Seasons & episodes

S10 · E1Homecoming 2018-01-01 · 60 min＋

As warming temperatures heat up the Arctic, Alaskans take advantage of the sun's return and head out onto ice, water and land for resources.

S10 · E2New Territory 2018-01-04 · 60 min＋

Daylight for 24-hours in the spring allows Alaskans to work nonstop to prepare for winter.

S10 · E3Facing Fears 2018-01-11 · 60 min＋

With only a brief window between breakup and winter, Alaskans scramble to complete chores that will make life easier when the deep chill returns.

S10 · E4To Catch a King 2018-01-18 · 60 min＋

In the Arctic, Alaskans rely on the surrounding waterways to provide quick transportation and valuable resources throughout the warm summer months.

S10 · E5The Intruder 2018-01-25 · 60 min＋

With warm conditions in the Arctic, Alaskans brave the land and waterways to hunt for fresh food and gather supplies to improve their homesteads.

S10 · E6Heavy Load 2018-02-01 · 60 min＋

With summer waning, Alaskans must prepare their bodies and minds for what lies ahead.

S10 · E7The Widowmaker 2018-02-08 · 60 min＋

As summer turns to fall, Alaskans go to great lengths to accumulate food and supplies before the landscape plunges into a monthslong frozen darkness.

As the warm season comes to an end, Alaskans maneuver through the rivers and sloughs to harvest fresh food for the winter ahead.

Even the toughest Alaskans sometimes need a helping hand.

Alaskans must complete their final tasks before the freeze, as winter approaches.

Strenuous labor represents just a part of life for isolated Alaskans.

At the onset of dark winter, the clock is ticking for Alaskans to brace for what lies ahead.

To survive dark winter, Alaskans call on old traditions and learn new techniques.

With their futures uncertain, Alaskans must adapt to old and new surroundings to survive.

Hard lessons must be learned to survive during the dark winter in the Arctic.

Sue must build new furniture from scratch. Ricko traps a dangerous foe. Jessie constructs a new workshop. The Hailstones journey through a treacherous storm.

Alaskans take to the frozen trails to harvest much-needed resources for dark winter.

A lifelong dream is within reach in the Arctic, and only Mother Nature stands in the way.

Sue settles back into life at Kavik; Ricko replaces the cabin stove; Jessie struggles to free his four-wheeler from the frozen mud; Chip and Agnes hunt an apex predator.

The Hailstone family rushes to prepare camp for a possible storm; winds jeopardize Sue's camp and livelihood; as goose season opens, Ricko teaches his daughter to hunt; Glenn heads out to replenish his family's meat supply.

Sue sharpens her survival skills; Jessie sets out for food and medicine; Glenn burns a manmade structure to the ground so that nature can reclaim its rightful place; the Hailstones embark on a traditional hunt for valued seal meat and oil.

The everyday struggles of living in the Alaskan wilderness where one wrong decision could be deadly.

Sue rips out her old kitchen to build a new one; the Hailstones go picking for vegetables; Ricko goes fishing with his kids; Jessie goes beaver hunting.

Alaskans make the transition into the Arctic summer; the Hailstone family contends with a natural obstacle; Jessie harvests food; Sue hustles to protect Kavik before clients arrive; Ricko and his children face a deadly threat.