1 00:00:05,384 --> 00:00:07,904 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:18,259 --> 00:00:20,019 [gunshot] 3 00:00:20,123 --> 00:00:23,893 ♪ 4 00:00:23,989 --> 00:00:25,609 male narrator: In one of the most brutal 5 00:00:25,715 --> 00:00:27,475 survival challenges ever, 6 00:00:27,579 --> 00:00:30,549 three strangers will try to endure 7 00:00:30,651 --> 00:00:32,141 30 days in the wild 8 00:00:32,239 --> 00:00:35,139 with only one resource: 9 00:00:35,242 --> 00:00:37,592 a fresh kill, 10 00:00:37,692 --> 00:00:40,182 its location marked 11 00:00:40,281 --> 00:00:41,771 by a single flare. 12 00:00:41,869 --> 00:00:43,559 - There it is. 13 00:00:43,664 --> 00:00:44,844 - That flare goes up, 14 00:00:44,941 --> 00:00:47,391 and we're gonna have to go as fast as we possibly can 15 00:00:47,495 --> 00:00:48,695 to get to that animal. 16 00:00:48,807 --> 00:00:53,667 ♪ 17 00:00:53,777 --> 00:00:55,607 - How far away do you think that flare was? 18 00:00:55,710 --> 00:00:57,060 - I don't know. Maybe a mile, man? 19 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:58,060 - Oh, my God. 20 00:00:58,161 --> 00:00:59,921 narrator: They have no tools... 21 00:01:00,025 --> 00:01:01,505 - This is a huge challenge. 22 00:01:01,613 --> 00:01:03,483 I've never been in the woods without a knife, 23 00:01:03,580 --> 00:01:05,200 and without it, I feel naked. 24 00:01:05,306 --> 00:01:07,266 narrator: Just the clothes on their backs. 25 00:01:07,377 --> 00:01:09,787 - My plan is using every part of the animal 26 00:01:09,897 --> 00:01:11,277 to give me the leverage to survive 27 00:01:11,381 --> 00:01:12,421 in this harsh environment. 28 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:13,870 - If we don't start within the hour, 29 00:01:13,970 --> 00:01:15,180 this thing's gonna go bad. 30 00:01:15,282 --> 00:01:16,492 - Gotta be close. 31 00:01:16,593 --> 00:01:18,113 narrator: Do they have the stamina 32 00:01:18,216 --> 00:01:20,246 and ingenuity to survive? 33 00:01:20,356 --> 00:01:26,326 ♪ 34 00:01:26,431 --> 00:01:28,501 [flies buzzing] 35 00:01:28,605 --> 00:01:29,845 - Holy cow. 36 00:01:29,951 --> 00:01:31,951 - That is a big critter. 37 00:01:32,057 --> 00:01:33,887 - We got a long afternoon ahead of us. 38 00:01:33,990 --> 00:01:35,300 - We have to work on him quick. 39 00:01:35,405 --> 00:01:36,885 He's gonna spoil very fast. 40 00:01:36,993 --> 00:01:38,863 - I've never seen a musk ox in real life, 41 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:40,480 so walking up to it, 42 00:01:40,583 --> 00:01:42,623 I was surprised it was actually 43 00:01:42,723 --> 00:01:44,033 bigger than I thought it would be. 44 00:01:44,138 --> 00:01:45,858 Impressive beast, for sure. 45 00:01:45,967 --> 00:01:47,997 I mean, this thing is gonna be a challenge. 46 00:01:48,108 --> 00:01:55,118 ♪ 47 00:01:58,497 --> 00:01:59,977 - There's three of us on this team, 48 00:02:00,085 --> 00:02:01,465 and we don't know each other. 49 00:02:01,569 --> 00:02:03,989 We have different types of skills and training, 50 00:02:04,089 --> 00:02:06,159 so we're gonna have to be fast and communicate well, 51 00:02:06,264 --> 00:02:08,304 so that we can move forward as a team. 52 00:02:08,404 --> 00:02:09,754 We gotta get something to cut. 53 00:02:09,853 --> 00:02:11,343 - All right. Let's do this. 54 00:02:11,441 --> 00:02:13,271 - When I go looking for a rock to make a knife, 55 00:02:13,374 --> 00:02:14,934 I'm looking for something that I can 56 00:02:15,031 --> 00:02:16,901 very quickly break that will hold a sharp edge. 57 00:02:16,998 --> 00:02:19,168 [rocks crack] The best kind of rocks-- 58 00:02:19,277 --> 00:02:20,447 when you hit the two rocks together, 59 00:02:20,554 --> 00:02:22,874 you'll hear that snap sound or crack sound, 60 00:02:22,970 --> 00:02:25,110 just like someone dropped a pane of glass. 61 00:02:25,214 --> 00:02:27,774 But this is a huge, huge animal, 62 00:02:27,871 --> 00:02:30,051 and to try to cut this thing open with stone tools 63 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:31,740 is gonna be horrendously difficult. 64 00:02:31,841 --> 00:02:38,851 ♪ 65 00:02:42,610 --> 00:02:44,340 I broke one out. 66 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,100 Got some good sharps on it. 67 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:47,510 - This'll work. 68 00:02:47,615 --> 00:02:50,335 - Everything is more difficult when the tools 69 00:02:50,446 --> 00:02:53,826 that we're normally used to using are unavailable. 70 00:02:53,932 --> 00:02:56,112 I think I picked up my survival skills 71 00:02:56,210 --> 00:02:58,800 through a lot of varied experiences in life, 72 00:02:58,902 --> 00:03:00,352 from riding freight trains 73 00:03:00,456 --> 00:03:02,416 and traveling around the country. 74 00:03:02,527 --> 00:03:06,217 My brother Jordan won "Alone" season six in the arctic, 75 00:03:06,324 --> 00:03:08,294 and he killed it out here. 76 00:03:08,395 --> 00:03:10,805 I'm here following in my little brother's footsteps, 77 00:03:10,914 --> 00:03:13,304 hoping to do the same. 78 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,090 I normally start in the chest. 79 00:03:15,195 --> 00:03:16,085 - I do too. 80 00:03:16,196 --> 00:03:18,406 - This thing is pretty hard to reach. 81 00:03:18,508 --> 00:03:19,848 - [grunts] Oh, no. 82 00:03:19,958 --> 00:03:21,368 - God. 83 00:03:21,477 --> 00:03:23,577 All right. 84 00:03:23,686 --> 00:03:26,026 - It's really hot. The sun's out and beating. 85 00:03:26,136 --> 00:03:27,826 The animal is gonna spoil very quickly, 86 00:03:27,931 --> 00:03:31,351 and I'm talking starting within a couple of hours. 87 00:03:31,452 --> 00:03:33,212 We're racing against time something fierce. 88 00:03:33,316 --> 00:03:35,036 "Ticking clock" is not the word. 89 00:03:35,145 --> 00:03:36,385 More like a ticking time bomb. 90 00:03:36,492 --> 00:03:43,462 ♪ 91 00:03:48,711 --> 00:03:50,851 - [grunting] 92 00:03:55,131 --> 00:03:57,171 - Wow, she's thick, eh? - Yeah. 93 00:03:57,271 --> 00:03:59,961 As a hunter, something that I take very personally 94 00:04:00,067 --> 00:04:02,787 is to respect that animal. 95 00:04:02,897 --> 00:04:04,547 We have a full musk ox 96 00:04:04,658 --> 00:04:06,318 that gave its life so that we can eat, 97 00:04:06,418 --> 00:04:08,768 so my determination is to preserve 98 00:04:08,869 --> 00:04:10,729 as much as we possibly can. 99 00:04:10,836 --> 00:04:13,426 There are a lot of tools that we can make from the animal, 100 00:04:13,529 --> 00:04:15,459 whether it be making a bow drill, 101 00:04:15,565 --> 00:04:17,045 making rope or cordage. 102 00:04:17,153 --> 00:04:18,473 There is a level of ingenuity, 103 00:04:18,568 --> 00:04:20,778 a level of engineering in trying to figure out 104 00:04:20,881 --> 00:04:22,331 what different parts of this animal we could use 105 00:04:22,434 --> 00:04:24,824 to make those tools that we're going to desperately need. 106 00:04:24,919 --> 00:04:26,369 ♪ 107 00:04:28,026 --> 00:04:29,606 - I think we should do a gutless quarter. 108 00:04:29,717 --> 00:04:30,957 - Yeah. 109 00:04:31,063 --> 00:04:38,043 ♪ 110 00:04:41,177 --> 00:04:42,797 - Predators are gonna be a big issue, 111 00:04:42,903 --> 00:04:45,703 so we have to quarter it off without exposing the gut, 112 00:04:45,802 --> 00:04:48,082 so we don't expose the scent 113 00:04:48,184 --> 00:04:49,844 because the second we crack it open, 114 00:04:49,944 --> 00:04:51,194 it's like a dinner bell. 115 00:04:51,291 --> 00:04:58,301 ♪ 116 00:04:59,402 --> 00:05:02,132 My expertise is military survival training 117 00:05:02,232 --> 00:05:03,652 and emergency medicine. 118 00:05:03,751 --> 00:05:05,891 I served 24 years in the military, 119 00:05:05,995 --> 00:05:07,925 and to truly be tested on your skill set, 120 00:05:08,031 --> 00:05:10,001 there's no better than a primitive challenge 121 00:05:10,102 --> 00:05:12,382 and trying to survive in the arctic with no tools. 122 00:05:12,484 --> 00:05:14,184 - The ball joint's up here. 123 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,069 Right in there. - Yeah. 124 00:05:16,177 --> 00:05:17,587 - I would cut through here. - All right. 125 00:05:17,696 --> 00:05:18,866 - Just cut through this piece here. 126 00:05:18,973 --> 00:05:19,913 - All right. 127 00:05:20,009 --> 00:05:21,249 - It's gonna loosen the whole leg. 128 00:05:21,355 --> 00:05:23,115 My skills include flintknapping, 129 00:05:23,219 --> 00:05:24,769 fire building, primitive living, 130 00:05:24,876 --> 00:05:26,256 and primitive survival. 131 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,330 The main reason I'm doing this is 132 00:05:28,431 --> 00:05:30,991 to honor the legacy of my father-- 133 00:05:31,089 --> 00:05:33,469 to be able to use the knowledge 134 00:05:33,574 --> 00:05:35,204 that he passed on to me. 135 00:05:35,300 --> 00:05:36,340 It just goes without words. 136 00:05:36,439 --> 00:05:38,889 I don't-- nothing I can say. 137 00:05:38,993 --> 00:05:40,553 I know he's watching down right now, 138 00:05:40,650 --> 00:05:42,650 and he's just as proud as proud can be. 139 00:05:42,756 --> 00:05:43,826 Almost got it. 140 00:05:43,929 --> 00:05:45,719 ♪ 141 00:05:45,828 --> 00:05:47,688 Yeah, baby! - Whoa! 142 00:05:47,795 --> 00:05:49,305 - All right. 143 00:05:49,418 --> 00:05:50,628 - All right, I'm gonna take it down. 144 00:05:50,729 --> 00:05:52,349 - All right. 145 00:05:52,455 --> 00:05:59,425 ♪ 146 00:06:12,613 --> 00:06:14,063 - We just set the rocks on the meat 147 00:06:14,166 --> 00:06:15,716 so that it holds it under the water 148 00:06:15,823 --> 00:06:17,073 and to help it cool all the way through. 149 00:06:17,169 --> 00:06:19,929 ♪ 150 00:06:20,034 --> 00:06:22,554 My biggest concern is the meat spoiling. 151 00:06:22,658 --> 00:06:24,208 That meat is what we're gonna depend on 152 00:06:24,314 --> 00:06:26,324 for the next month while we're out here. 153 00:06:26,420 --> 00:06:28,110 We only have one shot at this. 154 00:06:28,215 --> 00:06:30,455 If we mess up and the meat goes bad, 155 00:06:30,562 --> 00:06:32,012 we're gonna have a real rough time 156 00:06:32,115 --> 00:06:33,565 surviving out here. 157 00:06:33,669 --> 00:06:36,669 ♪ 158 00:06:36,775 --> 00:06:39,185 Oh, [bleep]. 159 00:06:39,295 --> 00:06:40,845 I think it's bear. 160 00:06:40,952 --> 00:06:42,782 Look fairly fresh. 161 00:06:42,885 --> 00:06:46,125 We're definitely gonna have to keep an eye on our meat. 162 00:06:46,233 --> 00:06:48,303 We're definitely concerned about predators. 163 00:06:48,408 --> 00:06:50,958 A bear could smell this meat from two miles away, 164 00:06:51,065 --> 00:06:53,545 so anything that's been here within the last few days 165 00:06:53,654 --> 00:06:56,974 is probably sniffing around and planning on coming back. 166 00:06:57,071 --> 00:06:58,761 ♪ 167 00:07:00,074 --> 00:07:01,944 We got four or five hours till dark, 168 00:07:02,042 --> 00:07:03,322 and we got one leg off. 169 00:07:03,423 --> 00:07:05,673 - I think--I think we'll get the first shoulder off. 170 00:07:05,770 --> 00:07:06,700 - Yeah. 171 00:07:06,805 --> 00:07:08,045 - And we need to really focus in on 172 00:07:08,151 --> 00:07:09,711 getting the four quarters off today, 173 00:07:09,808 --> 00:07:10,948 and take them down to the water. 174 00:07:11,051 --> 00:07:11,951 - Yeah. 175 00:07:12,052 --> 00:07:13,402 ♪ 176 00:07:13,502 --> 00:07:15,262 This musk ox is the hardest animal 177 00:07:15,365 --> 00:07:17,365 I've ever attempted to process. 178 00:07:17,471 --> 00:07:18,611 I was just thinking, like, 179 00:07:18,714 --> 00:07:21,304 who was the last guy to skin a musk ox in this area 180 00:07:21,406 --> 00:07:22,746 with a stone? 181 00:07:22,856 --> 00:07:25,066 It's probably been a while. [laughs] 182 00:07:25,168 --> 00:07:26,308 So that's kind of cool. 183 00:07:26,411 --> 00:07:28,341 You feel connected to the past in that way, 184 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:30,348 and it's like, yeah, this is challenging, 185 00:07:30,450 --> 00:07:32,690 but it'll humble you too. 186 00:07:32,797 --> 00:07:39,797 ♪ 187 00:07:40,390 --> 00:07:42,010 I think surviving in the arctic 188 00:07:42,116 --> 00:07:43,836 will come down to being able to adapt 189 00:07:43,946 --> 00:07:46,256 to unexpected situations. 190 00:07:46,362 --> 00:07:48,332 The arctic is super intimidating. 191 00:07:48,433 --> 00:07:50,713 The weather is intense. The bugs are intense. 192 00:07:50,815 --> 00:07:52,365 The predators are intense, 193 00:07:52,472 --> 00:07:54,472 so we're gonna have to be efficient 194 00:07:54,577 --> 00:07:55,817 in everything that we do. 195 00:07:55,923 --> 00:08:02,243 ♪ 196 00:08:02,343 --> 00:08:05,113 - [grunting] 197 00:08:05,208 --> 00:08:07,038 - Yeah! 198 00:08:07,141 --> 00:08:08,701 Way to go. 199 00:08:08,798 --> 00:08:10,008 - [grunts] 200 00:08:10,110 --> 00:08:14,870 ♪ 201 00:08:14,977 --> 00:08:16,147 - So now that we got the quarters out 202 00:08:16,254 --> 00:08:17,324 and they're down in the water, 203 00:08:17,427 --> 00:08:19,077 we have to get the insides or the guts out 204 00:08:19,188 --> 00:08:20,498 as quick as we possibly can 205 00:08:20,603 --> 00:08:24,333 to get the body cooled down in order to prevent spoilage. 206 00:08:24,434 --> 00:08:26,614 both: Okay. 207 00:08:26,713 --> 00:08:27,923 - Just pull that-- get it out of the way. 208 00:08:28,024 --> 00:08:30,724 - Yeah. 209 00:08:30,820 --> 00:08:33,000 My goodness. 210 00:08:33,098 --> 00:08:35,578 We have meat and innards and bones and the skin. 211 00:08:35,687 --> 00:08:36,757 That's just ringing the dinner bell 212 00:08:36,861 --> 00:08:38,351 for all kinds of predators to come in. 213 00:08:38,448 --> 00:08:40,068 Grizzly bears and black bears, 214 00:08:40,174 --> 00:08:42,074 lynx, wolves, wolverines-- 215 00:08:42,176 --> 00:08:44,486 all very fierce and aggressive predators. 216 00:08:44,593 --> 00:08:45,703 - I guess that's it. 217 00:08:45,801 --> 00:08:49,181 We'll grab this fat and this heart and head down 218 00:08:49,287 --> 00:08:51,217 to where we're gonna set up camp for the night. 219 00:08:51,323 --> 00:08:52,503 - Sounds good, man. 220 00:08:52,601 --> 00:08:54,741 - All right. - All right. 221 00:08:54,844 --> 00:08:57,574 - It's been a super challenging day. 222 00:08:57,675 --> 00:09:00,845 I'm ate up from bug bites and my hands are sore. 223 00:09:00,954 --> 00:09:03,204 Got a few nicks from gripping rock knives, 224 00:09:03,301 --> 00:09:06,031 and it's been super tough. 225 00:09:06,131 --> 00:09:09,241 - We got a lot accomplished today, but it's late. 226 00:09:09,341 --> 00:09:12,101 Sun's gonna go down. The three of us are exhausted. 227 00:09:12,206 --> 00:09:15,896 So our focus tomorrow is gonna be on just getting fire. 228 00:09:16,003 --> 00:09:23,013 ♪ 229 00:09:28,498 --> 00:09:30,808 - No fire. No shelter. 230 00:09:30,915 --> 00:09:32,395 ♪ 231 00:09:32,502 --> 00:09:34,782 Temperature's cooled very, very fast. 232 00:09:34,884 --> 00:09:36,684 And that cold comes in really hard. 233 00:09:36,783 --> 00:09:38,033 ♪ 234 00:09:38,129 --> 00:09:40,679 And we're exposed to predators. 235 00:09:40,787 --> 00:09:42,817 There's not gonna be a whole lot of sleep tonight. 236 00:09:42,927 --> 00:09:47,927 ♪ 237 00:09:48,035 --> 00:09:51,175 [flies buzzing] 238 00:09:53,006 --> 00:09:54,076 - [sighs] 239 00:09:54,179 --> 00:09:55,839 [bleep]. 240 00:09:57,458 --> 00:09:59,008 Something stole one of our legs. 241 00:09:59,115 --> 00:10:01,835 ♪ 242 00:10:01,946 --> 00:10:03,146 [bleep]. 243 00:10:03,257 --> 00:10:06,737 ♪ 244 00:10:06,847 --> 00:10:08,227 - Yo. 245 00:10:08,331 --> 00:10:10,331 - Something took one of the legs, 246 00:10:10,437 --> 00:10:12,297 and there's no lead-in tracks, 247 00:10:12,404 --> 00:10:13,414 and there's no hind prints 248 00:10:13,509 --> 00:10:15,859 where he's standing and pulling it out. 249 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:17,720 ♪ 250 00:10:17,824 --> 00:10:19,794 - What? 251 00:10:19,895 --> 00:10:26,175 ♪ 252 00:10:27,765 --> 00:10:29,145 I mean, it was definitely a bear. 253 00:10:29,249 --> 00:10:30,979 He found our stash in the water. 254 00:10:31,078 --> 00:10:33,698 - If it's a bear, then he's not gonna leave. 255 00:10:33,805 --> 00:10:35,525 - No, but he was here before 256 00:10:35,635 --> 00:10:37,355 and there was footprints on the beach. 257 00:10:44,574 --> 00:10:46,854 - There's the bear. - [bleep]. 258 00:10:46,956 --> 00:10:49,226 [grunts] 259 00:10:49,338 --> 00:10:50,438 Ah! 260 00:10:50,546 --> 00:10:51,506 I wanna hit him 261 00:10:51,616 --> 00:10:53,646 because that's how he's gonna be fearful. 262 00:10:53,756 --> 00:10:55,406 - Let him know that we're dangerous. 263 00:10:55,516 --> 00:10:56,996 ♪ 264 00:10:57,104 --> 00:10:58,114 - Ah! 265 00:10:58,209 --> 00:11:00,349 ♪ 266 00:11:00,452 --> 00:11:01,422 - [grunts] 267 00:11:01,522 --> 00:11:06,742 ♪ 268 00:11:06,838 --> 00:11:07,938 Bear's right over here. 269 00:11:08,046 --> 00:11:09,496 I see him right now. 270 00:11:09,599 --> 00:11:11,289 - Do I need to go south? 271 00:11:11,394 --> 00:11:13,334 - I mean, he stopped right here and kept running. 272 00:11:13,431 --> 00:11:16,091 He ran 'cause he was scared. He'll be back in an hour. 273 00:11:16,192 --> 00:11:17,442 - Oh, without a doubt. 274 00:11:17,538 --> 00:11:24,548 ♪ 275 00:11:27,169 --> 00:11:28,409 - We gotta get these legs out of the water. 276 00:11:28,515 --> 00:11:29,715 The bear knows where they're at, 277 00:11:29,827 --> 00:11:33,517 and we gotta bring them closer to where we're working. 278 00:11:33,623 --> 00:11:34,663 We just want to consolidate, 279 00:11:34,763 --> 00:11:37,083 so we only have two places to cover. 280 00:11:37,179 --> 00:11:38,349 We have a long time to be in here, 281 00:11:38,456 --> 00:11:40,106 and the more he's here, 282 00:11:40,216 --> 00:11:43,456 the more we have to worry about our meat. 283 00:11:43,564 --> 00:11:45,394 Dude, he's right there. 284 00:11:45,497 --> 00:11:47,567 - [bleep]. 285 00:11:47,672 --> 00:11:48,922 Ah! 286 00:11:49,018 --> 00:11:55,958 ♪ 287 00:11:59,511 --> 00:12:01,931 Hey, bear! 288 00:12:02,031 --> 00:12:03,791 - [grunts] 289 00:12:03,895 --> 00:12:06,755 [both shouting aggressively] 290 00:12:06,864 --> 00:12:08,184 - All right, hey. 291 00:12:08,279 --> 00:12:09,799 Be super quiet for a sec. 292 00:12:09,901 --> 00:12:12,461 [panting softly] 293 00:12:17,322 --> 00:12:18,742 There--he's up there. 294 00:12:18,841 --> 00:12:24,811 ♪ 295 00:12:24,916 --> 00:12:26,466 He went right that way, and he's, like, 296 00:12:26,573 --> 00:12:30,093 obviously not particularly scared of us. 297 00:12:30,197 --> 00:12:32,167 - [sighs] [bleep]. 298 00:12:32,268 --> 00:12:34,368 All right, let's just keep going with the plan. 299 00:12:34,477 --> 00:12:35,857 He's gonna keep circling. 300 00:12:35,962 --> 00:12:42,352 ♪ 301 00:12:42,451 --> 00:12:43,491 So what do we want to do next? 302 00:12:43,590 --> 00:12:45,700 - Properly set up camp. - Yeah. 303 00:12:47,318 --> 00:12:49,288 - Yes, yes. 304 00:12:49,389 --> 00:12:50,529 - Yes. 305 00:12:50,631 --> 00:12:52,531 - Right now, our priority is to get fire started 306 00:12:52,633 --> 00:12:54,843 because it's just as bad to let your meat spoil 307 00:12:54,946 --> 00:12:56,216 as it is to feed it to a bear. 308 00:12:56,327 --> 00:12:59,427 He's definitely coming back, so we want to make a presence, 309 00:12:59,537 --> 00:13:00,947 and I think getting a fire started 310 00:13:01,056 --> 00:13:02,196 will help us with that. 311 00:13:02,298 --> 00:13:03,748 ♪ 312 00:13:03,852 --> 00:13:05,722 - Getting a fire started without tools 313 00:13:05,819 --> 00:13:07,719 is really challenging. 314 00:13:07,821 --> 00:13:09,371 We have to make cordage first, 315 00:13:09,478 --> 00:13:11,758 and then try to figure out with the bow drill. 316 00:13:11,860 --> 00:13:13,410 - We're just gonna gather this 317 00:13:13,516 --> 00:13:16,206 and start to find some good fire boards. 318 00:13:16,312 --> 00:13:17,942 The fact that I don't have a ferro rod 319 00:13:18,038 --> 00:13:19,488 or anything to start a fire with 320 00:13:19,591 --> 00:13:21,151 means we have to start thinking back 321 00:13:21,248 --> 00:13:22,838 to how primitive man survived, 322 00:13:22,940 --> 00:13:24,600 and looking at the resources of the land 323 00:13:24,700 --> 00:13:25,770 to accomplish this mission. 324 00:13:25,874 --> 00:13:27,704 ♪ 325 00:13:27,807 --> 00:13:31,427 So what we're looking for is the shoelace on the inside. 326 00:13:31,534 --> 00:13:34,164 And this is a small one. This will split right here. 327 00:13:34,261 --> 00:13:35,751 - To go and dig out the spruce roots, 328 00:13:35,849 --> 00:13:37,779 strip them, and then braid them together 329 00:13:37,886 --> 00:13:39,396 is very, very time consuming, 330 00:13:39,508 --> 00:13:40,848 and they don't last very long. 331 00:13:40,958 --> 00:13:42,748 ♪ 332 00:13:42,856 --> 00:13:44,056 - Let's do this. 333 00:13:44,168 --> 00:13:46,618 ♪ 334 00:13:46,722 --> 00:13:48,592 Nate, you need to use the whole string. 335 00:13:48,689 --> 00:13:50,829 Go all the way. 336 00:13:50,933 --> 00:13:57,913 ♪ 337 00:14:03,118 --> 00:14:04,738 - We're having one guy hold the bearing block 338 00:14:04,844 --> 00:14:06,194 and the footboard, and the other two guys 339 00:14:06,293 --> 00:14:09,233 just operating the strap until we get an ember. 340 00:14:09,331 --> 00:14:12,131 - Keep going. 341 00:14:12,230 --> 00:14:15,160 Nate, you gotta pull it further your way too. 342 00:14:15,268 --> 00:14:17,718 - Oh, [bleep]. 343 00:14:17,822 --> 00:14:19,442 Char is what we want. 344 00:14:19,548 --> 00:14:21,618 That's what's gonna push an ember out. 345 00:14:21,722 --> 00:14:23,242 - This woodsy stuff is a little dryer, 346 00:14:23,345 --> 00:14:25,795 but it'll warm up. 347 00:14:25,899 --> 00:14:27,419 The wood around here is really dense. 348 00:14:27,521 --> 00:14:28,901 It has really small growth rings 349 00:14:29,006 --> 00:14:30,346 and doesn't really work, 350 00:14:30,455 --> 00:14:33,485 but we've been doing over 100 spins with this spindle 351 00:14:33,596 --> 00:14:35,216 and haven't got a fire yet, 352 00:14:35,322 --> 00:14:38,262 so that puts a lot of tension on your cordage, 353 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:40,910 and the cordage tends to wear out pretty quickly. 354 00:14:41,018 --> 00:14:45,708 ♪ 355 00:14:45,815 --> 00:14:47,325 - Let's sand it. 356 00:14:47,438 --> 00:14:49,538 We'll sand it down to that first ring. 357 00:14:49,647 --> 00:14:51,647 - Uh-huh. [distant huff] 358 00:14:54,272 --> 00:14:55,652 - The [bleep] was that? 359 00:14:55,756 --> 00:14:57,516 ♪ 360 00:14:57,620 --> 00:14:58,860 - The bear. 361 00:14:58,967 --> 00:15:01,687 - Get out of here! 362 00:15:01,797 --> 00:15:04,107 [shouting] 363 00:15:04,213 --> 00:15:10,843 ♪ 364 00:15:10,944 --> 00:15:12,364 - He's right there. - [grunts] 365 00:15:12,463 --> 00:15:14,223 [bear growls] 366 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:19,610 - I heard him. 367 00:15:19,711 --> 00:15:20,851 - We gotta get the fire going. 368 00:15:20,954 --> 00:15:22,444 - Once we have fire, 369 00:15:22,542 --> 00:15:25,412 that's like having a fourth man in our guard. 370 00:15:25,510 --> 00:15:27,890 - The bear's a threat to our survival out here, 371 00:15:27,996 --> 00:15:30,516 but we also know fire is paramount, 372 00:15:30,619 --> 00:15:32,969 and it's potentially putting the entire mission at risk 373 00:15:33,070 --> 00:15:34,620 if we can't succeed at it, 374 00:15:34,726 --> 00:15:37,276 so we've gotta keep on driving until there's flame. 375 00:15:37,384 --> 00:15:44,394 ♪ 376 00:15:51,985 --> 00:15:53,985 - We keep having the problem with the cordage wearing out 377 00:15:54,091 --> 00:15:55,781 before we get enough heat. 378 00:15:55,885 --> 00:15:58,815 We really need a lot stronger cordage. 379 00:15:58,923 --> 00:16:00,063 [bleep] 380 00:16:00,166 --> 00:16:03,336 ♪ 381 00:16:03,445 --> 00:16:04,995 This is pretty miserable. 382 00:16:05,102 --> 00:16:06,902 - I think we should see if we could utilize 383 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,590 musk ox hair to make stronger cordage. 384 00:16:09,692 --> 00:16:11,112 - Yeah. We should try it. 385 00:16:11,211 --> 00:16:13,491 ♪ 386 00:16:13,593 --> 00:16:16,773 The hair on a musk ox is so coarse and strong that 387 00:16:16,872 --> 00:16:19,392 hopefully it won't break every two tries. 388 00:16:19,495 --> 00:16:26,495 ♪ 389 00:16:29,643 --> 00:16:31,853 - We're on a time crunch to get the meat processed. 390 00:16:31,956 --> 00:16:33,746 Without that meat preserved properly, 391 00:16:33,854 --> 00:16:35,824 the harder it is gonna be for us to last 392 00:16:35,925 --> 00:16:37,235 the time we need to out here. 393 00:16:37,341 --> 00:16:39,691 [wood squeaking] 394 00:16:39,791 --> 00:16:46,801 ♪ 395 00:16:47,558 --> 00:16:50,868 ♪ 396 00:16:50,975 --> 00:16:52,795 - That should be-- - That's good. 397 00:16:52,908 --> 00:16:55,008 Oh, she's going. 398 00:16:55,117 --> 00:16:57,497 Yep, yep. 399 00:16:57,602 --> 00:16:59,192 It's gonna be all you, Rob. 400 00:16:59,294 --> 00:17:00,884 I'm just going straight over. 401 00:17:00,985 --> 00:17:03,295 ♪ 402 00:17:03,401 --> 00:17:05,751 It's all you. 403 00:17:05,852 --> 00:17:07,892 Yeah. 404 00:17:07,992 --> 00:17:09,272 That's lit. Come on, Rob. 405 00:17:09,373 --> 00:17:11,273 - Oh, my God. 406 00:17:11,375 --> 00:17:13,375 Come on, Rob. Come on, Rob. 407 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,410 - [blowing] 408 00:17:16,518 --> 00:17:18,138 That's it. - A little more. 409 00:17:18,244 --> 00:17:23,664 ♪ 410 00:17:23,766 --> 00:17:24,966 - There's fire! There it is! 411 00:17:25,078 --> 00:17:25,938 - Set it down. Set it down. 412 00:17:26,045 --> 00:17:29,495 ♪ 413 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,430 Yes. 414 00:17:31,533 --> 00:17:32,743 - Put it on there. Get it going. 415 00:17:32,844 --> 00:17:35,264 Get it going. - We have fire. 416 00:17:35,364 --> 00:17:37,574 There you go, bear. 417 00:17:37,677 --> 00:17:40,197 - We're on now. 418 00:17:40,300 --> 00:17:41,510 - Yay. 419 00:17:41,612 --> 00:17:44,242 ♪ 420 00:17:44,339 --> 00:17:46,479 Good job, buddy. [both laugh] 421 00:17:46,582 --> 00:17:49,412 - How hard it was? 422 00:17:49,516 --> 00:17:50,966 Well, that changes the game. 423 00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:55,660 ♪ 424 00:17:55,764 --> 00:17:56,904 - Today's day three. 425 00:17:57,006 --> 00:18:00,796 We woke up. Immediately jumped on fire. 426 00:18:00,907 --> 00:18:03,907 It's been 48 hours since I've had anything to eat, 427 00:18:04,013 --> 00:18:06,193 but we've got a lot of work to do. 428 00:18:06,292 --> 00:18:07,532 There's an entire musk ox to-- 429 00:18:07,638 --> 00:18:09,398 to finish processing and smoke out. 430 00:18:09,502 --> 00:18:13,752 ♪ 431 00:18:13,851 --> 00:18:15,961 - What we're hoping to do is build a smoking rock 432 00:18:16,060 --> 00:18:17,920 so we can quick dry the meat. 433 00:18:18,027 --> 00:18:19,747 Quick drying it will make it last a lot longer 434 00:18:19,857 --> 00:18:22,407 and the smoke will kill all bacteria that's on the meat 435 00:18:22,515 --> 00:18:23,715 while preserve it quite a bit longer. 436 00:18:23,826 --> 00:18:30,826 ♪ 437 00:18:35,424 --> 00:18:37,194 When using primitive technology 438 00:18:37,288 --> 00:18:38,838 or primitive skills, you have to-- 439 00:18:38,945 --> 00:18:40,395 or he had to, at that time-- 440 00:18:40,498 --> 00:18:42,158 just look around and see what he had around. 441 00:18:42,259 --> 00:18:44,639 There was no fancy ropes. No fancy knives. 442 00:18:44,744 --> 00:18:46,574 He had to go on the fly 443 00:18:46,677 --> 00:18:48,467 to build and use everything he had. 444 00:18:48,575 --> 00:18:54,545 ♪ 445 00:18:54,650 --> 00:18:56,340 - I'm just trying to get as much of this 446 00:18:56,445 --> 00:18:59,135 sliced up and smoked as we can today. 447 00:18:59,241 --> 00:19:02,351 We'll get this big tendon off of here. 448 00:19:02,451 --> 00:19:03,941 That's the one thing about musk ox. 449 00:19:04,039 --> 00:19:05,899 It has a lot of tendon in the meat, 450 00:19:06,006 --> 00:19:07,696 but I'm cutting as much off as I can, 451 00:19:07,801 --> 00:19:09,981 so that we can maybe make some fishing line. 452 00:19:10,079 --> 00:19:13,949 ♪ 453 00:19:14,049 --> 00:19:15,429 - Every step of the way, there's difficulty. 454 00:19:15,533 --> 00:19:17,983 ♪ 455 00:19:18,087 --> 00:19:19,987 Every time we take open a new muscle 456 00:19:20,089 --> 00:19:21,259 or you're trying to pull a tendon, 457 00:19:21,367 --> 00:19:23,467 your blade is dull, or you hit bone and it dulls, 458 00:19:23,576 --> 00:19:25,956 and you have to re-flake your rock. 459 00:19:26,061 --> 00:19:27,651 My fingers are beat up as well as the hand. 460 00:19:27,752 --> 00:19:29,862 I keep re-injuring some on the palm. 461 00:19:29,961 --> 00:19:31,581 That's what happens when you work with rocks, 462 00:19:31,687 --> 00:19:33,277 and not knives with handles. 463 00:19:33,379 --> 00:19:37,659 ♪ 464 00:19:37,762 --> 00:19:40,112 The carcass could be a potential problem for us. 465 00:19:40,213 --> 00:19:41,943 It's a feast for a predator, 466 00:19:42,042 --> 00:19:44,772 so the plan is to-- is to burn it. 467 00:19:44,873 --> 00:19:47,223 - Nice. 468 00:19:47,324 --> 00:19:49,294 We pulled everything we could off-- 469 00:19:49,395 --> 00:19:51,185 the hide for clothing, 470 00:19:51,293 --> 00:19:52,853 all the organs, and then of course, 471 00:19:52,950 --> 00:19:54,990 all the meat and the proteins. 472 00:19:55,090 --> 00:19:56,130 ♪ 473 00:19:56,229 --> 00:19:59,029 Burning the carcass is gonna allow us access 474 00:19:59,128 --> 00:20:01,028 to other harvestable items. 475 00:20:01,130 --> 00:20:03,440 We can pull the skull, bone from the vertebrae. 476 00:20:03,547 --> 00:20:06,447 We can pull the ribs and use those for tools. 477 00:20:06,550 --> 00:20:13,520 ♪ 478 00:20:22,151 --> 00:20:23,431 - Yeah. Cheers. 479 00:20:23,532 --> 00:20:24,742 - Cheers, dude. 480 00:20:29,573 --> 00:20:30,783 - Oh, yeah. 481 00:20:33,991 --> 00:20:35,481 - It tastes like liver. 482 00:20:35,579 --> 00:20:38,929 ♪ 483 00:20:45,761 --> 00:20:50,281 ♪ 484 00:20:50,387 --> 00:20:53,007 - Biting into my first piece of musk ox, 485 00:20:53,113 --> 00:20:56,433 I know why they call it "musk" ox. 486 00:20:56,531 --> 00:20:59,841 It definitely tastes like a musky ox. 487 00:20:59,948 --> 00:21:03,328 - Musk ox is probably the worst meat I've ever eaten. 488 00:21:03,434 --> 00:21:04,714 [laughs] 489 00:21:04,815 --> 00:21:07,605 Probably burning more calories chewing this stuff. 490 00:21:07,714 --> 00:21:14,724 ♪ 491 00:21:24,041 --> 00:21:25,731 As soon as the sun goes down, 492 00:21:25,836 --> 00:21:28,426 the temperature drops very quick. 493 00:21:28,528 --> 00:21:31,188 It's a harsh environment. 494 00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:32,980 We have to get shelter built 495 00:21:33,084 --> 00:21:35,814 if we hope to survive out here the whole month. 496 00:21:35,915 --> 00:21:42,915 ♪ 497 00:21:44,855 --> 00:21:47,125 - I'm going to dig out the hillside a little bit, 498 00:21:47,236 --> 00:21:49,096 and try to put in a stove 499 00:21:49,204 --> 00:21:50,764 so that we can stay warm at night, 500 00:21:50,861 --> 00:21:52,481 'cause we're sleeping on the ground, 501 00:21:52,587 --> 00:21:54,757 and it's like sleeping on ice. 502 00:21:54,865 --> 00:21:58,105 ♪ 503 00:21:58,213 --> 00:21:59,873 When it gets cold up here, it gets cold. 504 00:21:59,973 --> 00:22:01,253 It doesn't take a little while. 505 00:22:01,354 --> 00:22:02,464 It doesn't do it gradually. 506 00:22:02,562 --> 00:22:04,882 So when it decides to go, it goes. 507 00:22:04,978 --> 00:22:08,838 As a survivalist, I just believe in being prepared. 508 00:22:08,948 --> 00:22:11,018 - We're building debris shelter, 509 00:22:11,122 --> 00:22:14,262 where we set a ridge beam and then ribs alongside that, 510 00:22:14,367 --> 00:22:16,887 and on that, we put the spruce boughs. 511 00:22:16,990 --> 00:22:18,540 - Wanna throw debris up against it 512 00:22:18,647 --> 00:22:20,717 to kind of make what looks like a pup tent, 513 00:22:20,822 --> 00:22:23,202 and then cover that whole thing now with Sphagnum moss. 514 00:22:23,307 --> 00:22:24,547 It won't be totally waterproof, 515 00:22:24,653 --> 00:22:27,143 but it'll definitely be a lot warmer than what we have now. 516 00:22:27,242 --> 00:22:29,732 - The whole goal was to do an earth berm shelter, 517 00:22:29,831 --> 00:22:31,281 just to try to get the earth to protect us 518 00:22:31,384 --> 00:22:33,734 from the wind and cold. 519 00:22:33,835 --> 00:22:35,835 We take spruce boughs, and we break them down, 520 00:22:35,940 --> 00:22:37,800 and set them up so we have beds 521 00:22:37,908 --> 00:22:39,878 and a fire inside. 522 00:22:39,979 --> 00:22:41,189 The cold is coming. 523 00:22:41,290 --> 00:22:42,640 If we don't have ourselves prepared, 524 00:22:42,740 --> 00:22:44,640 that's gonna be a huge danger. 525 00:22:44,742 --> 00:22:51,752 ♪ 526 00:23:07,351 --> 00:23:08,871 - Last night, it started to rain. 527 00:23:08,973 --> 00:23:11,293 Yay and wah-hoo. 528 00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:13,700 The extreme cold is very prevalent 529 00:23:13,806 --> 00:23:16,286 up here in the arctic, and how it winds a guy down is, 530 00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:18,085 if you don't keep dry and warm, 531 00:23:18,189 --> 00:23:19,499 you're gonna freeze pretty quick. 532 00:23:19,605 --> 00:23:21,875 ♪ 533 00:23:21,986 --> 00:23:23,366 - We're smoking the hide. 534 00:23:23,471 --> 00:23:25,061 Get it really clean in there. 535 00:23:25,162 --> 00:23:27,582 Then we can use them as bedrolls. 536 00:23:27,682 --> 00:23:28,822 It's a good insulator, 537 00:23:28,924 --> 00:23:31,274 so you're not laying directly on the cold ground, 538 00:23:31,375 --> 00:23:32,995 sucking your heat out of you, 539 00:23:33,101 --> 00:23:34,761 burning calories all night. 540 00:23:34,861 --> 00:23:36,211 ♪ 541 00:23:36,311 --> 00:23:39,761 Wouldn't sleep on anything else but a musk ox hide. 542 00:23:39,866 --> 00:23:41,966 - See? Comfy bedrolls, boys. 543 00:23:42,075 --> 00:23:43,205 - These are nice. - Holy cow. 544 00:23:43,318 --> 00:23:44,658 It's nice. 545 00:23:44,768 --> 00:23:46,048 - Love you guys. [laughs] - Love you guys. 546 00:23:46,148 --> 00:23:48,188 Good night. - [laughs] 547 00:23:48,288 --> 00:23:55,298 ♪ 548 00:23:57,228 --> 00:23:59,648 Got almost all the meat dried. 549 00:23:59,748 --> 00:24:02,718 Our next goal is to process this lard that we've been storing. 550 00:24:02,820 --> 00:24:05,170 ♪ 551 00:24:05,271 --> 00:24:06,381 - Is that the fat? 552 00:24:06,479 --> 00:24:08,029 - Yep. - Beautiful. 553 00:24:08,136 --> 00:24:15,136 ♪ 554 00:24:19,665 --> 00:24:21,245 How's it smell? 555 00:24:21,356 --> 00:24:23,596 - [sniffing] 556 00:24:23,703 --> 00:24:25,603 ♪ 557 00:24:25,705 --> 00:24:28,015 - It smells the same as it did when we got it. 558 00:24:28,121 --> 00:24:29,811 - Fat contains a ton of energy, 559 00:24:29,916 --> 00:24:31,876 and the musk ox is not particularly 560 00:24:31,987 --> 00:24:33,467 fat in the muscle, 561 00:24:33,575 --> 00:24:35,715 so we really don't get a lot of energy out of it, 562 00:24:35,819 --> 00:24:38,239 and you can kind of feel it drain you after a while. 563 00:24:38,338 --> 00:24:42,478 ♪ 564 00:24:42,584 --> 00:24:44,034 - We really need to renr our fat, 565 00:24:44,137 --> 00:24:46,137 so we're making saucepans. 566 00:24:46,243 --> 00:24:48,423 ♪ 567 00:24:48,521 --> 00:24:50,871 With any pottery out here in the field like this, 568 00:24:50,972 --> 00:24:53,532 it has stones and different debris in it, 569 00:24:53,630 --> 00:24:55,080 and what happens is that in the firing phase, 570 00:24:55,183 --> 00:24:56,533 that stone could have water in it, 571 00:24:56,633 --> 00:24:58,393 and that'll overheat, and that water will burst, 572 00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:00,047 and it blows the whole side out of your pot, 573 00:25:00,153 --> 00:25:01,573 so you really gotta knead all the air out 574 00:25:01,672 --> 00:25:03,402 'cause the air will do the same thing as a stone. 575 00:25:03,502 --> 00:25:12,652 ♪ 576 00:25:12,752 --> 00:25:13,892 - Still pretty wet, eh? 577 00:25:13,995 --> 00:25:16,305 - Oh, yeah, it's super wet still. 578 00:25:16,411 --> 00:25:19,001 - This saucepan is tremendous if it's successful. 579 00:25:19,103 --> 00:25:20,933 ♪ 580 00:25:21,036 --> 00:25:22,066 [saucepan crackles] - Wow! 581 00:25:22,175 --> 00:25:24,375 - [bleep]. 582 00:25:24,488 --> 00:25:27,388 - You all right? - Got a lot of water on me. 583 00:25:27,491 --> 00:25:28,911 Well, that's dangerous. 584 00:25:29,010 --> 00:25:30,250 ♪ 585 00:25:30,356 --> 00:25:32,946 Pottery's been a bit of a learning curve. 586 00:25:33,048 --> 00:25:37,048 So we took these vertebrae bones from the musk ox, 587 00:25:37,156 --> 00:25:40,496 and I think crushing them up and using them in our clay 588 00:25:40,608 --> 00:25:43,228 might give us the pottery we need out here. 589 00:25:43,334 --> 00:25:50,314 ♪ 590 00:25:51,170 --> 00:25:54,210 Turns it into a really fine powder. 591 00:25:54,311 --> 00:25:56,761 The calcium and what remains in the bones 592 00:25:56,865 --> 00:25:58,795 bake into the clay and make it harder 593 00:25:58,902 --> 00:26:00,772 than it would be without it, 594 00:26:00,869 --> 00:26:02,729 so we can basically make bone china. 595 00:26:02,837 --> 00:26:04,287 ♪ 596 00:26:04,390 --> 00:26:05,980 - We created a clay pot, 597 00:26:06,081 --> 00:26:08,431 so we've rendered the remaining fat, 598 00:26:08,532 --> 00:26:10,092 and we've rationed it out. 599 00:26:10,189 --> 00:26:12,019 ♪ 600 00:26:12,122 --> 00:26:14,432 - I think we did pretty good. 601 00:26:14,538 --> 00:26:18,608 - It was like a shot of energy to have that fat. 602 00:26:18,715 --> 00:26:20,675 So now we can improve our situation. 603 00:26:20,786 --> 00:26:27,716 ♪ 604 00:26:33,833 --> 00:26:36,563 - I am making a primitive hatchet. 605 00:26:36,664 --> 00:26:39,464 I found this the other day by the lake. 606 00:26:39,563 --> 00:26:41,123 We've been using it as a hand axe. 607 00:26:41,220 --> 00:26:43,980 Nate found a piece of wood to use for the handle. 608 00:26:44,085 --> 00:26:45,465 ♪ 609 00:26:45,569 --> 00:26:48,329 Your hand gets sore with all this type of work out here, 610 00:26:48,434 --> 00:26:50,684 and so using something with a handle 611 00:26:50,781 --> 00:26:53,161 makes a lot less vibration when you hit things with it. 612 00:26:53,266 --> 00:26:55,676 ♪ 613 00:26:55,786 --> 00:26:57,266 This sinew's really strong cordage. 614 00:26:57,374 --> 00:26:58,314 - Oh, yeah. 615 00:26:58,409 --> 00:27:02,929 ♪ 616 00:27:03,035 --> 00:27:05,895 [wind whooshing] 617 00:27:06,003 --> 00:27:13,013 ♪ 618 00:27:17,739 --> 00:27:18,639 Daybreak happened, 619 00:27:18,740 --> 00:27:20,670 and the winds picked up out of the north 620 00:27:20,777 --> 00:27:22,737 and brought a real cold chill. 621 00:27:22,848 --> 00:27:26,128 ♪ 622 00:27:26,230 --> 00:27:29,960 There's no rendered fat left over from the musk ox. 623 00:27:30,062 --> 00:27:32,242 Without fat, my brain's not gonna work right 624 00:27:32,340 --> 00:27:34,890 and my energy levels are gonna be lower. 625 00:27:34,998 --> 00:27:37,238 It's really hard to get up day after day 626 00:27:37,345 --> 00:27:40,415 when you don't have any energy to start with. 627 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:41,730 - We've been fighting off the cold 628 00:27:41,832 --> 00:27:43,042 burning way too much energy. 629 00:27:43,144 --> 00:27:44,214 ♪ 630 00:27:44,317 --> 00:27:45,657 I have lost weight. 631 00:27:49,529 --> 00:27:50,949 Getting a fish the next couple of days 632 00:27:51,048 --> 00:27:52,328 would bring those calories back in. 633 00:27:52,429 --> 00:27:53,779 [bird caws] 634 00:27:53,879 --> 00:27:54,979 ♪ 635 00:27:55,087 --> 00:27:57,187 - I'm making a fish hook 636 00:27:57,296 --> 00:27:59,606 made out of musk ox bone. 637 00:27:59,712 --> 00:28:06,722 ♪ 638 00:28:09,239 --> 00:28:11,789 You center tie it, and you set your meat, 639 00:28:11,897 --> 00:28:13,997 and then I can pull it down and hook it 640 00:28:14,106 --> 00:28:17,556 so that it travels through the water like this. 641 00:28:17,661 --> 00:28:20,151 But when the fish takes it and swallows it, 642 00:28:20,250 --> 00:28:22,800 the hook spins perpendicular to the line 643 00:28:22,908 --> 00:28:24,938 and it gorges itself in the mouth of the fish 644 00:28:25,048 --> 00:28:27,048 so that it can't come out. 645 00:28:27,153 --> 00:28:30,233 - Everything is more difficult without tools, 646 00:28:30,329 --> 00:28:33,259 so we're gonna have to improvise. 647 00:28:33,366 --> 00:28:35,706 I'm really hoping to make some fishing line 648 00:28:35,817 --> 00:28:37,747 out of sinew. 649 00:28:37,854 --> 00:28:40,244 The way you process sinew is to basically 650 00:28:40,339 --> 00:28:43,509 cut the large tendons and then dry them thoroughly, 651 00:28:43,618 --> 00:28:45,238 and then you peel all that apart, 652 00:28:45,344 --> 00:28:47,144 and you have a bunch of really little, 653 00:28:47,242 --> 00:28:49,112 very strong strings. 654 00:28:49,210 --> 00:28:50,180 Strip them into fibers, 655 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:51,970 weave them back together into strings. 656 00:28:52,075 --> 00:28:58,385 ♪ 657 00:28:58,495 --> 00:29:00,765 - We're good to go fishing. 658 00:29:00,877 --> 00:29:02,257 We do have all this meat here, 659 00:29:02,361 --> 00:29:04,981 but your body can only use so much of it 660 00:29:05,088 --> 00:29:06,778 without the presence of fat, 661 00:29:06,883 --> 00:29:08,403 so fish is mainly fat, 662 00:29:08,505 --> 00:29:10,125 and that's why we want to catch fish. 663 00:29:10,231 --> 00:29:13,611 ♪ 664 00:29:13,717 --> 00:29:14,957 We decided to split up. 665 00:29:15,063 --> 00:29:16,483 The wind may cause us a problem, 666 00:29:16,582 --> 00:29:18,312 so we sent one guy to the south end 667 00:29:18,411 --> 00:29:19,861 where it should be more calm. 668 00:29:19,965 --> 00:29:21,135 Hopefully his chances are pretty good 669 00:29:21,242 --> 00:29:22,112 to catch them there. 670 00:29:22,208 --> 00:29:25,518 ♪ 671 00:29:25,625 --> 00:29:28,695 - So I've spun about 10 feet 672 00:29:28,801 --> 00:29:32,941 of sinew cordage. 673 00:29:33,047 --> 00:29:36,907 ♪ 674 00:29:37,016 --> 00:29:39,736 Some real thick sinew musk ox calf. 675 00:29:39,847 --> 00:29:45,647 ♪ 676 00:29:45,749 --> 00:29:48,719 - Now let's use a bait. 677 00:29:48,821 --> 00:29:50,931 I knew it was gonna be choppy. It's windy up there. 678 00:29:51,030 --> 00:29:58,000 ♪ 679 00:30:12,431 --> 00:30:14,091 - Don't wanna get wet feet. 680 00:30:14,191 --> 00:30:16,711 ♪ 681 00:30:16,815 --> 00:30:19,225 Feel a little bit tired, a little worn out. 682 00:30:19,334 --> 00:30:21,104 Burn a lot of calories going up and down the hills. 683 00:30:21,198 --> 00:30:23,508 ♪ 684 00:30:23,614 --> 00:30:25,824 If you're deficient on fat for a few days, 685 00:30:25,927 --> 00:30:28,857 you'll notice a little bit of a rundown in your energy. 686 00:30:28,965 --> 00:30:30,895 Your vision is going to get blurred. 687 00:30:31,001 --> 00:30:34,351 Mental processing is not gonna be quick and sharp as it was. 688 00:30:34,453 --> 00:30:37,083 You're not gonna understand and comprehend things. 689 00:30:37,180 --> 00:30:44,190 ♪ 690 00:30:52,229 --> 00:30:53,849 - So I just hit the right opportunity, 691 00:30:53,955 --> 00:30:56,265 and I put it right in front of their face. 692 00:30:56,371 --> 00:31:00,341 ♪ 693 00:31:00,444 --> 00:31:01,654 - I think it's too choppy. 694 00:31:01,756 --> 00:31:04,516 ♪ 695 00:31:04,621 --> 00:31:07,141 The arctic doesn't give you up anything. 696 00:31:07,244 --> 00:31:08,314 Nothing comes for free. 697 00:31:08,418 --> 00:31:10,488 Man, you gotta work for everything you get 698 00:31:10,592 --> 00:31:12,702 and every ounce of it. 699 00:31:12,801 --> 00:31:15,181 This morning was not successful. 700 00:31:15,287 --> 00:31:17,117 When the waves are breaking, the fish are just not there. 701 00:31:17,220 --> 00:31:18,640 ♪ 702 00:31:18,738 --> 00:31:20,328 - I've been at it for a little bit fishing, 703 00:31:20,430 --> 00:31:23,540 and every next failure seems to hurt a little bit more. 704 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:25,540 ♪ 705 00:31:25,642 --> 00:31:27,682 - It's very, very important to our bodies 706 00:31:27,782 --> 00:31:30,132 and to our survival out here that we catch fish 707 00:31:30,233 --> 00:31:32,303 so we get that fat to keep us going. 708 00:31:32,407 --> 00:31:39,827 Otherwise, we're just not gonna make it to the end. 709 00:31:39,932 --> 00:31:41,622 ♪ 710 00:31:41,727 --> 00:31:44,207 - Ben and I headed out before sunrise 711 00:31:44,316 --> 00:31:46,526 to try to find some lake trout. 712 00:31:46,628 --> 00:31:49,218 ♪ 713 00:31:49,321 --> 00:31:50,531 [whispers] Just one fish. 714 00:31:50,632 --> 00:31:52,952 Just show yourself. 715 00:31:53,049 --> 00:31:59,989 ♪ 716 00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:03,199 [grunts] 717 00:32:03,300 --> 00:32:05,850 Damn. 718 00:32:05,958 --> 00:32:08,578 I'm exhausted. 719 00:32:08,685 --> 00:32:10,195 Thriving takes a lot. 720 00:32:10,307 --> 00:32:11,617 Food's the number one resource 721 00:32:11,722 --> 00:32:12,862 in whether you're thriving or not, 722 00:32:12,965 --> 00:32:15,275 and we haven't been able to land anything. 723 00:32:15,381 --> 00:32:17,181 - Nate. 724 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,040 Nate! 725 00:32:19,144 --> 00:32:21,944 I think I'm gonna head back. 726 00:32:23,148 --> 00:32:25,428 Fishing seemed pretty hopeless at this point, 727 00:32:25,529 --> 00:32:27,359 especially with the waters rough. 728 00:32:27,462 --> 00:32:28,812 ♪ 729 00:32:28,912 --> 00:32:30,432 I would like to have any fat. 730 00:32:30,534 --> 00:32:31,954 I'd probably eat one of my teammates 731 00:32:32,053 --> 00:32:33,993 if I didn't like them so well. 732 00:32:35,470 --> 00:32:36,750 [squirrel chatters] 733 00:32:36,851 --> 00:32:38,271 - Hold on, hold on, hold on. 734 00:32:38,370 --> 00:32:40,680 ♪ 735 00:32:40,786 --> 00:32:42,886 There is a squirrel. Dang it. 736 00:32:42,995 --> 00:32:45,885 [squirrel chattering] 737 00:32:45,998 --> 00:32:50,518 ♪ 738 00:32:50,623 --> 00:32:51,973 Oh, I see him. 739 00:32:52,073 --> 00:32:53,423 ♪ 740 00:32:53,523 --> 00:32:55,183 Oh, dang it. 741 00:32:55,283 --> 00:32:57,843 [squirrel chatters] 742 00:32:57,941 --> 00:33:02,701 ♪ 743 00:33:02,808 --> 00:33:04,188 [rod thunks] 744 00:33:04,292 --> 00:33:06,162 ♪ 745 00:33:06,260 --> 00:33:08,810 [squirrel chatters] 746 00:33:08,917 --> 00:33:13,537 ♪ 747 00:33:13,646 --> 00:33:14,986 [stone thunks] Got him! 748 00:33:15,096 --> 00:33:17,056 - Nice shot! 749 00:33:17,167 --> 00:33:18,127 - When I hunt something, 750 00:33:18,237 --> 00:33:20,477 I try to be respectful of the life I've taken 751 00:33:20,584 --> 00:33:22,524 and use as much of it as I can. 752 00:33:22,621 --> 00:33:24,111 It's a gift. 753 00:33:24,209 --> 00:33:25,929 - Beauty. Way to go, Ben. 754 00:33:26,038 --> 00:33:28,138 - It's a good size. - Little dude. 755 00:33:28,247 --> 00:33:30,867 - Catch of the day is squirrel. Awesome. 756 00:33:30,974 --> 00:33:33,084 I'll split across from back leg to back leg knuckles, 757 00:33:33,183 --> 00:33:34,503 take it off, cut around the front feets, 758 00:33:34,598 --> 00:33:36,358 around the back feets, around the whiskers, 759 00:33:36,462 --> 00:33:37,772 nose, and everything else. 760 00:33:37,877 --> 00:33:40,117 ♪ 761 00:33:40,225 --> 00:33:41,395 And then peel the hide off that way 762 00:33:41,502 --> 00:33:43,162 so I can stretch it out so you can get it 763 00:33:43,262 --> 00:33:44,882 as big as you possibly can 764 00:33:44,988 --> 00:33:46,888 to use it for cordage or whatever you need it for. 765 00:33:46,990 --> 00:33:49,410 There you go. 766 00:33:49,510 --> 00:33:51,480 We wanted to get it done and finished and quick, 767 00:33:51,581 --> 00:33:52,721 and get it over the top of the fire 768 00:33:52,823 --> 00:33:53,763 so you can get a different-tasting meat 769 00:33:53,859 --> 00:33:54,829 rather than just musk ox. 770 00:33:54,929 --> 00:34:01,109 ♪ 771 00:34:01,211 --> 00:34:02,521 Hold him up there, Ben. 772 00:34:02,626 --> 00:34:06,416 ♪ 773 00:34:06,527 --> 00:34:09,147 - Gotta look good. Golden brown. 774 00:34:09,254 --> 00:34:12,464 ♪ 775 00:34:12,567 --> 00:34:14,217 - [mumbles indistinctly] 776 00:34:14,328 --> 00:34:16,948 ♪ 777 00:34:17,055 --> 00:34:19,015 - Mm. - Oh, yeah. 778 00:34:19,126 --> 00:34:20,746 - That's pretty good, isn't it? 779 00:34:20,851 --> 00:34:22,131 - Different flavor. 780 00:34:22,232 --> 00:34:24,612 - Difference between squirrel meat and musk ox meat 781 00:34:24,717 --> 00:34:27,577 is musk ox meat right now is very dry, 782 00:34:27,686 --> 00:34:29,856 very smoky, very chewy. 783 00:34:29,964 --> 00:34:34,114 The squirrel is rather moist and not as stringy, 784 00:34:34,210 --> 00:34:35,140 and it tastes just kind of like chicken. 785 00:34:35,245 --> 00:34:37,555 - Look, the crispy brains. 786 00:34:37,661 --> 00:34:39,661 The brains of animals have a lot of fat in them 787 00:34:39,767 --> 00:34:43,007 and that's the thing we're kind of short of right now. 788 00:34:43,115 --> 00:34:44,735 - You can't live on squirrel alone. 789 00:34:44,841 --> 00:34:46,121 - Lean. 790 00:34:46,222 --> 00:34:47,982 - We need more fat. 791 00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:55,086 ♪ 792 00:34:59,062 --> 00:35:06,102 ♪ 793 00:35:10,660 --> 00:35:13,180 - So I'm using the squirrel lungs for bait. 794 00:35:13,283 --> 00:35:15,603 They're bright and red and bloody and meaty. 795 00:35:15,699 --> 00:35:17,009 ♪ 796 00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:18,625 I'm hoping that that's a change of pace 797 00:35:18,737 --> 00:35:21,287 from that musk ox meat, since they've spit it out. 798 00:35:21,395 --> 00:35:27,465 ♪ 799 00:35:27,573 --> 00:35:30,273 I don't have a lot of charge in my batteries. 800 00:35:30,369 --> 00:35:37,269 ♪ 801 00:35:37,376 --> 00:35:39,336 It's just been really slow the last few days 802 00:35:39,447 --> 00:35:42,617 and I know it's 'cause we really need fat, 803 00:35:42,726 --> 00:35:45,246 so I'm gonna get a fish today. 804 00:35:45,350 --> 00:35:52,220 ♪ 805 00:35:52,322 --> 00:35:53,572 [grunts] 806 00:35:55,877 --> 00:35:57,847 ♪ 807 00:35:57,948 --> 00:36:00,878 - The arctic is really a harsh place. 808 00:36:00,986 --> 00:36:03,576 It's raw. 809 00:36:03,678 --> 00:36:05,778 Everything struggles to survive here. 810 00:36:05,887 --> 00:36:09,747 ♪ 811 00:36:09,857 --> 00:36:11,167 - [grunts] 812 00:36:11,272 --> 00:36:16,522 ♪ 813 00:36:16,622 --> 00:36:18,312 Oh, that sucks. 814 00:36:18,417 --> 00:36:21,387 My hands are frozen. 815 00:36:21,489 --> 00:36:23,389 The weather down near the water is grueling. 816 00:36:23,491 --> 00:36:25,741 So the wind's coming off that water. 817 00:36:25,838 --> 00:36:27,428 ♪ 818 00:36:27,530 --> 00:36:30,190 Everything that's exposed is numb. 819 00:36:30,291 --> 00:36:32,641 I have to grab the line, which is wet, 820 00:36:32,742 --> 00:36:34,022 cover my hand in water, 821 00:36:34,122 --> 00:36:35,852 and then re-throw every ten seconds. 822 00:36:35,952 --> 00:36:42,922 ♪ 823 00:36:44,063 --> 00:36:46,833 - The cold, to me, is a little ominous. 824 00:36:46,928 --> 00:36:48,448 [wind whooshing] 825 00:36:48,551 --> 00:36:50,451 If you're too hot on a hot summer day, 826 00:36:50,553 --> 00:36:52,003 you just get in the shade and drink some water, 827 00:36:52,106 --> 00:36:53,826 but if you're too cold when it's cold out, 828 00:36:53,935 --> 00:36:55,625 your life is threatened. 829 00:36:55,730 --> 00:36:59,490 ♪ 830 00:36:59,596 --> 00:37:02,696 Whew. My hands are cold. 831 00:37:02,806 --> 00:37:04,386 I feel drained. 832 00:37:04,498 --> 00:37:07,538 This challenge doesn't need anything added to it. 833 00:37:07,639 --> 00:37:09,879 I can feel the difference in my body, 834 00:37:09,986 --> 00:37:13,886 but I just don't want to give up on something. 835 00:37:13,990 --> 00:37:16,370 If I say I'm gonna try to do something, 836 00:37:16,475 --> 00:37:18,745 I plan on trying pretty hard. 837 00:37:18,857 --> 00:37:23,337 ♪ 838 00:37:23,448 --> 00:37:24,588 - Fish on, Ben. 839 00:37:24,690 --> 00:37:26,350 ♪ 840 00:37:26,451 --> 00:37:27,491 Fish on! 841 00:37:27,590 --> 00:37:34,530 ♪ 842 00:37:35,183 --> 00:37:36,943 Oh, my God. 843 00:37:37,047 --> 00:37:38,977 - That's a big one. - Oh. 844 00:37:39,084 --> 00:37:41,224 - Awesome. 845 00:37:41,328 --> 00:37:42,918 - Oh, my God. 846 00:37:43,019 --> 00:37:44,119 - [laughs] - Oh, my God. 847 00:37:44,227 --> 00:37:45,747 - Yes! 848 00:37:45,849 --> 00:37:47,059 Finally. 849 00:37:47,161 --> 00:37:50,101 - Oh, my God. 850 00:37:50,198 --> 00:37:52,788 Oh, my God. Feels great. 851 00:37:52,891 --> 00:37:56,141 [both laughing] 852 00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:57,929 I'm overwhelmed. We got a fish. 853 00:37:58,034 --> 00:38:00,694 Oh, that's, like, ten pounds. 854 00:38:00,795 --> 00:38:03,415 - Let's take it home and eat it right now. 855 00:38:03,522 --> 00:38:10,462 ♪ 856 00:38:13,739 --> 00:38:15,469 - It's moving from surviving 857 00:38:15,569 --> 00:38:18,229 into sustaining with what we had. 858 00:38:18,330 --> 00:38:19,880 We know we can catch a fish. 859 00:38:19,987 --> 00:38:21,707 To me, that's a step in the right direction 860 00:38:21,816 --> 00:38:22,706 towards surviving. 861 00:38:22,817 --> 00:38:24,917 - Oh, my... 862 00:38:25,026 --> 00:38:26,096 - Yeah. - Word. 863 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:27,790 - Yeah! - Wow! 864 00:38:27,891 --> 00:38:30,001 - You should've seen Ninja Ben with the club. 865 00:38:30,100 --> 00:38:32,340 - [laughs] - That is a honker. 866 00:38:32,448 --> 00:38:34,588 ♪ 867 00:38:34,691 --> 00:38:36,901 Taking out the internal organs of the fish is pretty easy. 868 00:38:37,004 --> 00:38:38,284 Most times, you can just 869 00:38:38,385 --> 00:38:40,455 pull on them and they just pop right out. 870 00:38:40,559 --> 00:38:43,009 Way, way different than cutting red meat. 871 00:38:43,113 --> 00:38:45,463 - Still beating. Fresh fish. 872 00:38:49,361 --> 00:38:51,021 - How is it? 873 00:38:51,121 --> 00:38:52,781 - That's not too bad. 874 00:38:52,882 --> 00:38:53,922 Feels like warm beef. 875 00:38:54,021 --> 00:38:55,821 - Mm. - Yeah. 876 00:38:55,919 --> 00:39:01,479 ♪ 877 00:39:01,580 --> 00:39:03,130 Mmm. 878 00:39:03,237 --> 00:39:04,407 Wow. 879 00:39:04,514 --> 00:39:06,724 - Really tender meat after eating all that musk ox. 880 00:39:06,827 --> 00:39:09,727 It's, like, just such a difference. 881 00:39:09,830 --> 00:39:11,140 We're really grateful for it. 882 00:39:11,245 --> 00:39:13,345 - God, my body needed that fat. 883 00:39:13,454 --> 00:39:16,564 I could run on, like, four days on this fuel. 884 00:39:16,664 --> 00:39:18,844 - You can actually feel your body 885 00:39:18,942 --> 00:39:22,362 absorbing the oil that it needed so, so bad. 886 00:39:22,463 --> 00:39:24,333 Come here, energy. We're ready to boogie. 887 00:39:24,431 --> 00:39:31,401 ♪ 888 00:39:38,583 --> 00:39:39,863 - Final day. 889 00:39:39,963 --> 00:39:41,453 - Yep. - Let's do it. 890 00:39:41,551 --> 00:39:42,901 - Final day. We're out. 891 00:39:43,001 --> 00:39:45,181 - That's it. That's the end. 892 00:39:45,279 --> 00:39:46,559 ♪ 893 00:39:46,660 --> 00:39:48,830 - This experience has been challenging. 894 00:39:48,938 --> 00:39:51,488 ♪ 895 00:39:51,596 --> 00:39:54,936 We came out here with nothing-- 896 00:39:55,047 --> 00:39:56,807 nothing to make fire, 897 00:39:56,911 --> 00:39:59,571 no knives, no tools whatsoever. 898 00:39:59,673 --> 00:40:00,813 ♪ 899 00:40:00,915 --> 00:40:02,745 - Having to deal with wild animals 900 00:40:02,848 --> 00:40:04,298 and consuming one, 901 00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:07,992 I've gained a new appreciation for what we shouldn't waste. 902 00:40:08,095 --> 00:40:11,125 I just never really knew the value in certain items 903 00:40:11,236 --> 00:40:13,686 off of an animal. 904 00:40:13,790 --> 00:40:15,030 - Coming out here with nothing, 905 00:40:15,136 --> 00:40:17,966 I have even more respect for the intelligence 906 00:40:18,070 --> 00:40:20,730 and ingenuity of our Stone Age ancestors. 907 00:40:20,832 --> 00:40:23,972 It's amazing to think of what our ancestors went through 908 00:40:24,076 --> 00:40:27,146 and what they overcame to get us where society is today. 909 00:40:27,252 --> 00:40:34,262 ♪ 910 00:40:47,548 --> 00:40:49,238 - That should do it. 911 00:40:49,343 --> 00:40:51,173 - Yeah, that'll do it. 912 00:40:51,276 --> 00:40:58,246 ♪ 913 00:40:59,353 --> 00:41:01,633 - I'm positive I made my dad proud out here. 914 00:41:01,735 --> 00:41:04,525 If he were here today, I think he'd be doing backflips 915 00:41:04,634 --> 00:41:06,154 knowing that it went so well 916 00:41:06,256 --> 00:41:07,946 and the lessons that he taught me 917 00:41:08,051 --> 00:41:10,361 are being really taken to heart. 918 00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:13,158 - My brother Jordan survived the arctic himself, 919 00:41:13,263 --> 00:41:15,403 and so to come up here and experience it also, 920 00:41:15,507 --> 00:41:17,537 and see the things he's talked about, 921 00:41:17,647 --> 00:41:20,237 it'll be fun to go back and share that with him. 922 00:41:20,339 --> 00:41:21,649 We're ready to keep going. 923 00:41:21,755 --> 00:41:23,855 I feel like we're leaving on top. 924 00:41:23,964 --> 00:41:27,354 ♪