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SUE AIKENS: We know
there's large predators
roaming around right now.
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(SIGHS)
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People will say
there's never been
a recorded instance
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of a wolf attacking
a human being,
they just don't do it.
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But my experience out here
is far different.
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You know, for example,
I had my granddaughter, Drew,
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visit, uh, this last year.
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She is very petite.
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She tends to wander off,
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and every time
my granddaughter
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would get about 10, 12 foot
from me, you know, here,
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slipping right over
the river bank,
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is this big grey wolf,
and they belly crawl.
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They get down on their bellies
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and they very slowly
will crawl up.
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And he's trying
to get into position
to take her out.
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The wolf is here, I'm here.
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I'm coming at him
and he starts taking off.
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Well, they can go fast.
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My experience is
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if you act like a pork chop,
you'll be a pork chop.
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I get along
with all the animals,
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even with the ones
that want to eat me.
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It's... It's a very honest,
very natural relationship.
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They want to eat me,
I don't want them to.
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(CLATTERING)
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Hold on a second.
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There's a wolf.
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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
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I need to see who's been
coming around my house.
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Since I don't know
what I'm walking into,
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Old Betsy's coming with.
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You know,
so I can protect myself.
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Even looking for tracks,
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as hard as it is for me
to try and find a track,
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I know whatever I find is
going to be fairly fresh.
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You are never alone.
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You've gotta try
and track them down.
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Source 'em,
see where they're coming at,
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where they're going to.
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What vantage point
is he taking
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to find out how to get me
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is gonna to tell me
what vantage line I need
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to take, to take care of him.
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Here's a wolf print.
This is pretty goddamn big.
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I mean, he's just sticking
to the south side of the bank
for safety's sake.
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And, uh, wanting to see
what I do, where I do it,
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how I do it,
and, uh, laying in wait.
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And that's what it is,
it's a waiting game.
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Who's going to fuck up first,
me or him?
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Oh, God!
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Thirty yards from
the front door.
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Who's gonna show
a sign of weakness,
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who's gonna leave themselves
a little too far out,
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who's gonna circle
a little too close?
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So, every chance I get,
I'll be looking for 'em.
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Every chance he gets,
he's gonna be looking
and smelling for me.
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CHIP HAILSTONE:
We don't complain.
We just work harder.
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Everything we do,
we have to do for ourself.
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You know,
that's how we lump it.
I'm not complaining.
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AGNES HAILSTONE:
My sister needs fish
and we need seal oil,
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so we've arranged a trade.
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Trade is a big part
of our life up here,
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and her village
is 30 miles away,
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and the only way
we could get there
is by snow machine.
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Eight months a year
we're using our snow machines.
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Anything that requires
a heavy load
or long distance travel,
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probably requires
my snow machine.
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(ENGINE SPUTTERS)
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(SIGHS)
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I blew my belt
on my snow machine,
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so it's not really gonna
take me anywhere.
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When my snow machine's
not working,
it's a lot harder to hunt,
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it's a lot harder to, uh,
bring home large things,
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like if I got a good
net check or if I got logs.
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I have to rely on other people
or I have to do stuff on foot.
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(ENGINE SPUTTERS)
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-Damn it!
-(THUDS)
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(BEEPING)
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CHIP: We tried the store.
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The store here
is very limited.
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Doesn't have much of anything.
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So I'm gonna ask on VHF,
'cause I have a VHF.
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This is the telephone
of the village.
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Good afternoon, Noorvik.
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Um, anybody out there
got an 11080 belt for sale?
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Uh, it can be used,
in good shape.
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Uh, if you've got one,
call me at home, 2524
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or just come over
to the Hailstone's.
Thank you.
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Well, folks look out
for each other up here,
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and we have a great
communication system
in the village with the VHFs.
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People often buy
and sell things
over the VHFs.
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It's a pretty good way to go.
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Snow machines are
so important that when they
don't have pieces and parts
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around here, there's always
a big trade going on.
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If you can't get it
in the stores, you gotta
get it from somewhere.
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MAN: (ON VHF) Chip Hailstone,
Chip Hailstone.
You gotta copy.
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This is Hailstone's, go ahead.
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MAN: Yeah, I hear
you're looking for a belt.
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My brother say he got one,
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but, uh, Mom says
he needs meat
better than cash.
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Caribou meat
is better than cash.
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How much you guys want?
Half caribou, full caribou?
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Hindquarter and briskets.
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Sure.
Hindquarters and briskets
sound good to me.
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I'll even bring back straps.
Maybe even a tongue and heart.
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Okay. That will do.
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Okay, um,
you'll drop it by and pick up
the meat out here, huh?
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Uh, Hailstone out.
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Signing out.
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Sokat, come in!
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Oh, sweet.
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Check it out.
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Here in the Arctic,
trade is really important.
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And this is part of it.
These are the things that
I can't go living without.
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Basically, right now,
with my snow machine,
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it would take years for me
to have a dog team again.
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And, um, these are necessary,
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and the necessary things
take money,
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and, luckily,
sometimes they take trade.
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We got back leg, front legs,
can even give you ribs.
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And I'll give you a chest,
and right here I've got a bag
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-full of, um, heart,
tongue and liver.
-Yeah.
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-It's pretty heavy.
I think you...
-I can help you.
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All right.
Well, we'll just drag it
over to your house.
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-Yeah.
-Okay, that'll be good.
All right.
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ERIK SALITAN:
The real value
of wilderness is aesthetic,
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and it's a non-tangible asset.
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I'm just looking for a, uh...
Looking for a cat trap.
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Some real decent lynx signs
in this area here.
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I'm gonna make a few
cubby sets and hopefully
catch a cat or two.
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And there's a real decent
price being paid right now
for, uh, lynx pelts.
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-Make sure its springs are
working good and everything.
-(SPRINGS CREAKING)
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So we're gonna go
put a couple of traps out
and on foot
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and see if
we can't get a head start
on the trapping season
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despite the weather obstacles.
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I'm looking for a spot here
that funnels the animals
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through a narrow opening.
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There's millions of miles
of wilderness here.
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The pan of the trap
is only about an inch big.
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You need that foot
to step right on it, so...
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Come winter,
there's zero daylight.
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This really affects
a lot of people,
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and the mental preparation
that's involved is what really
takes most people down.
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I'm crazy as a loon
to begin with,
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so it doesn't faze me at all.
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I just go with it.
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Trapping is a great way
for me to get out,
do a little alone time,
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and make a little money
while I'm at it.
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This tree here is
one of my favourite
cubby sets.
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You can see, uh, in past years
where I've had success,
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and all the brush
was all mowed down
and chewed up here.
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Here's my old tassel string.
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Still have a trap wired
to the tree here.
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I'm gonna start off by just
tying a new tassel on there,
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a little visual attractant.
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We have a termagant wing.
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And this here, it kinda blows
around in the wind,
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and lynx are curious animals
and he'll bat at it
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and hopefully get himself
caught in a trap.
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Let's make
a little bit of a cubby.
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We're gonna take sticks,
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make an enclosure
that's going to funnel
the animal in
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to step into the trap.
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Goin' to just to take
snow in our hands,
cover up the chain.
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We're gonna take
our trapping axe
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and we're gonna just dip it
into this untouched powder.
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The purpose in this
is that the snow doesn't
become compact
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and prevent the trap
from springing.
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So it's just
a fine layer of thin snow
that's obscuring that trap.
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And we don't want him
to just step over it,
so we're gonna put that there.
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These are called guide sticks.
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And we're gonna
sink it right there,
so kitty steps over.
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And the trap is essentially
ready to go.
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There you have a visual,
scent, and food item bait,
which is a moose femur.
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Here you have a tassel,
which is a termagant wing,
which is a visual draw.
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A little wind
spins that around,
attracts the cat.
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So I just finished
setting one cubby
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and I got a bunch more to
set up before I'm done here,
so I'm gonna get with it.
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Hopefully, when we come back,
we'll have a cat.
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ANDY BASSICH: I believe
in embracing technology,
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but I think any time
you embrace technology,
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the most important thing is
how you embrace it.
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(DOGS BARKING)
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Having some kind of problem
with the solar array today.
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So goin' to reset
the charge controller
and see what happens.
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Another day of fixing shit.
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Some kind of a hiccup
in the charge control here.
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I was getting all kinds
of erroneous readings
this morning,
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so, basically,
I just rebooted it.
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Oh, that looks a lot better.
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I love the technology,
but I tend to try and keep it
at arm's length.
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We use wood heat
for all of our buildings.
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We don't use any oil heat.
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We're trying
to remove ourselves
from any dependency
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on fossil fuels
as much as possible.
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I got about two or three loads
of wood I need to get
back to where I'm happy.
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That usually last us
a couple of weeks
if it's not super cold.
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If it's real cold, we burn
through the wood pretty quick.
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(REVVING)
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It's pretty critical
for me to get over
to my wood lot,
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cut some trees,
stockpile wood there,
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so that
I'm well supplied for when
the cold weather hits.
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I wanna go get
a quick load of firewood.
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It's a little quicker
with the snow machine to just
banzai across the river
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to my wood lot,
cut some wood,
throw it in,
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then I'm back here
in maybe 45 minutes.
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The snow machines,
they're a pain in the ass.
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But they're kind of
a necessary pain in the ass.
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(ENGINE STARTING)
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So I'm gonna go get my coat on
and we'll go get some wood.
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(ENGINE SPUTTERING)
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Aw, come on, man.
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-(ENGINE STOPS)
-Son of a bitch!
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Goddamn it!
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Why you gotta
do this crap today on me?
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All I wanted to do is go
get some stupid wood.
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See maybe that floats.
Maybe that floats.
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It's stickin'.
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So sick and tired
of screwing with all
this stupid machinery.
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Son of a bitch.
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These damn machines.
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I just spent a bunch of time
working on it.
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It's something wrong
with the fuel.
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The recoil's not working.
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It's just the same old crap
all the time with machinery
in the wintertime up here.
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If I can just get it
into this sled,
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I can just go home
and get some dogs,
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have them tow it back.
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(BREATHING HEAVILY)
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(EXHALES)
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(SIGHS)
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00:14:39,032 --> 00:14:40,633
Yeah, baby, that's gonna work.
234
00:14:43,836 --> 00:14:46,239
Yeah, dogs are gonna
love me for this.
235
00:14:48,641 --> 00:14:51,511
I was about
a mile away from home
when this happened.
236
00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:56,149
I'm gonna go hook up
about 10 dogs
237
00:14:56,216 --> 00:14:58,651
and we'll just drag it back
to the shop with the 10 dogs.
238
00:14:58,718 --> 00:15:01,654
And then go back
with the dogs and get a load
of wood with them,
239
00:15:01,721 --> 00:15:03,856
I probably should have
done that in the first place.
240
00:15:07,794 --> 00:15:09,929
CHIP: It's pretty much
a do-it-yourself kind of deal.
241
00:15:09,996 --> 00:15:12,098
You gotta get yourself
from one place to another.
242
00:15:12,165 --> 00:15:14,667
There's no tow trucks
and there's no gas stations.
243
00:15:33,686 --> 00:15:35,521
I blew my belt
on my snow machine.
244
00:15:35,588 --> 00:15:37,824
Got myself a belt.
It took some trade.
245
00:15:37,891 --> 00:15:39,859
This will get me back
out to the caribou
246
00:15:39,926 --> 00:15:42,328
and I'll replace the caribou
that I got
the belt with with these.
247
00:15:44,397 --> 00:15:45,732
Fucking total bullshit.
248
00:15:48,735 --> 00:15:51,037
This machine is 10 years old.
249
00:15:51,104 --> 00:15:53,305
It's probably got
50,000 miles on it.
250
00:15:53,372 --> 00:15:55,742
Machines are
very personal things.
251
00:15:55,809 --> 00:15:58,343
You, um... You don't let
other people go riding
around in your machine,
252
00:15:58,410 --> 00:16:00,046
you don't let other people
work on your machines.
253
00:16:15,461 --> 00:16:16,929
(ENGINE STARTS)
254
00:16:26,139 --> 00:16:29,075
Anything that requires
a heavy load
or long distance travel
255
00:16:29,142 --> 00:16:30,742
probably requires
my snow machine.
256
00:16:30,809 --> 00:16:34,280
And if you
can't maintain your own,
you're gonna walk a lot.
257
00:16:40,820 --> 00:16:42,655
ERIK: You take
a hot steam in the sauna,
258
00:16:42,722 --> 00:16:44,724
relax your muscles,
eat a good meal,
259
00:16:46,225 --> 00:16:49,028
hit the rack, wake up
the next day and do it again.
260
00:16:58,538 --> 00:16:59,539
(COUGHS)
261
00:17:00,540 --> 00:17:02,141
Kind of draggin' here.
262
00:17:02,208 --> 00:17:05,511
Been sick for a few days,
but I gotta get out
and check some traps.
263
00:17:09,415 --> 00:17:10,617
Alaska is a harsh place.
264
00:17:10,684 --> 00:17:13,218
It's, uh...
The climate's harsh.
265
00:17:13,285 --> 00:17:15,421
The culture can be
harsh in ways.
266
00:17:15,488 --> 00:17:17,523
If you don't like it,
don't live here!
267
00:17:17,590 --> 00:17:18,758
It's that easy.
268
00:17:21,361 --> 00:17:22,495
(COUGHS)
269
00:17:30,503 --> 00:17:32,438
The last time I came
down to the set here,
270
00:17:34,641 --> 00:17:37,410
there was a fresh cat track
coming right down this trail.
271
00:17:37,477 --> 00:17:41,314
I don't see any sign
right now, but maybe, uh...
Maybe we'll get lucky, eh?
272
00:17:48,187 --> 00:17:49,789
The last time
I checked this pole,
273
00:17:50,457 --> 00:17:51,991
a lynx had come along,
274
00:17:52,625 --> 00:17:54,693
torn this bait down,
275
00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,864
sprung my trap, and then
he walked off that way.
276
00:18:02,101 --> 00:18:04,804
Here I am
coming back from my trip,
checking traps again,
277
00:18:04,871 --> 00:18:09,709
fresh snow, a lynx again
came by, sprung the trap.
278
00:18:11,344 --> 00:18:13,712
Okay, so we're gonna
reset this pole.
279
00:18:13,779 --> 00:18:17,950
There's a lot
of self-reliance associated
with, uh, living out this far.
280
00:18:18,017 --> 00:18:19,018
(COUGHS)
281
00:18:19,085 --> 00:18:21,420
I love being out here
and doing this,
282
00:18:21,487 --> 00:18:25,625
but when you're sick,
this really'll run you down.
283
00:18:30,763 --> 00:18:33,933
We got ripped off by
a big ol' tomcat here. Lynx.
284
00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,868
But, you know, you can't
win here every time.
285
00:18:35,935 --> 00:18:38,204
So we're gonna go
and check this cubby
down the way,
286
00:18:38,271 --> 00:18:39,471
and you never know,
maybe we'll get lucky
287
00:18:39,538 --> 00:18:41,507
and even that tomcat'll be
stuck there, so we'll see.
288
00:18:43,409 --> 00:18:44,510
(COUGHS)
289
00:18:46,112 --> 00:18:47,680
So here's the cubby trap.
290
00:18:47,747 --> 00:18:49,315
Okay, the trap is sprung.
291
00:18:51,784 --> 00:18:53,386
Son of a gun.
292
00:18:53,453 --> 00:18:55,288
We got a little bit
of fur here.
293
00:18:55,355 --> 00:18:56,756
We pinched a kitty.
294
00:18:58,324 --> 00:19:01,427
Must've... It just barely
got him, you know?
295
00:19:01,494 --> 00:19:05,197
(COUGHS) He may have
actually even sat on it.
296
00:19:05,264 --> 00:19:08,601
This cat's run
devastation on me here.
He's teasing me.
297
00:19:08,668 --> 00:19:10,069
Beat me out on the cubby.
298
00:19:10,136 --> 00:19:12,338
He's not gonna win
the next go around.
299
00:19:12,405 --> 00:19:13,839
Let's check some more traps.
300
00:19:17,077 --> 00:19:18,411
Being sick sucks.
301
00:19:20,814 --> 00:19:22,815
Got a couple of miles
of trap line here.
302
00:19:22,882 --> 00:19:24,684
I'm just gonna walk
some short foot lines I have
303
00:19:24,751 --> 00:19:27,053
that are pretty close
to the house here
304
00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:30,322
and, hopefully,
we catch a cat
or martin or something.
305
00:19:30,389 --> 00:19:33,192
I'm looking forward to maybe
skinning some fur tonight.
306
00:19:51,277 --> 00:19:52,845
We have a lynx here.
307
00:19:53,946 --> 00:19:57,016
Just an unbelievable animal,
a keen predator.
308
00:19:57,083 --> 00:19:58,884
Beautiful and valuable pelt,
309
00:19:58,951 --> 00:20:01,920
and he's a true adapted
predator of the Arctic.
310
00:20:01,987 --> 00:20:05,157
And also one
of the few fur bearers
that we can also eat.
311
00:20:05,224 --> 00:20:07,026
So we're gonna try
to angle around
312
00:20:07,093 --> 00:20:11,163
and see if we can't
just put one shot
with this .22 pistol in it.
313
00:20:15,101 --> 00:20:16,268
(GUNSHOT)
314
00:20:24,844 --> 00:20:26,479
Beautiful, mature animal.
315
00:20:31,384 --> 00:20:33,853
Spend a lot of time
checking empty traps,
316
00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,789
having snowed in traps,
and then finally you go...
317
00:20:36,856 --> 00:20:38,758
And when you get
a target animal like the lynx,
318
00:20:38,825 --> 00:20:40,159
you know,
it's always exciting.
319
00:20:44,530 --> 00:20:46,165
SUE: To make the decision
to live here,
320
00:20:46,232 --> 00:20:49,268
you know, you're deciding
that you're gonna
pit yourself against
321
00:20:49,335 --> 00:20:52,171
some of the worst shit that
mother nature has to give.
322
00:21:02,548 --> 00:21:05,484
I know I've got
some predator circling me.
323
00:21:05,551 --> 00:21:06,685
I don't know where he is.
324
00:21:06,752 --> 00:21:08,220
I need to widen out my search
325
00:21:08,287 --> 00:21:11,924
just to make sure
that my immediate
work area is safe.
326
00:21:15,294 --> 00:21:17,529
A daytime attack
would be unusual,
327
00:21:17,596 --> 00:21:20,166
but it is the Arctic
and people are food groups.
328
00:21:24,337 --> 00:21:26,205
You got some tracks here.
329
00:21:26,272 --> 00:21:29,041
Fox and a wolf travel
fairly similarly.
330
00:21:29,108 --> 00:21:30,643
This is pretty goddamn big.
331
00:21:30,710 --> 00:21:32,578
Although the stride
isn't great.
332
00:21:32,645 --> 00:21:35,548
Possibility,
this could be wolf.
333
00:21:36,716 --> 00:21:38,250
If so, it's a smaller one.
334
00:21:39,251 --> 00:21:41,920
But, uh,
he definitely out here,
335
00:21:41,987 --> 00:21:44,423
and that would have definitely
been from this morning.
336
00:21:55,001 --> 00:21:57,270
Right here, this would
have been, uh, where...
337
00:21:57,337 --> 00:22:00,772
I mean it's blown over now,
but at some point it was
the entrance and exit.
338
00:22:00,839 --> 00:22:03,609
These little prints here,
those are fox prints.
339
00:22:13,352 --> 00:22:14,787
Over the years
that I've been here,
340
00:22:14,854 --> 00:22:17,634
I've got, uh,
now 12 to 15 foxes.
341
00:22:17,701 --> 00:22:21,093
They've become my buddies,
they follow me
everywhere I go.
342
00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:22,428
Um, I've got one, Foxy,
343
00:22:22,495 --> 00:22:24,463
he just, he walks
all the way inside.
344
00:22:24,530 --> 00:22:26,832
He'll sit on the couch
and watch TV with me.
345
00:22:26,899 --> 00:22:30,402
Uh, it's gotten to the point
now, I mean, I just put up
his barrel by the window
346
00:22:30,469 --> 00:22:33,072
and he sits there,
turn the TV to face him.
347
00:22:33,139 --> 00:22:35,368
If I turn it away, he cries.
348
00:22:35,435 --> 00:22:39,645
It's, uh, you know,
I can pet them.
They are my little buddies.
349
00:22:43,716 --> 00:22:46,919
When one of my
female fox, Loxy,
when she was a little kit
350
00:22:46,986 --> 00:22:50,556
it was her first year,
and I heard his horrific noise
351
00:22:50,623 --> 00:22:53,391
and instantly knew
there was a bear getting
into the fox den.
352
00:22:53,458 --> 00:22:55,328
I ran outside
and here's little Loxy,
353
00:22:55,395 --> 00:22:56,962
and she's pulling
on my little pant legs
354
00:22:57,029 --> 00:22:59,531
trying to get me to come
over to the den
355
00:22:59,598 --> 00:23:02,000
and I could hear
that the bear was
getting into the den
356
00:23:02,067 --> 00:23:03,602
and eating all the foxes.
357
00:23:03,669 --> 00:23:05,137
She's crying and crying.
358
00:23:05,204 --> 00:23:08,074
She tried and tried to pull me
over to save her family,
359
00:23:08,141 --> 00:23:10,409
and once she realised
I couldn't do it,
360
00:23:10,476 --> 00:23:13,078
she just sat down
right on the tundra
and cried and cried.
361
00:23:17,950 --> 00:23:20,586
Next thing she did,
she just ran under the trailer
and just hid.
362
00:23:20,653 --> 00:23:22,955
She is the only one that
survived that bear attack.
363
00:23:24,590 --> 00:23:26,125
Loxy!
364
00:23:27,260 --> 00:23:29,528
Loxy!
365
00:23:29,595 --> 00:23:32,765
In order to complete
the circuit, I'm gonna
get up on my perch
366
00:23:32,832 --> 00:23:36,168
and see where
my predator threat...
If there is a threat.
367
00:23:36,235 --> 00:23:38,904
We know there's large
predators roaming around
right now,
368
00:23:38,971 --> 00:23:41,073
but the nature
of a predator is
369
00:23:41,140 --> 00:23:43,776
they don't
walk out into the open
and shake your hand.
370
00:23:43,843 --> 00:23:45,010
They sneak up on you.
371
00:24:02,828 --> 00:24:04,196
There's a wolf out there!
372
00:24:06,198 --> 00:24:07,699
Typical predator activity.
373
00:24:07,766 --> 00:24:09,201
They're gonna circle you,
374
00:24:09,268 --> 00:24:11,136
lookin' for
all your weaknesses,
lookin' for your pattern,
375
00:24:11,203 --> 00:24:13,806
when they have
the advantage at night,
they come in.
376
00:24:13,873 --> 00:24:17,409
You let your guard down once
and you end up going home
in a body bag.
377
00:24:19,111 --> 00:24:21,614
Typically, what they're
going to do is circle,
378
00:24:21,681 --> 00:24:26,018
circle, wait for you
to get comfortable, wait,
and then pounce.
379
00:24:26,085 --> 00:24:28,487
Because he's 100
or 200 yards out
380
00:24:28,554 --> 00:24:30,222
doesn't mean
he needs to go down.
381
00:24:30,289 --> 00:24:33,659
When I feel my
comfort zone for safety
has been comprised,
382
00:24:33,726 --> 00:24:35,360
that's when I need
to take care of it.
383
00:24:35,427 --> 00:24:37,696
My job then to protect myself,
384
00:24:37,763 --> 00:24:41,367
get all of my f-ing work done
and be inside.
385
00:24:41,434 --> 00:24:43,802
They have the advantage
if I go outside at night.
386
00:24:43,869 --> 00:24:45,070
I need to change that around.
387
00:24:45,137 --> 00:24:46,972
They want me bad enough,
they're hungry enough,
388
00:24:47,039 --> 00:24:48,073
you come inside, motherfucker.
389
00:24:48,140 --> 00:24:49,441
'Cause then
I have the advantage.
390
00:24:51,277 --> 00:24:53,445
People want to know
why I do this, this is it.
391
00:24:53,512 --> 00:24:54,547
You know
you're fucking alive
392
00:24:54,614 --> 00:24:56,248
when you got something
wanting to eat ya.
393
00:24:56,315 --> 00:24:57,916
You gotta beat feet
to get your shit done,
394
00:24:57,983 --> 00:25:00,051
and hopefully,
you outsmart 'em
or outwait 'em.
395
00:25:00,118 --> 00:25:01,286
Dangerous? Yeah.
396
00:25:01,353 --> 00:25:03,789
Scary? No.
It's a challenge, I like it.
397
00:25:10,128 --> 00:25:11,730
CHIP: We're not stoppable.
398
00:25:11,797 --> 00:25:14,165
We're the irresistible object.
399
00:25:14,232 --> 00:25:15,267
It's our will.
400
00:25:25,744 --> 00:25:27,746
CHIP: The object today is
to go get some seal oil.
401
00:25:27,813 --> 00:25:30,215
We missed a couple of really
good hunts this last fall,
402
00:25:30,282 --> 00:25:32,651
so we've taken to trading
and purchasing it.
403
00:25:33,886 --> 00:25:35,821
Here in the Arctic,
because we are beyond,
404
00:25:35,888 --> 00:25:37,289
way beyond
the end of the road,
405
00:25:37,356 --> 00:25:38,924
this is just kind of
the way things go.
406
00:25:38,991 --> 00:25:40,759
Um, trade is really important.
407
00:25:40,826 --> 00:25:43,796
My wife wants more seal oil,
which is a favourite
condiment of ours.
408
00:25:43,863 --> 00:25:45,164
Seal oil goes
all over everything.
409
00:25:45,231 --> 00:25:49,668
Makes eating
frozen food calorically
viable for our bodies.
410
00:25:49,735 --> 00:25:51,303
Her sister wants
some white fish,
411
00:25:51,370 --> 00:25:53,105
so it all came together
to make a great reason
412
00:25:53,172 --> 00:25:55,274
to go on a trip
to the next village,
which is Kiana.
413
00:25:58,577 --> 00:26:01,080
AGNES: These down here
are all the special fish.
414
00:26:02,448 --> 00:26:06,618
These fish in here
are, uh, from Melevik.
415
00:26:06,685 --> 00:26:11,657
They are fatter and got more,
uh, white fish eggs in them.
416
00:26:11,724 --> 00:26:16,195
I wanna bring these
to my sister Nita in Kiana,
the next village up.
417
00:26:16,262 --> 00:26:18,430
They didn't get much
fish up there this year
418
00:26:18,497 --> 00:26:20,899
and I told her
I'd save her a bag.
419
00:26:29,441 --> 00:26:32,611
CHIP: When we go visit folks
in the next village or such,
we don't have roads.
420
00:26:32,678 --> 00:26:34,546
And, um, we have
a trail system,
421
00:26:34,613 --> 00:26:37,382
but quite often
it's just
a cross-country deal.
422
00:26:37,449 --> 00:26:40,352
Not too many people
around here have
a taxi cab to jump into.
423
00:26:40,419 --> 00:26:41,820
Actually, nobody does so.
424
00:26:41,887 --> 00:26:45,123
So we use basket sleds,
and we line 'em with
caribou skins and a tarp
425
00:26:45,190 --> 00:26:46,858
to keep the snow
off the people riding behind.
426
00:26:46,925 --> 00:26:48,994
And, uh, it's actually
a very comfortable way to go.
427
00:26:49,061 --> 00:26:53,065
It's the place where
grandmas and newborns
and, um, delicate things
428
00:26:53,132 --> 00:26:55,501
are put into a nice
flexible basket sled.
429
00:27:22,528 --> 00:27:26,699
If it's a good year
and a fella's got a nice ride,
it can be 20 minutes.
430
00:27:26,766 --> 00:27:29,034
Because it's probably
30, 40 miles.
431
00:27:29,101 --> 00:27:32,938
This year it's kind of rough,
we've got passengers,
so we slow down considerably.
432
00:27:33,639 --> 00:27:34,940
(DOG BARKS)
433
00:27:52,892 --> 00:27:55,627
-AGNES: How's Jack?
-Okay.
434
00:27:55,694 --> 00:27:57,663
AGNES: We brought fish.
CHIP: Still like white fish?
435
00:28:00,532 --> 00:28:02,901
Right there,
your, um, white fish.
436
00:28:02,968 --> 00:28:05,871
CHIP: Trade is really
important, and money is
really hard to come by.
437
00:28:05,938 --> 00:28:07,972
And if you can't make money,
you can always trade.
438
00:28:08,039 --> 00:28:10,542
It's all a big circle,
we all watch out for
each other around here.
439
00:28:10,609 --> 00:28:12,110
-Right on, thank you.
-Thank you.
440
00:28:12,177 --> 00:28:13,778
It's really fresh.
There's no taste.
441
00:28:13,845 --> 00:28:16,415
-AGNES: It's good.
-Nice, light, light oil.
442
00:28:20,620 --> 00:28:21,920
No, pink's right.
443
00:28:21,987 --> 00:28:26,391
We dip all our fish
and frozen meats
and stuff inside of it.
444
00:28:26,458 --> 00:28:29,695
And that way we don't
make our bodies cold.
445
00:28:29,762 --> 00:28:32,498
-CHIP: It's rendered down
from seal blubber.
-Yeah, seal blubber.
446
00:28:32,565 --> 00:28:35,134
-Real good one.
-JACK: Yeah.
447
00:28:35,201 --> 00:28:37,769
CHIP: These Inupiaq,
their culture is
all about food.
448
00:28:37,836 --> 00:28:40,405
It's a medium of exchange,
it's a medium of gift,
449
00:28:40,472 --> 00:28:42,507
and, if anything,
a really good reason
to go on a little trip,
450
00:28:42,574 --> 00:28:44,910
to go visiting,
that's the way to go.
451
00:28:44,977 --> 00:28:46,512
Since it's all about food,
now I'm gonna go inside
452
00:28:46,579 --> 00:28:48,313
and go eat
with my-brother-in-law.
453
00:28:50,349 --> 00:28:52,717
ANDY: For me,
I love the technology.
454
00:28:52,784 --> 00:28:56,689
If it's not improving my life,
if it's creating more
frustration for me,
455
00:28:56,756 --> 00:29:00,159
then I know I'm depending
on the technology too much.
456
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,363
Hey, Berg.
You guys ready to go
457
00:29:05,197 --> 00:29:07,299
perform AAA services?
458
00:29:07,366 --> 00:29:10,869
This morning I woke up
and planned to just do
a quick trip across the river
459
00:29:10,936 --> 00:29:12,971
to get some firewood
with the snow machine.
460
00:29:13,038 --> 00:29:15,307
Plans didn't work out the way
I had envisioned them.
461
00:29:15,374 --> 00:29:18,243
I got right to my wood lot,
my machine died.
462
00:29:18,310 --> 00:29:20,445
Then I had to walk home,
about mile, mile-and-a-half.
463
00:29:21,313 --> 00:29:22,514
How about you
and Tea help me?
464
00:29:22,581 --> 00:29:25,183
Let's go get that
snow machine.
465
00:29:25,250 --> 00:29:27,452
Hell with those damn
snow machines today.
466
00:29:30,489 --> 00:29:31,490
KATE RORKE-BASSICH:
What's going on?
467
00:29:31,557 --> 00:29:33,492
Ah, snow machine
broke down again.
468
00:29:33,559 --> 00:29:35,460
KATE: No!
469
00:29:35,527 --> 00:29:38,563
So, um, why don't
you go get dressed up
and help me.
470
00:29:38,630 --> 00:29:42,334
Let's hook up about
10 dogs and I'll go over there
and drag it back over here.
471
00:29:42,401 --> 00:29:45,070
Then I can use the dogs
to go back and get
some wood and stuff.
472
00:29:50,976 --> 00:29:54,680
Sick and tired of working
on damn snow machines
all the time.
473
00:30:03,923 --> 00:30:06,892
Hey, Kate, you gonna be
able to come help me, uh,
hook up some dogs?
474
00:30:06,959 --> 00:30:09,328
-How many you gonna take?
-Ten.
475
00:30:10,963 --> 00:30:13,332
Living out here,
we depend on each other.
476
00:30:13,399 --> 00:30:14,566
We're a partnership
477
00:30:14,633 --> 00:30:18,203
and she's
really good at dropping
whatever she's doing
478
00:30:18,270 --> 00:30:20,839
to help me
when I need help out here.
479
00:30:20,906 --> 00:30:22,674
You got a neckline
on one of those?
480
00:30:23,008 --> 00:30:24,309
Yeah.
481
00:30:24,376 --> 00:30:27,112
-(DOGS YELPS)
-Gonna need your power today.
482
00:30:27,179 --> 00:30:28,914
Gonna need your power today.
Come on.
483
00:30:28,981 --> 00:30:30,015
(DOGS BARKING)
484
00:30:34,753 --> 00:30:37,623
Give me your right foot.
Up. Good.
485
00:30:38,690 --> 00:30:39,925
(BARKING)
486
00:30:43,229 --> 00:30:44,396
All right, let's go!
487
00:30:50,135 --> 00:30:53,438
I got better things
to do with my time today then
screw around with this.
488
00:30:53,505 --> 00:30:55,507
So I'm just gonna drag
that machine back
489
00:30:55,574 --> 00:30:58,309
and then go with the dogs
and get a load
of wood with them.
490
00:30:58,376 --> 00:31:00,646
I probably should've done that
in the first place.
491
00:31:01,079 --> 00:31:02,814
Up, up! On by.
492
00:31:02,881 --> 00:31:05,050
That a boys.
Straight ahead,
straight ahead.
493
00:31:05,117 --> 00:31:06,218
On by, let's go!
494
00:31:08,053 --> 00:31:09,488
Everybody, whoa.
495
00:31:09,555 --> 00:31:13,125
Up easy, up easy.
Up easy, whoa.
496
00:31:13,192 --> 00:31:16,595
Up a little, whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Whoa! Whoa! Everybody stay.
497
00:31:17,663 --> 00:31:19,464
-Everybody stay.
-(DOGS WHINE)
498
00:31:21,133 --> 00:31:22,534
Everybody stay.
499
00:31:23,135 --> 00:31:24,268
Stay!
500
00:31:24,335 --> 00:31:27,005
If these dogs wanna
take off on me, I'm screwed.
501
00:31:27,072 --> 00:31:28,340
(WHINING)
502
00:31:28,407 --> 00:31:29,775
Everybody stay.
503
00:31:31,476 --> 00:31:32,844
Everybody stay.
504
00:31:32,911 --> 00:31:35,747
Everybody, whoa. Whoa, whoa!
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
505
00:31:35,814 --> 00:31:37,349
Everybody stay.
506
00:31:37,416 --> 00:31:39,517
The snow machine
crapped out on me.
507
00:31:39,584 --> 00:31:41,853
I loaded it into the sled,
508
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,022
I went home, I got my dogs,
509
00:31:44,089 --> 00:31:46,024
I bought them back,
I hooked on.
510
00:31:46,091 --> 00:31:47,893
And up. Up, up! Let's go!
511
00:31:50,428 --> 00:31:53,064
Those 10 dogs ran
with that snow machine home,
512
00:31:53,131 --> 00:31:56,835
and it was a good feeling
to see my dogs in shape,
513
00:31:56,902 --> 00:31:59,905
pulling the snow machine home
with no problems at all.
514
00:32:00,806 --> 00:32:02,074
That a boys!
515
00:32:03,341 --> 00:32:04,476
Straight ahead.
516
00:32:09,414 --> 00:32:12,250
-That a boys! That a boys!
-(DOGS BARKING)
517
00:32:13,319 --> 00:32:14,853
That a boys, let's go.
518
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:16,154
That a boys.
519
00:32:17,222 --> 00:32:18,824
Let's go. Let's go. Up, up.
520
00:32:19,391 --> 00:32:21,727
Up! That a boys.
521
00:32:22,594 --> 00:32:24,029
Easy, easy.
522
00:32:24,096 --> 00:32:27,266
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Easy.
523
00:32:27,333 --> 00:32:29,367
I need you to grab
the middle of the line
524
00:32:29,434 --> 00:32:32,003
and drag the dogs in the
middle of the team this way
525
00:32:32,070 --> 00:32:34,105
so I can clear this damn tree.
526
00:32:34,172 --> 00:32:36,775
Up easy, let's go! Up, up!
527
00:32:36,842 --> 00:32:40,645
-Kate! I need the middle
of the fucking team!
-Okay.
528
00:32:40,712 --> 00:32:41,712
That way!
529
00:32:41,779 --> 00:32:44,149
Stop yelling
or you're on your own.
530
00:32:46,418 --> 00:32:48,587
Okay, let's go! Up, up!
Up, up!
531
00:32:48,654 --> 00:32:50,422
KATE: Whoa, whoa!
532
00:32:51,390 --> 00:32:54,225
ANDY: Up, up.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
533
00:32:54,292 --> 00:32:57,328
-Whoa! Easy. Whoa.
-Whoa!
534
00:32:57,395 --> 00:33:00,432
Go. Whoa! Everybody stay.
Good job, you guys!
535
00:33:00,499 --> 00:33:02,968
Every day is not a rosy day.
536
00:33:03,035 --> 00:33:06,872
But, you know,
you have to remember
we're together 24/7.
537
00:33:06,939 --> 00:33:10,242
Just a little pissed off.
I'm not meant... Trying to get
on your case, Kate.
538
00:33:10,309 --> 00:33:13,378
I'm just pissed off 'cause
this damn snow machine
is doing this.
539
00:33:13,445 --> 00:33:17,282
I don't want to rely
on that equipment any more
to do a quick job.
540
00:33:17,349 --> 00:33:19,551
I'm gonna use my dogs
'cause they're reliable.
541
00:33:20,118 --> 00:33:21,386
(PANTING)
542
00:33:28,727 --> 00:33:32,697
Remind me on my next shop
to have an automatic winch
at the back door. (CHUCKLES)
543
00:33:32,764 --> 00:33:35,299
So my quick day of going out
and getting one quick load
544
00:33:35,366 --> 00:33:38,170
of firewood
with the snow machine,
545
00:33:38,237 --> 00:33:41,139
because of
mechanical problem's
turned into an all-day event
546
00:33:41,206 --> 00:33:45,143
which pretty much
shot my plans for
the rest of the day.
547
00:33:45,210 --> 00:33:47,112
That's the way it is
out here sometimes.
548
00:33:47,579 --> 00:33:49,614
Goddamn thing.
549
00:33:49,681 --> 00:33:51,149
I could've gotten
five loads of wood
550
00:33:51,216 --> 00:33:53,652
for what I just
put into that crap
with the dogs.
551
00:33:53,719 --> 00:33:56,254
I'm just trying to debate
whether I want to go get
a load of wood with this
552
00:33:56,321 --> 00:33:58,723
or just use
the dog sled, you know?
553
00:33:58,790 --> 00:34:01,960
Right. Just use the dog sled.
Hook them up and go again.
554
00:34:02,828 --> 00:34:03,829
(YELPING)
555
00:34:05,030 --> 00:34:06,565
Stay. Okay, let's go!
556
00:34:06,632 --> 00:34:08,867
Up, up. Chi, chi.
557
00:34:08,934 --> 00:34:11,770
That a boy!
Chi, chi. Chi, chi.
558
00:34:15,007 --> 00:34:17,843
Yeah, baby!
One more. Chi, chi.
559
00:34:22,681 --> 00:34:24,082
CHIP:
It's always been about food.
560
00:34:24,149 --> 00:34:26,351
It's a medium of exchange,
it's a medium of gift.
561
00:34:26,418 --> 00:34:28,453
It's, um,
what hunting produces,
562
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:31,089
it's what fishing produces,
it's what gathering produces.
563
00:34:47,372 --> 00:34:49,874
CHIP: Currently,
there's 18 people
living in our house.
564
00:34:49,941 --> 00:34:52,110
There's me, my wife,
our five daughters.
565
00:34:52,177 --> 00:34:55,847
Our son and his woman have
come to visited us and brought
a couple of their children.
566
00:34:55,914 --> 00:34:58,650
And then my wife's sister
just moved up from Iowa.
567
00:34:58,717 --> 00:35:01,053
She's occupying one room
with her five children.
568
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:04,055
People flow in and flow out.
It's, uh, never the same.
569
00:35:04,122 --> 00:35:06,325
There's no hotels.
What can you say?
570
00:35:06,392 --> 00:35:08,192
Everybody's welcome.
571
00:35:08,259 --> 00:35:10,662
This is a pretty
standard meal for us.
572
00:35:10,729 --> 00:35:14,299
Fish, meat,
something from the ocean,
some oil, some blubber.
573
00:35:15,634 --> 00:35:17,736
Right here is a little bit
of dried seal meat.
574
00:35:18,469 --> 00:35:20,939
Rose is cutting up, um,
beluga.
575
00:35:22,374 --> 00:35:25,043
This is, um,
Inupiaq real food.
576
00:35:31,416 --> 00:35:33,251
We have crackers
or fresh bread.
577
00:35:33,318 --> 00:35:35,186
We'll have apples,
carrots, celery,
578
00:35:35,253 --> 00:35:37,055
whatever fresh vegetables
we can find at the store
579
00:35:37,122 --> 00:35:39,391
we're always glad to include
in a good meal like this.
580
00:35:40,458 --> 00:35:42,160
Our stores try hard,
but a lot of times,
581
00:35:42,227 --> 00:35:45,863
there's no fruits
or vegetables at all to be had
for quite a while.
582
00:35:45,930 --> 00:35:50,334
But this right here
reduces our overall
grocery amount vastly.
583
00:35:50,401 --> 00:35:51,802
If we were to live
out of the store,
584
00:35:51,869 --> 00:35:54,873
we'd probably be
spending maybe
$3,000 a month to feed us.
585
00:35:56,007 --> 00:35:57,375
We've got some
smoked salmon here,
586
00:35:57,442 --> 00:35:59,344
we have some carrots
and some celery
and some apples.
587
00:35:59,411 --> 00:36:04,483
There's bowhead muktuk,
which is the pink stuff with
the black tops, the skin tips.
588
00:36:04,550 --> 00:36:06,450
Then we have beluga,
which is a white whale.
589
00:36:06,517 --> 00:36:09,320
There's, um, frozen caribou,
there's some dried
smoked caribou,
590
00:36:09,387 --> 00:36:11,856
and there's some
frozen white fish
and frozen white fish eggs.
591
00:36:11,923 --> 00:36:13,858
And it's all been smeared
over with seal oil.
592
00:36:13,925 --> 00:36:16,561
If you eat frozen fish
or frozen caribou
593
00:36:16,628 --> 00:36:19,197
and you're outside,
even inside,
you'll chill your body.
594
00:36:19,264 --> 00:36:21,266
But if you dip 'em
in seal oil calorically,
595
00:36:21,333 --> 00:36:23,402
you gain,
you get heat out of the deal.
596
00:36:23,469 --> 00:36:25,770
Makes our bodies
come up to temperature.
597
00:36:25,837 --> 00:36:28,606
It's what makes people live
in the Arctic so well
598
00:36:28,673 --> 00:36:32,110
and, uh, we made some good
trades this year for seal oil.
599
00:36:32,177 --> 00:36:33,444
What can I say?
600
00:36:33,511 --> 00:36:35,046
It all comes back to food,
it's all about food.
601
00:36:35,113 --> 00:36:37,282
The hunting is about food.
The fishing is about food.
602
00:36:37,349 --> 00:36:40,085
The interactions
with folks around here
we have is about food.
603
00:36:40,152 --> 00:36:42,287
Seems my life is
kind of centred on food.
604
00:36:42,354 --> 00:36:44,623
And, uh, it's best
when we go get our own.
I think it tastes better.
605
00:36:48,226 --> 00:36:49,294
SUE: I'm my own master.
606
00:36:49,361 --> 00:36:51,596
I tell the ship
which way to sail.
607
00:36:51,663 --> 00:36:54,966
You can live life
on the sidelines or, you know,
be on the front charge.
608
00:37:06,311 --> 00:37:09,313
I know I've got
some predator circling me.
609
00:37:09,380 --> 00:37:10,749
I don't know where he is.
610
00:37:10,816 --> 00:37:13,851
I have to not just believe
that I am safe in here,
611
00:37:13,918 --> 00:37:16,354
I've gotta know
that I'm safe in here.
612
00:37:16,421 --> 00:37:18,390
And that means checking it.
I gotta find 'em.
613
00:37:30,235 --> 00:37:32,403
The top predators,
they tend to be sneaky.
614
00:37:32,470 --> 00:37:36,007
They'll draw you out
to bring you in
so they can get you.
615
00:37:36,074 --> 00:37:39,377
The way a wolf hunts,
they send out scouts first,
to draw you out.
616
00:37:39,444 --> 00:37:41,846
Once you're out,
the rest come in from behind.
617
00:37:41,913 --> 00:37:44,983
The one you can't see
is the one you need
to worry about.
618
00:37:48,319 --> 00:37:51,289
I have the utmost respect
for my environment.
619
00:37:51,356 --> 00:37:54,226
The utmost respect
for the predators in my area.
620
00:37:54,293 --> 00:37:56,428
But not a hell of a lot
I fear out of life.
621
00:37:56,495 --> 00:37:58,997
It's just a challenge
I haven't met yet.
622
00:37:59,064 --> 00:38:00,098
That's all it is.
623
00:38:08,006 --> 00:38:11,342
I got a wolf sitting
on the other side
of the bank, so I'm ready.
624
00:38:12,210 --> 00:38:14,112
You know,
bring it on, boo-boo.
625
00:38:14,179 --> 00:38:15,346
Bring it on, boo-boo.
626
00:38:16,347 --> 00:38:17,348
(GUNSHOT)
627
00:38:20,151 --> 00:38:22,988
Always, my first option
is deflection.
628
00:38:23,055 --> 00:38:24,890
Can I scare him,
make him run away?
629
00:38:24,957 --> 00:38:26,591
One of my predators...
630
00:38:26,658 --> 00:38:28,960
It's a good idea.
631
00:38:29,027 --> 00:38:32,163
Rather than just hunker,
run inside like a weenie,
632
00:38:32,964 --> 00:38:36,367
uh, let off a few blasts.
633
00:38:36,434 --> 00:38:39,170
Let's them know
that I mean business.
634
00:38:39,237 --> 00:38:42,407
They appreciate
what a bullet sounds like.
635
00:38:42,474 --> 00:38:43,708
It's putting
the noise out there.
636
00:38:43,775 --> 00:38:46,944
It's kinda like throwing down
the gauntlet.
637
00:38:47,011 --> 00:38:49,681
I'm being proactive
with the wolf.
638
00:38:49,748 --> 00:38:54,319
I'm saying, "Bam, bam!
This is my territory,
you son of a bitch. I dare ya.
639
00:38:55,353 --> 00:38:57,188
"Cross that fucking line.
640
00:38:57,255 --> 00:39:01,126
"Come on, you want me,
come get me, motherfucker.
I'm ready for ya."
641
00:39:03,762 --> 00:39:06,163
ANDY: We're not hiding
from anything out here.
642
00:39:06,230 --> 00:39:09,200
We're just living the way
our hearts tell us
643
00:39:09,267 --> 00:39:11,236
is the best way
to live for us.
644
00:39:20,279 --> 00:39:21,546
Gonna chi up here, guys.
645
00:39:22,614 --> 00:39:24,815
Chi, chi! Chi, chi!
646
00:39:24,882 --> 00:39:26,918
This morning,
planned to just do
a quick trip
647
00:39:26,985 --> 00:39:30,021
across the river
to get some firewood
with the snow machine.
648
00:39:30,088 --> 00:39:33,124
The plans didn't work out
the way I had envisioned 'em.
649
00:39:33,191 --> 00:39:35,159
That's the way it is
out here sometimes.
650
00:39:35,226 --> 00:39:38,964
You gotta pretty much adapt
to things as they happen.
651
00:39:39,031 --> 00:39:40,098
Stay.
652
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,603
So I'm here right now
in my wood lot.
653
00:39:44,670 --> 00:39:47,705
I'm going to go
get a couple of trees here.
There's a couple right there.
654
00:39:47,772 --> 00:39:51,009
There's one dead tree there.
I gotta worry about that one
hitting the dogs, though,
655
00:39:51,076 --> 00:39:53,477
so I think I'd rather
get stuff over here.
656
00:39:53,544 --> 00:39:55,313
Hopefully,
this thing will run.
657
00:39:56,814 --> 00:39:57,949
(WHIRRING)
658
00:40:11,095 --> 00:40:12,297
(PANTING)
659
00:40:14,132 --> 00:40:15,767
All right, there's three.
660
00:40:22,240 --> 00:40:24,708
(SIGHS) I'm gonna try
and take that tree down.
661
00:40:24,775 --> 00:40:29,313
If I can get it to fall
on this side of these
two trees, I'll be happy.
662
00:40:29,380 --> 00:40:32,717
Jerry-riggin' stuff,
man, that's my middle name.
663
00:40:32,784 --> 00:40:34,953
That's all I seem to do
around here, you know?
664
00:40:35,020 --> 00:40:36,554
If you don't have
the resource,
665
00:40:36,621 --> 00:40:40,791
you look around,
you figure out what you got
and then you make it work.
666
00:40:40,858 --> 00:40:42,227
(WHIRRING)
667
00:40:45,363 --> 00:40:46,431
(SNIFFLES)
668
00:40:47,631 --> 00:40:50,068
All right, baby, go where
I want you to go now.
669
00:40:50,869 --> 00:40:52,770
Come on. Come on!
670
00:40:55,172 --> 00:40:57,108
Come on, baby,
come to Papa.
671
00:40:57,976 --> 00:40:59,444
Yeah, baby, go.
672
00:40:59,511 --> 00:41:03,081
Go, go, go, go. Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
673
00:41:05,049 --> 00:41:06,150
Oh, yeah!
674
00:41:06,217 --> 00:41:07,385
Oh, yeah!
675
00:41:09,154 --> 00:41:12,290
It's always the biggest ones
that's farthest to carry.
676
00:41:12,357 --> 00:41:13,458
Never fails.
677
00:41:16,661 --> 00:41:19,364
All day long
just sweat my ass off
678
00:41:24,435 --> 00:41:27,171
I think that's going to be it
for the night after that.
679
00:41:27,238 --> 00:41:28,673
That's a pretty full day.
680
00:41:29,674 --> 00:41:30,808
Oh. (EXHALES)
681
00:41:31,342 --> 00:41:32,677
Okay, let's go!
682
00:41:37,782 --> 00:41:38,917
That a boys.
683
00:41:39,651 --> 00:41:40,818
That a boys.
684
00:41:42,086 --> 00:41:45,223
That a boys. Yeah, buddy!
Whoo-hoo!
685
00:41:45,824 --> 00:41:48,092
Yeah! Let's go home.
686
00:41:52,263 --> 00:41:53,964
ERIK: Tomorrow,
it'll be kill or be killed.
687
00:41:54,031 --> 00:41:55,266
That's a serious reality.
688
00:41:55,333 --> 00:41:56,968
So there's a lot of blood
in the snow around my house.
689
00:42:12,751 --> 00:42:14,786
Saw the lynx
from across the slough,
690
00:42:14,853 --> 00:42:16,420
jogged over there.
691
00:42:16,487 --> 00:42:17,955
Looked at it.
692
00:42:18,022 --> 00:42:20,658
It was a nice,
big, mature animal.
693
00:42:20,725 --> 00:42:23,494
Made a clean shot.
Dispatched it.
694
00:42:23,561 --> 00:42:25,463
I was happy packing
that lynx home.
695
00:42:25,530 --> 00:42:27,131
It's always
good weight to have.
696
00:42:34,406 --> 00:42:36,141
You're on your own
time zone here.
697
00:42:36,208 --> 00:42:39,110
You can wake up at 4:00
in the afternoon
698
00:42:39,177 --> 00:42:44,248
and accomplish just as much as
if you wake up at 6:00 a.m.
699
00:42:44,315 --> 00:42:46,483
And you sleep
when you're tired, you eat
when you're hungry,
700
00:42:46,550 --> 00:42:48,086
you work when
there's work to be done.
701
00:42:49,653 --> 00:42:53,491
I tell you what, I'm happy
I got that done.
702
00:42:53,558 --> 00:42:56,894
I'm gonna skin a lynx
and go to bed. I'm whipped.
703
00:42:56,961 --> 00:42:58,996
You make your own,
your own time up here.
704
00:42:59,063 --> 00:43:01,165
You know,
Alaska is a harsh place.
705
00:43:01,232 --> 00:43:04,168
It's either you like it
or you don't.
706
00:43:04,235 --> 00:43:06,104
It's the only place
that I could live.
707
00:43:08,173 --> 00:43:10,574
You know, the satisfaction
of trapping, it's nice.
708
00:43:10,641 --> 00:43:14,745
I spend a lot of the year
guiding clients.
709
00:43:14,812 --> 00:43:16,614
Spent a lot of time
out in the woods
with other people.
710
00:43:16,681 --> 00:43:20,118
It's one of the few times
of the year
that I get to be on my own.
711
00:43:20,185 --> 00:43:24,255
I like that serenity
and to get out there and
get some alone time.
712
00:43:26,524 --> 00:43:28,559
Yeah, the lynx
is a prized animal.
713
00:43:28,626 --> 00:43:30,728
(COUGHS) It's a valuable hide.
714
00:43:30,795 --> 00:43:32,830
They're not
a difficult hide to flesh.
715
00:43:33,698 --> 00:43:35,600
They bring a good price.
716
00:43:35,667 --> 00:43:37,535
If you're self-employed,
there's no sick days,
717
00:43:37,602 --> 00:43:41,839
so you gotta just keep
plugging along. (SIGHS)
718
00:43:41,906 --> 00:43:43,374
(COUGHS)
719
00:43:43,441 --> 00:43:45,109
But even on days
where it's kind of bum,
720
00:43:45,176 --> 00:43:47,478
I'm pretty sick
and I got a fever...
721
00:43:47,545 --> 00:43:51,416
(SNIFFLES) It's pretty
late at night, I'm hungry,
722
00:43:51,483 --> 00:43:54,552
I don't really want to be
fooling around,
I wanna just get in bed...
723
00:43:56,087 --> 00:43:58,389
This is better than
any office job, you know?
724
00:43:58,456 --> 00:44:00,858
I wouldn't make it very long
in an office job.
58974
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