,594 Uh, you brought it back to your shelter, 955 00:56:30,697 --> 00:56:31,767 and unfortunately, 956 00:56:31,871 --> 00:56:34,287 you discovered some white spots on the liver. 957 00:56:34,391 --> 00:56:36,600 How did you weigh the risk-reward ratio 958 00:56:36,703 --> 00:56:38,256 on that particular situation? 959 00:56:38,360 --> 00:56:40,949 - I was so elated walking back to camp 960 00:56:41,052 --> 00:56:42,433 because I was like, "I'm gonna go back 961 00:56:42,537 --> 00:56:44,849 to my shelter, and I'm gonna have a feast," 962 00:56:44,953 --> 00:56:46,748 and as I'm skinning him 963 00:56:46,851 --> 00:56:48,681 and I see those white spots, 964 00:56:48,784 --> 00:56:51,235 it just--my heart sunk, you know? 965 00:56:51,338 --> 00:56:54,203 Those white spots, obviously, we know means disease. 966 00:56:54,307 --> 00:56:57,759 My best guess at the time was that it was tularemia, 967 00:56:57,862 --> 00:56:59,485 and that's definitely not something 968 00:56:59,588 --> 00:57:01,038 that I wanted to get. 969 00:57:01,141 --> 00:57:03,937 One of my, you know, highest moments out there 970 00:57:04,041 --> 00:57:07,734 became a low because of those white spots. 971 00:57:07,838 --> 00:57:09,874 That's a sign of an unhealthy animal. 972 00:57:11,980 --> 00:57:14,154 - There is still a lot to talk about 973 00:57:14,258 --> 00:57:17,744 you compare the experience to the Olympics. 974 00:57:17,848 --> 00:57:18,952 Give us the explanation 975 00:57:19,056 --> 00:57:21,127 of how you make that connection. 976 00:57:21,230 --> 00:57:23,301 - All my childhood, I-- 977 00:57:23,405 --> 00:57:25,062 my dream was to go to the Olympics, 978 00:57:25,165 --> 00:57:28,445 and so while I was out there, 979 00:57:28,548 --> 00:57:31,931 I kind of forgot that I was the only Canadian out there, 980 00:57:32,034 --> 00:57:33,450 and I was like, "Oh, wow, 981 00:57:33,553 --> 00:57:36,073 I really am representing Canada right now." 982 00:57:36,176 --> 00:57:38,524 You know, it just kind of felt like "Here's my chance. 983 00:57:38,627 --> 00:57:40,180 "I'm representing Canada, 984 00:57:40,284 --> 00:57:41,699 "I'm on TV, 985 00:57:41,803 --> 00:57:43,770 "and, you know, I-- 986 00:57:43,874 --> 00:57:44,737 I'm doing well." 987 00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:48,706 ♪ O Canada ♪ 988 00:57:48,810 --> 00:57:50,605 - It's another way to look at it, 989 00:57:50,708 --> 00:57:52,538 that it's like the Coliseum. 990 00:57:52,641 --> 00:57:54,781 The TV is like the Coliseum. - [laughs] 991 00:57:54,885 --> 00:57:57,681 - We're fighting in the ring in there, like gladiators. 992 00:57:57,784 --> 00:57:59,683 - Gladiators. There you go. 993 00:57:59,786 --> 00:58:04,757 Kielyn, you certainly had some Olympic-sized challenges 994 00:58:04,860 --> 00:58:07,242 you were dealing with out there, as you all did, 995 00:58:07,345 --> 00:58:10,072 but one of yours, Kielyn, was the smoke issue 996 00:58:10,176 --> 00:58:11,488 in your shelter. 997 00:58:14,352 --> 00:58:15,422 - Let's take a look 998 00:58:15,526 --> 00:58:17,252 at some never-before-seen footage 999 00:58:17,355 --> 00:58:19,944 on your efforts in battling the smoke. 1000 00:58:20,048 --> 00:58:25,156 ♪ ♪ 1001 00:58:25,260 --> 00:58:26,813 - My eyes are blurry this morning 1002 00:58:26,917 --> 00:58:30,783 because the smoke got so bad. 1003 00:58:30,886 --> 00:58:33,164 I went outside, and I was like, "Is it foggy?" 1004 00:58:33,268 --> 00:58:37,444 I am making a chimney out of birch bark. 1005 00:58:37,548 --> 00:58:38,860 Not too bad. 1006 00:58:38,963 --> 00:58:40,275 ♪ ♪ 1007 00:58:40,378 --> 00:58:41,759 Stay there for now. 1008 00:58:41,863 --> 00:58:43,520 Stay. 1009 00:58:43,623 --> 00:58:47,524 There are so many things that I have been trying. 1010 00:58:47,627 --> 00:58:50,457 I have widened the fire ring. 1011 00:58:51,251 --> 00:58:52,529 Whoa! 1012 00:58:52,632 --> 00:58:54,185 Holy smokes. 1013 00:58:54,289 --> 00:58:55,739 I have narrowed the fire ring. 1014 00:58:55,842 --> 00:58:57,603 ♪ ♪ 1015 00:58:57,706 --> 00:59:00,364 I have increased the hole size of my chimney. 1016 00:59:00,467 --> 00:59:02,642 Oh, no. Eyes still blurry. 1017 00:59:02,746 --> 00:59:04,402 I have made a second chimney. 1018 00:59:04,506 --> 00:59:05,645 ♪ ♪ 1019 00:59:05,749 --> 00:59:07,992 This isn't working. 1020 00:59:08,096 --> 00:59:11,720 And it's driving me insane. 1021 00:59:11,824 --> 00:59:13,895 Oh, man. 1022 00:59:13,998 --> 00:59:15,206 ♪ ♪ 1023 00:59:15,310 --> 00:59:18,244 - Kielyn, why was the smoke so problematic for you? 1024 00:59:18,347 --> 00:59:20,384 - You know, if I knew, 1025 00:59:20,487 --> 00:59:21,730 uh, I wouldn't have had-- 1026 00:59:21,834 --> 00:59:23,490 I would've been able to fix it. 1027 00:59:23,594 --> 00:59:25,216 I tried everything, 1028 00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:28,288 and it must be just this, like, microclimate 1029 00:59:28,392 --> 00:59:30,325 where the air was settling 1030 00:59:30,428 --> 00:59:31,878 and it wouldn't draw it out, 1031 00:59:31,982 --> 00:59:35,537 and yeah, it was just-- I mean, it was awful. 1032 00:59:35,641 --> 00:59:38,298 - All right, Amós, it's time to talk about your tap-out. 1033 00:59:38,402 --> 00:59:40,818 How difficult was it for you to make that decision? 1034 00:59:40,922 --> 00:59:42,371 - At this point in the game, 1035 00:59:42,475 --> 00:59:44,477 it was already coming up on two months, 1036 00:59:44,581 --> 00:59:47,342 and I feel like the fishing waning down, 1037 00:59:47,445 --> 00:59:48,550 the weight loss, 1038 00:59:48,654 --> 00:59:50,759 and the weather turning the way it was-- 1039 00:59:50,863 --> 00:59:52,174 so the night before, 1040 00:59:52,278 --> 00:59:54,763 basically, I thought I was gonna sleep on it. 1041 00:59:54,867 --> 00:59:56,316 I got out my sleeping bag, 1042 00:59:56,420 --> 00:59:57,663 and it was the first night 1043 00:59:57,766 --> 00:59:59,354 that my sleeping bag didn't keep me warm, 1044 00:59:59,457 --> 01:00:01,736 and I realized I'm out of fat to burn. 1045 01:00:01,839 --> 01:00:03,358 Made the decision 1046 01:00:03,461 --> 01:00:05,532 a little easier in the morning. 1047 01:00:05,636 --> 01:00:08,363 - And then, immediately after you tapped out, 1048 01:00:08,466 --> 01:00:10,296 your shelter caught on fire. 1049 01:00:10,399 --> 01:00:11,987 - Shoot. Ooh. 1050 01:00:12,091 --> 01:00:13,230 - I mean, what--what is going 1051 01:00:13,333 --> 01:00:14,818 through your head at that point? 1052 01:00:14,921 --> 01:00:16,889 - Just having the experience like that-- 1053 01:00:16,992 --> 01:00:18,407 it wasn't real. 1054 01:00:18,511 --> 01:00:20,893 It was like my experience was requesting 1055 01:00:20,996 --> 01:00:22,239 a Viking funeral. 1056 01:00:22,342 --> 01:00:23,999 I don't know how to explain it. 1057 01:00:24,103 --> 01:00:27,175 I was packing my gear. Basically, out of the blue, 1058 01:00:27,278 --> 01:00:28,383 the fire just started 1059 01:00:28,486 --> 01:00:30,005 consuming the side of my shelter. 1060 01:00:30,109 --> 01:00:32,042 - And then during that fire, we can hear 1061 01:00:32,145 --> 01:00:34,147 the camera batteries exploding. 1062 01:00:34,251 --> 01:00:35,493 ♪ ♪ 1063 01:00:35,597 --> 01:00:38,911 [low popping noises] 1064 01:00:39,014 --> 01:00:40,740 - The batteries are blowing up. 1065 01:00:40,844 --> 01:00:43,916 - What items were you not able to save 1066 01:00:44,019 --> 01:00:45,745 and get out of the shelter from the fire? 1067 01:00:45,849 --> 01:00:47,436 - I had two big containers. 1068 01:00:47,540 --> 01:00:49,646 One of them was the big box 1069 01:00:49,749 --> 01:00:51,371 that we had of cameras. 1070 01:00:51,475 --> 01:00:54,651 In the other box, I had this big battery. 1071 01:00:54,754 --> 01:00:57,343 I wasn't able to get these two containers out. 1072 01:00:57,446 --> 01:00:59,069 I was able to get the big camera, 1073 01:00:59,172 --> 01:01:00,484 because I'm recording this, 1074 01:01:00,587 --> 01:01:03,280 and I was able to get the-- all the memory cards out. 1075 01:01:03,383 --> 01:01:04,764 I just threw them out the door. 1076 01:01:04,868 --> 01:01:06,248 ♪ ♪ 1077 01:01:06,352 --> 01:01:07,456 - Well, it was pretty amazing 1078 01:01:07,560 --> 01:01:09,424 how you had the presence of mind 1079 01:01:09,527 --> 01:01:12,116 to document that as the place is burning. 1080 01:01:12,220 --> 01:01:13,255 - Come on! 1081 01:01:13,359 --> 01:01:14,912 - What is next for you, my man? 1082 01:01:15,016 --> 01:01:17,846 - So I feel like I need to share 1083 01:01:17,950 --> 01:01:19,261 what I have learned 1084 01:01:19,365 --> 01:01:21,022 and nature connection 1085 01:01:21,125 --> 01:01:25,992 and see if that is of any help to anybody. 1086 01:01:26,096 --> 01:01:28,857 - That is it for "Alone: Tales from the Arctic." 1087 01:01:28,961 --> 01:01:33,137 I'd like to thank Roland, Callie, Kielyn, and Amós. 1088 01:01:33,241 --> 01:01:35,899 Next week, after the season finale, 1089 01:01:36,002 --> 01:01:38,315 we will be speaking with the participants. 1090 01:01:38,418 --> 01:01:40,973 Now, as promised, here is a sneak peek 1091 01:01:41,076 --> 01:01:43,285 of the three-hour season finale. 1092 01:01:43,389 --> 01:01:44,459 We'll see you next week. 1093 01:01:44,562 --> 01:01:45,632 ♪ ♪ 1094 01:01:45,736 --> 01:01:47,600 - This is the battle right now. 1095 01:01:47,704 --> 01:01:50,361 One little slip-up could be disaster. 1096 01:01:50,465 --> 01:01:51,604 ♪ ♪ 1097 01:01:51,708 --> 01:01:53,710 - It's embedded in my shoulder. 1098 01:01:53,813 --> 01:01:57,196 ♪ ♪ 1099 01:01:57,299 --> 01:01:58,473 - [yells] 1100 01:01:58,576 --> 01:02:00,613 - The lake has iced up! 1101 01:02:00,717 --> 01:02:02,960 - Yes, yes, yes! 1102 01:02:03,064 --> 01:02:05,031 You can just call me Roller Coaster Kie. 1103 01:02:05,135 --> 01:02:06,308 ♪ ♪ 1104 01:02:06,412 --> 01:02:09,208 - We have now entered the hyper cold. 1105 01:02:09,311 --> 01:02:11,589 - Oh, no. It's turned worse. 1106 01:02:11,693 --> 01:02:13,005 ♪ ♪ 1107 01:02:13,108 --> 01:02:14,558 - Can't see [bleep] right now. 1108 01:02:14,661 --> 01:02:16,940 It's turning into full-blown whiteout. 1109 01:02:17,043 --> 01:02:20,012 ♪ ♪ 1110 01:02:20,115 --> 01:02:21,979 [helicopter whirring] 1111 01:02:22,083 --> 01:02:26,570 - Staying to the end could totally change my life. 1112 01:02:26,673 --> 01:02:28,848 We are our own worst enemies. 1113 01:02:28,952 --> 01:02:31,368 - This is the hardest thing I've ever done. 1114 01:02:31,471 --> 01:02:38,478 ♪ ♪