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SUE: And you'll hear me
reference my paws,
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and, uh, to a degree,
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I'm just another animal
out here on the Arctic.
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I'm not another human,
I'm one of the animals
trying to survive.
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I am a food group, I'm not
top of the food chain,
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so every day,
every morning, every night,
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I've got to look
for predators.
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I'm fully aware in my mind
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I live in their territory,
they do not live in mine.
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There's more stuff
that wants to eat me
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than I wanna be eaten
by out here.
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It's always a challenge
just staying alive day to day.
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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
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SUE: Back there in the room
I had just gotten to sleep,
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and, I heard... (VOCALISES)
...something heavy.
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You can tell that
the footprints...
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It's... I mean,
I'm ten to one pretty sure,
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it's either the wolf
or the wolverine.
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All animals figure out
where other animals sleep,
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where are they denning up,
where are they bedding down...
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He's testing my line.
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He was here. There's no
fucking time, he had
time to get there.
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Don't go too far.
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That's exactly what a predator
wants you to do.
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Shut the door.
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It's, uh... It's back there.
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It's back there
and I'm shaking a little,
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but, uh...
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(SHUSHES)
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Right there.
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(WHISPERS)
Okay, whatever it is,
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it's big.
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The foxes have little prints,
and they crunch a little,
this is big.
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It's... (VOCALISES)
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It's going this way.
When I was in bed,
it went that way.
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My heart is racing
a little bit,
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but, I mean,
this is what it is,
to live in the Arctic.
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But for me to go out
there to investigate,
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that's what a predator does.
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He draws you away
from the herd,
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from your safety zone.
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And I stand my ground,
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I'll look, but no fucking way
I'm coming inside.
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They wanna get me,
they're coming
right in here.
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Tomorrow morning
when it's light,
I'll go look at tracks.
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Tonight, that son of a bitch
gotta get in here to get me.
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Probably not gonna
sleep very much,
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but if anybody
wants to play poker,
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I got the winning hand
right here.
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(EXHALES)
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CHIP:
We don't really make a plan,
but we have ideas,
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and as we go along
we develop our ideas
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and we go with the best ones
that we have.
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That's always the plan.
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This is one
of the road houses.
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It's a public shelter cabin,
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and we make ourselves
comfortable here,
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and we leave things behind to
make other people comfortable.
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-Here's your Starbucks.
-Thank you for my Starbucks.
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I was gonna hide
in here real quickly.
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CHIP: We really enjoy
coming up here.
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Every year we make an effort
to improve the place
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as best we can for
our comfort and other people.
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A lot of other people
come up here and hunt.
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And we are
in a very productive area.
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We feel safe.
This is like our insurance.
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When we're working
these mountains back here,
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we know we can
get back to this place
even if we are walking
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or broken down, and we know
we'll be safe here,
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and this is a good place
if we ever have to wait.
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If we have to wait for weather
wait for things to be fixed,
wait to be picked up.
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When we dress up
to go out in the Arctic,
we really dress up.
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If you got snow
going down your neck,
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you have to take the time
to chill a little bit down
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and change yourself out.
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If you got one boot wet,
take the time.
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You just have
to take the time.
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A lot of people don't
realise how much time
things take up here,
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and then again, it takes
time to get things here,
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so we're all masters
of repair, improvisation,
and I always tell them
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if I ain't got it,
I don't need it.
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I kind of, sort of...
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I kind of, sort of,
got it all together, too.
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We come down to this area
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because this is where
the western Arctic
caribou herd winters,
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it's 325,000 strong,
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and there's traditional
caribou hunting grounds
back here.
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My plan for today is to go
to that mountain over there,
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where all those caribou
are covering the hillsides
and work among 'em.
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Maybe my wife will get
a couple of caribou,
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and we'll leave the guts
and the hides in a pile,
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maybe set a trap nearby,
and we'll take
the meats back here
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and we'll butcher them down,
nice and compact,
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and work up a load of meats.
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If not today, there's tomorrow
or the next day,
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we'll just keep
doing the same deal.
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It's coming.
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I see maybe 1,000 caribou.
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They're just like
salt and pepper.
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They're like pepper
all over the salt.
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There's a lot of
caribou up there.
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The prospects
are pretty good, man.
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So, what do you think, Agnes?
Do you wanna go?
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Are you ready to shoot?
Got your ammo?
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Yep, ready to go.
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ERIK:
There's a lot of self-reliance
living out this far.
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You do whatever you want
with your life.
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This is the lifestyle
I choose to live.
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It's not the right
or wrong way to live,
it's just the way I choose.
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I live in one of the most
remote parts of Alaska.
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There's very few people
in this region.
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I don't live in a village that
has any kind of municipality.
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We don't have a power plant,
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so because of all
those factors,
I have to make my own power.
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Spending a little bit of money
and buying solar panels
is very expensive upfront,
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but in the end,
where you don't have to
continuously run a generator,
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you actually save
a lot of money.
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The light spectrum
that we have here in spring
is so intense and so long,
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I don't have to run
my generator at all.
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I'm able to power
everything in my home
with these three panels.
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It saves me time,
I don't need to come out
and start my generator,
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I don't need to pump fuel,
I don't need to buy fuel.
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A lot of time and money is
saved with these three panels.
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Well, I'm gonna go ahead
and check the fluid level
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in all my batteries.
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First one's good.
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If any of these
batteries get shot,
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it's like the old expression,
"Only as strong as
the weakest link."
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My whole bank will go down
and it can damage
my whole system,
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so you have to keep up
on checking them.
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I'm saving and storing power
in that battery bank,
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so when it's dark
I have enough stored power
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that I can run my lights,
radio, telephone,
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all those things
I can run in my home.
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ANDY: It's all about planning
ahead out here,
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you're always thinking
about tomorrow,
the next day, the next week.
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What you're gonna need,
being prepared for it.
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All right, looking good.
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I've been wanting
to get a band saw mill
for a long time.
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It's a tool that
for many, many years now,
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is gonna provide me
with lumber
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and the type of lumber
that I want to do
my building projects.
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It just frees me up
to be very independent
in the long future.
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I'm hoping that I can get in
and get back to Eagle before
the Taylor Highway blows in,
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or a snowstorm comes in,
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'cause this time of the year
the weather changes daily.
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The last 160 miles is on
a lane-and-a-half gravel road,
very mountainous.
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There's no guard rails
on the road, this new snow
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and these warm temperatures
is gonna make the road
really slick.
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So it's gonna be, kind of,
a challenging road home
for me today.
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Getting some wind-blown
drifts here
crossing the highway.
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These drifts
kind of suck you in
whenever you, uh...
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Your front wheels hit them,
it wants to just
drive the wheels
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right into the drift,
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so you gotta keep a little bit
of momentum going,
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you don't wanna just
ease into them,
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so you just gotta,
kind of, hit them hard,
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and be ready
for the wheel to get, kind of,
sucked into the drift.
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These drifts are pinching
the road in pretty tight.
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You gotta be careful,
if you go too far off
to one side,
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you'll just fall off the road,
off the shoulder.
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Not a place to get
stuck there for the night.
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This would be
a pretty serious situation
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if you ended up getting
drifted in up here at night.
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Here's another one
right here.
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Looks like it's gonna blow in
pretty good right here.
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Just another day
on Taylor Highway.
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It never fails.
There's always, always
something here.
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We're heading down
into the 40-mile valley now.
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This would be a bad place
to go off the road.
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It's pretty much
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a 40 degree angle off
the left bank here,
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so if you make a mistake
on this section of the road,
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you might as well kiss
whatever you got goodbye.
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It's pretty narrow up in here.
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It's about
a lane-and-a-half wide.
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Need a damn bicycle to come
through here if it gets
too much more narrow.
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(TRUCK HONKS)
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Come on, buddy, slow it down.
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These truck drivers here,
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they're used to having the
whole road to themselves
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and they don't like
to slow down.
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For someone like me
who doesn't drive a lot,
it scares the hell out of me.
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We're on the home stretch,
coming down the hill
into Eagle now.
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That's a good feeling.
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(EXHALES)
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All-in-all,
it went pretty good.
I'm feeling really good.
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I've been watching
the river conditions now.
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After discussion with Kate,
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we've decided we're gonna
leave our sawmill
in Eagle this year
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instead of trying
to get it downriver
before the ice breaks up.
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This is the end
of the road for this spring,
for this sawmill,
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and I'll have to deal with it
later on in the summertime.
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Now, all I got to do is pack
up the snow machine,
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another hour trip home
on the Yukon,
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jump in the sauna,
drink some beer,
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snuggle with Kate
and it's a good day.
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SUE: I got to keep
my little peepers peeled.
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I got grandkids that want me
to go take them to see
the mouse someday.
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I gotta stay alive to do it.
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It's kind of eerie,
I normally have my foxes...
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All over they follow me
at everything that I do.
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Um...
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But I haven't seen them,
so I'm just, kind of,
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wanting to really
scan the area.
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I mean, I got... It tells me,
when they hide like that
and it's not a storm,
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I've got one of the top
predators in my area.
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My foxes are, you know,
they're cute.
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They're sociable and
they're highly entertaining,
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but one of the reasons
I cultivate that
friendship-relationship,
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uh, they are great
at warning me what's to come.
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A fox will always
run in the exact
opposite direction of danger.
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You cannot take your own
safety seriously enough.
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The largest thing
anybody can do
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to be mindful of
their own safety,
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get your ass up
in elevation a little bit
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and constantly
survey your horizon.
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It's a wolverine over there.
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Come on, move, little fucker.
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The only
big black thing running.
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Being stalked by a wolverine
is bad news.
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They are smaller
than a grizzly,
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but I'll tell you what,
pound for pound,
they'll take them on
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and I've seen them
come out on top.
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So when I see a wolverine,
I definitely see danger.
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He was coming in.
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Little fucker.
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The minute I see him,
he looked at me, he stopped,
and went... (GRUNTS)
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Boom. He's headed off
in that direction.
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It's a very smart wolverine.
231
00:14:53,395 --> 00:14:56,899
Smarter than I've...
And ballsier than I have
ever seen one.
232
00:14:56,966 --> 00:15:01,137
I need to think
like my opponent does
and outsmart him.
233
00:15:01,204 --> 00:15:03,773
So it's like a chess match.
234
00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,642
Right now, he's got me
in a check position.
235
00:15:06,709 --> 00:15:10,246
He's been studying me
for a long time.
236
00:15:11,714 --> 00:15:14,450
I... I'll concede that
we're in a check situation,
237
00:15:14,517 --> 00:15:16,419
but not checkmate yet.
238
00:15:22,491 --> 00:15:25,895
ERIK: Up here
in the Arctic, you know,
everything's about efficiency.
239
00:15:25,962 --> 00:15:27,997
You don't really put in
any extra effort
240
00:15:28,064 --> 00:15:30,700
or use any resources
unless you have to.
241
00:15:42,645 --> 00:15:47,483
In the wintertime,
I do extensive trapping
for supplemental income.
242
00:15:47,550 --> 00:15:50,886
I have a lot of respect
for all of the animals that
live here in the Brooks Range,
243
00:15:50,953 --> 00:15:54,790
and they are essential
to my life as
a subsistence user.
244
00:15:54,857 --> 00:15:58,527
Animals can be
used to make mitts,
or parker ruffs, or hats,
245
00:15:58,594 --> 00:16:00,462
and they can also be sold.
246
00:16:00,529 --> 00:16:02,865
Different animals' hides
are worth different
amounts of money,
247
00:16:02,932 --> 00:16:07,136
for instance,
a fox hide is worth anywhere
from $50 to $100.
248
00:16:07,203 --> 00:16:10,573
A wolverine is worth anywhere
from $250 to $500.
249
00:16:11,841 --> 00:16:14,210
A wolf hide is worth $1,500.
250
00:16:18,047 --> 00:16:20,483
I'm gonna head up the creek
and check my trap line
251
00:16:20,550 --> 00:16:22,952
and tend any traps
that need re-baiting.
252
00:16:23,019 --> 00:16:24,220
If I see some more signs,
253
00:16:24,287 --> 00:16:25,988
I'm going to put out a couple
more wolverine cubbies.
254
00:16:26,055 --> 00:16:28,056
I've been seeing a good amount
of wolverine sign this winter,
255
00:16:28,123 --> 00:16:31,093
and hopefully,
we'll catch something,
or we'll re-bait
256
00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:32,495
and catch something next time
we get out there.
257
00:16:40,603 --> 00:16:44,340
It's very important
to check your traps frequently
on your trap line.
258
00:16:44,407 --> 00:16:47,576
For one reason,
you have that obligation
to the animals.
259
00:16:47,643 --> 00:16:50,445
I don't want the animals
to be in the trap any longer
than they have to
260
00:16:50,512 --> 00:16:53,182
before I go and humanely
dispatch them.
261
00:16:53,249 --> 00:16:57,453
Also, you'll lose animals,
other animals will come
and eat them in the trap,
262
00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:01,157
or snow and ice
will clog your traps,
it will freeze them open
263
00:17:02,958 --> 00:17:05,561
and then your traps aren't
effective, so you're wasting
your time anyway.
264
00:17:20,977 --> 00:17:22,278
There's a grouse.
265
00:17:23,980 --> 00:17:26,449
A spruce grouse is
basically an Arctic chicken.
266
00:17:28,350 --> 00:17:29,552
I need at least two
to make a meal.
267
00:17:42,465 --> 00:17:43,733
I was just coming
around the corner
268
00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,702
and I caught a little movement
out of the corner of my eye.
269
00:17:46,769 --> 00:17:48,838
Saw one spruce grouse
and shot it.
270
00:17:48,905 --> 00:17:50,739
A little supper.
271
00:17:50,806 --> 00:17:54,910
Rural Alaska, most people
do their bird hunting
with a .22 riffle or pistol
272
00:17:54,977 --> 00:17:57,213
like I just did and it's, uh,
273
00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:58,714
it's not so much a sport,
274
00:17:58,781 --> 00:18:01,483
it's just
a kill of opportunity
and a little bit of food.
275
00:18:01,550 --> 00:18:02,952
(BIRD CHIRPING)
276
00:18:03,019 --> 00:18:04,720
(ERIK SPEAKING)
277
00:18:12,595 --> 00:18:13,596
(GUNSHOT)
278
00:18:16,465 --> 00:18:18,267
A little bonus
along the trail.
279
00:18:20,970 --> 00:18:22,805
Shot a couple of
spruce grouse
280
00:18:22,872 --> 00:18:25,608
and third one that flew in
the trees over here.
281
00:18:25,675 --> 00:18:30,212
I'm gonna walk over there
and see if I can find him
and get the fourth one there.
282
00:18:40,289 --> 00:18:41,424
He flew right over here.
283
00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:45,161
Got him.
284
00:18:47,363 --> 00:18:48,764
Good eating.
285
00:18:48,831 --> 00:18:51,367
Didn't plan on shooting
those grouse
when I left home today,
286
00:18:52,167 --> 00:18:53,902
but always have
the .22 with me
287
00:18:53,969 --> 00:18:56,338
and seize opportunity
when you get it.
288
00:18:56,405 --> 00:18:59,008
At least I'm not coming home
empty-handed. Good deal.
289
00:19:02,011 --> 00:19:03,779
ANDY: Things don't
always go as you plan.
290
00:19:03,846 --> 00:19:07,583
That's the way it is out here.
You gotta adapt to things
as they happen.
291
00:19:17,060 --> 00:19:19,494
Out here when things
break down,
292
00:19:19,561 --> 00:19:21,564
it's up to me to fix them.
293
00:19:21,631 --> 00:19:24,700
The next thing
I need did to do is
work on my Bombi.
294
00:19:24,767 --> 00:19:27,903
I use the Bombi for a lot
of different jobs around here.
295
00:19:27,970 --> 00:19:30,873
I haven't found anything
it can't pull yet.
296
00:19:30,940 --> 00:19:34,276
Boats, logs, little buildings.
297
00:19:34,343 --> 00:19:37,947
You know, for something
that weighs about 3,400 lbs,
298
00:19:38,014 --> 00:19:40,048
it's a mighty mite.
299
00:19:40,115 --> 00:19:43,219
It's a track vehicle,
kind of like a bulldozer.
300
00:19:43,286 --> 00:19:47,489
Where we live here,
it's mostly
perma-frosted country.
301
00:19:47,556 --> 00:19:50,659
And when that
does start to thaw out
in the spring time,
302
00:19:50,726 --> 00:19:52,961
it's very, very wet and soft.
303
00:19:53,028 --> 00:19:56,866
This is about the only thing
I can use in my yard
without tearing everything up.
304
00:19:56,933 --> 00:19:59,168
'Cause it's got a lot
of floatation,
305
00:19:59,235 --> 00:20:02,905
so it's a very important tool
for me to keep operating.
306
00:20:05,241 --> 00:20:07,242
-Hey, can you give me a hand?
-Yep.
307
00:20:07,309 --> 00:20:08,811
ANDY: All right.
308
00:20:08,878 --> 00:20:12,181
I was having problems
with these wheels not
being aligned straight
309
00:20:12,248 --> 00:20:13,916
and they were throwing
the tracks off.
310
00:20:15,317 --> 00:20:17,653
So I'm removing
these axles here
311
00:20:18,421 --> 00:20:19,788
so I can clean them all up
312
00:20:19,855 --> 00:20:22,191
and check 'em out and make
sure they're not bent.
313
00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,094
-Okay, you're on it.
-I'm on it.
314
00:20:26,996 --> 00:20:29,198
Ah, that's good.
That's really easy.
315
00:20:30,132 --> 00:20:31,900
-It's coming off easy?
-Yep.
316
00:20:31,967 --> 00:20:33,102
Whoo-hoo!
317
00:20:34,537 --> 00:20:35,604
Whoo!
318
00:20:37,173 --> 00:20:40,142
Okay, all right, now go back
319
00:20:40,209 --> 00:20:43,212
about a foot-and-a-half,
you'll see another one there.
320
00:20:43,279 --> 00:20:44,880
It's actually Kate's Bombi.
321
00:20:44,947 --> 00:20:46,915
We were driving along
in Fairbanks
322
00:20:46,982 --> 00:20:49,918
and I saw this for sale
and I thought it was
the cutest little thing,
323
00:20:49,985 --> 00:20:51,987
so I bought it.
324
00:20:52,054 --> 00:20:55,691
You know, it's sad that
the axles' not cooperating,
325
00:20:55,758 --> 00:20:58,828
but I'm sure Andy can fix it.
326
00:20:59,795 --> 00:21:01,664
-That's it?
-I think so.
327
00:21:03,499 --> 00:21:05,868
I didn't know we had these.
328
00:21:05,935 --> 00:21:09,204
ANDY: Well, you always
told me you like a man
with a big tool.
329
00:21:09,271 --> 00:21:11,040
(CHUCKLING)
330
00:21:11,107 --> 00:21:13,575
I think you are a big tool.
331
00:21:13,642 --> 00:21:15,444
ANDY:
All four axles are off now.
332
00:21:17,246 --> 00:21:20,349
Hopefully, I'll be able
get this thing going
in another day or so.
333
00:21:22,218 --> 00:21:23,952
CHIP: It's just a matter
of what you want
334
00:21:24,019 --> 00:21:25,220
and the things
you want in life.
335
00:21:25,287 --> 00:21:26,889
And this is what we like.
This is what we want in life.
336
00:21:26,956 --> 00:21:29,725
We like the action.
We like the good food.
337
00:21:29,792 --> 00:21:31,494
That's the way
we like to do it.
338
00:21:35,965 --> 00:21:39,101
I just wanna glass around
and make myself familiar
339
00:21:39,168 --> 00:21:40,969
with all the little dots
all over again,
340
00:21:41,036 --> 00:21:45,040
and then I'll be able to tell
what's moving and what's not.
341
00:21:48,710 --> 00:21:50,479
CHIP: Well, there's caribou
moving down here.
342
00:21:50,546 --> 00:21:52,481
Caribou are always walking.
343
00:21:52,548 --> 00:21:54,984
They're always on
the move every day.
344
00:21:55,984 --> 00:21:57,219
And when you get them
running like that,
345
00:21:57,286 --> 00:21:59,054
it's almost guaranteed
something's spooking 'em.
346
00:22:02,091 --> 00:22:03,726
I just don't see
what's spooking 'em,
347
00:22:03,793 --> 00:22:06,661
and it isn't the first herd
that we've seen running off
that hill either.
348
00:22:06,728 --> 00:22:08,864
I've seen about four other
small herds run off that hill
349
00:22:08,931 --> 00:22:10,499
for some reason.
350
00:22:10,566 --> 00:22:13,902
They're probably
a good mile-and-a-half away,
almost two miles away.
351
00:22:13,969 --> 00:22:15,237
So it's definitely not us.
352
00:22:20,242 --> 00:22:23,145
Quite a few bunches
of caribou.
353
00:22:23,212 --> 00:22:25,414
Keep wards and keep
going up on top
354
00:22:25,481 --> 00:22:28,417
and glass around some more
once we get to the top.
355
00:22:38,828 --> 00:22:40,629
CHIP: This is a place
we call "on high".
356
00:22:40,696 --> 00:22:42,564
This is a natural, kind of,
caribou trap.
357
00:22:42,631 --> 00:22:44,266
The caribou take these
three drainages
358
00:22:44,333 --> 00:22:46,168
and they end up
in this area right here.
359
00:22:46,235 --> 00:22:48,237
And a lot of times we can hunt
them from the rocks.
360
00:22:48,304 --> 00:22:51,874
We just dress like a rock,
look like a rock,
act like a rock
361
00:22:51,941 --> 00:22:53,542
and we get
really close to caribou.
362
00:22:56,212 --> 00:22:58,781
We've got...
Right here is one lone female.
363
00:22:59,914 --> 00:23:01,592
Look, they're coming up this way,
these ones are spooking.
364
00:23:03,335 --> 00:23:05,603
They're gonna start moving.
365
00:23:05,670 --> 00:23:07,872
AGNES: That first one
right there.
CHIP: The very first one.
366
00:23:07,939 --> 00:23:09,608
Look she's the fourth one
back now.
367
00:23:09,675 --> 00:23:11,376
The one that just
turned around is a female.
368
00:23:14,179 --> 00:23:16,148
Then there's two bulls
and a female.
369
00:23:58,123 --> 00:24:00,159
CHIP: Good drop.
You see her drop?
370
00:24:00,226 --> 00:24:01,460
You spined her ass.
371
00:24:02,794 --> 00:24:05,564
Should we go down
and finish her? She'll die.
372
00:24:05,631 --> 00:24:09,167
AGNES: I just shot
a female caribou,
looks like she's down.
373
00:24:09,234 --> 00:24:11,569
I was aiming for her shoulder,
374
00:24:11,636 --> 00:24:13,572
right side, trying to get
a clean heart shot,
375
00:24:13,639 --> 00:24:17,142
but, uh, it looked
like I hit it in the spine
376
00:24:17,209 --> 00:24:18,443
and it just went...
(VOCALISES)
377
00:24:18,510 --> 00:24:19,878
...and it fell down
with the first shot.
378
00:24:22,814 --> 00:24:25,017
CHIP: Should we go down
and finish her?
AGNES: For sure.
379
00:24:27,186 --> 00:24:29,254
CHIP: I'm gonna go up
and get my machine.
AGNES: Okay.
380
00:24:31,189 --> 00:24:33,358
ERIK There is no schedule,
it's just whatever you want.
381
00:24:33,425 --> 00:24:35,326
That's part of the beauty
of living in the bush
382
00:24:35,393 --> 00:24:36,762
and having those freedoms.
383
00:24:47,539 --> 00:24:49,507
ERIK: Picked up a couple
spruce grouse here,
384
00:24:49,574 --> 00:24:50,876
which was kinda unexpected.
385
00:24:50,943 --> 00:24:54,679
I was going along
and there was four grouse.
386
00:24:54,746 --> 00:24:56,314
Grab my favourite part
387
00:24:56,381 --> 00:25:00,018
of any bird or any animal,
the heart.
388
00:25:02,053 --> 00:25:04,789
Take the legs,
389
00:25:04,856 --> 00:25:07,058
breast meat,
and the hearts from each one.
390
00:25:07,125 --> 00:25:09,027
These grouse,
they rely on their, uh...
391
00:25:10,295 --> 00:25:14,566
On their natural camouflage
of their feathers.
392
00:25:14,633 --> 00:25:19,037
They'll sit still and you can
walk right up to 'em
and they don't run away.
393
00:25:19,104 --> 00:25:20,605
Most of the time, it works.
394
00:25:20,672 --> 00:25:22,207
I was hanging around
for quite a while
395
00:25:22,274 --> 00:25:25,009
with these grouse
right next to me,
I didn't even see 'em.
396
00:25:25,076 --> 00:25:29,281
Little bonus, little kill
of opportunity,
397
00:25:29,348 --> 00:25:33,085
and something to bring home
on an otherwise unsuccessful
trapping mission.
398
00:25:35,554 --> 00:25:36,588
Voila.
399
00:25:41,426 --> 00:25:44,128
My whole life,
I've enjoyed being outdoors,
400
00:25:44,195 --> 00:25:49,367
you know, I have
an appreciation for going
to a larger metropolitan city
401
00:25:49,434 --> 00:25:50,568
and eating a good meal,
402
00:25:50,635 --> 00:25:53,538
but I like to hang my hat
in the wilderness.
403
00:25:53,605 --> 00:25:55,173
I like rural living.
404
00:26:02,314 --> 00:26:04,115
Hungry.
405
00:26:04,182 --> 00:26:06,918
It's like midnight,
got more work to do.
406
00:26:09,454 --> 00:26:13,491
Everything in life is
a matter of perspective
and I'm learning, not knowing.
407
00:26:13,558 --> 00:26:17,596
Some people are...
They think it's incredible
the way that I live,
408
00:26:17,663 --> 00:26:19,864
or different other people
who live in this region.
409
00:26:19,931 --> 00:26:21,733
To me, it's just
everyday stuff.
410
00:26:22,567 --> 00:26:24,836
Well, this is kind of my, uh,
411
00:26:24,903 --> 00:26:26,638
quick meal version
of shepherd's pie,
412
00:26:26,705 --> 00:26:30,776
I got potatoes
with meat, grouse,
413
00:26:30,843 --> 00:26:32,110
cheese on the top.
414
00:26:33,445 --> 00:26:34,946
It's not the greatest meal
I've ever cooked,
415
00:26:35,981 --> 00:26:37,549
but I just need
something to eat.
416
00:26:37,616 --> 00:26:39,251
I'm just gonna devour it.
417
00:26:44,255 --> 00:26:46,658
ANDY: Experience is
knowledge out here,
418
00:26:46,725 --> 00:26:49,727
and you'll only gain that
knowledge if you gain
the experience
419
00:26:49,794 --> 00:26:51,163
and that just takes time.
420
00:26:52,497 --> 00:26:54,199
And even then you screw up.
421
00:26:58,937 --> 00:27:00,272
There were six of these.
422
00:27:02,207 --> 00:27:04,810
Five, six...
423
00:27:04,877 --> 00:27:08,312
No, there should be eight.
I'm missing two
of these long ones.
424
00:27:08,379 --> 00:27:10,148
When I took the Bombi apart
425
00:27:10,215 --> 00:27:13,418
and I started
inspecting all the parts
and pieces on it,
426
00:27:13,485 --> 00:27:15,754
I found that
some bolts got lost.
427
00:27:17,755 --> 00:27:19,991
Where would you have
put them?
428
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:23,361
-In your pocket?
-No.
429
00:27:24,663 --> 00:27:26,565
Okay, I'll look with
the big magnet.
430
00:27:31,903 --> 00:27:34,539
It's gonna be a real pain
if he can't put it together,
431
00:27:34,606 --> 00:27:37,108
if he can't get anything
to put it together with.
432
00:27:39,477 --> 00:27:42,914
It's just a magnet that holds
tools on the wall
433
00:27:42,981 --> 00:27:45,650
but they're wicked
for looking for stuff in
the snow.
434
00:27:45,717 --> 00:27:50,956
Like, you just go over
the snow, and it just jumps up
into the magnet.
435
00:27:51,790 --> 00:27:52,991
Let's check it out.
436
00:27:55,660 --> 00:27:57,562
I'm having problems with
the alignment on the axles.
437
00:27:57,629 --> 00:28:01,065
I pulled this one axle off
and it's...
438
00:28:01,132 --> 00:28:02,801
The alignment's
messed up on it.
439
00:28:02,868 --> 00:28:05,103
It's not straight so...
440
00:28:05,170 --> 00:28:06,838
Because its cocked,
441
00:28:06,905 --> 00:28:10,608
the bogie wheel here
is grabbing the track
and throwing the track off,
442
00:28:10,675 --> 00:28:13,478
and once the track comes off,
then it's about
a half-a-day project
443
00:28:13,545 --> 00:28:15,146
to put my track back on.
444
00:28:17,382 --> 00:28:20,451
I'm gonna inspect them all
and clean them up
445
00:28:20,518 --> 00:28:23,654
and one way or another,
I've gotta make it work,
446
00:28:23,721 --> 00:28:26,491
so I've got a feeling
it's gonna be more
MacGyvering.
447
00:28:26,558 --> 00:28:28,126
(MACHINERY WHIRRING)
448
00:28:36,434 --> 00:28:39,604
There are some days
I feel like all I'm doing
is fixing things,
449
00:28:39,671 --> 00:28:43,708
but the more things
you have to do
out of the ordinary,
450
00:28:43,775 --> 00:28:45,343
the more skills you develop,
451
00:28:45,410 --> 00:28:48,646
so a lot of times
when a problem happens,
452
00:28:48,713 --> 00:28:52,017
it's just a matter of a minute
or two, and I know
how to fix the problem.
453
00:28:52,084 --> 00:28:53,518
(WHIRRING CONTINUES)
454
00:28:58,724 --> 00:28:59,724
(GRUNTS)
455
00:29:01,059 --> 00:29:02,193
Crap.
456
00:29:05,197 --> 00:29:07,132
I spend half my life
looking for shit.
457
00:29:08,633 --> 00:29:11,803
I think I might have
better success looking
through his pockets.
458
00:29:13,004 --> 00:29:15,807
Well, I guess I better go
deliver the bad news.
459
00:29:24,082 --> 00:29:26,384
-So sorry!
-Can't find anything?
460
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:33,057
No, all that's out there
is just those little ones
with the washers.
461
00:29:33,124 --> 00:29:34,726
Okay, I'll figure it out.
462
00:29:36,427 --> 00:29:38,697
ANDY: Out here,
seems like I'm forever
463
00:29:40,098 --> 00:29:43,635
redoing threads, or making
my own nuts or bolts.
464
00:29:43,702 --> 00:29:45,003
It's a pain in the ass.
465
00:29:46,205 --> 00:29:48,073
More damn MacGyvering.
466
00:29:49,507 --> 00:29:51,376
SUE: Do I wanna shoot
everything in sight? No.
467
00:29:51,443 --> 00:29:54,613
Do I need to rid myself
of a top predator? Absolutely.
468
00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,048
No different than anybody
else's home protection.
469
00:29:58,383 --> 00:30:00,819
My street gangs just have
fur and claws.
470
00:30:15,399 --> 00:30:17,502
This wolverine predator
situation is,
471
00:30:17,569 --> 00:30:19,270
kind of, getting on
my nerves a little bit.
472
00:30:19,337 --> 00:30:22,240
I have too much work
to do to be held hostage
by a furball.
473
00:30:22,307 --> 00:30:24,442
It's time for me instead of
waiting for him to come in,
474
00:30:24,509 --> 00:30:26,811
I've got a beautiful, nice,
warm, sunny day.
475
00:30:26,878 --> 00:30:29,147
I've got a Tyvek suit,
which is all white.
476
00:30:29,214 --> 00:30:30,648
And I'm gonna
go out to an area
477
00:30:30,715 --> 00:30:33,685
where he's popped up from
a couple of times,
478
00:30:33,752 --> 00:30:35,954
and I'm gonna put
the hunt on him.
479
00:30:42,927 --> 00:30:46,297
The wolverine is doing
some things that are
480
00:30:46,364 --> 00:30:49,301
very uncharacteristic
for a wolverine.
481
00:30:49,368 --> 00:30:51,769
You know, predators
are opportunists.
482
00:30:51,836 --> 00:30:55,106
This is beginning to feel
more like, uh,
483
00:30:56,041 --> 00:30:58,276
he's targeting me.
484
00:30:58,343 --> 00:31:02,614
He was by my side of the tent
where I sleep
485
00:31:02,681 --> 00:31:04,382
when I heard the noise
the other night.
486
00:31:04,449 --> 00:31:08,186
He is not just,
"Let's open the tent
and see if there's food,"
487
00:31:09,020 --> 00:31:10,789
he is definitely
488
00:31:11,756 --> 00:31:14,492
directing his attention
at me, personally.
489
00:31:14,559 --> 00:31:16,494
I am a food group
if he needs it.
490
00:31:16,561 --> 00:31:18,696
I am a lone individual
culling my...
491
00:31:18,763 --> 00:31:20,732
I've culled myself
from the herd.
492
00:31:20,799 --> 00:31:22,467
I do walk with a limp.
493
00:31:22,534 --> 00:31:24,969
So all of that says,
"Ooh, there's a pork chop."
494
00:31:27,772 --> 00:31:30,208
It will be very
offensive to him
495
00:31:30,275 --> 00:31:32,276
that I've come
and screwed up his den.
496
00:31:32,343 --> 00:31:34,345
That is a direct challenge.
497
00:31:34,412 --> 00:31:36,447
So I'm gonna get
right up in his grill
498
00:31:36,514 --> 00:31:40,185
and let him know
two can play this game.
499
00:31:51,430 --> 00:31:55,500
This wolverine predator
situation is, kind of, getting
on my nerves a little bit.
500
00:31:55,567 --> 00:31:59,037
It's time for me to go out
and push back and assert
my dominance
501
00:31:59,104 --> 00:32:02,040
and hopefully, in doing that,
he'll stay away.
502
00:32:03,274 --> 00:32:04,776
We, got, uh...
503
00:32:06,611 --> 00:32:09,981
Couple of very distinctive
smaller wolverine tracks.
504
00:32:10,048 --> 00:32:12,183
All these little
circles are prints.
505
00:32:12,250 --> 00:32:14,452
But because of
the light windstorm we had
the other night,
506
00:32:14,519 --> 00:32:16,821
it's gonna leave,
uh, inverted print.
507
00:32:16,888 --> 00:32:19,224
But this shows me
that there are...
508
00:32:19,291 --> 00:32:21,192
There's a lot
of activity here.
509
00:32:21,259 --> 00:32:23,161
You know,
some are smaller,
obviously, fox.
510
00:32:23,228 --> 00:32:24,695
Some are bigger,
obviously, wolverine.
511
00:32:24,762 --> 00:32:26,330
But this is home central.
512
00:32:26,397 --> 00:32:29,801
So this is a good area for me
to take a couple of shots.
513
00:32:37,175 --> 00:32:40,645
Even not seeing
the wolverine jump
in front of me,
514
00:32:40,712 --> 00:32:42,580
by me going into
their territory...
515
00:32:42,647 --> 00:32:44,515
-Boom, boom, boom, boom!
-(GUNSHOTS)
516
00:32:44,582 --> 00:32:46,651
It's posturing and warning.
517
00:32:46,718 --> 00:32:49,020
"I'm the alpha."
"No, I am." "No, I am."
518
00:32:49,087 --> 00:32:50,221
And then, we'll, you know,
519
00:32:50,288 --> 00:32:52,456
we'll either come
to a meeting of the minds.
520
00:32:52,523 --> 00:32:54,192
One of us comes
out the victor,
521
00:32:54,259 --> 00:32:57,762
or we both say,
"Fine, I have my territory,
you have yours."
522
00:33:00,998 --> 00:33:04,035
CHIP: Small game will get you
through the time when
there's no big game.
523
00:33:04,102 --> 00:33:06,705
And there's plenty of time
when there's no big game.
524
00:33:06,772 --> 00:33:09,140
Gotta know your alternatives,
you'll always be successful.
525
00:33:18,516 --> 00:33:19,550
(AGNES SPEAKING)
526
00:33:19,617 --> 00:33:21,486
(CHIP SPEAKING)
527
00:33:21,553 --> 00:33:22,686
I just went back up
528
00:33:22,753 --> 00:33:24,155
and got the snow machine
with the sled,
529
00:33:24,222 --> 00:33:26,657
and I'm gonna go down
and go pick up that caribou.
530
00:33:26,724 --> 00:33:28,593
The ultimate plan for
the animal, of course,
531
00:33:28,660 --> 00:33:31,796
is the caribou that we hunt
at this time of year,
she's a nice, fat female,
532
00:33:31,863 --> 00:33:34,298
and it's the best meat,
they're prime right now.
533
00:33:34,365 --> 00:33:35,934
Caribou are good
all the way round.
534
00:33:44,910 --> 00:33:47,344
I'm skinning away.
535
00:33:47,411 --> 00:33:51,249
We've got some antlers
and head and some skin
for bait.
536
00:33:54,452 --> 00:33:58,489
What we're doing here
is killing off two birds
with one stone.
537
00:33:58,556 --> 00:34:01,392
Basically what will happen
is there'll be a gut pile
left here with the skin
538
00:34:01,459 --> 00:34:03,594
'cause the skin at this time
of year is just not any good
539
00:34:03,661 --> 00:34:06,430
and the ravens will come
and they'll eat,
540
00:34:06,497 --> 00:34:08,466
and they'll let the other
predators round here know that
541
00:34:08,533 --> 00:34:10,801
there's something up here
and the predators will
come up here,
542
00:34:10,868 --> 00:34:12,403
and when we come
around tomorrow,
543
00:34:12,470 --> 00:34:14,272
we'll be able to sneak up
to the same rock,
544
00:34:15,474 --> 00:34:16,641
have a look down,
545
00:34:17,342 --> 00:34:19,210
maybe be able to take a shot.
546
00:34:19,277 --> 00:34:21,345
So this doesn't
pan out in one day.
547
00:34:21,412 --> 00:34:23,748
This is just our first
good day of riding weather.
548
00:34:23,815 --> 00:34:26,951
This is our first good day
of being able to get out
549
00:34:27,018 --> 00:34:29,587
and do what we wanted to do
and we've waited a long time.
550
00:34:29,654 --> 00:34:31,422
It's taken quite a while
to get here,
551
00:34:31,489 --> 00:34:35,492
and this is just the first one
of several caribou
that we plan on having.
552
00:34:35,559 --> 00:34:38,296
The first bait that we plan
on leaving behind.
553
00:34:38,897 --> 00:34:40,365
We call them baits,
554
00:34:40,432 --> 00:34:42,967
but it's just gut piles
that we leave behind.
555
00:34:43,034 --> 00:34:44,635
But it's really
what they become.
556
00:34:44,702 --> 00:34:46,704
We're not placing them
or something,
557
00:34:46,771 --> 00:34:48,406
but this is a good place.
558
00:34:50,207 --> 00:34:52,844
I threw the skin on there
simply to keep
the ravens from eating up
559
00:34:52,911 --> 00:34:56,447
and clearing off the gut pile
over the next couple of days.
560
00:34:56,514 --> 00:35:00,417
We made ourselves a gut pile.
We made ourselves some meat.
561
00:35:00,484 --> 00:35:01,853
Now we're looking
to make some fur.
562
00:35:04,588 --> 00:35:09,026
ERIK: The real value of
wilderness is aesthetic
563
00:35:09,093 --> 00:35:11,496
and it's a non-tangible asset.
564
00:35:24,142 --> 00:35:28,779
The basic building blocks
for living out in
the wilderness is having fuel.
565
00:35:28,846 --> 00:35:30,548
It's having meat to eat.
566
00:35:30,615 --> 00:35:31,949
You gotta have
a good supply of firewood
567
00:35:32,016 --> 00:35:33,985
to get yourself
through the winter.
568
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:36,788
(CHAINSAW WHIRRING)
569
00:35:50,802 --> 00:35:53,537
This will be some
good dry spruce.
570
00:35:53,604 --> 00:35:55,773
Some high quality fuel here.
571
00:35:57,575 --> 00:36:01,111
I like to be efficient.
I burn fuel to come all
the way up here to trap.
572
00:36:01,178 --> 00:36:02,980
Fuel costs a lot of money
in rural Alaska,
573
00:36:03,047 --> 00:36:05,583
so I try to make
the best of it
and cut down a tree
574
00:36:05,650 --> 00:36:08,386
you know, in an area
that otherwise would
be too far away
575
00:36:08,453 --> 00:36:10,621
to just go to cut
firewood so...
576
00:36:14,592 --> 00:36:18,796
In these temperatures,
that's a couple days of wood.
577
00:36:18,863 --> 00:36:22,867
So it didn't really cost me
anything just to knock this
little tree down.
578
00:36:23,701 --> 00:36:25,336
Every little bit
of wood helps.
579
00:36:25,403 --> 00:36:27,038
You can never have
too much firewood.
580
00:36:29,407 --> 00:36:31,609
I was getting pretty low
on wood.
581
00:36:31,676 --> 00:36:34,545
That shed, in late Fall,
is filled to the top
582
00:36:34,612 --> 00:36:37,448
and was heaping
over with nice split,
583
00:36:37,515 --> 00:36:39,250
dried wood ready to go.
584
00:36:39,317 --> 00:36:42,587
At this point, we're down
here pretty low,
just a couple pieces left,
585
00:36:42,654 --> 00:36:45,957
so went out today
and cut this tree.
586
00:36:46,024 --> 00:36:49,694
Got a little bit of
expendable wood now.
I'm ahead a couple of days.
587
00:36:51,563 --> 00:36:56,200
Having an ample supply
of firewood is 100% essential.
588
00:36:56,267 --> 00:36:58,402
If you don't have
enough firewood to make
it through the winter,
589
00:36:58,469 --> 00:37:01,939
it's not gonna be
a very good time.
590
00:37:02,006 --> 00:37:05,476
ANDY: There's a lot
of different ways
of living subsistence,
591
00:37:05,543 --> 00:37:09,280
I'm always improvising.
You gotta find
a balance out here.
592
00:37:19,490 --> 00:37:21,792
So, I've cleaned up
all the axles,
593
00:37:21,859 --> 00:37:24,362
got all the parts ready
to put back on the Bombi
594
00:37:24,429 --> 00:37:27,198
so she's ready to get put back
together again.
595
00:37:31,403 --> 00:37:33,670
If you don't like
doing mechanicking,
you better...
596
00:37:33,737 --> 00:37:34,806
If you're gonna live out
in the woods,
597
00:37:34,873 --> 00:37:37,342
you better not buy
any equipment.
598
00:37:37,409 --> 00:37:39,477
Because you're going
to be forced to
599
00:37:40,979 --> 00:37:42,947
MacGyver a lot of stuff.
600
00:37:46,851 --> 00:37:52,156
Out here, the trade-off
is investment you have
in this equipment
601
00:37:52,223 --> 00:37:55,459
and the amount of work
you can do without it.
602
00:37:55,526 --> 00:37:57,528
Everybody comes to
realise after a while
603
00:37:57,595 --> 00:37:59,430
that if you don't have
some of these equipment,
604
00:38:00,365 --> 00:38:01,499
it's just too much work.
605
00:38:11,075 --> 00:38:13,244
Kind of feeling like
I'm on the home stretch here,
606
00:38:13,311 --> 00:38:15,479
which is a good thing.
607
00:38:17,248 --> 00:38:21,351
Often the biggest battle
with any of this stuff is
doing it in the right order.
608
00:38:21,418 --> 00:38:24,955
One of the things that my
parents taught me in life was,
609
00:38:25,022 --> 00:38:28,259
"Just go do it.
Don't be afraid to make
a mistake, you'll learn."
610
00:38:30,995 --> 00:38:32,863
All right. (SIGHS)
611
00:38:32,930 --> 00:38:36,100
Think for the most part, I got
this bad boy back together,
612
00:38:36,167 --> 00:38:37,835
hasn't run for quite a while,
613
00:38:37,902 --> 00:38:39,937
so that's the next thing,
see if she'll start up.
614
00:38:41,139 --> 00:38:42,573
(ENGINE STARTING)
615
00:38:44,809 --> 00:38:46,010
(ENGINE STARTING)
616
00:38:49,581 --> 00:38:52,183
All right! Looking good.
617
00:38:57,855 --> 00:39:00,024
The Bombi is just a really
important tool to me.
618
00:39:00,091 --> 00:39:03,027
It's just
an all-purpose vehicle
619
00:39:03,094 --> 00:39:05,096
for us during the summertime.
620
00:39:06,230 --> 00:39:07,664
It was a bit of a struggle,
621
00:39:07,731 --> 00:39:11,068
you know,
having to take parts off
and find replacements,
622
00:39:11,135 --> 00:39:13,771
but I've gotta say everything
went back together good.
623
00:39:13,838 --> 00:39:15,839
I don't have any spare parts
laying around.
624
00:39:15,906 --> 00:39:17,141
(CHUCKLES)
I'm not missing any parts.
625
00:39:19,376 --> 00:39:22,980
All-in-all, I feel like
this was a good project
626
00:39:23,047 --> 00:39:25,750
and a good day today
to get this done.
627
00:39:26,751 --> 00:39:28,085
KATE: Whoo-hoo!
628
00:39:29,186 --> 00:39:30,187
ANDY: Go Bombi!
629
00:39:33,157 --> 00:39:34,892
CHIP: We see a change
in seasons coming
630
00:39:34,959 --> 00:39:36,394
and things happening
in a really fast rate.
631
00:39:38,529 --> 00:39:40,364
Every day, there's
something else to hunt.
632
00:39:40,431 --> 00:39:42,633
Every day, there's
something new to gather.
633
00:39:44,936 --> 00:39:47,004
Yesterday, Agnes caught
a really dandy caribou
634
00:39:47,071 --> 00:39:49,073
and we left a gut pile behind,
635
00:39:49,140 --> 00:39:51,709
and what we like
to do is go back
and look at the gut piles.
636
00:39:51,776 --> 00:39:53,610
We have one
in a pretty strategic place.
637
00:39:53,677 --> 00:39:57,148
So our plan is to go on
up there and see what fur
has gone to that gut pile.
638
00:40:04,155 --> 00:40:05,790
(ANDY SPEAKING)
639
00:40:14,431 --> 00:40:16,434
So, we've got our gut pile
from yesterday down here,
640
00:40:16,501 --> 00:40:18,635
from a nice caribou
that we killed,
641
00:40:18,702 --> 00:40:21,605
and we were glassing
to see if any fur
would been on it.
642
00:40:21,672 --> 00:40:25,442
Uh, from what we see,
there's only been
ravens on it so far.
643
00:40:25,509 --> 00:40:28,179
So we're gonna come
back here again tomorrow
and have another look.
644
00:40:34,018 --> 00:40:36,286
Today doesn't
seem like we're gonna
be getting out there
645
00:40:36,353 --> 00:40:37,621
as much as we want to.
646
00:40:37,688 --> 00:40:39,490
The weather's gonna be
calming down.
647
00:40:39,557 --> 00:40:41,992
It's not really the cold,
it's the wind.
648
00:40:42,059 --> 00:40:44,495
So we're just gonna
have to sit and wait out
the weather.
649
00:40:49,467 --> 00:40:51,201
Um, today is
650
00:40:51,268 --> 00:40:54,738
blowing... Gusting 45 and
blowing 30,
651
00:40:54,805 --> 00:40:56,574
and it's about zero out there.
652
00:40:56,641 --> 00:41:00,110
So I think it's something like
a 47 degree wind chill factor.
(CHUCKLES)
653
00:41:00,177 --> 00:41:02,746
Out of every
good hunting day,
654
00:41:02,813 --> 00:41:06,216
there's probably two days
of nasty, nasty weather.
655
00:41:06,283 --> 00:41:07,318
It's the Arctic.
656
00:41:09,887 --> 00:41:12,490
-Pretty good caribou, huh?
-This is the 3C menu.
657
00:41:12,557 --> 00:41:16,860
This is the caribou, the corn
and the carrots,
658
00:41:16,927 --> 00:41:19,096
with whole wheat bread
that you made at home.
659
00:41:19,163 --> 00:41:22,366
I'd throw all this in a pot
and call it good.
660
00:41:22,433 --> 00:41:25,402
AGNES: We're gonna
just wait out the weather
and hope for the best
661
00:41:25,469 --> 00:41:28,572
and it should clear up,
hopefully by morning,
662
00:41:29,473 --> 00:41:30,941
and we should be rolling soon.
663
00:41:34,645 --> 00:41:38,148
SUE: I've always craved
extreme isolation.
664
00:41:38,215 --> 00:41:39,883
I like the isolation.
665
00:41:39,950 --> 00:41:42,820
I love my animals,
even the ones that
want to eat me.
666
00:42:00,037 --> 00:42:01,272
Hey, baby.
667
00:42:03,441 --> 00:42:05,710
Come on, it's okay.
668
00:42:05,777 --> 00:42:08,078
Well, I mean,
my foxes are back,
669
00:42:08,145 --> 00:42:11,548
um, that means
the wolverine isn't.
670
00:42:11,615 --> 00:42:13,417
Uh, you know,
I had to push play.
671
00:42:13,484 --> 00:42:15,620
My dominance over
his dominance,
672
00:42:15,687 --> 00:42:18,088
and he's left the area.
673
00:42:18,155 --> 00:42:19,990
Today, the...
674
00:42:20,057 --> 00:42:21,558
The whole feel is different.
675
00:42:21,625 --> 00:42:24,462
There is an absolute lessening
of the tension in the air
676
00:42:26,497 --> 00:42:28,732
and things are back to normal.
677
00:42:30,001 --> 00:42:31,168
You can't get me.
678
00:42:33,337 --> 00:42:35,372
Oh, you can't get me.
You can't catch me.
679
00:42:38,142 --> 00:42:39,677
(LAUGHS)
680
00:42:39,744 --> 00:42:42,313
The foxes, they are
my social world.
681
00:42:43,181 --> 00:42:44,448
Come on, dummy dum-dum.
682
00:42:45,216 --> 00:42:46,550
(CLICKING TONGUE)
683
00:42:47,117 --> 00:42:48,185
Right here.
684
00:42:50,154 --> 00:42:53,690
People are 350 miles away.
685
00:42:53,757 --> 00:42:56,327
The foxes,
they're family to me.
686
00:42:56,394 --> 00:42:58,029
My favourite thing
about the foxes
687
00:42:58,096 --> 00:43:00,931
is that they are willing to
share the Tundra with me.
688
00:43:00,998 --> 00:43:03,601
They're allowing me
to experience
689
00:43:03,668 --> 00:43:05,503
what they are,
what they can be.
690
00:43:06,670 --> 00:43:08,506
You know, they're not
just a fur coat.
691
00:43:09,507 --> 00:43:10,541
They're friends.
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