1 00:00:05,380 --> 00:00:07,900 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:18,260 --> 00:00:20,020 [gunshot] 3 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,890 ? 4 00:00:23,990 --> 00:00:25,610 male narrator: In one of the most brutal 5 00:00:25,710 --> 00:00:27,480 survival challenges ever, 6 00:00:27,580 --> 00:00:30,550 three strangers will try to endure 7 00:00:30,650 --> 00:00:32,130 30 days in the wild 8 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,140 with only one resource: 9 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,590 a fresh kill, 10 00:00:37,690 --> 00:00:40,180 its location marked 11 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:41,770 by a single flare. 12 00:00:41,870 --> 00:00:43,560 - There it is. 13 00:00:43,660 --> 00:00:44,840 - That flare goes up, 14 00:00:44,940 --> 00:00:47,390 and we're gonna have to go as fast as we possibly can 15 00:00:47,490 --> 00:00:48,700 to get to that animal. 16 00:00:48,810 --> 00:00:53,670 ? 17 00:00:53,780 --> 00:00:55,610 - How far away do you think that flare was? 18 00:00:55,710 --> 00:00:57,060 - I don't know. Maybe a mile, man? 19 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:58,060 - Oh, my God. 20 00:00:58,160 --> 00:00:59,920 narrator: They have no tools... 21 00:01:00,020 --> 00:01:01,510 - This is a huge challenge. 22 00:01:01,610 --> 00:01:03,480 I've never been in the woods without a knife, 23 00:01:03,580 --> 00:01:05,200 and without it, I feel naked. 24 00:01:05,310 --> 00:01:07,270 narrator: Just the clothes on their backs. 25 00:01:07,380 --> 00:01:09,790 - My plan is using every part of the animal 26 00:01:09,900 --> 00:01:11,280 to give me the leverage to survive 27 00:01:11,380 --> 00:01:12,420 in this harsh environment. 28 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:13,870 - If we don't start within the hour, 29 00:01:13,970 --> 00:01:15,180 this thing's gonna go bad. 30 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:16,490 - Gotta be close. 31 00:01:16,590 --> 00:01:18,110 narrator: Do they have the stamina 32 00:01:18,220 --> 00:01:20,250 and ingenuity to survive? 33 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:26,330 ? 34 00:01:26,430 --> 00:01:28,500 [flies buzzing] 35 00:01:28,610 --> 00:01:29,850 - Holy cow. 36 00:01:29,950 --> 00:01:31,950 - That is a big critter. 37 00:01:32,060 --> 00:01:33,890 - We got a long afternoon ahead of us. 38 00:01:33,990 --> 00:01:35,300 - We have to work on him quick. 39 00:01:35,410 --> 00:01:36,890 He's gonna spoil very fast. 40 00:01:36,990 --> 00:01:38,860 - I've never seen a musk ox in real life, 41 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:40,480 so walking up to it, 42 00:01:40,580 --> 00:01:42,620 I was surprised it was actually 43 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,030 bigger than I thought it would be. 44 00:01:44,140 --> 00:01:45,860 Impressive beast, for sure. 45 00:01:45,970 --> 00:01:48,000 I mean, this thing is gonna be a challenge. 46 00:01:48,110 --> 00:01:55,110 ? 47 00:01:58,500 --> 00:01:59,980 - There's three of us on this team, 48 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:01,470 and we don't know each other. 49 00:02:01,570 --> 00:02:03,980 We have different types of skills and training, 50 00:02:04,090 --> 00:02:06,160 so we're gonna have to be fast and communicate well, 51 00:02:06,260 --> 00:02:08,300 so that we can move forward as a team. 52 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:09,750 We gotta get something to cut. 53 00:02:09,850 --> 00:02:11,340 - All right. Let's do this. 54 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:13,270 - When I go looking for a rock to make a knife, 55 00:02:13,370 --> 00:02:14,930 I'm looking for something that I can 56 00:02:15,030 --> 00:02:16,900 very quickly break that will hold a sharp edge. 57 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,170 [rocks crack] The best kind of rocks-- 58 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:20,450 when you hit the two rocks together, 59 00:02:20,550 --> 00:02:22,870 you'll hear that snap sound or crack sound, 60 00:02:22,970 --> 00:02:25,110 just like someone dropped a pane of glass. 61 00:02:25,210 --> 00:02:27,770 But this is a huge, huge animal, 62 00:02:27,870 --> 00:02:30,050 and to try to cut this thing open with stone tools 63 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:31,740 is gonna be horrendously difficult. 64 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:38,850 ? 65 00:02:42,610 --> 00:02:44,340 I broke one out. 66 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,100 Got some good sharps on it. 67 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:47,510 - This'll work. 68 00:02:47,620 --> 00:02:50,340 - Everything is more difficult when the tools 69 00:02:50,450 --> 00:02:53,830 that we're normally used to using are unavailable. 70 00:02:53,930 --> 00:02:56,110 I think I picked up my survival skills 71 00:02:56,210 --> 00:02:58,800 through a lot of varied experiences in life, 72 00:02:58,900 --> 00:03:00,350 from riding freight trains 73 00:03:00,460 --> 00:03:02,420 and traveling around the country. 74 00:03:02,530 --> 00:03:06,220 My brother Jordan won "Alone" season six in the arctic, 75 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,290 and he killed it out here. 76 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,810 I'm here following in my little brother's footsteps, 77 00:03:10,910 --> 00:03:13,300 hoping to do the same. 78 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,090 I normally start in the chest. 79 00:03:15,190 --> 00:03:16,090 - I do too. 80 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,410 - This thing is pretty hard to reach. 81 00:03:18,510 --> 00:03:19,850 - [grunts] Oh, no. 82 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:21,370 - God. 83 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,580 All right. 84 00:03:23,690 --> 00:03:26,030 - It's really hot. The sun's out and beating. 85 00:03:26,140 --> 00:03:27,830 The animal is gonna spoil very quickly, 86 00:03:27,930 --> 00:03:31,350 and I'm talking starting within a couple of hours. 87 00:03:31,450 --> 00:03:33,210 We're racing against time something fierce. 88 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,040 "Ticking clock" is not the word. 89 00:03:35,150 --> 00:03:36,390 More like a ticking time bomb. 90 00:03:36,490 --> 00:03:43,460 ? 91 00:03:48,710 --> 00:03:50,850 - [grunting] 92 00:03:55,130 --> 00:03:57,170 - Wow, she's thick, eh? - Yeah. 93 00:03:57,270 --> 00:03:59,960 As a hunter, something that I take very personally 94 00:04:00,070 --> 00:04:02,790 is to respect that animal. 95 00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:04,550 We have a full musk ox 96 00:04:04,660 --> 00:04:06,310 that gave its life so that we can eat, 97 00:04:06,420 --> 00:04:08,760 so my determination is to preserve 98 00:04:08,870 --> 00:04:10,730 as much as we possibly can. 99 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,430 There are a lot of tools that we can make from the animal, 100 00:04:13,530 --> 00:04:15,460 whether it be making a bow drill, 101 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,050 making rope or cordage. 102 00:04:17,150 --> 00:04:18,460 There is a level of ingenuity, 103 00:04:18,570 --> 00:04:20,780 a level of engineering in trying to figure out 104 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:22,330 what different parts of this animal we could use 105 00:04:22,430 --> 00:04:24,820 to make those tools that we're going to desperately need. 106 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:26,370 ? 107 00:04:28,030 --> 00:04:29,610 - I think we should do a gutless quarter. 108 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:30,960 - Yeah. 109 00:04:31,060 --> 00:04:38,040 ? 110 00:04:41,180 --> 00:04:42,800 - Predators are gonna be a big issue, 111 00:04:42,900 --> 00:04:45,700 so we have to quarter it off without exposing the gut, 112 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,080 so we don't expose the scent 113 00:04:48,180 --> 00:04:49,840 because the second we crack it open, 114 00:04:49,940 --> 00:04:51,190 it's like a dinner bell. 115 00:04:51,290 --> 00:04:58,300 ? 116 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,130 My expertise is military survival training 117 00:05:02,230 --> 00:05:03,650 and emergency medicine. 118 00:05:03,750 --> 00:05:05,890 I served 24 years in the military, 119 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,930 and to truly be tested on your skill set, 120 00:05:08,030 --> 00:05:10,000 there's no better than a primitive challenge 121 00:05:10,100 --> 00:05:12,380 and trying to survive in the arctic with no tools. 122 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,180 - The ball joint's up here. 123 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:16,070 Right in there. - Yeah. 124 00:05:16,180 --> 00:05:17,590 - I would cut through here. - All right. 125 00:05:17,700 --> 00:05:18,870 - Just cut through this piece here. 126 00:05:18,970 --> 00:05:19,900 - All right. 127 00:05:20,010 --> 00:05:21,250 - It's gonna loosen the whole leg. 128 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,120 My skills include flintknapping, 129 00:05:23,220 --> 00:05:24,770 fire building, primitive living, 130 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:26,260 and primitive survival. 131 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,330 The main reason I'm doing this is 132 00:05:28,430 --> 00:05:30,990 to honor the legacy of my father-- 133 00:05:31,090 --> 00:05:33,470 to be able to use the knowledge 134 00:05:33,570 --> 00:05:35,200 that he passed on to me. 135 00:05:35,300 --> 00:05:36,340 It just goes without words. 136 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,890 I don't-- nothing I can say. 137 00:05:38,990 --> 00:05:40,550 I know he's watching down right now, 138 00:05:40,650 --> 00:05:42,650 and he's just as proud as proud can be. 139 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:43,830 Almost got it. 140 00:05:43,930 --> 00:05:45,720 ? 141 00:05:45,830 --> 00:05:47,690 Yeah, baby! - Whoa! 142 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:49,310 - All right. 143 00:05:49,420 --> 00:05:50,630 - All right, I'm gonna take it down. 144 00:05:50,730 --> 00:05:52,350 - All right. 145 00:05:52,450 --> 00:05:59,430 ? 146 00:06:12,610 --> 00:06:14,060 - We just set the rocks on the meat 147 00:06:14,170 --> 00:06:15,720 so that it holds it under the water 148 00:06:15,820 --> 00:06:17,070 and to help it cool all the way through. 149 00:06:17,170 --> 00:06:19,930 ? 150 00:06:20,030 --> 00:06:22,550 My biggest concern is the meat spoiling. 151 00:06:22,660 --> 00:06:24,210 That meat is what we're gonna depend on 152 00:06:24,310 --> 00:06:26,320 for the next month while we're out here. 153 00:06:26,420 --> 00:06:28,110 We only have one shot at this. 154 00:06:28,210 --> 00:06:30,460 If we mess up and the meat goes bad, 155 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,010 we're gonna have a real rough time 156 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:33,560 surviving out here. 157 00:06:33,670 --> 00:06:36,670 ? 158 00:06:36,770 --> 00:06:39,190 Oh, [bleep]. 159 00:06:39,300 --> 00:06:40,850 I think it's bear. 160 00:06:40,950 --> 00:06:42,780 Look fairly fresh. 161 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,130 We're definitely gonna have to keep an eye on our meat. 162 00:06:46,230 --> 00:06:48,300 We're definitely concerned about predators. 163 00:06:48,410 --> 00:06:50,960 A bear could smell this meat from two miles away, 164 00:06:51,060 --> 00:06:53,550 so anything that's been here within the last few days 165 00:06:53,650 --> 00:06:56,970 is probably sniffing around and planning on coming back. 166 00:06:57,070 --> 00:06:58,760 ? 167 00:07:00,070 --> 00:07:01,940 We got four or five hours till dark, 168 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:03,320 and we got one leg off. 169 00:07:03,420 --> 00:07:05,670 - I think--I think we'll get the first shoulder off. 170 00:07:05,770 --> 00:07:06,700 - Yeah. 171 00:07:06,810 --> 00:07:08,050 - And we need to really focus in on 172 00:07:08,150 --> 00:07:09,700 getting the four quarters off today, 173 00:07:09,810 --> 00:07:10,950 and take them down to the water. 174 00:07:11,050 --> 00:07:11,950 - Yeah. 175 00:07:12,050 --> 00:07:13,400 ? 176 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:15,260 This musk ox is the hardest animal 177 00:07:15,370 --> 00:07:17,370 I've ever attempted to process. 178 00:07:17,470 --> 00:07:18,610 I was just thinking, like, 179 00:07:18,710 --> 00:07:21,300 who was the last guy to skin a musk ox in this area 180 00:07:21,410 --> 00:07:22,750 with a stone? 181 00:07:22,860 --> 00:07:25,060 It's probably been a while. [laughs] 182 00:07:25,170 --> 00:07:26,310 So that's kind of cool. 183 00:07:26,410 --> 00:07:28,340 You feel connected to the past in that way, 184 00:07:28,450 --> 00:07:30,350 and it's like, yeah, this is challenging, 185 00:07:30,450 --> 00:07:32,690 but it'll humble you too. 186 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:39,800 ? 187 00:07:40,390 --> 00:07:42,010 I think surviving in the arctic 188 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:43,840 will come down to being able to adapt 189 00:07:43,950 --> 00:07:46,260 to unexpected situations. 190 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,330 The arctic is super intimidating. 191 00:07:48,430 --> 00:07:50,710 The weather is intense. The bugs are intense. 192 00:07:50,810 --> 00:07:52,370 The predators are intense, 193 00:07:52,470 --> 00:07:54,470 so we're gonna have to be efficient 194 00:07:54,580 --> 00:07:55,820 in everything that we do. 195 00:07:55,920 --> 00:08:02,240 ? 196 00:08:02,340 --> 00:08:05,110 - [grunting] 197 00:08:05,210 --> 00:08:07,040 - Yeah! 198 00:08:07,140 --> 00:08:08,690 Way to go. 199 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,010 - [grunts] 200 00:08:10,110 --> 00:08:14,870 ? 201 00:08:14,980 --> 00:08:16,150 - So now that we got the quarters out 202 00:08:16,250 --> 00:08:17,320 and they're down in the water, 203 00:08:17,430 --> 00:08:19,080 we have to get the insides or the guts out 204 00:08:19,190 --> 00:08:20,500 as quick as we possibly can 205 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,330 to get the body cooled down in order to prevent spoilage. 206 00:08:24,430 --> 00:08:26,610 both: Okay. 207 00:08:26,710 --> 00:08:27,920 - Just pull that-- get it out of the way. 208 00:08:28,020 --> 00:08:30,720 - Yeah. 209 00:08:30,820 --> 00:08:33,000 My goodness. 210 00:08:33,100 --> 00:08:35,580 We have meat and innards and bones and the skin. 211 00:08:35,690 --> 00:08:36,760 That's just ringing the dinner bell 212 00:08:36,860 --> 00:08:38,350 for all kinds of predators to come in. 213 00:08:38,450 --> 00:08:40,070 Grizzly bears and black bears, 214 00:08:40,170 --> 00:08:42,070 lynx, wolves, wolverines-- 215 00:08:42,180 --> 00:08:44,490 all very fierce and aggressive predators. 216 00:08:44,590 --> 00:08:45,700 - I guess that's it. 217 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,180 We'll grab this fat and this heart and head down 218 00:08:49,290 --> 00:08:51,220 to where we're gonna set up camp for the night. 219 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:52,500 - Sounds good, man. 220 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,740 - All right. - All right. 221 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,570 - It's been a super challenging day. 222 00:08:57,670 --> 00:09:00,850 I'm ate up from bug bites and my hands are sore. 223 00:09:00,950 --> 00:09:03,200 Got a few nicks from gripping rock knives, 224 00:09:03,300 --> 00:09:06,030 and it's been super tough. 225 00:09:06,130 --> 00:09:09,240 - We got a lot accomplished today, but it's late. 226 00:09:09,340 --> 00:09:12,100 Sun's gonna go down. The three of us are exhausted. 227 00:09:12,210 --> 00:09:15,900 So our focus tomorrow is gonna be on just getting fire. 228 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:23,010 ? 229 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:30,810 - No fire. No shelter. 230 00:09:30,910 --> 00:09:32,400 ? 231 00:09:32,500 --> 00:09:34,780 Temperature's cooled very, very fast. 232 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:36,680 And that cold comes in really hard. 233 00:09:36,780 --> 00:09:38,020 ? 234 00:09:38,130 --> 00:09:40,680 And we're exposed to predators. 235 00:09:40,790 --> 00:09:42,820 There's not gonna be a whole lot of sleep tonight. 236 00:09:42,930 --> 00:09:47,930 ? 237 00:09:48,030 --> 00:09:51,180 [flies buzzing] 238 00:09:53,010 --> 00:09:54,080 - [sighs] 239 00:09:54,180 --> 00:09:55,840 [bleep]. 240 00:09:57,460 --> 00:09:59,010 Something stole one of our legs. 241 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,840 ? 242 00:10:01,950 --> 00:10:03,150 [bleep]. 243 00:10:03,260 --> 00:10:06,740 ? 244 00:10:06,850 --> 00:10:08,230 - Yo. 245 00:10:08,330 --> 00:10:10,330 - Something took one of the legs, 246 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,300 and there's no lead-in tracks, 247 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:13,400 and there's no hind prints 248 00:10:13,510 --> 00:10:15,860 where he's standing and pulling it out. 249 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:17,720 ? 250 00:10:17,820 --> 00:10:19,790 - What? 251 00:10:19,890 --> 00:10:26,180 ? 252 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:29,140 I mean, it was definitely a bear. 253 00:10:29,250 --> 00:10:30,980 He found our stash in the water. 254 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,700 - If it's a bear, then he's not gonna leave. 255 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:35,530 - No, but he was here before 256 00:10:35,630 --> 00:10:37,360 and there was footprints on the beach. 257 00:10:44,570 --> 00:10:46,850 - There's the bear. - [bleep]. 258 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,230 [grunts] 259 00:10:49,340 --> 00:10:50,440 Ah! 260 00:10:50,550 --> 00:10:51,510 I wanna hit him 261 00:10:51,620 --> 00:10:53,650 because that's how he's gonna be fearful. 262 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:55,410 - Let him know that we're dangerous. 263 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,000 ? 264 00:10:57,100 --> 00:10:58,110 - Ah! 265 00:10:58,210 --> 00:11:00,350 ? 266 00:11:00,450 --> 00:11:01,420 - [grunts] 267 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:06,740 ? 268 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:07,940 Bear's right over here. 269 00:11:08,050 --> 00:11:09,500 I see him right now. 270 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,290 - Do I need to go south? 271 00:11:11,390 --> 00:11:13,330 - I mean, he stopped right here and kept running. 272 00:11:13,430 --> 00:11:16,090 He ran 'cause he was scared. He'll be back in an hour. 273 00:11:16,190 --> 00:11:17,430 - Oh, without a doubt. 274 00:11:17,540 --> 00:11:24,540 ? 275 00:11:27,170 --> 00:11:28,410 - We gotta get these legs out of the water. 276 00:11:28,510 --> 00:11:29,720 The bear knows where they're at, 277 00:11:29,830 --> 00:11:33,520 and we gotta bring them closer to where we're working. 278 00:11:33,620 --> 00:11:34,660 We just want to consolidate, 279 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,080 so we only have two places to cover. 280 00:11:37,180 --> 00:11:38,350 We have a long time to be in here, 281 00:11:38,460 --> 00:11:40,110 and the more he's here, 282 00:11:40,220 --> 00:11:43,460 the more we have to worry about our meat. 283 00:11:43,560 --> 00:11:45,390 Dude, he's right there. 284 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:47,570 - [bleep]. 285 00:11:47,670 --> 00:11:48,910 Ah! 286 00:11:49,020 --> 00:11:55,960 ? 287 00:11:59,510 --> 00:12:01,930 Hey, bear! 288 00:12:02,030 --> 00:12:03,790 - [grunts] 289 00:12:03,890 --> 00:12:06,760 [both shouting aggressively] 290 00:12:06,860 --> 00:12:08,170 - All right, hey. 291 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:09,800 Be super quiet for a sec. 292 00:12:09,900 --> 00:12:12,460 [panting softly] 293 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:18,740 There--he's up there. 294 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:24,810 ? 295 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:26,470 He went right that way, and he's, like, 296 00:12:26,570 --> 00:12:30,090 obviously not particularly scared of us. 297 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,160 - [sighs] [bleep]. 298 00:12:32,270 --> 00:12:34,370 All right, let's just keep going with the plan. 299 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:35,860 He's gonna keep circling. 300 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:42,350 ? 301 00:12:42,450 --> 00:12:43,490 So what do we want to do next? 302 00:12:43,590 --> 00:12:45,700 - Properly set up camp. - Yeah. 303 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,280 - Yes, yes. 304 00:12:49,390 --> 00:12:50,530 - Yes. 305 00:12:50,630 --> 00:12:52,530 - Right now, our priority is to get fire started 306 00:12:52,630 --> 00:12:54,840 because it's just as bad to let your meat spoil 307 00:12:54,950 --> 00:12:56,220 as it is to feed it to a bear. 308 00:12:56,330 --> 00:12:59,430 He's definitely coming back, so we want to make a presence, 309 00:12:59,540 --> 00:13:00,950 and I think getting a fire started 310 00:13:01,060 --> 00:13:02,200 will help us with that. 311 00:13:02,300 --> 00:13:03,750 ? 312 00:13:03,850 --> 00:13:05,720 - Getting a fire started without tools 313 00:13:05,820 --> 00:13:07,720 is really challenging. 314 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:09,370 We have to make cordage first, 315 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,760 and then try to figure out with the bow drill. 316 00:13:11,860 --> 00:13:13,410 - We're just gonna gather this 317 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:16,210 and start to find some good fire boards. 318 00:13:16,310 --> 00:13:17,930 The fact that I don't have a ferro rod 319 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:19,490 or anything to start a fire with 320 00:13:19,590 --> 00:13:21,140 means we have to start thinking back 321 00:13:21,250 --> 00:13:22,840 to how primitive man survived, 322 00:13:22,940 --> 00:13:24,600 and looking at the resources of the land 323 00:13:24,700 --> 00:13:25,770 to accomplish this mission. 324 00:13:25,870 --> 00:13:27,700 ? 325 00:13:27,810 --> 00:13:31,430 So what we're looking for is the shoelace on the inside. 326 00:13:31,530 --> 00:13:34,160 And this is a small one. This will split right here. 327 00:13:34,260 --> 00:13:35,750 - To go and dig out the spruce roots, 328 00:13:35,850 --> 00:13:37,780 strip them, and then braid them together 329 00:13:37,890 --> 00:13:39,400 is very, very time consuming, 330 00:13:39,510 --> 00:13:40,850 and they don't last very long. 331 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:42,750 ? 332 00:13:42,860 --> 00:13:44,060 - Let's do this. 333 00:13:44,170 --> 00:13:46,620 ? 334 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:48,590 Nate, you need to use the whole string. 335 00:13:48,690 --> 00:13:50,830 Go all the way. 336 00:13:50,930 --> 00:13:57,910 ? 337 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:04,740 - We're having one guy hold the bearing block 338 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:06,190 and the footboard, and the other two guys 339 00:14:06,290 --> 00:14:09,230 just operating the strap until we get an ember. 340 00:14:09,330 --> 00:14:12,130 - Keep going. 341 00:14:12,230 --> 00:14:15,160 Nate, you gotta pull it further your way too. 342 00:14:15,270 --> 00:14:17,720 - Oh, [bleep]. 343 00:14:17,820 --> 00:14:19,440 Char is what we want. 344 00:14:19,550 --> 00:14:21,620 That's what's gonna push an ember out. 345 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:23,240 - This woodsy stuff is a little dryer, 346 00:14:23,350 --> 00:14:25,790 but it'll warm up. 347 00:14:25,900 --> 00:14:27,420 The wood around here is really dense. 348 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:28,900 It has really small growth rings 349 00:14:29,010 --> 00:14:30,350 and doesn't really work, 350 00:14:30,460 --> 00:14:33,490 but we've been doing over 100 spins with this spindle 351 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,220 and haven't got a fire yet, 352 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:38,260 so that puts a lot of tension on your cordage, 353 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:40,910 and the cordage tends to wear out pretty quickly. 354 00:14:41,020 --> 00:14:45,710 ? 355 00:14:45,820 --> 00:14:47,330 - Let's sand it. 356 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,540 We'll sand it down to that first ring. 357 00:14:49,650 --> 00:14:51,650 - Uh-huh. [distant huff] 358 00:14:54,270 --> 00:14:55,650 - The [bleep] was that? 359 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:57,520 ? 360 00:14:57,620 --> 00:14:58,860 - The bear. 361 00:14:58,970 --> 00:15:01,690 - Get out of here! 362 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,110 [shouting] 363 00:15:04,210 --> 00:15:10,840 ? 364 00:15:10,940 --> 00:15:12,360 - He's right there. - [grunts] 365 00:15:12,460 --> 00:15:14,220 [bear growls] 366 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:19,610 - I heard him. 367 00:15:19,710 --> 00:15:20,850 - We gotta get the fire going. 368 00:15:20,950 --> 00:15:22,440 - Once we have fire, 369 00:15:22,540 --> 00:15:25,410 that's like having a fourth man in our guard. 370 00:15:25,510 --> 00:15:27,890 - The bear's a threat to our survival out here, 371 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,510 but we also know fire is paramount, 372 00:15:30,620 --> 00:15:32,970 and it's potentially putting the entire mission at risk 373 00:15:33,070 --> 00:15:34,620 if we can't succeed at it, 374 00:15:34,730 --> 00:15:37,280 so we've gotta keep on driving until there's flame. 375 00:15:37,380 --> 00:15:44,390 ? 376 00:15:51,990 --> 00:15:53,990 - We keep having the problem with the cordage wearing out 377 00:15:54,090 --> 00:15:55,780 before we get enough heat. 378 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,820 We really need a lot stronger cordage. 379 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:00,060 [bleep] 380 00:16:00,170 --> 00:16:03,340 ? 381 00:16:03,450 --> 00:16:05,000 This is pretty miserable. 382 00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:06,900 - I think we should see if we could utilize 383 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,590 musk ox hair to make stronger cordage. 384 00:16:09,690 --> 00:16:11,110 - Yeah. We should try it. 385 00:16:11,210 --> 00:16:13,490 ? 386 00:16:13,590 --> 00:16:16,770 The hair on a musk ox is so coarse and strong that 387 00:16:16,870 --> 00:16:19,390 hopefully it won't break every two tries. 388 00:16:19,500 --> 00:16:26,500 ? 389 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,850 - We're on a time crunch to get the meat processed. 390 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:33,750 Without that meat preserved properly, 391 00:16:33,850 --> 00:16:35,820 the harder it is gonna be for us to last 392 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:37,240 the time we need to out here. 393 00:16:37,340 --> 00:16:39,690 [wood squeaking] 394 00:16:39,790 --> 00:16:46,800 ? 395 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,870 ? 396 00:16:50,980 --> 00:16:52,800 - That should be-- - That's good. 397 00:16:52,910 --> 00:16:55,010 Oh, she's going. 398 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,500 Yep, yep. 399 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,190 It's gonna be all you, Rob. 400 00:16:59,290 --> 00:17:00,880 I'm just going straight over. 401 00:17:00,990 --> 00:17:03,300 ? 402 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,750 It's all you. 403 00:17:05,850 --> 00:17:07,890 Yeah. 404 00:17:07,990 --> 00:17:09,270 That's lit. Come on, Rob. 405 00:17:09,370 --> 00:17:11,270 - Oh, my God. 406 00:17:11,380 --> 00:17:13,380 Come on, Rob. Come on, Rob. 407 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,410 - [blowing] 408 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:18,140 That's it. - A little more. 409 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:23,660 ? 410 00:17:23,770 --> 00:17:24,970 - There's fire! There it is! 411 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:25,940 - Set it down. Set it down. 412 00:17:26,050 --> 00:17:29,500 ? 413 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,430 Yes. 414 00:17:31,530 --> 00:17:32,740 - Put it on there. Get it going. 415 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:35,260 Get it going. - We have fire. 416 00:17:35,360 --> 00:17:37,570 There you go, bear. 417 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:40,200 - We're on now. 418 00:17:40,300 --> 00:17:41,510 - Yay. 419 00:17:41,610 --> 00:17:44,230 ? 420 00:17:44,340 --> 00:17:46,480 Good job, buddy. [both laugh] 421 00:17:46,580 --> 00:17:49,410 - How hard it was? 422 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:50,970 Well, that changes the game. 423 00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:55,660 ? 424 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:56,900 - Today's day three. 425 00:17:57,010 --> 00:18:00,800 We woke up. Immediately jumped on fire. 426 00:18:00,910 --> 00:18:03,910 It's been 48 hours since I've had anything to eat, 427 00:18:04,010 --> 00:18:06,190 but we've got a lot of work to do. 428 00:18:06,290 --> 00:18:07,530 There's an entire musk ox to-- 429 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:09,400 to finish processing and smoke out. 430 00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:13,750 ? 431 00:18:13,850 --> 00:18:15,960 - What we're hoping to do is build a smoking rock 432 00:18:16,060 --> 00:18:17,920 so we can quick dry the meat. 433 00:18:18,030 --> 00:18:19,750 Quick drying it will make it last a lot longer 434 00:18:19,860 --> 00:18:22,410 and the smoke will kill all bacteria that's on the meat 435 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:23,720 while preserve it quite a bit longer. 436 00:18:23,830 --> 00:18:30,830 ? 437 00:18:35,420 --> 00:18:37,180 When using primitive technology 438 00:18:37,290 --> 00:18:38,840 or primitive skills, you have to-- 439 00:18:38,940 --> 00:18:40,390 or he had to, at that time-- 440 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:42,150 just look around and see what he had around. 441 00:18:42,260 --> 00:18:44,640 There was no fancy ropes. No fancy knives. 442 00:18:44,740 --> 00:18:46,570 He had to go on the fly 443 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:48,470 to build and use everything he had. 444 00:18:48,580 --> 00:18:54,550 ? 445 00:18:54,650 --> 00:18:56,340 - I'm just trying to get as much of this 446 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,140 sliced up and smoked as we can today. 447 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,350 We'll get this big tendon off of here. 448 00:19:02,450 --> 00:19:03,930 That's the one thing about musk ox. 449 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:05,900 It has a lot of tendon in the meat, 450 00:19:06,010 --> 00:19:07,700 but I'm cutting as much off as I can, 451 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:09,980 so that we can maybe make some fishing line. 452 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,940 ? 453 00:19:14,050 --> 00:19:15,430 - Every step of the way, there's difficulty. 454 00:19:15,530 --> 00:19:17,980 ? 455 00:19:18,090 --> 00:19:19,990 Every time we take open a new muscle 456 00:19:20,090 --> 00:19:21,260 or you're trying to pull a tendon, 457 00:19:21,370 --> 00:19:23,470 your blade is dull, or you hit bone and it dulls, 458 00:19:23,580 --> 00:19:25,960 and you have to re-flake your rock. 459 00:19:26,060 --> 00:19:27,650 My fingers are beat up as well as the hand. 460 00:19:27,750 --> 00:19:29,860 I keep re-injuring some on the palm. 461 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,580 That's what happens when you work with rocks, 462 00:19:31,690 --> 00:19:33,280 and not knives with handles. 463 00:19:33,380 --> 00:19:37,660 ? 464 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,110 The carcass could be a potential problem for us. 465 00:19:40,210 --> 00:19:41,940 It's a feast for a predator, 466 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,770 so the plan is to-- is to burn it. 467 00:19:44,870 --> 00:19:47,220 - Nice. 468 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,290 We pulled everything we could off-- 469 00:19:49,390 --> 00:19:51,190 the hide for clothing, 470 00:19:51,290 --> 00:19:52,850 all the organs, and then of course, 471 00:19:52,950 --> 00:19:54,990 all the meat and the proteins. 472 00:19:55,090 --> 00:19:56,130 ? 473 00:19:56,230 --> 00:19:59,030 Burning the carcass is gonna allow us access 474 00:19:59,130 --> 00:20:01,030 to other harvestable items. 475 00:20:01,130 --> 00:20:03,440 We can pull the skull, bone from the vertebrae. 476 00:20:03,550 --> 00:20:06,450 We can pull the ribs and use those for tools. 477 00:20:06,550 --> 00:20:13,520 ? 478 00:20:22,150 --> 00:20:23,430 - Yeah. Cheers. 479 00:20:23,530 --> 00:20:24,740 - Cheers, dude. 480 00:20:29,570 --> 00:20:30,780 - Oh, yeah. 481 00:20:33,990 --> 00:20:35,470 - It tastes like liver. 482 00:20:35,580 --> 00:20:38,930 ? 483 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:50,280 ? 484 00:20:50,390 --> 00:20:53,010 - Biting into my first piece of musk ox, 485 00:20:53,110 --> 00:20:56,430 I know why they call it "musk" ox. 486 00:20:56,530 --> 00:20:59,840 It definitely tastes like a musky ox. 487 00:20:59,950 --> 00:21:03,330 - Musk ox is probably the worst meat I've ever eaten. 488 00:21:03,430 --> 00:21:04,710 [laughs] 489 00:21:04,820 --> 00:21:07,610 Probably burning more calories chewing this stuff. 490 00:21:07,710 --> 00:21:14,720 ? 491 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:25,730 As soon as the sun goes down, 492 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,420 the temperature drops very quick. 493 00:21:28,530 --> 00:21:31,190 It's a harsh environment. 494 00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:32,980 We have to get shelter built 495 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:35,810 if we hope to survive out here the whole month. 496 00:21:35,910 --> 00:21:42,920 ? 497 00:21:44,860 --> 00:21:47,130 - I'm going to dig out the hillside a little bit, 498 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:49,100 and try to put in a stove 499 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:50,760 so that we can stay warm at night, 500 00:21:50,860 --> 00:21:52,480 'cause we're sleeping on the ground, 501 00:21:52,590 --> 00:21:54,760 and it's like sleeping on ice. 502 00:21:54,870 --> 00:21:58,110 ? 503 00:21:58,210 --> 00:21:59,870 When it gets cold up here, it gets cold. 504 00:21:59,970 --> 00:22:01,250 It doesn't take a little while. 505 00:22:01,350 --> 00:22:02,460 It doesn't do it gradually. 506 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,880 So when it decides to go, it goes. 507 00:22:04,980 --> 00:22:08,840 As a survivalist, I just believe in being prepared. 508 00:22:08,950 --> 00:22:11,020 - We're building debris shelter, 509 00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:14,260 where we set a ridge beam and then ribs alongside that, 510 00:22:14,370 --> 00:22:16,890 and on that, we put the spruce boughs. 511 00:22:16,990 --> 00:22:18,540 - Wanna throw debris up against it 512 00:22:18,650 --> 00:22:20,720 to kind of make what looks like a pup tent, 513 00:22:20,820 --> 00:22:23,200 and then cover that whole thing now with Sphagnum moss. 514 00:22:23,310 --> 00:22:24,550 It won't be totally waterproof, 515 00:22:24,650 --> 00:22:27,140 but it'll definitely be a lot warmer than what we have now. 516 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:29,730 - The whole goal was to do an earth berm shelter, 517 00:22:29,830 --> 00:22:31,280 just to try to get the earth to protect us 518 00:22:31,380 --> 00:22:33,730 from the wind and cold. 519 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:35,840 We take spruce boughs, and we break them down, 520 00:22:35,940 --> 00:22:37,800 and set them up so we have beds 521 00:22:37,910 --> 00:22:39,880 and a fire inside. 522 00:22:39,980 --> 00:22:41,190 The cold is coming. 523 00:22:41,290 --> 00:22:42,640 If we don't have ourselves prepared, 524 00:22:42,740 --> 00:22:44,640 that's gonna be a huge danger. 525 00:22:44,740 --> 00:22:51,750 ? 526 00:23:07,350 --> 00:23:08,870 - Last night, it started to rain. 527 00:23:08,970 --> 00:23:11,290 Yay and wah-hoo. 528 00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:13,700 The extreme cold is very prevalent 529 00:23:13,810 --> 00:23:16,290 up here in the arctic, and how it winds a guy down is, 530 00:23:16,390 --> 00:23:18,090 if you don't keep dry and warm, 531 00:23:18,190 --> 00:23:19,500 you're gonna freeze pretty quick. 532 00:23:19,610 --> 00:23:21,880 ? 533 00:23:21,990 --> 00:23:23,370 - We're smoking the hide. 534 00:23:23,470 --> 00:23:25,060 Get it really clean in there. 535 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:27,580 Then we can use them as bedrolls. 536 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:28,820 It's a good insulator, 537 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,270 so you're not laying directly on the cold ground, 538 00:23:31,380 --> 00:23:33,000 sucking your heat out of you, 539 00:23:33,100 --> 00:23:34,760 burning calories all night. 540 00:23:34,860 --> 00:23:36,210 ? 541 00:23:36,310 --> 00:23:39,760 Wouldn't sleep on anything else but a musk ox hide. 542 00:23:39,870 --> 00:23:41,970 - See? Comfy bedrolls, boys. 543 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:43,210 - These are nice. - Holy cow. 544 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:44,660 It's nice. 545 00:23:44,770 --> 00:23:46,050 - Love you guys. [laughs] - Love you guys. 546 00:23:46,150 --> 00:23:48,180 Good night. - [laughs] 547 00:23:48,290 --> 00:23:55,300 ? 548 00:23:57,230 --> 00:23:59,640 Got almost all the meat dried. 549 00:23:59,750 --> 00:24:02,720 Our next goal is to process this lard that we've been storing. 550 00:24:02,820 --> 00:24:05,170 ? 551 00:24:05,270 --> 00:24:06,380 - Is that the fat? 552 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:08,030 - Yep. - Beautiful. 553 00:24:08,140 --> 00:24:15,140 ? 554 00:24:19,660 --> 00:24:21,250 How's it smell? 555 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:23,600 - [sniffing] 556 00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:25,600 ? 557 00:24:25,700 --> 00:24:28,020 - It smells the same as it did when we got it. 558 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:29,810 - Fat contains a ton of energy, 559 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,880 and the musk ox is not particularly 560 00:24:31,990 --> 00:24:33,470 fat in the muscle, 561 00:24:33,580 --> 00:24:35,710 so we really don't get a lot of energy out of it, 562 00:24:35,820 --> 00:24:38,230 and you can kind of feel it drain you after a while. 563 00:24:38,340 --> 00:24:42,480 ? 564 00:24:42,580 --> 00:24:44,030 - We really need to renr our fat, 565 00:24:44,140 --> 00:24:46,140 so we're making saucepans. 566 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,420 ? 567 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,870 With any pottery out here in the field like this, 568 00:24:50,970 --> 00:24:53,530 it has stones and different debris in it, 569 00:24:53,630 --> 00:24:55,080 and what happens is that in the firing phase, 570 00:24:55,180 --> 00:24:56,530 that stone could have water in it, 571 00:24:56,630 --> 00:24:58,390 and that'll overheat, and that water will burst, 572 00:24:58,500 --> 00:25:00,050 and it blows the whole side out of your pot, 573 00:25:00,150 --> 00:25:01,570 so you really gotta knead all the air out 574 00:25:01,670 --> 00:25:03,400 'cause the air will do the same thing as a stone. 575 00:25:03,500 --> 00:25:12,650 ? 576 00:25:12,750 --> 00:25:13,890 - Still pretty wet, eh? 577 00:25:13,990 --> 00:25:16,310 - Oh, yeah, it's super wet still. 578 00:25:16,410 --> 00:25:19,000 - This saucepan is tremendous if it's successful. 579 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:20,930 ? 580 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:22,070 [saucepan crackles] - Wow! 581 00:25:22,170 --> 00:25:24,380 - [bleep]. 582 00:25:24,490 --> 00:25:27,390 - You all right? - Got a lot of water on me. 583 00:25:27,490 --> 00:25:28,910 Well, that's dangerous. 584 00:25:29,010 --> 00:25:30,250 ? 585 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:32,940 Pottery's been a bit of a learning curve. 586 00:25:33,050 --> 00:25:37,050 So we took these vertebrae bones from the musk ox, 587 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,500 and I think crushing them up and using them in our clay 588 00:25:40,610 --> 00:25:43,230 might give us the pottery we need out here. 589 00:25:43,330 --> 00:25:50,310 ? 590 00:25:51,170 --> 00:25:54,210 Turns it into a really fine powder. 591 00:25:54,310 --> 00:25:56,760 The calcium and what remains in the bones 592 00:25:56,870 --> 00:25:58,800 bake into the clay and make it harder 593 00:25:58,900 --> 00:26:00,770 than it would be without it, 594 00:26:00,870 --> 00:26:02,730 so we can basically make bone china. 595 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:04,290 ? 596 00:26:04,390 --> 00:26:05,980 - We created a clay pot, 597 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,430 so we've rendered the remaining fat, 598 00:26:08,530 --> 00:26:10,090 and we've rationed it out. 599 00:26:10,190 --> 00:26:12,020 ? 600 00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:14,430 - I think we did pretty good. 601 00:26:14,540 --> 00:26:18,610 - It was like a shot of energy to have that fat. 602 00:26:18,710 --> 00:26:20,680 So now we can improve our situation. 603 00:26:20,790 --> 00:26:27,720 ? 604 00:26:33,830 --> 00:26:36,560 - I am making a primitive hatchet. 605 00:26:36,660 --> 00:26:39,460 I found this the other day by the lake. 606 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,120 We've been using it as a hand axe. 607 00:26:41,220 --> 00:26:43,980 Nate found a piece of wood to use for the handle. 608 00:26:44,090 --> 00:26:45,460 ? 609 00:26:45,570 --> 00:26:48,330 Your hand gets sore with all this type of work out here, 610 00:26:48,430 --> 00:26:50,680 and so using something with a handle 611 00:26:50,780 --> 00:26:53,160 makes a lot less vibration when you hit things with it. 612 00:26:53,270 --> 00:26:55,680 ? 613 00:26:55,790 --> 00:26:57,270 This sinew's really strong cordage. 614 00:26:57,370 --> 00:26:58,310 - Oh, yeah. 615 00:26:58,410 --> 00:27:02,930 ? 616 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,900 [wind whooshing] 617 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:13,010 ? 618 00:27:17,740 --> 00:27:18,640 Daybreak happened, 619 00:27:18,740 --> 00:27:20,670 and the winds picked up out of the north 620 00:27:20,780 --> 00:27:22,740 and brought a real cold chill. 621 00:27:22,850 --> 00:27:26,130 ? 622 00:27:26,230 --> 00:27:29,960 There's no rendered fat left over from the musk ox. 623 00:27:30,060 --> 00:27:32,240 Without fat, my brain's not gonna work right 624 00:27:32,340 --> 00:27:34,890 and my energy levels are gonna be lower. 625 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,240 It's really hard to get up day after day 626 00:27:37,350 --> 00:27:40,420 when you don't have any energy to start with. 627 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:41,730 - We've been fighting off the cold 628 00:27:41,830 --> 00:27:43,040 burning way too much energy. 629 00:27:43,140 --> 00:27:44,210 ? 630 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:45,660 I have lost weight. 631 00:27:49,530 --> 00:27:50,940 Getting a fish the next couple of days 632 00:27:51,050 --> 00:27:52,330 would bring those calories back in. 633 00:27:52,430 --> 00:27:53,780 [bird caws] 634 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:54,980 ? 635 00:27:55,090 --> 00:27:57,190 - I'm making a fish hook 636 00:27:57,300 --> 00:27:59,610 made out of musk ox bone. 637 00:27:59,710 --> 00:28:06,720 ? 638 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,790 You center tie it, and you set your meat, 639 00:28:11,900 --> 00:28:14,000 and then I can pull it down and hook it 640 00:28:14,110 --> 00:28:17,560 so that it travels through the water like this. 641 00:28:17,660 --> 00:28:20,150 But when the fish takes it and swallows it, 642 00:28:20,250 --> 00:28:22,800 the hook spins perpendicular to the line 643 00:28:22,910 --> 00:28:24,940 and it gorges itself in the mouth of the fish 644 00:28:25,050 --> 00:28:27,050 so that it can't come out. 645 00:28:27,150 --> 00:28:30,220 - Everything is more difficult without tools, 646 00:28:30,330 --> 00:28:33,260 so we're gonna have to improvise. 647 00:28:33,370 --> 00:28:35,710 I'm really hoping to make some fishing line 648 00:28:35,820 --> 00:28:37,750 out of sinew. 649 00:28:37,850 --> 00:28:40,230 The way you process sinew is to basically 650 00:28:40,340 --> 00:28:43,510 cut the large tendons and then dry them thoroughly, 651 00:28:43,620 --> 00:28:45,240 and then you peel all that apart, 652 00:28:45,340 --> 00:28:47,140 and you have a bunch of really little, 653 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,110 very strong strings. 654 00:28:49,210 --> 00:28:50,180 Strip them into fibers, 655 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:51,970 weave them back together into strings. 656 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:58,390 ? 657 00:28:58,490 --> 00:29:00,770 - We're good to go fishing. 658 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:02,260 We do have all this meat here, 659 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,980 but your body can only use so much of it 660 00:29:05,090 --> 00:29:06,780 without the presence of fat, 661 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:08,400 so fish is mainly fat, 662 00:29:08,510 --> 00:29:10,130 and that's why we want to catch fish. 663 00:29:10,230 --> 00:29:13,610 ? 664 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:14,960 We decided to split up. 665 00:29:15,060 --> 00:29:16,480 The wind may cause us a problem, 666 00:29:16,580 --> 00:29:18,310 so we sent one guy to the south end 667 00:29:18,410 --> 00:29:19,860 where it should be more calm. 668 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:21,140 Hopefully his chances are pretty good 669 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:22,110 to catch them there. 670 00:29:22,210 --> 00:29:25,520 ? 671 00:29:25,630 --> 00:29:28,700 - So I've spun about 10 feet 672 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,940 of sinew cordage. 673 00:29:33,050 --> 00:29:36,910 ? 674 00:29:37,020 --> 00:29:39,740 Some real thick sinew musk ox calf. 675 00:29:39,850 --> 00:29:45,640 ? 676 00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:48,720 - Now let's use a bait. 677 00:29:48,820 --> 00:29:50,930 I knew it was gonna be choppy. It's windy up there. 678 00:29:51,030 --> 00:29:58,000 ? 679 00:30:12,430 --> 00:30:14,090 - Don't wanna get wet feet. 680 00:30:14,190 --> 00:30:16,710 ? 681 00:30:16,820 --> 00:30:19,230 Feel a little bit tired, a little worn out. 682 00:30:19,330 --> 00:30:21,100 Burn a lot of calories going up and down the hills. 683 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,510 ? 684 00:30:23,610 --> 00:30:25,820 If you're deficient on fat for a few days, 685 00:30:25,930 --> 00:30:28,860 you'll notice a little bit of a rundown in your energy. 686 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,900 Your vision is going to get blurred. 687 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,350 Mental processing is not gonna be quick and sharp as it was. 688 00:30:34,450 --> 00:30:37,080 You're not gonna understand and comprehend things. 689 00:30:37,180 --> 00:30:44,190 ? 690 00:30:52,230 --> 00:30:53,850 - So I just hit the right opportunity, 691 00:30:53,950 --> 00:30:56,270 and I put it right in front of their face. 692 00:30:56,370 --> 00:31:00,340 ? 693 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:01,650 - I think it's too choppy. 694 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,520 ? 695 00:31:04,620 --> 00:31:07,140 The arctic doesn't give you up anything. 696 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:08,310 Nothing comes for free. 697 00:31:08,420 --> 00:31:10,490 Man, you gotta work for everything you get 698 00:31:10,590 --> 00:31:12,700 and every ounce of it. 699 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,180 This morning was not successful. 700 00:31:15,290 --> 00:31:17,120 When the waves are breaking, the fish are just not there. 701 00:31:17,220 --> 00:31:18,630 ? 702 00:31:18,740 --> 00:31:20,330 - I've been at it for a little bit fishing, 703 00:31:20,430 --> 00:31:23,540 and every next failure seems to hurt a little bit more. 704 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:25,540 ? 705 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,680 - It's very, very important to our bodies 706 00:31:27,780 --> 00:31:30,130 and to our survival out here that we catch fish 707 00:31:30,230 --> 00:31:32,300 so we get that fat to keep us going. 708 00:31:32,410 --> 00:31:39,830 Otherwise, we're just not gonna make it to the end. 709 00:31:39,930 --> 00:31:41,620 ? 710 00:31:41,730 --> 00:31:44,210 - Ben and I headed out before sunrise 711 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,530 to try to find some lake trout. 712 00:31:46,630 --> 00:31:49,220 ? 713 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:50,530 [whispers] Just one fish. 714 00:31:50,630 --> 00:31:52,940 Just show yourself. 715 00:31:53,050 --> 00:31:59,990 ? 716 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,200 [grunts] 717 00:32:03,300 --> 00:32:05,850 Damn. 718 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,580 I'm exhausted. 719 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,200 Thriving takes a lot. 720 00:32:10,310 --> 00:32:11,620 Food's the number one resource 721 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:12,860 in whether you're thriving or not, 722 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,280 and we haven't been able to land anything. 723 00:32:15,380 --> 00:32:17,180 - Nate. 724 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,040 Nate! 725 00:32:19,140 --> 00:32:21,940 I think I'm gonna head back. 726 00:32:23,150 --> 00:32:25,430 Fishing seemed pretty hopeless at this point, 727 00:32:25,530 --> 00:32:27,360 especially with the waters rough. 728 00:32:27,460 --> 00:32:28,810 ? 729 00:32:28,910 --> 00:32:30,430 I would like to have any fat. 730 00:32:30,530 --> 00:32:31,950 I'd probably eat one of my teammates 731 00:32:32,050 --> 00:32:33,990 if I didn't like them so well. 732 00:32:35,470 --> 00:32:36,750 [squirrel chatters] 733 00:32:36,850 --> 00:32:38,270 - Hold on, hold on, hold on. 734 00:32:38,370 --> 00:32:40,680 ? 735 00:32:40,790 --> 00:32:42,890 There is a squirrel. Dang it. 736 00:32:42,990 --> 00:32:45,890 [squirrel chattering] 737 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:50,520 ? 738 00:32:50,620 --> 00:32:51,970 Oh, I see him. 739 00:32:52,070 --> 00:32:53,420 ? 740 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,180 Oh, dang it. 741 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,840 [squirrel chatters] 742 00:32:57,940 --> 00:33:02,700 ? 743 00:33:02,810 --> 00:33:04,190 [rod thunks] 744 00:33:04,290 --> 00:33:06,160 ? 745 00:33:06,260 --> 00:33:08,810 [squirrel chatters] 746 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:13,540 ? 747 00:33:13,650 --> 00:33:14,990 [stone thunks] Got him! 748 00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:17,060 - Nice shot! 749 00:33:17,170 --> 00:33:18,130 - When I hunt something, 750 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,480 I try to be respectful of the life I've taken 751 00:33:20,580 --> 00:33:22,520 and use as much of it as I can. 752 00:33:22,620 --> 00:33:24,110 It's a gift. 753 00:33:24,210 --> 00:33:25,930 - Beauty. Way to go, Ben. 754 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,140 - It's a good size. - Little dude. 755 00:33:28,250 --> 00:33:30,870 - Catch of the day is squirrel. Awesome. 756 00:33:30,970 --> 00:33:33,080 I'll split across from back leg to back leg knuckles, 757 00:33:33,180 --> 00:33:34,490 take it off, cut around the front feets, 758 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:36,360 around the back feets, around the whiskers, 759 00:33:36,460 --> 00:33:37,770 nose, and everything else. 760 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,120 ? 761 00:33:40,220 --> 00:33:41,400 And then peel the hide off that way 762 00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:43,160 so I can stretch it out so you can get it 763 00:33:43,260 --> 00:33:44,880 as big as you possibly can 764 00:33:44,990 --> 00:33:46,890 to use it for cordage or whatever you need it for. 765 00:33:46,990 --> 00:33:49,410 There you go. 766 00:33:49,510 --> 00:33:51,480 We wanted to get it done and finished and quick, 767 00:33:51,580 --> 00:33:52,720 and get it over the top of the fire 768 00:33:52,820 --> 00:33:53,760 so you can get a different-tasting meat 769 00:33:53,860 --> 00:33:54,830 rather than just musk ox. 770 00:33:54,930 --> 00:34:01,110 ? 771 00:34:01,210 --> 00:34:02,520 Hold him up there, Ben. 772 00:34:02,630 --> 00:34:06,420 ? 773 00:34:06,530 --> 00:34:09,150 - Gotta look good. Golden brown. 774 00:34:09,250 --> 00:34:12,460 ? 775 00:34:12,570 --> 00:34:14,220 - [mumbles indistinctly] 776 00:34:14,330 --> 00:34:16,950 ? 777 00:34:17,050 --> 00:34:19,020 - Mm. - Oh, yeah. 778 00:34:19,130 --> 00:34:20,750 - That's pretty good, isn't it? 779 00:34:20,850 --> 00:34:22,130 - Different flavor. 780 00:34:22,230 --> 00:34:24,610 - Difference between squirrel meat and musk ox meat 781 00:34:24,720 --> 00:34:27,580 is musk ox meat right now is very dry, 782 00:34:27,690 --> 00:34:29,860 very smoky, very chewy. 783 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:34,110 The squirrel is rather moist and not as stringy, 784 00:34:34,210 --> 00:34:35,140 and it tastes just kind of like chicken. 785 00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:37,560 - Look, the crispy brains. 786 00:34:37,660 --> 00:34:39,660 The brains of animals have a lot of fat in them 787 00:34:39,770 --> 00:34:43,010 and that's the thing we're kind of short of right now. 788 00:34:43,110 --> 00:34:44,740 - You can't live on squirrel alone. 789 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:46,120 - Lean. 790 00:34:46,220 --> 00:34:47,980 - We need more fat. 791 00:34:48,090 --> 00:34:55,090 ? 792 00:34:59,060 --> 00:35:06,100 ? 793 00:35:10,660 --> 00:35:13,180 - So I'm using the squirrel lungs for bait. 794 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,600 They're bright and red and bloody and meaty. 795 00:35:15,700 --> 00:35:17,010 ? 796 00:35:17,110 --> 00:35:18,630 I'm hoping that that's a change of pace 797 00:35:18,740 --> 00:35:21,290 from that musk ox meat, since they've spit it out. 798 00:35:21,390 --> 00:35:27,470 ? 799 00:35:27,570 --> 00:35:30,270 I don't have a lot of charge in my batteries. 800 00:35:30,370 --> 00:35:37,270 ? 801 00:35:37,380 --> 00:35:39,340 It's just been really slow the last few days 802 00:35:39,450 --> 00:35:42,620 and I know it's 'cause we really need fat, 803 00:35:42,730 --> 00:35:45,250 so I'm gonna get a fish today. 804 00:35:45,350 --> 00:35:52,220 ? 805 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:53,570 [grunts] 806 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:57,840 ? 807 00:35:57,950 --> 00:36:00,880 - The arctic is really a harsh place. 808 00:36:00,990 --> 00:36:03,570 It's raw. 809 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:05,780 Everything struggles to survive here. 810 00:36:05,890 --> 00:36:09,750 ? 811 00:36:09,860 --> 00:36:11,170 - [grunts] 812 00:36:11,270 --> 00:36:16,520 ? 813 00:36:16,620 --> 00:36:18,310 Oh, that sucks. 814 00:36:18,420 --> 00:36:21,390 My hands are frozen. 815 00:36:21,490 --> 00:36:23,390 The weather down near the water is grueling. 816 00:36:23,490 --> 00:36:25,740 So the wind's coming off that water. 817 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:27,430 ? 818 00:36:27,530 --> 00:36:30,190 Everything that's exposed is numb. 819 00:36:30,290 --> 00:36:32,640 I have to grab the line, which is wet, 820 00:36:32,740 --> 00:36:34,020 cover my hand in water, 821 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:35,850 and then re-throw every ten seconds. 822 00:36:35,950 --> 00:36:42,920 ? 823 00:36:44,060 --> 00:36:46,820 - The cold, to me, is a little ominous. 824 00:36:46,930 --> 00:36:48,450 [wind whooshing] 825 00:36:48,550 --> 00:36:50,450 If you're too hot on a hot summer day, 826 00:36:50,550 --> 00:36:52,000 you just get in the shade and drink some water, 827 00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:53,830 but if you're too cold when it's cold out, 828 00:36:53,930 --> 00:36:55,630 your life is threatened. 829 00:36:55,730 --> 00:36:59,490 ? 830 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,700 Whew. My hands are cold. 831 00:37:02,810 --> 00:37:04,390 I feel drained. 832 00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:07,530 This challenge doesn't need anything added to it. 833 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:09,880 I can feel the difference in my body, 834 00:37:09,990 --> 00:37:13,890 but I just don't want to give up on something. 835 00:37:13,990 --> 00:37:16,370 If I say I'm gonna try to do something, 836 00:37:16,470 --> 00:37:18,750 I plan on trying pretty hard. 837 00:37:18,860 --> 00:37:23,340 ? 838 00:37:23,450 --> 00:37:24,590 - Fish on, Ben. 839 00:37:24,690 --> 00:37:26,350 ? 840 00:37:26,450 --> 00:37:27,490 Fish on! 841 00:37:27,590 --> 00:37:34,530 ? 842 00:37:35,180 --> 00:37:36,940 Oh, my God. 843 00:37:37,050 --> 00:37:38,980 - That's a big one. - Oh. 844 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,220 - Awesome. 845 00:37:41,330 --> 00:37:42,910 - Oh, my God. 846 00:37:43,020 --> 00:37:44,120 - [laughs] - Oh, my God. 847 00:37:44,230 --> 00:37:45,750 - Yes! 848 00:37:45,850 --> 00:37:47,060 Finally. 849 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:50,090 - Oh, my God. 850 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,790 Oh, my God. Feels great. 851 00:37:52,890 --> 00:37:56,140 [both laughing] 852 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:57,930 I'm overwhelmed. We got a fish. 853 00:37:58,030 --> 00:38:00,690 Oh, that's, like, ten pounds. 854 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,420 - Let's take it home and eat it right now. 855 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:10,460 ? 856 00:38:13,740 --> 00:38:15,470 - It's moving from surviving 857 00:38:15,570 --> 00:38:18,230 into sustaining with what we had. 858 00:38:18,330 --> 00:38:19,880 We know we can catch a fish. 859 00:38:19,990 --> 00:38:21,710 To me, that's a step in the right direction 860 00:38:21,820 --> 00:38:22,710 towards surviving. 861 00:38:22,820 --> 00:38:24,920 - Oh, my... 862 00:38:25,030 --> 00:38:26,100 - Yeah. - Word. 863 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:27,790 - Yeah! - Wow! 864 00:38:27,890 --> 00:38:30,000 - You should've seen Ninja Ben with the club. 865 00:38:30,100 --> 00:38:32,340 - [laughs] - That is a honker. 866 00:38:32,450 --> 00:38:34,590 ? 867 00:38:34,690 --> 00:38:36,900 Taking out the internal organs of the fish is pretty easy. 868 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,280 Most times, you can just 869 00:38:38,390 --> 00:38:40,460 pull on them and they just pop right out. 870 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:43,010 Way, way different than cutting red meat. 871 00:38:43,110 --> 00:38:45,460 - Still beating. Fresh fish. 872 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,020 - How is it? 873 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:52,780 - That's not too bad. 874 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:53,920 Feels like warm beef. 875 00:38:54,020 --> 00:38:55,820 - Mm. - Yeah. 876 00:38:55,920 --> 00:39:01,480 ? 877 00:39:01,580 --> 00:39:03,130 Mmm. 878 00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:04,410 Wow. 879 00:39:04,510 --> 00:39:06,720 - Really tender meat after eating all that musk ox. 880 00:39:06,830 --> 00:39:09,730 It's, like, just such a difference. 881 00:39:09,830 --> 00:39:11,140 We're really grateful for it. 882 00:39:11,240 --> 00:39:13,350 - God, my body needed that fat. 883 00:39:13,450 --> 00:39:16,560 I could run on, like, four days on this fuel. 884 00:39:16,660 --> 00:39:18,840 - You can actually feel your body 885 00:39:18,940 --> 00:39:22,360 absorbing the oil that it needed so, so bad. 886 00:39:22,460 --> 00:39:24,330 Come here, energy. We're ready to boogie. 887 00:39:24,430 --> 00:39:31,400 ? 888 00:39:38,580 --> 00:39:39,860 - Final day. 889 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,450 - Yep. - Let's do it. 890 00:39:41,550 --> 00:39:42,900 - Final day. We're out. 891 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,180 - That's it. That's the end. 892 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:46,560 ? 893 00:39:46,660 --> 00:39:48,830 - This experience has been challenging. 894 00:39:48,940 --> 00:39:51,490 ? 895 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,940 We came out here with nothing-- 896 00:39:55,050 --> 00:39:56,810 nothing to make fire, 897 00:39:56,910 --> 00:39:59,570 no knives, no tools whatsoever. 898 00:39:59,670 --> 00:40:00,810 ? 899 00:40:00,910 --> 00:40:02,740 - Having to deal with wild animals 900 00:40:02,850 --> 00:40:04,300 and consuming one, 901 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,990 I've gained a new appreciation for what we shouldn't waste. 902 00:40:08,090 --> 00:40:11,130 I just never really knew the value in certain items 903 00:40:11,240 --> 00:40:13,690 off of an animal. 904 00:40:13,790 --> 00:40:15,030 - Coming out here with nothing, 905 00:40:15,140 --> 00:40:17,970 I have even more respect for the intelligence 906 00:40:18,070 --> 00:40:20,730 and ingenuity of our Stone Age ancestors. 907 00:40:20,830 --> 00:40:23,970 It's amazing to think of what our ancestors went through 908 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:27,150 and what they overcame to get us where society is today. 909 00:40:27,250 --> 00:40:34,260 ? 910 00:40:47,550 --> 00:40:49,240 - That should do it. 911 00:40:49,340 --> 00:40:51,170 - Yeah, that'll do it. 912 00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:58,250 ? 913 00:40:59,350 --> 00:41:01,630 - I'm positive I made my dad proud out here. 914 00:41:01,740 --> 00:41:04,530 If he were here today, I think he'd be doing backflips 915 00:41:04,630 --> 00:41:06,150 knowing that it went so well 916 00:41:06,260 --> 00:41:07,950 and the lessons that he taught me 917 00:41:08,050 --> 00:41:10,360 are being really taken to heart. 918 00:41:10,470 --> 00:41:13,160 - My brother Jordan survived the arctic himself, 919 00:41:13,260 --> 00:41:15,400 and so to come up here and experience it also, 920 00:41:15,510 --> 00:41:17,540 and see the things he's talked about, 921 00:41:17,650 --> 00:41:20,240 it'll be fun to go back and share that with him. 922 00:41:20,340 --> 00:41:21,650 We're ready to keep going. 923 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:23,860 I feel like we're leaving on top. 924 00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:27,350 ?