1 00:00:06,482 --> 00:00:08,310 JOHNNY: Java, come here. 2 00:00:08,379 --> 00:00:10,413 You need to let me know if you want to come or not. 3 00:00:10,482 --> 00:00:11,896 What do you want to do? 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,310 Do you want to go with, or do you want to go in the cabin? 5 00:00:14,793 --> 00:00:17,103 All right, that's her answer. 6 00:00:17,689 --> 00:00:19,379 I'm going solo today. 7 00:00:20,413 --> 00:00:23,827 JOHNNY: I've gone ice fishing on the lakes that surround my camp 8 00:00:23,896 --> 00:00:26,103 with no success. 9 00:00:26,551 --> 00:00:29,206 So, the goal is to get back out on these lakes and I wanna 10 00:00:29,275 --> 00:00:30,862 try different methods. 11 00:00:31,206 --> 00:00:34,379 It's challenging to be persistent and stay at it. 12 00:00:34,448 --> 00:00:38,310 There's no guarantees of when and where your food is. 13 00:00:38,379 --> 00:00:41,620 But this point, failure isn't an option. 14 00:00:42,137 --> 00:00:44,517 I'm finding my place within the food chain and proving to 15 00:00:44,586 --> 00:00:46,379 the land that this is where I belong. 16 00:00:53,931 --> 00:00:55,000 JOHNNY: So, I landed here, 17 00:00:55,068 --> 00:00:57,241 I'm about 200 yards from the shore. 18 00:00:57,310 --> 00:00:59,793 And there's a little bit of an inlet river 19 00:00:59,862 --> 00:01:01,551 that comes into this lake, 20 00:01:01,620 --> 00:01:03,965 and my understanding is that a lot of migratory fish 21 00:01:04,034 --> 00:01:06,758 like to hang around the mouths of rivers. 22 00:01:06,827 --> 00:01:09,758 So, I'm gonna try fishing that mouth right here. 23 00:01:10,862 --> 00:01:13,206 JOHNNY: Instead of hovering over just one hole and jigging, 24 00:01:13,275 --> 00:01:15,482 this time, I want to put out lines that do 25 00:01:15,551 --> 00:01:16,758 the fishing for me. 26 00:01:16,827 --> 00:01:18,379 And they're called set lines. 27 00:01:18,448 --> 00:01:20,724 I think that's clear enough, so I'm gonna start drilling a 28 00:01:20,793 --> 00:01:22,275 hole with an auger. 29 00:01:22,344 --> 00:01:24,344 The beauty is I can set multiple of them. 30 00:01:24,413 --> 00:01:27,793 That way they're fishing 24 hours around the clock 31 00:01:27,862 --> 00:01:30,379 and you just wait for the fish to come by, snag that bait, 32 00:01:30,448 --> 00:01:33,000 and hope that the fish will be on the end of that line when 33 00:01:33,068 --> 00:01:35,000 you come back. 34 00:01:39,379 --> 00:01:42,793 So, I have cordage here, and I also have a stick. 35 00:01:42,862 --> 00:01:44,620 And the plan here is to make a set line. 36 00:01:44,689 --> 00:01:48,827 These fish eat off the bottom, but nobody passes up a meal, 37 00:01:48,896 --> 00:01:50,310 especially out in this place. 38 00:01:50,448 --> 00:01:52,344 You know, everything out here is just dying to live and 39 00:01:52,413 --> 00:01:54,379 hanging on to life. 40 00:01:55,068 --> 00:01:56,344 So, I'm just like them. 41 00:01:56,413 --> 00:01:57,482 Trying to get a meal. 42 00:01:59,689 --> 00:02:02,034 I got a lot more to set, so I'm gonna work my way down 43 00:02:02,103 --> 00:02:05,034 towards shore and make a lot more of these. 44 00:02:05,103 --> 00:02:07,620 There's multiple reasons why catching a fish would be 45 00:02:07,689 --> 00:02:09,137 a huge success. 46 00:02:13,275 --> 00:02:15,586 So, to catch a nice, oily, fatty fish 47 00:02:15,655 --> 00:02:17,896 and be able to have that food source 48 00:02:17,965 --> 00:02:21,965 consistently throughout the winter would be paramount. 49 00:02:22,034 --> 00:02:24,379 A very peculiar workout. 50 00:02:24,448 --> 00:02:26,758 They don't have this at the gym. 51 00:02:28,379 --> 00:02:29,620 The other thing it's gonna do, 52 00:02:29,689 --> 00:02:31,034 it's gonna tell me the patterns, 53 00:02:31,103 --> 00:02:34,068 the movements, when they feed, what they feed on. 54 00:02:34,137 --> 00:02:36,724 It's education because I am new out here 55 00:02:36,793 --> 00:02:39,137 at trying to track these fish down. 56 00:02:42,517 --> 00:02:45,000 [exhales heavily] 57 00:02:45,068 --> 00:02:47,620 Whew, that's what I'm talking about. 58 00:02:48,724 --> 00:02:50,689 That's what I call a new man. 59 00:02:51,344 --> 00:02:54,000 Splash a bunch of cold water on your face and you come out 60 00:02:54,068 --> 00:02:55,517 feeling like a new man. 61 00:02:55,586 --> 00:02:58,413 I don't know if it's something I need to prove to myself, 62 00:02:58,482 --> 00:03:01,172 I don't know if it's something I need to prove to the arctic, 63 00:03:01,689 --> 00:03:04,551 either way, I'm not coming home until I have a fish. 64 00:03:14,896 --> 00:03:16,448 JESSI: Everybody wants to succeed. 65 00:03:16,931 --> 00:03:19,344 And that's truly all I want to do out here, 66 00:03:19,413 --> 00:03:20,689 is be successful. 67 00:03:21,413 --> 00:03:23,689 I want to do everything that I can to live this lifestyle. 68 00:03:31,379 --> 00:03:33,000 [laughing] 69 00:03:33,620 --> 00:03:34,931 CHRIS: Awesome. 70 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,655 Wow, this snow is really deep. 71 00:03:36,724 --> 00:03:39,000 JESSI: Yeah, it is. 72 00:03:39,586 --> 00:03:42,206 CHRIS: Well, I figure we're headed in the right spot. 73 00:03:42,275 --> 00:03:44,655 I see where those two hills come together, 74 00:03:44,724 --> 00:03:47,034 and we're supposed to follow where the crack of where those two hills 75 00:03:47,103 --> 00:03:50,034 come together and there should be a totally vacant cabin. 76 00:03:50,758 --> 00:03:54,448 JESSI: Okay, so we need to go right about that way, right? 77 00:03:54,517 --> 00:03:57,827 CHRIS: Yeah, there should be an old trail that punches through. 78 00:03:57,896 --> 00:03:59,137 I'm not sure exactly where it's-- 79 00:03:59,206 --> 00:04:00,689 I mean it hasn't been used in 40 or 50 years, 80 00:04:00,758 --> 00:04:03,172 so I'll probably just kinda go up and down looking for a way 81 00:04:03,241 --> 00:04:05,689 to punch in and then we'll just punch through the woods. 82 00:04:06,275 --> 00:04:07,655 JESSI: Okay. 83 00:04:07,724 --> 00:04:10,000 Try not to buck me off! 84 00:04:10,413 --> 00:04:12,724 CHRIS: It's been a pretty piss-poor hunting season. 85 00:04:12,793 --> 00:04:15,413 We've hardly seen anything for animals. 86 00:04:15,482 --> 00:04:18,206 The last time I was back in town my dad told me that 87 00:04:18,275 --> 00:04:20,586 there's a six-sided cabin a couple miles upriver from here 88 00:04:20,655 --> 00:04:22,413 from way back in the 70s. 89 00:04:22,482 --> 00:04:24,344 He said there's always tons of moose sign, 90 00:04:24,413 --> 00:04:27,206 there's always beaver and lots of stuff to trap out there. 91 00:04:27,275 --> 00:04:28,689 This could be a wild goose chase, 92 00:04:28,758 --> 00:04:30,965 but at this point we don't have an option. 93 00:04:31,034 --> 00:04:34,103 The only way to survive out here is to push out farther. 94 00:04:34,551 --> 00:04:35,965 Look at all these willow branches, 95 00:04:36,034 --> 00:04:37,413 they're all chewed off up here. 96 00:04:37,482 --> 00:04:40,931 Let's pop up on top and just kinda see what we can see. 97 00:04:42,172 --> 00:04:44,275 Wow, this is gonna be tough to get up here, huh? 98 00:04:47,586 --> 00:04:50,000 Wow, holy moose prints up here. 99 00:04:52,275 --> 00:04:55,482 Wow, check it out. 100 00:04:55,551 --> 00:04:58,275 All through here, wow. 101 00:04:58,344 --> 00:04:59,655 That's a really good sign. 102 00:04:59,724 --> 00:05:02,655 I haven't seen moose up here in, like, five years. 103 00:05:02,724 --> 00:05:05,103 JESSI: This is super promising, for sure. 104 00:05:05,172 --> 00:05:07,310 CHRIS: Dad said go up to these lakes and that there'd be moose. 105 00:05:07,379 --> 00:05:10,034 We're getting close and we're already seeing moose sign. 106 00:05:10,103 --> 00:05:11,482 JESSI: Lots of moose sign, and recent. 107 00:05:11,551 --> 00:05:12,724 CHRIS: Yeah. 108 00:05:12,793 --> 00:05:14,517 JESSI: I mean, the tracks are maybe last week. 109 00:05:14,586 --> 00:05:18,310 These bites though, this is really, really fresh. 110 00:05:18,379 --> 00:05:20,413 You can see that it's like a light color. 111 00:05:20,482 --> 00:05:25,206 That one was just bit, so he's still out here snacking. 112 00:05:25,275 --> 00:05:26,793 CHRIS: These moose are close by. 113 00:05:26,862 --> 00:05:28,034 This is awesome. Good sign. 114 00:05:28,103 --> 00:05:30,241 JESSI: Yeah, this is fresh. 115 00:05:31,448 --> 00:05:35,034 With this bad, dismal trapping season, it's been hard. 116 00:05:35,103 --> 00:05:37,655 Getting a moose out here would be huge. 117 00:05:38,448 --> 00:05:41,000 CHRIS: Tracks go back up into the woods as far as I can see. 118 00:05:41,068 --> 00:05:43,310 I see tracks all the way back there. 119 00:05:43,379 --> 00:05:45,034 I wanna make sure to mark this on my map 120 00:05:45,103 --> 00:05:46,655 when I get back down to my snow machine. 121 00:05:46,724 --> 00:05:49,000 JESSI: Sounds good. 122 00:05:49,068 --> 00:05:52,517 It's like we're going on a Cosna treasure hunt. 123 00:05:54,482 --> 00:05:56,517 ALEX: A lot of times people wait until a disaster happens, 124 00:05:56,586 --> 00:05:58,206 and then they try to do something. 125 00:05:58,275 --> 00:05:59,586 If I did things that way out here, 126 00:05:59,655 --> 00:06:01,655 I'd probably be missing some fingers and toes, 127 00:06:01,724 --> 00:06:03,931 or maybe not be here, at all. 128 00:06:13,137 --> 00:06:15,758 ALEX: Got some food for birds here. 129 00:06:15,827 --> 00:06:18,448 This is just the leftovers of that pike I cooked, 130 00:06:18,517 --> 00:06:20,793 I figured the birds or whatever can have it. 131 00:06:20,862 --> 00:06:23,517 But I won't be doing this for very much longer, 132 00:06:23,586 --> 00:06:26,172 uh, because this will attract bears. 133 00:06:26,241 --> 00:06:28,827 Pretty soon, they'll be coming out of hibernation 134 00:06:28,896 --> 00:06:31,655 and then, uh, when they do, 135 00:06:31,724 --> 00:06:34,000 this kind of thing would bring bears from, for miles. 136 00:06:34,068 --> 00:06:36,241 So, it's not something I'm gonna put off until the last minute. 137 00:06:36,310 --> 00:06:37,793 I have to take care of it now. 138 00:06:38,586 --> 00:06:40,655 ALEX: The sun's getting higher in the sky, 139 00:06:40,724 --> 00:06:43,172 the days are getting warmer, and pretty soon all the bears 140 00:06:43,241 --> 00:06:45,689 that are hibernating right now are gonna be coming out. 141 00:06:45,758 --> 00:06:47,275 And they're gonna be hungry. 142 00:06:47,344 --> 00:06:50,275 So, what I want to do is make a platform and get the food 143 00:06:50,344 --> 00:06:53,793 stored high up in the trees where bears can't get to it. 144 00:06:55,965 --> 00:06:59,965 Yeah, these small-sized spruce trees, I use for everything. 145 00:07:00,344 --> 00:07:02,344 Today, I'm using them for something new though. 146 00:07:02,413 --> 00:07:04,482 Something I haven't done before. 147 00:07:04,931 --> 00:07:06,482 In order to get my food up in the air, 148 00:07:06,551 --> 00:07:08,344 I'm gonna need to get myself up in the air. 149 00:07:08,413 --> 00:07:10,758 So, the first thing I'm gonna do is make myself a ladder. 150 00:07:11,482 --> 00:07:12,724 There we go. 151 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,068 So that's gonna be a good part of my ladder there. 152 00:07:18,137 --> 00:07:20,103 I'll do my best to make it as sturdy as I can, 153 00:07:20,172 --> 00:07:23,344 but it won't be as dangerous as if I got a hungry bear 154 00:07:23,413 --> 00:07:26,517 snooping around my camp, so, just gotta do what I gotta do. 155 00:07:28,068 --> 00:07:30,172 At Bear Creek, I had a little more security 156 00:07:30,241 --> 00:07:32,206 because I built the cabin out there. 157 00:07:32,275 --> 00:07:34,275 But here I'm just in a tent. 158 00:07:34,344 --> 00:07:36,275 The only thing separating me from a bear is 159 00:07:36,344 --> 00:07:39,137 a very thin fabric that he can just claw right through. 160 00:07:39,206 --> 00:07:41,379 I'd rather not have one tear through my wall at night 161 00:07:41,448 --> 00:07:44,275 and say hello, because at that point, 162 00:07:44,344 --> 00:07:46,103 you know one way or another, someone's gonna die. 163 00:07:48,344 --> 00:07:51,206 Okay, that should be everything I need for my ladder. 164 00:07:51,275 --> 00:07:53,137 So, I'll just start getting to work. 165 00:07:53,206 --> 00:07:55,068 This is my way of kind of having a little treaty 166 00:07:55,137 --> 00:07:56,551 with the bears, you know? 167 00:07:56,620 --> 00:07:58,965 I'm not gonna put down anything that's gonna tempt you, 168 00:07:59,034 --> 00:08:01,137 and then you don't come around sniffing around. 169 00:08:01,206 --> 00:08:04,413 Okay, all I gotta do is do that ten more times now. 170 00:08:04,482 --> 00:08:08,655 This is the same-- same cord I, that held parachutes together. 171 00:08:08,724 --> 00:08:10,896 That I jumped down with when I was in the army, so. 172 00:08:10,965 --> 00:08:14,862 If we could just avoid going to war with each other then, 173 00:08:14,931 --> 00:08:17,000 you know, everyone's gonna have an easier life. 174 00:08:21,655 --> 00:08:22,896 [grunts] 175 00:08:35,172 --> 00:08:36,241 Well, it's not the most dangerous thing 176 00:08:36,310 --> 00:08:39,931 I've ever climbed, but it's probably close. 177 00:08:48,379 --> 00:08:50,241 BRITTANY: Wherever you live, you tend to learn 178 00:08:50,310 --> 00:08:52,965 the survival of that area. 179 00:08:53,034 --> 00:08:54,344 It's no different than here. 180 00:08:54,413 --> 00:08:57,206 We learn what we have to do to survive 181 00:08:57,275 --> 00:08:59,000 in the environment that we are in. 182 00:09:02,379 --> 00:09:03,551 Hello! 183 00:09:03,620 --> 00:09:04,724 KALEB: Hey. 184 00:09:04,793 --> 00:09:06,068 BRITTANY: What are you guys up to? 185 00:09:06,137 --> 00:09:08,344 KALEB: We are having a little lesson on trapping. 186 00:09:08,931 --> 00:09:10,482 I'm thinking that's a good place to start in 187 00:09:10,551 --> 00:09:13,379 the wilderness school of hard knocks. 188 00:09:13,448 --> 00:09:14,413 BRITTANY: Yeah. 189 00:09:14,482 --> 00:09:15,655 KALEB: Our goal is gonna be 190 00:09:15,724 --> 00:09:17,655 to be out marten trapping, 191 00:09:17,724 --> 00:09:20,137 and you guys can learn how to do all that. 192 00:09:20,206 --> 00:09:21,586 BRITTANY: All right, Ellie and Gilbert. 193 00:09:21,655 --> 00:09:23,379 KALEB: So, let's go get the snow machine loaded 194 00:09:23,448 --> 00:09:25,482 KALEB: and head out into the woods. BRITTANY: You go with Daddy. 195 00:09:25,551 --> 00:09:27,620 KALEB: Today I'm planning on taking the kids out 196 00:09:27,689 --> 00:09:29,344 on a trapping trip. 197 00:09:29,586 --> 00:09:32,034 I'm gonna have my snow machine outfitted with the tools that 198 00:09:32,103 --> 00:09:35,344 are needed to go on a super light expedition. 199 00:09:35,413 --> 00:09:38,206 Using these traps as a kid and getting out into 200 00:09:38,275 --> 00:09:40,758 the wilderness and cutting trail 201 00:09:40,827 --> 00:09:43,655 set me up as the adult that I am today. 202 00:09:43,724 --> 00:09:45,103 We're ready to go. 203 00:09:45,172 --> 00:09:46,586 ELOVIE: One more thing. 204 00:09:46,655 --> 00:09:48,517 KALEB: Oh, Gilbert's gonna bring his hatchet. 205 00:09:48,586 --> 00:09:50,103 GILBERT: Yeah, so I can use. 206 00:09:50,172 --> 00:09:51,724 BRITTANY: Sounds like a plan. 207 00:09:51,793 --> 00:09:53,413 KALEB: It's important for the kids to learn how to go 208 00:09:53,482 --> 00:09:56,344 through the motions of an expedition. 209 00:09:57,517 --> 00:09:58,655 BRITTANY: Let's go! 210 00:09:58,724 --> 00:10:01,172 KALEB: All right, let's do this! 211 00:10:02,172 --> 00:10:06,137 Seeing what it takes to come out of the woods with all of 212 00:10:06,206 --> 00:10:09,655 your limbs attached, no frostbite, unharmed. 213 00:10:10,310 --> 00:10:13,862 They need to learn how to survive. 214 00:10:13,931 --> 00:10:16,689 Ooh, this tree looks like a good spot for marten set. 215 00:10:16,758 --> 00:10:18,689 BRITTANY: Here we go. 216 00:10:18,758 --> 00:10:23,137 KALEB: So, we're gonna use this limb right here for our set, 217 00:10:23,206 --> 00:10:25,206 and the idea is that the marten will come out on the 218 00:10:25,275 --> 00:10:27,586 the limb here and reach out for the bait, 219 00:10:27,655 --> 00:10:29,310 which will be out past the limb and our trap will be 220 00:10:29,379 --> 00:10:31,344 waiting for it right here. 221 00:10:31,413 --> 00:10:34,758 So, we need to make a loop out of our chain, 'kay? 222 00:10:34,827 --> 00:10:37,275 And then we'll take our bait, our nice little moose right here 223 00:10:37,344 --> 00:10:40,275 and we'll stick it straight out like this so that it-- 224 00:10:40,344 --> 00:10:42,655 so the marten can't just come up right here 225 00:10:42,724 --> 00:10:44,344 and reach out and paw at it. 226 00:10:44,413 --> 00:10:45,827 BRITTANY: Okay. 227 00:10:45,896 --> 00:10:47,310 KALEB: We want him to have to come down this branch 228 00:10:47,379 --> 00:10:50,034 and get caught while he's trying to reach out for this. 229 00:10:50,103 --> 00:10:52,758 BRITTANY: Last meal. KALEB: Yep. 230 00:10:53,310 --> 00:10:56,103 BRITTANY: Kids at five and seven are really sponges. 231 00:10:56,172 --> 00:10:59,379 They soak up everything you're telling them. 232 00:10:59,931 --> 00:11:02,137 I think as much as we can get down on our children's level 233 00:11:02,206 --> 00:11:05,241 and just really add to that memory bank, 234 00:11:05,310 --> 00:11:09,103 the more they're able to pull on it when they're older. 235 00:11:09,172 --> 00:11:12,068 I think that's so valuable with where we live. 236 00:11:12,551 --> 00:11:13,586 KALEB: There we go. 237 00:11:13,655 --> 00:11:15,310 That's ready to catch a marten. 238 00:11:15,379 --> 00:11:17,241 And we're ready to go down the trail. 239 00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:19,655 KALEB: I think it's important to teach these survival skills, 240 00:11:19,724 --> 00:11:22,517 because as they get older, they're gonna want to explore 241 00:11:22,586 --> 00:11:24,275 more and more. 242 00:11:24,344 --> 00:11:27,448 And I'm not always gonna be there to help them out. 243 00:11:33,896 --> 00:11:36,379 [engine revving] 244 00:11:36,448 --> 00:11:39,413 [Kaleb groaning] 245 00:11:39,482 --> 00:11:42,275 KALEB: I think we're done. BRITTANY: Oh, dear! 246 00:11:45,517 --> 00:11:49,551 [engine revving] 247 00:11:49,620 --> 00:11:51,034 KALEB: I think we're stuck. 248 00:11:51,103 --> 00:11:53,068 It's not going when I pin and wiggle. 249 00:11:53,137 --> 00:11:54,758 BRITTANY: Well spotted. 250 00:11:54,827 --> 00:11:57,206 KALEB: Um, so I guess this begins our scenario. 251 00:11:57,275 --> 00:11:58,586 BRITTANY: Yeah. 252 00:11:58,655 --> 00:12:00,724 KALEB: We need, we need to make some shelter. 253 00:12:00,793 --> 00:12:02,551 In order to teach Gilbert and Elovie 254 00:12:02,620 --> 00:12:05,413 that not everything goes according to plan. 255 00:12:05,482 --> 00:12:09,413 I get my snow machine stuck and I get it stuck . 256 00:12:10,724 --> 00:12:15,896 My idea is they need to learn how to survive in freezing temperatures. 257 00:12:16,655 --> 00:12:19,896 This is a plausible situation that happens to trappers 258 00:12:19,965 --> 00:12:22,034 all over Alaska all the time. 259 00:12:22,103 --> 00:12:23,413 ELOVIE: I am nothing. 260 00:12:23,482 --> 00:12:25,137 KALEB: We just need this snow cave 261 00:12:25,206 --> 00:12:27,448 to be big enough to fit a body in. 262 00:12:27,517 --> 00:12:31,172 The whole idea with a snow shelter like this is to get 263 00:12:31,241 --> 00:12:33,965 a stranded trapper out of the elements. 264 00:12:34,034 --> 00:12:36,827 Without a snow cave like this, it would suck all 265 00:12:36,896 --> 00:12:38,793 the warmth out of a person's body 266 00:12:38,862 --> 00:12:42,517 and literally freeze them to death, in place. 267 00:12:42,586 --> 00:12:44,448 Now that we got our trench built, 268 00:12:44,517 --> 00:12:46,103 we gotta line this floor with spruce boughs. 269 00:12:46,172 --> 00:12:47,551 BRITTANY: Okay. 270 00:12:47,655 --> 00:12:50,724 KALEB: And this will insulate the snow from our bodies, 271 00:12:50,793 --> 00:12:52,551 so we don't put a whole bunch of heat through our coat 272 00:12:52,620 --> 00:12:54,172 and melt the snow underneath us, 273 00:12:54,241 --> 00:12:56,482 which would get us all wet. 274 00:12:56,551 --> 00:12:58,103 Then we'd get cold. 275 00:12:58,172 --> 00:13:00,034 BRITTANY: We like to teach our children young, 276 00:13:00,103 --> 00:13:03,206 that way as they get older, if they're ever in a situation 277 00:13:03,275 --> 00:13:06,931 like this, they have their memories of what to do. 278 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,517 KALEB: Now, I'm gonna work on getting us a lot and a lot of 279 00:13:09,586 --> 00:13:12,551 branches to throw on top. 280 00:13:14,103 --> 00:13:16,103 No chainsaw. 281 00:13:17,448 --> 00:13:19,000 ELOVIE: I wanna... 282 00:13:20,827 --> 00:13:22,517 BRITTANY: Here's the last one. 283 00:13:22,586 --> 00:13:25,241 KALEB: There you go. You cut a tree down. 284 00:13:25,310 --> 00:13:26,758 BRITTANY: Boom. 285 00:13:26,827 --> 00:13:30,275 KALEB: Now, I think we just need to start covering this up 286 00:13:30,344 --> 00:13:32,413 with great big chunks of snow. 287 00:13:32,482 --> 00:13:36,000 And the idea is to stop any wind that might come up 288 00:13:36,068 --> 00:13:39,758 at night from filtering through and making us cold. 289 00:13:39,827 --> 00:13:42,103 I'm hoping that they store this nugget of 290 00:13:42,172 --> 00:13:45,413 information away to be used at a later date. 291 00:13:45,482 --> 00:13:46,655 BRITTANY: Good job, Gill. 292 00:13:46,724 --> 00:13:49,862 KALEB: When things might not be going their way. 293 00:13:49,931 --> 00:13:51,758 BRITTANY: Ta-da! 294 00:13:51,827 --> 00:13:54,206 KALEB: I think that's looking pretty good. 295 00:13:54,275 --> 00:13:56,172 BRITTANY: Oh, I think the kids are in there. 296 00:13:56,241 --> 00:13:57,931 What do you guys think of this? 297 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,655 KALEB: Is it warmer in there than out here? 298 00:13:59,724 --> 00:14:01,448 ELOVIE: Yeah. KALEB: Yeah? 299 00:14:01,517 --> 00:14:05,724 Now we need to establish a fire. 300 00:14:12,344 --> 00:14:14,793 CHRIS: There's only one way to be successful in the Cosna, 301 00:14:14,862 --> 00:14:16,793 and that's to work hard. 302 00:14:16,862 --> 00:14:18,137 But it's not just gonna be handed to me, 303 00:14:18,206 --> 00:14:19,965 I have to work for it. 304 00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:24,172 JESSI: What the [bleep]! 305 00:14:24,241 --> 00:14:25,448 Oh, my goodness! 306 00:14:25,517 --> 00:14:27,931 [laughing] 307 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,655 CHRIS: Wow, look at all the sign in here. 308 00:14:30,724 --> 00:14:31,965 JESSI: Whoa! 309 00:14:32,034 --> 00:14:33,689 CHRIS: This is awesome. 310 00:14:35,862 --> 00:14:37,379 Check this out, Jess. 311 00:14:37,448 --> 00:14:41,310 If you look up over here, got the twin hills that come together, 312 00:14:41,379 --> 00:14:43,896 I can see where the crook comes down, 313 00:14:43,965 --> 00:14:44,931 and we're in the birch forest. 314 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,206 JESSI: This is the birch forest. 315 00:14:46,275 --> 00:14:47,965 CHRIS: So, we follow the birch forest, 316 00:14:48,034 --> 00:14:50,137 we should find that six-sided cabin. 317 00:14:50,206 --> 00:14:52,551 This looks like a great area for moose hunting. 318 00:14:52,620 --> 00:14:55,137 Look at this lake. 319 00:14:57,172 --> 00:14:59,965 Look at this. Bear marks. 320 00:15:00,034 --> 00:15:02,344 Marking his territory, and then a bigger bear, 321 00:15:02,413 --> 00:15:05,103 and then even a bigger bear marked way up there. 322 00:15:05,172 --> 00:15:07,310 JESSI: There's no way, that's like ten feet up the... 323 00:15:07,379 --> 00:15:08,896 CHRIS: Yeah, they're massive. 324 00:15:08,965 --> 00:15:10,862 We've seen grizzlies up here. 325 00:15:10,931 --> 00:15:13,758 Every time we find a good area to trap, bears move in. 326 00:15:13,827 --> 00:15:16,413 And when you're looking up in a tree and you see a bear that 327 00:15:16,482 --> 00:15:18,896 can reach 12 feet in the air, that does not make Jessi, 328 00:15:18,965 --> 00:15:20,965 or I feel good. 329 00:15:21,034 --> 00:15:23,724 This guy is less than two years old 330 00:15:23,793 --> 00:15:25,103 and he's probably about my size. 331 00:15:25,172 --> 00:15:26,344 Right? 332 00:15:26,413 --> 00:15:28,206 But then if you look up one more step, 333 00:15:28,275 --> 00:15:30,827 there's his parent. That's a full-sized grizzly bear. 334 00:15:30,896 --> 00:15:32,103 That is a big bear. 335 00:15:32,172 --> 00:15:33,827 Holy cow. 336 00:15:33,896 --> 00:15:35,793 That gives me a little worry. 337 00:15:35,862 --> 00:15:37,724 JESSI: I don't want anything to do with that bear. 338 00:15:37,793 --> 00:15:41,310 CHRIS: No. Wow. 339 00:15:41,379 --> 00:15:42,931 JESSI: This is the best place that we've found 340 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,517 on the Cosna so far, hunting wise. 341 00:15:44,586 --> 00:15:45,896 CHRIS: So why wouldn't a bear be here? 342 00:15:45,965 --> 00:15:48,172 I mean that's just kind of par for the course. 343 00:15:48,241 --> 00:15:50,448 We gotta move in and show him that we're the predator. 344 00:15:50,517 --> 00:15:52,793 There's bigger, badder predators out here than we are. 345 00:15:52,862 --> 00:15:55,344 That's just the name of the game out here. 346 00:15:55,413 --> 00:15:58,034 There's no way this bear's gonna stop us from trapping this area. 347 00:15:58,103 --> 00:16:00,068 I'll fight for it if I have to. 348 00:16:00,137 --> 00:16:01,482 Well, let's keep looking for that cabin. 349 00:16:01,551 --> 00:16:03,344 I mean at this point... 350 00:16:03,413 --> 00:16:05,689 JESSI: Now, it's like a really survival cabin if we decide 351 00:16:05,758 --> 00:16:06,965 that we're gonna hunt here. 352 00:16:07,034 --> 00:16:08,172 CHRIS: Yeah. 353 00:16:08,241 --> 00:16:09,517 I'm gonna be thinking about him tonight. 354 00:16:09,586 --> 00:16:10,965 That's a big bear. 355 00:16:11,034 --> 00:16:12,689 JESSI: Yeah, I don't wanna meet him. 356 00:16:12,758 --> 00:16:15,137 That's crazy, let's get out of here. Let's get out of here! 357 00:16:15,206 --> 00:16:16,413 CHRIS: I'm gonna go get the machine, yeah. I'm ready to leave. 358 00:16:16,482 --> 00:16:18,379 JESSI: I was so excited just moments ago. 359 00:16:24,241 --> 00:16:27,103 ALEX: I didn't wanna go out and contend with mother nature. 360 00:16:27,172 --> 00:16:31,275 I wanted to let mother nature change me into what I feel 361 00:16:31,344 --> 00:16:33,275 like I was supposed to be. 362 00:16:39,310 --> 00:16:42,379 This is definitely the heaviest thing I've lifted in a while. 363 00:16:47,827 --> 00:16:50,068 Sturdy's not the word I would use to describe this, 364 00:16:50,137 --> 00:16:54,000 but as long as it doesn't fall apart, it'll be safe, you know? 365 00:16:54,068 --> 00:16:56,620 I'll just have to be like a monkey climbing trees. 366 00:16:56,689 --> 00:16:59,068 I've never gone up a ladder like this before. 367 00:16:59,137 --> 00:17:02,275 I don't wanna over commit myself to anything 368 00:17:02,344 --> 00:17:04,275 because the risk is deadly. 369 00:17:08,413 --> 00:17:12,275 This is my anchor, it's gonna go between these two trees. 370 00:17:12,344 --> 00:17:15,379 You know, so I gotta get up probably on this second to 371 00:17:15,448 --> 00:17:17,379 last rung here on the ladder. 372 00:17:17,448 --> 00:17:19,931 So, I wanna get it up out of the reach of bears. 373 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,655 So, the higher I can get it, the better. 374 00:17:22,724 --> 00:17:25,620 The first thing I gotta do is take another spruce pole up 375 00:17:25,689 --> 00:17:28,034 and I'm gonna hang it between two trees. 376 00:17:28,103 --> 00:17:29,758 All right, here it goes. 377 00:17:29,827 --> 00:17:32,517 Kinda like I got a giant football field goal post. 378 00:17:32,586 --> 00:17:36,206 And from that I can hang a rope that will haul up the platform. 379 00:17:43,827 --> 00:17:45,965 Is it scary? A little bit. 380 00:17:46,034 --> 00:17:48,137 If I fall and get hurt, I'm on my own. 381 00:17:48,206 --> 00:17:49,827 I don't wanna lay on the ground, 382 00:17:49,896 --> 00:17:51,620 bleed internally and freeze to death. 383 00:17:51,689 --> 00:17:54,103 So, I just wanna take it slow and careful. 384 00:17:54,172 --> 00:17:58,482 These toe straps are basically leftovers from job sites. 385 00:17:58,551 --> 00:18:00,344 Once they start getting some frays in them, 386 00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:01,896 they say that's not safe anymore, 387 00:18:01,965 --> 00:18:03,206 throw it away and get a new one. 388 00:18:03,275 --> 00:18:05,275 And then I get 'em. 389 00:18:05,344 --> 00:18:08,379 Each step I take could be my last. 390 00:18:08,448 --> 00:18:09,896 I'm just totally trusting my life 391 00:18:09,965 --> 00:18:11,586 to these ratty old toe straps. 392 00:18:14,034 --> 00:18:16,137 Oooh. Nope, nope, nope, no, no. 393 00:18:16,206 --> 00:18:17,551 That feels-- no. 394 00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:23,551 ALEX: Oooh. Nope, nope, nope, no, no. 395 00:18:23,620 --> 00:18:25,758 That feels, no. 396 00:18:26,758 --> 00:18:28,241 That thing felt like it was going. 397 00:18:28,310 --> 00:18:30,000 I was like, "Oh, my God, I'm going down." 398 00:18:31,724 --> 00:18:34,172 Okay, that won't go anywhere. 399 00:18:34,241 --> 00:18:39,103 Now I can get my second loop for the other end of the log setup. 400 00:18:40,137 --> 00:18:42,758 I got one side of the spruce pole that will be my anchor up. 401 00:18:42,827 --> 00:18:45,172 Now I got, have to do the other one. 402 00:18:46,068 --> 00:18:49,413 This is not a drill, this is the real deal. 403 00:18:50,620 --> 00:18:52,068 Let's do what we came here to do. 404 00:18:53,965 --> 00:18:57,241 Now it might not look like a traditional log cache, 405 00:18:57,310 --> 00:18:59,551 but I'm not concerned with meeting modern professional 406 00:18:59,620 --> 00:19:01,379 building standards here. 407 00:19:01,448 --> 00:19:04,724 Okay, now just loop that in. 408 00:19:05,482 --> 00:19:07,241 I think it's good enough for government work. 409 00:19:08,517 --> 00:19:11,000 I'm just concerned with getting the job done. 410 00:19:16,413 --> 00:19:17,758 So now, I got the cross beam up there, 411 00:19:17,827 --> 00:19:19,275 that's the dangerous work done. 412 00:19:19,344 --> 00:19:21,931 Now I gotta do, start doing the kind of the figuring. 413 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,068 I need to start getting materials 414 00:19:23,137 --> 00:19:24,689 to build the platform from. 415 00:19:25,482 --> 00:19:26,862 Get to work. 416 00:19:28,068 --> 00:19:30,724 There's no telling when exactly the bears are gonna wake up. 417 00:19:30,793 --> 00:19:32,931 Could be a month from now, could be a week from now, 418 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,896 maybe they're waking up right now. 419 00:19:34,965 --> 00:19:38,206 Maybe that one right there, that's probably the right size. 420 00:19:38,275 --> 00:19:40,310 I have to perceive problems before they happen 421 00:19:40,379 --> 00:19:42,068 and try to do something about them. 422 00:19:42,137 --> 00:19:44,137 If one comes out early, he's gonna be really hungry 423 00:19:44,206 --> 00:19:46,000 and I don't wanna find out then 424 00:19:46,068 --> 00:19:47,620 that I stashed my food too late. 425 00:19:52,551 --> 00:19:53,517 Okay. 426 00:19:53,586 --> 00:19:54,758 You know, I like the bears, 427 00:19:54,827 --> 00:19:56,517 but I don't wanna be seeing them that much. 428 00:19:56,586 --> 00:19:58,655 And I don't want them to think that I'm the food man. 429 00:19:58,724 --> 00:20:00,655 Because then one day if I don't got food, 430 00:20:00,724 --> 00:20:03,310 they might start to think I'm the food. 431 00:20:06,103 --> 00:20:09,000 This is, should be enough materials to make my, 432 00:20:09,068 --> 00:20:10,586 my platform from. 433 00:20:10,655 --> 00:20:12,448 So, I'll just grab my tote right here, 434 00:20:12,517 --> 00:20:14,758 measure it out and then I'll cut it to length, 435 00:20:14,827 --> 00:20:16,379 and then all I gotta do is just cut off a lot of ones 436 00:20:16,448 --> 00:20:18,000 to lay in the center. 437 00:20:18,068 --> 00:20:19,862 The main purpose of the platform is to keep my food 438 00:20:19,931 --> 00:20:21,379 out of reach of bears. 439 00:20:21,448 --> 00:20:23,551 The platform will help disassociate me 440 00:20:23,620 --> 00:20:27,103 and kind of my smell, my presence, from food. 441 00:20:27,172 --> 00:20:29,310 I don't want the bears to ever confuse the two. 442 00:20:29,379 --> 00:20:30,862 When I got Sipsy with me, 443 00:20:30,931 --> 00:20:32,724 I don't really worry too much 444 00:20:32,793 --> 00:20:35,689 about animals 'cause he'll, you know, 445 00:20:35,758 --> 00:20:37,206 he's always aware when they come around. 446 00:20:37,275 --> 00:20:38,965 He barks at 'em, but I don't have 447 00:20:39,034 --> 00:20:41,034 that security system with me right now. 448 00:20:41,103 --> 00:20:43,586 And I won't, you know, this spring, so, um... 449 00:20:44,034 --> 00:20:46,275 Until I get Sipsy back up here, you know, 450 00:20:46,344 --> 00:20:49,517 I gotta be alert all the time just like he is. 451 00:20:49,586 --> 00:20:53,206 The food in these totes is my wealth out here. 452 00:20:53,275 --> 00:20:56,068 It's essentially this platform is my bank and it's where 453 00:20:56,137 --> 00:20:59,586 I have all of my wealth, all of my money is in this bank. 454 00:20:59,655 --> 00:21:04,172 So, if a bear gets into this, and he trashes my food supply, 455 00:21:04,241 --> 00:21:07,448 then I'm gonna be in a true survival situation without 456 00:21:07,517 --> 00:21:09,310 a way to get help. 457 00:21:10,931 --> 00:21:13,793 Yeah, so these are good and strong. 458 00:21:13,862 --> 00:21:17,655 So, I'll start figuring out how this will get strung up. 459 00:21:17,724 --> 00:21:19,931 Just one problem at a time. 460 00:21:25,862 --> 00:21:28,344 JOHNNY: I don't think that you can have failure 461 00:21:28,413 --> 00:21:30,137 and still be alive out here. 462 00:21:30,206 --> 00:21:33,655 It's survival, you have to keep fighting, keep trying, 463 00:21:33,724 --> 00:21:37,206 that's what it means to live this secluded and this isolated. 464 00:21:41,482 --> 00:21:44,137 Back at the first hole, my hopes are that I have fish on 465 00:21:44,206 --> 00:21:46,103 all these setlines. 466 00:21:46,172 --> 00:21:47,655 I got several hooks set. 467 00:21:47,724 --> 00:21:49,689 They've been working all around the clock. 468 00:21:49,758 --> 00:21:52,103 I'm here to check it out, see if I got a fish. 469 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,241 Now fishing out here is a very different type of fishing. 470 00:21:56,310 --> 00:21:57,965 I don't know where the fish are, 471 00:21:58,034 --> 00:22:00,896 I don't know what depths, what locations. 472 00:22:01,827 --> 00:22:03,206 It's feeling light. 473 00:22:04,103 --> 00:22:07,965 It's essentially an aquarium that I can't see. 474 00:22:09,586 --> 00:22:11,103 And I still got bait. 475 00:22:11,172 --> 00:22:13,551 Definitely not a fish on the end of this one. 476 00:22:14,137 --> 00:22:17,275 So, I'm gonna send it back down and let it keep working. 477 00:22:17,344 --> 00:22:19,689 And that's the beauty of setline fishing, 478 00:22:19,758 --> 00:22:22,137 I just let time do the fishing for me. 479 00:22:24,620 --> 00:22:25,931 Well, that's the first hole. 480 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,689 I got several more to check so on to the next one. 481 00:22:33,448 --> 00:22:36,965 It's never easy to figure everything out all at once. 482 00:22:37,034 --> 00:22:39,000 You gotta put the time in, you gotta put the effort in, 483 00:22:39,068 --> 00:22:40,344 you gotta stay with it. 484 00:22:40,413 --> 00:22:43,068 'Cause I have faith, I have hope. 485 00:22:43,137 --> 00:22:46,413 All right, so let's see what we got here. 486 00:22:49,103 --> 00:22:51,758 Oh, I'm missing bait on this one. 487 00:22:53,068 --> 00:22:55,241 Don't wanna be presumptuous but I think it's safe to say 488 00:22:55,310 --> 00:22:58,586 that there's some fish down in here so I'm gonna put some more bait on it, 489 00:22:58,655 --> 00:23:01,620 send it down and let it soak overnight again. 490 00:23:01,689 --> 00:23:03,517 On to the next hole. 491 00:23:04,620 --> 00:23:07,448 You know, these fish are designed to outsmart me. 492 00:23:07,517 --> 00:23:09,758 My job is to outsmart them. 493 00:23:10,517 --> 00:23:12,103 Look at that. 494 00:23:12,172 --> 00:23:14,413 Bait gone again. 495 00:23:14,482 --> 00:23:16,793 It's a constant battle of who's outsmarting who. 496 00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:19,482 And these fish want to prevail. 497 00:23:20,448 --> 00:23:21,827 Another bait gone. 498 00:23:23,413 --> 00:23:25,896 You know, the odds are generally against you. 499 00:23:29,103 --> 00:23:30,655 This is the last one here. 500 00:23:32,620 --> 00:23:34,275 Bait is gone, once again. 501 00:23:34,344 --> 00:23:36,068 Man, that's a bummer. 502 00:23:36,586 --> 00:23:40,034 I've spent a lot of time drilling through four feet of ice. 503 00:23:40,103 --> 00:23:41,724 [sighs] 504 00:23:42,862 --> 00:23:45,344 At this point I think I gotta come up with another plan. 505 00:23:45,413 --> 00:23:48,862 So, I think what I wanna do is, I'm gonna jig. 506 00:23:48,931 --> 00:23:51,896 And I'm gonna just sit there and work an artificial lure, 507 00:23:51,965 --> 00:23:55,965 and I think that's gonna tell me a lot of what's going on down there. 508 00:23:56,034 --> 00:23:57,965 And that's the plan. 509 00:23:58,034 --> 00:24:01,000 Everything is against me in catching a fish today. 510 00:24:01,068 --> 00:24:05,896 I'm fighting way more than getting bites or not getting bites. 511 00:24:06,551 --> 00:24:09,448 I'm fighting the elements. 512 00:24:09,517 --> 00:24:11,655 Those winds are just howling out here. 513 00:24:11,724 --> 00:24:14,206 You know I've been out here in white outs. 514 00:24:14,275 --> 00:24:17,551 You get spun around, you don't know where you're at 515 00:24:17,620 --> 00:24:20,103 and it's hard to tell which direction you're trying to walk in, 516 00:24:20,172 --> 00:24:21,724 what direction's home. 517 00:24:21,793 --> 00:24:25,172 And I can barely see where the ice hole is at this point. 518 00:24:32,620 --> 00:24:35,517 Now my bag's just getting buried in snow. 519 00:24:38,137 --> 00:24:40,172 My sled's getting covered, 520 00:24:41,068 --> 00:24:43,517 it's just smart to get out before it whites out 521 00:24:43,586 --> 00:24:45,241 and you can't see. 522 00:24:49,206 --> 00:24:53,620 JOHNNY: There is no such thing as failure to me out here, 523 00:24:54,034 --> 00:24:56,241 but there is death. 524 00:24:57,827 --> 00:24:59,275 That's what keeps you alive out here, 525 00:24:59,344 --> 00:25:02,379 knowing when to call it quits. 526 00:25:08,724 --> 00:25:11,586 KALEB: Out here where people are few and far between, 527 00:25:11,655 --> 00:25:14,724 it's very important to rely on yourself 528 00:25:14,793 --> 00:25:16,965 to get what you need done. 529 00:25:17,689 --> 00:25:20,379 KALEB: Because you don't always have someone to bail you out. 530 00:25:21,517 --> 00:25:24,000 All right, the snow cave looks great. 531 00:25:24,379 --> 00:25:25,724 We did an awesome job. 532 00:25:25,793 --> 00:25:27,034 BRITTANY: Yeah. 533 00:25:27,103 --> 00:25:29,206 KALEB: So, now we need to light a fire, 534 00:25:29,275 --> 00:25:31,172 but we don't have a lighter to use. 535 00:25:31,241 --> 00:25:35,241 So, what I'm thinking is we'll wire some poles together to 536 00:25:35,310 --> 00:25:37,551 make a little raft to light our fire on, 537 00:25:37,620 --> 00:25:39,724 and then we'll light the fire next to the snow machine 538 00:25:39,793 --> 00:25:41,448 and then we'll move it over to here. 539 00:25:41,517 --> 00:25:42,793 BRITTANY: Okay. 540 00:25:42,862 --> 00:25:44,827 KALEB: Let's get started. 541 00:25:44,896 --> 00:25:47,137 We'll have us a fire in no time. 542 00:25:47,862 --> 00:25:49,793 Teaching the kids how to survive in the wilderness is 543 00:25:49,862 --> 00:25:51,758 like teaching a second language. 544 00:25:51,827 --> 00:25:53,896 It's all about repetition. 545 00:25:53,965 --> 00:25:56,034 We've got lots of, lots of pitch here, 546 00:25:56,103 --> 00:26:00,517 which pitch burns really, really hot and is a great fire-starter. 547 00:26:00,586 --> 00:26:03,724 It's getting these memories of a situation 548 00:26:03,793 --> 00:26:06,758 in their heads so that they can someday think back 549 00:26:06,827 --> 00:26:09,344 "Now what did Dad do?" 550 00:26:11,172 --> 00:26:13,620 Gonna pull out a whole bunch of wire. 551 00:26:13,689 --> 00:26:15,931 This is one thing, when you're trapping, 552 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,758 you always have wire with you and it's such a valuable 553 00:26:18,827 --> 00:26:21,655 resource in a situation like this, 554 00:26:21,724 --> 00:26:24,827 so we'll just take it and do a twist. 555 00:26:25,931 --> 00:26:27,172 ELOVIE: Is that a trap? 556 00:26:27,241 --> 00:26:28,724 KALEB: And just keep working your way down. 557 00:26:28,793 --> 00:26:30,931 Learning how to use the tools and the resources around you 558 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,517 is critical to living in such a remote location. 559 00:26:34,896 --> 00:26:36,724 You just give it a nice tug. 560 00:26:36,793 --> 00:26:39,827 I think the best way to light a fire without the use of 561 00:26:39,896 --> 00:26:44,137 a lighter is to take my tow rope and drop it in my fuel tank 562 00:26:44,206 --> 00:26:46,413 and soak it in gas. 563 00:26:46,482 --> 00:26:50,241 Then I'll take wire and arc it across my battery 564 00:26:50,310 --> 00:26:52,551 on the snow machine and get a spark 565 00:26:52,620 --> 00:26:55,000 before that gas evaporates. 566 00:26:57,413 --> 00:26:58,689 And then I'm just gonna... 567 00:27:01,758 --> 00:27:03,586 Come on, gas, light. 568 00:27:05,758 --> 00:27:07,793 There we go! [laughs] 569 00:27:09,793 --> 00:27:12,517 KALEB: I think being able to have a problem 570 00:27:12,586 --> 00:27:14,586 and immediately move onto the solution 571 00:27:14,655 --> 00:27:17,517 shows the kids that there's a way around 572 00:27:17,586 --> 00:27:19,448 bad situations. 573 00:27:19,517 --> 00:27:21,551 There's always a way. 574 00:27:21,620 --> 00:27:25,517 We did it, succeeded in lighting a fire without a match. 575 00:27:25,586 --> 00:27:28,655 Nice job, Team Rowland. 576 00:27:28,724 --> 00:27:32,551 You just have to come up with an idea and try it. 577 00:27:32,620 --> 00:27:34,517 We learned how to build a fire without a-- 578 00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:38,034 without a mechanical lighter. 579 00:27:38,103 --> 00:27:39,724 BRITTANY: It was amazing that it worked. 580 00:27:39,793 --> 00:27:42,172 KALEB: I really hope you kids have learned something, 581 00:27:42,241 --> 00:27:45,482 a little nugget of wisdom that you can take away from this. 582 00:27:45,551 --> 00:27:48,862 BRITTANY: Yeah, use what you have when you have it. 583 00:27:48,931 --> 00:27:52,758 KALEB: Yep, I think it's time to head back and, uh, 584 00:27:52,827 --> 00:27:55,862 call this training scenario a wrap, 585 00:27:55,931 --> 00:27:58,931 and I think it's time to move on down the trail. 586 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,000 Go check our sets. 587 00:28:09,482 --> 00:28:11,620 JESSI: I never thought that it would take so much effort, 588 00:28:11,689 --> 00:28:15,068 so much work, but that's the way that we make it. 589 00:28:15,137 --> 00:28:16,206 We love it out here. 590 00:28:16,275 --> 00:28:17,965 We want to live off the land. 591 00:28:28,862 --> 00:28:31,344 CHRIS: Might have to get the chainsaw out here. 592 00:28:31,413 --> 00:28:33,034 CHRIS: I feel like we're on the right track. 593 00:28:33,103 --> 00:28:34,482 Things are starting to come into focus. 594 00:28:34,551 --> 00:28:37,068 We just need to keep pushing farther. 595 00:28:37,137 --> 00:28:38,965 Maybe I can find that old six-sided cabin that my dad 596 00:28:39,034 --> 00:28:40,655 was talking about. 597 00:28:40,724 --> 00:28:42,482 JESSI: What do you think? 598 00:28:43,103 --> 00:28:45,068 CHRIS: I might be able to just push it down. 599 00:28:45,689 --> 00:28:47,620 JESSI: Kay. CHRIS: You wanna try help push? 600 00:28:47,689 --> 00:28:49,586 JESSI: Yeah. Ready? 601 00:28:49,655 --> 00:28:50,931 CHRIS: Yep. 602 00:28:54,172 --> 00:28:55,379 Here it goes! 603 00:28:55,448 --> 00:28:57,448 Come on! 604 00:28:57,517 --> 00:28:59,310 Watch out. 605 00:28:59,379 --> 00:29:00,827 Almost. 606 00:29:02,448 --> 00:29:04,206 Come on! 607 00:29:09,206 --> 00:29:10,413 JESSI: Whoo! 608 00:29:10,482 --> 00:29:14,551 CHRIS: There. Cool. 609 00:29:14,620 --> 00:29:17,482 JESSI: You wanna see if we can get the chainsaw, cut this up? 610 00:29:17,551 --> 00:29:19,241 CHRIS: Yeah. 611 00:29:20,862 --> 00:29:22,034 See if I can get this thing to start. 612 00:29:22,103 --> 00:29:23,931 It's covered in snow. 613 00:29:28,206 --> 00:29:29,896 JESSI: There we go. 614 00:29:33,310 --> 00:29:35,206 There's a cabin somewhere out there, 615 00:29:35,275 --> 00:29:36,724 and we don't know what's there. 616 00:29:36,793 --> 00:29:38,344 What if there's stuff that's hidden in the ground? 617 00:29:38,413 --> 00:29:41,586 What if it's a fantastic hunting spot? 618 00:29:41,931 --> 00:29:43,862 Just possibilities upon possibilities, 619 00:29:43,931 --> 00:29:45,724 these stories that we've been told. 620 00:29:45,793 --> 00:29:48,379 That's the adventurous fantastic part of this. 621 00:29:48,448 --> 00:29:50,344 Who doesn't love a good treasure hunt? 622 00:29:52,793 --> 00:29:54,068 Great. 623 00:29:55,862 --> 00:29:57,655 CHRIS: I'm gonna try and check out my map and see if this is, 624 00:29:57,724 --> 00:30:00,310 uh, where we think we are. 625 00:30:03,206 --> 00:30:05,275 Let's see here. 626 00:30:05,344 --> 00:30:06,551 Oh, check this out. 627 00:30:06,620 --> 00:30:10,034 We are on the map exactly where Dad told us to go. 628 00:30:10,379 --> 00:30:12,931 There's the hillsides come down, right? 629 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,793 We're gonna wanna go that direction. 630 00:30:14,862 --> 00:30:16,000 JESSI: Like that? 631 00:30:16,068 --> 00:30:17,517 CHRIS: Right that direction. 632 00:30:17,586 --> 00:30:19,379 I mean pretty much towards the crook of the hill from here 633 00:30:19,448 --> 00:30:20,896 should be that cabin. 634 00:30:20,965 --> 00:30:22,137 JESSI: This is wonderful. 635 00:30:22,206 --> 00:30:23,206 Let's go over there. Let's check it out. 636 00:30:23,275 --> 00:30:24,689 CHRIS: Yeah. 637 00:30:25,896 --> 00:30:27,827 I'm feeling pumped right now. 638 00:30:28,344 --> 00:30:32,068 The opportunity to build out an old cabin could be a game-changer. 639 00:30:32,137 --> 00:30:33,965 Coming out and following this treasure map, 640 00:30:34,034 --> 00:30:36,896 it's not gonna be complete unless I find that six-sided cabin. 641 00:30:39,931 --> 00:30:41,310 Check it out. 642 00:30:45,620 --> 00:30:46,931 JESSI: Oh, my goodness. 643 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:48,448 CHRIS: Oh. 644 00:30:53,448 --> 00:30:56,172 ♪ ♪ 645 00:30:56,241 --> 00:30:58,275 [laughing] 646 00:30:59,068 --> 00:31:00,655 CHRIS: Not much left. 647 00:31:04,517 --> 00:31:07,655 Ha, the old man was right. 648 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,206 Huh. 649 00:31:13,758 --> 00:31:14,758 JESSI: What? 650 00:31:14,827 --> 00:31:15,896 CHRIS: The logs are really, uh, 651 00:31:15,965 --> 00:31:17,310 they're not in terrible shape. 652 00:31:17,379 --> 00:31:19,275 That's surprising. 653 00:31:21,068 --> 00:31:23,724 Oh-ho, this thing's awesome. 654 00:31:24,448 --> 00:31:26,551 JESSI: Nobody's been out here for decades. 655 00:31:26,620 --> 00:31:29,586 This could be our new hunting spot to sustain us 656 00:31:29,655 --> 00:31:31,586 for another year, another two years. 657 00:31:31,655 --> 00:31:35,172 This is like a thread to our future. 658 00:31:35,241 --> 00:31:37,793 I wanna come back here in the summer. 659 00:31:37,862 --> 00:31:39,379 CHRIS: Me, too. 660 00:31:39,448 --> 00:31:40,758 JESSI: You know what I mean, what does this place look like? 661 00:31:40,827 --> 00:31:42,896 What's underneath all of this? 662 00:31:42,965 --> 00:31:45,241 CHRIS: I'd love to find an axe or the saw that made this cabin. 663 00:31:45,310 --> 00:31:46,793 JESSI: That's exactly what I was thinking, 664 00:31:46,862 --> 00:31:50,137 I wanna come and find, like, dude probably left 665 00:31:50,206 --> 00:31:52,517 some of his tools here. 666 00:31:52,586 --> 00:31:54,241 CHRIS: Everybody was trying to come up and get free land 667 00:31:54,310 --> 00:31:57,241 but living out here for three years, it was tough. 668 00:31:57,310 --> 00:32:00,344 It's tough this day and age with GPSs and satellite phones, 669 00:32:00,413 --> 00:32:02,517 imagine what it was like before that. 670 00:32:02,586 --> 00:32:04,586 JESSI: In the 70s before any of that. 671 00:32:04,655 --> 00:32:06,137 Incredible. 672 00:32:06,206 --> 00:32:08,517 CHRIS: I'm sure it broke a lot of green people up here. 673 00:32:08,586 --> 00:32:10,482 Let's go check out some stuff out here. 674 00:32:10,551 --> 00:32:13,034 JESSI: Yeah, let's go towards the river. 675 00:32:13,103 --> 00:32:15,034 CHRIS: Look around a little bit. 676 00:32:16,241 --> 00:32:17,379 JESSI: You see this coming straight. 677 00:32:17,448 --> 00:32:18,620 CHRIS: Ah, these are big prints. 678 00:32:18,689 --> 00:32:20,724 JESSI: Coming straight from the cabin over here? 679 00:32:20,793 --> 00:32:22,551 CHRIS: That looks like moose prints. 680 00:32:22,620 --> 00:32:24,655 Wow. Right at the cabin. 681 00:32:24,724 --> 00:32:26,275 This is awesome. 682 00:32:26,344 --> 00:32:28,482 JESSI: Right? I mean this, nobody's been out here. 683 00:32:28,551 --> 00:32:29,793 CHRIS: This is really cool. 684 00:32:29,862 --> 00:32:31,896 Seeing the moose prints here seals it for me. 685 00:32:31,965 --> 00:32:33,965 The fact that we've got moose, we've got bears, 686 00:32:34,034 --> 00:32:35,724 we've got lynx, we've got beavers. 687 00:32:35,793 --> 00:32:37,586 We have it right here. 688 00:32:37,655 --> 00:32:39,172 We've got three lakes and a river. 689 00:32:39,241 --> 00:32:41,379 JESSI: It's got, like, the best parts of 690 00:32:41,448 --> 00:32:44,275 every part of the Cosna out here. 691 00:32:44,344 --> 00:32:46,551 CHRIS: Yeah, what a treasure map Dad gave us. 692 00:32:51,586 --> 00:32:53,586 ALEX: Anyone can come out here and just suffer. 693 00:32:53,655 --> 00:32:56,034 You gotta be able to find that balance between enjoying 694 00:32:56,103 --> 00:32:58,310 the work that you're doing and still meet the demands 695 00:32:58,379 --> 00:33:00,931 of mother nature all at the same time. 696 00:33:07,896 --> 00:33:10,172 ALEX: Here's my platform. 697 00:33:10,241 --> 00:33:12,620 And I got my anchor waiting up there to haul it up. 698 00:33:12,689 --> 00:33:17,551 What I'm gonna do is get it in position, get my totes on it, 699 00:33:17,620 --> 00:33:21,310 and then last thing I'll throw a rope over the anchor up there, 700 00:33:21,379 --> 00:33:24,482 lower it down and then give it a lift. 701 00:33:24,551 --> 00:33:27,758 I came out here to Deadman Lake because I wanted to 702 00:33:27,827 --> 00:33:30,000 be able to get more food from the land. 703 00:33:30,068 --> 00:33:32,000 I'm starting to do some of that. 704 00:33:32,068 --> 00:33:35,344 I didn't come out here to live against the other predators 705 00:33:35,413 --> 00:33:36,931 that live here. 706 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:38,965 I came out here because I wanna be like them. 707 00:33:39,034 --> 00:33:42,517 Me and the bears, the lynxes, all the predators out here, 708 00:33:42,586 --> 00:33:44,689 we're all playing the same game: get the food. 709 00:33:44,758 --> 00:33:46,206 That's the goal. 710 00:33:47,344 --> 00:33:50,275 I think what we'll do is throw a line up over this, 711 00:33:51,275 --> 00:33:52,448 put a little tension on this 712 00:33:52,517 --> 00:33:54,034 and start to raise it a little bit, 713 00:33:54,103 --> 00:33:57,206 and then I'll be able to adjust all these to the right length. 714 00:33:57,275 --> 00:34:00,103 What this cache is gonna help me do is help me make sure 715 00:34:00,172 --> 00:34:02,241 I'm playing the game of get the food 716 00:34:02,310 --> 00:34:05,827 and I'm not playing the game of fight the other predators. 717 00:34:05,896 --> 00:34:08,034 If I give other predators the opportunity to rob me, 718 00:34:08,103 --> 00:34:10,206 then it's gonna be war. 719 00:34:10,275 --> 00:34:12,551 It's like they say: the only thing necessary for evil 720 00:34:12,620 --> 00:34:14,724 to prevail is for good men to do nothing. 721 00:34:14,793 --> 00:34:16,724 I have to be the good men who does something. 722 00:34:16,793 --> 00:34:19,413 Otherwise, it's gonna be war. 723 00:34:24,793 --> 00:34:28,241 Yeah, that's pretty good. 724 00:34:28,310 --> 00:34:31,103 Let's see. Let's measure how high that is. 725 00:34:31,172 --> 00:34:32,344 Let's see if I accomplished my goal. 726 00:34:32,413 --> 00:34:34,103 I'm six foot. 727 00:34:34,172 --> 00:34:37,896 This stick is maybe about a foot shorter than me 728 00:34:37,965 --> 00:34:40,000 so that's probably... 729 00:34:41,172 --> 00:34:45,310 me plus five foot would be, um, uh, 11. 730 00:34:45,379 --> 00:34:47,206 Uh, so it's not quite 12 feet. 731 00:34:47,275 --> 00:34:49,965 So, the biggest, tallest grizzly could feasibly reach it. 732 00:34:52,551 --> 00:34:55,827 Yeah, that's actually a real problem. 733 00:34:55,896 --> 00:34:58,344 Uh, you know, a black bear could easily climb this tree 734 00:34:58,413 --> 00:34:59,724 and then if he can get up there, he'll-- 735 00:34:59,793 --> 00:35:01,862 if he's messing with it, he'll dump it over. 736 00:35:01,931 --> 00:35:04,862 You know bears are persistent so he's probably gonna just 737 00:35:04,931 --> 00:35:07,068 smell the smell up there, start climbing to get it, 738 00:35:07,137 --> 00:35:09,689 reach over, you know dump everything. 739 00:35:09,758 --> 00:35:13,103 Sheet metal is an important tool out here at Deadman Lake. 740 00:35:13,172 --> 00:35:15,137 So, the last thing I'll wanna do is, uh, 741 00:35:15,206 --> 00:35:18,965 make these trees to where a bear can't climb 'em. 742 00:35:19,034 --> 00:35:20,758 So, I'll just wrap 'em with sheet metal 743 00:35:20,827 --> 00:35:22,379 and then that'll be slick. 744 00:35:22,448 --> 00:35:23,827 A bear won't be able to get up it. 745 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,896 And that'll be the final, that'll be the final touch. 746 00:35:25,965 --> 00:35:28,517 Then I'll have a 99% bear-proof cache here. 747 00:35:34,793 --> 00:35:36,965 JOHNNY: Some people like to say there's no guarantees out here. 748 00:35:37,034 --> 00:35:39,034 But I think there are guarantees. 749 00:35:39,103 --> 00:35:41,344 You could easily starve if you don't put in the effort 750 00:35:41,413 --> 00:35:44,724 to find food, so that's a solid guarantee. 751 00:35:50,172 --> 00:35:51,689 All right, it's a new day. 752 00:35:51,758 --> 00:35:53,172 The weather's changed. 753 00:35:53,241 --> 00:35:54,413 It's beautiful today. 754 00:35:55,379 --> 00:35:57,448 I haven't had a bunch of luck with the setlines on the other 755 00:35:57,517 --> 00:35:59,758 one's that I'd had set. 756 00:35:59,827 --> 00:36:01,965 Uh, got skunked on all of them. 757 00:36:02,034 --> 00:36:05,689 But I'm hoping that, uh, some of these will yield some fish. 758 00:36:05,758 --> 00:36:09,344 It'd be a huge bummer to know that I've pounded all these 759 00:36:09,413 --> 00:36:12,413 holes through the ice, that I've sat out here through 760 00:36:12,482 --> 00:36:15,896 the beginning of an arctic storm, and there's no fish. 761 00:36:22,137 --> 00:36:24,241 It feels a little bit light weight. 762 00:36:26,206 --> 00:36:27,655 Nothing. 763 00:36:28,137 --> 00:36:30,862 I got more set though and I'm gonna keep the spirits high 764 00:36:30,931 --> 00:36:32,310 and, um, go check those out. 765 00:36:33,310 --> 00:36:34,862 Onto the next one. 766 00:36:34,931 --> 00:36:37,448 There's no second option. 767 00:36:37,517 --> 00:36:41,068 The only option is to keep being persistent 768 00:36:41,137 --> 00:36:44,551 and keep finding a way to get solid food sources. 769 00:36:52,896 --> 00:36:54,206 Nothing. 770 00:36:54,827 --> 00:36:56,655 I'm gonna drop it back down. 771 00:36:56,724 --> 00:36:58,724 Cross my fingers, hope for the best. 772 00:36:58,793 --> 00:37:02,137 Maybe the fish gods will come 773 00:37:02,206 --> 00:37:04,620 and put some fish on the end of these hooks. 774 00:37:04,689 --> 00:37:06,482 Onto the next one. 775 00:37:07,931 --> 00:37:11,448 I'm walking into the freezer section of my grocery store 776 00:37:11,517 --> 00:37:13,310 and it's like I'm blindfolded 777 00:37:13,379 --> 00:37:15,310 and I don't know if anything's on the shelves. 778 00:37:15,379 --> 00:37:17,862 That's essentially what ice fishing is out here. 779 00:37:17,931 --> 00:37:20,620 All right, this is the last setline. 780 00:37:21,448 --> 00:37:25,103 It's just like, like every, every attempt I've had on this 781 00:37:25,172 --> 00:37:29,413 lake has come up empty and, uh, 782 00:37:29,482 --> 00:37:30,620 I don't know if it's the cold. 783 00:37:30,689 --> 00:37:33,034 I don't know if it's the time of year. 784 00:37:33,103 --> 00:37:36,379 I've tried so many different methods: jigging, setlines. 785 00:37:36,448 --> 00:37:38,103 I'm starting to think this whole ice fishing thing 786 00:37:38,172 --> 00:37:39,586 is a huge hoax out here. 787 00:37:45,448 --> 00:37:46,896 All right. 788 00:37:48,103 --> 00:37:49,517 Oh, does that feel... 789 00:37:50,724 --> 00:37:52,413 I feel a little tension on this one. 790 00:37:53,068 --> 00:37:55,034 Could just be the weight. 791 00:37:56,344 --> 00:37:57,379 Oh. 792 00:38:04,620 --> 00:38:07,620 No way! Oh, [bleep] 793 00:38:12,275 --> 00:38:15,275 ♪ ♪ 794 00:38:16,793 --> 00:38:19,172 JOHNNY: Look at that. Oh-ho-ho-ho. 795 00:38:23,482 --> 00:38:26,379 Lake trout. That is awesome. 796 00:38:26,448 --> 00:38:29,034 There is fish in this lake. 797 00:38:29,103 --> 00:38:31,172 For my first arctic lake trout, 798 00:38:31,241 --> 00:38:32,827 this is gonna be a good meal. 799 00:38:32,896 --> 00:38:34,206 This is awesome. 800 00:38:34,379 --> 00:38:37,241 Sweet, sweet feeling of success to see that lake trout. 801 00:38:37,310 --> 00:38:39,137 I've tried so hard out here. 802 00:38:39,206 --> 00:38:42,482 I've put in days of backbreaking labor. 803 00:38:42,551 --> 00:38:46,172 I now know where I can get food from this lake. 804 00:38:46,241 --> 00:38:48,137 I'm gonna get this sucker off the line, 805 00:38:48,206 --> 00:38:50,862 probably go find a place amongst the trees. 806 00:38:50,931 --> 00:38:52,896 Hunker down inside the wood line 807 00:38:52,965 --> 00:38:56,310 and cook it up over a fire right outside. 808 00:38:56,379 --> 00:38:58,000 There's no other way I should be eating this fish except for 809 00:38:58,068 --> 00:38:59,689 out here in nature. 810 00:38:59,758 --> 00:39:03,379 It wasn't an easy task, but the next time I go out fishing, 811 00:39:03,448 --> 00:39:05,758 I know where to go, and I know that next time 812 00:39:05,827 --> 00:39:08,586 that I come back out here, I'm coming home with food. 813 00:39:09,448 --> 00:39:12,068 I feel like I finally sealed the deal with this lake. 814 00:39:15,862 --> 00:39:17,586 CHRIS: Ah, no way. 815 00:39:17,655 --> 00:39:20,310 Wow, that thing is in there. 816 00:39:21,827 --> 00:39:25,689 JESSI: No way. Ah! 817 00:39:25,758 --> 00:39:28,517 I can't believe it, I can't get it out! 818 00:39:28,586 --> 00:39:30,827 CHRIS: Yeah, it's been in there for 40 years. 819 00:39:30,896 --> 00:39:35,241 Wow. That's in there. 820 00:39:42,931 --> 00:39:44,620 [laughing] 821 00:39:44,689 --> 00:39:46,310 JESSI: I did it. 822 00:39:49,482 --> 00:39:51,931 CHRIS: Wow, look at that. 823 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,655 We got our treasure. 824 00:39:54,724 --> 00:39:56,689 CHRIS: It's always how it is out here: the harder you work, 825 00:39:56,758 --> 00:40:00,137 the more you suffer, the more the Cosna rewards you. 826 00:40:01,103 --> 00:40:02,517 JESSI: What a find. 827 00:40:02,586 --> 00:40:03,724 CHRIS: I know. 828 00:40:03,793 --> 00:40:05,103 I'm looking forward to the future. 829 00:40:05,172 --> 00:40:06,689 I'm hoping that our family homestead just lives on 830 00:40:06,758 --> 00:40:09,241 generation after generation. 831 00:40:18,275 --> 00:40:19,586 BRITTANY: Oh, man. 832 00:40:19,655 --> 00:40:21,000 KALEB: Oh, man. The trap is snapped. 833 00:40:21,068 --> 00:40:22,310 BRITTANY: And the food's still there. 834 00:40:22,379 --> 00:40:24,034 KALEB: Yeah, do you wanna eat my bait? 835 00:40:24,103 --> 00:40:25,482 GILBERT: I would! 836 00:40:25,551 --> 00:40:27,206 BRITTANY: Just dust off the copper a bit. 837 00:40:27,275 --> 00:40:28,793 KALEB: There you go. 838 00:40:29,586 --> 00:40:32,034 If the marten can eat it, I can eat it. 839 00:40:32,103 --> 00:40:34,103 BRITTANY: Yeah, right. 840 00:40:34,172 --> 00:40:36,724 KALEB: At the end of this survival scenario, 841 00:40:36,793 --> 00:40:39,758 I feel a lot more confident about the kids going out 842 00:40:39,827 --> 00:40:42,172 into the woods in real life now. 843 00:40:42,241 --> 00:40:44,413 All right, you wanna throw this in the box? 844 00:40:44,482 --> 00:40:45,931 BRITTANY: Yeah. 845 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,620 KALEB: This ends our survival simulation trapline tragedy. 846 00:40:49,689 --> 00:40:53,896 And I think you guys all did a fantastic job today. 847 00:40:53,965 --> 00:40:55,551 BRITTANY: So, we all get A++? 848 00:40:55,620 --> 00:40:58,482 KALEB: A++. BRITTANY: Yay. 849 00:41:06,724 --> 00:41:08,275 ALEX: Okay, the platform's working good. 850 00:41:08,344 --> 00:41:11,137 Um, the only problem is it's not 100% bear-proof yet 851 00:41:11,206 --> 00:41:14,482 because bears can climb up these trees and, uh, 852 00:41:14,551 --> 00:41:17,413 and then they'll be able to reach the platform 853 00:41:17,482 --> 00:41:19,000 and, uh, get to my food. 854 00:41:19,068 --> 00:41:23,724 So, if I can use some sheet metal here, 855 00:41:23,793 --> 00:41:25,103 wrap the sheet metal around it, 856 00:41:25,172 --> 00:41:26,965 and then its claws can't sink into it 857 00:41:27,034 --> 00:41:28,620 and he can't climb any longer. 858 00:41:30,241 --> 00:41:32,034 ALEX: I came out here first it's just about 859 00:41:32,103 --> 00:41:34,275 keeping myself warm in the winter. 860 00:41:34,344 --> 00:41:35,896 Then it was about getting water, 861 00:41:35,965 --> 00:41:37,413 getting food, now it's about, 862 00:41:37,482 --> 00:41:38,965 "Okay, how do I store that food? 863 00:41:39,034 --> 00:41:40,965 How do I keep it safe from predators?" 864 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,034 I don't want the bear to be able to beat me 865 00:41:43,103 --> 00:41:45,172 just through persistence, you know? 866 00:41:45,241 --> 00:41:47,448 I have to, I have to make it really hard for the bear. 867 00:41:47,517 --> 00:41:48,724 Now when I go and get food, 868 00:41:48,793 --> 00:41:50,758 I've got a place to store it safely. 869 00:41:50,827 --> 00:41:53,448 You know I--I feel pretty comfortable leaving my, 870 00:41:53,517 --> 00:41:55,034 my food here. 871 00:41:55,103 --> 00:41:57,103 It makes me feel a lot safer inside my tent. 872 00:41:57,172 --> 00:41:58,931 I don't gotta worry about a bear 873 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:00,344 coming and sniffing around there. 874 00:42:00,413 --> 00:42:02,931 This is one more important milestone that's gonna help 875 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:06,310 get me firmly established here at Deadman Lake. 876 00:42:06,379 --> 00:42:08,275 It's another rung on the ladder. 877 00:42:16,103 --> 00:42:17,793 JOHNNY: I'm starting a little fire here. 878 00:42:17,862 --> 00:42:20,896 While that's warming up, I'm gonna lay the lake trout here 879 00:42:20,965 --> 00:42:23,724 and just cook it right on the side of this lake. 880 00:42:25,586 --> 00:42:27,344 JOHNNY: I knew it was gonna be a lot of work 881 00:42:27,413 --> 00:42:30,172 trying to figure out these fish in this lake. 882 00:42:30,241 --> 00:42:31,620 You know, I went into it knowing that. 883 00:42:31,689 --> 00:42:34,862 So, coming out of it with a fish finally, 884 00:42:34,931 --> 00:42:36,586 it's a big deal for me. 885 00:42:36,655 --> 00:42:38,172 The birds will like this. 886 00:42:38,241 --> 00:42:41,206 Not only did I learn about a new food source, 887 00:42:41,275 --> 00:42:43,827 but I learned new methods that I've never tried before. 888 00:42:43,896 --> 00:42:46,137 I've never done setlines 889 00:42:46,206 --> 00:42:48,689 on a frozen lake in the middle of the arctic. 890 00:42:52,448 --> 00:42:54,068 Here we go. 891 00:42:54,655 --> 00:42:56,862 It's been a long few days. 892 00:42:56,931 --> 00:42:59,241 This is what it's all about right here. 893 00:42:59,310 --> 00:43:02,965 You know I could look at this like another notch in my belt. 894 00:43:03,034 --> 00:43:05,965 Something I can continue to go back and have a renewable 895 00:43:06,034 --> 00:43:08,965 sustainable resource of food. 896 00:43:09,034 --> 00:43:11,000 'Cause that's what life is out here for me. 897 00:43:11,068 --> 00:43:12,310 I don't have any other options. 898 00:43:12,379 --> 00:43:13,758 This is it. This is my food. 899 00:43:13,827 --> 00:43:16,620 It's time to peel into this guy. 900 00:43:21,413 --> 00:43:23,310 The bones just come right out. 901 00:43:25,172 --> 00:43:28,310 Oh, man, that's so good. 902 00:43:28,379 --> 00:43:31,758 All that effort, all that trial and error. 903 00:43:31,827 --> 00:43:37,344 The ebbs and flows, it was well worth it. 904 00:43:43,655 --> 00:43:45,482 JOHNNY: To me, these are the pillars 905 00:43:45,551 --> 00:43:47,586 that all Alaskans share: 906 00:43:47,655 --> 00:43:51,862 perseverance, persistence, 907 00:43:51,931 --> 00:43:53,655 the energy to come out here, 908 00:43:53,724 --> 00:43:56,517 do all this back-breaking labor, 909 00:43:57,482 --> 00:43:59,206 day-in and day-out. 910 00:44:00,206 --> 00:44:02,620 Even if you aren't successful, turn around, 911 00:44:02,689 --> 00:44:05,034 you come right back out, do it again. 912 00:44:05,103 --> 00:44:08,724 This is Alaska baby, this is what it's all about.