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.
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Dropped into harsh conditions with limited resources, the brothers encounter new challenges that wreck havoc on their bodies and minds. Conflicts arise. Tension runs high. But Chris and Casey must adapt if they want any chance at returning to civilization. After testing each other, their will, and Mother Nature year after year, will this be the time that the Keefer brothers face obstacles that they cannot overcome?
“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.
Donny Dust and Ray Livingston head to some of Earth's most remote locations to build a primitive paradise with their unrivaled survival skills and wilderness ingenuity.
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.
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.
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.
Follow the lives of ambitious miners as they head north in pursuit of gold. With new miners, new claims, new machines and new ways to pull gold out of the ground, the stakes are higher than ever. But will big risks lead to an even bigger pay out?
25 years ago, Mick Dodge walked away from the modern world, leaving civilization behind to live alongside nature's wonders in the Olympic Peninsula. Following a primal instinct present throughout generations of his family, Mick ventured deep into the Hoh Rainforest, making his home in the trees and hidden in the moss. Experience the wild life of Mick Dodge, a quirky character whose unique brand of Zen comes from living by his own code – off the land and off the grid.
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.
The famed survivalist takes A-list celebrities on journeys into the wildest locations around the world, forcing the stars to push their bodies and minds to the limit to successfully complete the adventure of a lifetime.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Follow along as a handful of survivalist battle brutal weather and living conditions on Great Slave Lake.
Deep in the Alaskan wilderness lives a newly discovered family who was born and raised wild. Billy Brown, his wife Ami and their seven grown children – 5 boys and 2 girls – are so far removed from civilization that they often go six to nine months of the year without seeing an outsider. They’ve developed their own accent and dialect, refer to themselves as a "wolf pack," and at night, all nine sleep together in a one-room cabin. Simply put, they are unlike any other family in America. Recently, according to the Browns, the cabin where they lived for years was seized and burned to the ground for being in the wrong location on public land.
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.
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.
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 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.
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8 episodes • 2014
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
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| 1 | Winter's Grip | Oct 24, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Last Days of Winter | Oct 31, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Thaw | Nov 7, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Road | Nov 14, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Bear Attack | Nov 21, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Motherlode | Nov 28, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 7 | McCarthy Rising | Dec 5, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Last Stand | Dec 12, 2014 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 2015
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
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| 1 | Wolves at the Door | Aug 14, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Starvation Country | Aug 21, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Defend the Frontier | Aug 28, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Dying Days Of Winter | Sep 4, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Breakup | Sep 11, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Return to the Mother Lode | Sep 18, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The End of the Frontier | Sep 25, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Brave New McCarthy | Oct 2, 2015 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 2016
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
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| 1 | Fight For McCarthy | Oct 23, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Devil's Bargain | Oct 30, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Stranger | Nov 6, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Thaw & Order | Nov 13, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Cave In | Nov 20, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Deadwood Forest | Nov 27, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Old Man on the Mountain | Dec 11, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 8 | No Surrender | Dec 18, 2016 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 2017
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
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| 1 | Frost and Found | Oct 8, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Crossing Thin ice | Oct 15, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Uprooted | Oct 22, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Big Bad Wolf | Oct 29, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Deal With The Devil | Nov 5, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Spring Fever | Nov 12, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Barnstorm | Nov 19, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Winds of Change | Nov 26, 2017 | 0.0 |