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NARRATOR: On this episode of
Life Below Zero,
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Andy's springtime plans
come crashing down.
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ANDY: Fuckin-A man.
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NARRATOR:
An elusive creature puts
the Hailstones on high alert.
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AGNES:
Look, right in front of you.
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NARRATOR:
Glenn's quest for fire
gets choked.
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NARRATOR:
And Sue's dream for Kavik
is buried under ice.
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SUE:
I cannot replace that part.
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The hardware store
is a hell of a long ways away.
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AGNES: One, two, three. Go!
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We're down here in Kotzebue.
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It looks like it's going to be
a good day for oogruk hunting.
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One, two, three. Go!
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One, two, three. Go.
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Today, we'll be going out
with my cousin Victor's boat
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and he'll be driving
us out there.
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Ready?
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NARRATOR: This time of year
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the Hailstones turn their
attention to hunting
bearded seals, or oogruk,
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Alaska's largest species
of ice seal,
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and an essential resource
for the family.
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Jump in, Jon, jump in.
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(LAUGHS)
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I know Chip really wants
to be out here with us,
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but he really can't because
only the native people
can do this hunt.
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So, I've chosen my son Jon
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and my oldest daughter Tinmiaq
and they'll be joining.
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Hopefully, they'll be
oogruk out there,
if we're lucky. (CHUCKLES)
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Son, get the other one.
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NARRATOR: Seal hunting
is an Inupiat tradition
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that has lasted
for thousands of years,
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but in order to regulate
seal populations
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hunting laws prohibit
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non-natives from taking part
in the harvest.
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Okay, put that box
of shotgun shells in.
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It's gonna get splashed.
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Put that thermos bottle down.
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And make sure
your strings are pulled in
some for the anchor.
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And put your life jacket on.
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NARRATOR: Catching a seal
would provide the Hailstones
with meat and oil
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that will help them survive
the extreme cold of winter.
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AGNES: When we render
down the blubber
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we use it as our oil
when we dip our frozen foods
or our dried foods in,
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and that's usually
a real delicacy,
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and it gives us energy,
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so pretty much everything goes
with seal oil up here.
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(AGNES SPEAKS)
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(JON SPEAKS)
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(AGNES SPEAKS)
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(JON SPEAKS)
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(AGNES SPEAKS)
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It's right there.
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-Right there! Right there!
-Right there,
it's still bubbling.
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Next time, throw it, son,
so it stick.
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Right there, it's blood.
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On that side.
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It already sink?
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Right around there. Yeah.
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(JON SPEAKS)
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You never let go
of your harpoon, that's why.
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NARRATOR: Once the seal is
shot or punctured,
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it must be pulled
to the boat quickly,
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or it will sink to the bottom.
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Jon's failure
to harpoon this one
is a costly mistake.
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-(JON SPEAKS)
-(AGNES SPEAKS)
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Straight down.
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Aye yai yai yai yai.
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That was a seal, though.
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JON: It is quite a bit
challenging with
all the ice gone.
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Usually, you'd get
for sure shots or just
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a whole bunch
of oogruk are sleeping
or relaxing in the sun.
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But with all the ice gone,
now we have to
chase out some seals,
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and hopefully shoot them,
harpoon them,
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and get them into the boat
without sinking them.
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We've done it before,
we can do it again.
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SUE: So, I am fighting
for my way of life
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and I have every reason
to believe I will succeed.
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But I might not.
It's the roll of the dice.
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You ready to get out there?
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NARRATOR: For Sue Aikens,
the spring season means that
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Kavik River Camp
will soon be open
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to house scientists,
pilots, and travellers
passing through the tundra.
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But a lack of running water
could shut her down
before camp even opens.
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SUE: It's around the end
of May and I haven't
had running water
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since the beginning of
late September, early October.
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People come here,
stay with me
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to check out the tundra.
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Part of the services
is having running water.
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Water to do dishes, laundry.
Water to clean yourself.
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Now, you're just gonna
straighten this line out.
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Yeah, and then
we'll pull it back that way.
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Once we get it
straightened out.
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I have to have this filter,
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so I can filter
and run that water today.
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Because that river could flood
as early as tomorrow.
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When that happens
the water is silty
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and I can't put it
through my filters.
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If I wait till it's silty,
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I can have
all the water in the world
running down the river,
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but it's useless to me
and my guests.
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So I've gotta get it now
while it's clean and healthy.
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Then I can get it in,
filter it, treat it.
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I need to clear all this snow
so I can run a line,
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from the river
back to my camp.
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NARRATOR: With approximately
10 acres of land
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and a mile of waterline
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still buried
under five feet of snow,
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an essential piece
of the puzzle
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has yet to be found.
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My filter piece,
it is somewhere under the ice.
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Fuck me.
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That part is essential.
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Without it, I cannot
hook up to the pump.
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The importance of that piece,
it's the first piece
that goes into the water
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and sucks the water
into the pump,
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the pump pushes it
through the line, and voila,
I have water in camp.
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And I cannot replace
that part.
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'Cause the hardware store
is hell of a long ways away.
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The piece I need, the coupler,
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is on the end
of a long length.
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I am gonna guess
it's somewhere out here.
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Otherwise, I've just got
10 million acres
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to choose from.
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GLENN: I expect,
and I hope to die out here.
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That's my plan.
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Just not anytime soon.
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Firewood is important
out here.
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I spend a lot of time
cutting wood,
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all through the year.
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It's one of the bigger jobs
I have to do.
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And I don't have
any other source of heat
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other than a wood fire.
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I use it for
heating hot water.
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And I have a fire going
24 hours a day
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through the winter.
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And in the spring
and in the summer,
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I still use a fire.
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I couldn't live out here
without a fire.
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NARRATOR: A wilderness purist,
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Glenn forgoes
the use of power tools.
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He sets out equipped
with only an axe and his rifle
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for protection
from bears and wolves
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that lurk in the forest.
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GLENN:
This looks like a good area
to cut some trees.
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There're enough dead trees
in close in proximity
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that I can build a pile
right here.
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This forest is all
white spruce through here
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and I only cut dead ones
for firewood.
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And I've depleted
all the dead trees
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within three or 400 yards
in my camp,
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so I have to come quite
a ways now to get wood.
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Looks like a good one
to start on right here.
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I spend a lot of time
cutting firewood.
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It's a big part of
my life out here.
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This is the only way
I have to heat,
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and it's the only way
I have to cook,
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it's the only way I have
to get hot water.
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The Arctic is an environment
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where people could
never live without fire.
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That's why if I have a problem
and can't cut firewood,
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it can become a real issue.
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Cutting trees with an axe
is quite a bit of work.
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But I like that
it keeps me in shape.
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There. (SIGHS)
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A lot of people don't realise
how much you can get done
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with a simple hand tool
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because they grew up
in a world that
was all mechanised
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and they never learned
how to use tools like this
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or how to work like this.
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One hazard
of cutting trees with an axe
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is cutting yourself
with the axe.
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And that's why I like having
a good clean area
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around where I'm working.
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In the wintertime,
when it's cold
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I go through about
a quart of wood every month.
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And in the summer,
I still need
quite a lot of wood
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just for cooking
and heating water.
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Oh, I broke my axe.
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Damn.
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I just cracked my axe handle.
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It split right down
lengthwise.
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I'm gonna have to put
a new handle on that.
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And that will take
a little while,
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it takes some work.
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But that's the kind of thing
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you deal with
all the time out here.
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When things go wrong
you just fix them up
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and start working again.
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ANDY: We do have
time lengths on certain
aspects of our lives
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and we want to maximise that
while we can
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and then set ourselves up
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to being
in a different frame of mind
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when we get
a little bit older.
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You know, living out here
it's all about
planning for the future,
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and planning for the winter.
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Summer is nothing,
but preparing for winter.
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My goal in the next day here
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is to mill enough lumber up
to build a greenhouse.
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Let's just see what
20 feet from here is
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towards the house.
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I think I'm gonna build it
about 20 feet wide
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by 38 feet long.
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Then I'll be stretching
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a reinforced plastic
over that.
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Basically 80%
of our yearly food
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comes from our garden
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so it's pretty
essential for me
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to get this green house built
in the next day or two.
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I'm a week-and-a-half
to 2 weeks behind right now
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and that's not
making me feel real happy.
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Our season is very short.
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So, if I don't get these
plants into the ground
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in the next couple days
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it's really gonna
affect our harvest
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at the end of the year.
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Okay, let's just see if
we're somewhat square here.
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We're noticing
the climate change is making
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colder, wetter
midsummers for us,
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which really cuts in
on our growing season.
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So this greenhouse...
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Is our response to
climate change in this area
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by producing, uh, more food
in a controlled environment.
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Damn.
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First try.
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I don't know how I did that.
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We're getting close
to the point of actually
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standing up and framing
the greenhouse.
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We're gonna stand up
the centrepiece first
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and brace it
and then we'll stand up
the other wall.
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I've got all my pieces cut.
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We'll found out if
I measured right (CHUCKLES)
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in a little while.
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Here comes the rain.
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Right now,
the race against time
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is to try and get as
much done
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before the storm
kicks us inside.
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And I'm hoping
we can get about another
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half an hour's
worth of work in
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before we're chased inside.
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KATE: Andy has got
the work ethic of an ant.
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He never stops.
He never gives up.
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He can work, and work,
and work, and work, and work
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until he just collapses.
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I admire that.
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-Okay.
-So I just drop it, right?
246
00:12:49,172 --> 00:12:50,373
Whoa!
247
00:12:57,581 --> 00:12:59,582
Something is just
really fucked up here.
248
00:12:59,649 --> 00:13:01,917
Where's that
long tape measure?
249
00:13:01,984 --> 00:13:04,654
Let's cross chain
this stupid thing here.
250
00:13:04,721 --> 00:13:06,656
See what the fuck's going on.
251
00:13:09,292 --> 00:13:10,827
In that corner.
252
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NARRATOR: One small error
in measuring the foundation
253
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could cost them a day's work.
254
00:13:18,367 --> 00:13:20,403
I looked down at these strings
and they just don't look like
255
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they're running square.
256
00:13:22,872 --> 00:13:24,440
You know, according to
this level here
257
00:13:24,507 --> 00:13:26,643
it's showing it's out like
258
00:13:26,710 --> 00:13:29,278
eight inches at least.
259
00:13:33,950 --> 00:13:35,585
Right here, on this peg here.
260
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Outside, we're measuring
outside corners
261
00:13:40,957 --> 00:13:42,525
on all of these.
262
00:13:43,826 --> 00:13:45,595
This one's two inches short.
263
00:13:58,007 --> 00:14:01,110
It's a fuckin foot.
That's what it is.
264
00:14:01,177 --> 00:14:03,245
All right,
I'm done for the night.
265
00:14:03,312 --> 00:14:05,014
Fuck this. I'm fed up with it.
266
00:14:09,986 --> 00:14:12,188
GLENN: I'm a little
less dependent on culture
267
00:14:12,255 --> 00:14:14,190
than your average person today
268
00:14:14,257 --> 00:14:16,726
and I'm a little more
connected to nature.
269
00:14:25,501 --> 00:14:28,137
I was out cutting wood tonight
and I broke my axe handle.
270
00:14:29,239 --> 00:14:31,173
You just have to know
how to fix it
271
00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:32,809
and you just have to have
a few tools,
272
00:14:32,876 --> 00:14:35,144
you have to have a new handle,
which I've got.
273
00:14:36,045 --> 00:14:37,847
I'm just gonna saw it off.
274
00:14:44,654 --> 00:14:46,989
Now I have to put
a new handle on this head.
275
00:14:51,461 --> 00:14:53,696
I enjoy maintaining
my own tools out here.
276
00:14:53,763 --> 00:14:56,299
It's nice to feel independent.
277
00:14:58,367 --> 00:15:00,969
When you're using a tool that
you put together yourself,
278
00:15:01,036 --> 00:15:03,339
you know, you have a different
relationship to it,
279
00:15:03,406 --> 00:15:05,975
you feel more connected to it
280
00:15:06,042 --> 00:15:08,377
than one you bought
that was already assembled.
281
00:15:11,013 --> 00:15:13,382
The nearest place
where I can get any supplies
282
00:15:13,449 --> 00:15:16,285
is down in Fairbanks
a couple of hundred miles
south of here.
283
00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,321
So I have to plan carefully
284
00:15:19,388 --> 00:15:21,824
and make sure
when I go to Fairbanks,
285
00:15:21,891 --> 00:15:23,592
I get everything I need
286
00:15:23,659 --> 00:15:25,428
because I sometimes
stay out here
287
00:15:25,495 --> 00:15:27,363
for very long periods of time.
288
00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,167
I often ask people,
289
00:15:31,234 --> 00:15:33,136
"What's the longest
you've ever been
290
00:15:33,203 --> 00:15:34,403
without seeing anybody?"
291
00:15:34,470 --> 00:15:36,539
And a lot of people tell me
about 24 hours.
292
00:15:36,606 --> 00:15:37,973
(LAUGHS)
293
00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:39,308
Which I find interesting.
294
00:15:41,978 --> 00:15:43,746
This winter I went
four-and-a-half months
295
00:15:43,813 --> 00:15:44,947
without seeing anybody,
296
00:15:45,014 --> 00:15:46,282
but there aren't
a whole lot of people
297
00:15:46,349 --> 00:15:48,718
that want to live
the way I want to live
out here.
298
00:15:49,352 --> 00:15:50,486
I'm not anti-social.
299
00:15:51,254 --> 00:15:52,588
I'm just anti-cultural.
300
00:15:54,023 --> 00:15:56,192
I don't care
for the way of life
301
00:15:56,259 --> 00:15:59,395
down in modern society
so I choose to live out here.
302
00:16:05,801 --> 00:16:08,604
Okay, my axe is already to go,
that's my favourite axe,
303
00:16:08,671 --> 00:16:10,873
and I got it all tuned up
just the way I like it,
304
00:16:10,940 --> 00:16:13,643
I'm gonna go back out
and chop some more wood.
305
00:16:15,778 --> 00:16:17,947
CHIP: The fact is that
we are always looking
for fresher foods
306
00:16:18,014 --> 00:16:20,116
and this is the beginning
of all the seal hunting.
307
00:16:20,183 --> 00:16:22,484
The summer is when we come up
with huge surpluses of food
308
00:16:22,551 --> 00:16:24,520
to carry us through winter.
309
00:16:30,159 --> 00:16:31,460
AGNES: Keep your eyes open.
310
00:16:33,529 --> 00:16:35,231
Oh, look right there oogruk.
311
00:16:38,067 --> 00:16:40,336
-Jon, can you shoot forward?
-(GUNSHOT FIRED)
312
00:16:40,403 --> 00:16:42,171
Oh.
313
00:16:42,238 --> 00:16:43,773
-JON: Oogruk are pretty smart.
-AGNES: Jon...
314
00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,842
They help each other out,
every time we catch onto one
315
00:16:46,909 --> 00:16:50,379
a couple more pop out nearby
and get us a little confused.
316
00:16:53,148 --> 00:16:54,249
NARRATOR: Seal oil and meat
317
00:16:54,316 --> 00:16:55,784
are essential
for the Hailstones
318
00:16:55,851 --> 00:16:58,454
to survive
the extreme cold winter.
319
00:17:00,323 --> 00:17:02,791
An adult oogruk
can dive up to 300 feet
320
00:17:02,858 --> 00:17:05,228
and hold its breath
for four minutes at a time,
321
00:17:05,295 --> 00:17:07,296
making them
difficult to catch.
322
00:17:08,898 --> 00:17:10,232
(AGNES SPEAKS)
323
00:17:13,203 --> 00:17:14,203
There?
324
00:17:23,346 --> 00:17:24,480
AGNES: Good, go ahead.
325
00:17:25,114 --> 00:17:26,115
(GUNSHOT FIRED)
326
00:17:26,682 --> 00:17:28,117
(AGNES SPEAKS)
327
00:17:35,992 --> 00:17:37,760
Come on, baby,
come on, pop up!
328
00:17:41,297 --> 00:17:43,833
Oh, Jon!
329
00:17:43,900 --> 00:17:46,202
-JON: There you go, Ting.
There you go, Ting.
-(AGNES SPEAKS)
330
00:17:48,604 --> 00:17:49,839
(JON SPEAKS)
331
00:18:03,953 --> 00:18:07,089
I've been trying to
get them to stay down
to where they're panicking
332
00:18:07,156 --> 00:18:08,390
and have to get them up
and stay up.
333
00:18:08,457 --> 00:18:10,459
But they've been getting
some good breaths,
334
00:18:10,526 --> 00:18:11,994
and diving as far as they can,
335
00:18:12,061 --> 00:18:13,329
staying as long as
they can down,
336
00:18:13,396 --> 00:18:16,132
and it's just been
quite a chase.
337
00:18:16,632 --> 00:18:17,833
Quite a chase.
338
00:18:18,434 --> 00:18:19,468
(AGNES SPEAKS)
339
00:18:20,069 --> 00:18:21,303
-Jon!
-(GUNSHOT FIRED)
340
00:18:22,772 --> 00:18:23,939
(JON SPEAKS)
341
00:18:27,943 --> 00:18:29,912
(AGNES SPEAKS)
342
00:18:31,014 --> 00:18:32,281
Watch those bubbles.
343
00:18:35,818 --> 00:18:36,953
It's this one,
the one that's right here.
344
00:18:37,020 --> 00:18:38,821
Right here,
it dived from right here.
345
00:18:41,957 --> 00:18:43,459
(AGNES SPEAKS)
346
00:18:45,327 --> 00:18:46,361
(GUNSHOT FIRED)
347
00:18:46,428 --> 00:18:48,030
-AGNES: Harpoon, harpoon!
-Harpoon.
348
00:18:55,237 --> 00:18:56,939
Hold it, hold it.
You got it, son.
349
00:18:58,541 --> 00:19:00,142
Right there, right there.
350
00:19:01,110 --> 00:19:02,645
(JON SPEAKS)
351
00:19:05,614 --> 00:19:08,584
NARRATOR: A ringed seal is
much smaller than an oogruk,
352
00:19:08,651 --> 00:19:10,386
but it will still provide
the Hailstones
353
00:19:10,453 --> 00:19:13,022
with five gallons of oil
that will last for months.
354
00:19:15,191 --> 00:19:18,627
One, two, three, go!
355
00:19:19,195 --> 00:19:20,296
(GRUNTS)
356
00:19:22,164 --> 00:19:23,432
(AGNES WHOOPS)
357
00:19:24,900 --> 00:19:27,169
JON: Let's wrap it up
and go get an oogruk...
358
00:19:27,236 --> 00:19:29,204
I don't know how our oogruk
turned into a seal,
359
00:19:29,271 --> 00:19:30,973
but that was pretty cool.
360
00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:32,541
We started out
chasing an oogruk
361
00:19:32,608 --> 00:19:34,043
it was a pretty nice size one,
362
00:19:34,110 --> 00:19:36,579
we got pretty close up to it,
but, um...
363
00:19:37,747 --> 00:19:39,248
It got a couple
of good deep breaths
364
00:19:39,315 --> 00:19:42,217
and swam as far as it can,
365
00:19:42,284 --> 00:19:46,222
and gave us the slip,
and we caught onto this one.
366
00:19:51,494 --> 00:19:52,628
(AGNES SPEAKS)
367
00:19:53,296 --> 00:19:54,396
Yep.
368
00:19:57,733 --> 00:19:58,834
AGNES: Yay!
369
00:20:01,103 --> 00:20:02,538
Right on!
370
00:20:02,605 --> 00:20:04,607
JON: Right on. Right on.
AGNES: A good day!
371
00:20:07,342 --> 00:20:08,544
SUE: For the last 10 years,
372
00:20:08,611 --> 00:20:10,346
I've been an employee
of a company.
373
00:20:11,414 --> 00:20:13,215
Now, in order to
keep my life style
374
00:20:13,282 --> 00:20:16,152
I purchased the place
and I have a vision for it.
375
00:20:28,364 --> 00:20:31,433
I'm the owner now.
First year, first year counts.
376
00:20:31,500 --> 00:20:34,603
If I don't do well this season
I may not be here next season.
377
00:20:36,772 --> 00:20:38,240
If I don't find this part,
378
00:20:38,307 --> 00:20:40,275
I mean, that means
I can't get water to camp.
379
00:20:40,342 --> 00:20:43,278
If I can't get water to camp,
guess what, my guest
don't get water.
380
00:20:43,345 --> 00:20:44,547
That affects
my whole business.
381
00:20:45,982 --> 00:20:47,683
If I don't have guests,
I don't have revenue.
382
00:20:49,151 --> 00:20:50,186
Wait a minute.
383
00:20:50,253 --> 00:20:51,720
(CLANGS)
384
00:20:51,787 --> 00:20:53,622
That's a good sound.
That's metal.
385
00:20:58,428 --> 00:20:59,495
Yes!
386
00:20:59,562 --> 00:21:00,996
Let's hope, let's hope.
387
00:21:01,530 --> 00:21:02,631
Whoo-hoo!
388
00:21:04,066 --> 00:21:05,100
There it is.
389
00:21:07,836 --> 00:21:08,904
Right there.
390
00:21:10,740 --> 00:21:11,774
Yes!
391
00:21:13,442 --> 00:21:15,844
I'm not going to dig out
the rest of the line,
392
00:21:15,911 --> 00:21:17,446
I'm just gonna take
the end off,
393
00:21:17,513 --> 00:21:18,814
and put it on the new hose.
394
00:21:20,616 --> 00:21:23,018
I started this up
close to the river.
395
00:21:23,085 --> 00:21:25,521
This attaches to the pump
and gets pushed out
396
00:21:25,588 --> 00:21:26,789
up the line to camp.
397
00:21:31,327 --> 00:21:33,662
RICK: Go.
Push, push, push.
398
00:21:36,198 --> 00:21:38,233
If you wanna
get the pump going,
399
00:21:38,300 --> 00:21:40,035
I'll go up here to the tank.
400
00:21:40,102 --> 00:21:42,871
-Let me know when you say
it's coming up the line...
-All right.
401
00:21:42,938 --> 00:21:44,840
And then I'll let you know
when it arrives.
402
00:21:44,907 --> 00:21:47,976
If it doesn't,
then we've got a break
somewhere in the line.
403
00:21:48,043 --> 00:21:49,545
-RICK: Okay.
-So, all right, buddy.
404
00:22:06,929 --> 00:22:08,630
All right, I'm set.
405
00:22:08,697 --> 00:22:10,199
Hey, Rick, you gotta copy?
406
00:22:10,266 --> 00:22:11,366
Yes, I do.
407
00:22:11,433 --> 00:22:12,468
(SUE SPEAKS)
408
00:22:13,302 --> 00:22:14,436
What we're looking for
409
00:22:14,503 --> 00:22:17,406
(WHISPERS)
is the sound of water
410
00:22:17,473 --> 00:22:18,774
coming through here.
411
00:22:23,012 --> 00:22:24,313
Come on, bitch.
412
00:22:24,380 --> 00:22:25,514
(MOTOR REVVING)
413
00:22:27,550 --> 00:22:28,584
Yep, there's a noise.
414
00:22:30,252 --> 00:22:31,854
(MOTOR STOPS)
415
00:22:32,655 --> 00:22:33,689
No, no, no.
416
00:22:48,337 --> 00:22:49,705
RICK: You got it yet?
417
00:22:49,772 --> 00:22:51,773
No, I can hear it
trying, though.
418
00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:53,208
(MOTOR SPUTTERS)
419
00:22:59,682 --> 00:23:00,816
It's on its way.
420
00:23:03,653 --> 00:23:05,187
And there you go.
421
00:23:05,254 --> 00:23:07,957
That's the first water
in Kavik in nine months.
422
00:23:09,524 --> 00:23:10,593
I got it, buddy.
423
00:23:10,660 --> 00:23:11,860
You're good then?
424
00:23:11,927 --> 00:23:14,897
SUE: I'm always good.
Sometimes, I'm even better.
425
00:23:14,964 --> 00:23:16,198
When people come here,
426
00:23:16,265 --> 00:23:18,233
then they may buy
a meal or a shower.
427
00:23:18,300 --> 00:23:20,836
I have to guarantee
that they have nice clean
428
00:23:20,903 --> 00:23:23,138
melted snow glacier water.
429
00:23:24,373 --> 00:23:26,375
What this means to me is
430
00:23:26,442 --> 00:23:28,710
first hot shower
in nine months.
431
00:23:28,777 --> 00:23:31,847
First load of laundry
in nine months.
432
00:23:32,782 --> 00:23:34,249
Sweet!
433
00:23:37,319 --> 00:23:38,553
Look at that, look at that.
434
00:23:38,620 --> 00:23:41,123
Oh, my hair
is even smiling. Yay!
435
00:23:43,225 --> 00:23:44,460
It's a big deal.
436
00:23:47,296 --> 00:23:49,632
GLENN: I value
independence, obviously,
437
00:23:49,699 --> 00:23:51,567
and I might be
more concerned with it
438
00:23:51,634 --> 00:23:52,968
than most people are
439
00:23:53,035 --> 00:23:55,304
'cause I really like
to do things on my own.
440
00:24:03,112 --> 00:24:05,080
NARRATOR: Living in
the isolated wilderness
441
00:24:05,147 --> 00:24:08,684
firewood is Glenn's
only source of heat and fuel.
442
00:24:08,751 --> 00:24:11,220
Without it,
he wouldn't survive.
443
00:24:11,287 --> 00:24:12,688
GLENN: I remember when
I first came out here
444
00:24:12,755 --> 00:24:15,858
nine years ago,
I had a watch and it broke.
445
00:24:15,925 --> 00:24:18,427
And I thought,
"Damn, my watch broke.
446
00:24:18,494 --> 00:24:19,595
"That's gonna be
a problem."
447
00:24:21,063 --> 00:24:23,598
And about two
or three weeks later,
448
00:24:23,665 --> 00:24:26,001
I said to myself, "I'm so glad
that watch broke."
449
00:24:26,068 --> 00:24:27,603
And I never used
a watch again.
450
00:24:40,049 --> 00:24:42,117
I think about time
very differently out here
451
00:24:42,184 --> 00:24:43,318
than people think about it
452
00:24:43,385 --> 00:24:45,754
down in civilisation,
you know...
453
00:24:46,588 --> 00:24:47,823
It's, uh...
454
00:24:47,890 --> 00:24:50,159
The sun just goes around
in a circle in the summer.
455
00:24:51,493 --> 00:24:53,362
The moon goes around
in a circle in the winter,
456
00:24:53,429 --> 00:24:55,397
those are the timekeepers
out here.
457
00:24:56,966 --> 00:24:58,801
The changes of the season,
that's my calendar.
458
00:25:02,003 --> 00:25:03,705
The summer out here
is just like when I was a kid,
459
00:25:03,772 --> 00:25:05,306
you know, when you're little.
460
00:25:05,373 --> 00:25:08,110
And summer just
stretches on for a long time.
461
00:25:08,177 --> 00:25:09,445
That's the way it is out here.
462
00:25:09,512 --> 00:25:11,112
It's a whole
different sensation
463
00:25:11,179 --> 00:25:12,447
that goes on in your head.
464
00:25:12,514 --> 00:25:14,283
A whole different experience
of time.
465
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:26,361
That's the wood
I'm gonna use
466
00:25:26,428 --> 00:25:30,232
for heating my camp,
cooking my food...
467
00:25:32,768 --> 00:25:34,203
Heating my water
to take a bath,
468
00:25:34,270 --> 00:25:35,771
and do my laundry.
469
00:25:37,006 --> 00:25:38,640
That's my fuel out here.
470
00:25:39,708 --> 00:25:42,210
Out here you do
what nature requires.
471
00:25:42,277 --> 00:25:43,311
Nobody tells you
472
00:25:43,378 --> 00:25:44,713
you gotta get up
and go to work today
473
00:25:44,780 --> 00:25:46,381
so you can pay
your heating bill.
474
00:25:46,448 --> 00:25:48,516
Out here you realise
you need wood
475
00:25:48,583 --> 00:25:49,818
'cause it's getting cold.
476
00:25:49,885 --> 00:25:52,020
And you haven't got enough
to keep the fire going.
477
00:25:52,988 --> 00:25:54,189
That's what
motivates you out here,
478
00:25:54,256 --> 00:25:56,424
is what actually
has to be done for you,
479
00:25:56,491 --> 00:25:58,360
not what somebody else
needs you to do for them.
480
00:26:00,829 --> 00:26:02,665
Living out here
keeps you in shape
481
00:26:02,732 --> 00:26:03,866
and I enjoy that.
482
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:06,402
I've had
a lot of people tell me
483
00:26:06,469 --> 00:26:08,203
that they would love
to live out here,
484
00:26:08,270 --> 00:26:09,738
but I don't think many of them
485
00:26:09,805 --> 00:26:11,473
would stay long
if they really did it.
486
00:26:12,974 --> 00:26:17,245
Physically, living out here
is damn hard work.
487
00:26:17,312 --> 00:26:20,549
But psychologically,
it's hell of a lot better
488
00:26:20,616 --> 00:26:22,084
than the way
people have to live
489
00:26:22,151 --> 00:26:23,619
down in civilisation today.
490
00:26:27,322 --> 00:26:29,758
ANDY: We don't have to chase
the all mighty dollar
living out here.
491
00:26:29,825 --> 00:26:31,593
That's not
our focus in life at all.
492
00:26:31,660 --> 00:26:34,663
Our focus is to have
a really high quality of life,
493
00:26:34,730 --> 00:26:36,165
and live the way
we want to live.
494
00:26:46,108 --> 00:26:47,376
I'm feeling pretty good.
495
00:26:47,443 --> 00:26:49,077
I think everything's gonna
start coming together now.
496
00:26:50,679 --> 00:26:52,113
Got a good night sleep.
497
00:26:52,180 --> 00:26:54,416
Reset my foundation
this morning.
498
00:26:54,483 --> 00:26:56,518
I think we're going to start
cranking on it now.
499
00:26:58,921 --> 00:27:00,989
After we get this secured,
500
00:27:01,056 --> 00:27:04,526
the next step is gonna be to
get the side walls framed up,
501
00:27:04,593 --> 00:27:05,728
and cut the rafters in.
502
00:27:05,795 --> 00:27:07,496
That's really gonna
tie everything together.
503
00:27:07,563 --> 00:27:08,830
(ENGINE REVVING)
504
00:27:08,897 --> 00:27:10,532
There's really no hard part.
505
00:27:10,599 --> 00:27:12,501
It's just all in the hoping
506
00:27:12,568 --> 00:27:14,903
that nothing slips
and moves on you.
507
00:27:16,972 --> 00:27:18,540
He just had some time
to think about it,
508
00:27:18,607 --> 00:27:19,875
change a few things.
509
00:27:22,144 --> 00:27:23,979
If you took a tour
of our property,
510
00:27:24,046 --> 00:27:25,480
and you can see
all the buildings,
511
00:27:25,547 --> 00:27:26,715
and all the structures
512
00:27:26,782 --> 00:27:30,385
that have gone up from dishes
to windmills to showers.
513
00:27:30,452 --> 00:27:33,855
I don't think one has gone
completely smooth. (CHUCKLES)
514
00:27:37,659 --> 00:27:40,395
ANDY: This is the main
hard part to get done.
515
00:27:40,462 --> 00:27:43,098
Kate doesn't have the strength
to lift up these heavy beams,
516
00:27:43,165 --> 00:27:45,701
but we were able to get it
started with the bulldozer
517
00:27:45,768 --> 00:27:47,636
and then use leverage
to push it up
518
00:27:47,703 --> 00:27:49,304
a little bit at a time.
519
00:27:49,371 --> 00:27:51,173
I'm rocking now.
520
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:52,874
Or I should say,
we're rocking now.
521
00:27:58,980 --> 00:28:01,583
-What?
-Not this right here.
522
00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:06,555
Just pull it tight like that.
523
00:28:08,524 --> 00:28:10,859
Oh! Fuckin-A man!
524
00:28:13,529 --> 00:28:14,896
(SIGHS)
525
00:28:18,667 --> 00:28:20,335
That really fucking
pisses me off.
526
00:28:27,176 --> 00:28:28,443
-I didn't do that.
-Yeah, you did.
527
00:28:28,510 --> 00:28:29,978
You pulled on
the fucking string too hard.
528
00:28:30,045 --> 00:28:31,546
KATE: I never even had
my hand on the string.
529
00:28:31,613 --> 00:28:33,114
You're the one
that tugged the string.
530
00:28:33,181 --> 00:28:36,184
-Okay.
-You said, "Pull it tight like
this" and you yanked it.
531
00:28:36,251 --> 00:28:38,020
-So don't look at me!
-Okay.
532
00:28:39,488 --> 00:28:40,722
(ANDY LAUGHS)
533
00:28:42,391 --> 00:28:43,792
I wonder how many
more fucking things
534
00:28:43,859 --> 00:28:46,495
we can do to fuck
this whole project up.
535
00:28:47,696 --> 00:28:49,531
You gotta be
fucking kidding me, man.
536
00:28:49,598 --> 00:28:52,301
Why do it once
when you can do it
four fucking times?
537
00:28:57,272 --> 00:29:00,375
Fucked up fucking project
I ever worked on around here.
538
00:29:02,645 --> 00:29:03,812
This whole fucking thing
539
00:29:03,879 --> 00:29:05,947
is turning into
a big fucking quagmire.
540
00:29:09,784 --> 00:29:12,554
GLENN: I'd rather die up
on one of these mountains
if I had to.
541
00:29:12,621 --> 00:29:14,056
But I'm not planning to.
542
00:29:15,423 --> 00:29:18,426
This is the best way of life
for me to live
543
00:29:18,493 --> 00:29:20,262
and I'm going to do it
as long as I can.
544
00:29:27,035 --> 00:29:28,503
NARRATOR: A stockpile of wood
545
00:29:28,570 --> 00:29:30,705
means that Glenn
can afford a luxury
546
00:29:30,772 --> 00:29:32,307
he doesn't have often.
547
00:29:33,808 --> 00:29:35,510
The ability to do laundry.
548
00:29:38,446 --> 00:29:41,149
Now, when I'm down
in Fairbanks
549
00:29:41,216 --> 00:29:43,017
I do my laundry
at the Laundromat,
550
00:29:43,084 --> 00:29:45,286
and I never get excited
about going to the Laundromat.
551
00:29:45,353 --> 00:29:46,922
But I really enjoy
doing laundry out here.
552
00:29:46,989 --> 00:29:48,156
I got a great view.
553
00:29:50,426 --> 00:29:52,394
The birds are singing.
554
00:29:52,461 --> 00:29:54,696
I can't think of a better way
to spend the afternoon.
555
00:29:56,264 --> 00:29:58,667
My philosophy is
keep your technology simple,
556
00:29:58,734 --> 00:30:00,001
things won't go wrong.
557
00:30:00,068 --> 00:30:01,236
There's not much
that can go wrong
558
00:30:01,303 --> 00:30:03,138
with this washing machine
right here.
559
00:30:08,977 --> 00:30:12,047
I really don't like to do
useless exercise
560
00:30:12,114 --> 00:30:13,381
where you just running around,
561
00:30:13,448 --> 00:30:15,684
like a hamster in one of those
little wheels
562
00:30:15,751 --> 00:30:16,952
they got in the hamster cage.
563
00:30:17,019 --> 00:30:20,122
I like to get my exercise
doing useful jobs.
564
00:30:23,592 --> 00:30:25,861
Step two,
put it through the old ringer.
565
00:30:28,998 --> 00:30:31,066
This ringer here
used to be my mom's.
566
00:30:31,133 --> 00:30:32,967
She brought this 50 years ago.
567
00:30:33,034 --> 00:30:36,104
How many washing machines
that were brought today
will be running in 50 years?
568
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,042
This ringer
does have limitations.
569
00:30:41,109 --> 00:30:43,745
Down around 30 below,
it starts to freeze.
570
00:30:43,812 --> 00:30:45,313
Thirty below
is about the limit
571
00:30:45,380 --> 00:30:46,782
for doing laundry out here.
572
00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:49,584
Okay, all that's left
is to hang it up.
573
00:30:53,055 --> 00:30:56,391
Laundry's all done,
probably be dry by tonight.
574
00:30:57,392 --> 00:30:58,960
If I was in town
I'd still be on the road
575
00:30:59,027 --> 00:31:00,295
headed to the Laundromat.
576
00:31:04,199 --> 00:31:06,668
SUE: Well, it's not that
I don't want to
look you in the eye,
577
00:31:06,735 --> 00:31:08,636
I can't afford to
look you in the eye.
578
00:31:08,703 --> 00:31:11,206
I watch my horizon endlessly.
579
00:31:11,273 --> 00:31:13,341
The only warning I get
is paying attention.
580
00:31:23,818 --> 00:31:25,887
NARRATOR: With the opening
of camp approaching,
581
00:31:25,954 --> 00:31:28,757
Sue is expecting a shipment
of 5,000 pounds of food
582
00:31:28,824 --> 00:31:30,225
to feed her guests.
583
00:31:32,327 --> 00:31:33,495
(BOB SPEAKS)
584
00:31:35,163 --> 00:31:36,631
Hey, buddy, how are you doing?
585
00:31:36,698 --> 00:31:38,633
(BOB SPEAKS)
586
00:31:38,700 --> 00:31:41,536
Doing good. It is...
Yeah, we don't have
any wind down here.
587
00:31:41,603 --> 00:31:43,605
It's calm as anything.
588
00:31:43,672 --> 00:31:45,707
You got about a mile
of clean runway going.
589
00:31:45,774 --> 00:31:47,042
BOB: Okay.
590
00:31:48,910 --> 00:31:50,978
Bob is shuttling our food
out of Prudhoe Bay.
591
00:31:51,045 --> 00:31:54,249
5,000 pounds is gonna
get us through September,
592
00:31:54,316 --> 00:31:56,351
but it's for all the hunters,
and bird people,
593
00:31:56,418 --> 00:31:57,886
everybody that comes
to the camp,
594
00:31:57,953 --> 00:31:59,421
so we have something to eat.
595
00:32:01,056 --> 00:32:03,425
All right, buddy,
I will be out there
in just a jiffy.
596
00:32:03,492 --> 00:32:04,593
BOB: Okay.
597
00:32:08,029 --> 00:32:09,397
Time to get some groceries.
598
00:32:13,235 --> 00:32:14,603
All right, time to unload.
599
00:32:17,872 --> 00:32:19,774
SUE: This is the first
load of goods
600
00:32:19,841 --> 00:32:21,976
that I've been able
to get in this year.
601
00:32:22,043 --> 00:32:24,879
You know, when I'm here
for about the nine
or 10 months by myself,
602
00:32:24,946 --> 00:32:26,281
I eat game meat.
603
00:32:26,348 --> 00:32:28,917
Grocery store is too far away.
I have to supply myself.
604
00:32:28,984 --> 00:32:31,252
But when people are here
it would be illegal
605
00:32:31,319 --> 00:32:32,554
for me to feed them game meat.
606
00:32:32,621 --> 00:32:34,789
That's hunting for profit
and that's against the law.
607
00:32:34,856 --> 00:32:36,691
So I have to bring in
store-bought food.
608
00:32:38,092 --> 00:32:40,194
And it cost me well over
three bucks a pound
609
00:32:40,261 --> 00:32:41,463
to get up here.
610
00:32:41,530 --> 00:32:42,931
It cost me 70 bucks an hour
611
00:32:42,998 --> 00:32:44,532
plus 5% of the total
612
00:32:44,599 --> 00:32:46,034
to get somebody
to shop for it,
613
00:32:46,101 --> 00:32:48,437
so a gallon of milk
by the time I get it here
614
00:32:48,504 --> 00:32:49,838
is about 50 bucks.
615
00:32:49,905 --> 00:32:52,040
And it's a couple of
100 bucks a day
to keep it cold.
616
00:32:52,107 --> 00:32:55,643
So, by the time
I pour it for you
it's about 25 bucks a glass.
617
00:32:55,710 --> 00:32:57,546
But you can't run a business
or live here by mistake.
618
00:32:57,613 --> 00:32:58,914
It's a conscious choice.
619
00:33:04,686 --> 00:33:08,155
This area here is dry storage.
620
00:33:08,222 --> 00:33:10,225
I try to project
how many people do I think
621
00:33:10,292 --> 00:33:11,459
I'm gonna get.
622
00:33:11,526 --> 00:33:13,128
What do I think
they're going to eat?
623
00:33:13,195 --> 00:33:14,763
It's a guessing game.
624
00:33:14,830 --> 00:33:17,165
But I try to be
as accurate as I can...
625
00:33:18,133 --> 00:33:20,602
...and then I order it
from town.
626
00:33:20,669 --> 00:33:22,337
I can tell you damn near
everything that I ordered
627
00:33:22,404 --> 00:33:23,838
didn't come in right, but...
628
00:33:30,045 --> 00:33:32,146
All right, the rest of that
goes in the dry.
629
00:33:32,213 --> 00:33:33,447
I gotta call him
and let him know that,
630
00:33:33,514 --> 00:33:35,684
yeah, there should be
a ton more in the freeze.
631
00:33:36,951 --> 00:33:40,789
When you've only got
550 pounds of 5,000,
632
00:33:40,856 --> 00:33:42,190
I've got a lot missing.
633
00:33:42,257 --> 00:33:44,926
It's $1,000 or $2,000
worth of meat.
634
00:33:44,993 --> 00:33:49,130
Steaks, chicken, ribs,
burger, bacon,
635
00:33:49,197 --> 00:33:50,999
you know, nobody wants to
lose all that stuff.
636
00:33:51,066 --> 00:33:54,235
And sometimes things happen,
but people spend a good penny,
637
00:33:54,302 --> 00:33:56,371
and maybe save
their whole lives
for one trip up here.
638
00:33:56,438 --> 00:33:58,807
So, it's up to me to give them
639
00:33:58,874 --> 00:34:01,209
the most I possibly can
for their trip.
640
00:34:01,276 --> 00:34:03,745
High quality, high fun.
641
00:34:03,812 --> 00:34:06,081
When I get less than that,
I'm not happy.
642
00:34:06,148 --> 00:34:09,151
So, I need to verify
that it's there.
643
00:34:09,218 --> 00:34:12,053
Hopefully, there is
more freeze over there.
644
00:34:12,787 --> 00:34:13,788
(BOB SPEAKS)
645
00:34:13,855 --> 00:34:14,923
Hey, buddy, are you there?
646
00:34:14,990 --> 00:34:16,691
(BOB SPEAKS)
647
00:34:16,758 --> 00:34:20,127
SUE: Yeah, you were saying
that you thought you brought
all the freeze and chill?
648
00:34:20,194 --> 00:34:21,962
Oh, okay,
I just wanted to make sure
649
00:34:22,029 --> 00:34:23,698
'cause I thought you said
you'd brought it all,
650
00:34:23,765 --> 00:34:26,567
and I was going to say,
"Holy cow,
I'm missing a lot of stuff."
651
00:34:26,634 --> 00:34:28,536
Well, all right buddy,
I sure appreciate it,
652
00:34:28,603 --> 00:34:30,839
and you sure fly safe,
and I'll see you
when you land.
653
00:34:32,373 --> 00:34:34,742
Cool. Yeah, he had said
that he brought it all out.
654
00:34:34,809 --> 00:34:37,312
But when he got back there
they made another delivery
655
00:34:37,379 --> 00:34:39,447
and there's four more coolers
coming soon.
656
00:34:43,752 --> 00:34:44,953
Might be dead?
657
00:34:45,020 --> 00:34:46,755
The compression
is not coming on at all, Sue.
658
00:34:48,890 --> 00:34:50,158
-Yeah.
-SUE: Dead?
659
00:34:50,225 --> 00:34:52,260
-Dead.
-Awesome.
660
00:34:52,327 --> 00:34:53,795
-That is so cool.
-RICKY: Yeah.
661
00:34:55,830 --> 00:34:57,732
SUE: Well, welcome to
the world of being an owner.
662
00:34:58,767 --> 00:35:00,067
RICK: Yeah.
663
00:35:00,134 --> 00:35:02,403
You know, when I'm ordering,
I know here.
664
00:35:02,470 --> 00:35:04,405
How much space do I have,
665
00:35:04,472 --> 00:35:07,141
how many mouths
do I gotta feed,
what can I fit in,
666
00:35:07,208 --> 00:35:08,376
at what kind of turn around
667
00:35:08,443 --> 00:35:11,246
on the products so that
they still at top quality.
668
00:35:11,313 --> 00:35:15,450
And so I ordered in to fill
all my different fridges,
669
00:35:15,517 --> 00:35:16,951
but I plugged it in and...
670
00:35:18,453 --> 00:35:21,156
This little guy
has to go back to town,
he's dead.
671
00:35:22,924 --> 00:35:25,960
Well, I have to pay somebody
$70 an hour to shop for it,
672
00:35:26,027 --> 00:35:27,828
and then 10% of that bill,
673
00:35:27,895 --> 00:35:29,931
and then another $700
to come in.
674
00:35:31,232 --> 00:35:32,400
Here we go.
675
00:35:32,467 --> 00:35:35,136
So a 1960's fridge
is gonna end up costing me
676
00:35:35,203 --> 00:35:36,705
probably $3,000.
677
00:35:38,774 --> 00:35:41,109
But I don't live my life
dwelling on the negative.
678
00:35:41,176 --> 00:35:44,645
I look for the next challenge
and this thing is a behemoth
679
00:35:44,712 --> 00:35:46,314
with how much it uses power.
680
00:35:46,381 --> 00:35:48,916
Here's a chance
for me to be more efficient.
681
00:35:48,983 --> 00:35:52,487
I will ring up
a more eco-friendly
piece of equipment.
682
00:35:52,554 --> 00:35:53,989
It's had a happy life,
you know,
683
00:35:54,056 --> 00:35:55,790
get it out the door,
and get a new one in.
684
00:35:55,857 --> 00:35:57,959
So when the plane comes in,
685
00:35:58,026 --> 00:36:01,896
for me to run a business,
having a bunch of people
in and out,
686
00:36:01,963 --> 00:36:03,698
I gotta have
another working fridge.
687
00:36:04,732 --> 00:36:06,868
(BOB SPEAKS)
688
00:36:06,935 --> 00:36:08,770
I mean, you can't plan
for everything.
689
00:36:08,837 --> 00:36:10,505
But that's the wonderful life
of being an owner
690
00:36:10,572 --> 00:36:12,006
and just the complication
691
00:36:12,073 --> 00:36:13,475
of choosing to live
in the Arctic,
692
00:36:13,542 --> 00:36:14,842
and it's a choice.
693
00:36:14,909 --> 00:36:17,511
You know,
I came here fully knowing that
it's a son of a gun
694
00:36:17,578 --> 00:36:18,880
to try to get
anything out here.
695
00:36:18,947 --> 00:36:21,816
And it's just another day
in the park, Kaczynski.
696
00:36:21,883 --> 00:36:22,984
(LAUGHS)
697
00:36:31,459 --> 00:36:33,094
AGNES: Sometimes we don't
always have money
698
00:36:33,161 --> 00:36:34,261
to go to the store.
699
00:36:34,328 --> 00:36:36,030
So we pretty much rely on
700
00:36:36,097 --> 00:36:38,566
mostly subsistence living
out here.
701
00:36:54,449 --> 00:36:56,184
This is the seal
we just got back with
702
00:36:56,251 --> 00:36:57,685
from our seal hunt.
703
00:36:59,153 --> 00:37:01,789
It takes two, three seals
to make up for the oogruk,
704
00:37:01,856 --> 00:37:03,725
but this is a good start.
705
00:37:03,792 --> 00:37:07,028
We can just go on ahead
and start taking it apart.
706
00:37:09,531 --> 00:37:11,799
NARRATOR:
The process of harvesting
seal meat and oil
707
00:37:11,866 --> 00:37:13,968
has been perfected
over centuries
708
00:37:14,035 --> 00:37:16,838
and passed down to Agnes
from her ancestors.
709
00:37:18,873 --> 00:37:20,875
AGNES: You wanna try
and keep the meat
710
00:37:20,942 --> 00:37:24,612
with the meat,
and keep the oil with the oil.
711
00:37:24,679 --> 00:37:26,981
When you start to mix the meat
with the blubber
712
00:37:27,048 --> 00:37:29,684
it always gets kind of rancid
a little too quickly
713
00:37:29,751 --> 00:37:33,822
so you've gotta try and do it
nice and slowly, and careful.
714
00:37:44,766 --> 00:37:47,402
Now that we're done
cutting up all the blubber,
715
00:37:47,469 --> 00:37:49,870
and making
little tiny strips like this,
716
00:37:49,937 --> 00:37:53,241
all we do is
put this in the porch.
717
00:37:53,308 --> 00:37:56,011
That way every time
we walk around the house,
718
00:37:56,078 --> 00:37:57,211
the bucket will shake
719
00:37:57,278 --> 00:37:58,980
and it'll let
the bubbles rise up
720
00:37:59,047 --> 00:38:00,915
and we have to stir it
everyday.
721
00:38:00,982 --> 00:38:02,784
And by the next couple of days
722
00:38:02,851 --> 00:38:05,219
it should be
from blubber to oil.
723
00:38:05,286 --> 00:38:07,422
And then, we'll be able to
put the black meats
724
00:38:07,489 --> 00:38:09,991
that are dried
into the bucket of oil
725
00:38:10,058 --> 00:38:11,926
and then that would
preserve it
726
00:38:11,993 --> 00:38:13,961
throughout the summer.
727
00:38:14,028 --> 00:38:16,431
I guess I took
most of the blubber off.
728
00:38:16,498 --> 00:38:19,100
All I have to do now
is wash it up, soak it
729
00:38:19,167 --> 00:38:21,335
so all the blood
and the yellow oils
730
00:38:21,402 --> 00:38:22,670
come off of it.
731
00:38:22,737 --> 00:38:25,573
Then we'll stretch it
and then I'll start tanning it
732
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:27,609
because we're wanting
to make a vest.
733
00:38:27,676 --> 00:38:29,911
We were wanting to make it
out of ringed seal
734
00:38:29,978 --> 00:38:31,779
so here's our ringed seal.
735
00:38:34,082 --> 00:38:37,385
A few ribs from the seal
and the black meat
736
00:38:37,452 --> 00:38:39,887
that I want to hang
until, like, tomorrow
737
00:38:39,954 --> 00:38:42,390
when it dries up
a little bit more
738
00:38:42,457 --> 00:38:44,859
and then after that
I'll strip it.
739
00:38:44,926 --> 00:38:47,228
The first step is to
have this piece dry up.
740
00:38:53,468 --> 00:38:55,570
And by tomorrow,
say afternoon,
741
00:38:55,637 --> 00:38:57,572
it should be ready.
742
00:38:57,639 --> 00:39:00,074
I'm now done with
my seal hunting adventure.
743
00:39:00,675 --> 00:39:02,577
One big bloody mess.
744
00:39:02,644 --> 00:39:04,212
The mess of success.
745
00:39:06,514 --> 00:39:07,849
ANDY: The reason
we live out here
746
00:39:07,916 --> 00:39:10,951
is 'cause we don't have people
telling us how to do things.
747
00:39:11,018 --> 00:39:13,321
And that's what
freedom brings you.
748
00:39:25,232 --> 00:39:27,268
KATE: Just as important as
living out here
749
00:39:27,335 --> 00:39:31,139
and living off the grid,
we also live off the code.
750
00:39:32,006 --> 00:39:33,207
Come on up.
751
00:39:33,274 --> 00:39:36,110
The written code of cities,
and towns, and hamlets.
752
00:39:36,177 --> 00:39:38,513
And, there are no permits
to be had.
753
00:39:38,580 --> 00:39:42,016
There are no building codes.
We can build what we want.
754
00:39:42,083 --> 00:39:44,585
Don't have to ask
anyone's permission
to do anything.
755
00:39:47,321 --> 00:39:48,923
You live by your own dream
756
00:39:48,990 --> 00:39:52,527
and I think that's
the most amazing way to live.
757
00:39:52,594 --> 00:39:55,329
May not be
the easiest way to live,
758
00:39:55,396 --> 00:39:57,531
but, boy,
it's the freest way to live.
759
00:39:57,598 --> 00:40:00,168
ANDY: (CHUCKLES)
God, that was stupid.
760
00:40:02,037 --> 00:40:03,938
KATE: Well, it wasn't
that hard to fix.
761
00:40:04,005 --> 00:40:06,507
ANDY: No, just made me
feel like a real moron.
762
00:40:08,944 --> 00:40:10,178
It's gonna be this one.
763
00:40:14,115 --> 00:40:15,416
ANDY: It's a little bit
different than the way
764
00:40:15,483 --> 00:40:16,917
most people would
build a greenhouse.
765
00:40:16,984 --> 00:40:18,853
Most people go
very light framing,
766
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:20,654
very light structures.
767
00:40:20,721 --> 00:40:23,491
But I'm trying to build this
greenhouse very stout
768
00:40:23,558 --> 00:40:27,128
because I plan on this lasting
many, many years for me.
769
00:40:27,195 --> 00:40:29,030
-Yay!
-The worst is over.
770
00:40:29,664 --> 00:40:31,232
The hard part.
771
00:40:31,299 --> 00:40:33,267
A little bit of problems
pulling one wall up,
772
00:40:33,334 --> 00:40:35,637
but it all came together good.
773
00:40:35,704 --> 00:40:37,538
And so we got her
all framed up
774
00:40:37,605 --> 00:40:39,240
and ready to stretch
some plastic on it,
775
00:40:39,307 --> 00:40:40,541
and throw the plants in,
776
00:40:40,608 --> 00:40:42,677
and start growing
our winter food source.
777
00:40:43,478 --> 00:40:45,345
Just in the final stages here.
778
00:40:45,412 --> 00:40:47,782
Everything is looking
really good.
779
00:40:47,849 --> 00:40:51,819
There you go,
now pull it down until it hits
the very bottom.
780
00:40:51,886 --> 00:40:53,288
This material probably
would have cost
781
00:40:53,355 --> 00:40:57,058
well over $1,000
if I was to go out and buy it.
782
00:40:57,125 --> 00:40:59,627
This whole greenhouse
is probably only gonna cost me
783
00:40:59,694 --> 00:41:05,032
about $25 in gas
and $120 in plastic.
784
00:41:05,099 --> 00:41:09,570
So, for $150, I'm gonna get
a 20 by 30-foot greenhouse.
785
00:41:09,637 --> 00:41:12,940
You can't do that
doing it any other way.
786
00:41:13,007 --> 00:41:16,010
We can build it anyway
we design it in our heads.
787
00:41:16,077 --> 00:41:17,678
We have the freedom
and independence here
788
00:41:17,745 --> 00:41:19,780
to do things anyway we want.
789
00:41:19,847 --> 00:41:21,115
And that's why
we like it here.
790
00:41:21,182 --> 00:41:22,983
All right!
791
00:41:23,050 --> 00:41:26,387
KATE: It's 100 degrees
in the back of the cabin
right now.
792
00:41:26,454 --> 00:41:28,656
ANDY: Sounds like a good time
to go into a hot greenhouse
793
00:41:28,723 --> 00:41:31,025
and start planting to me.
794
00:41:31,092 --> 00:41:33,628
In the back if my mind
I'm always thinking
I'm getting older,
795
00:41:33,695 --> 00:41:36,130
I don't have a lot of years
left of this hard work in me,
796
00:41:36,197 --> 00:41:37,665
and so when I'm 70,
797
00:41:37,732 --> 00:41:40,802
I'm not gonna be able to
go out and do the things
I can even do now.
798
00:41:41,769 --> 00:41:43,337
So we're thinking and planning
799
00:41:43,404 --> 00:41:45,239
on how we can set
our life up here
800
00:41:45,306 --> 00:41:47,541
so that we can live
the rest of our lives,
801
00:41:47,608 --> 00:41:49,544
basically, live to be
old people out here
802
00:41:49,611 --> 00:41:51,679
and still be able to do
the things we need to do.
803
00:41:55,783 --> 00:41:57,751
I got a lot of satisfaction
out of building this.
804
00:41:57,818 --> 00:42:00,355
I felt really good
when I pounded
that last nail in.
805
00:42:00,422 --> 00:42:02,323
And then every time
I walk in here,
806
00:42:02,390 --> 00:42:04,192
I'm gonna remember
every log that I cut.
807
00:42:04,259 --> 00:42:06,260
It'll remind me
of all the goofy things
808
00:42:06,327 --> 00:42:07,996
that happened
while we were building it.
809
00:42:08,063 --> 00:42:09,130
Most of the times
810
00:42:09,197 --> 00:42:10,898
it's all about the trials
and tribulations,
811
00:42:10,965 --> 00:42:12,733
and screw-ups,
and close calls,
812
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:14,868
and near death experiences.
813
00:42:14,935 --> 00:42:17,171
Those are the exciting things
to talk about
814
00:42:17,238 --> 00:42:18,506
so if you don't have
that in your life,
815
00:42:18,573 --> 00:42:20,507
you're not living much,
you know.
816
00:42:20,574 --> 00:42:22,977
This is one of
the most important projects
of the summer.
817
00:42:23,044 --> 00:42:25,712
It's truly,
the most wonderful
miracle in life
818
00:42:25,779 --> 00:42:29,250
is to watch something grow,
and that you helped.
819
00:42:29,317 --> 00:42:32,854
It means more to me than
I can possibly put into words.
820
00:42:35,156 --> 00:42:36,324
(ANDY SIGHS)
821
00:42:37,124 --> 00:42:38,359
KATE: Stop now!
822
00:42:38,426 --> 00:42:39,594
(ANDY EXCLAIMING)
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