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My name is Bear Grylls.

I served in specials the British forces,

he climbed Everest

and crossed the icy oceans in the Arctic.

Now, my goal is to move to one from the most inhospitable places in the world.

Alaska.

More than a million tourists visits this place every year

and more than 5 thousand disappear.

I'll show you the skills that you need to survive.

This is the coast of Alaska, just below the Arctic Circle.

This terrain consists of endless shores, deep ums

and huge gle ers.

I'm going to the top of Alaska.

This is where the climbers come in and ski to feel the wilderness.

But with adrenaline, the danger comes.

And about 20 people die each year.

They are put in the place of a lost ski

to show you how survive in an environment like this.

Every now and then I'll be piloted drop into one of these mountains

and then I'll have to find it your way and safety.

We are about 70 meters away.

30 meters.

15 meters.

All I have are skis, no ,

Water with flint and flint.

The cameraman team will follow me.

Seventeen highest mountains in the United States

are here in Alaska.

This is a paradise for skiers.

With so few people, and with so much space

this is one of the places true wildlife in America.

Simply beautiful.

Being here on these the mountains are amazing.

The greatest danger for skiers is avalanches.

It kills about 40 people each years in North America.

One wrong turn and the whole the mountain may collapse on you.

You need to know how to avoid them.

The key to avoiding it it's an avalanche to know the snow.

You can use your tap for skiing to test it

whether it is stiff or layered.

When you push it into the snow

should be strong.

But if you press and then suddenly goes down

then it means it's in layers. And that's just dangerous.

Odron often occurs

due to inexperienced skis and snowboarders

who come to enjoy 12 meters snow that often falls here.

At the beginning of 2006, the snowboarder caused an avalanche

90 meters long on a slope like this.

He recovered after 3 months.

It fell from a height of 180 meters.

I descended 1500 meters.

and finally, I left sneaks peaks behind.

This part is so rocky that it is impossible to continue with skis.

The skis can only keep me.

I'm better off without them.

Below me is a gle er, it is literally an ice river

and like any river, this gle er goes downhill.

If I reach him I should to get me out of the mountains.

But to get to the glacier i need to follow this platform

which is not easy.

The temperature goes down quickly.

Temperatures in Alaska they can drop as high as -15C

and the freezing ice are always dangerous here.

The body parts you need extremities are to beware.

Hands, feet, face. And the signs that you got frostbite

are for you to tell you once be very red then black

i saw it on the climbs on Everest.

And I can tell you it is that is awful and very painful.

This platform brought me to the hill facing north.

Because there are fewer the sun is covered with snow.

I'm beginning to repent For my skiing.

The weather doesn't look right.

Being caught by the storm it can be fatal.

I need to get down fast.

But the slope below me is 90 meters.

I could go down but it would take hours.

Instead, they use the technique which they call "glideside."

when you go down,

slow down with your cleats.

I have no vaccines, so instead I break half of my ski skis.

I see this cloud moving

and increasingly I can see the bottom

I'm pretty nervous What will I do this.

This technique is risky, but in an emergency

it can save your life.

If you don't provide enough pressure i i ete too fast.

And if you push too hard tap will get out of your hand.

This was quick.

I've done this before but not for so steep and for so long.

I must have gone 80km an hour.

It was too fast

I got to the glacier. There is about 100,000 of them in Alaska.

They form the largest fresh water tanks on the ground.

The bad news is that they are full of cracks.

Big chasms in the ice Often covered with snow.

The safest way to walk is to be bound and i i in pairs.

I don't have a climbing partner, so i must on vr e land

As soon as possible.

But I guess I'm lucky.

Solid land is provided by du glaciers.

But to walk in these i mas for skiing is almost impossible.

They appear to be made of lead. But I must not stop now.

Spend the night here the above may be fatal.

You see.

I can see the end of the glacier.

Yes, it no doubt ends. That's a real relief.

I'm finally out of ice and snow.

But gle er has jo one obstacle for me.

I came to a sharp cliff.

This is the bottom of the glacier, i this water rushes down

like this waterfall.

There is no way to deal with these changes and down without a rope.

I need another plan.

I have to get down down. The question is how.

They dropped me off at the abandoned the icy mountains of Alaska.

My challenge is to find a way out of here.

But first, I have to I come from this glacier.

My trip down is blocked 18 meters high waterfall.

But I think I see another way out.

there's an ice tunnel inside the glacier.

It was created by melting water which flowed from within.

But this one can get me out.

There are ice tunnels extremely unstable places

and the glacier can move up to 18 meters a day.

Before entering, check that the ice is solid.

They may be above me located 60 meters thick ice.

And it can collapse at any moment.

Only do this if this is your only way out.

I'm getting a little claustophobic,

I don't know if you can see around

but this is not where you would like to be.

I almost didn't die on the same one such a glacier on Everest

when it cracks opened under my feet

and be here do not be fond memories

I just want to get out.

The more you do that it's harder to go back.

Then I saw the light of day ahead.

That's my way out.

I have never felt such relief and, finally, I came down from the glacier.

It's so good to be out gle era and have space.

But best of all, it's final I can get rid of these damn lizards.

It's so good.

They stay in these shoes. They are ideal for walking

but I need something that will protect me feet, because difficult terrain is now ahead.

But there's no way I can go yet one meter in this armor.

The pitch started to open

and I can see the line of the tree in front.

I walked most days, hungry alone and now the rain begins.

But at least I'm finally close to the forest.

This is good news. I see that the sky is beginning to open

I can see the forest there but it seems there is

deep bay.

It may be there river, and that's where I'll go.

i know most of the villages in Alaska located on the river.

And if I find one, maybe she takes me to people.

Or first, let me go over this swollen vegetation.

I can only see a few yards ahead

and that makes you claustophobic.

i know this is bear country. Both the brown bear and the grizzly bear live here.

Brown bears can reach up to 500kg

rise 2. 5 feet i they can tear a man apart.

Here you can see how the bear was scratching this tree

and that's what they do. They come here, scratch

and they are about wood. However, there is bear hair here.

So they mark the territory.

The eta recently died here.

When the renderers found the remains bodies, they saw the blood of bears

and empty aurs.

He fired two bullets at the bear but that was not enough to repel the attack.

But large groups rarely attack

for one simple reason.

Lots of people make a lot of noise.

And that, warns the bears.

If you are alone, then you are vulnerable.

Bears are much more dangerous when they are surprised.

In fact, hunters have the most attacks

because they always go awry

that's why it's important when you're alone,

to make a lot of noise, how the bears would know you were here.

It may look a little funny I'm going around and I'm

hey "honey."

But I have to keep them away

No matter how much noise you make and i still feel uneasy.

This is bear excrement.

The good news is, if you can see, in this feces

small berry seeds, which means that there is a berry somewhere nearby.

The bad news is that the bear is nearby.

This is one day old at most.

I have to get away from here, but not so easy.

This vegetation is ruthless. Every step is painful.

This is "The Devil's Stick," i this is the most barren plant

I have ever seen. You can see spines du stems

du trunks Even on li .

And when it does bloom, even then there are spines.

And the root too. There's a nightmare here.

But for Alaska natives, this is it one highly regarded medicinal herb

full of good ingredients, full of ginseng.

But walking through this is not good.

Ginseng is said to increase strength and endurance

at this point is what I need.

The stream flows through the "wicked pole".

If I'm lucky may he take me to the river

and then they can leave the sum.

That means you can move faster.

But this wilderness is so unpredictable.

After a few meters I encountered an obstacle.

A huge waterfall.

I have to choose: Down or return go back through the "willed pole".

None of the options look good.

I was lost in the Alaskan forests.

I came to the sea but there are obstacles.

This waterfall.

It is more than 60 meters high.

It's risky.

But I'm experienced climbing

and show you how to get down.

The most important thing when you go down

is to go in peace.

Most climbing accidents happens when adrenaline rushes

and start hurrying. I'll tell you one thing:

We can make a good thousand times but only one wrong step

and anything can go wrong.

These rocks are incredibly slippery and it is very easy to go wrong.

to get down, he must to follow some basic rules

Let your feet carry the pressure.

A lot of people try that he climbs only with his hands

but hands are discounted, your legs are much stronger.

Use your hands only to also maintain balance.

There are many loose stones. So, i have to test every hole

where I put my hands.

The power of water now that alone half way down

much more difficult. As if I lower it with something on my back.

This back is almost vertical.

This ice water is from the glacier like a torrent and it pulls me down a lot.

And the cold only gets worse.

This water is so cold.

And my hands start to tingle.

I can hardly squeeze.

But let me tell you one thing. When I look up

it's much steeper than I am thought when i started to get down.

It looks like the day lasts 24 hours flying here

It doesn't look like it, but it's already 10 o'clock.

I walked for hours and now I have to rest.

I have to make a shelter te and I light a fire to dry the blanket.

It is always in a survival situation it is important that you maintain morale at the level.

And for me, nothing is better than fire.

There are about 6 in Alaska million acres uma.

And most of them are covered pine and beef,

both are ideal for building shelters.

for this shelter, I would be ten branches of beef need.

The best way is to bend them to down until you see that it's tense

and when you see that the fibers are strained just press no em and he will pass.

This one's over.

You can recognize the overburden through the leaf.

And I'll use this roof pine.

I make shelter from branches.

And if I put this here and then I combine the two

now we just need to weave this together.

To be waterproof, start from the bottom up

and another layer up.

Now I need a fire.

I always carry flint with me to light a fire.

Usually, this willow is great for firing,

is it wet. So it will starting a fire to be a fight.

I used half of it for the first failed attempt.

It's easier.

The brown bears kill several people and grizzlies

but from 90% of attacks

they actually hunt people as prey.

Many locals carry guns with them.

If you don't have a gun, the only one a way to save yourself

is to take some tap and stuff it in his eyes.

Your body has a biological clock that tells us to sleep when it gets dark

and who wakes us up when it dawns.

Because it's in a place like this no it only takes 4 hours,

it would be difficult to sleep well.

And of course there are the bears.

It's about two in the morning.

I hear something walking this way.

Is it? Listen, listen.

Whether it's a deer or a bear

I hope the fire drives them away.

I hope whatever it is, yes it does leave this "Honey" alone.

It's morning, and it's another day how lost i am in alaska.

It's about 5 in the morning and it's daytime.

I am awake and feeling broken.

Jo always drops ki a.

And I feel a little upset.

But he thinks it's reasonable because I spent all night wet.

I think I have a right to i feel a little upset.

I still follow the stream that I found yesterday.

I saw a river in the valley and that's where i should go.

Now that I've found her, that's great news.

This river will take me to the shore.

And that's where it can be our most Alaska people.

But following the river is not easy. Many small streams flow into it

and I'm forced to I'm constantly passing.

It's cold.

This is fast.

These glacier rivers are extremely cold.

It is very important that we turn to electricity

in order to combat the power of water.

After a few miles, the river widened.

I must be near the coast.

Finally, the sea.

As far as I know, finding this coast

It'll be my best chance to help.

The problem is that ... I can i i 800 km in that direction

and 800 km in that direction, without coming across anyone.

so you just have to I choose which side to go to.

I came to one of the many bays

off the coast of Alaska.

My best chance to save myself

are to be noticed by some fisherman the boat they come here to fish.

Look here. Look.

Dead salmon.

Here's another one. This is great news!

Here, salmon swim upstream.

They traveled about 480 km from the sea

to get into the same river where they were born,

in the same tributary. They come back here

they lay their eggs and die.

The river is full of royalty and brown salmon.

I don't have a fishing line

and that's why I have to think of others a way to capture them.

I make wood spears.

I found a tree whose branches grow in V,

1.20m long.

All others should be removed first borders and then break those two

and sharpen them.

This will pierce theirs and keep them down

until I grab it with my hands.

Making a spear takes about 10 min. But fishing can take much longer.

In this lake it must there are over a thousand salmon

but it's too deep for me to could pierce one.

If I could scare them and make them go to shallower water

then there are good chances.

My idea worked. The fish go where I want.

I see there are quite a few, and is only 15 cm deep.

The point is to come Which is closer and very slow.

One of the main ones salmon predators are eagles

that hang from above, that's why the fish are very sensitive to shade.

If they see mine, they win.

I'm waiting for the right moment.

When I stop, they'll come to me.

But they seem to be out of the home.

They say it's for fishing patience required.

I'm probably the least patient the person you've ever seen.

Now I'll try yes I tell them more aggressively.

How to win ...

It was very close.

I have it.

Come on.

This will be a good piece.

I stuffed it on the glass, on the side

now u push your finger on the same place I found him.

Here in the back.

How could I hold him.

You can eat this straight from the river.

This is the freshest salmon with Alaska you can have.

I've always loved su i.

In local communities

fish are the main source food for the whole year.

Fish is full of protein.

Salmon's scab is small and you can also eat the skin

because it contains a lot of fat.

Everything my body needs in order to continue walking.

It's been two days since I didn't have a real meal

and that's why I'll use it maximize this feast.

Maybe I'm out of the forest now, but I'm still surrounded by bears.

They usually come here to fish.

Look here. Look.

This is the reason why we have to be careful.

You can see it is without doubt passed the bear here

and housed his fat body

and feasted on salmon.

Unbelievable. You see.

You can see where he was.

And you can see the remains food. Fat and inside.

He ate the part where he was most fat and protein, he left everything else.

But for this we have to to be careful.

It's getting dark and I have to find it a place where I'll rest.

The caves are the shelters she made nature, but they are often busy

Animals, including bears.

This one is very shallow and I know she's safe

this is the perfect place to rest.

High walls mean they won't be surprised from behind.

Now I can rest as long as I want

because I have no idea what awaits me.

Now that I'm on the coast, there is plenty of food

especially on the beach because the tide is low.

This rock is whole covered with shells.

They are a great source of food, that’s why I’ll take a few

and cook them later.

This is actually one of the main dishes of me tana.

The shell should always be well cooked.

so i need a fire.

"Star's Beard" grows on branches and trees and burns very well.

But I also need to find some wood.

This is the dry tree I want.

A tree that is on the ground is usually a lot of moss and moisture

but this is great. It's not on the ground and it's dry.

A shot should be heard. Good way for determining if the tree is good for the fire

is when you hear him shoot

like the sound of fire.

And that's a good sign. It is a sign that the tree is good for fire.

since I have nothing to cook them in, eye I put two layers of seaweed on the shells.

This will act as an oven. They should cook in 10 minutes.

When you take them out of the fire purge molluscs.

If they don't open, it means yes are already dead and not good.

But when cooked they should open.

This ba opened.

Now that I'm on the coast it's worth it try to make some signal

because of ships passing this way.

I have excellent sea transparency

and certainly worth it make a signal fire.

I put all these branches on the pile

and I put in enough greens to smoke.

If anyone passes, they see this.

It is crucial to make white smoke to give the contrast with the tree I want and me.

But nature is against me.

If you look, you see that the smoke does not rise much.

In fact, it seems to be going down.

And that is a sign that the storm is coming.

Although now blue, the weather may get worse.

since I had no luck in observing some ship, I have to move on.

But is it difficult.

But the tide is constantly coming in and out into these bays.

Look here. Look, look.

See those huts?

I can guarantee you that someone lives there.

Fisherman or someone. I think I made it.

If there are people here, maybe is that I'm on my way to home.

You see this.

But it's vegetation high and the houses collapsed.

Alaska has a history of abandoned properties.

The coast is full of abandoned mines, closed factories and as far as I can see,

old log cabins.

I'm sure this is it once upon a time there were many people

but today, it is empty.

It's not really a luxury log cabin as I expected,

full of cola i and sandwiches. Even there is no roof.

But I'll tell you one thing. If I ever get back here

this is the view you want to have when you are building a house.

Just look. Just beautiful. Face you are in the face of mountains and glaciers.

Unbelievable

Looking at the gle er gave me an idea which can help me get out of here.

These glaciers are off the coast a famous tourist attraction

and there may be some cruiser there. But it looks miles away

A long burning awaits me.

You see this. Boat.

This is great.

This can be the key which will get me out of here

if it can float.

One of the main things in a situation of survival

is to be open to every opportunity. And this boat gave me one.

I need a paddle, a this shovel will work.

The boat is old and the sea is full of ice.

It is a decision that they may be sorry for.

I'm on an old boat I just found

and move slowly along the coast.

To walk, it would take days walks through these endless bays.

But old boats are often risky.

But now this is mine the best alternative.

because there is a story about a father and his children

which were lost here during a snowstorm.

They waited ten days at help that never came.

Then their father made the difficult decision, to leave his teenage daughters

while he and his son trying to find help.

They found some old one log cabin but be signs of life.

Then another storm came and they had to wait six days

until the weather calms down. I thought so is to find her daughters

dead. But when the weather got better

they found the boat and repaired it

to go get his daughters who were, amazingly, still alive.

The next day, they were saved.

As I move on, I come across alone on a bay full of ice.

And if I continue the ice it will pierce the boat.

Ice blocks are all around me.

They may look beautiful

but they can cause serious Damage to larger ships.

1989, Exon Valdez, tanker oils weighing 33, 000 tons

he sank in Alaska trying to avoid icebergs.

This place is simply amazing.

I'll tell you one thing. On all the places I've been

I have never seen such an unusual terrain.

There are thousands of ice ones here santas floating this way

and they all break away from glaciers and going overboard.

Some of them are old and up to five thousand years.

This is an incredible landscape .

You can only see the tip of the ice the hill, because it is 90% underwater.

as the ice melts faster when it comes into contact with water

The boat eventually gets heavier

and floats harder.

I'm starting to worry about it the ice began to close

and ba is difficult to navigate to know where it is

because this is constantly shifting. In one it seems like a moment to you

and immediately close in front of you.

It is difficult to deter this. They're like stones.

See how much this can hurt

I don't know how much it is this boat endures.

The water has already started to enter.

I don't like this at all.

The boat is getting tough with constant ice strikes.

And the cold water began to enter.

Do you see that money pebble lands, there?

That's where we go.

The team has an a title blanket.

I do not have.

There were a few in the beginning drops but has now filled up.

It seems like my only option is swimming.

He's already sinking

But first, I have to get my clothes off, before dragging me down.

It sank completely.

Don't sink it yet. Don't sink.

Just a little to stay on the surface.

I need to swim 200 meters to shore.

But it looks like this the end. There's a bow ...

due to shock with a touch of water, di em swollen

and it is dangerous to inhale large the amount of air and water.

That's how people drown.

My heart beats like crazy, and I di em accelerated.

For some people, this can cause a heart attack.

I have to get my shirt off.

Cotton literally sucks you heat.

She's a real killer when she's wet.

If you like t-shirts and jeans it gets wet in these conditions

you need to get them off quickly.

Du e will get you naked.

And this water is from the glacier.

This water needs a lot less to freeze

than usual. Almost it's colder than ice.

His fingers stiffened.

I need to speed up the bloodstream.

My jacket stayed dry inside the backpack, and that'll save me.

You see. Open sea.

This is where all the gle er goes.

This is great. I can I see miles and miles,

along the coast. But I have to stop

and I warm up a little of these stones,

and I don't move anywhere until I do I heat and heat it properly.

I think this is it an ideal place to wait.

Fishing boats and tourists are coming several times into these openings.

And it's not hard to conclude why they come here.

It's beautiful.

I wait and I wait, but nothing does not appear on the horizon.

I go further du pla e to see can i find something.

If I have to spend another night here, i'll need some food and shelter ..

But when I lost hope, I heard the sound of the engine in the distance.

Look. Look.

There's a ship. I hope so that they would look this way.

It'll be gone in a few minutes

and without wood for signal fire

I can only count that it will my waving and some luck

get their attention.

It's turning. It's turning.

They saw me. Now I'm on my way to home.

This has been an amazing journey.

From high and extreme peaks to ice glaciers.

Alaska is where we really can be

to get closer to nature.

And for me, this is real magic.

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