Seasons & episodes

S7 · E1On the Edge 2016-04-07 · 60 min＋

Sue readies her camp for the coming winter. Glenn makes his move from Fairbanks to Chandalar. Jessie revamps his entire dog lot. The Hailstones begin work on a mobile home.

S7 · E2Pride and Power 2016-04-14 · 60 min＋

Sue waits on a fuel delivery. Glenn goes on a moose hunt. Jessie revamps his dog lot. The Hailstones begin to build a mobile home.

S7 · E3Falling Apart 2016-04-21 · 60 min＋

Sue makes needed repairs around camp. Jessie collects fish from his fish wheel. Glenn works to haul a moose back to camp. Chip processes and trades pieces of a caribou.

S7 · E4Deadly Tracks 2016-04-28 · 60 min＋

With the freeze under way, Alaskans scramble to secure their livelihoods. Sue Aikens returns to find a dangerous predator lurking just outside of camp.

S7 · E5Breaking Through 2016-05-05 · 60 min＋

The Arctic’s late freeze presents unique challenges for Alaskans as they attempt to gather food and resources for survival.

S7 · E6Shakedown 2016-05-12 · 60 min＋

Repairs, hunting and errands are all on the to-do list as five Alaskans struggle to get through the everyday grind as a long, dark winter looms ahead.

S7 · E7Ghosts of Winter 2016-05-19 · 60 min＋

The looming arrival of dark winter forces Alaskans to tackle various obstacles to ensure a prosperous season.

S7 · E8No Boundaries 2016-05-26 · 60 min＋

In the dead of winter, Alaskans travel into the mountains and across frozen rivers and tundra to obtain resources for survival.

S7 · E9Trapped and Hunted 2016-06-02 · 60 min＋

Though not easy tasks, trapping and hunting are essential activities for Alaskans to get crucial food and fur to survive dark winter.

S7 · E10Winter Kill 2016-06-09 · 60 min＋

Alaskans pursue scarce resources in anticipation of the coming spring and face some unexpected surprises.

S7 · E11Sue Aikens 2016-06-09 · 60 min＋

Sue Aikens has chosen to carve out a life of perilous isolation in the remote artic tundra, overcoming constant challenges to thrive at Kavik River Camp, a remote refueling station on the North Slope of Alaska. Sue reveals her journey to Kavik, starting from a rough childhood and tracing through three marriages and numerous ups and downs, and she shares what it is that draws her to a life of solitude.

S7 · E12Loaded 2016-06-09 · 60 min＋

Sue gets stuck with the loader on the road from Deadhorse to Kavik. Glenn suffers a leg injury on a trek home. Andy kills and processes a lynx. Chip hunts for muskox.

S7 · E13The Hailstones 2016-06-16 · 60 min＋

Chip and Agnes Hailstone struggle to live in the Artic and survive as a family, while passing along the importance of their heritage and native traditions to their children. Chip and Agnes discuss their background and experiences, sharing the struggles they have had living a semi-nomadic subsistence lifestyle while hunting, fishing and gathering to survive in the harsh conditions of Northwest Alaska.

Sue's loader travels to Kavik on a convoy. Glenn builds a snow cave and stays on the mountain overnight. Andy rebuilds his wind turbine. Agnes and Chip travel home to Noorvik.

Sixty-five miles above the Arctic Circle, in a sparse Brooks Range, Glenn Villeneuve has given up nearly all modern conveniences to carve out a life of freedom in the wild.