1 00:00:15,682 --> 00:00:18,585 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:18,719 --> 00:00:24,925 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:28,128 --> 00:00:30,497 - I'm not seeing my beaver meat. 4 00:00:30,597 --> 00:00:32,566 No way. This has got to be a trick. 5 00:00:32,633 --> 00:00:34,968 ♪ ♪ 6 00:00:35,068 --> 00:00:36,937 I am not kidding you. 7 00:00:37,004 --> 00:00:38,872 It's all gone. 8 00:00:39,006 --> 00:00:41,408 And now it looks like I might even have to fast. 9 00:00:41,475 --> 00:00:43,210 ♪ ♪ 10 00:00:43,310 --> 00:00:44,978 I'm [bleep] screwed. 11 00:00:45,078 --> 00:00:47,114 - Oh, [bleep]. 12 00:00:47,247 --> 00:00:52,319 A mouse has been defecating all over my fish. 13 00:00:52,386 --> 00:00:55,055 My entire food stash is trashed. 14 00:00:55,155 --> 00:00:57,558 All that dark stuff, that's all mouse crap. 15 00:00:57,691 --> 00:01:00,794 The tapping urge, it builds on itself 16 00:01:00,928 --> 00:01:02,963 until it's all you can think about. 17 00:01:03,063 --> 00:01:05,632 Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap. 18 00:01:05,766 --> 00:01:08,035 - Awesome! I got food for today. 19 00:01:08,168 --> 00:01:09,836 And that's a big one too. 20 00:01:09,970 --> 00:01:11,438 That's a big hare. 21 00:01:11,572 --> 00:01:14,207 I just honor life right now. 22 00:01:14,274 --> 00:01:17,811 Life is very special, and I'm alive. 23 00:01:17,878 --> 00:01:21,014 I'm alive in the Arctic. 24 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:23,850 This is my north country! 25 00:01:23,917 --> 00:01:25,385 Ha-ha! 26 00:01:25,519 --> 00:01:27,588 Wa-pshh! 27 00:01:27,721 --> 00:01:32,326 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:32,392 --> 00:01:34,227 - I'm not tapping out. 29 00:01:34,361 --> 00:01:35,429 I'd rather die. 30 00:01:35,562 --> 00:01:39,633 ♪ ♪ 31 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:42,970 - [sighs] Here goes nothing. 32 00:01:43,070 --> 00:01:44,104 - Whoa! 33 00:01:44,204 --> 00:01:45,205 - Yes! 34 00:01:45,272 --> 00:01:46,606 - Oh, [bleep]. 35 00:01:46,673 --> 00:01:49,076 ♪ ♪ 36 00:01:49,209 --> 00:01:51,311 - This is the harshest location possible. 37 00:01:51,445 --> 00:01:53,680 We're 125 miles in the Arctic Circle. 38 00:01:53,814 --> 00:01:55,048 - Ha! 39 00:01:55,148 --> 00:01:56,116 - Never had an environment make me feel 40 00:01:56,249 --> 00:01:57,551 like a complete amateur before. 41 00:01:57,684 --> 00:01:59,519 - Everything is against us out here. 42 00:01:59,620 --> 00:02:02,122 - Mother Nature went and bitch-slapped me. 43 00:02:02,189 --> 00:02:04,925 - Looks like I've got grizzlies and wolves as my neighbors. 44 00:02:04,992 --> 00:02:05,993 - Holy crap. 45 00:02:06,126 --> 00:02:07,394 They're just hunting the shoreline. 46 00:02:07,527 --> 00:02:09,429 - Mother Nature is about to dim the lights on us. 47 00:02:09,563 --> 00:02:11,231 We're heading into total darkness. 48 00:02:11,365 --> 00:02:12,399 - Hey, bear. 49 00:02:12,466 --> 00:02:13,667 - The cold and the dark 50 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,136 is going to sap people's souls. 51 00:02:16,203 --> 00:02:19,039 - Really makes you wonder if it's worth it. 52 00:02:19,172 --> 00:02:20,207 - There is no camera crew. 53 00:02:20,307 --> 00:02:21,575 There's no support system. 54 00:02:21,642 --> 00:02:23,076 I'm completely alone. 55 00:02:23,210 --> 00:02:24,244 - Yes! 56 00:02:24,378 --> 00:02:25,512 - People go in one way. 57 00:02:25,646 --> 00:02:27,014 - Stop bleeding. 58 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,448 - And they come out entirely different. 59 00:02:28,548 --> 00:02:29,883 - [shouts] 60 00:02:30,017 --> 00:02:30,951 - This is the most difficult survival challenge 61 00:02:31,084 --> 00:02:31,952 in the world. 62 00:02:32,085 --> 00:02:32,953 - Hoo, hoo, hoo. 63 00:02:33,086 --> 00:02:34,321 - $500,000, 64 00:02:34,388 --> 00:02:36,123 that's completely life-changing money. 65 00:02:36,223 --> 00:02:37,391 - It's beautiful. 66 00:02:37,524 --> 00:02:38,625 - Whoever can thrive the longest... 67 00:02:38,759 --> 00:02:40,627 - Anything out here ought to be afraid of me. 68 00:02:40,761 --> 00:02:41,628 - Whoever can push through... 69 00:02:41,762 --> 00:02:43,530 - [groans] - Wins. 70 00:02:43,597 --> 00:02:45,265 - I hope I made the right choice coming out here. 71 00:02:45,399 --> 00:02:47,968 ♪ ♪ 72 00:02:48,035 --> 00:02:50,537 [wind whistling] 73 00:02:50,604 --> 00:02:57,611 ♪ ♪ 74 00:03:16,063 --> 00:03:18,465 - So I heard this river all night-- 75 00:03:18,598 --> 00:03:22,169 crunching, crackling. 76 00:03:22,269 --> 00:03:25,405 A lot of it might have been this pond over here-- 77 00:03:25,472 --> 00:03:26,640 the lake. 78 00:03:26,773 --> 00:03:29,409 I think it's got some solid ice right now. 79 00:03:31,678 --> 00:03:35,215 Tell you one thing that really blows. 80 00:03:35,282 --> 00:03:38,185 My gill net is definitely gone. 81 00:03:38,318 --> 00:03:41,888 It's, like, under all this water now. 82 00:03:41,955 --> 00:03:44,624 Look at that disaster. 83 00:03:44,758 --> 00:03:47,594 There's nothing I can do with this river right now, man. 84 00:03:47,728 --> 00:03:50,363 That river's got a while yet, man, 85 00:03:50,464 --> 00:03:51,832 before there's safe ice on it. 86 00:03:51,965 --> 00:03:53,567 ♪ ♪ 87 00:03:53,633 --> 00:03:56,369 Sure as hell can't fish that thing 88 00:03:56,436 --> 00:04:00,240 in any way, shape, or form. 89 00:04:00,373 --> 00:04:04,077 Food supplies are 90 00:04:04,211 --> 00:04:08,782 rapidly depleting. 91 00:04:08,882 --> 00:04:13,053 That's life here in the Arctic for me. 92 00:04:13,153 --> 00:04:16,723 Food shortage, severe. 93 00:04:16,823 --> 00:04:18,725 ♪ ♪ 94 00:04:18,792 --> 00:04:23,430 There was mice defecating all over my fish storage. 95 00:04:23,563 --> 00:04:25,766 I'm just trying to force myself to stay positive 96 00:04:25,832 --> 00:04:30,804 for this last stretch here, however long it might be. 97 00:04:30,937 --> 00:04:33,974 Ladies and gentlemen, we're here 98 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,476 on the banks of the Mackenzie River 99 00:04:36,610 --> 00:04:39,713 for "Alone" season 11 fashion show 100 00:04:39,846 --> 00:04:41,448 on the catwalk that's been graced 101 00:04:41,515 --> 00:04:45,252 by none other than fashion mogul Callie Russell 102 00:04:45,352 --> 00:04:46,920 from season seven. 103 00:04:46,987 --> 00:04:51,792 Today we have Dub Paetz all the way down from season 11, 104 00:04:51,925 --> 00:04:56,096 brought to you here live in the Arctic Circle. 105 00:04:56,196 --> 00:04:59,432 Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together 106 00:04:59,566 --> 00:05:02,702 for this stunning, amazing fashion show. 107 00:05:02,802 --> 00:05:05,272 Ush, ush, ush. 108 00:05:05,405 --> 00:05:07,808 [dance music] 109 00:05:07,908 --> 00:05:09,042 ♪ ♪ 110 00:05:09,176 --> 00:05:11,778 Ush. 111 00:05:11,878 --> 00:05:14,181 Red squirrel lined. 112 00:05:14,281 --> 00:05:19,119 Three red squirrels grace this beautiful garment. 113 00:05:19,219 --> 00:05:23,523 Straight on the noggin. 114 00:05:23,623 --> 00:05:26,126 Ush, ush, ush, ush, ush. 115 00:05:26,193 --> 00:05:27,794 And cut. 116 00:05:27,928 --> 00:05:29,563 ♪ ♪ 117 00:05:29,663 --> 00:05:31,598 It's getting cold as hell out. 118 00:05:31,698 --> 00:05:33,233 Get my coat on. 119 00:05:33,366 --> 00:05:35,168 Let's go get a fire going. 120 00:05:35,235 --> 00:05:38,538 All right, let's get some wood thrown in this shelter. 121 00:05:38,638 --> 00:05:42,042 [dramatic music] 122 00:05:44,578 --> 00:05:51,585 ♪ ♪ 123 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:54,921 There we go. 124 00:05:54,988 --> 00:05:58,792 ♪ ♪ 125 00:05:58,925 --> 00:06:01,328 I don't know why my back's all wet. 126 00:06:04,564 --> 00:06:07,801 The [bleep] is this? 127 00:06:07,868 --> 00:06:09,603 Oh, my God. 128 00:06:11,805 --> 00:06:14,207 Water pouring in on my sleeping bag. 129 00:06:14,274 --> 00:06:15,809 ♪ ♪ 130 00:06:15,909 --> 00:06:17,444 Oh, no. 131 00:06:17,577 --> 00:06:19,846 ♪ ♪ 132 00:06:19,946 --> 00:06:22,048 Serious? 133 00:06:22,115 --> 00:06:29,089 ♪ ♪ 134 00:06:29,155 --> 00:06:31,424 Today is starting to really suck. 135 00:06:31,558 --> 00:06:33,293 ♪ ♪ 136 00:06:33,393 --> 00:06:36,563 I was having some condensation issues. 137 00:06:36,663 --> 00:06:40,667 Got, like, slightly warmer. 138 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,137 And then I cranked a fire, and boom, 139 00:06:44,204 --> 00:06:48,875 all this frozen crap that was up there 140 00:06:49,009 --> 00:06:51,278 started falling on my sleeping bag. 141 00:06:51,411 --> 00:06:53,647 ♪ ♪ 142 00:06:53,713 --> 00:06:56,383 I'm going to rip all this spruce 143 00:06:56,483 --> 00:06:59,085 bough branches off that are holding this moisture 144 00:06:59,152 --> 00:07:00,887 and go from there. 145 00:07:00,954 --> 00:07:03,089 ♪ ♪ 146 00:07:03,156 --> 00:07:07,093 Every time you breathe, there's a huge blast 147 00:07:07,193 --> 00:07:09,362 of moisture that comes out of your mouth. 148 00:07:09,462 --> 00:07:12,198 And it's a combination of, like, cold air outside 149 00:07:12,265 --> 00:07:14,801 and the warmer air inside, and there's just moisture 150 00:07:14,934 --> 00:07:16,703 building all on the tarp. 151 00:07:16,803 --> 00:07:19,072 Every time it gets warm, it drips down, 152 00:07:19,205 --> 00:07:22,375 and it falls on my sleeping bag and on my bed. 153 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:25,312 A wet sleeping bag is disaster. 154 00:07:25,445 --> 00:07:30,050 ♪ ♪ 155 00:07:30,116 --> 00:07:32,719 So I just ripped all this 156 00:07:32,819 --> 00:07:36,589 out of the ceiling of this side of my shelter 157 00:07:36,723 --> 00:07:38,725 'cause of condensation. 158 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:43,363 I'm gonna try to move it all to the outside of the tarp 159 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:47,233 and let the snow build on top of that to see what that does. 160 00:07:47,367 --> 00:07:49,302 So...[grunts] 161 00:07:49,402 --> 00:07:53,606 ♪ ♪ 162 00:07:55,809 --> 00:08:00,647 ♪ ♪ 163 00:08:32,045 --> 00:08:39,085 ♪ ♪ 164 00:08:57,237 --> 00:08:58,538 - I gave my teeth a break yesterday. 165 00:08:58,638 --> 00:09:00,407 I did not chew on jerky at all, 166 00:09:00,507 --> 00:09:02,776 so I'm gonna chew on jerky. 167 00:09:02,842 --> 00:09:04,978 ♪ ♪ 168 00:09:05,078 --> 00:09:07,180 White fat on the end of that. 169 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,650 ♪ ♪ 170 00:09:10,717 --> 00:09:14,921 So yeah, I slept very quickly after I went to bed last night. 171 00:09:15,021 --> 00:09:17,090 It was great, and then I woke up about two hours ago, 172 00:09:17,157 --> 00:09:20,560 so I think that's, like, eight hours of sleep. 173 00:09:20,627 --> 00:09:22,028 That's awesome. 174 00:09:22,162 --> 00:09:23,830 ♪ ♪ 175 00:09:23,963 --> 00:09:26,399 I never get eight hours of sleep. 176 00:09:26,499 --> 00:09:33,473 ♪ ♪ 177 00:09:36,810 --> 00:09:39,312 I need some more bunnies, you guys. 178 00:09:39,446 --> 00:09:42,449 ♪ ♪ 179 00:09:42,549 --> 00:09:46,719 Hopefully I'll see a hare and just pop it with my bow. 180 00:09:46,820 --> 00:09:49,889 We got a long trudge through some snow. 181 00:09:49,956 --> 00:09:53,159 There's no animals or animal tracks of any type. 182 00:09:53,259 --> 00:09:54,961 ♪ ♪ 183 00:09:55,028 --> 00:09:58,765 I have to say, the river is the real source 184 00:09:58,832 --> 00:10:02,168 of food around here, but I don't know 185 00:10:02,235 --> 00:10:03,603 when we'll get to ice fish. 186 00:10:03,736 --> 00:10:05,405 The river is such a mess. 187 00:10:05,472 --> 00:10:10,076 So I'm gonna keep out a snare line 188 00:10:10,210 --> 00:10:13,980 but just in the spots where it seems profitable. 189 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:15,849 And we all know that you can starve on hares 190 00:10:15,949 --> 00:10:18,051 even if you have a lot of them. 191 00:10:18,118 --> 00:10:21,154 ♪ ♪ 192 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:22,489 Guys, I'm out here at my snare line, 193 00:10:22,555 --> 00:10:24,457 and I've arrived where my snares start. 194 00:10:24,557 --> 00:10:26,826 And I'm really sad, really sad. 195 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,361 I have a busted snare. 196 00:10:28,461 --> 00:10:31,231 You can see the end of the wire right there. 197 00:10:31,364 --> 00:10:34,367 Busted snare means an animal got away, 198 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:38,805 and I'm really sad about that. 199 00:10:38,905 --> 00:10:40,073 Mm. 200 00:10:40,206 --> 00:10:43,243 I don't know if it was a hare that got in it. 201 00:10:43,376 --> 00:10:45,078 I can't tell by the tracks. 202 00:10:45,211 --> 00:10:47,180 The snow is so churned up here. 203 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,049 ♪ ♪ 204 00:10:50,150 --> 00:10:53,686 I keep thinking, like, don't leave a stone unturned. 205 00:10:53,753 --> 00:10:55,922 If there's a place to go, go there, 206 00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:58,558 'cause ain't nothing anywhere else. 207 00:10:58,658 --> 00:11:01,227 ♪ ♪ 208 00:11:01,361 --> 00:11:02,395 Empty, empty, empty. 209 00:11:02,529 --> 00:11:04,597 Empty all around. 210 00:11:04,731 --> 00:11:07,967 Empty everywhere, and no fresh hare tracks-- 211 00:11:08,034 --> 00:11:10,737 none--since we got this new snow. 212 00:11:10,803 --> 00:11:13,139 ♪ ♪ 213 00:11:13,239 --> 00:11:16,342 Big waste of time and energy. 214 00:11:16,442 --> 00:11:18,211 ♪ ♪ 215 00:11:18,311 --> 00:11:20,380 I don't know what the other contestants are running into 216 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:21,881 with hare population. 217 00:11:22,015 --> 00:11:24,250 My hare population is not good out here. 218 00:11:24,317 --> 00:11:26,519 ♪ ♪ 219 00:11:26,586 --> 00:11:28,755 The fact that I'm not catching much new food 220 00:11:28,888 --> 00:11:33,159 over these last few days does concern me a little bit. 221 00:11:33,226 --> 00:11:36,429 But because of the amount of jerky that I have, 222 00:11:36,563 --> 00:11:40,466 I know I can go past 100 days on the jerky. 223 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,304 My strategy is to just ration well. 224 00:11:44,404 --> 00:11:46,873 As it stands right now, that food cache 225 00:11:47,006 --> 00:11:50,410 will last till as long as the season wants to go. 226 00:11:50,476 --> 00:11:53,813 ♪ ♪ 227 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:57,617 I have enough food to keep me going for a long time. 228 00:11:57,717 --> 00:12:00,253 ♪ ♪ 229 00:12:00,353 --> 00:12:01,955 [leaves rustling] 230 00:12:02,088 --> 00:12:03,656 ♪ ♪ 231 00:12:03,756 --> 00:12:04,924 I thought I heard something. 232 00:12:05,024 --> 00:12:12,031 ♪ ♪ 233 00:12:25,278 --> 00:12:27,580 - [snarling] 234 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:29,816 - Something making a weird noise in my food cache. 235 00:12:29,882 --> 00:12:31,484 ♪ ♪ 236 00:12:31,584 --> 00:12:32,585 I'm gonna go look. 237 00:12:32,719 --> 00:12:39,726 ♪ ♪ 238 00:12:48,401 --> 00:12:50,303 [dramatic music] 239 00:12:50,370 --> 00:12:52,572 - Guys, we have been visited by a new creature 240 00:12:52,672 --> 00:12:55,208 during the night. 241 00:12:55,308 --> 00:12:57,076 And I will show you. 242 00:12:57,210 --> 00:13:02,382 Down here all along my trail, I see these tracks 243 00:13:02,482 --> 00:13:04,217 that I've never seen before. 244 00:13:04,317 --> 00:13:06,452 They're clearly marked out here on the ice. 245 00:13:06,552 --> 00:13:09,555 I can't think of what that would be besides a wolverine. 246 00:13:09,689 --> 00:13:10,990 And guess what. 247 00:13:11,124 --> 00:13:13,326 He got my fish bait. 248 00:13:13,393 --> 00:13:15,561 I had it clogged with a log. 249 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:17,497 I had a bunch of pike stomach stuffed down 250 00:13:17,597 --> 00:13:20,333 into this little bucket that I made. 251 00:13:20,433 --> 00:13:26,239 ♪ ♪ 252 00:13:26,372 --> 00:13:28,007 He's gonna stick around. 253 00:13:28,107 --> 00:13:30,777 That means I have to be doubly careful on my food cache, 254 00:13:30,843 --> 00:13:32,412 make sure it's secure all the time. 255 00:13:32,512 --> 00:13:34,814 And I'm gonna keep an eye out to kill that baby. 256 00:13:34,881 --> 00:13:37,483 So I think he'll be back. 257 00:13:37,583 --> 00:13:40,053 I think he'll be back for sure. 258 00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:42,588 I want to eat that thing. 259 00:13:42,722 --> 00:13:45,258 Dadgum. I don't like that. 260 00:13:45,358 --> 00:13:46,959 I got to go run my snare lines. 261 00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:49,529 It's getting late. 262 00:13:49,595 --> 00:13:52,799 I feel that the longer he's around, 263 00:13:52,865 --> 00:13:54,400 the more scraps he steals-- 264 00:13:54,467 --> 00:13:57,370 rabbit guts that I've thrown out or just whatever-- 265 00:13:57,437 --> 00:13:59,472 the more he could be a real problem. 266 00:13:59,605 --> 00:14:02,742 We can't have that. 267 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:05,945 All right, we're at the edge of Moose Meadow. 268 00:14:06,045 --> 00:14:08,114 I want to see that wolverine that visited us in the night 269 00:14:08,247 --> 00:14:11,551 so I can shoot a broadhead right through it. 270 00:14:18,691 --> 00:14:20,226 Here are those tracks. 271 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,996 That's got to be wolverine-- bump, bump, bump, 272 00:14:24,130 --> 00:14:25,798 right along here with mine. 273 00:14:25,932 --> 00:14:29,569 Yeah, he came from back there, 274 00:14:29,669 --> 00:14:32,839 and he followed my tracks. 275 00:14:32,972 --> 00:14:34,741 And that's how he found my camp. 276 00:14:34,841 --> 00:14:36,142 All the way from back here, 277 00:14:36,242 --> 00:14:38,177 he followed my tracks into my camp. 278 00:14:38,244 --> 00:14:40,513 He could probably smell my boots had 279 00:14:40,646 --> 00:14:42,415 some, like, hare blood on it. 280 00:14:42,482 --> 00:14:43,816 That's nutso. 281 00:14:43,883 --> 00:14:46,719 Now, what that means is, he found food 282 00:14:46,786 --> 00:14:48,554 and he ate and he was happy. 283 00:14:48,688 --> 00:14:50,890 Hope he doesn't become a huge problem for me. 284 00:14:50,957 --> 00:14:53,326 I want to kill it. 285 00:14:53,392 --> 00:14:55,194 Wolverines are raiders. 286 00:14:55,328 --> 00:14:56,396 We think of the Vikings. 287 00:14:56,529 --> 00:14:58,231 Wolverines are gonna Viking you. 288 00:14:58,364 --> 00:14:59,966 So you might have food stored up. 289 00:15:00,032 --> 00:15:01,567 You might have all your ducks in a row. 290 00:15:01,667 --> 00:15:04,237 And that wolverine will raid you. 291 00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:07,774 They're coming to get what you've got. 292 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,575 God help me kill that wolverine before he 293 00:15:09,642 --> 00:15:14,247 tears something up or gets into my food cache or my house. 294 00:15:14,313 --> 00:15:16,015 ♪ ♪ 295 00:15:16,082 --> 00:15:18,117 All right. [grunts] 296 00:15:18,251 --> 00:15:19,952 So I'm pulling the snares. 297 00:15:20,086 --> 00:15:21,754 If I got a hare there, the wolverine 298 00:15:21,888 --> 00:15:23,189 would have it before sunrise. 299 00:15:23,322 --> 00:15:25,391 A lot of times...[squeals] They squeal a little bit 300 00:15:25,525 --> 00:15:28,628 and then predators can hear that and come running. 301 00:15:28,761 --> 00:15:33,266 So I just pulled all these guys right here, all these snares. 302 00:15:33,399 --> 00:15:36,402 I'm not gonna come back to this area for snaring again. 303 00:15:36,536 --> 00:15:38,204 All right. 304 00:15:38,337 --> 00:15:40,373 Back to camp across the lakes. 305 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:47,446 ♪ ♪ 306 00:16:14,874 --> 00:16:16,809 - Today's gonna be a bit exciting. 307 00:16:16,876 --> 00:16:18,744 We'll get to try ice fishing-- 308 00:16:18,845 --> 00:16:20,980 proper ice fishing for the first time in the year. 309 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:23,416 Yep, yep, yep, so we got to keep moving forward. 310 00:16:23,482 --> 00:16:26,252 So yep, one step forward all the time. 311 00:16:26,352 --> 00:16:28,120 Got to try to keep making progress. 312 00:16:28,187 --> 00:16:31,557 Progress, progress. 313 00:16:31,691 --> 00:16:33,759 Now that I'm out of beaver, it's more important than ever 314 00:16:33,860 --> 00:16:36,896 for me to try to focus and secure food somewhere else. 315 00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:38,531 Without that, you know, I'm in trouble. 316 00:16:38,598 --> 00:16:40,600 You just got to keep going. 317 00:16:40,700 --> 00:16:43,002 Careful, it's slippery. 318 00:16:43,135 --> 00:16:44,203 Slippery right here. 319 00:16:44,337 --> 00:16:45,504 There's an old saying: 320 00:16:45,605 --> 00:16:47,974 the harder I work, the luckier I get. 321 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:51,143 So I got to work hard now, and hopefully I'll get lucky. 322 00:16:51,244 --> 00:16:53,279 There. 323 00:16:53,412 --> 00:16:54,413 Huh. 324 00:17:03,956 --> 00:17:05,558 Now, first things first. 325 00:17:09,462 --> 00:17:10,396 Like that. 326 00:17:10,530 --> 00:17:12,431 ♪ ♪ 327 00:17:30,283 --> 00:17:33,920 I think my strategy was a winning strategy, 328 00:17:33,986 --> 00:17:36,455 but losing the beaver was a major setback 329 00:17:36,556 --> 00:17:38,257 in that strategy. 330 00:17:38,357 --> 00:17:40,760 So now I'm kind of skeptical 331 00:17:40,826 --> 00:17:42,695 of how this is all gonna turn out. 332 00:17:42,795 --> 00:17:45,164 I'm gonna fight till the end, but is that gonna be enough? 333 00:17:45,231 --> 00:17:47,566 I don't know. 334 00:17:47,633 --> 00:17:51,237 I know now that the odds of winning 335 00:17:51,370 --> 00:17:53,205 are getting less as time goes on, 336 00:17:53,306 --> 00:17:55,808 because I'm pretty sure somebody got 337 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:57,276 either a moose or a bear. 338 00:17:57,410 --> 00:18:00,246 Now, when we're in cooking and fooling around 339 00:18:00,346 --> 00:18:04,951 and see that this here start to move a little bit, 340 00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:06,986 I know there's something at the hook. 341 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:08,854 ♪ ♪ 342 00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:19,966 Close to the old fire here. 343 00:18:20,032 --> 00:18:21,634 Got to keep chasing opportunities. 344 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:22,902 Who knows? 345 00:18:23,002 --> 00:18:25,171 But one day at a time is all I know. 346 00:18:25,237 --> 00:18:26,405 One day at a time. 347 00:18:26,472 --> 00:18:30,142 ♪ ♪ 348 00:18:54,266 --> 00:18:55,901 Pause that right there. 349 00:19:11,250 --> 00:19:13,285 Might not, but I might. 350 00:19:21,193 --> 00:19:22,595 Oh. Good. 351 00:19:27,366 --> 00:19:28,768 Mmm. 352 00:19:39,245 --> 00:19:41,914 ♪ ♪ 353 00:19:42,048 --> 00:19:42,915 [yelps] 354 00:19:43,049 --> 00:19:44,283 It did move. 355 00:19:44,417 --> 00:19:50,523 ♪ ♪ 356 00:19:54,427 --> 00:19:57,496 [dramatic music] 357 00:19:57,563 --> 00:20:04,537 ♪ ♪ 358 00:20:05,571 --> 00:20:07,006 - Ooh, big one. 359 00:20:07,139 --> 00:20:08,541 Oh, my God. 360 00:20:08,641 --> 00:20:09,875 Oh. 361 00:20:12,611 --> 00:20:14,647 Oh! 362 00:20:14,714 --> 00:20:17,249 Oh. 363 00:20:17,349 --> 00:20:19,118 Oh. 364 00:20:19,251 --> 00:20:21,921 Whoa! Oh! Oh! 365 00:20:25,157 --> 00:20:26,092 Look at that. 366 00:20:26,158 --> 00:20:27,960 Oh, my God. 367 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:29,528 You know. 368 00:20:29,595 --> 00:20:30,830 Whoa! 369 00:20:30,963 --> 00:20:32,965 That's the biggest pike I ever caught on a hook. 370 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:35,034 Look at the monster. 371 00:20:35,167 --> 00:20:36,936 ♪ ♪ 372 00:20:37,002 --> 00:20:38,838 Thank you! 373 00:20:38,971 --> 00:20:40,139 Yeah! 374 00:20:40,206 --> 00:20:43,542 Oh, that is freaking awesome. 375 00:20:43,642 --> 00:20:44,543 Look at that. 376 00:20:44,643 --> 00:20:46,212 That's a week's eating there. 377 00:20:46,278 --> 00:20:47,813 Yeah! 378 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,282 Hoo! 379 00:20:50,416 --> 00:20:52,418 That saves me, you know? 380 00:20:52,518 --> 00:20:56,355 That pike make up for a lot of beaver that got lost. 381 00:20:56,489 --> 00:20:58,724 After I lost my beaver meat, I felt the heat a little bit. 382 00:20:58,791 --> 00:20:59,725 I felt the pressure. 383 00:20:59,792 --> 00:21:01,961 Oh, my buddy, what a big fish. 384 00:21:02,061 --> 00:21:03,762 When you're dealt with a tough blow, 385 00:21:03,863 --> 00:21:06,532 you just got to stay strong and keep focused on what 386 00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:07,967 you got to do next, you know? 387 00:21:08,033 --> 00:21:09,368 That's the only way you're gonna get out of this. 388 00:21:09,435 --> 00:21:10,569 You just can't lie down. 389 00:21:10,669 --> 00:21:12,037 You got to keep going no matter what. 390 00:21:12,171 --> 00:21:16,041 Oh, jackpot. 391 00:21:16,175 --> 00:21:17,643 Jackpot. 392 00:21:21,881 --> 00:21:23,649 Piece of bait. 393 00:21:23,716 --> 00:21:25,851 Bigger bait, bigger fish, Uncle Harold always said, 394 00:21:25,918 --> 00:21:27,920 God bless his soul. 395 00:21:28,020 --> 00:21:30,089 I'm relieved, extremely relieved, 396 00:21:30,156 --> 00:21:32,792 and super happy, because now I'm secure again. 397 00:21:32,925 --> 00:21:34,126 ♪ ♪ 398 00:21:41,033 --> 00:21:42,368 I knew I could turn it around, 399 00:21:42,468 --> 00:21:44,837 but it even happened much quicker than expected. 400 00:21:52,711 --> 00:21:54,647 We're gonna have to come up with some other ideas 401 00:21:54,713 --> 00:21:56,649 to try to figure out how to keep animals 402 00:21:56,749 --> 00:21:58,284 from getting at my food. 403 00:22:02,388 --> 00:22:03,789 [laughs] 404 00:22:03,923 --> 00:22:07,326 ♪ ♪ 405 00:22:07,426 --> 00:22:08,894 All clear. 406 00:22:08,994 --> 00:22:11,997 What a day. What a day. What a day. 407 00:22:12,131 --> 00:22:14,967 Well, man, can't complain, hey, boy? 408 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:22,007 ♪ ♪ 409 00:22:39,325 --> 00:22:41,160 - That is really cool. 410 00:22:41,227 --> 00:22:48,234 ♪ ♪ 411 00:22:49,835 --> 00:22:52,004 [strings plucking] 412 00:22:52,137 --> 00:22:56,408 ♪ ♪ 413 00:22:56,508 --> 00:23:00,479 OK, gonna introduce all you guys 414 00:23:00,613 --> 00:23:01,847 to my bass. 415 00:23:01,914 --> 00:23:03,482 Check this out. 416 00:23:03,616 --> 00:23:07,453 Now, here's the base. 417 00:23:07,519 --> 00:23:08,721 It's kind of cramped in my shelter, 418 00:23:08,787 --> 00:23:10,756 so maybe you can't see the whole thing at once. 419 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:15,628 But it's half of a moose antler, which I found. 420 00:23:15,761 --> 00:23:19,832 The neck is made out of driftwood, good and dry, 421 00:23:19,965 --> 00:23:22,167 so it'll help with the resonation. 422 00:23:22,268 --> 00:23:25,971 The top nut is the rib bone of the moose that I shot. 423 00:23:26,071 --> 00:23:29,608 The string is six strands of 20-pound 424 00:23:29,675 --> 00:23:31,277 monofilament line twisted. 425 00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:33,078 [strings plucking] 426 00:23:33,212 --> 00:23:37,683 So this is-- 427 00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:39,285 boo-boo, boo-boo, boo-- 428 00:23:39,351 --> 00:23:40,753 this is my entertainment. 429 00:23:40,886 --> 00:23:43,889 [strings plucking] 430 00:23:46,759 --> 00:23:49,194 And I will probably give it a name. 431 00:23:49,328 --> 00:23:52,965 It's a really crappy bass, but it's fun. 432 00:23:53,065 --> 00:23:54,667 ♪ ♪ 433 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,902 I don't know why, but I feel it today. 434 00:23:57,002 --> 00:24:00,239 I feel happy. I feel good about being here. 435 00:24:00,372 --> 00:24:02,408 Gonna try to just pass the days the best I can 436 00:24:02,474 --> 00:24:06,445 and just try to enjoy things and just be, you know? 437 00:24:06,578 --> 00:24:07,813 Ch-ch-ch. 438 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,481 This is a mental game now. 439 00:24:09,615 --> 00:24:11,884 Remember, this journey on "Alone"-- 440 00:24:11,984 --> 00:24:13,452 body, soul, and spirit. 441 00:24:13,519 --> 00:24:16,789 And now it's the spirit that we're working on. 442 00:24:16,922 --> 00:24:18,190 It's creativity. 443 00:24:18,324 --> 00:24:19,525 That's your spirit. 444 00:24:19,591 --> 00:24:22,328 So I've been working on a couple songs 445 00:24:22,394 --> 00:24:24,296 I want to debut on "Alone." 446 00:24:24,396 --> 00:24:26,098 [strings plucking] 447 00:24:26,198 --> 00:24:28,968 ♪ If you find my body on the field of battle ♪ 448 00:24:29,001 --> 00:24:32,104 ♪ I'll be walking ♪ 449 00:24:32,204 --> 00:24:34,173 ♪ The fields of gold ♪ 450 00:24:34,273 --> 00:24:36,976 ♪ ♪ 451 00:24:37,042 --> 00:24:40,546 ♪ If you pick me up where I fall from my saddle ♪ 452 00:24:40,646 --> 00:24:43,682 ♪ I'll be riding ♪ 453 00:24:43,816 --> 00:24:45,951 ♪ Where none grow old ♪ 454 00:24:46,085 --> 00:24:49,054 ♪ ♪ 455 00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:54,893 ♪ I'll live life free until disaster comes ♪ 456 00:24:54,994 --> 00:24:56,395 ♪ ♪ 457 00:24:56,528 --> 00:25:02,101 ♪ Until it comes for me ♪ 458 00:25:02,201 --> 00:25:04,136 ♪ Go tell my sister ♪ 459 00:25:04,203 --> 00:25:06,105 ♪ Go tell my lonely mother ♪ 460 00:25:06,205 --> 00:25:10,042 ♪ Go tell my girl that I loved her more than any other ♪ 461 00:25:10,175 --> 00:25:11,844 ♪ We'll meet again one day ♪ 462 00:25:11,977 --> 00:25:15,180 ♪ And then we're gonna see ♪ 463 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,016 ♪ Ooh, hoo, hoo ♪ 464 00:25:17,082 --> 00:25:22,521 ♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪ 465 00:25:22,621 --> 00:25:24,690 ♪ I'll be singing ♪ 466 00:25:24,757 --> 00:25:30,763 ♪ La, la, la, la, lee-hee ♪ 467 00:25:30,863 --> 00:25:32,398 ♪ I'll be waiting ♪ 468 00:25:32,531 --> 00:25:38,170 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 469 00:25:44,243 --> 00:25:47,179 [dramatic music] 470 00:25:47,246 --> 00:25:53,619 ♪ ♪ 471 00:25:54,586 --> 00:25:56,722 - Later and later getting daylight all the time. 472 00:25:56,789 --> 00:25:59,091 [laughs] Yep. 473 00:25:59,158 --> 00:26:00,392 Tell you, days are short. 474 00:26:00,526 --> 00:26:01,960 You can't get a whole lot done in a day. 475 00:26:02,094 --> 00:26:05,230 But... 476 00:26:05,364 --> 00:26:06,832 holy smokes. 477 00:26:17,476 --> 00:26:19,211 Holy [bleep]. 478 00:26:21,513 --> 00:26:23,449 Smoke-tanned. 479 00:26:23,515 --> 00:26:27,319 [laughs] Oh, [bleep]. 480 00:26:27,453 --> 00:26:28,620 Oh, yeah. 481 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,122 Yeah, yeah. 482 00:26:30,222 --> 00:26:32,658 ♪ ♪ 483 00:26:32,758 --> 00:26:35,327 All the focus today is gonna be down on the creek. 484 00:26:35,427 --> 00:26:37,362 We're gonna get a lot of sets out. 485 00:26:37,463 --> 00:26:39,531 If I could cache a fair amount of fish, 486 00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:41,166 I could almost stop fishing, you know what I mean? 487 00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:42,367 There's only so much you want. 488 00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:44,369 So I'm gonna try to cache some fish. 489 00:26:44,436 --> 00:26:46,705 First and foremost, I'll check this one. 490 00:26:46,805 --> 00:26:50,776 ♪ ♪ 491 00:26:55,814 --> 00:26:58,484 Now we shall put another hole. 492 00:26:58,550 --> 00:27:00,152 As time goes on, the days are gonna 493 00:27:00,285 --> 00:27:02,754 get shorter and shorter until eventually the sun 494 00:27:02,888 --> 00:27:04,189 ain't gonna rise no more 495 00:27:04,323 --> 00:27:07,159 and we will go into complete darkness. 496 00:27:07,292 --> 00:27:09,595 You make your hole as big as you can, you know? 497 00:27:09,728 --> 00:27:11,563 When it gets frosty, you'll be happy for it. 498 00:27:11,630 --> 00:27:12,965 [laughs] 499 00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:18,437 I call this one a whitefish hole. 500 00:27:18,570 --> 00:27:20,405 [laughs] 501 00:27:27,212 --> 00:27:28,647 I come from a cold environment, and I know 502 00:27:28,780 --> 00:27:31,717 as the daylight dwindle here, it's gonna get colder. 503 00:27:31,850 --> 00:27:37,122 And colder probably suits me better than my competitors. 504 00:27:37,222 --> 00:27:40,058 Any fish now entering the channel coming through now 505 00:27:40,158 --> 00:27:42,127 pass by all these hooks, eh? 506 00:27:42,194 --> 00:27:44,296 I got an idea for another little project, too, boy. 507 00:27:44,396 --> 00:27:45,597 It was something that was talked about. 508 00:27:45,731 --> 00:27:47,366 I'm gonna make an ice chest. 509 00:27:47,432 --> 00:27:49,434 I can leave my hooks in there all night. 510 00:27:49,568 --> 00:27:52,237 I can leave extra bait there that I need for later. 511 00:27:52,371 --> 00:27:54,373 If I catch a fish, I can put in an ice chest. 512 00:27:54,439 --> 00:27:55,874 I haven't got to worry about jays just 513 00:27:56,008 --> 00:27:57,342 picking at it continuously. 514 00:27:57,442 --> 00:27:59,678 So just a little bit of work while I'm keeping 515 00:27:59,811 --> 00:28:01,813 an eye on my hooks, you know? 516 00:28:01,914 --> 00:28:04,249 ♪ ♪ 517 00:28:04,316 --> 00:28:06,752 All what I learned is almost like grass roots. 518 00:28:06,885 --> 00:28:08,754 My grandmother's grandmother was Inuit, 519 00:28:08,887 --> 00:28:10,289 so I got an Inuit background. 520 00:28:10,355 --> 00:28:12,591 And my wife is Inuit. 521 00:28:12,724 --> 00:28:14,359 Survival was tough, you know? 522 00:28:14,493 --> 00:28:16,395 It's just like here, being on "Alone," you know, 523 00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:18,196 they had to live off the land. 524 00:28:18,330 --> 00:28:19,765 And it's not easy. 525 00:28:19,865 --> 00:28:21,700 We all know that now. [laughs] 526 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,903 And I didn't realize how tough a struggle they had, actually, 527 00:28:25,003 --> 00:28:26,939 until this show come along. 528 00:28:48,226 --> 00:28:50,762 ♪ ♪ 529 00:28:50,829 --> 00:28:52,331 There we go. 530 00:28:57,336 --> 00:29:04,343 ♪ ♪ 531 00:29:16,488 --> 00:29:18,724 - All right. 532 00:29:18,790 --> 00:29:21,193 Lake is frozen. 533 00:29:21,326 --> 00:29:23,562 I'm ready for ice fishing. 534 00:29:23,629 --> 00:29:26,298 OK, I'm gonna chop a hole. 535 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,403 Oh. 536 00:29:31,536 --> 00:29:35,874 I've been planning my whole survival around ice fishing, 537 00:29:36,008 --> 00:29:39,611 so I am freaking ready. 538 00:29:39,678 --> 00:29:42,447 I have very little food left, so this is when I start 539 00:29:42,547 --> 00:29:44,616 really kicking ass, I hope. 540 00:29:44,683 --> 00:29:48,120 ♪ ♪ 541 00:29:48,253 --> 00:29:50,122 This ice is very thick. 542 00:29:50,222 --> 00:29:55,327 ♪ ♪ 543 00:29:55,427 --> 00:29:57,529 You know, there was a lot of time 544 00:29:57,596 --> 00:29:59,564 before this show where I hem-hawed about whether 545 00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:01,900 I was gonna bring an ax or not with me. 546 00:30:01,967 --> 00:30:05,203 ♪ ♪ 547 00:30:05,337 --> 00:30:08,373 The only reason I always ended up saying 548 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:14,212 I was gonna need one is for this moment right here. 549 00:30:14,279 --> 00:30:17,115 I came in here with the hopes of getting a big game animal 550 00:30:17,249 --> 00:30:20,018 and fishing as my backup and knowing full well 551 00:30:20,118 --> 00:30:22,054 that if all else failed, I can always 552 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:23,922 bank on my fishing skills. 553 00:30:24,022 --> 00:30:27,693 And right now, I'm banking hard on my fishing ability. 554 00:30:27,759 --> 00:30:29,494 ♪ ♪ 555 00:30:29,594 --> 00:30:31,430 So I'll give it a shot. 556 00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:38,437 If I don't get a fish today out of this, 557 00:30:38,570 --> 00:30:41,973 probably gonna get a little worried, and... 558 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:46,278 I do not want to be back to stressing about food, man. 559 00:30:46,411 --> 00:30:48,580 I just knew that there was gonna be a two- to three-week 560 00:30:48,647 --> 00:30:49,781 time frame where I was gonna have 561 00:30:49,881 --> 00:30:51,049 a hell of a time getting fish. 562 00:30:51,116 --> 00:30:52,284 Here we are. 563 00:30:52,350 --> 00:30:54,086 I've not caught fish in a while. 564 00:30:54,186 --> 00:30:55,921 I'm depleting all my food, 565 00:30:56,021 --> 00:30:58,356 and it's starting to get cold as hell. 566 00:30:58,490 --> 00:31:01,193 I need the food to eat, to keep me warm. 567 00:31:01,326 --> 00:31:03,195 And it's not comforting to see my food supply 568 00:31:03,328 --> 00:31:06,431 dwindling down to nothing, so I really, 569 00:31:06,565 --> 00:31:08,734 really need to get some food. 570 00:31:33,558 --> 00:31:38,730 ♪ ♪ 571 00:31:38,797 --> 00:31:41,967 I literally have two ounces of questionable, 572 00:31:42,033 --> 00:31:44,836 whether I should eat it or not, pike left, 573 00:31:44,970 --> 00:31:47,973 but we're gonna eat some of that. 574 00:31:50,442 --> 00:31:53,011 ♪ ♪ 575 00:31:53,111 --> 00:31:58,517 Question at a certain point becomes... 576 00:31:58,683 --> 00:32:00,685 ♪ ♪ 577 00:32:00,786 --> 00:32:07,459 Do you want $500,000 578 00:32:07,559 --> 00:32:09,161 this badly? 579 00:32:09,261 --> 00:32:11,096 ♪ ♪ 580 00:32:11,196 --> 00:32:13,298 It's like slime. 581 00:32:13,398 --> 00:32:15,967 Eye socket hanging there off it. 582 00:32:16,001 --> 00:32:18,503 ♪ ♪ 583 00:32:18,603 --> 00:32:23,141 And it tastes like absolute hell, man. 584 00:32:23,241 --> 00:32:28,547 ♪ ♪ 585 00:32:28,647 --> 00:32:31,483 And the answer to that question, 586 00:32:31,616 --> 00:32:36,154 of course, is yes, 587 00:32:36,288 --> 00:32:41,393 I want $500,000 that badly. 588 00:32:41,526 --> 00:32:43,562 So down the hatch. 589 00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:50,535 ♪ ♪ 590 00:32:50,602 --> 00:32:52,003 Dude. 591 00:32:54,773 --> 00:32:57,442 ♪ ♪ 592 00:32:59,377 --> 00:33:04,616 ♪ ♪ 593 00:33:08,887 --> 00:33:12,524 ♪ ♪ 594 00:33:18,663 --> 00:33:20,599 I mean, this is absurd. 595 00:33:20,732 --> 00:33:22,300 I feel glad that I made it this far, 596 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,936 but I just need a couple fish. 597 00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:27,572 I don't like this realization I've had today 598 00:33:27,672 --> 00:33:30,275 about how screwed I might be. 599 00:33:30,408 --> 00:33:32,210 ♪ ♪ 600 00:33:32,277 --> 00:33:34,846 Look how far I've fallen. 601 00:33:34,980 --> 00:33:37,282 I'm not sure how much longer I can push this. 602 00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:39,351 ♪ ♪ 603 00:33:43,321 --> 00:33:46,124 [dramatic music] 604 00:33:46,224 --> 00:33:53,231 ♪ ♪ 605 00:33:55,934 --> 00:33:58,770 - It's a nice day in the Arctic in Timber's cabin. 606 00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:01,806 Right out my door, there's Moose Meadow out there. 607 00:34:01,940 --> 00:34:04,075 I've got everything I need. 608 00:34:04,209 --> 00:34:06,344 I've got a fire crackling right there. 609 00:34:06,444 --> 00:34:10,415 I've got a bunch of firewood stacked under here. 610 00:34:10,482 --> 00:34:12,484 So yeah, I'm doing pretty good. 611 00:34:12,584 --> 00:34:14,619 I'm doing pretty good. I do have to watch. 612 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:16,221 While I have a fire like this, then you have to really watch, 613 00:34:16,321 --> 00:34:18,089 'cause it pops, sparks out. 614 00:34:18,156 --> 00:34:19,658 I'm grateful for an awesome day. 615 00:34:19,758 --> 00:34:20,659 It's really bright. 616 00:34:20,759 --> 00:34:22,260 It's gonna be nice. 617 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,297 OK, my project right now is to sort 618 00:34:25,397 --> 00:34:30,435 my moose jerky into two piles. 619 00:34:30,568 --> 00:34:32,737 And I've sewed a bag out of my T-shirt. 620 00:34:32,804 --> 00:34:34,506 I sewed a string across the bottom. 621 00:34:34,606 --> 00:34:36,942 And I'm gonna put one pile in here. 622 00:34:37,042 --> 00:34:39,277 If it's soft enough to be chewable, 623 00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:41,479 I'm gonna put it in this pile over here. 624 00:34:41,613 --> 00:34:46,217 And if it doesn't look soft enough to be chewable, 625 00:34:46,318 --> 00:34:48,286 it goes in the reserve stash. 626 00:34:48,353 --> 00:34:52,490 ♪ ♪ 627 00:34:52,557 --> 00:34:54,693 I've really eaten a lot of this. 628 00:34:54,759 --> 00:34:59,397 ♪ ♪ 629 00:34:59,531 --> 00:35:02,200 Oh, no. 630 00:35:02,334 --> 00:35:04,336 I've got a few pieces that were thick, 631 00:35:04,402 --> 00:35:07,772 and they are starting to mold. 632 00:35:07,872 --> 00:35:11,209 When I see the first spot of mold on my moose jerky, 633 00:35:11,276 --> 00:35:13,178 my heart just sinks. 634 00:35:13,244 --> 00:35:14,779 How is this happening? 635 00:35:14,846 --> 00:35:19,017 This stuff was not only dry but, like, overly dry. 636 00:35:19,117 --> 00:35:21,953 I'm gonna work these few pieces over 637 00:35:22,087 --> 00:35:23,688 and make sure that I don't lose them. 638 00:35:23,788 --> 00:35:27,459 Cut the mold off and eat those first. 639 00:35:27,559 --> 00:35:31,196 I can't believe the jerky's growing mold, guys. 640 00:35:31,329 --> 00:35:33,932 Probably 50% of it has some mold on it, 641 00:35:33,999 --> 00:35:35,900 but I'm cutting it off. 642 00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:39,004 No man ever killed that much meat 643 00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:41,539 and got to enjoy less of it fresh than me. 644 00:35:41,606 --> 00:35:42,941 [laughs] 645 00:35:43,008 --> 00:35:48,480 OK, the time has come to thaw out some fish 646 00:35:48,613 --> 00:35:50,248 and to cook some lunch. 647 00:35:53,118 --> 00:35:54,853 All right, we counted the lard up today. 648 00:35:54,919 --> 00:35:57,455 It's gonna run out soon. 649 00:35:57,555 --> 00:36:00,992 That is a sad thought, 'cause that stuff 650 00:36:01,126 --> 00:36:02,994 is what's keeping me going. 651 00:36:05,363 --> 00:36:09,000 I lived for weeks on boiled fish when I got out here, 652 00:36:09,134 --> 00:36:11,970 and I can do it again if I catch more fish. 653 00:36:12,037 --> 00:36:19,044 ♪ ♪ 654 00:36:21,079 --> 00:36:22,414 I don't know what's wrong with me. 655 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:26,618 I feel like I'm probably eating better than most "Alone" 656 00:36:26,718 --> 00:36:28,887 contestant ever probably, 657 00:36:28,953 --> 00:36:32,323 and I'm still just starving, 658 00:36:32,390 --> 00:36:34,793 losing weight, losing condition, 659 00:36:34,926 --> 00:36:37,962 losing strength, and starving, hungry. 660 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:39,397 Even though I'm eating each day, 661 00:36:39,531 --> 00:36:41,599 I just lust after food 662 00:36:41,733 --> 00:36:44,736 in the most crazy way all the time. 663 00:36:44,803 --> 00:36:46,571 ♪ ♪ 664 00:36:46,671 --> 00:36:50,175 I think the mental game is really big now. 665 00:36:50,241 --> 00:36:53,278 Has to be the main thing I play at-- 666 00:36:53,411 --> 00:36:55,613 managing the mind. 667 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:57,215 Or my mind will check out. 668 00:36:57,282 --> 00:36:59,484 It just about reached that point of, 669 00:36:59,584 --> 00:37:01,286 I want it to be over. 670 00:37:01,386 --> 00:37:03,455 ♪ ♪ 671 00:37:03,521 --> 00:37:05,390 So I really have to just buckle in, 672 00:37:05,523 --> 00:37:07,959 find things to enjoy, keep my mind on track, 673 00:37:08,093 --> 00:37:11,796 keep it reined in from thinking on certain things. 674 00:37:11,930 --> 00:37:14,499 I miss my family like you can't even believe-- 675 00:37:14,599 --> 00:37:18,036 way worse than I thought I would face. 676 00:37:18,169 --> 00:37:21,372 But I'm gonna buckle in mentally 677 00:37:21,473 --> 00:37:26,177 and just try to do the best I can. 678 00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:27,378 I don't know why I'm still scraping. 679 00:37:27,445 --> 00:37:30,215 There's nothing more. 680 00:37:30,315 --> 00:37:37,355 ♪ ♪ 681 00:37:41,359 --> 00:37:43,528 - Today we're gonna make our second gill net. 682 00:37:43,628 --> 00:37:45,230 ♪ ♪ 683 00:37:45,363 --> 00:37:46,831 That looks good. 684 00:37:46,965 --> 00:37:49,968 ♪ ♪ 685 00:37:50,101 --> 00:37:53,404 I'm going to set the gill net in the lake. 686 00:38:06,317 --> 00:38:07,952 [speaking indistinctly] 687 00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:12,056 Nice, fresh hole. 688 00:38:12,157 --> 00:38:14,125 ♪ ♪ 689 00:38:14,192 --> 00:38:17,395 Daylight is dwindling, man, and it's only gonna get worse. 690 00:38:17,529 --> 00:38:20,231 So I need to take advantage of every second of daylight 691 00:38:20,365 --> 00:38:21,599 that I have left. 692 00:38:21,733 --> 00:38:24,369 All right, let's see how this works. 693 00:38:24,469 --> 00:38:27,605 Never set a gill net in the ice. 694 00:38:27,739 --> 00:38:34,479 My plan is pretty much slip this damn thing under the ice 695 00:38:34,612 --> 00:38:36,381 just like that. 696 00:38:36,447 --> 00:38:43,488 ♪ ♪ 697 00:38:45,790 --> 00:38:50,261 Gill net deployed. 698 00:38:54,399 --> 00:38:56,734 In addition to the gill net today, 699 00:38:56,834 --> 00:39:01,105 I'm gonna put a hook down with some fish meat on it. 700 00:39:01,206 --> 00:39:03,608 I'd really like to get some fish. 701 00:39:03,741 --> 00:39:05,810 ♪ ♪ 702 00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:08,580 I'm giving it all. There's nothing to spare. 703 00:39:08,646 --> 00:39:11,382 ♪ ♪ 704 00:39:11,482 --> 00:39:13,451 I am just trying to make it, 705 00:39:13,518 --> 00:39:15,286 'cause each day gets colder. 706 00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:17,155 Each day gets darker. 707 00:39:17,288 --> 00:39:20,592 And each day gets harder to freaking keep my hand 708 00:39:20,725 --> 00:39:22,560 away from that damn button. 709 00:39:22,694 --> 00:39:24,529 ♪ ♪ 710 00:39:24,596 --> 00:39:26,798 The freedom that $500,000 would give me 711 00:39:26,931 --> 00:39:29,400 is something I just can't even imagine. 712 00:39:29,534 --> 00:39:31,736 ♪ ♪ 713 00:39:31,803 --> 00:39:33,371 I'm extremely close with my mom. 714 00:39:33,438 --> 00:39:35,640 You can tell I'm a mama's boy. 715 00:39:35,773 --> 00:39:38,543 If I won the 500,000, I would immediately 716 00:39:38,643 --> 00:39:40,778 pay my mom's house off. 717 00:39:40,845 --> 00:39:42,780 Everything she's ever given to me, 718 00:39:42,847 --> 00:39:45,450 finally I can give something back. 719 00:39:45,516 --> 00:39:48,720 I really need to win this so bad. 720 00:39:48,853 --> 00:39:50,855 ♪ ♪ 721 00:39:50,955 --> 00:39:52,156 Nothing. 722 00:39:52,290 --> 00:39:53,925 Bummer. 723 00:39:53,992 --> 00:39:55,526 ♪ ♪ 724 00:39:55,593 --> 00:39:57,495 It's getting cold, man. 725 00:39:57,595 --> 00:39:59,330 I'm gonna head back. 726 00:39:59,397 --> 00:40:00,565 ♪ ♪ 727 00:40:00,665 --> 00:40:02,834 Every day, it gets darker and darker 728 00:40:02,967 --> 00:40:05,370 faster and less daylight. 729 00:40:05,470 --> 00:40:08,106 At night, there's nothing to do. 730 00:40:08,206 --> 00:40:10,808 I have to sit in this shelter for the next 16 hours 731 00:40:10,875 --> 00:40:12,543 till it's light out again. 732 00:40:12,644 --> 00:40:14,679 There's nothing but time. 733 00:40:14,812 --> 00:40:17,582 ♪ ♪ 734 00:40:17,682 --> 00:40:21,686 So I made this violin. 735 00:40:24,088 --> 00:40:26,524 So the strings are gonna come from here, 736 00:40:26,624 --> 00:40:29,527 go across the top of that bridge, 737 00:40:29,627 --> 00:40:33,398 up to here where they're gonna be tied off on something 738 00:40:33,531 --> 00:40:35,400 that can tighten and loosen. 739 00:40:35,533 --> 00:40:37,435 ♪ ♪ 740 00:40:37,568 --> 00:40:40,038 [strings plucking] 741 00:40:40,171 --> 00:40:43,374 I put pine pitch on the string. 742 00:40:43,441 --> 00:40:45,209 ♪ ♪ 743 00:40:45,276 --> 00:40:50,148 Has a 550 inner paracord and... 744 00:40:50,248 --> 00:40:53,618 [strings screeching] 745 00:40:53,718 --> 00:40:55,353 It needs a little bit of work. 746 00:40:55,486 --> 00:40:57,655 That does, but-- 747 00:40:57,755 --> 00:41:00,725 [strings plucking] 748 00:41:02,827 --> 00:41:04,162 Can also be a guitar. 749 00:41:04,228 --> 00:41:06,197 [strings plucking] 750 00:41:06,331 --> 00:41:09,500 ♪ I came on "Alone" ♪ 751 00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:13,604 ♪ And I thought it would be easy ♪ 752 00:41:13,738 --> 00:41:16,708 ♪ I caught hundreds of pounds of pike ♪ 753 00:41:16,808 --> 00:41:19,644 ♪ And a few inconnu ♪ 754 00:41:19,777 --> 00:41:25,850 ♪ And I ate them all ♪ 755 00:41:25,917 --> 00:41:27,485 ♪ ♪ 756 00:41:27,552 --> 00:41:31,289 ♪ And now I'm feeling ♪ 757 00:41:31,356 --> 00:41:35,326 ♪ A little down and out ♪ 758 00:41:35,426 --> 00:41:40,164 ♪ Oh, I think I'd trade it all right now ♪ 759 00:41:40,264 --> 00:41:42,900 ♪ For a hug from my mom ♪ 760 00:41:42,967 --> 00:41:44,736 ♪ ♪ 761 00:41:44,802 --> 00:41:49,574 ♪ Because I don't think I can last ♪ 762 00:41:49,674 --> 00:41:52,210 ♪ Much longer ♪ 763 00:41:52,310 --> 00:41:57,348 ♪ 'Cause my tank is empty ♪ 764 00:41:57,448 --> 00:41:59,884 ♪ ♪ 765 00:41:59,951 --> 00:42:05,256 ♪ My tank is empty ♪ 766 00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:10,328 ♪ What do I miss the most ♪ 767 00:42:10,395 --> 00:42:12,330 ♪ ♪ 768 00:42:12,397 --> 00:42:17,769 ♪ I miss my mom and my dad ♪ 769 00:42:17,869 --> 00:42:24,375 ♪ ♪ 770 00:42:24,442 --> 00:42:26,244 ♪ And it's ♪ 771 00:42:26,377 --> 00:42:31,449 ♪ ♪ 772 00:42:31,549 --> 00:42:36,287 ♪ I think it's about time for me to go ♪ 773 00:42:36,387 --> 00:42:41,192 ♪ ♪ 774 00:42:41,325 --> 00:42:44,195 [dramatic music] 775 00:42:44,328 --> 00:42:46,631 ♪ ♪ 776 00:42:46,764 --> 00:42:49,801 [bleep]. Oh, [bleep]. 777 00:42:49,934 --> 00:42:52,770 ♪ ♪ 778 00:42:56,741 --> 00:42:59,610 [dramatic music] 779 00:42:59,677 --> 00:43:06,717 ♪ ♪ 780 00:43:10,688 --> 00:43:13,458 - All right, guys, the time has finally come 781 00:43:13,558 --> 00:43:15,927 to get out on the river a little bit. 782 00:43:15,993 --> 00:43:19,130 There's little zones that we can get to 783 00:43:19,197 --> 00:43:21,933 and fish that are safe. 784 00:43:21,999 --> 00:43:25,970 So I'm gonna get there, and I'm going to drop a few lines in. 785 00:43:26,037 --> 00:43:27,572 So I've got three steel hooks and a bunch 786 00:43:27,638 --> 00:43:30,241 of bone gorge hooks. 787 00:43:30,374 --> 00:43:34,011 Let's get out on the ice and do it. 788 00:43:34,112 --> 00:43:39,050 ♪ ♪ 789 00:43:39,116 --> 00:43:42,086 Physically, I'm pretty solid. 790 00:43:42,153 --> 00:43:44,122 It's not that thick. 791 00:43:44,255 --> 00:43:47,058 Not too hard to get to. 792 00:43:47,158 --> 00:43:50,128 Mentally, my moods swing around a bit. 793 00:43:50,194 --> 00:43:52,130 I still have some glorious moments, you know, 794 00:43:52,196 --> 00:43:54,499 and a lot of moments where I'm just like, 795 00:43:54,599 --> 00:43:57,001 you know, I'd like to be at home. 796 00:43:57,134 --> 00:43:58,569 Go down in, baby. 797 00:43:58,669 --> 00:44:00,905 It's a-going. Good. 798 00:44:01,005 --> 00:44:03,174 There. 799 00:44:03,241 --> 00:44:05,810 All right. 800 00:44:05,910 --> 00:44:07,612 That's one rig. 801 00:44:07,678 --> 00:44:09,580 It's reached the point where, like, being here each day 802 00:44:09,647 --> 00:44:12,683 is more of a struggle against the strong desires 803 00:44:12,783 --> 00:44:16,454 just to be at home, be with my family, you know? 804 00:44:16,521 --> 00:44:18,322 Yeah, I think that's got it. 805 00:44:18,456 --> 00:44:21,125 But I'm not going down that road yet. 806 00:44:21,225 --> 00:44:24,529 I mean, you know, don't open those doors. 807 00:44:24,629 --> 00:44:26,964 On this one, we have a bone gorge hook, 808 00:44:27,031 --> 00:44:28,766 so let's drop it in. 809 00:44:28,833 --> 00:44:31,002 And so got to buckle in mentally, 810 00:44:31,135 --> 00:44:32,503 keep my mind on track, 811 00:44:32,603 --> 00:44:34,805 keep it reined in from thinking on certain things 812 00:44:34,939 --> 00:44:36,040 going forwards. 813 00:44:36,174 --> 00:44:37,375 Yeah. 814 00:44:37,441 --> 00:44:38,943 There we go. 815 00:44:39,043 --> 00:44:40,745 All right, it's in. 816 00:44:40,845 --> 00:44:43,347 All right, now let's get out of here and go home. 817 00:44:45,182 --> 00:44:46,884 I need to warm up my feet. 818 00:44:46,984 --> 00:44:51,622 ♪ ♪ 819 00:44:51,722 --> 00:44:55,192 Some of this nice new wood. 820 00:44:55,326 --> 00:44:57,128 Grab some tinder. 821 00:44:57,228 --> 00:45:00,364 ♪ ♪ 822 00:45:00,431 --> 00:45:02,700 I'm good at struggling through stuff. 823 00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:04,702 It's OK. I'm still good. 824 00:45:04,769 --> 00:45:06,037 ♪ ♪ 825 00:45:06,170 --> 00:45:07,972 I've still got some food to eat. 826 00:45:08,072 --> 00:45:09,774 ♪ ♪ 827 00:45:09,874 --> 00:45:11,375 Here we go. 828 00:45:11,442 --> 00:45:13,978 ♪ ♪ 829 00:45:14,045 --> 00:45:15,780 That's a good start. 830 00:45:15,846 --> 00:45:22,887 ♪ ♪ 831 00:45:24,689 --> 00:45:26,924 Looks like that'll take off too much. 832 00:45:26,991 --> 00:45:28,259 Whoa. 833 00:45:28,359 --> 00:45:30,361 It's hot. [bleep]. 834 00:45:30,494 --> 00:45:36,734 ♪ ♪ 835 00:45:36,801 --> 00:45:38,636 That's gonna catch something on fire. 836 00:45:38,769 --> 00:45:41,539 ♪ ♪ 837 00:45:41,606 --> 00:45:43,307 [bleep]. 838 00:45:43,407 --> 00:45:47,578 ♪ ♪ 839 00:45:47,645 --> 00:45:51,015 Pot over it, so it'll help block some of the flames. 840 00:45:51,082 --> 00:45:57,221 ♪ ♪ 841 00:45:57,321 --> 00:45:59,323 Wow. 842 00:45:59,390 --> 00:46:01,726 That was crazy. 843 00:46:01,826 --> 00:46:02,994 Wow. 844 00:46:03,127 --> 00:46:06,430 That was--that was too much too fast. 845 00:46:06,564 --> 00:46:10,801 I used some dead spruce with the dry needles on it, 846 00:46:10,935 --> 00:46:12,737 and it went like gunpowder. 847 00:46:12,803 --> 00:46:14,939 ♪ ♪ 848 00:46:15,006 --> 00:46:16,607 That came pretty close to catching the ceiling 849 00:46:16,741 --> 00:46:19,143 on fire there. 850 00:46:19,243 --> 00:46:23,781 That was volatile is the only way I can describe that. 851 00:46:23,848 --> 00:46:25,850 Wow. 852 00:46:25,950 --> 00:46:28,286 That was nutso. 853 00:46:28,352 --> 00:46:31,122 That was straight-up nuts. 854 00:46:31,255 --> 00:46:33,190 Wow. 855 00:46:33,324 --> 00:46:34,725 Now I've got to put some more water in the pot 856 00:46:34,792 --> 00:46:37,161 'cause I dumped half the water out on this thing. 857 00:46:37,294 --> 00:46:39,130 ♪ ♪ 858 00:46:39,196 --> 00:46:41,999 Well, guys, today was a tough one. 859 00:46:42,133 --> 00:46:45,503 I didn't bring in any food today. 860 00:46:45,603 --> 00:46:47,972 I almost caught the shelter on fire. 861 00:46:48,039 --> 00:46:51,942 So now I can see a big risk area 862 00:46:52,009 --> 00:46:53,878 with the part that almost caught on fire. 863 00:46:54,011 --> 00:46:56,647 Like, it's at a high risk of this 864 00:46:56,781 --> 00:46:58,783 just happening any moment now. 865 00:46:58,883 --> 00:47:02,687 It's like, you just go from one problem to the next. 866 00:47:02,787 --> 00:47:04,121 I mean... 867 00:47:07,692 --> 00:47:12,063 There's almost no such thing as kick back and cruise. 868 00:47:12,163 --> 00:47:15,900 You just have to troubleshoot and work, 869 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:18,336 troubleshoot and work, 870 00:47:18,436 --> 00:47:20,438 try to piece it together. 871 00:47:20,571 --> 00:47:23,207 So I'll work on that mentally and try to figure out 872 00:47:23,340 --> 00:47:26,177 what I need to do to make it safer. 873 00:47:26,243 --> 00:47:27,778 Good night, world. 874 00:47:30,314 --> 00:47:37,354 ♪ ♪ 875 00:47:57,408 --> 00:47:59,076 Up through here. 876 00:47:59,210 --> 00:48:01,812 ♪ ♪ 877 00:48:01,879 --> 00:48:03,948 Right, there he is. 878 00:48:04,048 --> 00:48:07,084 Whoa. 879 00:48:07,151 --> 00:48:09,487 [exhales heavily] Calm down. 880 00:48:09,587 --> 00:48:11,255 Take your time. 881 00:48:11,322 --> 00:48:17,261 ♪ ♪ 882 00:48:24,034 --> 00:48:27,371 What an eventful morning. 883 00:48:27,471 --> 00:48:29,840 Now, we'll check our other hooks and that 884 00:48:29,974 --> 00:48:31,942 and look at the net. 885 00:48:32,009 --> 00:48:39,049 ♪ ♪ 886 00:48:41,852 --> 00:48:44,455 And the bait is still on there. 887 00:48:52,430 --> 00:48:53,731 [laughs] 888 00:48:59,937 --> 00:49:02,506 Oh, Lord, jeez, I was wrong. 889 00:49:02,606 --> 00:49:03,574 I was wrong. 890 00:49:08,779 --> 00:49:10,414 Oh, damn. 891 00:49:10,481 --> 00:49:12,650 Oh, damn. Oh, damn. 892 00:49:12,716 --> 00:49:15,452 Oh, this is huge, huge, huge, huge. 893 00:49:15,519 --> 00:49:20,324 ♪ ♪ 894 00:49:20,391 --> 00:49:22,092 OK, I have to. 895 00:49:22,159 --> 00:49:24,328 ♪ ♪ 896 00:49:24,395 --> 00:49:25,329 [grunts] 897 00:49:25,429 --> 00:49:28,566 Huge whitefish. [laughs] 898 00:49:28,666 --> 00:49:30,801 Oh, my God. It's the biggest one yet. 899 00:49:30,935 --> 00:49:36,307 [laughs] Oh. Oh, yeah, he was tough. 900 00:49:36,407 --> 00:49:38,809 Holy freak, look at the size of that. 901 00:49:38,909 --> 00:49:40,778 Oh, my God. 902 00:49:40,845 --> 00:49:42,413 That's a monster. 903 00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:44,048 Oh! 904 00:49:44,181 --> 00:49:47,451 Oh. Truly blessed again this morning. 905 00:49:47,518 --> 00:49:49,253 Oh, my God. Look at that. 906 00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:51,522 What's that, a 12-pound? 907 00:49:51,655 --> 00:49:54,325 [smooching] Kiss the fish. 908 00:49:54,391 --> 00:49:57,661 Oh, my God. Look at that. 909 00:49:57,761 --> 00:50:00,564 Oh, in the old box you go, my buddy. 910 00:50:04,335 --> 00:50:06,203 I'll tell you, my food cache is looking pretty darn good 911 00:50:06,337 --> 00:50:07,571 again already, you know? 912 00:50:07,638 --> 00:50:09,540 Plus that grouse. So it's looking good. 913 00:50:09,607 --> 00:50:10,774 It's looking real good. 914 00:50:10,875 --> 00:50:12,543 Yeah, I'll get a few more ice blocks 915 00:50:12,643 --> 00:50:14,278 to reinforce the ice chest, 916 00:50:14,411 --> 00:50:16,480 make this an impenetrable fortress so that 917 00:50:16,614 --> 00:50:18,482 Sassy can't even get in there. 918 00:50:18,616 --> 00:50:21,151 ♪ ♪ 919 00:50:21,285 --> 00:50:23,954 My food strategy is, I want to get enough food to keep me 920 00:50:24,088 --> 00:50:26,690 on at least a 10-day cycle, because within that 10 days, 921 00:50:26,757 --> 00:50:29,693 I know that I should be able to get food 922 00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:32,062 to carry me down the next 10. 923 00:50:32,162 --> 00:50:35,766 ♪ ♪ 924 00:50:38,302 --> 00:50:41,171 ♪ ♪ 925 00:50:45,609 --> 00:50:48,479 [dramatic music] 926 00:50:48,579 --> 00:50:50,180 ♪ ♪ 927 00:50:50,247 --> 00:50:52,082 - [grunting] 928 00:50:52,216 --> 00:50:57,721 ♪ ♪ 929 00:50:57,855 --> 00:50:59,356 [mutters indistinctly] 930 00:51:01,325 --> 00:51:03,761 Caught it on camera. Hee-hee. 931 00:51:24,982 --> 00:51:26,050 That's pretty good. 932 00:51:26,183 --> 00:51:27,551 Let's go eat. 933 00:51:27,685 --> 00:51:30,921 ♪ ♪ 934 00:51:31,055 --> 00:51:32,756 Oh, look at that. Look at that. 935 00:51:32,890 --> 00:51:34,558 ♪ ♪ 936 00:51:34,692 --> 00:51:35,659 Just as I expected. 937 00:51:35,759 --> 00:51:38,262 Look down there on the ice. 938 00:51:38,362 --> 00:51:40,397 My beloved Sassy. 939 00:51:40,531 --> 00:51:45,336 ♪ ♪ 940 00:51:48,205 --> 00:51:49,907 [laughs] 941 00:51:50,007 --> 00:51:52,142 Now, really, I got the best food security 942 00:51:52,209 --> 00:51:54,011 I had since I come here. 943 00:51:54,078 --> 00:51:55,279 So that's pretty darn good. 944 00:51:55,412 --> 00:51:56,981 I'm really happy with that. 945 00:51:57,047 --> 00:52:00,017 Sassy's got to go hunt for herself now. 946 00:52:00,117 --> 00:52:02,620 Goodbye, Sassy. 947 00:52:02,720 --> 00:52:09,727 ♪ ♪ 948 00:52:26,977 --> 00:52:29,446 - Good morning, everybody. 949 00:52:29,580 --> 00:52:30,681 ♪ ♪ 950 00:52:30,814 --> 00:52:32,616 Got some snow last night. 951 00:52:34,451 --> 00:52:36,420 Quite a bit. 952 00:52:36,520 --> 00:52:39,089 A few inches of powder. 953 00:52:39,189 --> 00:52:41,458 Cold as hell. 954 00:52:41,558 --> 00:52:43,927 The sun's out a little bit. 955 00:52:43,994 --> 00:52:49,299 It's almost the time of year when the sun never rises. 956 00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:50,467 ♪ ♪ 957 00:52:50,567 --> 00:52:52,469 So-- 958 00:52:52,569 --> 00:52:55,205 and this is pretty much the sunrise right here. 959 00:52:55,339 --> 00:52:58,542 ♪ ♪ 960 00:52:58,609 --> 00:53:00,244 That's what we get. 961 00:53:00,377 --> 00:53:02,146 In addition to the cold, 962 00:53:02,246 --> 00:53:05,616 right now, we're losing eight minutes per day in sunlight, 963 00:53:05,682 --> 00:53:08,719 which means in less than a month, 964 00:53:08,852 --> 00:53:11,088 it's gonna be pitch black almost the entire time. 965 00:53:11,155 --> 00:53:12,956 ♪ ♪ 966 00:53:13,090 --> 00:53:16,160 So I'm hoping today is the day we can get on this river. 967 00:53:16,293 --> 00:53:17,561 ♪ ♪ 968 00:53:17,694 --> 00:53:20,931 If it's not, we're in big trouble. 969 00:53:20,998 --> 00:53:22,900 I have no backup plan. 970 00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:24,134 ♪ ♪ 971 00:53:24,234 --> 00:53:27,838 But it's cold enough 972 00:53:27,971 --> 00:53:29,606 that it should not be a problem. 973 00:53:29,740 --> 00:53:34,545 So we're gonna see what we can do about that, I guess, eh? 974 00:53:36,380 --> 00:53:40,551 ♪ ♪ 975 00:53:40,684 --> 00:53:43,220 OK, we're gonna give it a go 976 00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:45,823 on the edge of this river right here. 977 00:53:45,923 --> 00:53:49,093 I'm not going out any farther than this, 978 00:53:49,159 --> 00:53:52,062 which is right on the freaking edge. 979 00:53:52,162 --> 00:53:55,232 I got all the safety equipment on. 980 00:53:55,365 --> 00:53:57,935 I'm gonna chip this hole out, 981 00:53:58,035 --> 00:54:01,572 try to get some burbot back in. 982 00:54:01,638 --> 00:54:05,342 So the other night when I sang that song, 983 00:54:05,409 --> 00:54:07,845 I went completely off the rails on it. 984 00:54:07,978 --> 00:54:12,616 But I want to be able to say, like, why I just broke down. 985 00:54:12,716 --> 00:54:16,487 Dropping this hook down with a little bit of bait on it. 986 00:54:16,553 --> 00:54:21,525 I really hope like hell my family and my parents are OK. 987 00:54:21,625 --> 00:54:23,794 Hope a pike hits it. 988 00:54:23,927 --> 00:54:25,329 Hope like hell. 989 00:54:25,395 --> 00:54:28,966 So you're out here away from your family for so long. 990 00:54:29,032 --> 00:54:32,202 When you're so isolated, you have a lot of time 991 00:54:32,336 --> 00:54:34,304 to think about everything. 992 00:54:34,404 --> 00:54:35,539 Gonna watch that close. 993 00:54:35,606 --> 00:54:38,976 If it tips over, there's probably a fish on. 994 00:54:39,042 --> 00:54:40,611 ♪ ♪ 995 00:54:40,711 --> 00:54:42,813 And you started thinking about worst-case scenarios, 996 00:54:42,913 --> 00:54:46,784 and you start thinking about, jeez, man, you know, 997 00:54:46,884 --> 00:54:48,418 my mom's getting up there in age. 998 00:54:48,519 --> 00:54:51,522 And I might never get to see her again. 999 00:54:51,655 --> 00:54:54,124 I mean, my mom could be deathly ill 1000 00:54:54,224 --> 00:54:57,294 right now at this moment and I wouldn't know about it. 1001 00:54:57,361 --> 00:55:00,564 Not particularly deep right there, 1002 00:55:00,631 --> 00:55:03,100 but it's all we got. 1003 00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:06,170 So all of a sudden, it just, like, hit me in a weird way 1004 00:55:06,303 --> 00:55:10,641 that I miss my mom and my dad. 1005 00:55:10,774 --> 00:55:13,844 Don't hate me too much for trying to be vulnerable. 1006 00:55:13,977 --> 00:55:17,681 I'm trying to be as honest as I can here. 1007 00:55:22,719 --> 00:55:23,720 Holy [bleep]. 1008 00:55:23,854 --> 00:55:27,491 ♪ ♪ 1009 00:55:27,558 --> 00:55:29,359 Holy [bleep], there's a fish down here. 1010 00:55:29,493 --> 00:55:30,727 ♪ ♪ 1011 00:55:30,828 --> 00:55:32,930 Holy [bleep]. Holy [bleep]. Holy [bleep]. 1012 00:55:33,030 --> 00:55:34,565 Huge pike. 1013 00:55:34,665 --> 00:55:36,533 ♪ ♪ 1014 00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:38,135 Oh, my God. 1015 00:55:38,235 --> 00:55:40,704 Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. 1016 00:55:40,804 --> 00:55:43,307 This is so [bleep] good. 1017 00:55:43,407 --> 00:55:46,343 Oh, please, please, please, please, please, please. 1018 00:55:46,410 --> 00:55:47,811 ♪ ♪ 1019 00:55:47,911 --> 00:55:49,746 Yes! 1020 00:55:49,846 --> 00:55:53,050 Yeah! 1021 00:55:53,183 --> 00:55:55,085 Oh! 1022 00:55:55,185 --> 00:55:58,088 Oh, my God, yeah, dude. 1023 00:55:58,155 --> 00:56:00,858 Oh. [sighs] 1024 00:56:00,958 --> 00:56:02,392 Oh. 1025 00:56:02,526 --> 00:56:04,728 Thank God, man. 1026 00:56:04,795 --> 00:56:07,598 Oh. Oh. 1027 00:56:09,399 --> 00:56:11,168 Oh. 1028 00:56:13,670 --> 00:56:14,771 Oh. 1029 00:56:14,872 --> 00:56:18,008 [crying] 1030 00:56:18,141 --> 00:56:19,977 Oh, my God. 1031 00:56:23,213 --> 00:56:25,148 Oh, my God, dude. 1032 00:56:25,249 --> 00:56:26,483 I just went from, like, 1033 00:56:26,617 --> 00:56:28,852 I'm gonna lose this competition... 1034 00:56:28,919 --> 00:56:31,355 ♪ ♪ 1035 00:56:31,488 --> 00:56:34,091 Because I don't have any food left... 1036 00:56:34,157 --> 00:56:36,927 ♪ ♪ 1037 00:56:36,994 --> 00:56:43,166 To, I have a 40-inch pike on the ice. 1038 00:56:43,233 --> 00:56:46,370 And I can stay another freaking week from this fish. 1039 00:56:46,503 --> 00:56:48,005 ♪ ♪ 1040 00:56:48,138 --> 00:56:51,575 That is the biggest pike I've ever caught. 1041 00:56:51,642 --> 00:56:53,176 ♪ ♪ 1042 00:56:53,277 --> 00:56:55,279 Look. 1043 00:56:55,412 --> 00:56:57,147 Look what I just did. 1044 00:56:57,247 --> 00:56:59,082 ♪ ♪ 1045 00:56:59,216 --> 00:57:03,820 That thing is a freaking monster, man. 1046 00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:07,891 ♪ ♪ 1047 00:57:07,958 --> 00:57:09,326 Yes! 1048 00:57:09,426 --> 00:57:11,495 [grunts] 1049 00:57:11,561 --> 00:57:15,766 ♪ ♪ 1050 00:57:15,866 --> 00:57:20,304 That changes my entire freaking everything. 1051 00:57:20,404 --> 00:57:23,507 For the last two days, I'm like, I'm screwed, man. 1052 00:57:23,607 --> 00:57:25,542 There's nothing I can do. 1053 00:57:25,609 --> 00:57:26,810 I'm gonna lose. 1054 00:57:26,944 --> 00:57:29,813 And I got a freaking 40-plus-inch 1055 00:57:29,880 --> 00:57:34,318 30-pound northern pike that's, like, 1056 00:57:34,451 --> 00:57:36,153 way more than a week's worth of food. 1057 00:57:36,286 --> 00:57:38,088 I'm gonna be able to eat until I'm full every day 1058 00:57:38,188 --> 00:57:40,324 for over a week now from this. 1059 00:57:40,424 --> 00:57:45,796 ♪ ♪ 1060 00:57:45,929 --> 00:57:47,931 What a freaking miracle. 1061 00:57:52,569 --> 00:57:55,439 [dramatic music] 1062 00:57:55,539 --> 00:58:02,546 ♪ ♪ 1063 00:58:05,282 --> 00:58:07,517 - It's late, late morning. 1064 00:58:07,651 --> 00:58:11,888 I stayed laying down for a long time. 1065 00:58:11,955 --> 00:58:13,957 And part of it, I realized, was that I 1066 00:58:14,091 --> 00:58:15,659 didn't want to face the day. 1067 00:58:15,759 --> 00:58:18,762 So that made me disturbed that I felt that way. 1068 00:58:18,895 --> 00:58:20,397 And I have to get up and face the day. 1069 00:58:20,530 --> 00:58:22,366 Can't procrastinate on that. 1070 00:58:22,432 --> 00:58:24,334 I have to do something to make it 1071 00:58:24,401 --> 00:58:26,770 a little safer with the fire, and I've decided 1072 00:58:26,903 --> 00:58:29,006 to use the moose hide again. 1073 00:58:29,139 --> 00:58:30,774 The range hood that I have up there 1074 00:58:30,841 --> 00:58:32,642 to help against the smoke, I'm gonna see 1075 00:58:32,776 --> 00:58:35,278 if I can pull the nails out, take it down, 1076 00:58:35,412 --> 00:58:38,815 and then nail it up on the ceiling in the places 1077 00:58:38,882 --> 00:58:41,418 where the moss is getting so dried out 1078 00:58:41,518 --> 00:58:45,088 that it's at extreme risk of catching fire. 1079 00:58:45,188 --> 00:58:49,292 I just have to do what needs done today. 1080 00:58:49,359 --> 00:58:51,995 I'm not really looking forward to the day, 1081 00:58:52,129 --> 00:58:54,331 but we'll work it out. 1082 00:58:54,398 --> 00:58:55,499 ♪ ♪ 1083 00:58:55,599 --> 00:58:57,934 My fire system is a problem. 1084 00:58:58,001 --> 00:59:00,170 It's actually dangerous, 1085 00:59:00,303 --> 00:59:03,840 and it has me really, really bothered. 1086 00:59:03,974 --> 00:59:06,943 I'm finding that these have become 1087 00:59:07,010 --> 00:59:09,613 really difficult days mentally. 1088 00:59:09,679 --> 00:59:12,015 I don't know if I'm gonna be able to get these nails out. 1089 00:59:12,115 --> 00:59:14,217 ♪ ♪ 1090 00:59:14,284 --> 00:59:15,352 I got one. 1091 00:59:15,485 --> 00:59:17,421 The darkness is getting longer. 1092 00:59:17,521 --> 00:59:19,089 The hunger is biting a little deeper. 1093 00:59:19,189 --> 00:59:20,290 Ah, there we go. 1094 00:59:20,357 --> 00:59:21,324 There I come. 1095 00:59:21,458 --> 00:59:23,326 I'm getting a little thinner. 1096 00:59:23,393 --> 00:59:25,328 The cold just grows a little bit. 1097 00:59:25,429 --> 00:59:26,797 ♪ ♪ 1098 00:59:26,930 --> 00:59:29,232 That came. Good. Thank you, Lord. 1099 00:59:29,366 --> 00:59:32,602 And all of those things just feel a little ominous. 1100 00:59:32,736 --> 00:59:34,504 Got it. 1101 00:59:34,571 --> 00:59:37,774 OK, now let's look back here at the damage. 1102 00:59:37,874 --> 00:59:40,243 ♪ ♪ 1103 00:59:40,377 --> 00:59:43,847 I feel so strongly 1104 00:59:43,980 --> 00:59:47,417 that I have to bring in more food. 1105 00:59:47,484 --> 00:59:51,488 I'm hungry so much each day because my meals are tiny. 1106 00:59:51,588 --> 00:59:54,257 My jerky supply is molding. 1107 00:59:54,324 --> 00:59:58,161 ♪ ♪ 1108 00:59:58,295 --> 00:59:59,996 I could lose because I run out of food 1109 01:00:00,130 --> 01:00:02,566 and run out of options. 1110 01:00:02,666 --> 01:00:04,401 ♪ ♪ 1111 01:00:04,534 --> 01:00:06,703 There are no hares anymore. 1112 01:00:06,770 --> 01:00:08,405 No grouse. 1113 01:00:08,538 --> 01:00:09,539 No porcupines. 1114 01:00:09,606 --> 01:00:10,740 No beaver. 1115 01:00:10,807 --> 01:00:12,542 No muskrats. 1116 01:00:12,609 --> 01:00:13,977 It's pretty crazy. 1117 01:00:14,077 --> 01:00:15,812 So I'm trying my best. 1118 01:00:15,912 --> 01:00:17,681 ♪ ♪ 1119 01:00:17,814 --> 01:00:20,684 All right, I've just got done playing chimney sweep, 1120 01:00:20,817 --> 01:00:24,621 but I have the moose hide nailed up there 1121 01:00:24,721 --> 01:00:28,258 and a lot of gaps plugged with dirt and a stone 1122 01:00:28,358 --> 01:00:31,495 and just anything I could piece together to make it safer. 1123 01:00:31,561 --> 01:00:35,232 So now I don't have a smoke shield range hood here, 1124 01:00:35,365 --> 01:00:37,167 but I'll just have to get by. 1125 01:00:37,300 --> 01:00:39,269 Let's get a fire going. 1126 01:00:42,606 --> 01:00:44,341 You know, I feel like I've thrived 1127 01:00:44,407 --> 01:00:46,376 out here in so many ways. 1128 01:00:46,443 --> 01:00:47,911 ♪ ♪ 1129 01:00:48,011 --> 01:00:53,550 But today I had to admit that I'm now struggling. 1130 01:00:53,683 --> 01:00:55,252 ♪ ♪ 1131 01:00:55,318 --> 01:00:58,622 And it's OK to struggle sometimes. 1132 01:00:58,722 --> 01:01:00,123 All right. 1133 01:01:00,257 --> 01:01:04,060 And the house is filled with smoke like before. 1134 01:01:04,160 --> 01:01:05,729 That smoke shield was really helping. 1135 01:01:05,829 --> 01:01:08,365 Now it's gonna be tough. 1136 01:01:08,431 --> 01:01:13,970 But this is beyond what I just 1137 01:01:14,104 --> 01:01:18,408 want to just drink in from this landscape right now 1138 01:01:18,542 --> 01:01:20,143 and this experience. 1139 01:01:20,210 --> 01:01:22,812 It's beyond that, and I'd rather be home. 1140 01:01:22,913 --> 01:01:24,881 [sighs] 1141 01:01:25,015 --> 01:01:27,217 ♪ ♪ 1142 01:01:27,284 --> 01:01:29,419 But I have come to the realization 1143 01:01:29,519 --> 01:01:33,423 that there's more important things than just 1144 01:01:33,523 --> 01:01:36,593 achieving what was in my mind at the beginning. 1145 01:01:36,726 --> 01:01:38,461 That's important, all right. 1146 01:01:38,562 --> 01:01:42,365 ♪ ♪ 1147 01:01:42,432 --> 01:01:45,669 The journey we have in life cannot be dictated 1148 01:01:45,769 --> 01:01:50,173 by our expectations and what we had in our mind at first. 1149 01:01:50,273 --> 01:01:52,976 It just can't be, or else we'll break. 1150 01:01:53,043 --> 01:01:55,345 So I'm trying to let things play out 1151 01:01:55,445 --> 01:01:59,616 and let God define what my journey should be. 1152 01:01:59,683 --> 01:02:02,452 ♪ ♪ 1153 01:02:02,519 --> 01:02:05,956 When I struggle, I really need to feed the soul 1154 01:02:06,089 --> 01:02:08,992 with Psalm 27. 1155 01:02:09,125 --> 01:02:12,329 "The Lord is my light and my salvation. 1156 01:02:12,395 --> 01:02:14,864 "Whom shall I fear? 1157 01:02:14,965 --> 01:02:17,767 "The Lord is the strength of my life. 1158 01:02:17,834 --> 01:02:20,470 "Of whom shall I be afraid? 1159 01:02:20,570 --> 01:02:22,639 "When the wicked, my enemies and foes, 1160 01:02:22,772 --> 01:02:25,609 "came upon me to eat up my flesh, 1161 01:02:25,742 --> 01:02:27,811 "they stumbled and fell. 1162 01:02:27,944 --> 01:02:31,047 "Though a host should encamp against me, 1163 01:02:31,181 --> 01:02:33,350 my heart shall not fear." 1164 01:02:33,450 --> 01:02:36,319 ♪ ♪ 1165 01:02:36,453 --> 01:02:39,089 "Though war should rise against me, 1166 01:02:39,155 --> 01:02:41,291 in this will I be confident." 1167 01:02:41,358 --> 01:02:45,328 ♪ ♪ 1168 01:02:45,428 --> 01:02:48,131 "One thing have I desired from the Lord, 1169 01:02:48,198 --> 01:02:51,001 that will I seek after." 1170 01:02:51,134 --> 01:02:53,670 I literally wanted to be at home today so badly, 1171 01:02:53,770 --> 01:02:55,572 it was crazy. 1172 01:02:55,672 --> 01:02:58,141 And my go-to these days is just to talk to God about it. 1173 01:02:58,208 --> 01:03:00,310 I'm like, God, I feel like I'm not done 1174 01:03:00,410 --> 01:03:04,414 with whatever it is that you want me to experience here. 1175 01:03:04,481 --> 01:03:07,884 "This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him." 1176 01:03:08,018 --> 01:03:09,252 ♪ ♪ 1177 01:03:09,319 --> 01:03:12,288 And I began to feel strength ebb into me 1178 01:03:12,389 --> 01:03:16,726 and some desire creep back into me. 1179 01:03:16,793 --> 01:03:20,397 So I didn't really have it of myself. 1180 01:03:20,530 --> 01:03:24,067 It's how I get by, and I've found it to work for me 1181 01:03:24,167 --> 01:03:25,802 in some pretty trying circumstances-- 1182 01:03:25,935 --> 01:03:28,171 much more trying than this. 1183 01:03:28,304 --> 01:03:34,177 I hope that my journey through a low day 1184 01:03:34,277 --> 01:03:37,947 will connect with somebody and help somebody, 1185 01:03:38,048 --> 01:03:39,215 'cause I'm just fine. 1186 01:03:39,282 --> 01:03:41,518 And I'm gonna face another day. 1187 01:03:43,153 --> 01:03:44,688 - I sees a fish. 1188 01:03:44,788 --> 01:03:47,023 Oh. Whoa. 1189 01:03:47,123 --> 01:03:49,726 Holy--that's like a dream. 1190 01:03:49,793 --> 01:03:51,661 I hardly cook my food, 'cause I want to get as much 1191 01:03:51,761 --> 01:03:53,196 out of it as I can. 1192 01:03:53,330 --> 01:03:55,365 There's the spawn. 1193 01:03:55,432 --> 01:03:59,269 - I'm getting ice clumped all in the bottom of my boots. 1194 01:03:59,369 --> 01:04:01,004 I've got one toe that's super painful, 1195 01:04:01,137 --> 01:04:02,572 so I think there's some frostbite on it. 1196 01:04:02,672 --> 01:04:04,741 It feels real cold to the touch. 1197 01:04:04,808 --> 01:04:06,376 [item clatters] 1198 01:04:06,476 --> 01:04:07,777 - What was that noise? 1199 01:04:07,877 --> 01:04:09,679 I don't know if it's the right decision to go out there, 1200 01:04:09,813 --> 01:04:11,214 but I got to go check. 1201 01:04:11,281 --> 01:04:12,816 The hell is that? 1202 01:04:12,916 --> 01:04:18,688 ♪ ♪