1 00:00:05,973 --> 00:00:08,942 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:18,986 --> 00:00:20,320 [gunshot fires] 3 00:00:24,725 --> 00:00:26,226 male narrator: In one of the most brutal 4 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:28,195 survival challenges ever, 5 00:00:28,328 --> 00:00:32,866 three strangers will try to endure 30 days in the wild 6 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,769 with only one resource: 7 00:00:35,903 --> 00:00:38,138 a fresh kill, 8 00:00:38,272 --> 00:00:42,509 its location marked by a single flare. 9 00:00:42,643 --> 00:00:44,211 ‐ The flare is up. 10 00:00:44,344 --> 00:00:46,113 We have to get to that animal very quickly, 11 00:00:46,246 --> 00:00:47,548 preserve it 12 00:00:47,681 --> 00:00:48,916 so I have something to eat for the next month. 13 00:00:49,049 --> 00:00:51,919 [tense music] 14 00:00:52,052 --> 00:00:53,954 ♪ ♪ 15 00:00:54,087 --> 00:00:55,522 ‐ The terrain out here is crazy. 16 00:00:55,656 --> 00:00:57,057 Be really careful. 17 00:00:57,190 --> 00:00:58,859 narrator: They have no tools. 18 00:00:58,992 --> 00:01:00,627 ‐ We're going out there with no knife. 19 00:01:00,761 --> 00:01:01,962 It's intimidating. 20 00:01:02,095 --> 00:01:03,931 There's a lot riding on our primitive skills. 21 00:01:04,064 --> 00:01:06,366 narrator: Just the clothes on their backs. 22 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:07,868 ‐ We're living completely off the land, 23 00:01:08,001 --> 00:01:09,603 using what nature provides. 24 00:01:09,736 --> 00:01:12,806 Sticks, rocks, plants, and then obviously the animal. 25 00:01:12,940 --> 00:01:15,208 narrator: Do they have the stamina and ingenuity 26 00:01:15,342 --> 00:01:17,077 to survive? 27 00:01:17,210 --> 00:01:19,179 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:24,051 --> 00:01:25,752 ‐ Look here. 29 00:01:25,886 --> 00:01:28,989 Yes. All right, now it begins. 30 00:01:29,122 --> 00:01:32,960 ‐ When I first see this animal, I'm thinking, 31 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:35,262 "How in the world are we gonna cut this up?" 32 00:01:35,395 --> 00:01:36,530 ‐ Aw, man. 33 00:01:36,663 --> 00:01:38,131 ‐ That's the biggest animal I've ever seen. 34 00:01:38,265 --> 00:01:39,600 ‐ Oh, my goodness gracious. 35 00:01:39,733 --> 00:01:41,401 ‐ My number one priority: 36 00:01:41,535 --> 00:01:43,103 We need to open up the animal cavity. 37 00:01:43,236 --> 00:01:45,272 ‐ We need a rock quick, huh? ‐ Yeah, a bunch of 'em. 38 00:01:45,405 --> 00:01:47,841 ‐ Once it's dead, it can rot from the inside out, 39 00:01:47,975 --> 00:01:51,478 so we need to get the guts out of the moose, 40 00:01:51,612 --> 00:01:53,146 and for that we need to find 41 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,816 a sharp enough rock since we have no knives. 42 00:01:55,949 --> 00:01:57,050 ‐ All right. 43 00:01:58,185 --> 00:01:59,486 [percussive music] 44 00:01:59,620 --> 00:02:01,455 I find that this experience 45 00:02:01,588 --> 00:02:04,458 gives an opportunity to connect with how it all began. 46 00:02:04,591 --> 00:02:06,360 With rocks. 47 00:02:06,493 --> 00:02:08,595 We're living completely off the land, 48 00:02:08,729 --> 00:02:12,399 just like our ancestors had to do to survive out here. 49 00:02:12,532 --> 00:02:15,202 Uh, the rock's kinda substandard. 50 00:02:15,335 --> 00:02:17,938 A lot of it's like a shale consistency. 51 00:02:18,071 --> 00:02:20,941 I've worked without a knife in the woods quite extensively. 52 00:02:21,074 --> 00:02:23,844 I currently teach survival for the United States Army. 53 00:02:23,977 --> 00:02:26,013 I became very passionate about survival 54 00:02:26,146 --> 00:02:28,849 after my first trip to Afghanistan in 2004. 55 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:31,818 I'm taking on this challenge to test myself 56 00:02:31,952 --> 00:02:34,655 and my survival mentality and ethos. 57 00:02:36,189 --> 00:02:37,824 This looks a little bit better, 58 00:02:37,958 --> 00:02:40,661 but not nowhere near good. 59 00:02:42,863 --> 00:02:44,998 ♪ ♪ 60 00:02:45,132 --> 00:02:48,268 ‐ Right now we need to be in visual of the moose. 61 00:02:48,402 --> 00:02:50,337 We're gonna open up the moose, get those innards out, 62 00:02:50,470 --> 00:02:54,141 and that smell's gonna go all the way inland 63 00:02:54,274 --> 00:02:56,043 and let everybody know we're here. 64 00:02:56,176 --> 00:02:58,045 Just seeing a lot of bear sign here. 65 00:02:58,178 --> 00:03:00,614 And wolverine I think are our two biggest things. 66 00:03:00,747 --> 00:03:02,783 So we need to protect it for tonight. 67 00:03:02,916 --> 00:03:05,419 This is a‐‐ we've only got, like, 68 00:03:05,552 --> 00:03:08,689 probably, like, two hours of daylight left shelter. 69 00:03:08,822 --> 00:03:11,658 This challenge is gonna highlight primitive skills, 70 00:03:11,792 --> 00:03:13,060 and for the last 20 years of my life, 71 00:03:13,193 --> 00:03:15,328 that has been a passion of mine. 72 00:03:15,462 --> 00:03:18,065 I got a degree as a natural resources technician. 73 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:19,866 So I have the academic background 74 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,302 in plants and ecology. 75 00:03:22,436 --> 00:03:24,471 ♪ ♪ 76 00:03:24,604 --> 00:03:26,139 I've got five kids watching back at home. 77 00:03:26,273 --> 00:03:27,708 I want them to know that 78 00:03:27,841 --> 00:03:29,476 if they have desires in this world, 79 00:03:29,609 --> 00:03:32,012 they can go after it, and they can do it. 80 00:03:32,145 --> 00:03:33,947 So yeah, I'm doing this for my kids. 81 00:03:37,851 --> 00:03:39,686 ‐ Right now I'm trying to figure out 82 00:03:39,820 --> 00:03:41,188 how to get those innards out. 83 00:03:41,321 --> 00:03:42,689 After the animal dies 84 00:03:42,823 --> 00:03:45,158 the bacteria in the stomach continues to live on. 85 00:03:45,292 --> 00:03:47,227 Once it gets out, it'll spread into the meat, 86 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,129 so that's why it's really paramount 87 00:03:49,262 --> 00:03:51,565 to remove the innards as soon as possible. 88 00:03:51,698 --> 00:03:53,233 Not happening. ‐ No. 89 00:03:53,366 --> 00:03:54,735 ‐ Need a better point. 90 00:03:54,868 --> 00:03:57,270 My largest skill set is hunting 91 00:03:57,404 --> 00:04:00,040 and fishing and butchering wild animals. 92 00:04:00,173 --> 00:04:01,241 I would imagine it was very hard 93 00:04:01,374 --> 00:04:02,809 for the early man to survive 94 00:04:02,943 --> 00:04:04,211 out in these environments 95 00:04:04,344 --> 00:04:06,146 without any of this modern equipment, 96 00:04:06,279 --> 00:04:08,982 and I look forward to walking in their boots 97 00:04:09,116 --> 00:04:10,150 for the next month. 98 00:04:10,283 --> 00:04:11,852 ‐ That's coming through pretty good. 99 00:04:11,985 --> 00:04:13,353 ‐ Yeah, it's doable. 100 00:04:13,487 --> 00:04:16,423 So, what I was thinking, I'm doing pretty good here 101 00:04:16,556 --> 00:04:18,825 if you wanted to try to cut 102 00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:21,461 a parallel strip of hide off this for the‐‐ 103 00:04:21,595 --> 00:04:22,996 ‐ Yeah, for the bow drill. ‐ Add it to the bow drill. 104 00:04:23,130 --> 00:04:24,731 ‐ Yeah, that sounds good. 105 00:04:24,865 --> 00:04:26,633 Being wet and cold out here is a scary feeling 106 00:04:26,767 --> 00:04:29,102 so fire is definitely high on the priority list. 107 00:04:29,236 --> 00:04:31,371 [tense music] 108 00:04:31,505 --> 00:04:32,806 So we're gonna connect the hide 109 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:34,374 to a traditional bow drill 110 00:04:34,508 --> 00:04:37,744 like the Native Americans would've done. 111 00:04:37,878 --> 00:04:41,281 ♪ ♪ 112 00:04:48,054 --> 00:04:50,924 ‐ Amy! Where you at? 113 00:04:51,057 --> 00:04:52,793 ‐ I'm just trying to get supplies set. 114 00:04:52,926 --> 00:04:54,528 ‐ [heavy breathing] 115 00:04:54,661 --> 00:04:55,695 This is what we're gonna use for‐‐ 116 00:04:55,829 --> 00:04:57,731 hopefully for the bow drill string. 117 00:04:57,864 --> 00:05:01,268 This is too sticky right now to run. 118 00:05:01,401 --> 00:05:02,569 So maybe you can work on a tree? 119 00:05:02,702 --> 00:05:04,171 ‐ I'll go work on a tree. ‐ I'll take the boughs. 120 00:05:04,304 --> 00:05:05,238 I'll start stacking them neatly. 121 00:05:05,372 --> 00:05:06,439 ‐ You wanna take boughs? Awesome. 122 00:05:06,573 --> 00:05:08,208 ‐ Nate's doing okay right now. ‐ Okay. 123 00:05:08,341 --> 00:05:13,613 ♪ ♪ 124 00:05:13,747 --> 00:05:16,316 What we're trying to do is to be able to get something 125 00:05:16,449 --> 00:05:20,353 so we can make the string part that is for the bow, 126 00:05:20,487 --> 00:05:23,056 and we need a bow to create friction fire. 127 00:05:23,190 --> 00:05:25,759 And I can't do that with the hair on it. 128 00:05:32,065 --> 00:05:36,503 ♪ ♪ 129 00:05:36,636 --> 00:05:39,806 ‐ Over the next couple days I hope to accomplish 130 00:05:39,940 --> 00:05:42,042 getting the moose completely butchered up. 131 00:05:43,643 --> 00:05:46,446 I plan on using just about everything there. 132 00:05:48,048 --> 00:05:49,449 That's our lifeline. 133 00:05:49,583 --> 00:05:51,051 That's our food source for the next month. 134 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:04,331 I gotta kinda be really careful where I'm at. 135 00:06:04,464 --> 00:06:06,666 I'm trying to finesse my way around that stomach lining 136 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:07,701 without nicking it. 137 00:06:07,834 --> 00:06:08,835 A little tiny nick's okay, 138 00:06:08,969 --> 00:06:10,270 but you sure don't wanna cut it, 139 00:06:10,403 --> 00:06:13,273 because it'll come spurting out everywhere, 140 00:06:13,406 --> 00:06:14,608 and contaminate the meat, 141 00:06:14,741 --> 00:06:17,444 so this is a pretty crucial part I'm at here. 142 00:06:18,845 --> 00:06:20,747 The stones are very porous. 143 00:06:20,881 --> 00:06:23,250 The sharp points break off very frequently 144 00:06:23,383 --> 00:06:24,584 and very easily. 145 00:06:24,718 --> 00:06:27,254 I found it very difficult to cut. 146 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:29,823 Trying to keep everything well organized here. 147 00:06:29,956 --> 00:06:32,425 One wrong swipe and it changes everything. 148 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:41,902 My confidence in a wilderness situation 149 00:06:42,035 --> 00:06:43,970 largely comes from the immense amount of time 150 00:06:44,104 --> 00:06:46,406 that I've spent out in the wild by myself. 151 00:06:46,539 --> 00:06:48,775 I do tend to struggle in the suburbs. 152 00:06:48,909 --> 00:06:50,744 The constant sound of the lawnmowers 153 00:06:50,877 --> 00:06:52,112 and weed whackers 154 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:54,247 does tend to get underneath my skin a little bit. 155 00:06:54,381 --> 00:06:58,184 It makes me really long to be out in the wild. 156 00:06:58,318 --> 00:07:00,120 Now if I'd've had a normal knife, 157 00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:01,621 this would've been done, like, an hour ago. 158 00:07:01,755 --> 00:07:03,256 It goes pretty quick. 159 00:07:03,390 --> 00:07:06,059 The sun sets very quickly this time of year in the arctic, 160 00:07:06,192 --> 00:07:07,994 and I know that time is limited. 161 00:07:10,997 --> 00:07:12,933 ‐ We're getting close to nighttime, 162 00:07:13,066 --> 00:07:15,535 and I think the windbreak is coming along 163 00:07:15,669 --> 00:07:16,937 as good as it's gonna. 164 00:07:17,070 --> 00:07:18,672 ‐ [grunts] 165 00:07:18,805 --> 00:07:20,040 ‐ But our fire right now 166 00:07:20,173 --> 00:07:21,641 I think is gonna be our biggest challenge. 167 00:07:21,775 --> 00:07:22,776 I think this stuff is strong enough. 168 00:07:22,909 --> 00:07:23,810 ‐ Right. 169 00:07:23,944 --> 00:07:25,278 ‐ As this temperature changes, 170 00:07:25,412 --> 00:07:27,013 snow comes in, rain comes in, 171 00:07:27,147 --> 00:07:30,317 and there's intense predators around here. 172 00:07:30,450 --> 00:07:32,419 We need fire. 173 00:07:32,552 --> 00:07:34,888 ‐ We were able to connect the hide to a bow 174 00:07:35,021 --> 00:07:36,523 with kind of a traditional bow drill. 175 00:07:36,656 --> 00:07:39,259 Okay, here we go. 176 00:07:39,392 --> 00:07:41,628 Nice and easy. 177 00:07:47,267 --> 00:07:50,804 It's frickin' hanging up in the bottom. 178 00:07:50,937 --> 00:07:52,105 Being out here is teaching me 179 00:07:52,238 --> 00:07:53,907 how much of a struggle it really is. 180 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,709 I was playing with the materials 181 00:07:55,842 --> 00:07:57,177 and then I found out very quickly 182 00:07:57,310 --> 00:07:59,746 that these materials weren't that easy to work with. 183 00:07:59,879 --> 00:08:01,414 All right, here we go. 184 00:08:05,118 --> 00:08:06,786 We're slipping. 185 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:08,355 No, no. ‐ No, not yet? 186 00:08:08,488 --> 00:08:09,990 ‐ No. It's so close, man. 187 00:08:10,123 --> 00:08:12,993 [tense music] 188 00:08:13,126 --> 00:08:14,728 ♪ ♪ 189 00:08:16,496 --> 00:08:18,198 ‐ We're so close, man. 190 00:08:22,035 --> 00:08:23,236 ‐ Okay. 191 00:08:25,071 --> 00:08:26,606 ‐ It isn't even‐‐ it's not pulling on it. 192 00:08:26,740 --> 00:08:28,441 Yeah, I'm not‐‐I'm not wore out, it's getting‐‐ 193 00:08:28,575 --> 00:08:29,576 ‐ It's getting hung up. 194 00:08:29,709 --> 00:08:31,511 ‐ This is‐‐ this is not dry enough. 195 00:08:31,644 --> 00:08:33,580 Because we didn't have time to dry it. 196 00:08:33,713 --> 00:08:35,648 We're short on time, long on work. 197 00:08:35,782 --> 00:08:38,418 Making fire tonight may be more difficult than it sounds. 198 00:08:38,551 --> 00:08:42,956 ♪ ♪ 199 00:08:43,089 --> 00:08:46,359 We just gotta get this fire. Hold it right there. 200 00:08:53,733 --> 00:08:56,770 ♪ ♪ 201 00:08:56,903 --> 00:08:58,638 [groaning] [bleep]. 202 00:09:02,609 --> 00:09:03,910 [groans] 203 00:09:04,044 --> 00:09:05,979 Jesus. 204 00:09:06,112 --> 00:09:08,481 Started on this right off. 205 00:09:08,615 --> 00:09:11,351 Positivity is a hard thing to hold onto 206 00:09:11,484 --> 00:09:13,386 when you've failed and failed and failed 207 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,355 for hours and hours and hours and hours, 208 00:09:15,488 --> 00:09:17,824 and you know how badly you need that fire. 209 00:09:17,957 --> 00:09:19,793 ‐ I don't know if we're getting a fire tonight. 210 00:09:19,926 --> 00:09:21,227 ‐ Problem is you can't see your co‐‐ 211 00:09:21,361 --> 00:09:22,729 can't see your coal in the dark. 212 00:09:22,862 --> 00:09:24,831 You can't see where you're at, you know what I mean? 213 00:09:24,964 --> 00:09:27,767 I may be prepping what's gonna be used tomorrow. 214 00:09:27,901 --> 00:09:30,136 Now we need to hunker down for the night. 215 00:09:30,270 --> 00:09:34,307 It's been a long day with not a lot of ups. 216 00:09:35,542 --> 00:09:41,381 ♪ ♪ 217 00:09:43,383 --> 00:09:46,019 What did you hear? 218 00:09:46,152 --> 00:09:47,987 ‐ I heard, uh, big footsteps. 219 00:09:48,121 --> 00:09:51,991 Crunch, crunch, crunch. 220 00:09:55,195 --> 00:09:57,597 But it wasn't like a scurry, like a little forest creature. 221 00:09:57,730 --> 00:09:59,532 Like, you know, pine marten or something like that. 222 00:09:59,666 --> 00:10:00,834 It was definitely bigger. 223 00:10:02,102 --> 00:10:09,075 ♪ ♪ 224 00:10:13,346 --> 00:10:17,117 ‐ Day two, we have this temporary shelter built, 225 00:10:17,250 --> 00:10:19,586 but we all didn't sleep the best last night. 226 00:10:19,719 --> 00:10:21,154 It was not a warm night, 227 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:23,189 and we're still struggling with fire. 228 00:10:23,323 --> 00:10:24,858 ♪ ♪ 229 00:10:24,991 --> 00:10:27,994 No fire means no working on any other shelters. 230 00:10:28,128 --> 00:10:29,696 No other tools. 231 00:10:29,829 --> 00:10:32,332 And fire is taking a lot of calories, 232 00:10:32,465 --> 00:10:34,467 and we're not getting any benefit back out of it. 233 00:10:34,601 --> 00:10:38,138 It's frustrating having pounds of meat at our disposal, 234 00:10:38,271 --> 00:10:39,672 and we can't eat any of it. 235 00:10:39,806 --> 00:10:41,174 ♪ ♪ 236 00:10:41,307 --> 00:10:42,642 ‐ This taking as long as it's taking 237 00:10:42,775 --> 00:10:44,911 for me to get fire is getting me down a bit 238 00:10:45,044 --> 00:10:50,216 because I feel that's the role I chose to follow, you know? 239 00:10:50,350 --> 00:10:52,218 Nathan chose to follow the moose, 240 00:10:52,352 --> 00:10:53,720 Amy chose to follow the shelter, 241 00:10:53,853 --> 00:10:55,421 and I wrapped my arms around the fire, 242 00:10:55,555 --> 00:10:56,923 and it's very, very frustrating 243 00:10:57,056 --> 00:10:58,791 not to have got it going yet. 244 00:10:58,925 --> 00:11:00,593 [bleep]. 245 00:11:00,727 --> 00:11:02,862 Without fire, you can't eat the food. 246 00:11:02,996 --> 00:11:04,898 Without fire it's gonna be very, very cold. 247 00:11:05,031 --> 00:11:07,634 Without fire, we're dead in the water. 248 00:11:08,768 --> 00:11:11,037 ♪ ♪ 249 00:11:16,242 --> 00:11:17,744 ♪ ♪ 250 00:11:17,877 --> 00:11:20,813 ‐ Day three, we have not had any food now 251 00:11:20,947 --> 00:11:25,351 in these three days except for just some berries. 252 00:11:25,485 --> 00:11:29,322 But I know there's one food that we can get at 253 00:11:29,455 --> 00:11:32,292 that I'm perfectly fine having raw, 254 00:11:32,425 --> 00:11:33,826 and that's gonna be the bone marrow. 255 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,462 [percussive music] 256 00:11:36,596 --> 00:11:38,665 That high fat, high energy food 257 00:11:38,798 --> 00:11:40,934 that's in that lower leg I think is what we need 258 00:11:41,034 --> 00:11:42,235 as some sort of food right now. 259 00:11:42,368 --> 00:11:45,038 We need some sort of boost of our energy. 260 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,342 ♪ ♪ 261 00:11:49,475 --> 00:11:53,179 ‐ [grunts] Look at that. 262 00:11:53,313 --> 00:11:54,480 That's nice. 263 00:11:54,614 --> 00:11:56,015 That score that you did really, really helped. 264 00:11:56,149 --> 00:11:57,517 You see the marrow right in there now. 265 00:11:57,650 --> 00:11:58,651 ‐ Yeah, we'll be able to scoop. 266 00:11:58,785 --> 00:12:00,520 That make our life a little easier. 267 00:12:00,653 --> 00:12:03,256 Moose is not one of our options that we can eat raw out here. 268 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:07,360 There' way too many pathogens in that meat. 269 00:12:07,493 --> 00:12:10,396 It's much harder for pathogens to be in marrow, 270 00:12:10,530 --> 00:12:14,801 as the moose is in the water eating and things like that. 271 00:12:14,934 --> 00:12:17,704 There's different parasites that he gets in his intestines 272 00:12:17,837 --> 00:12:19,572 and can migrate to muscle tissue, 273 00:12:19,706 --> 00:12:22,275 but it's very difficult to get into the bones. 274 00:12:22,408 --> 00:12:25,478 ♪ ♪ 275 00:12:32,051 --> 00:12:33,553 Ladies first? ‐ Oh, of course. 276 00:12:33,686 --> 00:12:34,988 ‐ [laughs] ‐ You know? 277 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:41,394 ‐ [laughs] 278 00:12:42,829 --> 00:12:44,163 ‐ It tastes very fatty. ‐ It is. 279 00:12:44,297 --> 00:12:45,265 ‐ Obviously. 280 00:12:45,398 --> 00:12:47,133 Tastes good. [laughs] 281 00:12:47,267 --> 00:12:48,434 ♪ ♪ 282 00:12:48,568 --> 00:12:49,769 That was a game changer. 283 00:12:49,902 --> 00:12:51,271 That's really suppressing the hunger, 284 00:12:51,404 --> 00:12:55,742 and allowing me to focus on getting that fire going. 285 00:12:55,875 --> 00:12:58,745 [ominous music] 286 00:12:58,878 --> 00:12:59,846 ♪ ♪ 287 00:13:00,046 --> 00:13:01,814 Okay, nice and easy. 288 00:13:03,416 --> 00:13:08,454 ♪ ♪ 289 00:13:08,588 --> 00:13:09,856 I can't push‐‐ 290 00:13:09,989 --> 00:13:11,291 ‐ Yeah, hold up, hold up, hold up. 291 00:13:11,424 --> 00:13:14,160 ‐ I can't press down any harder 'cause it just binds. 292 00:13:14,294 --> 00:13:16,663 Which means you ain't gonna get no fire. 293 00:13:16,796 --> 00:13:18,131 We kept sharpening the spindle 294 00:13:18,264 --> 00:13:19,232 and sharpening the spindle 295 00:13:19,365 --> 00:13:20,867 to try to get it friction free, 296 00:13:20,967 --> 00:13:23,336 but it definitely feels like we're in a negative gain here. 297 00:13:23,469 --> 00:13:24,937 We just need some lubricant up there 298 00:13:25,071 --> 00:13:26,105 to get that thing spinning. 299 00:13:26,239 --> 00:13:27,674 Yeah, let's put some marrow on that. 300 00:13:27,807 --> 00:13:29,075 By unlocking that leg bone, 301 00:13:29,208 --> 00:13:31,044 we use some of the marrow on the spindle 302 00:13:31,177 --> 00:13:32,312 up in the socket 303 00:13:32,445 --> 00:13:34,414 to give us a little more slick transition there. 304 00:13:34,547 --> 00:13:36,516 Let's go. 305 00:13:39,786 --> 00:13:40,887 Go, go, go. 306 00:13:41,020 --> 00:13:43,690 [tense music] 307 00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:47,560 ♪ ♪ 308 00:13:47,694 --> 00:13:49,662 All right. ‐ Okay, oh. 309 00:13:51,297 --> 00:13:53,232 ‐ That may be a coal. 310 00:13:53,366 --> 00:13:56,869 ‐ That little baby coal that is starting there 311 00:13:57,003 --> 00:13:59,272 can get extinguished in many different ways. 312 00:13:59,405 --> 00:14:02,208 The most prominent way is movement, 313 00:14:02,342 --> 00:14:04,110 and as soon as it gets too much oxygen actually, 314 00:14:04,243 --> 00:14:06,312 it just dissolves and falls apart. 315 00:14:06,446 --> 00:14:08,014 ‐ Nice and easy. 316 00:14:09,382 --> 00:14:11,184 ♪ ♪ 317 00:14:11,317 --> 00:14:13,052 ‐ You got this, Jason. 318 00:14:15,221 --> 00:14:16,689 ‐ I'm doing it, and you know, 319 00:14:16,823 --> 00:14:18,825 my heart's beating 'cause I know how important this is. 320 00:14:18,958 --> 00:14:20,760 But I've been there before so many times. 321 00:14:20,893 --> 00:14:22,228 I know what right looks like. 322 00:14:22,362 --> 00:14:24,530 So, you know, you're able to calm down and look at it 323 00:14:24,664 --> 00:14:25,765 and say, "You know, I've been here before. 324 00:14:25,898 --> 00:14:27,467 I'm just bringing a coal to fire." 325 00:14:29,068 --> 00:14:30,536 ‐ There you go. 326 00:14:33,306 --> 00:14:35,975 ♪ ♪ 327 00:14:36,109 --> 00:14:37,243 ‐ [heavy breathing] 328 00:14:37,377 --> 00:14:39,912 ‐ Okay, get my sticks. ‐ Oh, my God. 329 00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:41,013 Oh. 330 00:14:41,147 --> 00:14:42,482 ♪ ♪ 331 00:14:42,615 --> 00:14:44,751 Man, I'm gonna tell you right now. 332 00:14:44,884 --> 00:14:47,420 Oh, my God. ‐ [laughs] 333 00:14:47,553 --> 00:14:48,855 ‐ [sighs] 334 00:14:48,988 --> 00:14:51,657 ‐ Ah. ‐ Aw, man. 335 00:14:51,791 --> 00:14:54,761 That was‐‐that was the hardest I ever worked for a fire 336 00:14:54,894 --> 00:14:56,195 in my life, man. 337 00:14:56,329 --> 00:14:57,830 Oh, thank you, God. 338 00:14:57,964 --> 00:14:59,665 ‐ Oh. ‐ [laughs] 339 00:14:59,799 --> 00:15:01,968 Yes! 340 00:15:02,101 --> 00:15:05,505 Oh, arctic, you didn't beat me! [both laugh] 341 00:15:05,638 --> 00:15:08,508 [tense music] 342 00:15:08,641 --> 00:15:15,381 ♪ ♪ 343 00:15:15,515 --> 00:15:17,450 ‐ Now that we have a fire to utilize, 344 00:15:17,583 --> 00:15:19,685 we're gonna eat cooked meat. 345 00:15:19,819 --> 00:15:22,054 Back home, the heart is our first meal 346 00:15:22,188 --> 00:15:24,457 out of every animal that we harvest. 347 00:15:24,590 --> 00:15:27,026 Raising kids in that atmosphere teaches 348 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,863 for all of us to be very aware of our consumption. 349 00:15:30,997 --> 00:15:33,332 We have an animal's life that was taken, 350 00:15:33,466 --> 00:15:35,802 and I think we have a due diligence 351 00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:37,503 to be respectful towards it. 352 00:15:37,637 --> 00:15:40,673 So part of that respect is eating the heart. 353 00:15:40,807 --> 00:15:42,074 Okay. 354 00:15:42,208 --> 00:15:44,877 So we collected a bunch of berries yesterday, 355 00:15:45,011 --> 00:15:48,247 so we're gonna put berries in the chambers of the heart. 356 00:15:48,381 --> 00:15:50,183 Being able to utilize a moose 357 00:15:50,316 --> 00:15:53,519 in a way that our ancestors would've tried to utilize, 358 00:15:53,653 --> 00:15:56,189 I find it an honorable thing to do. 359 00:16:05,131 --> 00:16:06,732 ♪ ♪ 360 00:16:06,866 --> 00:16:09,135 So the fire should just reflect the heat off 361 00:16:09,268 --> 00:16:11,204 against these rocks so it'll take a while, 362 00:16:11,337 --> 00:16:14,874 but I think it's gonna be super tasty. 363 00:16:15,007 --> 00:16:16,175 ‐ Yeah. 364 00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:19,946 ♪ ♪ 365 00:16:20,079 --> 00:16:21,481 Mmm. 366 00:16:21,614 --> 00:16:23,483 ‐ We're finally able to cook some of the moose, 367 00:16:23,616 --> 00:16:26,686 and you know we hadn't eaten for several days out here, 368 00:16:26,819 --> 00:16:28,254 and that was a big game changer. 369 00:16:28,387 --> 00:16:29,555 That good or what? 370 00:16:29,689 --> 00:16:31,090 ‐ Yeah. You're welcome, guys. 371 00:16:31,224 --> 00:16:32,792 ‐ That turned out awesome. 372 00:16:33,893 --> 00:16:40,867 ♪ ♪ 373 00:16:43,970 --> 00:16:46,839 [percussive music] 374 00:16:46,973 --> 00:16:50,109 ♪ ♪ 375 00:16:50,243 --> 00:16:52,445 It's just nice to have some extra cordage here 376 00:16:52,578 --> 00:16:55,014 for small projects, you know? ‐ Definitely. 377 00:16:55,147 --> 00:16:58,384 ‐ Cordage, in and of itself, is just something to tie with. 378 00:16:58,518 --> 00:16:59,919 It can be any type of material 379 00:17:00,119 --> 00:17:02,321 whether it's plant or animal material. 380 00:17:02,455 --> 00:17:04,123 This is the lower moose leg here. 381 00:17:04,257 --> 00:17:05,858 Got the hide off. 382 00:17:05,992 --> 00:17:07,727 We took the Achilles tendon 383 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:08,928 and pounded it 384 00:17:09,061 --> 00:17:10,329 and then took the sheath off of it, 385 00:17:10,463 --> 00:17:12,498 and what's inside are all these fibers. 386 00:17:12,632 --> 00:17:17,036 So now I can twist those up and make some thread. 387 00:17:18,237 --> 00:17:19,672 But in quick short order, 388 00:17:19,805 --> 00:17:21,374 that's kinda what we're getting right here. 389 00:17:21,507 --> 00:17:24,043 We're getting a‐‐ a nice little thread. 390 00:17:24,176 --> 00:17:26,178 ‐ Thank you for making me this thread. 391 00:17:26,312 --> 00:17:29,282 So now we're gonna stitch this hole up. 392 00:17:29,415 --> 00:17:31,417 The pericardium sac is the tissue 393 00:17:31,551 --> 00:17:34,353 that holds the heart in its place. 394 00:17:43,996 --> 00:17:47,099 At this point in time we have no access to other containers, 395 00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:50,603 so I'm taking the sac, sewing up the hole, 396 00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:53,205 and I think we'll be able to at least go down to the lake 397 00:17:53,339 --> 00:17:54,607 and use that as a bigger vessel 398 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:59,145 to bring 2 to 3 cups of water in that. 399 00:17:59,278 --> 00:18:01,180 ‐ All right, Amy, I'ma link up with Nate. 400 00:18:01,314 --> 00:18:04,717 ♪ ♪ 401 00:18:04,850 --> 00:18:06,385 Yeah. 402 00:18:06,519 --> 00:18:07,587 ‐ [sighs] 403 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,221 I really want to get all the quarters 404 00:18:09,355 --> 00:18:10,456 put out in front of the structure 405 00:18:10,590 --> 00:18:11,991 where I can keep a close eye on it. 406 00:18:12,124 --> 00:18:13,626 It's gonna be super important 407 00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:16,429 in order to keep the predators off our meat. 408 00:18:16,562 --> 00:18:19,265 I try to mitigate those dangers 409 00:18:19,398 --> 00:18:21,067 through doing smart things 410 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,002 and being aware of my surroundings. 411 00:18:23,135 --> 00:18:24,704 ‐ There it goes. 412 00:18:24,837 --> 00:18:26,138 ‐ [sighs] 413 00:18:26,272 --> 00:18:27,473 ‐ Each environment's 414 00:18:27,607 --> 00:18:29,175 gonna come with its own inherent goods and bads. 415 00:18:29,308 --> 00:18:31,177 The meat hasn't spoiled, and that's a good thing. 416 00:18:31,310 --> 00:18:33,179 That's what the cold does for you up here, 417 00:18:33,312 --> 00:18:36,315 but the day to day grind of being cold, 418 00:18:36,449 --> 00:18:39,185 it just wears every fiber, and that's bad. 419 00:18:39,318 --> 00:18:42,188 [ominous music] 420 00:18:42,321 --> 00:18:49,295 ♪ ♪ 421 00:18:58,671 --> 00:19:04,276 ♪ ♪ 422 00:19:04,410 --> 00:19:08,381 ‐ So, this morning, we woke up, and it was starting to snow. 423 00:19:08,514 --> 00:19:11,617 And it's pretty thick. ‐ [coughs] 424 00:19:11,751 --> 00:19:14,186 The weather is changing right now, 425 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:18,224 and now I'm sick, and it just pisses me off 426 00:19:18,357 --> 00:19:22,762 that I'm out here sick because my body is pulling me down. 427 00:19:22,895 --> 00:19:24,664 I hope the ceiling doesn't leak too much. 428 00:19:24,797 --> 00:19:26,532 The windbreak with the flat roof, 429 00:19:26,666 --> 00:19:30,703 it's meant as an extremely temporary shelter, 430 00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:32,538 and there's snow up on top of it now, 431 00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:35,841 so with a fire going that snow is going to melt 432 00:19:35,975 --> 00:19:38,411 and instead of being snowed on, 433 00:19:38,544 --> 00:19:41,080 we are being rained on in the shelter. 434 00:19:41,213 --> 00:19:43,249 ♪ ♪ 435 00:19:43,382 --> 00:19:45,084 ‐ I mean, I don't know how to fix it 436 00:19:45,217 --> 00:19:48,020 without tearing the whole thing apart. 437 00:19:48,154 --> 00:19:49,221 ‐ I don't know. 438 00:19:49,355 --> 00:19:51,657 I'm sitting here, getting dripped on. 439 00:19:51,791 --> 00:19:53,159 I mean, right now, 440 00:19:53,292 --> 00:19:54,794 when I went to go to the bathroom over that way, 441 00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:57,697 I was drier over there‐‐ ‐ Yeah. 442 00:19:57,830 --> 00:19:59,098 ‐ Than I am in our shelter. 443 00:19:59,231 --> 00:20:00,566 ‐ When it comes to safety, 444 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:02,735 obviously shelter is our main concern now 445 00:20:02,868 --> 00:20:04,370 'cause of hypothermia. 446 00:20:14,013 --> 00:20:15,514 ‐ What's the deal, you think? 447 00:20:15,648 --> 00:20:17,049 We're just gonna get soaked in here. 448 00:20:17,183 --> 00:20:19,885 So if I'm gonna get soaked, I'd rather be productive soaked. 449 00:20:20,019 --> 00:20:22,054 ‐ I'd like to just get on with doing the other shelter. 450 00:20:22,188 --> 00:20:23,556 ‐ Okay. 451 00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:24,724 Let's go. 452 00:20:24,857 --> 00:20:27,727 [tense music] 453 00:20:27,860 --> 00:20:30,896 ‐ The arctic is especially challenging... 454 00:20:31,030 --> 00:20:32,298 ♪ ♪ 455 00:20:32,431 --> 00:20:35,601 Compared to other cold climates. 456 00:20:35,735 --> 00:20:37,336 The weather changes immediately, 457 00:20:37,470 --> 00:20:38,904 the lake temperature is only, like, 458 00:20:39,038 --> 00:20:40,806 3 degrees above freezing, 459 00:20:40,940 --> 00:20:43,008 and the ground's freezing cold. 460 00:20:43,142 --> 00:20:45,177 It's a tough environment. 461 00:20:45,311 --> 00:20:48,080 ♪ ♪ 462 00:20:48,214 --> 00:20:50,683 So we need to build a really nice structure. 463 00:20:51,984 --> 00:20:54,620 ♪ ♪ 464 00:20:54,754 --> 00:20:56,589 ‐ It's like you're sweating here, 465 00:20:56,722 --> 00:20:57,990 and then you're soaked on the feet. 466 00:20:58,124 --> 00:21:00,359 You're wet no matter what you do. 467 00:21:00,493 --> 00:21:02,595 My shoes are completely soaking wet 468 00:21:02,728 --> 00:21:05,264 and about double the weight they were yesterday. 469 00:21:05,397 --> 00:21:09,068 Getting too wet can be a first aid issue. 470 00:21:09,201 --> 00:21:11,437 ‐ You need to get some tea. Go get some water. 471 00:21:11,570 --> 00:21:13,439 I think you'll feel a lot better, yeah. 472 00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:15,040 You good, girl? ‐ Yep. 473 00:21:15,174 --> 00:21:16,342 ‐ Okay. 474 00:21:16,475 --> 00:21:18,310 ‐ I took a gamble with this footwear. 475 00:21:18,444 --> 00:21:21,814 Mukluks are the footwear of choice 476 00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:24,784 for traditional peoples that live in the northern climates 477 00:21:24,917 --> 00:21:27,219 where you have below freezing temperatures. 478 00:21:27,353 --> 00:21:30,489 Bad part is, we're still transitioning out of rain, 479 00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:32,792 so I'm getting soaking wet. 480 00:21:32,925 --> 00:21:35,828 ♪ ♪ 481 00:21:35,961 --> 00:21:37,129 My coat's soaked. 482 00:21:37,263 --> 00:21:40,065 I'm sitting here getting dripped on. 483 00:21:40,199 --> 00:21:42,234 I'm gonna be spending good portions of each day 484 00:21:42,368 --> 00:21:43,569 drying out footwear. 485 00:21:43,702 --> 00:21:46,472 Trying to come up with some other creative ways 486 00:21:46,605 --> 00:21:48,207 to not get so wet, I guess. 487 00:21:48,340 --> 00:21:51,610 And with me fighting a cold, I'm hoping my health holds out 488 00:21:51,744 --> 00:21:54,513 because there's a real risk of hypothermia. 489 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:02,922 ♪ ♪ 490 00:22:03,055 --> 00:22:04,056 ‐ I'll get some more boughs, 491 00:22:04,190 --> 00:22:05,558 close this in a little bit more. 492 00:22:05,691 --> 00:22:06,859 ‐ The shelter's done. 493 00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:08,661 We're just upgrading here and there. 494 00:22:08,794 --> 00:22:09,995 What's next for us now 495 00:22:10,129 --> 00:22:13,165 is prepping for freezing cold temperatures. 496 00:22:13,299 --> 00:22:15,367 ‐ [coughs] 497 00:22:15,501 --> 00:22:17,069 Dealing with a simple cold, 498 00:22:17,203 --> 00:22:19,004 there's a lot of aspects that I think are 499 00:22:19,138 --> 00:22:21,240 making it harder for me to heal 500 00:22:21,373 --> 00:22:24,543 with the weathers thrown at us, and my boots. 501 00:22:24,677 --> 00:22:27,112 My feet get soaked, and that's not acceptable, 502 00:22:27,246 --> 00:22:29,748 'cause moisture up here can be deadly. 503 00:22:29,882 --> 00:22:31,417 ♪ ♪ 504 00:22:31,550 --> 00:22:33,886 I need to make some more protection for my feet. 505 00:22:34,019 --> 00:22:35,821 ♪ ♪ 506 00:22:35,955 --> 00:22:37,256 I'm gonna take my rocks, 507 00:22:37,389 --> 00:22:39,959 and I'm gonna peel back the hide part of the lower leg 508 00:22:40,092 --> 00:22:43,295 to complete my gaiters for my boots. 509 00:22:43,429 --> 00:22:45,898 ♪ ♪ 510 00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:47,233 So I got four legs 511 00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:49,735 that each have some sort of piece this size. 512 00:22:49,869 --> 00:22:51,737 Uh, I think this is what I'm gonna end up 513 00:22:51,871 --> 00:22:54,607 trying to sew around to keep my feet drier. 514 00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:57,543 That's kinda what I'm‐‐ I'm thinking here. 515 00:22:57,676 --> 00:22:59,511 I think it'll shed a lot of the water, 516 00:22:59,645 --> 00:23:03,382 and it'll keep the rest of this from getting so wet so quickly. 517 00:23:03,515 --> 00:23:05,517 I'm gonna be sewing with this. 518 00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:14,793 I will never look at a knife when I get back home 519 00:23:14,927 --> 00:23:17,596 the same ever again. 520 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:19,932 If I couldn't come up with a solution 521 00:23:20,065 --> 00:23:21,800 I probably would've tapped out. 522 00:23:21,934 --> 00:23:24,603 To sit here and have soaking wet feet the entire time 523 00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:27,706 and be a productive member of our team‐‐ 524 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:28,807 No. 525 00:23:28,941 --> 00:23:31,010 But now I feel I can be productive 526 00:23:31,143 --> 00:23:33,646 so I don't see any reason to tap out. 527 00:23:33,779 --> 00:23:35,314 I'm going to make it to the end 528 00:23:35,447 --> 00:23:39,018 by being adaptable and solving these problems 529 00:23:39,151 --> 00:23:41,387 with whatever tools we can make 530 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,089 from the land and from the animal. 531 00:23:44,223 --> 00:23:47,960 And I wanna be able to teach that to my kids. 532 00:23:48,093 --> 00:23:50,963 [solemn music] 533 00:23:51,096 --> 00:23:57,036 ♪ ♪ 534 00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:07,980 ‐ All right. 535 00:24:08,113 --> 00:24:09,715 It's wet and miserable out right now. 536 00:24:09,848 --> 00:24:11,016 The fact of the matter is 537 00:24:11,150 --> 00:24:13,185 it's only gonna get colder and more brutal. 538 00:24:13,319 --> 00:24:15,054 ♪ ♪ 539 00:24:15,187 --> 00:24:16,922 Hopefully we don't get, like, a foot of snow. 540 00:24:17,056 --> 00:24:18,157 At least just a few inches or something. 541 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:19,491 ‐ Yeah. 542 00:24:19,625 --> 00:24:21,393 ‐ Days are getting shorter, and we lose 543 00:24:21,527 --> 00:24:26,799 about 10 degrees in temperature each week. 544 00:24:26,932 --> 00:24:29,168 ‐ I'm starting to feel sicker. 545 00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:32,071 It's frustrating because I don't have access 546 00:24:32,204 --> 00:24:34,239 to what I normally would do to get better, 547 00:24:34,373 --> 00:24:36,709 so I'm gonna get us some hot liquids. 548 00:24:36,842 --> 00:24:38,310 It seems that the‐‐ 549 00:24:38,444 --> 00:24:41,480 the team is open to using the stomach to make some tea. 550 00:24:41,613 --> 00:24:44,283 I just wanna be able to move it 551 00:24:44,416 --> 00:24:46,986 without hearing too much of a crinkly sound. 552 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:48,287 ♪ ♪ 553 00:24:48,420 --> 00:24:49,521 It's pliable enough, so... 554 00:24:49,655 --> 00:24:50,689 I just don't want it to tear. 555 00:24:50,823 --> 00:24:52,958 We need to make the stomach portable 556 00:24:53,092 --> 00:24:57,029 so we're making coiled baskets to support the stomach. 557 00:24:57,162 --> 00:24:58,964 ‐ So we made cordage out of grass, 558 00:24:59,098 --> 00:25:01,500 and then I'm just doing a wrap. 559 00:25:01,633 --> 00:25:02,768 We built a basket, 560 00:25:02,901 --> 00:25:04,603 and we're gonna attempt to do a hot rock boil 561 00:25:04,737 --> 00:25:06,105 with some Labrador tea. 562 00:25:06,238 --> 00:25:09,842 I just wanna aid and assist her in getting what she needs. 563 00:25:25,357 --> 00:25:29,028 ♪ ♪ 564 00:25:29,161 --> 00:25:30,396 Look at that. 565 00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:32,965 Ha‐ha! Look at... 566 00:25:33,098 --> 00:25:34,299 Boom! ‐ Beauty, right there. 567 00:25:34,433 --> 00:25:36,301 ‐ Good job. [laughs] 568 00:25:36,435 --> 00:25:38,504 ‐ So we have the cordage. 569 00:25:38,637 --> 00:25:40,139 I'm gonna do an initial dunk, 570 00:25:40,272 --> 00:25:42,341 get a little bit of that ash off real quick, 571 00:25:42,474 --> 00:25:45,677 and then I'm gonna move it around in this one. 572 00:25:45,811 --> 00:25:52,651 ♪ ♪ 573 00:25:52,785 --> 00:25:54,153 Oh. 574 00:25:54,286 --> 00:25:56,055 That's what I've been waiting for. 575 00:25:56,188 --> 00:25:58,157 ♪ ♪ 576 00:25:58,290 --> 00:26:01,226 [ominous music] 577 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:08,333 ♪ ♪ 578 00:26:18,210 --> 00:26:22,748 ♪ ♪ 579 00:26:25,851 --> 00:26:27,586 ‐ Oh, jeez. 580 00:26:29,822 --> 00:26:32,124 We have fresh‐‐ 581 00:26:32,257 --> 00:26:33,826 fresh blood. 582 00:26:33,959 --> 00:26:36,028 ♪ ♪ 583 00:26:36,161 --> 00:26:38,864 To me it looks like animal confrontation. 584 00:26:38,997 --> 00:26:40,833 This is kinda matted on the snow, 585 00:26:40,966 --> 00:26:43,969 so I'd say it was a wound that actually hit the ground here. 586 00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:46,271 I know there's wolverines, and there's fox, 587 00:26:46,405 --> 00:26:47,639 and there's wolves here. 588 00:26:47,773 --> 00:26:50,909 Got some real apex predators really close to our camp, 589 00:26:51,043 --> 00:26:53,112 and so that is definitely a concern. 590 00:26:53,245 --> 00:26:54,680 [tense music] 591 00:26:54,813 --> 00:26:56,615 [animal howls] 592 00:26:56,748 --> 00:26:58,183 ♪ ♪ 593 00:26:58,317 --> 00:27:00,452 [wind howls] 594 00:27:06,658 --> 00:27:08,026 ♪ ♪ 595 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,930 ‐ I think our biggest concern right now is predators. 596 00:27:12,064 --> 00:27:13,732 They're definitely circling the camp. 597 00:27:13,866 --> 00:27:15,300 There's been a lot of tracks, 598 00:27:15,434 --> 00:27:17,769 and it's our responsibility to defend our meat. 599 00:27:17,903 --> 00:27:19,138 ♪ ♪ 600 00:27:19,271 --> 00:27:20,772 So we're bringing the meat closer 601 00:27:20,906 --> 00:27:22,641 to one centralized location, 602 00:27:22,774 --> 00:27:23,809 and with the low temperatures 603 00:27:23,942 --> 00:27:26,011 the meat is frozen absolutely solid. 604 00:27:26,145 --> 00:27:27,813 So they'd have to gnaw at it a while 605 00:27:27,946 --> 00:27:29,581 which would give us some type of inclination 606 00:27:29,715 --> 00:27:31,049 that they were out there, 607 00:27:31,183 --> 00:27:34,386 and we can build some early warning there to deter them. 608 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:36,021 ♪ ♪ 609 00:27:36,155 --> 00:27:38,557 ‐ We're hanging up the meat on one meat pole. 610 00:27:38,690 --> 00:27:41,560 And take that moose hide to make a bunch of cordage. 611 00:27:41,693 --> 00:27:42,895 ‐ I'm, uh‐‐ ‐ Go ahead, lean on me. 612 00:27:43,028 --> 00:27:43,996 ‐ Yeah, I'm gonna have to lean on you 613 00:27:44,129 --> 00:27:45,197 just a little bit here, bud. 614 00:27:45,330 --> 00:27:46,665 ♪ ♪ 615 00:27:46,798 --> 00:27:47,900 [grunts] 616 00:27:48,033 --> 00:27:49,401 ‐ Main thing is to get them all together 617 00:27:49,535 --> 00:27:50,936 in the same general area, 618 00:27:51,069 --> 00:27:52,938 so when we hear a noise at night 619 00:27:53,071 --> 00:27:55,207 we're not scanning left and right. 620 00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:57,943 If they're all together, we know exactly where to look. 621 00:27:58,076 --> 00:27:59,912 This one's kinda hanging low, huh? 622 00:28:00,112 --> 00:28:01,146 Cut off? 623 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:02,614 ‐ Let's just cut dinner off it, you know? 624 00:28:02,748 --> 00:28:04,550 ‐ Yeah. ‐ That'll shorten it. 625 00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:06,585 ‐ We're keeping one of the quarters in our shelter 626 00:28:06,718 --> 00:28:07,920 so we can defrost it 627 00:28:08,053 --> 00:28:10,822 and eat off it as we go, so we do have food. 628 00:28:10,956 --> 00:28:11,990 ‐ [grunts] 629 00:28:12,124 --> 00:28:14,526 There's a decent steak. 630 00:28:14,660 --> 00:28:17,162 It's so cold, man, I don't even wanna eat. 631 00:28:17,296 --> 00:28:20,165 I eat 'cause I know I wanna eat, not 'cause I'm hungry. 632 00:28:20,299 --> 00:28:22,768 I've already lost 17 pounds. 633 00:28:22,901 --> 00:28:24,203 [chilling music] 634 00:28:24,336 --> 00:28:27,372 I've probably‐‐ I'm probably over 20 now. 635 00:28:27,506 --> 00:28:28,607 [grunts] 636 00:28:28,740 --> 00:28:34,246 ♪ ♪ 637 00:28:34,379 --> 00:28:37,249 [wind howling] 638 00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:40,719 ♪ ♪ 639 00:28:43,088 --> 00:28:44,690 Amy! 640 00:28:44,823 --> 00:28:45,791 ‐ Yeah? 641 00:28:48,026 --> 00:28:50,429 ‐ Can you stomach some steak? 642 00:28:50,562 --> 00:28:52,864 ‐ Uh, I'm‐‐ I'm good right now. 643 00:28:53,932 --> 00:28:55,934 ♪ ♪ 644 00:28:56,034 --> 00:28:58,804 So, I have been sick, 645 00:28:58,937 --> 00:29:01,073 and I'm getting sicker. 646 00:29:01,206 --> 00:29:04,042 Yesterday, I started getting dizzy. 647 00:29:04,176 --> 00:29:10,115 It was, uh, enough where I have to sit a lot of the day. 648 00:29:10,249 --> 00:29:15,120 And now it has turned so bad that I have a constant nausea. 649 00:29:15,254 --> 00:29:17,122 ♪ ♪ 650 00:29:17,256 --> 00:29:21,760 [retches, coughs] 651 00:29:21,893 --> 00:29:23,929 I have thrown up twice now. 652 00:29:24,062 --> 00:29:26,665 My hazards have just skyrocketed. 653 00:29:26,798 --> 00:29:28,500 ♪ ♪ 654 00:29:28,634 --> 00:29:31,470 ‐ Here, I'll get the door for you. 655 00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:34,406 She's really sick. It just keeps getting worse. 656 00:29:34,539 --> 00:29:36,108 But if you can't get up and walk 657 00:29:36,241 --> 00:29:38,377 because you're too nauseated, 658 00:29:38,510 --> 00:29:40,112 that pretty much says it all right there. 659 00:29:40,245 --> 00:29:41,246 You gotta take care of yourself. 660 00:29:41,380 --> 00:29:42,614 ‐ [sighs] 661 00:29:42,748 --> 00:29:43,949 ‐ We need Amy to get better. 662 00:29:44,082 --> 00:29:45,884 I really want the team to stick together, 663 00:29:46,018 --> 00:29:48,453 and I'm hoping that she can shake it off. 664 00:29:49,821 --> 00:29:56,295 ♪ ♪ 665 00:29:59,898 --> 00:30:02,834 [Amy coughing] 666 00:30:07,572 --> 00:30:10,542 [coughing continues] 667 00:30:14,346 --> 00:30:20,986 ♪ ♪ 668 00:30:23,422 --> 00:30:25,557 ‐ Today Amy's health seems to be deteriorating 669 00:30:25,691 --> 00:30:28,060 quite rapidly. 670 00:30:28,193 --> 00:30:29,795 She doesn't wanna get up and walk around 671 00:30:29,928 --> 00:30:31,363 because she's very, very dizzy, 672 00:30:31,496 --> 00:30:33,765 so Amy asked to see a medic this morning... 673 00:30:33,899 --> 00:30:34,966 ♪ ♪ 674 00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:37,169 [flares whistle] 675 00:30:37,302 --> 00:30:39,604 And I'm very concerned at this point 676 00:30:39,738 --> 00:30:41,540 about how this is gonna progress. 677 00:30:49,281 --> 00:30:50,682 ‐ Yeah. 678 00:30:50,816 --> 00:30:53,118 ♪ ♪ 679 00:30:55,087 --> 00:30:56,421 ‐ Yeah, a little bit. 680 00:31:05,030 --> 00:31:07,899 [tense music] 681 00:31:08,033 --> 00:31:14,106 ♪ ♪ 682 00:31:21,346 --> 00:31:22,314 ‐ Okay. 683 00:31:23,615 --> 00:31:25,016 ‐ Yeah, exactly. 684 00:31:25,150 --> 00:31:26,551 ♪ ♪ 685 00:31:26,685 --> 00:31:28,253 It sucks. 686 00:31:28,387 --> 00:31:31,456 ♪ ♪ 687 00:31:31,590 --> 00:31:35,460 Being told I couldn't continue, that was‐‐that was low. 688 00:31:35,594 --> 00:31:37,429 ♪ ♪ 689 00:31:37,562 --> 00:31:39,731 ‐ Losing Amy, it's gonna be tough. 690 00:31:39,865 --> 00:31:41,700 We still need the same amount of firewood, 691 00:31:41,833 --> 00:31:43,602 but now we have less hands to carry 'em. 692 00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:45,070 We have less ideas. 693 00:31:45,203 --> 00:31:46,738 You take a set of hands away, 694 00:31:46,872 --> 00:31:48,874 and the job gets bigger for who's left. 695 00:31:49,007 --> 00:31:54,112 ♪ ♪ 696 00:31:54,246 --> 00:31:55,814 ‐ I didn't finish, 697 00:31:55,947 --> 00:31:58,550 and I'll have that hang over me for my whole life. 698 00:31:58,683 --> 00:32:00,786 But what am I gaining 699 00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:04,790 if I go back home to my family with life altering injuries? 700 00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:07,125 But I think they're gonna be proud of me, 701 00:32:07,259 --> 00:32:09,728 and that's pretty neat, to have your kids be proud of you 702 00:32:09,861 --> 00:32:11,830 versus you being proud of your kids. 703 00:32:11,963 --> 00:32:14,332 ♪ ♪ 704 00:32:17,102 --> 00:32:19,971 [dramatic music] 705 00:32:20,105 --> 00:32:22,374 ‐ Just another morning, you know? 706 00:32:22,507 --> 00:32:23,975 More to do, less hands to do it, 707 00:32:24,109 --> 00:32:26,111 with Amy being gone as of yesterday. 708 00:32:26,244 --> 00:32:28,113 We're gonna maintain the fire inside. 709 00:32:28,246 --> 00:32:30,449 So we'll take turns kinda doing excursions. 710 00:32:30,582 --> 00:32:31,716 ‐ I'm just gonna head on out 711 00:32:31,850 --> 00:32:34,186 and bring back some big branches. 712 00:32:34,319 --> 00:32:35,353 ‐ In the grand scheme of things 713 00:32:35,487 --> 00:32:37,022 when it comes to, like, the tribe 714 00:32:37,155 --> 00:32:39,157 if you will, of Nathan and I, 715 00:32:39,291 --> 00:32:41,092 fire is the key to survival right now. 716 00:32:41,226 --> 00:32:44,095 [wind howling] 717 00:32:44,229 --> 00:32:51,102 ♪ ♪ 718 00:33:00,245 --> 00:33:04,883 ♪ ♪ 719 00:33:05,016 --> 00:33:07,285 ‐ Something with pretty big feet hopped along here. 720 00:33:07,419 --> 00:33:09,020 And here's the toes. 721 00:33:09,154 --> 00:33:15,160 There's one, two, three, four, five toes. 722 00:33:15,293 --> 00:33:17,229 Definitely has claws. 723 00:33:17,362 --> 00:33:21,500 So I'm about 100% certain that's a wolverine track. 724 00:33:21,633 --> 00:33:26,238 And it's going the direction of the moose carcass and our camp. 725 00:33:26,371 --> 00:33:28,139 I've seen videos of wolverines 726 00:33:28,273 --> 00:33:30,842 keeping a whole pack of wolves off of carcasses 727 00:33:30,976 --> 00:33:33,278 and chasing grizzly bears off of carcasses, 728 00:33:33,411 --> 00:33:34,412 and I've heard of them 729 00:33:34,546 --> 00:33:36,681 attacking polar bears and killing them. 730 00:33:36,815 --> 00:33:39,684 And if the wolves and a grizzly bear and a polar bear 731 00:33:39,818 --> 00:33:42,420 can't handle a wolverine, I know I can't. 732 00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:53,732 ♪ ♪ 733 00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:55,300 [bleep]. 734 00:34:01,506 --> 00:34:04,609 The moose used to be laying over there yesterday. 735 00:34:04,743 --> 00:34:07,212 That shows just how tough it is. 736 00:34:07,345 --> 00:34:09,548 Looks like he really got after that nose. 737 00:34:16,288 --> 00:34:18,723 It's, uh, gonna‐‐ just the start of a long winter 738 00:34:18,857 --> 00:34:22,160 for these, uh, forest carnivores, 739 00:34:22,294 --> 00:34:24,329 and when he runs out of things to eat down here, 740 00:34:24,462 --> 00:34:25,430 you can bet your boots 741 00:34:25,564 --> 00:34:26,831 he's gonna be coming down to our camp. 742 00:34:26,965 --> 00:34:33,905 ♪ ♪ 743 00:34:38,076 --> 00:34:40,011 [brush rustling] 744 00:34:41,646 --> 00:34:44,616 [wolverines snorting] 745 00:34:50,755 --> 00:34:57,629 ♪ ♪ 746 00:34:57,762 --> 00:35:00,198 ‐ We have wolverines within the general area here. 747 00:35:00,332 --> 00:35:03,635 There's tracks literally everywhere around the camp. 748 00:35:03,768 --> 00:35:05,370 ‐ You can see 'em along here. 749 00:35:05,503 --> 00:35:08,740 There's one, and another, over here, and there. 750 00:35:08,873 --> 00:35:11,076 ‐ The big risk of having a wolverine come into camp 751 00:35:11,209 --> 00:35:13,612 is him eating the food and our safety. 752 00:35:13,745 --> 00:35:15,213 ‐ I'd say at this point 753 00:35:15,347 --> 00:35:17,048 we're still not prepared for predators 754 00:35:17,182 --> 00:35:18,550 like wolverines coming into camp. 755 00:35:18,683 --> 00:35:20,919 So I wanna make a torch 756 00:35:21,052 --> 00:35:22,921 to protect the moose and protect us. 757 00:35:23,054 --> 00:35:29,127 ♪ ♪ 758 00:35:29,260 --> 00:35:30,929 I'm just collecting sap. 759 00:35:31,062 --> 00:35:33,164 Basically the best fuel we have out here. 760 00:35:33,298 --> 00:35:35,166 So I plan on melting this down 761 00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:37,335 and coating my torch heads with it. 762 00:35:37,469 --> 00:35:38,737 Should light right up, and be real bright, 763 00:35:38,870 --> 00:35:40,271 and burn for a very long time. 764 00:35:47,012 --> 00:35:48,780 ♪ ♪ 765 00:35:48,913 --> 00:35:51,149 ‐ So I have this torch 766 00:35:51,282 --> 00:35:54,519 that I split the end in several different directions, 767 00:35:54,653 --> 00:35:56,354 and then I stuffed in some moss, 768 00:35:56,488 --> 00:35:58,857 wrapped it tight with grass to hold it all together, 769 00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:01,092 and I have a little bit of a pointed end, 770 00:36:01,226 --> 00:36:05,063 and this is my torch for at night. 771 00:36:05,196 --> 00:36:09,467 The idea is just to try to mop as much of that up on here 772 00:36:09,601 --> 00:36:10,669 as I can. 773 00:36:10,802 --> 00:36:12,937 So if it's coming at you all teeth and stuff, 774 00:36:13,071 --> 00:36:14,372 with that big flame on the end, 775 00:36:14,506 --> 00:36:15,940 you can stick it right on out there, 776 00:36:16,074 --> 00:36:17,542 and it would certainly deter it. 777 00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:19,711 Nothing likes a flame in its face. 778 00:36:19,844 --> 00:36:21,680 Got my torch ready to go. 779 00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:25,417 ♪ ♪ 780 00:36:25,550 --> 00:36:31,022 Got birch, a bunch of good pieces of dead spruce, 781 00:36:31,156 --> 00:36:33,858 and Nate's got the longer spear torch. 782 00:36:33,992 --> 00:36:37,362 And I got the shorter one for more mobility. 783 00:36:37,495 --> 00:36:38,530 'Cause it's small, I can kind of 784 00:36:38,663 --> 00:36:40,732 toss this in the direction potentially. 785 00:36:40,865 --> 00:36:44,302 Predators have gotten emboldened day by day by day, 786 00:36:44,436 --> 00:36:47,172 so Nathan and I kind of come together as a team 787 00:36:47,305 --> 00:36:48,540 so we can stay safe. 788 00:36:48,673 --> 00:36:50,275 ‐ We are holding our own, 789 00:36:50,408 --> 00:36:52,844 and I think if we have an encounter with 'em 790 00:36:52,977 --> 00:36:54,212 we'll be ready for 'em. 791 00:36:54,345 --> 00:36:56,214 ♪ ♪ 792 00:36:56,347 --> 00:36:59,217 [eerie music] 793 00:36:59,350 --> 00:37:02,921 ♪ ♪ 794 00:37:03,054 --> 00:37:06,024 [brush rustling] [sniffing] 795 00:37:07,392 --> 00:37:09,561 Yeah. ‐ Nate, do you hear that? 796 00:37:09,694 --> 00:37:11,396 I thought I heard something, like‐‐ 797 00:37:11,529 --> 00:37:14,499 like, same direction as the meat pole outside. 798 00:37:14,632 --> 00:37:16,034 Listen, listen, listen. 799 00:37:18,970 --> 00:37:19,938 ‐ Yeah, okay. 800 00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:21,005 ‐ Do you hear it? Do you hear it? 801 00:37:21,139 --> 00:37:22,941 Okay, okay. 802 00:37:23,074 --> 00:37:25,143 ♪ ♪ 803 00:37:25,276 --> 00:37:26,478 Check it out. 804 00:37:27,912 --> 00:37:33,718 ♪ ♪ 805 00:37:33,852 --> 00:37:36,621 [rustling] 806 00:37:36,755 --> 00:37:38,423 ♪ ♪ 807 00:37:38,556 --> 00:37:40,024 [whispers indistinctly] 808 00:37:40,158 --> 00:37:43,528 ♪ ♪ 809 00:37:43,661 --> 00:37:45,230 ‐ Yeah, I can't see anything. 810 00:37:46,664 --> 00:37:49,100 [tense music] 811 00:37:49,234 --> 00:37:51,035 ‐ Did you see something back there? 812 00:37:51,169 --> 00:37:54,205 Where's the...meat pole at? 813 00:37:54,339 --> 00:37:59,410 ♪ ♪ 814 00:37:59,544 --> 00:38:00,812 Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. 815 00:38:00,945 --> 00:38:02,046 [wolverine snarling] 816 00:38:02,180 --> 00:38:04,082 [bleep]. [bleep]. 817 00:38:09,921 --> 00:38:12,557 [wolverine sniffing] ‐ Do you hear that? 818 00:38:12,690 --> 00:38:17,662 ♪ ♪ 819 00:38:17,796 --> 00:38:19,097 Did you see something back there? 820 00:38:19,230 --> 00:38:21,599 ♪ ♪ 821 00:38:21,733 --> 00:38:22,834 Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. 822 00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:23,902 [wolverine growls] 823 00:38:24,035 --> 00:38:26,371 [bleep]. [bleep]. 824 00:38:26,504 --> 00:38:29,174 ♪ ♪ 825 00:38:29,307 --> 00:38:32,610 I swear I thought I saw something run. 826 00:38:32,744 --> 00:38:35,580 Well, whatever was out here hopefully ran off. 827 00:38:35,713 --> 00:38:37,682 I don't see no eyes. 828 00:38:38,917 --> 00:38:43,021 ♪ ♪ 829 00:38:43,154 --> 00:38:45,256 Meat looks unmolested, 830 00:38:45,390 --> 00:38:47,859 so maybe we scared 'em off before they got to eat. 831 00:38:47,992 --> 00:38:49,127 Hopefully he'll think twice 832 00:38:49,260 --> 00:38:50,595 about kind of coming back into camp. 833 00:38:52,063 --> 00:38:59,003 ♪ ♪ 834 00:39:08,780 --> 00:39:10,949 I started out the day with cold feet. 835 00:39:11,082 --> 00:39:13,518 It's just‐‐it's‐‐ it feels miserable 836 00:39:13,651 --> 00:39:15,954 with a slight bit of disheartening today, 837 00:39:16,087 --> 00:39:19,023 is kinda how it feels. 838 00:39:19,157 --> 00:39:21,292 I haven't seen the wolverine for quite some time. 839 00:39:21,426 --> 00:39:23,061 [sighs] 840 00:39:23,194 --> 00:39:25,563 But out here in the arctic there's no reprieve. 841 00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:28,032 Danger is always present 842 00:39:28,166 --> 00:39:29,701 and you know it's always gonna be there. 843 00:39:29,834 --> 00:39:31,502 Warm up, feet. 844 00:39:31,636 --> 00:39:38,476 ♪ ♪ 845 00:39:41,346 --> 00:39:44,215 [wind howling] 846 00:39:45,283 --> 00:39:48,419 ♪ ♪ 847 00:39:52,156 --> 00:39:54,125 ‐ It got pretty cold last night. 848 00:39:54,259 --> 00:39:57,996 We had too many holes along the bottom of the shelter, 849 00:39:58,129 --> 00:39:59,597 and we definitely had a wind chill factor 850 00:39:59,731 --> 00:40:02,133 inside the shelter which was, uh, no good 851 00:40:02,267 --> 00:40:03,434 so I'm trying to button it up real tight 852 00:40:03,568 --> 00:40:05,336 'cause it's only gonna get colder. 853 00:40:05,470 --> 00:40:09,274 I would say that we are barely maintaining. 854 00:40:09,407 --> 00:40:11,376 It definitely gets more challenging 855 00:40:11,509 --> 00:40:13,177 as the weather gets colder. 856 00:40:13,311 --> 00:40:14,545 Just everything's so frigid 857 00:40:14,679 --> 00:40:16,080 it just makes things uncomfortable, 858 00:40:16,214 --> 00:40:17,715 and you either have to keep moving 859 00:40:17,849 --> 00:40:20,752 or you have to get near the fire in order to stay warm. 860 00:40:20,885 --> 00:40:23,087 It's starting to cool down fast out there now. 861 00:40:23,221 --> 00:40:27,392 At this point I'm about ready to end the challenge. 862 00:40:27,525 --> 00:40:30,261 I'm really looking forward to getting on my way home. 863 00:40:31,496 --> 00:40:37,769 ♪ ♪ 864 00:40:37,902 --> 00:40:40,305 [stark piano music] 865 00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:44,075 This environment is hard work. 866 00:40:44,208 --> 00:40:48,513 There's hardship and cold and very limited resources. 867 00:40:48,646 --> 00:40:52,784 ‐ As far as working with strictly natural materials, 868 00:40:52,917 --> 00:40:55,586 stone tools, it's certainly a unique challenge. 869 00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:57,488 We were really at a detriment out here 870 00:40:57,622 --> 00:40:59,590 with the limited rocks to make tools. 871 00:40:59,724 --> 00:41:02,260 So, yes, very, very challenging experience. 872 00:41:02,393 --> 00:41:07,999 ♪ ♪ 873 00:41:08,132 --> 00:41:09,534 ‐ It feels awesome to know 874 00:41:09,667 --> 00:41:11,169 that I made it through this challenge. 875 00:41:11,302 --> 00:41:12,770 ♪ ♪ 876 00:41:12,904 --> 00:41:16,174 I have a very deep respect for the first people, 877 00:41:16,307 --> 00:41:19,177 the things that their ancestors went through‐‐ 878 00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:20,812 just mind‐boggling, 879 00:41:20,945 --> 00:41:25,016 you know, the hardship and the cold, and I respect them. 880 00:41:25,149 --> 00:41:27,352 I found it to be very difficult. 881 00:41:29,587 --> 00:41:31,689 [flare whistling] 882 00:41:33,124 --> 00:41:35,626 ♪ ♪ 883 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:38,262 It's a harsh, really tough environment, 884 00:41:38,396 --> 00:41:39,697 but I don't really think 885 00:41:39,831 --> 00:41:41,799 it's really gonna change my love of the woods, 886 00:41:41,933 --> 00:41:45,670 my love of the arctic, my love of having a challenge. 887 00:41:45,803 --> 00:41:48,706 ‐ I think this challenge changed me as a person. 888 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:51,175 It's definitely given me a new perspective on life, 889 00:41:51,309 --> 00:41:53,544 on suffering. [chuckles] 890 00:41:53,678 --> 00:41:55,747 I think it's definitely changed me as an instructor. 891 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,449 It's given me a wide gaze 892 00:41:58,583 --> 00:42:01,285 to bring back to my survival teaching. 893 00:42:01,419 --> 00:42:05,023 I'm super happy about what I did out here.