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NARRATOR: On this episode
of Life Below Zero,
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Alaska braces
for winter's grip.
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SUE: I predict it's
gonna be really bad weather.
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Only the tough survive, man.
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NARRATOR: Andy puts his bet
on an elusive prize.
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ANDY:
(WHISPERS) I gotta let him
get a little closer.
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(GUNSHOT)
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NARRATOR: Sue risks thin ice
for last minute reserves.
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SUE: Do not fall through.
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NARRATOR: The Hailstones
hunt for their
community's survival.
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CHIP: You gotta
keep it in sight.
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Where'd you go?
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NARRATOR: And a costly mistake
could break Erik for good.
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ERIK: It's about
20 below zero. Oh!
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NARRATOR: Every autumn,
the Hailstones travel
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26 miles from their
home in Noorvik
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to Camp Kookoochaiq,
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where they acquire
essential resources.
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CHIP: Okay, you ready then?
AGNES: Let's go moose hunting.
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The plan today
is to go hunting.
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We'll see what we see.
But there's definitely
moose around.
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And the chances of us
coming along
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with one is pretty good.
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We like being providers
and sharing.
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And people treat us
good for that
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because that's
an adult's place.
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There's at least,
you know, 20 houses
we can give it away to,
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and everybody will have
three or four meals.
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And they'll reciprocate.
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And when I got nothing,
fresh meat will land
at my house.
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CHIP: Ah, we're off.
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We're checking
out the lakes.
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We're checking out
the sloughs.
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And the moose just naturally
walk the grassy areas.
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So, we'll hunt
what we see first.
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AGNES: Yee, yee, yee!
Watch out for that wave.
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(CHIP LAUGHS)
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CHIP: I'm tearing
this shit up.
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AGNES: Watch out
for that willow.
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Whoo!
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(AGNES LAUGHS)
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Oh, you know, we're hunting.
It's shopping.
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We're gonna see
what's on the aisles.
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We got a moose tag
and it's all good, man.
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You don't know
what you see till you see it.
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When we see it, we'll hunt it.
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NARRATOR: With dark
winter approaching,
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Chip and Agnes can't afford
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to return to Noorvik without
a moose in tow.
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AGNES: You see that?
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There you go.
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Whoo-hoo.
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(MOOSE CALLS)
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CHIP: (WHISPERS)
There it is. Shoot it.
It's looking straight at us.
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Do you wanna go
grab the tree
and take a brace?
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AGNES: Yep, I do.
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CHIP: Oh, don't move fast.
Don't move fast.
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There you go. Hurry up.
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AGNES: I'm trying.
It already left.
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CHIP: She's going.
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It's gonna hit the river
and swim.
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It's gonna
put the river between us.
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Put it on your shoulder.
Let's go.
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AGNES: There's a lake right
over here.
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So, it's between
the lake and the
river somewhere.
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He just kept on going.
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You see the look
on his face?
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-(AGNES CHUCKLES)
-He gave us one eye.
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And then he turned
his head and gave us
the other eye.
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(CHUCKLES)
Like double-checking.
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AGNES: Yep.
CHIP: Oh, well.
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Saw a nice
young bull moose.
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He gave us one eye
and then gave us
the other eye,
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and then he got
the fuck out of town.
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If you don't know where he is,
you really can't shoot him.
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Pretty hard to find them
in this tangle.
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So we just go on
to the next one.
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It's no biggie.
It's actually quite normal.
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Okay, let's carry on.
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We got a date with
a big fat moose somewhere.
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SUE: You prepare
for the worst
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and be pleasantly surprised
by the best.
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But if you haven't
prepared for it
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by the time it hits,
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that's a bum deal.
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NARRATOR: As winter
descends on Kavik,
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Sue Aikens faces 300 days
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of sheer isolation
in her remote outpost.
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Hey, look what showed up.
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(CHUCKLES) Winter came back.
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Seeing all the white
on the ground,
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it's a reminder that
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this isn't going anywhere.
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I'm losing more daylight daily
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and so, shut down of camp.
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I gotta get it buttoned up.
I've gotta know
it's buttoned up.
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And that means going through
each and every trailer.
Just opening it.
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Are the windows shut?
Is there something
I need to fix?
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Make a list. Get it done.
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I check. I double check.
I triple check.
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This is my last shot
before winter stays
and doesn't leave.
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I need to get it done today.
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Where I can today stand here
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relatively thinly dressed,
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that is going to change
and change rapidly.
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60, 70, even 100 below zero
is not unheard of.
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The wind picks up
and I will not be able to see
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this hand in front of my face.
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I could never walk down here
and be able to see
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the orange colour
of that trailer.
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Let alone, it's gonna be dark.
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Today, I have
nice temperatures,
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I'm getting liquid water.
It's a blessing.
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Just anything
to add to what I use.
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I normally
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do about a gallon
a day is what I give myself
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between drinking, bathing,
cooking, cleaning.
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Tomorrow, it'll be frozen
and a bigger challenge.
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Where is
an appreciable opening?
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The goal is that
you don't really wanna
fall through,
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but it could happen.
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Do not fall through.
Do not fall through.
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Here we go.
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I mean, water...
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It is precious as gold
out here.
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Because I'm gonna have
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the next 300 days
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without running liquid water.
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I'll have plenty
in the ice variety.
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Plenty in snow.
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This is not frozen yet.
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And this time of year,
that's kind of unheard of.
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So while the getting is good,
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I need to get my water
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and resupply myself.
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Another week, maybe two,
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the length of that journey
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could cost me
a couple of these.
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It is a beautifully
harsh place.
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And, uh, only the tough
survive, man.
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ANDY: The more you learn,
the more you see,
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the more you get out there,
the better adapted you are
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to harvesting
what you need out here.
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KATE: Well, yesterday
morning we woke up,
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and we had
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a little light snowfall.
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And the forecast
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was for snow and rain showers.
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When we woke up it was,
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holy cow,
we'd already had seven inches.
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But it's this wet,
horrible snow.
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ANDY: A cold day
on the Yukon today.
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We've had a very early
snowfall this year,
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and it's really putting a hurt
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on the way we do things.
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Everything's frozen down.
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Everything's buried
under the snow.
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I would've liked to
have harvested
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a little bit more meat.
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We got a nice moose,
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but today,
what's on the agenda
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is to go get
a couple beavers.
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There's a couple beaver ponds
not too far from here.
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And the season's open
for firearm.
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Once it cools off
a little bit more,
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with this snow,
we'll get a lot of ice forming
on the Yukon pretty quick.
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So I want to take
full advantage
of being able to use the boats
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before winter
sets in completely.
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Hunting beaver is
a little bit different
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than hunting
a lot of hooved animals.
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Beavers have
a pretty good sense of smell.
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They tend to come out
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in the early mornings
and late evenings.
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So I don't know
if they'll be out right now,
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but this is close
enough to home.
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I can always come back
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in the evening time
if I need to.
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Yeah, right now I'm carrying
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a .22 Magnum
for shooting the beavers.
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And, uh, I'm carrying my
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.325, in case
I run into a bear.
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It'd be foolish
to walk around here
with just a .22 right now.
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A .22 Magnum wouldn't do much
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against a grizzly bear,
except for piss him off.
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(CHUCKLES)
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It's a beaver chew.
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It's a lot of aspen
and a lot of cottonwood
right here.
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So, this is what
they prefer to eat.
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You can see
there's quite a few chews
around here.
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This is a pretty good
little beaver pond here.
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There's a good-sized
feed pile here.
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And I can see
the, uh, bank house here,
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where they've been piling
sticks up against the bank.
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So, there's nothing
swimming right now.
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I'm gonna go thump
on the water a little bit.
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That's kind of an alarm
for the beavers.
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I'll see
if that doesn't draw them out
to investigate.
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Looks like
everybody's napping right now.
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So, uh, I think it's time
to go back home,
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get a few more chores done.
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I'm hoping if I come back
late this evening,
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have an opportunity
to harvest one or two
of 'em.
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We'll see what happens.
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ERIK: There's a lot
of different types of people
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that come out
to the bush to live.
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You know, some people
come out here
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'cause they're running
from something.
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And everybody lives out here
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for their own unique reason.
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NARRATOR:
For much of the winter,
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Erik Salitan makes his living
from trapping fur.
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Today he's hoping
a new kind of trap
will bring him success.
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ERIK: Just opening up a box
of conibear 330s.
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This trap's different
than most of the traps I use,
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in that it actually
breaks the neck
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of the animal
and kills it instantly.
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Whereas most
of the traps I use
are leg holds
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and just catch
the animal's foot.
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I'm trying to
construct a box here
to put a 330 conibear in.
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Something I've never done.
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I'm not that good
of a carpenter,
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but I don't think
the animals will notice.
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(WHIRRING)
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Okay.
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I think my cubby set box
is going to work.
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So the idea is,
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the bait is placed
in the back of the cubby.
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The animal comes along,
he sees the bait in the back,
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he goes in, he hits
this trigger mechanism.
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Snap. It instantly kills him,
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and it's a real humane way
to harvest foxes
or wolverines,
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so I think we succeeded.
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Okay, now we're
gonna go to phase two
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which is to actually test this
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and make sure
that the jaws flow freely
inside the cubby box I made.
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Safety is now off
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and that is a hot,
very powerful trap.
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The 330 conibear here,
it's a large trap.
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So I'm a little bit
leery about this
son of a gun here,
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and definitely don't wanna
be putting my arm in there.
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I'm pretty sure it would
actually break your arm.
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And that's what happens.
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Jesus Christ.
That's powerful.
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Guess it works. (LAUGHS)
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ERIK: So I'm excited
to give it a try.
246
00:12:49,922 --> 00:12:52,092
You know, everything up here
is trial and error,
247
00:12:52,159 --> 00:12:54,393
but with error, you know,
there's a price to be paid.
248
00:12:54,460 --> 00:12:55,628
So, if I waste
249
00:12:55,695 --> 00:12:56,796
part of the trapping season
250
00:12:56,863 --> 00:12:59,065
fooling around
with these cubby boxes
and conibears,
251
00:12:59,132 --> 00:13:00,399
and I don't have any success,
252
00:13:00,466 --> 00:13:02,001
that's time wasted,
fur I didn't catch.
253
00:13:02,068 --> 00:13:04,837
And if I'm not catching fur,
I'm wasting money.
254
00:13:04,904 --> 00:13:07,040
And I'm not into
wasting anything up here.
255
00:13:28,962 --> 00:13:31,264
Using my
handy trap setter here
256
00:13:31,331 --> 00:13:33,132
and trying not to
break my arm.
257
00:13:34,568 --> 00:13:37,336
So I'm learning as I go
258
00:13:37,403 --> 00:13:39,338
and whenever you're
learning anything new,
259
00:13:39,405 --> 00:13:41,040
there's a learning curve.
260
00:13:41,107 --> 00:13:43,209
Gotta pay
really close attention here.
261
00:13:43,276 --> 00:13:46,413
You make a mistake,
cost you a finger or worse.
262
00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,248
So to be honest,
I am kind of scared
of these traps.
263
00:13:49,315 --> 00:13:51,284
I'm just not
very experienced with them.
264
00:13:51,351 --> 00:13:53,386
So, I try to use
a lot of caution.
265
00:13:53,453 --> 00:13:56,456
It's pretty cold right now.
It's about 20 below zero...
266
00:13:56,857 --> 00:13:58,024
Oh!
267
00:13:58,091 --> 00:13:59,626
That wasn't cool.
268
00:14:04,063 --> 00:14:05,398
Oh, fuck.
269
00:14:09,435 --> 00:14:11,404
Well, I caught my hand in it.
270
00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,209
Didn't feel particularly good.
271
00:14:17,944 --> 00:14:21,447
Oh, yeah, that...
I guess that's part
of the learning curve.
272
00:14:29,155 --> 00:14:31,123
Forced to work
without a glove right now,
273
00:14:31,190 --> 00:14:32,859
to get my glove
out of the trap.
274
00:14:33,927 --> 00:14:35,528
It's not all that fun.
275
00:14:37,063 --> 00:14:38,664
Stupid shit like that,
276
00:14:38,731 --> 00:14:41,934
where you are operating
when you're tired.
277
00:14:44,370 --> 00:14:45,504
(EXHALES)
278
00:14:45,571 --> 00:14:46,739
In the cold,
279
00:14:47,808 --> 00:14:49,709
doing stuff by yourself.
280
00:14:50,476 --> 00:14:52,378
You smash your hand open.
281
00:14:52,445 --> 00:14:55,048
You can get yourself
in trouble out here so...
282
00:14:57,383 --> 00:14:59,952
(SIGHS) At least my arm's
not stuck in it.
283
00:15:02,021 --> 00:15:04,223
Using my body here
as leverage.
284
00:15:05,258 --> 00:15:08,227
This hand isn't feeling
too good.
285
00:15:08,294 --> 00:15:11,197
You may notice my leeriness
around the traps now.
(CHUCKLES)
286
00:15:20,806 --> 00:15:22,274
This one should be
a good one.
287
00:15:22,341 --> 00:15:24,911
I got piece of
a moose skull in there.
288
00:15:29,883 --> 00:15:31,150
(SIGHS)
289
00:15:31,217 --> 00:15:35,554
Come back here
in a few days and maybe
we'll have gotten lucky.
290
00:15:35,621 --> 00:15:38,224
Learnt a good lesson here
with these 330s.
291
00:15:39,225 --> 00:15:40,526
Kinda I guess reminding myself
292
00:15:40,593 --> 00:15:43,062
why I never
fooled with 'em in the past.
293
00:15:43,129 --> 00:15:46,632
They're frickin' dangerous.
I'm happy all it had
was my hand.
294
00:15:51,537 --> 00:15:52,939
SUE: I've heard the term,
295
00:15:53,006 --> 00:15:55,374
"Walking around
in a dreamlike state."
296
00:15:55,441 --> 00:15:56,942
I don't wanna
sleep through life.
297
00:15:57,009 --> 00:15:58,244
I can dream when I'm dead.
298
00:16:05,351 --> 00:16:07,686
NARRATOR: With the deep freeze
fast approaching,
299
00:16:07,753 --> 00:16:09,388
Sue's racing
to make sure her camp
300
00:16:09,455 --> 00:16:12,392
can withstand
the harsh Arctic conditions.
301
00:16:12,459 --> 00:16:14,760
SUE: You know, for the last
10, 11 years,
302
00:16:14,827 --> 00:16:16,028
I've been living
in a corner
303
00:16:16,095 --> 00:16:18,297
of the dining hall year round.
304
00:16:18,364 --> 00:16:21,700
This year
I put up this building
305
00:16:21,767 --> 00:16:24,904
so that I had
some personal space.
306
00:16:26,406 --> 00:16:28,540
Any time
you put up a new structure,
307
00:16:28,607 --> 00:16:31,711
you've gotta lessen
any of the imperfect contact.
308
00:16:31,778 --> 00:16:33,712
You know, where's the wind
gonna come in?
309
00:16:33,779 --> 00:16:36,716
These winds are gonna hit me
at 100 miles an hour maybe.
310
00:16:36,783 --> 00:16:38,751
Cold air is gonna come
barrelling in.
311
00:16:38,818 --> 00:16:40,652
And if there's any
little tiny hole,
312
00:16:40,719 --> 00:16:44,123
snow is gonna come
barrelling in and make
a huge drift in here.
313
00:16:44,190 --> 00:16:47,226
For my own safety,
my own comfort,
314
00:16:47,293 --> 00:16:50,162
I've gotta start foaming
as much as I can.
315
00:16:50,229 --> 00:16:52,031
There's no way
I'm gonna be able to get
316
00:16:52,098 --> 00:16:54,000
each and every
tiny little crevice.
317
00:16:54,967 --> 00:16:56,869
But I'll get the ones
that I can see,
318
00:16:56,936 --> 00:16:59,671
and I'll discover more
as the winter goes on.
319
00:16:59,738 --> 00:17:02,074
It's gonna be
a new experience for me.
320
00:17:02,141 --> 00:17:03,543
This is my... This is like
321
00:17:03,610 --> 00:17:05,645
walking into Kavik all over.
Day one.
322
00:17:10,316 --> 00:17:12,084
Is this gonna be
very pretty? No.
323
00:17:12,151 --> 00:17:14,187
Is it going to be
effective? Yes.
324
00:17:16,956 --> 00:17:19,592
You know, and am I
perfect at doing
this stuff? Nope.
325
00:17:21,027 --> 00:17:23,028
But little by little,
326
00:17:23,095 --> 00:17:24,931
Miss Gomer Pyle
makes it happen.
327
00:17:26,265 --> 00:17:29,735
Personally, every single
damn year that I'm here,
328
00:17:30,236 --> 00:17:31,637
I'm a greenhorn.
329
00:17:31,704 --> 00:17:33,473
And there is gonna
be something
330
00:17:33,540 --> 00:17:35,641
that nature or life
shows me...
331
00:17:37,310 --> 00:17:40,012
Entirely new.
It's all the unknowns.
332
00:17:40,079 --> 00:17:42,047
Which is thrilling,
333
00:17:42,114 --> 00:17:45,218
but at the same time, spooky.
334
00:17:53,159 --> 00:17:54,794
I've been hearing a noise...
335
00:17:54,861 --> 00:17:56,895
(IMITATES METAL CLANKING)
336
00:17:56,962 --> 00:17:58,731
In the wind.
It's bothering me.
337
00:17:58,798 --> 00:18:00,600
(CLANKING)
338
00:18:00,667 --> 00:18:03,435
This'll have to be
secured down.
339
00:18:03,502 --> 00:18:06,105
Or it will get torn off
in the winds
340
00:18:06,172 --> 00:18:08,007
and possibly tear into
one of my tents.
341
00:18:08,074 --> 00:18:10,843
You know, I mean, you do live
342
00:18:10,910 --> 00:18:13,712
to a large extent
using your ears.
343
00:18:13,779 --> 00:18:16,915
I mean, when you're
protecting yourself,
your eyes are pretty good.
344
00:18:16,982 --> 00:18:20,419
But eventually it's all dark
and they don't do me
a hell of a lot of good.
345
00:18:20,486 --> 00:18:21,520
I listen.
346
00:18:21,587 --> 00:18:24,490
The footsteps coming
through the river.
347
00:18:24,557 --> 00:18:27,292
I can lay there in bed
and tell you,
348
00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:30,363
is that a wolf?
Is that a caribou?
Is that a bear?
349
00:18:30,430 --> 00:18:31,931
This'll help protect me.
350
00:18:31,998 --> 00:18:35,601
But it also helps keep camp
in one piece
instead of 10 or 12.
351
00:18:35,668 --> 00:18:38,271
NARRATOR: Sue relies
on her senses for survival.
352
00:18:38,338 --> 00:18:41,173
But they are also linked
to her darkest memory.
353
00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:43,075
A bear attack,
several years ago,
354
00:18:43,142 --> 00:18:45,778
that left her nearly dead
until help arrived.
355
00:18:45,845 --> 00:18:47,580
SUE: After the bear attack,
356
00:18:47,647 --> 00:18:49,982
when I was laying here,
I don't know how many days...
357
00:18:53,719 --> 00:18:56,221
And I can't move in the tent.
358
00:18:56,288 --> 00:18:59,391
And you can hear a bear
chewing on the skull
of something,
359
00:18:59,458 --> 00:19:02,294
not 10 feet away from me
on the other side of the tent.
360
00:19:02,361 --> 00:19:04,897
I could not move.
I could not do anything.
361
00:19:04,964 --> 00:19:07,366
And you're hearing,
(IMITATES BEAR GROWLING)
362
00:19:07,433 --> 00:19:10,302
and the huffing and they nudge
the side of the tent.
363
00:19:10,369 --> 00:19:13,606
Is he coming to get me next?
Is this it?
364
00:19:13,673 --> 00:19:15,308
Or is he just fucking with me?
365
00:19:16,142 --> 00:19:18,411
And, yeah, thanks.
366
00:19:18,478 --> 00:19:20,947
That's the most disturbing
memory that I try
not to think about.
367
00:19:24,617 --> 00:19:27,486
I mean, is this some kind of
a super-duper fix? No.
368
00:19:28,421 --> 00:19:30,656
Will it do what I'm
asking it to do?
369
00:19:32,358 --> 00:19:34,994
It's not gonna make
a hell of a lot of noise, no.
370
00:19:35,061 --> 00:19:36,529
So I mean, yeah.
371
00:19:36,596 --> 00:19:39,565
Fix is done.
Onto the next chore.
372
00:19:43,503 --> 00:19:46,305
CHIP: I enjoy myself.
I don't live up to
someone else's expectations.
373
00:19:46,372 --> 00:19:49,308
I don't live up to
someone else's standards.
I don't care.
374
00:19:57,383 --> 00:20:01,019
AGNES: Okay, moose,
you can come out now!
375
00:20:01,086 --> 00:20:03,055
NARRATOR: Chip and
Agnes Hailstone are stalking
376
00:20:03,122 --> 00:20:06,492
the Kobuk River for moose.
A crucial source of meat,
377
00:20:06,559 --> 00:20:09,195
for their family
as well as their community.
378
00:20:12,131 --> 00:20:13,299
AGNES: Just gotta go get
the moose
379
00:20:13,366 --> 00:20:14,533
and then we'll have moose meat
380
00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,702
and moose tongue
and moose heart
381
00:20:16,769 --> 00:20:18,237
and everything
to do with moose.
382
00:20:21,807 --> 00:20:22,808
(MOOSE CALLS)
383
00:20:25,611 --> 00:20:27,780
AGNES: Nope. Nothing standing.
384
00:20:29,015 --> 00:20:31,450
(AGNES SPEAKING)
385
00:20:31,517 --> 00:20:34,186
CHIP: So what we do
as we come around the corner
is we try to take them wide,
386
00:20:34,253 --> 00:20:36,822
so we can have
a good look at what's
around the corner.
387
00:20:36,889 --> 00:20:38,591
'Cause when we take them close
388
00:20:38,658 --> 00:20:40,192
and we jump a moose,
they just run away.
389
00:20:40,259 --> 00:20:42,562
We take 'em wide,
we're hoping there's a moose
around the corner,
390
00:20:42,629 --> 00:20:45,263
because quite often
they're out of the brush,
but this is where they live.
391
00:20:45,330 --> 00:20:47,099
They live in the brush.
They're very hard to detect.
392
00:20:58,544 --> 00:21:00,847
AGNES: Locked and loaded.
393
00:21:00,914 --> 00:21:02,582
We can't catch
a cow with a calf.
394
00:21:02,649 --> 00:21:04,684
We can only catch
a cow without a calf.
395
00:21:14,561 --> 00:21:16,595
CHIP: We gotta
keep it in sight.
396
00:21:16,662 --> 00:21:18,531
If we lose sight
of it, we got nothing.
397
00:21:49,361 --> 00:21:50,730
Where'd you go?
398
00:21:54,166 --> 00:21:56,402
Well, we're never
gonna see her in this shit.
399
00:21:56,469 --> 00:21:58,437
Let's go have
a cup of coffee.
400
00:21:58,504 --> 00:22:00,372
AGNES: Well, we're
shit out of luck for moose.
401
00:22:00,439 --> 00:22:02,274
I think my husband's
a little stressed out.
402
00:22:04,410 --> 00:22:05,678
CHIP: That was
a little too exciting.
403
00:22:07,513 --> 00:22:08,914
(AGNES SPEAKING)
404
00:22:10,649 --> 00:22:12,318
CHIP: Yeah, but she
was fat. (CHUCKLES)
405
00:22:12,385 --> 00:22:13,519
That was worth shooting.
406
00:22:16,989 --> 00:22:18,657
AGNES: Go by those trees?
407
00:22:20,226 --> 00:22:21,694
CHIP: Let's go back here
and have a look.
408
00:22:23,396 --> 00:22:25,965
Oh, man, there's a trail
and a half right here.
409
00:22:27,466 --> 00:22:30,035
We don't have any money.
I need moose
410
00:22:30,102 --> 00:22:32,138
in order to get other things.
411
00:22:34,406 --> 00:22:35,608
Moose shit.
412
00:22:42,548 --> 00:22:44,516
CHIP: A lot of good-sized
moose tracks.
413
00:22:44,583 --> 00:22:46,018
AGNES: The pressure's on...
414
00:22:47,552 --> 00:22:49,955
ERIK: If you wanna live out
in the bush here,
415
00:22:50,022 --> 00:22:52,191
there's a lot of work
associated with it
416
00:22:52,258 --> 00:22:54,893
and there's a certain
lifestyle that you gain
417
00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:56,862
and a certain lifestyle
that you lose.
418
00:22:58,330 --> 00:22:59,598
I wouldn't trade it
for the world.
419
00:23:11,811 --> 00:23:13,245
Pretty cold this morning.
420
00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,048
Looking forward
to going on a trip.
421
00:23:16,115 --> 00:23:17,583
Doing some trapping,
422
00:23:17,650 --> 00:23:19,284
but I don't think
my machine will start.
423
00:23:19,351 --> 00:23:20,819
Matter of fact,
424
00:23:20,886 --> 00:23:22,621
my kill switch is frozen.
425
00:23:23,222 --> 00:23:24,723
When it's this cold,
426
00:23:25,558 --> 00:23:27,292
can't get the machine started,
427
00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,862
I tarp it off.
Throw a space heater under it.
428
00:23:29,929 --> 00:23:33,332
So, see what we can
make happen here.
429
00:23:33,399 --> 00:23:34,900
I live a long ways
from Fairbanks,
430
00:23:34,967 --> 00:23:37,303
and I'm not that good
of a mechanic to begin with.
431
00:23:37,370 --> 00:23:38,670
If I break the machine
432
00:23:38,737 --> 00:23:41,540
I'm down transportation
out here.
433
00:23:41,607 --> 00:23:43,442
I can't haul firewood.
I can't go trapping.
434
00:23:44,210 --> 00:23:45,510
It's a major problem.
435
00:23:45,577 --> 00:23:48,947
So, it doesn't hurt it to just
give her a little preheat.
436
00:23:49,014 --> 00:23:51,217
I'm gonna get the tarp
over the whole machine,
437
00:23:53,786 --> 00:23:55,487
then kind of tighten down
438
00:23:55,554 --> 00:23:57,423
the sides here with snow.
439
00:23:58,290 --> 00:24:00,259
When it's this cold,
440
00:24:00,326 --> 00:24:02,161
the equipment breaks.
441
00:24:02,228 --> 00:24:03,629
You gotta preheat stuff.
442
00:24:04,964 --> 00:24:07,699
I could probably yank
on this snow machine
443
00:24:07,766 --> 00:24:10,102
for a while
and get her to start,
444
00:24:10,169 --> 00:24:12,004
but if I fire up
this generator
445
00:24:12,071 --> 00:24:15,307
and plug in a space heater
for 15, 20 minutes,
446
00:24:15,374 --> 00:24:17,275
it'll start up fairly easy,
447
00:24:17,342 --> 00:24:20,412
and it's a lot easier
on the machine.
It's a lot easier on me.
448
00:24:20,479 --> 00:24:22,714
Now everything will be nice
and warm and ready to go.
449
00:24:22,781 --> 00:24:25,517
But, when you're operating
in extreme cold,
450
00:24:26,319 --> 00:24:28,320
30, 40 below zero,
451
00:24:28,387 --> 00:24:29,922
everything is a pain
in the butt.
452
00:24:29,989 --> 00:24:32,624
I'm gonna go
and get myself warmed up.
453
00:24:32,691 --> 00:24:35,194
Meaning I'm gonna
have another cup of coffee.
454
00:24:52,010 --> 00:24:53,646
-(ENGINE STARTING)
-First pull.
455
00:24:54,446 --> 00:24:55,480
(ENGINE REVS)
456
00:24:55,547 --> 00:24:58,751
I got a long ways to go,
and I better get to it.
457
00:25:05,824 --> 00:25:09,261
ANDY: There's a time
of year when things are
meant to happen.
458
00:25:09,328 --> 00:25:11,230
If you don't do it
during that time,
459
00:25:11,297 --> 00:25:12,464
you're not gonna get it.
460
00:25:23,909 --> 00:25:25,944
ANDY: I didn't get a beaver
this morning.
461
00:25:26,011 --> 00:25:28,380
So I'm gonna head back
to the same ponds
462
00:25:28,447 --> 00:25:31,617
and hopefully there will be
some beavers out
swimming around.
463
00:25:31,684 --> 00:25:33,652
This might be a bit of
a waiting game tonight,
464
00:25:33,719 --> 00:25:35,888
but I'm gonna hunt until
it gets too dark to shoot.
465
00:25:43,229 --> 00:25:44,296
ANDY: I like winter.
466
00:25:44,363 --> 00:25:46,665
This is my favourite season
of the year.
467
00:25:46,732 --> 00:25:49,067
I love the fall.
And we're having a really
beautiful one this year
468
00:25:49,134 --> 00:25:52,537
with all these fall colours
mixed with the snow.
469
00:25:52,604 --> 00:25:53,872
Every year is
different up here.
470
00:25:53,939 --> 00:25:56,041
We just never know
from season to season.
471
00:25:56,108 --> 00:25:57,676
I think that's why
I love it up here.
472
00:26:00,079 --> 00:26:02,747
The beauty of living up here
is seeing the interaction
473
00:26:02,814 --> 00:26:04,416
of all the different types
of wildlife,
474
00:26:04,483 --> 00:26:08,120
plants, animals,
how they all interact,
475
00:26:08,187 --> 00:26:10,055
how they all
depend on each other,
476
00:26:10,122 --> 00:26:12,223
and feed off of each other.
477
00:26:12,290 --> 00:26:14,526
And that's fascinating to me.
478
00:26:37,083 --> 00:26:39,318
(WHISPERS) Look, there he is.
Get down.
479
00:26:50,763 --> 00:26:51,764
(GUN COCKS)
480
00:27:01,874 --> 00:27:03,575
(WHISPERS) I gotta let him
get a little closer
481
00:27:03,642 --> 00:27:05,344
to the shoreline
before I take a shot,
482
00:27:05,411 --> 00:27:07,412
so he's not too far out.
483
00:27:07,479 --> 00:27:09,148
So I can get him if they sink.
484
00:27:15,754 --> 00:27:16,822
(GUNSHOT)
485
00:27:21,026 --> 00:27:24,463
Don't sink, don't sink,
don't sink, don't sink.
486
00:27:24,530 --> 00:27:27,199
Oh, you son of a bitch. Fuck!
487
00:27:29,568 --> 00:27:31,103
So far I've never
lost a beaver
488
00:27:31,170 --> 00:27:32,504
hunting them this way.
489
00:27:32,571 --> 00:27:34,373
I don't want this
to be the first.
490
00:27:36,708 --> 00:27:39,378
I'm gonna see
if I can't cast out
a few times
491
00:27:40,846 --> 00:27:43,048
and hopefully snag him.
492
00:27:43,115 --> 00:27:45,550
I'll probably end up
snagging a damn branch.
493
00:27:45,617 --> 00:27:47,219
There's an awful
lot of stuff in the river.
494
00:28:05,938 --> 00:28:07,306
It sucks.
495
00:28:11,677 --> 00:28:13,211
Fishing for beavers.
496
00:28:13,278 --> 00:28:14,480
That's a first.
497
00:28:16,848 --> 00:28:19,084
Ooh, there's some bubbles
coming up right there.
498
00:28:33,766 --> 00:28:36,268
I think I got it. There we go.
I got him.
499
00:28:37,336 --> 00:28:38,637
Son of a bitch.
500
00:28:38,704 --> 00:28:40,973
Oh, is that ever
fucking lucky or what?
501
00:28:44,276 --> 00:28:45,377
Got him.
502
00:28:46,845 --> 00:28:48,180
Ooh, yeah.
503
00:28:48,247 --> 00:28:49,848
Well, he's not that small.
504
00:28:52,284 --> 00:28:54,353
Nice. Nice beaver.
505
00:28:54,420 --> 00:28:55,554
When I first shot him
506
00:28:55,621 --> 00:28:57,622
I thought he was gonna
float for me,
507
00:28:57,689 --> 00:28:59,658
but then he started
to sink real slow,
508
00:28:59,725 --> 00:29:01,026
and once
he went down in there
509
00:29:01,093 --> 00:29:03,128
I figured my chances were
pretty slim.
510
00:29:03,996 --> 00:29:06,732
But I saw some bubbles
coming up,
511
00:29:07,633 --> 00:29:10,235
and so...
512
00:29:10,302 --> 00:29:13,172
That was kind of a tell-tale
sign of where he was at.
513
00:29:15,407 --> 00:29:17,976
Oh, got him,
looks like I got him
right where I wanted,
514
00:29:18,043 --> 00:29:21,079
right in the ear.
Went in right here.
515
00:29:22,682 --> 00:29:24,183
Probably weighs...
516
00:29:24,250 --> 00:29:26,384
He's a good 40, 50
pounds anyway.
517
00:29:26,451 --> 00:29:27,586
40 pounds...
518
00:29:28,954 --> 00:29:30,489
(GRUNTS)
519
00:29:31,823 --> 00:29:35,894
All right, let's head back
to the hacienda.
520
00:29:38,330 --> 00:29:41,066
SUE: Kavik is not a place
that you look on the map
521
00:29:41,133 --> 00:29:43,635
and say, "I hope I live there
when I get older."
522
00:29:45,204 --> 00:29:48,239
It's a place that
I happened upon
523
00:29:48,306 --> 00:29:49,841
and developed a love for.
524
00:29:59,151 --> 00:30:00,419
Hey, girlfriend.
525
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,588
You almost ready
for your walk, huh?
526
00:30:03,655 --> 00:30:04,657
I'm not.
527
00:30:04,724 --> 00:30:05,857
I still got work to do.
528
00:30:05,924 --> 00:30:08,626
Ermine is an older,
529
00:30:08,693 --> 00:30:11,363
retired sled dog.
She is companionship.
530
00:30:11,430 --> 00:30:12,831
She is quite old.
531
00:30:12,898 --> 00:30:14,766
She may not make it.
532
00:30:14,833 --> 00:30:16,502
She may not have an extremely
533
00:30:16,569 --> 00:30:18,670
long journey with me,
534
00:30:18,737 --> 00:30:20,372
and I knew that going into it.
535
00:30:20,439 --> 00:30:22,607
I don't form attachments
536
00:30:22,674 --> 00:30:24,876
other than superficial ones
with my foxes.
537
00:30:25,777 --> 00:30:29,514
This is
a committed relationship
538
00:30:29,581 --> 00:30:32,684
to something old
that won't be here long.
539
00:30:32,751 --> 00:30:34,686
So it is
540
00:30:34,753 --> 00:30:36,722
inviting something social
into my world,
541
00:30:36,789 --> 00:30:39,524
but she's not asking me
to compromise
my values to have her.
542
00:30:40,092 --> 00:30:41,293
Gotta put away the fuel.
543
00:30:44,830 --> 00:30:46,865
(SIGHS) What I'm doing now,
544
00:30:47,700 --> 00:30:49,702
I need to bring those
545
00:30:49,769 --> 00:30:52,003
barrels of unleaded fuel
546
00:30:52,070 --> 00:30:54,405
from the outside
to the inside.
547
00:30:54,472 --> 00:30:56,875
I have barrels of
unleaded out here.
548
00:30:56,942 --> 00:30:58,410
It's in the weather right now.
549
00:30:58,477 --> 00:30:59,945
I need to get it out
of the weather.
550
00:31:00,012 --> 00:31:01,346
If I leave it sit there,
551
00:31:01,413 --> 00:31:03,482
it's gonna be buried
under a 20-foot drift.
552
00:31:04,116 --> 00:31:05,284
(ENGINE STARTING)
553
00:31:10,589 --> 00:31:13,358
Life is one big
learning lesson.
554
00:31:13,425 --> 00:31:14,759
I like the feeling that
555
00:31:14,826 --> 00:31:18,230
I am strong and I can
take care of it.
556
00:31:18,297 --> 00:31:19,931
And that probably leads into
557
00:31:19,998 --> 00:31:21,800
why I don't make
a good partner for anybody
558
00:31:21,867 --> 00:31:24,169
is, I can take care of it,
559
00:31:24,236 --> 00:31:27,539
and I don't have any desire
to share a lot of the load.
560
00:31:27,606 --> 00:31:31,409
That's the biggest thing
being out here has done,
561
00:31:31,476 --> 00:31:33,645
or this entire lifestyle
throughout my life,
562
00:31:33,712 --> 00:31:36,681
is really well defined
563
00:31:36,748 --> 00:31:38,817
parameters of need and want.
564
00:31:38,884 --> 00:31:41,285
What can I do for myself?
565
00:31:41,352 --> 00:31:43,989
If I can't do it this way,
the way everybody else
does it,
566
00:31:44,056 --> 00:31:46,257
well, how can
I do it in a way
that works for me?
567
00:31:46,324 --> 00:31:47,592
You learn,
568
00:31:47,659 --> 00:31:50,362
you can be quite capable of
taking care of yourself.
569
00:32:06,145 --> 00:32:07,512
Ah!
570
00:32:15,754 --> 00:32:16,822
(GRUNTS LOUDLY)
571
00:32:21,126 --> 00:32:24,830
The amount of physical labour
it takes to be here,
572
00:32:24,897 --> 00:32:26,131
do this on my own...
573
00:32:26,198 --> 00:32:28,099
Oh, come on, bitch.
574
00:32:28,166 --> 00:32:29,668
There's nobody to help you.
575
00:32:29,735 --> 00:32:33,038
You've got to pick it up,
and then you've got to
move it.
576
00:32:33,105 --> 00:32:36,474
And to depend on
everybody else to
get me there
577
00:32:36,541 --> 00:32:37,943
is currently unacceptable.
578
00:32:41,613 --> 00:32:43,381
I don't know,
579
00:32:43,448 --> 00:32:45,183
that's 300, 400 pounds
of fun there.
580
00:32:46,952 --> 00:32:50,055
Unleaded. Highly explosive.
581
00:32:50,122 --> 00:32:52,491
That's not a good feeling.
582
00:32:52,558 --> 00:32:53,892
But the ratchet strap
583
00:32:53,959 --> 00:32:57,595
that was holding them
together, did not hold.
584
00:32:57,662 --> 00:33:01,233
So you stop what you're
doing, ride it...
585
00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:03,368
I'll go around, check it,
make sure there's no leaks.
586
00:33:03,435 --> 00:33:06,304
I don't see any,
but I'll check it again.
587
00:33:07,339 --> 00:33:09,841
But I need it back here
out of the way.
588
00:33:09,908 --> 00:33:12,377
Every day's full of surprises.
That's one of them.
589
00:33:12,444 --> 00:33:15,113
You know, so be surprised,
but get your ass off your,
590
00:33:15,180 --> 00:33:18,150
you know,
couch and deal with it.
591
00:33:18,217 --> 00:33:20,685
This really was
the last bit of preparation
592
00:33:20,752 --> 00:33:21,920
for my equipment.
593
00:33:21,987 --> 00:33:24,555
Yeah, I mean, your world is
getting tight now.
594
00:33:24,622 --> 00:33:25,890
The winter is gonna be here.
595
00:33:25,957 --> 00:33:28,159
It's here, it's going to keep
getting worse.
596
00:33:28,226 --> 00:33:29,995
Everything else
I do from here on out
597
00:33:30,062 --> 00:33:31,863
it's going to be under
my own power,
598
00:33:31,930 --> 00:33:33,498
my own steam,
my own energy.
599
00:33:33,565 --> 00:33:35,567
The last of the
heavy, heavy items
600
00:33:35,634 --> 00:33:37,969
that needed to be lifted
were forklifted.
601
00:33:38,036 --> 00:33:40,772
The bucket is on it.
It did its number.
602
00:33:40,839 --> 00:33:43,475
Backed in and put to bed,
it's waiting for spring.
603
00:33:43,542 --> 00:33:45,109
Those doors are shut
for the equipment
604
00:33:45,176 --> 00:33:46,911
from here on out
for that Bobcat.
605
00:33:46,978 --> 00:33:48,513
The rest of the season...
606
00:33:48,580 --> 00:33:51,082
It's, uh, girl power.
607
00:33:54,286 --> 00:33:56,021
CHIP: People who do
subsistence like we do
608
00:33:56,088 --> 00:33:57,389
are self-employed.
609
00:33:57,456 --> 00:33:59,323
We don't have
to work for someone else.
610
00:33:59,390 --> 00:34:00,726
That's a bunch of garbage.
611
00:34:00,793 --> 00:34:02,828
We're a bunch of
"Work for ourselves
kind of people".
612
00:34:04,129 --> 00:34:05,630
We're much happier this way.
613
00:34:14,539 --> 00:34:17,509
CHIP: I think this is a little
shallower than we want.
614
00:34:17,576 --> 00:34:18,844
I'm just gonna
turn around here.
615
00:34:25,383 --> 00:34:28,453
Ooh! There's no calf,
there's no calf.
616
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:30,288
Right there,
right there, right there,
right there.
617
00:34:30,355 --> 00:34:32,223
It's alone. Ain't got no calf.
618
00:34:32,290 --> 00:34:33,391
Shoot it.
619
00:34:42,301 --> 00:34:44,436
AGNES: Yee-haw! Whoo!
620
00:34:47,773 --> 00:34:49,074
Chip.
621
00:34:55,581 --> 00:34:56,982
CHIP: (WHISPERS)
He's right up here.
622
00:35:00,018 --> 00:35:02,487
-(GUNSHOT)
-Ooh! He's down,
he's down, he's down!
623
00:35:02,554 --> 00:35:03,588
Reload. Reload.
624
00:35:03,655 --> 00:35:04,956
Put one in the chamber
in case he's alive.
625
00:35:07,426 --> 00:35:08,627
Just finish him off.
626
00:35:11,596 --> 00:35:13,565
-(GUNSHOT)
-Yeah, he's done.
627
00:35:13,632 --> 00:35:16,735
My last shot. Empty.
628
00:35:18,970 --> 00:35:21,573
Oh, my God,
this is a perfect one.
629
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,075
It's going to be feeding
a lot of people,
630
00:35:24,142 --> 00:35:26,411
me and my whole
family anyways.
631
00:35:27,546 --> 00:35:29,881
Oh, man, this is a good one.
632
00:35:29,948 --> 00:35:33,151
We're having moose steaks
for dinner.
633
00:35:33,218 --> 00:35:34,686
ERIK: A lot of different
people come to Alaska
634
00:35:34,753 --> 00:35:36,387
for a lot of
different reasons.
635
00:35:36,454 --> 00:35:38,089
I came here to sort of find
636
00:35:38,156 --> 00:35:40,925
my place in the world,
which I... Which I did.
637
00:35:40,992 --> 00:35:42,861
But it's not for everybody.
638
00:35:57,509 --> 00:35:58,510
(ENGINE REVS)
639
00:36:03,948 --> 00:36:06,351
ERIK: Trapping is
a real challenge,
640
00:36:06,418 --> 00:36:08,519
because when you're trapping
an animal like an Arctic fox,
641
00:36:08,586 --> 00:36:11,389
where they live is a very
inhospitable climate.
642
00:36:12,757 --> 00:36:15,160
It's really cold
up in Arctic fox country.
643
00:36:15,227 --> 00:36:16,495
What you're really
fighting against
644
00:36:16,562 --> 00:36:18,563
more than anything then
is the weather conditions,
645
00:36:19,163 --> 00:36:21,432
and the terrain.
646
00:36:21,499 --> 00:36:23,134
So trapping's
a real challenge.
647
00:36:23,201 --> 00:36:25,703
There's very little
harder to do out in the bush
648
00:36:25,770 --> 00:36:28,707
than to run a trap line and
catch animals consistently.
649
00:36:33,545 --> 00:36:35,179
The fox population is a cycle
650
00:36:35,246 --> 00:36:37,348
like anything else here
in the Arctic.
651
00:36:37,415 --> 00:36:39,918
It comes up
and it goes down and...
652
00:36:39,985 --> 00:36:42,119
They get rabies
and it kills them off.
653
00:36:42,186 --> 00:36:44,156
And they crash
and then they come back,
654
00:36:44,223 --> 00:36:46,291
and they go up and down,
up and down, and...
655
00:36:46,358 --> 00:36:48,059
That's just the...
656
00:36:48,126 --> 00:36:50,895
The cyclical nature
of nature.
657
00:36:55,734 --> 00:36:57,168
Checking this trap.
658
00:36:58,537 --> 00:36:59,838
Nothing.
659
00:37:04,275 --> 00:37:06,744
Trap's been here a few days.
Nothing yet.
660
00:37:06,811 --> 00:37:08,112
But being here in the light,
661
00:37:08,179 --> 00:37:10,415
it's a nice spot here
on the riverbank and...
662
00:37:10,482 --> 00:37:13,084
I'm pretty confident this trap
will produce in time.
663
00:37:13,151 --> 00:37:14,786
I'm gonna go
and check a couple more.
664
00:37:16,921 --> 00:37:18,456
I guide hunters all fall,
665
00:37:18,523 --> 00:37:20,858
and after taking other people
around in the wilderness
666
00:37:20,925 --> 00:37:22,661
for many months in a row,
667
00:37:22,728 --> 00:37:24,830
trapping is a nice reprieve
to just spend
668
00:37:24,897 --> 00:37:28,065
some time alone
out in the woods
and do my own thing.
669
00:37:28,132 --> 00:37:30,501
Got a couple traps checked,
haven't caught anything yet,
670
00:37:30,568 --> 00:37:32,937
but, few more to go and...
671
00:37:33,004 --> 00:37:35,073
Hopefully I'll get lucky
towards the end of the line.
672
00:37:40,112 --> 00:37:41,679
I've been
a little bit disappointed here
673
00:37:41,746 --> 00:37:44,082
that there's been
a rabies epidemic.
674
00:37:44,149 --> 00:37:45,950
And the numbers of foxes
that I'm seeing
675
00:37:46,017 --> 00:37:47,818
are much lower than
the past few years.
676
00:37:47,885 --> 00:37:49,320
So hopefully
as the winter progresses,
677
00:37:49,387 --> 00:37:51,756
I'll see some more,
but thus far this season
678
00:37:51,823 --> 00:37:54,659
I haven't seen as much
fox sign as I normally do.
679
00:37:56,861 --> 00:38:00,231
Checking traps all day.
I haven't had much luck.
680
00:38:00,298 --> 00:38:03,000
I see a fox track here
approaching my cubby.
681
00:38:03,067 --> 00:38:04,936
I got high hopes here
on the last one.
682
00:38:07,739 --> 00:38:08,907
Nice!
683
00:38:14,313 --> 00:38:16,414
I got an Arctic fox.
684
00:38:16,481 --> 00:38:18,950
Finally got a payoff here
on these new
cubby boxes I made.
685
00:38:19,785 --> 00:38:20,952
Really nice hide.
686
00:38:21,019 --> 00:38:22,854
Nice clean catch,
got him right on the neck.
687
00:38:22,921 --> 00:38:25,891
I'm sure I killed him
instantly here with
this 330 conibear,
688
00:38:25,958 --> 00:38:28,359
and this makes it
all worth it.
689
00:38:28,426 --> 00:38:31,096
I'm pumped. That's awesome.
Got a white fox.
690
00:38:32,330 --> 00:38:34,899
I'm definitely leaving this
cubby box here
691
00:38:34,966 --> 00:38:37,402
and next time I come through
I'll bring the trap back
and reset it.
692
00:38:37,469 --> 00:38:39,537
It's a good spot.
693
00:38:39,604 --> 00:38:41,939
When I was growing up
I really enjoyed hunting,
694
00:38:42,006 --> 00:38:45,309
and that's why
when I came of age
I became a guide.
695
00:38:45,376 --> 00:38:47,746
And now that
I've entirely ruined
hunting for myself
696
00:38:47,813 --> 00:38:51,216
by being a guide,
and I miss pretty much
the entire season,
697
00:38:51,283 --> 00:38:53,785
my big thing in the last
few years is trapping.
698
00:38:53,852 --> 00:38:55,654
Where I live in
the Brooks Range of Alaska,
699
00:38:55,721 --> 00:38:58,856
I'm in the most southern
of the Arctic fox's range.
700
00:38:58,923 --> 00:39:02,326
So, I don't get very many.
So, it's kind of
a special catch.
701
00:39:02,393 --> 00:39:05,496
I'm gonna get this fox home,
and skin it out and...
702
00:39:05,563 --> 00:39:08,433
A fox like this
is worth up to about $250.
703
00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:11,135
So, that's a good catch
for me.
704
00:39:11,202 --> 00:39:13,805
CHIP: The whole idea
of us hunting is economic.
705
00:39:13,872 --> 00:39:15,072
It's what we do
to make a living.
706
00:39:15,139 --> 00:39:16,374
A lot of people criticise us,
707
00:39:16,441 --> 00:39:18,276
but yet those people don't
put their hands on an animal
708
00:39:18,343 --> 00:39:19,377
and kill it themselves.
709
00:39:19,444 --> 00:39:21,012
Somebody else
does it for them.
710
00:39:36,728 --> 00:39:38,496
CHIP: Hello, Mr Moose.
711
00:39:38,563 --> 00:39:40,431
Yeah, you can use
every part of this.
712
00:39:40,498 --> 00:39:42,500
What I can't use,
I can give away.
713
00:39:42,567 --> 00:39:43,801
I personally don't need
the antlers
714
00:39:43,868 --> 00:39:45,403
but I know somebody
who will value
715
00:39:45,470 --> 00:39:46,671
the material of the antlers.
716
00:39:46,738 --> 00:39:48,172
They don't care
if they're intact or anything,
717
00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:50,708
but I'll saw them up
and send them to 'em.
718
00:39:53,244 --> 00:39:55,913
Trying to use
all of an animal's products,
719
00:39:55,980 --> 00:39:57,248
is giving it respect.
720
00:39:57,315 --> 00:39:59,617
You know, and trying
to kill it as painlessly
721
00:39:59,684 --> 00:40:02,287
and as fast as possible
is giving it respect.
722
00:40:04,789 --> 00:40:08,025
This is a delicious
moose tongue.
I'm gonna boil this in water.
723
00:40:08,092 --> 00:40:10,328
I'm gonna take it out
and slice it up.
724
00:40:10,395 --> 00:40:13,197
Put salt and pepper on it,
and I'm gonna eat
the whole thing myself,
725
00:40:13,264 --> 00:40:15,199
if I can do it
without them catching me.
726
00:40:15,266 --> 00:40:16,334
Is that heart and tongue?
727
00:40:16,401 --> 00:40:17,735
CHIP: It's just tongue
so far, babe.
728
00:40:17,802 --> 00:40:18,803
The heart's in here somewhere.
729
00:40:18,870 --> 00:40:20,338
You should make
heart and tongue soup.
730
00:40:20,405 --> 00:40:21,972
The heart's in this bag.
731
00:40:22,039 --> 00:40:23,308
You want me to make heart
and tongue soup?
732
00:40:25,043 --> 00:40:28,046
There's a heart. Delicious.
733
00:40:28,113 --> 00:40:29,113
See, my daughter wants
heart and tongue.
734
00:40:29,180 --> 00:40:30,849
So, I'm really working
for them.
735
00:40:43,828 --> 00:40:45,797
(AGNES SPEAKING)
736
00:40:45,864 --> 00:40:48,499
CHIP: Yeah...
That's a nice chunk of it.
737
00:40:56,908 --> 00:40:57,909
CHIP: Yeah.
738
00:41:05,250 --> 00:41:06,251
-CHIP: Sure.
-(PHONE BEEPS)
739
00:41:10,255 --> 00:41:11,589
-Hey, Jeff?
-(JEFF SPEAKING)
740
00:41:11,656 --> 00:41:13,625
Hey, I got a tenderloin
here for you.
741
00:41:15,418 --> 00:41:16,419
Yeah. Stop by.
742
00:41:17,195 --> 00:41:18,295
Bye.
743
00:41:18,362 --> 00:41:19,964
I'm always happy
when I kill something.
744
00:41:20,031 --> 00:41:21,565
It's success. It's what we do.
745
00:41:21,632 --> 00:41:23,702
We don't get
a moose every fall.
We used to get musk ox.
746
00:41:23,769 --> 00:41:25,736
We prefer them to moose.
747
00:41:25,803 --> 00:41:27,472
But it's a good substitute.
What can you say?
748
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,442
NARRATOR: For the
Hailstone family,
749
00:41:31,509 --> 00:41:33,311
spare meat goes a long way
750
00:41:33,378 --> 00:41:36,014
in a community
that relies on trade.
751
00:41:36,081 --> 00:41:37,548
Today they will share
their harvest
752
00:41:37,615 --> 00:41:39,984
with their neighbour
and long-time friend, Jeff.
753
00:41:40,885 --> 00:41:42,853
-CHIP: Come on in.
-Hey, Chip.
754
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:44,989
-CHIP: What's going on?
-I see you guys got a moose
out there.
755
00:41:45,056 --> 00:41:46,090
We got a moose out there.
756
00:41:46,157 --> 00:41:47,425
We're gonna hang
the bigger chunks up,
757
00:41:47,492 --> 00:41:48,493
and we'll split it up later,
758
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:49,994
but for now
there's tenderloins.
759
00:41:50,061 --> 00:41:52,130
JEFF: Awesome.
CHIP: You guys can
chow down for a day or two
760
00:41:52,197 --> 00:41:54,365
or give it all away
if you don't want it.
761
00:41:54,432 --> 00:41:56,233
JEFF: No, that'll go
straight to the freezer.
762
00:41:56,300 --> 00:41:59,170
CHIP: Yep.
There's a shorter piece of
sinew for you.
763
00:41:59,237 --> 00:42:01,005
JEFF: All of this?
CHIP: Yep.
764
00:42:01,072 --> 00:42:02,206
AGNES: Yep, we'll always
give you some.
765
00:42:02,273 --> 00:42:03,841
CHIP: She just cleaned up
that tenderloin here.
766
00:42:03,908 --> 00:42:05,543
A lot of this is fat
you can just chop up.
767
00:42:05,610 --> 00:42:07,879
There's some hairs,
and there's some grass
768
00:42:07,946 --> 00:42:09,413
that needs to be
gathered off of it yet.
769
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:11,916
But, what the heck?
They eat grass, right?
770
00:42:11,983 --> 00:42:16,320
-Yeah.
-And twigs and willows and...
771
00:42:16,387 --> 00:42:18,789
This one was almost invisible
in the willows, though.
772
00:42:18,856 --> 00:42:21,159
Got an excellent
colour on him. No rut.
773
00:42:21,226 --> 00:42:22,393
JEFF: Thanks a lot
for the meat.
774
00:42:22,460 --> 00:42:23,527
-I appreciate it.
-Yeah, no problem.
775
00:42:23,594 --> 00:42:24,595
What are you gonna do
with the tongue?
776
00:42:24,662 --> 00:42:27,198
Eat it myself. All myself.
777
00:42:28,632 --> 00:42:29,901
JEFF: I'll make sure
I stop by.
778
00:42:29,968 --> 00:42:32,736
There you go. Yeah.
I'll make potatoes with it.
779
00:42:32,803 --> 00:42:34,405
Well, I gotta run.
Thanks for the moose again.
780
00:42:34,472 --> 00:42:36,173
-That was awesome.
-CHIP: Yep.
781
00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:38,342
And I will see you later.
782
00:42:38,409 --> 00:42:40,011
CHIP: We all reciprocate
in one way or another.
783
00:42:40,078 --> 00:42:43,948
Gasoline, meat,
parts, babysitting, bullets.
784
00:42:44,015 --> 00:42:45,416
We've chosen to be happy,
785
00:42:45,483 --> 00:42:48,185
not rich, not full of money.
786
00:42:48,252 --> 00:42:50,354
We're not in competition
with other people.
787
00:42:50,421 --> 00:42:53,658
We like being providers,
and sharing, and contributing.
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