1 00:00:02,002 --> 00:00:08,008 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:08,008 --> 00:00:11,879 (creaking) 3 00:00:26,326 --> 00:00:32,199 ♪ ♪ 4 00:00:32,199 --> 00:00:35,002 ROBERT: That was a long dive. 5 00:00:35,002 --> 00:00:36,637 RJ: Yeah. 6 00:00:36,637 --> 00:00:38,972 They're a little deeper since it's high tide. 7 00:00:38,972 --> 00:00:40,741 ROBERT: Let's see what 'ya got? 8 00:00:40,741 --> 00:00:43,443 RJ: I got four. Just got one more to get. 9 00:00:43,443 --> 00:00:46,547 ROBERT: Oh, yeah, I mean, it looked like you had to work pretty hard. 10 00:00:46,547 --> 00:00:49,216 RJ: The currents are really strong. 11 00:00:49,650 --> 00:00:51,451 ROBERT: Today we're gonna try to get some rock scallops 12 00:00:51,451 --> 00:00:53,086 and some abalone. 13 00:00:53,086 --> 00:00:54,555 It's not easy to get for anyone, 14 00:00:54,555 --> 00:00:57,357 but it's another way to harvest some food for us. 15 00:00:57,357 --> 00:00:59,326 Beautiful piece of meat right there. 16 00:00:59,326 --> 00:01:01,261 Look at that. 17 00:01:01,261 --> 00:01:04,231 What do you think you want to do? 18 00:01:04,231 --> 00:01:06,633 RJ: Get one more. ROBERT: Go get one more? 19 00:01:06,633 --> 00:01:08,735 RJ: Yeah. 20 00:01:11,004 --> 00:01:13,373 ROBERT: It's real important that if you want to harvest some rock scallops 21 00:01:13,373 --> 00:01:16,343 and abalone, you do it in the cold months. 22 00:01:16,343 --> 00:01:19,179 And that way you won't get paralytic shellfish poisoning. 23 00:01:19,179 --> 00:01:20,981 Good luck, RJ. Stay safe. 24 00:01:20,981 --> 00:01:23,216 RJ: Yeah. 25 00:01:26,219 --> 00:01:31,625 (theme music playing) 26 00:01:32,826 --> 00:01:34,361 ROBERT: Warming his muscles up. 27 00:01:34,361 --> 00:01:35,529 Get all loose and limber. 28 00:01:35,529 --> 00:01:37,230 He did some stretching on the boat. 29 00:01:37,230 --> 00:01:39,132 Getting ready. 30 00:01:44,638 --> 00:01:46,607 Free diving, just a snorkel. 31 00:01:46,607 --> 00:01:47,608 You're holding your breath. 32 00:01:47,608 --> 00:01:48,842 You're going down. 33 00:01:48,842 --> 00:01:50,944 You're getting what you can in one breath and you're coming up. 34 00:01:50,944 --> 00:01:54,047 Boy, he just holds his breath up to a minute. 35 00:01:54,982 --> 00:01:57,317 It sounds scary. 36 00:01:57,317 --> 00:02:00,921 He doesn't seem too phased by it though. 37 00:02:15,302 --> 00:02:17,404 (cracks) 38 00:02:27,547 --> 00:02:28,849 CHEVIE: So, it's super important to teach your kids 39 00:02:28,849 --> 00:02:30,717 where their natural resources are. 40 00:02:30,717 --> 00:02:33,086 It comes down to being able to feed yourself. 41 00:02:33,086 --> 00:02:36,156 If you live by a river you gotta know how to fish. 42 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:38,258 EMRY: We're so far away. 43 00:02:38,258 --> 00:02:40,727 CHEVIE: It's a long go of it. 44 00:02:44,331 --> 00:02:46,033 We need to get pike. 45 00:02:46,033 --> 00:02:47,901 This is the time to get 'em. 46 00:02:47,901 --> 00:02:51,004 And the place that we're going to today is Layman Lake. 47 00:02:51,004 --> 00:02:53,707 It's 17 miles downriver from Shageluk. 48 00:02:53,707 --> 00:02:57,911 And I gotta cross ice, uneven terrain, but first 49 00:02:57,911 --> 00:03:00,881 we're gonna stop and fish in multiple lakes. 50 00:03:03,316 --> 00:03:04,785 Let's try here for a little while. 51 00:03:04,785 --> 00:03:06,286 Let's see what's up. 52 00:03:06,286 --> 00:03:07,754 Emry, what are you making? 53 00:03:07,754 --> 00:03:12,025 EMRY: My baby's head. CHEVIE: You're making a baby? 54 00:03:12,592 --> 00:03:17,431 Oh. You just gotta have a snow baby. 55 00:03:17,898 --> 00:03:19,966 All right. Let's walk up here. 56 00:03:19,966 --> 00:03:21,902 Let's go cut some sticks to make a pole out of. 57 00:03:21,902 --> 00:03:22,936 All right? 58 00:03:22,936 --> 00:03:25,105 SYDNEY: Yep. 59 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:29,910 EMRY: Yah! CHEVIE: Whoa! 60 00:03:35,949 --> 00:03:37,084 Everybody's got their stick? 61 00:03:37,084 --> 00:03:38,351 EMRY: Yeah. SYDNEY: Yeah. 62 00:03:38,351 --> 00:03:41,254 CHEVIE: All right. Let's go down there and get some line on 'em. 63 00:03:41,254 --> 00:03:44,791 SYDNEY: Emry, you remind me of me when I was like your age. 64 00:03:56,503 --> 00:03:59,072 CHEVIE: All right, you're ready to roll. 65 00:03:59,072 --> 00:04:00,607 This is Emry's. 66 00:04:00,607 --> 00:04:02,609 SYDNEY: What? No, I got that. 67 00:04:02,609 --> 00:04:04,611 CHEVIE: Oh, okay. This is Sydney's. 68 00:04:04,611 --> 00:04:07,547 EMRY: I want to use it! SYDNEY: No. 69 00:04:12,385 --> 00:04:14,421 CHEVIE: Where do you want your hole? 70 00:04:14,421 --> 00:04:15,522 EMRY: Look, look, daddy. 71 00:04:15,522 --> 00:04:16,523 Daddy, look. 72 00:04:16,523 --> 00:04:17,524 Right where I'm standing. 73 00:04:17,524 --> 00:04:20,227 Right here. 74 00:04:20,227 --> 00:04:21,828 CHEVIE: Just rip on it as hard as you can. 75 00:04:21,828 --> 00:04:22,996 One, two three. 76 00:04:22,996 --> 00:04:27,067 EMRY: Two, three. We did it. 77 00:04:27,067 --> 00:04:29,169 CHEVIE: Good effort. 78 00:04:29,169 --> 00:04:32,572 We haven't had fresh fish for three or four months. 79 00:04:32,572 --> 00:04:35,976 And by catching these fish you're eating good healthy food 80 00:04:35,976 --> 00:04:37,978 that makes us stronger and 81 00:04:37,978 --> 00:04:41,782 gives us the quality of life that we strive for. 82 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:45,352 Just gotta keep on jigging. 83 00:04:45,352 --> 00:04:48,588 When I was younger, I didn't spend as much time in the woods 84 00:04:48,588 --> 00:04:53,460 as our kids did and there's times where I've had to overcome fear. 85 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:55,395 And so, I think with preparation, 86 00:04:55,395 --> 00:04:58,465 I could help them be comfortable because it's ice fishing, 87 00:04:58,465 --> 00:05:00,901 but it's so much more. 88 00:05:00,901 --> 00:05:03,170 No fish here, I don't think. 89 00:05:03,170 --> 00:05:05,972 We gotta find 'em. Let's just keep on moving. 90 00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:08,508 We'll move to the next spot. 91 00:05:13,747 --> 00:05:15,749 JOHNNY: Nature's always trying to teach me a lesson. 92 00:05:15,749 --> 00:05:18,952 It's always teaching me something that I need to know 93 00:05:18,952 --> 00:05:21,955 in order to thrive out here with the other animals. 94 00:05:23,857 --> 00:05:25,525 JOHNNY: The snow's deep this year. 95 00:05:25,525 --> 00:05:29,262 Compared to last year, the snow's a hell of a lot deeper. 96 00:05:29,262 --> 00:05:34,601 This is actually my first-time snaring for snowshoe hares out here. 97 00:05:34,601 --> 00:05:37,103 Check out this old superhighway just runs right up 98 00:05:37,103 --> 00:05:39,005 into the trees there. 99 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:42,409 And then there's some marten tracks right up above it. 100 00:05:42,409 --> 00:05:47,814 The marten must be happy as pigs in dung that the snowshoe hares 101 00:05:47,814 --> 00:05:49,015 are back in town. 102 00:05:49,015 --> 00:05:51,751 Because, man, they love eating those things. 103 00:05:51,751 --> 00:05:54,454 And these animals are cyclic. 104 00:05:54,454 --> 00:05:57,858 They're around heavily and then they're, they're just gone. 105 00:05:57,858 --> 00:06:01,962 And it's unbelievable how many tracks are out here now. 106 00:06:01,962 --> 00:06:03,230 When they repopulate, man, they... 107 00:06:03,230 --> 00:06:04,531 (whistles) 108 00:06:04,531 --> 00:06:05,632 It's like the term... 109 00:06:05,632 --> 00:06:06,933 (whistles) 110 00:06:06,933 --> 00:06:08,301 Like rabbits. 111 00:06:08,301 --> 00:06:11,438 This is the time of year where my meat's running low 112 00:06:11,438 --> 00:06:14,641 and it's time to go out, find more game. 113 00:06:14,641 --> 00:06:17,244 Snowshoe hares are a great source of protein. 114 00:06:17,244 --> 00:06:19,346 And now that they're here I'm gonna take advantage of that and 115 00:06:19,346 --> 00:06:21,481 get 'em while the getting's good. 116 00:06:22,449 --> 00:06:24,484 Little bit of this right here. 117 00:06:24,484 --> 00:06:27,487 What I don't want to do is walk in their highway. 118 00:06:28,855 --> 00:06:31,291 Man, I'm starting to slide under it. 119 00:06:31,291 --> 00:06:35,362 'Cause if you walk into their highway and smash it down, 120 00:06:35,362 --> 00:06:38,465 you could kind of deter them away. 121 00:06:38,465 --> 00:06:42,802 So, I'm just gonna kinda do a real simple set like this. 122 00:06:42,802 --> 00:06:48,074 And put the snare on this coming down right into their path. 123 00:06:49,442 --> 00:06:52,712 I remember setting my first rabbit trap. 124 00:06:52,712 --> 00:06:55,682 It was on my parent's property back in Indiana. 125 00:06:55,682 --> 00:06:57,684 And I, I mean, I didn't know what I was doing, 126 00:06:57,684 --> 00:06:59,753 but I just, something in me always wanted to trap, 127 00:06:59,753 --> 00:07:01,788 always wanted to hunt, always wanted to fish. 128 00:07:01,788 --> 00:07:04,791 And I dug this hole in the ground. 129 00:07:04,791 --> 00:07:08,361 I put a piece of plywood over the hole. 130 00:07:08,361 --> 00:07:10,130 And then I cut a hole in the plywood and 131 00:07:10,130 --> 00:07:15,268 put like a piece of plastic over the hole. 132 00:07:15,268 --> 00:07:18,138 And I put carrots in the hole, and I was hoping that a rabbit 133 00:07:18,138 --> 00:07:22,208 would come along and step on that plastic and 134 00:07:22,208 --> 00:07:23,843 fall into the bucket. 135 00:07:23,843 --> 00:07:25,679 It was the worst idea. 136 00:07:25,679 --> 00:07:28,848 To me at the time, I just, I was thirsty to be outside and trap. 137 00:07:28,848 --> 00:07:31,184 I didn't want to go to school. 138 00:07:31,184 --> 00:07:34,554 That's looking pretty good to me. 139 00:07:34,888 --> 00:07:36,957 So now a rabbit will come bounding along and you can see 140 00:07:36,957 --> 00:07:40,060 its bound marks, boom, boom, boom. 141 00:07:40,060 --> 00:07:43,463 That next bound and that's where it's gonna get caught in the snare. 142 00:07:46,599 --> 00:07:49,336 You know, I'm just like I was when I was eight, ten, 12. 143 00:07:49,336 --> 00:07:50,704 There we go. 144 00:07:50,704 --> 00:07:51,705 I'm doing the same stuff. 145 00:07:51,705 --> 00:07:53,006 I got the same interests. 146 00:07:53,006 --> 00:07:56,843 I've definitely fallen more in love with animals outside of 147 00:07:56,843 --> 00:07:59,779 a food source just from hunting and trapping. 148 00:07:59,779 --> 00:08:04,384 I've grown a much larger appreciation for nature because 149 00:08:04,384 --> 00:08:06,252 of hunting and trapping. 150 00:08:06,252 --> 00:08:07,954 Because I'm out on the land. 151 00:08:07,954 --> 00:08:09,089 I'm out doing stuff. 152 00:08:09,089 --> 00:08:12,325 I'm, I'm observing nature, I'm watching it. 153 00:08:12,325 --> 00:08:15,795 And it's just, it's a beautiful thing to be a part of everyday. 154 00:08:15,795 --> 00:08:17,297 That trap's looking pretty solid. 155 00:08:17,297 --> 00:08:20,500 I'm happy with that right there. 156 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:23,603 Be back tomorrow and check these bad boys out. 157 00:08:25,472 --> 00:08:28,775 (rooster crows) 158 00:08:32,078 --> 00:08:33,313 (bleats) 159 00:08:33,313 --> 00:08:35,715 NATHAN: At first, it sounded like a crazy idea, 160 00:08:35,715 --> 00:08:39,853 buying a farm in the middle of nowhere on land that isn't farmland. 161 00:08:39,853 --> 00:08:42,355 But we love it. 162 00:08:42,355 --> 00:08:44,391 Me and my wife, and the kids. 163 00:08:44,391 --> 00:08:46,960 We all are fanatics. 164 00:08:47,727 --> 00:08:51,064 Farm life certainly isn't for everyone. 165 00:08:51,064 --> 00:08:53,900 You make a lot of sacrifices. 166 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:56,503 But we wanted to get out of the rat race, 167 00:08:56,503 --> 00:08:58,772 we bit off a lot more than we could chew. 168 00:08:58,772 --> 00:09:01,641 But we do whatever it takes. 169 00:09:05,512 --> 00:09:06,513 NATHAN: All right. 170 00:09:06,513 --> 00:09:08,948 SAMANTHA: So where are we digging at? 171 00:09:08,948 --> 00:09:13,253 NATHAN: I was thinking put it somewhere right next to this tree. 172 00:09:13,253 --> 00:09:17,390 So, Moses and them can still guard the farm. 173 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:19,926 SAMANTHA: Yeah. Let's start digging. 174 00:09:21,795 --> 00:09:23,329 NATHAN: I'm Nathan Brown. 175 00:09:23,329 --> 00:09:26,366 Samantha is my beautiful wife. 176 00:09:26,366 --> 00:09:30,170 We have three kids and a bunch of animals. 177 00:09:30,170 --> 00:09:31,337 (meows) 178 00:09:31,337 --> 00:09:32,338 SAMANTHA: Really, Olivia? 179 00:09:32,338 --> 00:09:33,606 (laughs) 180 00:09:33,606 --> 00:09:36,342 NATHAN: She had a really solid first birth. 181 00:09:36,342 --> 00:09:40,013 Super easy, so hopefully this one goes as well. 182 00:09:40,013 --> 00:09:44,184 Moses and Olivia decided that they wanna have another litter of puppies. 183 00:09:44,184 --> 00:09:46,986 So, we're gonna build a doghouse. 184 00:09:46,986 --> 00:09:49,189 They'll have a place to stay warm in the winter and 185 00:09:49,189 --> 00:09:51,224 cool in the summer. 186 00:09:51,224 --> 00:09:54,227 SAMANTHA: I think they're gonna be really happy to have their own space. 187 00:09:54,227 --> 00:09:57,697 NATHAN: It's overdue, long overdue for 'em. 188 00:09:58,398 --> 00:10:02,702 The nearest hardware store is probably about a hour and a half away. 189 00:10:02,702 --> 00:10:07,107 But I can go out and gather what I need off the land. 190 00:10:09,642 --> 00:10:13,813 We live north of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, 191 00:10:13,813 --> 00:10:15,615 the largest national park 192 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:18,184 in the United States. 193 00:10:18,184 --> 00:10:20,987 And it's probably the most beautiful place on Earth. 194 00:10:20,987 --> 00:10:24,023 I mean, you'd have to shoot me in the head and 195 00:10:24,023 --> 00:10:26,192 drag me off to get me outta here. 196 00:10:26,192 --> 00:10:27,894 All right. 197 00:10:27,894 --> 00:10:31,865 So, I'm gonna drop this dead standing here. 198 00:10:31,865 --> 00:10:33,633 See if we can load it up. 199 00:10:33,633 --> 00:10:35,702 It's gonna be a little bit of a trek. 200 00:10:35,702 --> 00:10:38,805 I don't trust bringing the snow machine over here through this. 201 00:10:38,805 --> 00:10:42,008 It's turning into a swamp quick. 202 00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:46,312 This one looks like it'll make a ridgepole. 203 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:50,450 I'm gonna try to get it to drop just straight down this way. 204 00:10:50,450 --> 00:10:52,552 It can be kinda dangerous sometimes 'cause it doesn't 205 00:10:52,552 --> 00:10:55,088 always fall the way you want it to. 206 00:10:56,890 --> 00:10:59,993 Feels good to get out and do things the old-fashioned way. 207 00:10:59,993 --> 00:11:02,462 And timber! 208 00:11:02,462 --> 00:11:04,430 Granted, I have a chainsaw to help me. 209 00:11:04,430 --> 00:11:06,566 There we go. 210 00:11:06,566 --> 00:11:09,669 De-limb this guy a little bit. 211 00:11:12,138 --> 00:11:14,807 It's a good start, we're on our way. 212 00:11:15,575 --> 00:11:19,245 My biggest fear out here in the elements, 213 00:11:19,245 --> 00:11:24,751 it's easy to get stranded somewhere miles upon miles from home. 214 00:11:24,751 --> 00:11:26,753 All right. 215 00:11:26,753 --> 00:11:31,057 I see several trees that I wouldn't mind taking with me. 216 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:36,196 I'd rather be prepared and have more than I need. 217 00:11:36,196 --> 00:11:37,897 There she goes. 218 00:11:37,897 --> 00:11:40,600 Rather than less than I need. 219 00:11:47,941 --> 00:11:51,911 This trail is shrinking every single day. 220 00:11:51,911 --> 00:11:56,616 So, I'm glad I got out here before it was inaccessible. 221 00:11:59,252 --> 00:12:02,055 We'll see how the load does. 222 00:12:14,667 --> 00:12:16,102 Nope. 223 00:12:16,102 --> 00:12:18,171 Uh... 224 00:12:18,171 --> 00:12:19,539 I'm kinda digging in here. 225 00:12:19,539 --> 00:12:21,107 That's not good. 226 00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:27,080 NATHAN: Well, I'm realizing, uh, 227 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,149 I'm not gonna be able to get up these hills with this load. 228 00:12:30,149 --> 00:12:34,120 So unfortunately, I'm gonna have to sacrifice a good portion 229 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:36,089 of these logs, probably about half of 'em. 230 00:12:36,089 --> 00:12:39,192 Definitely a case of me being overly ambitious. 231 00:12:39,192 --> 00:12:41,160 Classic case. 232 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:42,528 After getting stuck a couple times, 233 00:12:42,528 --> 00:12:44,530 this is the, the solution. 234 00:12:44,530 --> 00:12:48,334 So, I'll loosen these straps and throw some of these logs off and 235 00:12:48,334 --> 00:12:50,970 I'll get 'em in the summer. 236 00:12:50,970 --> 00:12:53,506 At this point, I will be incredibly happy just to get 237 00:12:53,506 --> 00:12:56,142 this load of logs back to the farm. 238 00:12:59,012 --> 00:13:02,482 Now to assess the log situation. 239 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:07,387 We'll start with this, these dinky ones. 240 00:13:07,387 --> 00:13:10,490 Save a couple of the thick ones at least. 241 00:13:12,392 --> 00:13:16,429 One way or another, I gotta get these home and I gotta get myself home. 242 00:13:18,631 --> 00:13:23,436 You know what, I'm gonna just go with these four solid logs. 243 00:13:23,436 --> 00:13:26,873 Even then, I'm kinda wondering if that's gonna do it. 244 00:13:26,873 --> 00:13:31,611 So maybe cut the back of these a little bit. 245 00:13:33,646 --> 00:13:35,315 That way we don't have any problems with the back hanging 246 00:13:35,315 --> 00:13:36,849 up 'cause when you go uphill, 247 00:13:36,849 --> 00:13:39,285 they tend to kinda drag the snow. 248 00:13:41,454 --> 00:13:43,856 Think that'll work. 249 00:13:45,224 --> 00:13:48,828 These will be waiting for me down the road. 250 00:13:50,496 --> 00:13:53,700 Can't fight the weather and you can't force Alaska. 251 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:57,003 That's a part of being a cheechako. 252 00:13:57,904 --> 00:14:03,209 Learning those hard lessons in over ambition. 253 00:14:04,744 --> 00:14:08,681 Cheechako is like a, an Alaskan Native term that 254 00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:12,185 they use for newcomers to Alaska. 255 00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:17,256 I've heard different variations on how you, uh, 256 00:14:17,256 --> 00:14:20,093 reach beyond being a cheechako. 257 00:14:20,093 --> 00:14:22,628 So I'm happy to be a cheechako. 258 00:14:22,628 --> 00:14:26,966 To be up here learning it. 259 00:14:29,802 --> 00:14:32,238 I'm gonna give that a shot. 260 00:14:32,238 --> 00:14:34,841 It's gonna be a struggle I think no matter what. 261 00:14:40,313 --> 00:14:42,415 Come on. 262 00:14:56,796 --> 00:14:58,598 Made it out. 263 00:14:59,799 --> 00:15:01,000 CHEVIE: When you're in the woods, 264 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,702 the goal is to come out of the woods. 265 00:15:02,702 --> 00:15:04,303 Be in tune with your instincts. 266 00:15:04,303 --> 00:15:06,706 The more you know the country and know the land, 267 00:15:06,706 --> 00:15:08,641 the better off you are. 268 00:15:16,983 --> 00:15:19,018 SYDNEY: It melted so much here. 269 00:15:19,018 --> 00:15:20,286 CHEVIE: I know. SYDNEY: Wait. 270 00:15:20,286 --> 00:15:22,588 Why did it melt this much here and not that much at Shageluk? 271 00:15:22,588 --> 00:15:25,691 CHEVIE: Because it's south-facing and 272 00:15:25,691 --> 00:15:27,894 the sun's just on it all the time. 273 00:15:27,894 --> 00:15:29,762 And so, in the springtime, it's why it's a great place to 274 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:33,099 come because it's like it's spring here first. 275 00:15:33,099 --> 00:15:34,834 And it's not in town yet. 276 00:15:34,834 --> 00:15:37,470 SYDNEY: Dad, don't break your back slipping on that ice. 277 00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:39,939 CHEVIE: I won't break my back slipping on the ice. 278 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:41,507 Let's get this sled unloaded. 279 00:15:41,507 --> 00:15:42,642 Check inside. 280 00:15:42,642 --> 00:15:44,510 Open the door to the cabin there, Syd. 281 00:15:44,510 --> 00:15:49,248 The cabin's about halfway to Lyman Lake where we're going fishing. 282 00:15:50,483 --> 00:15:53,352 We want a little bit of a base camp in case of emergency. 283 00:15:53,352 --> 00:15:55,922 Take the cooler out, put it on the deck, 284 00:15:55,922 --> 00:15:57,089 and have a snack. 285 00:15:57,089 --> 00:15:58,324 SYDNEY: Yay. 286 00:15:58,324 --> 00:15:59,926 CHEVIE: And I'll split some wood. 287 00:15:59,926 --> 00:16:02,295 You want to help your sister pack that? 288 00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:05,465 SYDNEY: I feel like I'm doing all the work now. 289 00:16:05,465 --> 00:16:08,301 Emry, come on. 290 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:11,204 CHEVIE: As a rule of thumb if I'm doing anything out in 291 00:16:11,204 --> 00:16:14,440 the country, closer to the cabin then our house I'm gonna start a 292 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:18,544 fire in the cabin, just in case we have to use it. 293 00:16:18,544 --> 00:16:21,080 Let's get back on the trail. 294 00:16:22,315 --> 00:16:24,951 Hold on tight with those hands, okay? 295 00:16:24,951 --> 00:16:26,752 Because if anything happens, 296 00:16:26,752 --> 00:16:28,955 if somebody gets wet, or somebody gets hurt, 297 00:16:28,955 --> 00:16:33,392 I know that I got a warm cabin eight miles closer than home. 298 00:16:37,763 --> 00:16:40,633 All right guys, here we are. 299 00:16:40,633 --> 00:16:43,803 We're at Lyman Lake and we're gonna see if we can catch some pike. 300 00:16:46,739 --> 00:16:48,074 As long as you're being confident, 301 00:16:48,074 --> 00:16:49,542 know what you're doing you won't get hurt, 302 00:16:49,542 --> 00:16:51,878 but don't be scared or else that's how you get hurt okay? 303 00:16:51,878 --> 00:16:53,613 SYDNEY: Okay. 304 00:17:05,157 --> 00:17:08,060 CHEVIE: We'll put in some more holes so all three of us can be 305 00:17:08,060 --> 00:17:09,495 fishing at the same time. 306 00:17:12,064 --> 00:17:14,200 ROBERT: I just have a fear of the ocean, 307 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,536 more of a respect for it than anything. 308 00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:18,838 But if something happened to RJ in the water, 309 00:17:18,838 --> 00:17:20,840 I'd be the first one to jump in. 310 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,075 Sacrifice my life to save him. 311 00:17:31,417 --> 00:17:33,219 ROBERT: There he is. 312 00:17:34,186 --> 00:17:37,089 What'd you get? 313 00:17:37,089 --> 00:17:38,524 Look at them, beauties. 314 00:17:38,524 --> 00:17:40,693 RJ: Yeah. 315 00:17:40,693 --> 00:17:43,296 ROBERT: How you feeling RJ, you looking kind of weak? 316 00:17:43,296 --> 00:17:46,198 Getting tired? 317 00:17:47,466 --> 00:17:49,235 RJ: Getting pretty tired. 318 00:17:49,235 --> 00:17:51,404 Tide's a lot higher. 319 00:17:51,404 --> 00:17:52,605 ROBERT: It's really deep right now. 320 00:17:52,605 --> 00:17:53,839 RJ: Yeah. 321 00:17:53,839 --> 00:17:58,244 It's normally like five or ten foot dives. 322 00:17:58,244 --> 00:18:01,147 30 feet right now. 323 00:18:01,147 --> 00:18:03,616 ROBERT: Bring her on in, and get you some rest, 324 00:18:03,616 --> 00:18:06,152 maybe we'll do another dive in a little later. 325 00:18:15,394 --> 00:18:18,497 Makes my job lot easier, I don't have to drive the boat. 326 00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:21,434 We dive in the shoreline here and if you look back there 327 00:18:21,434 --> 00:18:24,503 you can see there's a real narrow spot. 328 00:18:25,705 --> 00:18:27,506 The current's ripping through that narrow spot and 329 00:18:27,506 --> 00:18:30,943 sometimes it turns into a whitewater river there so. 330 00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:33,512 We want to make sure our anchor sticks good here and 331 00:18:33,512 --> 00:18:35,915 doesn't suck us into that bay. 332 00:18:37,383 --> 00:18:39,485 RJ: I'm ready. ROBERT: Ready to roll? 333 00:18:39,485 --> 00:18:42,021 RJ: Yeah, let's get back out there. 334 00:18:42,021 --> 00:18:44,924 The spot that we have is a fairly hard location. 335 00:18:44,924 --> 00:18:47,760 I'm pretty confident in my abilities but there's always 336 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:52,865 a danger of possibly suffocating underwater. 337 00:18:56,636 --> 00:18:59,705 Oh, it's cold. 338 00:18:59,705 --> 00:19:02,575 Shouldn't have gotten out of the water. 339 00:19:02,575 --> 00:19:04,710 ROBERT: I know how powerful of a swimmer he is, 340 00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:08,080 and I know how good he is but it's different kinds of cold. 341 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,851 There's just being cold and then there's dangerous cold. 342 00:19:17,657 --> 00:19:20,192 Oh, he just dove down. 343 00:19:28,067 --> 00:19:29,869 (cracks) 344 00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:37,243 RJ: They're kinda tucked away in a couple hard spots to get to. 345 00:19:39,679 --> 00:19:42,081 ROBERT: I think he loves being in the game, 346 00:19:42,081 --> 00:19:44,684 when it comes down to pushing his body till, 347 00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:46,852 he feels like he can't go anymore, 348 00:19:46,852 --> 00:19:50,022 it's dangerous and I've lost a lot of friends here 349 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:51,791 over the last 30 years. 350 00:19:51,791 --> 00:19:53,759 You just never know. 351 00:19:53,759 --> 00:19:55,928 But he's staying down a lot longer. 352 00:19:55,928 --> 00:19:58,597 And hoping he comes up. 353 00:19:58,831 --> 00:20:00,466 Come on RJ. 354 00:20:03,602 --> 00:20:05,271 ROBERT: There he is. 355 00:20:05,271 --> 00:20:08,240 That dive was a little too long and it scared me. 356 00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:10,509 I wanna make sure he's okay. 357 00:20:10,509 --> 00:20:12,344 I'm gonna watch his lips, I'm gonna make sure he's 358 00:20:12,344 --> 00:20:15,247 not slurring his speech, I'm gonna make sure he don't lose 359 00:20:15,247 --> 00:20:18,050 his dexterity, and make sure he still has good train of thought, 360 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:19,652 if he has all those, he can keep diving. 361 00:20:19,652 --> 00:20:22,121 If he don't, I'm gonna let him know. 362 00:20:22,755 --> 00:20:25,624 You still got enough energy to get on the boat, that's good. 363 00:20:25,624 --> 00:20:27,259 You need a hand getting in here or anything. 364 00:20:27,259 --> 00:20:29,061 RJ: Nah, I'm good. 365 00:20:29,061 --> 00:20:30,763 ROBERT: Come back out again and try it another time. 366 00:20:30,763 --> 00:20:31,864 RJ: Yeah. 367 00:20:31,864 --> 00:20:34,300 ROBERT: I don't want you to being unsafe out here. 368 00:20:37,603 --> 00:20:41,707 RJ: I just got water in my feet. ROBERT: Feel a little numb? 369 00:20:41,707 --> 00:20:44,043 RJ: You don't realize it until you get out. 370 00:20:44,043 --> 00:20:45,745 ROBERT: I'll fire up that heater in there. 371 00:20:52,218 --> 00:20:53,652 (howls) 372 00:20:53,652 --> 00:20:56,021 NATHAN: Trying to raise family in Alaska, 373 00:20:56,021 --> 00:20:58,023 not exactly safe. 374 00:20:58,023 --> 00:20:59,058 CHEVIE: You just need to keep your eye out, 375 00:20:59,058 --> 00:21:01,694 it's why I start packing a little bit bigger gun. 376 00:21:01,694 --> 00:21:04,330 NATHAN: We really came out here just to follow our dream 377 00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:07,800 of living the subsistence life. 378 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,668 ROBERT: If I was a brand-new rookie out here, 379 00:21:09,668 --> 00:21:12,104 I'd be scared to death. 380 00:21:13,205 --> 00:21:16,675 NATHAN: It is great living but it's easy dying out here as well. 381 00:21:16,675 --> 00:21:19,812 JOHNNY: All of our hands have a little blood on them. 382 00:21:20,513 --> 00:21:22,748 NATHAN: And if the predators aren't out to get you, 383 00:21:22,748 --> 00:21:24,617 the weather is. 384 00:21:24,617 --> 00:21:27,653 (gusting winds) 385 00:21:32,224 --> 00:21:34,193 NATHAN: Okay, you're gonna wanna watch out. 386 00:21:37,229 --> 00:21:39,064 SAMANTHA: Are we going to build like a little railing on 387 00:21:39,064 --> 00:21:40,566 the porch or anything, could we? 388 00:21:40,566 --> 00:21:41,734 NATHAN: I don't know about a railing, 389 00:21:41,734 --> 00:21:44,670 but I was thinking so the roof will hang over right here. 390 00:21:44,670 --> 00:21:47,006 We'll have two posts coming up. 391 00:21:47,006 --> 00:21:49,809 SAMANTHA: I like your idea, this is very much bigger than 392 00:21:49,809 --> 00:21:52,178 your average doghouse. 393 00:21:54,246 --> 00:21:55,648 NATHAN: I want the three bigger dogs to 394 00:21:55,648 --> 00:21:57,216 all be able to fit in there together. 395 00:21:57,216 --> 00:21:58,484 Olivies, come here. 396 00:21:58,484 --> 00:22:01,053 And provide a space to get out of the rain, 397 00:22:01,053 --> 00:22:03,088 out of the snow, and out of the elements. 398 00:22:03,088 --> 00:22:05,624 You should love on Olivies, she's having a pretty rough time 399 00:22:05,624 --> 00:22:08,260 getting around with all those puppies sitting in her tummy. 400 00:22:08,260 --> 00:22:10,729 SAMANTHA: How many puppies do you girls think she's gonna have? 401 00:22:10,729 --> 00:22:12,264 AUTUMN: I don't know. AISLYN: Seven or five. 402 00:22:12,264 --> 00:22:14,200 SAMANTHA: Seven or five? AUTUMN: I'm seven years old. 403 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:18,103 AISLYN: I'm gonna see. She's planning on 200,000. 404 00:22:18,103 --> 00:22:20,406 SAMANTHA: Yeah, yeah. NATHAN: Too many. 405 00:22:20,406 --> 00:22:23,209 SAMANTHA: All right, Olivies, we gotta get to work, big kid. 406 00:22:23,209 --> 00:22:25,077 NATHAN: We're gonna take the trees that we got, 407 00:22:25,077 --> 00:22:27,580 we're gonna cut them to length and strip the bark off of them 408 00:22:27,580 --> 00:22:29,448 with some draw knives. 409 00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:32,451 It doesn't have to be perfect, you just want enough off to 410 00:22:32,451 --> 00:22:37,089 where the moisture will not stay in there and rot. 411 00:22:37,089 --> 00:22:38,457 You want some help? 412 00:22:38,457 --> 00:22:41,360 AISLYN: Yes and no. NATHAN: Yes and no. 413 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:43,562 AISLYN: Yeah. NATHAN: Watch. 414 00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:45,431 SAMANTHA: Do you wanna try? 415 00:22:45,431 --> 00:22:46,365 NATHAN: You can always get that with the chain... 416 00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:48,567 Oh, okay. Oops. 417 00:22:48,567 --> 00:22:50,002 AISLYN: Or you can write to a note why. 418 00:22:50,002 --> 00:22:51,437 NATHAN: Here, I'll let you try by yourself again, okay? 419 00:22:51,437 --> 00:22:53,105 SAMANTHA: Can you scooch the, can you scooch the log that way 420 00:22:53,105 --> 00:22:56,075 so I can roll it. Yeah. 421 00:22:56,075 --> 00:22:57,142 AISLYN: Kind of hard. 422 00:22:57,142 --> 00:22:58,410 NATHAN: You can always hand her the chainsaw. 423 00:22:58,410 --> 00:23:00,045 (laughs) 424 00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:02,314 SAMANTHA: Not this time around. 425 00:23:04,650 --> 00:23:09,154 To gain knowledge as a child of how to do adult things, 426 00:23:09,154 --> 00:23:11,323 that is so valuable. 427 00:23:11,323 --> 00:23:13,259 Like all these skills, these are things that 428 00:23:13,259 --> 00:23:15,461 typically aren't really taught in school. 429 00:23:15,461 --> 00:23:17,997 NATHAN: That part's kind of hard because it's got knots in it. 430 00:23:17,997 --> 00:23:21,600 Here I'll turn it, and maybe try like this part, okay? 431 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:25,170 I think I got all the easy stuff and you got all the hard stuff to do. 432 00:23:25,170 --> 00:23:26,372 You're doing pretty good. 433 00:23:26,372 --> 00:23:29,441 AISLYN: I got easy stuff. NATHAN: Oh, you did, oh okay. 434 00:23:30,309 --> 00:23:32,478 Olivia is checking it out. 435 00:23:32,478 --> 00:23:35,447 AISLYN: Olivia's gonna love it! 436 00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:39,285 NATHAN: See where this one is, right there? 437 00:23:39,285 --> 00:23:40,986 I went in from the side at an angle. 438 00:23:40,986 --> 00:23:43,555 See how solid that is, that ain't moving. 439 00:23:43,555 --> 00:23:44,990 AISLYN: Wow. 440 00:23:44,990 --> 00:23:46,792 SAMANTHA: This is going to be fantastic. 441 00:23:48,827 --> 00:23:50,062 JOHNNY: I like being away from people. 442 00:23:50,062 --> 00:23:51,697 I like being away from modern technology. 443 00:23:51,697 --> 00:23:55,167 I like the disconnect, create my own world. 444 00:23:55,167 --> 00:23:58,337 You know, live like people lived in the past. 445 00:24:02,508 --> 00:24:05,544 JOHNNY: All right, coming up to the snare line. 446 00:24:05,544 --> 00:24:09,114 First one right there, easy enough it's empty. 447 00:24:10,549 --> 00:24:12,418 My paycheck out here doesn't come in the form of money, 448 00:24:12,418 --> 00:24:18,090 it comes in the form of meat, and I need to find more meat. 449 00:24:18,090 --> 00:24:20,693 Let me center it a little bit more. 450 00:24:20,693 --> 00:24:23,862 All right, keep on checking. 451 00:24:23,862 --> 00:24:25,998 You know, it's interesting 'cause I made these paths with 452 00:24:25,998 --> 00:24:29,435 my snowshoes and now I don't need snowshoes anymore 'cause it 453 00:24:29,435 --> 00:24:32,504 packs down and it freezes overnight and the snowshoe hares 454 00:24:32,504 --> 00:24:35,274 kind of do the same thing, they just go in the same exact place. 455 00:24:35,274 --> 00:24:36,408 So, they're making little highways, 456 00:24:36,408 --> 00:24:38,777 I'm making little highways, everything I do out here 457 00:24:38,777 --> 00:24:41,447 I'm learning from the animals. 458 00:24:41,447 --> 00:24:45,050 See what's happening here, nothing. 459 00:24:45,050 --> 00:24:49,121 Trap looks good, no new tracks at all around it. 460 00:24:50,689 --> 00:24:53,192 Keep on checking. 461 00:24:59,465 --> 00:25:01,033 (laughing) 462 00:25:01,033 --> 00:25:02,134 Look at this! 463 00:25:07,339 --> 00:25:09,608 JOHNNY: Nice, man! 464 00:25:09,608 --> 00:25:13,212 That's a bunny. 465 00:25:14,413 --> 00:25:16,515 Cool. 466 00:25:19,685 --> 00:25:21,887 He's got some blood right here. 467 00:25:21,887 --> 00:25:25,090 Look at that, the bone's hanging out right there. 468 00:25:25,090 --> 00:25:28,394 No way, check this out. 469 00:25:28,394 --> 00:25:29,928 That's kind of older. 470 00:25:29,928 --> 00:25:31,230 Right here? 471 00:25:31,230 --> 00:25:33,065 Like something's been gnawing on it. 472 00:25:33,065 --> 00:25:36,769 That's, that's frozen and dried up, 473 00:25:36,769 --> 00:25:39,571 and that's pretty fresh. 474 00:25:39,571 --> 00:25:43,509 And, uh, blood and hair, 475 00:25:43,509 --> 00:25:45,811 I can tell it's a marten by the tracks. 476 00:25:45,811 --> 00:25:49,648 God man, it just shows you how hungry everybody is out here. 477 00:25:49,648 --> 00:25:54,119 I'm hungry and then something comes and tries to steal my food. 478 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:55,654 Martens, they eat rabbits, 479 00:25:55,654 --> 00:25:58,323 they eat voles, which are like little mice. 480 00:25:58,323 --> 00:26:02,694 I mean, hey, I'm happy I got a snowshoe hare but, um, 481 00:26:02,694 --> 00:26:04,329 I gotta figure this out because 482 00:26:04,329 --> 00:26:07,366 I got animals eating my stuff on the ground. 483 00:26:08,801 --> 00:26:11,503 Man, I can't believe this. 484 00:26:13,806 --> 00:26:18,644 So, you know, I've never done this before for trapping. 485 00:26:18,644 --> 00:26:21,747 But there's something I used to do when I was younger in 486 00:26:21,747 --> 00:26:25,250 the woods all the time, and it was to wrap a piece of cord like 487 00:26:25,250 --> 00:26:30,923 this of rope around a tree, and I would take sticks and 488 00:26:30,923 --> 00:26:32,958 I would just twist them around. 489 00:26:32,958 --> 00:26:36,195 Just like this. 490 00:26:36,195 --> 00:26:39,565 When you let go of this, you know. 491 00:26:39,565 --> 00:26:42,401 Like that. 492 00:26:43,402 --> 00:26:44,636 I used to love just watching it. 493 00:26:44,636 --> 00:26:45,871 (chirps) 494 00:26:45,871 --> 00:26:51,577 So, the plan is to use this to have that snare attached to and 495 00:26:51,577 --> 00:26:53,679 put a stick here. 496 00:26:53,679 --> 00:26:56,281 And when that trap is triggered, 497 00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:59,451 now that bunny's hanging off the tip of this stick. 498 00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:02,754 And it's up off the ground and that marten can't get to it. 499 00:27:02,754 --> 00:27:06,925 So, all I gotta do is get this locked down to a snare, 500 00:27:06,925 --> 00:27:09,795 right on this little bunny highway. 501 00:27:09,795 --> 00:27:12,364 There's no reason to feel frustrated by that marten, 502 00:27:12,364 --> 00:27:16,135 because that marten is doing its thing. 503 00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:20,939 That marten lives here and it's in survival mode. 504 00:27:20,939 --> 00:27:23,008 You know, I would do the same thing if I was a marten, 505 00:27:23,008 --> 00:27:27,579 and sometimes you gotta do whatever it takes to survive. 506 00:27:28,313 --> 00:27:30,582 Boom, little something like that. 507 00:27:30,582 --> 00:27:33,886 Okay, the hare's gonna come hopping along, 508 00:27:33,886 --> 00:27:36,655 and it's gonna get caught into this. 509 00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:38,357 When it gets caught it's gonna pull, 510 00:27:38,357 --> 00:27:43,428 and when it pulls, it's gonna be hanging right here. 511 00:27:44,796 --> 00:27:46,665 It's what I call hare trigger. 512 00:27:49,101 --> 00:27:50,536 ROBERT: Sitka below the water, 513 00:27:50,536 --> 00:27:52,304 it's 42 degrees or colder, 514 00:27:52,304 --> 00:27:54,973 and the further down you get the colder it gets. 515 00:27:54,973 --> 00:27:57,042 It's a whole new world that no one sees, 516 00:27:57,042 --> 00:27:59,845 and it's just deadly down there. 517 00:28:00,379 --> 00:28:03,315 ROBERT: We have little bit better ocean conditions. 518 00:28:03,315 --> 00:28:05,517 That sun should mean good luck. 519 00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:07,152 RJ: All right. 520 00:28:07,152 --> 00:28:09,454 ROBERT: Good luck, hope you find some big abalone down there. 521 00:28:09,454 --> 00:28:11,657 RJ: Thanks. ROBERT: Yeah. 522 00:28:25,771 --> 00:28:28,207 You know, RJ works his ass off out here to come get these. 523 00:28:28,207 --> 00:28:30,242 And every single time we ever came out, you know, 524 00:28:30,242 --> 00:28:33,445 he always shares the bounty with me. 525 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:37,349 Good kid. 526 00:28:44,756 --> 00:28:47,025 Looks like he's measuring one. 527 00:28:47,626 --> 00:28:50,028 RJ: Good four and a half incher. 528 00:28:52,731 --> 00:28:53,966 ROBERT: RJ targeting the big ones, 529 00:28:53,966 --> 00:28:55,601 letting the little ones go. 530 00:28:55,601 --> 00:28:57,736 Big ones have more meat, little ones can grow up. 531 00:28:57,736 --> 00:28:59,037 RJ: This one's a monster. 532 00:28:59,037 --> 00:29:02,341 That thing's gonna be like, a two-pound piece of meat in there. 533 00:29:02,341 --> 00:29:05,544 ROBERT: He's in the honey hole right now. 534 00:29:10,616 --> 00:29:12,684 RJ: I always have a blast every time I come out here and 535 00:29:12,684 --> 00:29:14,319 get a chance to get in the water. 536 00:29:14,319 --> 00:29:18,257 Getting scallops or abalone or anything that I can do to be in 537 00:29:18,257 --> 00:29:20,759 the water's what I live for. 538 00:29:20,759 --> 00:29:24,529 This is a, seriously a special place for me. 539 00:29:26,798 --> 00:29:31,303 ROBERT: Hey. What'd you get? 540 00:29:31,303 --> 00:29:35,340 RJ: I got four. ROBERT: Nice. Those are big. 541 00:29:35,340 --> 00:29:37,276 RJ: Yeah. ROBERT: Cool. 542 00:29:37,276 --> 00:29:38,810 What are you gonna do now? 543 00:29:38,810 --> 00:29:41,213 RJ: I'm gonna get one more. ROBERT: All right, good luck. 544 00:29:41,213 --> 00:29:42,281 I'll be right here. 545 00:29:42,281 --> 00:29:44,416 RJ: All right. 546 00:29:44,416 --> 00:29:45,517 ROBERT: Pretty. 547 00:29:45,517 --> 00:29:47,152 That's a big sucker right there. 548 00:29:47,152 --> 00:29:48,787 Like a whole meal. 549 00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:52,157 CHEVIE: Kids learn fast. 550 00:29:52,157 --> 00:29:54,159 They learn fast when you teach them right, 551 00:29:54,159 --> 00:29:58,530 but they also learn fast when you put them in a tough situation. 552 00:30:00,232 --> 00:30:03,502 SYDNEY: Down low, mine stands off the ground. 553 00:30:03,502 --> 00:30:06,605 Up high like you just hailed a kingdom. 554 00:30:06,605 --> 00:30:09,775 Down low like you're drowning on the ground. 555 00:30:12,377 --> 00:30:15,280 CHEVIE: Any bites, Sydney? SYDNEY: No. 556 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,650 There's literally hasn't been even a tiny bite yet. 557 00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:20,185 CHEVIE: It's okay. 558 00:30:20,185 --> 00:30:21,987 I didn't, look how high you're pulling it, Sydney. 559 00:30:21,987 --> 00:30:24,056 You're pulling it all the way to the top of the hole. 560 00:30:24,056 --> 00:30:26,024 There's no fish at the top of the hole. 561 00:30:26,024 --> 00:30:28,460 Pull it off the bottom only about six inches or so, 562 00:30:28,460 --> 00:30:29,861 and then back down. 563 00:30:29,861 --> 00:30:30,862 SYDNEY: I kinda want to sit down, 564 00:30:30,862 --> 00:30:32,331 my legs are getting very tired. 565 00:30:32,331 --> 00:30:35,334 CHEVIE: I can solve that problem for you real quick. 566 00:30:36,401 --> 00:30:39,504 SYDNEY: Thank you. 567 00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:49,247 CHEVIE: You wanna try this hole, Sydney? 568 00:30:49,247 --> 00:30:51,083 SYDNEY: Mm-hmm. CHEVIE: Okay. 569 00:30:51,083 --> 00:30:52,918 We got a little fish thing in here. 570 00:30:52,918 --> 00:30:54,519 We haven't had any luck with this one, 571 00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:58,457 you might as well try your silver one over there. 572 00:30:59,324 --> 00:31:01,293 SYDNEY: Okay guys, I got a bite. 573 00:31:01,293 --> 00:31:03,095 CHEVIE: Oh, that's a good, so just pull it. 574 00:31:03,095 --> 00:31:04,196 Just keep it taught, Sydney. 575 00:31:04,196 --> 00:31:05,697 Straight up, baby. 576 00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:08,967 Up, now pull it up with, no. 577 00:31:08,967 --> 00:31:09,968 You don't have a bite. 578 00:31:09,968 --> 00:31:13,538 SYDNEY: Yeah. I lost it. Aw. 579 00:31:13,538 --> 00:31:15,607 CHEVIE: It's okay. 580 00:31:15,607 --> 00:31:18,343 When you get a bite, grab your string, okay? 581 00:31:18,343 --> 00:31:20,479 You gotta keep the line tight. 582 00:31:20,479 --> 00:31:21,480 Okay? 583 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:22,614 Just like fishing with a rod and reel. 584 00:31:22,614 --> 00:31:25,217 Go ahead and put it back down, it will bite it again. 585 00:31:28,453 --> 00:31:30,322 Emry may need a little bit more attention, 586 00:31:30,322 --> 00:31:34,426 where Sydney is ten and I'm becoming more dependent on her 587 00:31:34,426 --> 00:31:38,530 for her to be more of a partner to me looking for food than a kid, 588 00:31:38,530 --> 00:31:41,099 and she's got to figure it out. 589 00:31:41,099 --> 00:31:42,567 SYDNEY: I just got something, 590 00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:43,869 I literally did. 591 00:31:43,869 --> 00:31:45,303 CHEVIE: Are you sure it's not the bottom of the ice? 592 00:31:45,303 --> 00:31:46,938 SYDNEY: I'm pretty sure it's not. 593 00:31:46,938 --> 00:31:48,840 CHEVIE: Well, keep on fishing. 594 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:50,375 Good job. 595 00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:51,943 SYDNEY: I'm glad I got a bite though. 596 00:31:51,943 --> 00:31:53,512 CHEVIE: Yep, so you just be thinking, 597 00:31:53,512 --> 00:31:55,647 you want to get that fish out of that hole, 598 00:31:55,647 --> 00:31:57,182 and what's the fastest way to do it and 599 00:31:57,182 --> 00:31:58,717 that's just to pull it out of there. 600 00:31:58,717 --> 00:32:00,886 SYDNEY: Okay. CHEVIE: By that string, okay? 601 00:32:00,886 --> 00:32:04,222 SYDNEY: Okay. 602 00:32:04,222 --> 00:32:05,490 I'm going to stand up. 603 00:32:05,490 --> 00:32:09,294 CHEVIE: There you go. They're spawning right now. 604 00:32:09,294 --> 00:32:10,929 SYDNEY: What does that mean, spawning? 605 00:32:10,929 --> 00:32:13,698 CHEVIE: Means they're laying their eggs. 606 00:32:13,698 --> 00:32:14,900 Keep on going, Sydney. 607 00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:16,067 It's gonna bite again. 608 00:32:16,067 --> 00:32:17,436 SYDNEY: Ah, it bite. CHEVIE: Get it out. 609 00:32:17,436 --> 00:32:18,637 SYDNEY: Oh, geez. It's so big. 610 00:32:20,071 --> 00:32:21,339 SYDNEY: Ah! 611 00:32:21,339 --> 00:32:23,442 CHEVIE: Pull up, there you go. There you go. There's a fish. 612 00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:26,511 Yay, look! Good job, Bean. 613 00:32:26,511 --> 00:32:30,515 SYDNEY: He was huge! 614 00:32:30,515 --> 00:32:31,817 CHEVIE: Way to be patient. 615 00:32:31,817 --> 00:32:33,718 What do you think about that, Sydney? 616 00:32:33,718 --> 00:32:35,253 SYDNEY: That was cool, I didn't get one all day and 617 00:32:35,253 --> 00:32:37,889 then I get the biggest one that keeps jerking. 618 00:32:37,889 --> 00:32:40,258 And I barely pulled him up. 619 00:32:40,258 --> 00:32:43,061 CHEVIE: The cold-water pike that we get in Alaska are 620 00:32:43,061 --> 00:32:44,496 actually a really good fish. 621 00:32:44,496 --> 00:32:47,799 It's a valuable resource when all the other fish 622 00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:50,702 aren't running, their cycle's down, 623 00:32:50,702 --> 00:32:53,472 pike will still be there, and pike will still feed you. 624 00:32:53,472 --> 00:32:58,376 So, if you're hungry and you need food you want to know where it's at. 625 00:32:58,376 --> 00:33:01,146 SYDNEY: So heavy! Ah! 626 00:33:01,146 --> 00:33:03,949 It's heavy. It's heavy. 627 00:33:06,551 --> 00:33:08,687 CHEVIE: What's that? You got a fish? 628 00:33:08,687 --> 00:33:11,089 EMRY: I don't know. CHEVIE: Feels like it. 629 00:33:11,089 --> 00:33:14,793 EMRY: It's, it's pulling me. CHEVIE: Sydney, come here. 630 00:33:16,761 --> 00:33:21,800 EMRY: Oh. Ah! SYDNEY: That fast? 631 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:24,569 CHEVIE: Hey, we're eating tonight. 632 00:33:24,569 --> 00:33:26,905 SYDNEY: Boom. CHEVIE: Way to go, Emmie. 633 00:33:26,905 --> 00:33:28,406 Way to go! 634 00:33:28,406 --> 00:33:31,710 This is a little one, but this one's actually really good for eating. 635 00:33:31,710 --> 00:33:33,278 Grab it, two fingers. 636 00:33:33,278 --> 00:33:34,679 EMRY: I don't want to! CHEVIE: Grab it, hurry up. 637 00:33:34,679 --> 00:33:35,814 You got to. 638 00:33:35,814 --> 00:33:38,016 There you go, that's a good girl. 639 00:33:41,419 --> 00:33:44,155 EMRY: Ah, that's a big one! CHEVIE: A little bigger, yeah. 640 00:33:44,155 --> 00:33:46,625 SYDNEY: That one give up easily. CHEVIE: All right, cool. 641 00:33:46,625 --> 00:33:49,227 We definitely got enough food there for dinner. 642 00:33:49,227 --> 00:33:50,896 You know what, stick your hands in there. 643 00:33:50,896 --> 00:33:52,531 Just don't go headfirst. 644 00:33:52,531 --> 00:33:54,533 Okay. All right. 645 00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:57,135 It's cold but you gotta dry 'em out in the air, okay? 646 00:33:57,135 --> 00:33:59,070 Or wipe them on the outside of your pants. 647 00:33:59,070 --> 00:34:02,941 You want to try to keep your gloves dry, inside too. 648 00:34:02,941 --> 00:34:04,476 Who's gonna scale it? 649 00:34:04,476 --> 00:34:06,344 EMRY: I want to. 650 00:34:06,344 --> 00:34:08,346 CHEVIE: All right guys, that was a good fishing trip. 651 00:34:08,346 --> 00:34:11,917 Your mom will be happy to see that big fish and 652 00:34:11,917 --> 00:34:14,619 show you how to make fish ice cream, Sydney. 653 00:34:14,619 --> 00:34:16,021 SYDNEY: Yep. 654 00:34:16,021 --> 00:34:17,689 CHEVIE: It's a good way to warm up. 655 00:34:18,623 --> 00:34:23,094 SAMANTHA: We're so set apart from anything else that 656 00:34:23,094 --> 00:34:24,262 I have ever known. 657 00:34:24,262 --> 00:34:27,532 We're hopefully wise enough to not do something stupid 658 00:34:27,532 --> 00:34:29,668 and get ourselves killed. 659 00:34:35,140 --> 00:34:36,908 SAMANTHA: I think the dogs are gonna love this. 660 00:34:36,908 --> 00:34:39,277 NATHAN: If they don't move in, I will. 661 00:34:39,277 --> 00:34:42,280 SAMANTHA: This is where you go when you get sent to the doghouse, huh? 662 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,316 NATHAN: Yeah, that's why I'm building an awesome doghouse. 663 00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:46,751 Wanna try to nail in some of the big nails in? 664 00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:50,255 ADRIAN: Sure. NATHAN: See how far you can get. 665 00:34:52,390 --> 00:34:55,026 Adrian seems to love hammering in those nails. 666 00:34:55,026 --> 00:34:56,661 And it's a good learning experience for him, 667 00:34:56,661 --> 00:34:59,598 it teaches them a lot about the dedication to a project. 668 00:34:59,598 --> 00:35:02,834 Because it's always a lot more work than you think. 669 00:35:02,834 --> 00:35:05,337 I don't think it's going anywhere now. 670 00:35:05,337 --> 00:35:07,639 The log walls, we'll build those up in the front and 671 00:35:07,639 --> 00:35:09,975 the back to where the peak of the roof is gonna be, 672 00:35:09,975 --> 00:35:12,143 so we can put the ridge pull on top. 673 00:35:12,143 --> 00:35:14,212 Good girl. 674 00:35:14,212 --> 00:35:16,781 Making you a nice house to hang out in. 675 00:35:16,781 --> 00:35:18,950 Olivia, I think she's ready to, 676 00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:21,786 to pop those puppies out any moment. 677 00:35:21,786 --> 00:35:24,456 I imagine she'll have more puppies than last time, 678 00:35:24,456 --> 00:35:27,258 I don't remember her being this big the last time. 679 00:35:27,258 --> 00:35:29,361 Trying to get in here. 680 00:35:32,631 --> 00:35:38,770 I'm gonna pick it up, kinda set it up there and see how it sits. 681 00:35:40,772 --> 00:35:43,575 ADRIAN: We should have that there 'cause that could help 682 00:35:43,575 --> 00:35:45,477 with the roof for the porch. 683 00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:46,978 NATHAN: This? ADRIAN: Yeah. 684 00:35:46,978 --> 00:35:49,214 NATHAN: That's the plan. 685 00:35:52,350 --> 00:35:55,587 Just living up here teaches them a lot about depending on 686 00:35:55,587 --> 00:35:59,057 yourself and really solving problems on your own. 687 00:35:59,057 --> 00:36:02,394 And not relying on everybody else or relying on society to 688 00:36:02,394 --> 00:36:03,595 take care of you or... 689 00:36:03,595 --> 00:36:05,263 You're just learning to do things for yourself, 690 00:36:05,263 --> 00:36:07,399 and I think that's really important. 691 00:36:07,399 --> 00:36:09,668 Sink them in as much as you can, 692 00:36:09,668 --> 00:36:12,704 just a little bit below the surface of the log. 693 00:36:12,704 --> 00:36:14,139 There we go. 694 00:36:14,139 --> 00:36:15,807 ADRIAN: What now? 695 00:36:15,807 --> 00:36:18,943 NATHAN: Um, we're gonna cut that with a chainsaw so it's at 696 00:36:18,943 --> 00:36:23,548 a good slope, so that way you don't have kind of a wonky roof. 697 00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:33,258 It's looking good. 698 00:36:33,258 --> 00:36:35,360 I'm gonna get the two by fours and plywood and sheet metal. 699 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:37,195 Starting to look like a dog cabin. 700 00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:38,697 A dog log cabin. 701 00:36:38,697 --> 00:36:42,033 Log dog cabin. Something like that. 702 00:36:43,868 --> 00:36:45,103 JOHNNY: You know, it's interesting looking at 703 00:36:45,103 --> 00:36:46,137 the different animals. 704 00:36:46,137 --> 00:36:48,306 How they are able to flourish out here. 705 00:36:48,306 --> 00:36:50,375 Deep snow, you know, rough conditions, 706 00:36:50,375 --> 00:36:52,410 cold weather and I like to learn 707 00:36:52,410 --> 00:36:55,046 from them because nature's always teaching me a lesson. 708 00:36:59,851 --> 00:37:01,052 JOHNNY: This guy's still set right here. 709 00:37:01,052 --> 00:37:03,822 This is the first one I did. 710 00:37:05,323 --> 00:37:06,758 Man, what a cool setup that is. 711 00:37:06,758 --> 00:37:08,893 I like it. 712 00:37:08,893 --> 00:37:11,830 I'd like it more if there was a hare. 713 00:37:11,830 --> 00:37:14,632 All right, I'm gonna go check the other ones. 714 00:37:19,370 --> 00:37:20,705 No way! 715 00:37:27,612 --> 00:37:29,314 JOHNNY: Look at that guy. 716 00:37:29,314 --> 00:37:32,517 Got a hare. That's awesome. 717 00:37:32,517 --> 00:37:34,719 Keeps out of reach of a marten. 718 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:36,888 You know, they can climb up this if they want, 719 00:37:36,888 --> 00:37:39,190 just can't get to the bunny. 720 00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:41,659 We'll get you in the bag, buddy. 721 00:37:41,659 --> 00:37:43,428 That was cool to see that the, 722 00:37:43,428 --> 00:37:46,631 some of the animals were more clever than me. 723 00:37:46,631 --> 00:37:52,670 I was able to adjust my tactics and out-clever them. 724 00:37:55,306 --> 00:37:58,276 Look at this guy. 725 00:38:02,347 --> 00:38:06,651 You know, I was once told by this guy that had taught me how 726 00:38:06,651 --> 00:38:11,256 to clean rabbits that if the rabbit passes away with 727 00:38:11,256 --> 00:38:16,561 its two front paws crossed that it died in a peaceful way. 728 00:38:16,561 --> 00:38:20,465 And the way he would do it was he would do this move to 729 00:38:20,465 --> 00:38:25,270 the neck that would just break their neck and kill them immediately. 730 00:38:25,270 --> 00:38:26,371 And every time he did it, 731 00:38:26,371 --> 00:38:28,673 they were just cross their front legs, 732 00:38:28,673 --> 00:38:32,043 and it's pretty interesting to see this one 733 00:38:32,043 --> 00:38:35,346 with its front legs crossed like that. 734 00:38:35,346 --> 00:38:39,083 I don't know how true that is, but I've always remembered that, 735 00:38:39,083 --> 00:38:43,688 and seeing this guy with his front legs crossed makes me feel pretty good. 736 00:38:43,688 --> 00:38:46,391 And if it's not true it at least reminded me of the old timer 737 00:38:46,391 --> 00:38:48,660 where I felt I had a clean bunnies. 738 00:38:48,660 --> 00:38:53,464 You know, I'm just gonna take it as a sign that I did right to nature. 739 00:38:53,464 --> 00:38:58,536 That even though I took a life I took it in a humane way. 740 00:39:07,178 --> 00:39:10,281 ROBERT: What'd you get? 741 00:39:10,281 --> 00:39:12,784 RJ: I think I finished it off strong. 742 00:39:12,784 --> 00:39:15,653 ROBERT: Seems like you got all the abalone down there. 743 00:39:15,653 --> 00:39:18,323 Wow. Lay them on the table. 744 00:39:25,463 --> 00:39:27,465 Quite the haul, RJ. 745 00:39:27,465 --> 00:39:32,837 Today, look like he got is five rock scallops 746 00:39:32,837 --> 00:39:34,606 and five abalones. 747 00:39:34,606 --> 00:39:36,941 And that's some precious food right there. 748 00:39:36,941 --> 00:39:39,277 I think it's good teamwork. 749 00:39:39,277 --> 00:39:40,979 (sighs) 750 00:39:40,979 --> 00:39:44,148 RJ: I'm ready to get them processed and hop in a hot shower. 751 00:39:44,148 --> 00:39:46,317 ROBERT: Yeah. Well, let's get her done. 752 00:39:46,317 --> 00:39:48,887 (banging) 753 00:39:48,887 --> 00:39:52,156 That one's a tough one to get into. 754 00:39:58,329 --> 00:40:00,064 RJ: Oh, man. This one's huge. 755 00:40:00,064 --> 00:40:01,900 ROBERT: Yeah. Look at the size of that monster. 756 00:40:01,900 --> 00:40:04,802 That's some serious food right there. 757 00:40:04,802 --> 00:40:07,272 Let's see that. 758 00:40:08,473 --> 00:40:09,807 RJ: It looks big in your hand, too. 759 00:40:09,807 --> 00:40:11,509 ROBERT: I know. 760 00:40:11,509 --> 00:40:14,145 That's a piece of meat right there. 761 00:40:14,145 --> 00:40:15,613 Good job, RJ. 762 00:40:15,613 --> 00:40:17,415 RJ: Yeah. 763 00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:18,683 ROBERT: A lot of work for that little bit of meat, 764 00:40:18,683 --> 00:40:19,817 but it's worth it, isn't it? 765 00:40:19,817 --> 00:40:22,487 RJ: Yeah. Best tasting stuff that there is. 766 00:40:27,158 --> 00:40:29,093 SONTA: Oh, wow, that's a good size. 767 00:40:29,093 --> 00:40:31,229 So what should we make with this fish that you guys got? 768 00:40:31,229 --> 00:40:32,597 Which is really exciting. 769 00:40:32,597 --> 00:40:33,698 EMRY: The big one is fish ice cream! 770 00:40:33,698 --> 00:40:36,067 SONTA: Sounds good. 771 00:40:36,067 --> 00:40:39,771 This is important stuff that I want you girls to always know, okay? 772 00:40:39,771 --> 00:40:42,006 So, when I teach you stuff you don't forget it. 773 00:40:42,006 --> 00:40:44,442 SYDNEY: Okay, we'll remember that. 774 00:40:46,077 --> 00:40:50,682 SONTA: This kind of fish it's always gonna be a survival food. 775 00:40:52,517 --> 00:40:54,185 EMRY: Mom, your hands are all bloody. 776 00:40:54,185 --> 00:40:58,056 SONTA: We're gonna boil it in this water, 777 00:40:59,691 --> 00:41:02,627 and then we'll take out all the bones and squeeze all 778 00:41:02,627 --> 00:41:05,730 the juice out of the fish itself. 779 00:41:05,730 --> 00:41:08,533 EMRY: I see it. I done it! 780 00:41:08,533 --> 00:41:11,469 SONTA: Try not to lose the meat as you're doing it. 781 00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:13,871 I know that a lot of people call it fish ice cream. 782 00:41:13,871 --> 00:41:16,607 So, the native word for this is vanhgiq. 783 00:41:16,607 --> 00:41:18,443 EMRY: Vanhgiq. SONTA: Yeah. 784 00:41:18,443 --> 00:41:21,012 Oh, nice. That's good. 785 00:41:21,012 --> 00:41:24,349 And the cool thing is that we still eat this today and 786 00:41:24,349 --> 00:41:27,552 we ate it for hundreds and hundreds of years. 787 00:41:27,552 --> 00:41:29,387 Give me five. 788 00:41:31,322 --> 00:41:32,924 CHEVIE: More. Mmm. 789 00:41:32,924 --> 00:41:34,559 She loves it, huh? 790 00:41:34,559 --> 00:41:36,894 SONTA: Proud of you guys for going out and having some fun and... 791 00:41:36,894 --> 00:41:38,796 CHEVIE: And I'm excited all these little things that 792 00:41:38,796 --> 00:41:40,832 I'm watching you do that you're just like enjoying doing 793 00:41:40,832 --> 00:41:44,168 like shoveling or splitting wood, fishing, 794 00:41:44,168 --> 00:41:48,039 all those things are just really valuable tools for living out here. 795 00:41:51,209 --> 00:41:53,678 SAMANTHA: Can't believe we're almost done. 796 00:42:00,852 --> 00:42:02,020 NATHAN: It's pretty much completed other than 797 00:42:02,020 --> 00:42:04,088 cutting out the door. 798 00:42:13,531 --> 00:42:16,601 We got a door to the dog log cabin. 799 00:42:16,601 --> 00:42:18,236 SAMANTHA: Maybe let's sweep it out, 800 00:42:18,236 --> 00:42:20,605 throw the rug in and then put the antlers on. 801 00:42:20,605 --> 00:42:22,607 NATHAN: Okay. 802 00:42:26,611 --> 00:42:31,049 And it, long ways obviously goes the length of the doghouse. 803 00:42:32,083 --> 00:42:36,421 We have, uh, one final touch, put Moses's trophy on here. 804 00:42:38,489 --> 00:42:41,025 AUTUMN: It's good. Yay! NATHAN: All right. 805 00:42:41,025 --> 00:42:43,461 SAMANTHA: Oh. NATHAN: It's the dog cabin. 806 00:42:43,461 --> 00:42:45,263 AUTUMN: Awesome. NATHAN: Yeah? 807 00:42:45,263 --> 00:42:46,831 Should we call the dogs and see what they think? 808 00:42:46,831 --> 00:42:47,865 ADRIAN: Yeah. 809 00:42:47,865 --> 00:42:48,966 NATHAN: Check out your new home. 810 00:42:48,966 --> 00:42:50,201 Go. 811 00:42:50,201 --> 00:42:51,402 SAMANTHA: Go in. There you go. 812 00:42:51,402 --> 00:42:52,403 NATHAN: Good boy. 813 00:42:52,403 --> 00:42:54,038 First time as a family in your new home. 814 00:42:54,038 --> 00:42:55,640 ADRIAN: Wait, wait, get (inaudible), 815 00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:57,341 get (inaudible). 816 00:42:57,341 --> 00:42:59,577 SAMANTHA: Yeah, all, all of the dogs can fit plus the kids. 817 00:42:59,577 --> 00:43:01,379 That's pretty impressive. 818 00:43:01,379 --> 00:43:02,747 There. 819 00:43:02,747 --> 00:43:04,582 NATHAN: Shake. 820 00:43:04,582 --> 00:43:08,219 The dogs approve of a fresh new dog cabin, 821 00:43:08,219 --> 00:43:09,620 and we all helped on it. 822 00:43:09,620 --> 00:43:10,655 SAMANTHA: Yeah. 823 00:43:10,655 --> 00:43:12,123 NATHAN: So job well done everybody. 824 00:43:12,123 --> 00:43:14,258 (overlapping chatter) 825 00:43:14,258 --> 00:43:15,960 NATHAN: I think it makes them proud, 826 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:18,796 gives them a sense of fulfillment to, you know, 827 00:43:18,796 --> 00:43:22,200 do something and contribute to this project. 828 00:43:23,401 --> 00:43:26,204 I think a snack time well deserved. 829 00:43:26,204 --> 00:43:28,673 SAMANTHA: I think we've earned it, yeah. 830 00:43:29,307 --> 00:43:31,609 NATHAN: It really is kind of unreal out here. 831 00:43:31,609 --> 00:43:34,679 Living in a place with so many resources. 832 00:43:35,113 --> 00:43:38,082 SAMANTHA: To go out and put in the effort to harvest your own 833 00:43:38,082 --> 00:43:42,153 food and, and building on your own property just by your hands. 834 00:43:42,153 --> 00:43:45,423 It's incredible to me that we actually have the freedom 835 00:43:45,423 --> 00:43:47,425 to go and do that. 836 00:43:47,425 --> 00:43:49,727 NATHAN: This is a big part of why we left the lower 48. 837 00:43:49,727 --> 00:43:52,296 You know, not just us, but for the kids as well. 838 00:43:52,296 --> 00:43:54,899 A great thing for them to grow up in an environment like this 839 00:43:54,899 --> 00:43:58,503 and learn how to conquer any task thrown before you. 840 00:43:59,137 --> 00:44:00,471 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.