Five family-run mining camps risk everything in the hope of hitting the paystreak. Working grueling days under the midnight sun, the crews give it their all to battle the elements ... and each other.
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Follow three families determined to break the 500-year-old curse of Emperor Montezuma and find the lost treasure estimated to be worth over $3 billion dollars. The series intercuts each family’s epic adventure as they search for the 7 Cities of Gold on three different properties in three different states – the Dillmans in Utah, the Hoaglands in Nevada, and the Villescases in New Mexico.
Paul Mackie and his expert team must haul a crew of first-time gold miners out of an epic three-year gold drought before their operation and family legacy ends in ruin.
Forty-foot waves, 700 pound crab pots, freezing temperatures and your mortality staring you in the face…it's all in a day's work for these modern day prospectors. During each episode we will watch crews race to meet their quota and make it home safely.
“Buying Alaska” proves that forgoing basic amenities is a reasonable tradeoff when it comes to breathtaking views and stunning wild surroundings that you can't find anywhere in the lower 48 states. Offering much more than living quarters, these properties are so in tune with the extraordinary landscape that it's often what's beyond the house that proves to be the main attraction - from the ability to hunt and fish from a back deck, to extreme seclusion on your own private island, to self-sustaining features such as smokehouses and greenhouses. However, there are also dangers that come with all the beauty, and living in this rugged and remote terrain can lead to animal attacks and brutal winters that cut you off from society.
In the frontier town of Nome, Alaska, there’s a gold rush on. But you've never seen gold mining like this before — here, the precious metal isn't found in the ground. It’s sitting in the most unlikely of places: the bottom of the frigid, unpredictable Bering Sea. And there are a handful of people willing to risk it all to bring it to the surface.
Yukon Men is an unscripted American cable television series aired on the Discovery Channel. It is produced by Paper Route Productions. The series details the harsh life in the Alaskan village of Tanana where the population make their living by hunting and trapping game. It premiered on August 24, 2012. The show's prominent themes are community and survival. The television show is named after the nearby Yukon river and not the Yukon territory in Canada.
Profiles of some of the men who choose to live off the grid in the unspoiled wilderness, where dangers like mudslides, falling trees and bears are all part of everyday life.
Viewers go deep into an Alaskan winter to meet six tough and resilient residents as they try to stay one step ahead of storms and man-eating beasts to make it through to spring. The closest neighbor to Sue Aikens is more than 300 miles away. Eric Salitan subsists solely on what he hunts and forages. Chip and Agnes Hailstone catch fish for currency in bartering for supplies, and Andy and Kate Bassich use their pack of sled dogs for transportation.
Hidden deep in the wilderness of Alaska is the toughest town in America: McCarthy. Only 42 residents brave the extreme conditions. They are mavericks, trailblazers, risk takers and rabble rousers, all trying to escape their past by surviving at the end of America.
In the treacherous wilds of British Columbia, six prospectors pursue a cursed cache of gold worth billions. With just a few short weeks to complete their mission, they'll combine their skills to find the fortune, or fall victim to the curse.
In Alaska is a region known as the Triangle - 200,000 unforgiving miles where more people go missing per capita than anywhere else on earth. ALASKA MONSTERS follows a team of native outdoorsmen as they take on the challenge of exploring the Triangle's treacherous terrain to prove native monsters are linked to these disappearances.
In 1980, the U.S. government banned new human occupation in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, a protected area, home to thousands of native animals and pristine terrain spanning roughly the size of South Carolina. Currently, only a handful of families spread across seven permitted cabins are allowed to remain in the refuge. Within less than 100 years, all remaining permits will reach expiration, and there will be no human presence left.
Flying Wild Alaska is a documentary television series that aired on Discovery Channel in 2011 and 2012. The show features the Tweto family from Unalakleet, Alaska who run the Alaska airline Era Alaska. They operate the hub operations from Unalakleet. The show also features other segments from their bases in Barrow, Deadhorse, and other places.
In the desolate outreaches of Bristol Bay, Alaska, the most competitive fishing season on Earth takes place throughout four short weeks. 1,800 captains and their crews draw the battle lines to help save Alaska's ecosystem by reeling in a massive sockeye salmon payday. With potential fortune swimming just below the surface, five captains prepare to battle the unforgiving bay, the battering ram of boats jockeying for position and the law, which strictly monitors the season with recon choppers and police squads. On the bay, fishing for the nearly 44 million salmon is necessary for the environment, and arm of the law is long, tempers are short and every single decision is the difference between drawing a huge income and settling for pennies.
Spanning thousands of acres and incorporating hundreds of species of animals; Michelle Oakley’s veterinary practice is Yukon tough. There is no such thing as a typical day in Michelle’s practice. House calls can range from expelling dogs anal glands to getting chased down by the very large Arctic musk-ox. Accompanied by her teenage daughters and armed with humor as sharp as scalpel, Michelle deftly juggles being a full time Veterinarian, wife and doctor; taking us into unexplored and unexamined regions of the Yukon.
Power & Ice introduces viewers to the brave men who maintain and build the remote and rugged Alaskan power grid. The series follows three fiercely competitive line companies as they battle freezing temperatures, devastating storms and zero visibility to bring power to people whose lives depend on a constant flow of electricity. The highly skilled employees of Alaska Line Builders, Electric Power Constructors and City Electric will compete for the life-threatening big-money jobs found only in the 49th State. These men work in a dog-eat-dog world, but they get a charge from putting their lives on the line.
Port Protection is home to the few who have left behind normal society and chosen a different life in a remote Alaskan community, where survival of the individuals and community cannot sustain without the other. The stakes are high. The land is rugged and unforgiving and the seas which surround Port Protection are cold and merciless. With risk comes a reward more profound than mere survival: a world of beauty and freedom with the security of community and without the constraints of bureaucracy. In Port Protection there are no clear roads to survival, inhabitants must carve one themselves.
Alaska is known for its great beauty and inspirational landscapes. However, it is equally as notorious for its rugged terrain, brutal winters and remote locations. Still, like everywhere, life goes on in Alaska throughout the dead of winter. Everyday tasks often become extraordinary challenges. But, with the help of colossal equipment and machines, residents are able to not only endure, but thrive and enjoy among the sub-zero temperatures, steep mountainous terrain and fragile–sometimes deadly–ice. New Science Channel series Alaska Mega Machines examines the science behind how these machines are engineered for survival in the last frontier.
Centers on the Kilcher family and their community outside Homer, Alaska. Begun by patriarch Yule Kilcher who immigrated from Europe during WWII, and currently led by his sons, Otto and Atz Kilcher (singer Jewel's father) the family have lived on their land for four generations. The show also features the homesteaders who live nearby and interact with the Kilchers.
Following an elite crew of workers-- brakemen, engineers, construction crews, mechanics and train drivers – Railroad Alaska illustrates the battle against ferocious weather and treacherous terrain to keep the State of Alaska’s critical 500-mile long railroad rolling to deliver life sustaining supplies. From controlled avalanches to prevent catastrophe, to fascinating characters, like Jim James, the one-handed handy man, learn what it takes to keep this train on track.
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11 episodes • 2013
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
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| 1 | Sluice or Die | Mar 13, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 2 | No Deaths, No Worries | Mar 20, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Curse of Moose Creek | Mar 27, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Gold Fever! | Apr 3, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Hard Days Night | Apr 10, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Never Say Die | Apr 17, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Run for the Narrows | Apr 24, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Winter Gamble | May 1, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Last Stand | May 8, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Freeze Up | May 15, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 11 | On the Gold | Nov 7, 2013 | 0.0 |
10 episodes • 2014
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
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| 1 | Behind the Eight Ball | Feb 26, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 2 | In for a Penny, in for a Pound | Mar 5, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 3 | It's Ours to Take | Mar 12, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 4 | What Doesn't Kill You... | Mar 19, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Know When to Hold ‘Em | Mar 26, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Between a Rock and a Hard Place | Apr 2, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 7 | All That Glitters Is Not Gold | Apr 9, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 8 | In It to Win It | Apr 16, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Know When to Fold ‘Em | Apr 23, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Know When to Run | Apr 30, 2014 | 0.0 |
10 episodes • 2015
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| 1 | Fresh Start | Feb 25, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Game Changer | Mar 4, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Time Crunch | Mar 11, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Under Pressure | Mar 18, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Divine Intervention | Mar 25, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Financial Crisis | Apr 1, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Bedrock Blues | Apr 8, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Desperation Mode | Apr 15, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Home Stretch | Apr 22, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Final Push | Apr 29, 2015 | 0.0 |
11 episodes • 2016
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| 1 | Homecoming | Feb 17, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Treasure Hunt | Feb 24, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Hard Rain, Bad Luck | Mar 2, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Embrace the Chaos | Mar 9, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 5 | For Blood or Money | Mar 16, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Desperate Times | Mar 23, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Hurts Like Hell | Mar 30, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Double Down | Apr 6, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Old Timers' Revenge | Apr 13, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Race to the Finish | Apr 20, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Grits, Guts & Glory | Apr 27, 2016 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 2017
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| 1 | Strike While the Iron Is Hot | Mar 15, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Bloodied, Not Beaten | Mar 22, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Hiro Curse | Mar 29, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Hard Lessons | Apr 5, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 5 | No Backing Down | Apr 12, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Cost of Gold | Apr 19, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Razor's Edge | Apr 26, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Winter's Grasp | May 3, 2017 | 0.0 |