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Hunters have always been
the first to venture

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into the wilderness,
whether driven by necessity

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or a thirst for adventure,
it is hunters who dare to go

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where most others won't.

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Brothers Chris and
Casey Keefer represent

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the modern day hunter.

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For most of their lives,
the Keefer brothers

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have tested their
skills as survivors

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in some of the
world's most dangerous

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and unpredictable landscapes.

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Dropped with only a
sidearm for protection

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and the clothes on their
backs, together they will spend

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the next month scratching
and clawing their way

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over 100 river miles through
a land ruled by predators

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in a race against time.

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Supply yielding caches will
be placed by the producers

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throughout their journey.

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To acquire them, the
brothers must beat the clock

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as mother nature threatens
to choke the north

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with ice and snow.

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For the first time, the
Keefer brothers will find out

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what it's like to be
cast into the wild

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with virtually nothing.

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This is Dropped.

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The Aurora Borealis is
an unpredictable display

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of color and light that
illuminates the sky

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around the earth's
northern most regions

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of the darkest of nights.

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Also known as the
northern lights,

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this impressive spectacle
is created with accelerated

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electrons from the sun,
following the earth's

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magnetic field to
the polar regions

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where they clash with
atmospheric gases.

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As electrons strike molecules,
energy is transferred

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sending the molecules into
a higher state of energy.

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These excited gas molecules
stabilize themselves

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by releasing the energy
in the form of light.

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Once a mystery, we now know
the color of the display

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is colored by which gases
are releasing energy.

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Oxygen gives off a yellowish
green, while nitrogen

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causes blue or red.

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Often considered a
herald of winter,

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the Aurora Borealis
is a site to behold

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and a clear reminder
to Chris and Casey

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that they must reach
extraction or face

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life threatening conditions.

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It's been a little
over 24 hours since

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the brother forfeited
their final supply cache.

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Forced to cut their
journey short due

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to a fast approaching
cold front,

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Chris and Casey have been
rowing hard ever since,

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stopping only long enough
to build a fire before dark.

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With less than 12
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the already plummeting
temperatures keeps

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the brothers awake
long into the night.

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- We're hot to trot.

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We're live action.

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From the woods and the
last night of Dropped,

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- What we hoped to
be the last night.

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- God, I hope so,
too, 'cause it's cold.

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We got a rager going right now.

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Basically we decided
after a day like yesterday

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of just rowing and pushing
and rowing and pushing,

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it was ridiculous.

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So tonight, this is our
little nook we got going here.

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Boom, look at that.

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Big fire.

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What do you think man?

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- Big old fire under some pines.

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It's been cold on
that river, man.

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Freezing cold, snowing,
growing into a head wind.

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Just freaking miserable.

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- I'm to get tame this for you.

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There we go.

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- That storm that they
were looking for to tell us

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to get out early,
yeah, it's here.

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- (Brother) We found it.

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- [Brother] we found it.

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- [Brother] We found it.

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- [Brother] What do think?

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- We've been rowing like
mad just to try and get

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up out of here these
last couple of days

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and it's been cold, really,
really, really cold.

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- Today was a long brutal day.

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We're still on our waiters.

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We're not going to sleep?

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- No.

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- I'm not going to sleep.

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You can sleep if you want.

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- [Brother] Nope,
I don't think so.

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- [Brother] I'm going to stand
here and keep this fire warm.

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- As soon as we get enough
light to row out of here,

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I'm going to get back in
that raft and I'm going

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to start rowing again.

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And not going to stop
until we find that plane.

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- I can tell you this much,

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it is the coldest
Dropped we've ever had.

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- Oh, hands down.

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- We're trying to document
the row and try to continue

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to rock and roll, but-

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- Here's the problem right
now and normally we wouldn't

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talk about this, but
we are legitimately

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out of battery power and we
have one memory card left

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on the production side, so-

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- One.

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- So what we do is we
row and we row and we row

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and we keep rowing and
we just keep rowing.

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And all we would be showing
you would be ice and snow.

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- That's it, man.

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Sign off for now?

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- That's it.

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- Daylight, we go to extraction.

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- Off.

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- Off.

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Bitterly cold temperatures
kept the brothers awake

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and on their feet
throughout the night.

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They now have little more
than seven hours to reach

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their extraction site or
risk being left behind.

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Several miles sit between
them and their destination

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so they must shake
off their exhaustion

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and quickly hit the
river, a slow start

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wastes valuable time.

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- Okay.

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- I'll latch that down.

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- All these knots
are frozen in ice.

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- We gotta get rolling
if we're hoping

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to make it down there, man.

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- The sun's just
cracking right now.

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- Let's do it.

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- Last question, the
confluence can't be far right?

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- Nope.

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We gotta get back in the water.

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- All right, let's go.

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- Ready?

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It's frozen to these rocks.

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Yep, frozen to the rocks.

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We're in trouble now.

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- [Narrator] The brothers
must work together

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to safely remove their raft.

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They kick water
underneath to melt the ice

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and they push and pull it free.

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They must work slowly.

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Pulling too hard or
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leaving them stranded.

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- How's that rope?

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Frozen, it's like lasso rope.

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That's what my fingers
feel like right now.

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- Go over this rock.

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- All right, brother,
ready for the last push?

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- [Brother] Yep, let's do it.

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- This is it, I hope.

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Oh, she's brisk this morning.

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- Dude that was a long night.

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- That was one of the coldest
nights I've ever spent.

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- Oh, Alaska.

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- We got a giant
boulder coming up.

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- Just stay straight.

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- Oh, gotta go here.

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- Left side?

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- Yeah.

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- [Brother] We still
got a long ways to go.

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- [Narrator] Since learning
of their early extraction,

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Chris and Casey have
been forced to row

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from dawn until dusk,
stopping only long enough

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to make camp.

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Deep fast moving water
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to cover nearly 53 river
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But with only seven hours
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they must continue
to push the pace.

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- [Brother] Everything
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in the blink of an eye.

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- The hardest part about
rowing down this river

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that's gotten bigger
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It's cold, no doubt.

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But, this headwind
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it just picks everything
up, makes it colder,

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makes it harder to row.

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Even if you were center
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you got a bough
stern, you struggle

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because it's like a ten
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So, brutal, brutal.

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- It's like a brutal funk.

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- [Brother] It's so
hard to show on camera.

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- Oh, it's so hard to
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do you show wind?

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It's invisible.

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You can't show it, but we're
trying by showing you how

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hard it is to row this boat.

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Ah, ta, ta, ta.

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Okay, put that thing
down and help me row.

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- [Narrator] Earth's
gravity compresses

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the atmosphere,
creating air pressure.

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Radiation from the
sun is absorbed from
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at different rates,
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This causes variation
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Warm air over land
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while cool air over land
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The warm air rises in
columns, creating thermals.

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Nearby cool air rushes in to
take it's place, creating wind.

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When air flows over a mountain,

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it is forced upward
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where it cools and turns
into precipitation.

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The wind flowing off of and
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areas is channeled
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which creates strong winds

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and aggressive
weather formations.

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Cold air is currently rushing in

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from the surrounding mountain
range producing violent winds

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that is hindering
the brothers' speed

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as they push towards extraction.

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- [Brother] Hey,
look right there.

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Right there.

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- [Narrator] Chris and Casey
have spotted a small herd

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of moose skirting
the river bank.

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The drop in temperature has
sparked the bull's desire

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to mate as he chases
an unreceptive cow,

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who is still
attending to a calf.

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Forced to continue
towards their extraction,

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the brothers can only watch
as the bull disappears

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into the timber.

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Spotting a moose in
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a good omen to many
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this rare moment to simply
observe rather than pursue.

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- Hoo.

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So, tight.

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I'm a big giant red beard.

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Trying to get my bearings here.

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There we go.

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How sweet was that?

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That was an awesome bull.

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How about it, man,
moose everywhere.

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- Oh, my gosh, man.

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They're everywhere.

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And that was a good bull,
the mighty mataggami.

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They're out.

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If we had more time, we
wouldn't be rowing past them,

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that's for sure.

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- We was just coming
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and we looked up and
he was coming out.

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He had a cow and a calf
and he was kind of chasing.

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I was trying to get him on film.

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I got old Captain Stubing
up there just swinging

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us around in circles doing
nothing but whirling dervish.

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- I'm trying to man
this boat from the front

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without my stern man,
who's on a photo safari.

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I've never seen a bull chase
like a white tail before,

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and I really didn't get to
see him right there either,

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because I was going at 360.

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I just go by.

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(laughs)

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- [Brother] But I looked up.

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I was trying to get
the camera rolling,

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but when I looked up I
was facing the wrong way.

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- I saw the bull
go by three times,

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that's all I saw.

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But I do know this.

257
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If we weren't pushing
hard, we would have spotted

258
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him the second time,
we would have stopped

259
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and killed that bull,
because that was a nice bull.

260
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- [Brother] Oh, man.

261
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- It figures, man.

262
00:11:09.168 --> 00:11:11.671
So many moose out on
the river right now.

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Prime time.

264
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At least we get to see them.

265
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We came and did what
we wanted to do.

266
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We got it right there.

267
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We're fat and happy.

268
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That's a beautiful bull, though.

269
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- Oh, that's it from Marty
Stouffer's Wild Adventure.

270
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(laughs)

271
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We're just going to keep rowing.

272
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Seems like we can
at least do that.

273
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- [Narrator] Even at mid
day, the average temperature

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peaks in the low teens.

275
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Long-term exposure to
these harsh conditions

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is taking its toll
on the brothers.

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With over seven
miles to still go,

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their movements have
become sluggish,

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hindering their progress.

280
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We saw one really good
bull that we definitely

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could have taken, but
we got plenty of meat

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and little time to
make it to the pick-up.

283
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So, just gotta keep rowing.

284
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It's snowing on and
off, snowing on and off,

285
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but one thing
remains consistent.

286
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It is cold.

287
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It's gotta be in
the teens right now.

288
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- [Brother] It has to be.

289
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- [Brother] I mean
it's freezing.

290
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- [Narration] Exhaustion,
fatigue and mind numbing

291
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cold is a recipe for
disaster that could strike

292
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at any moment.

293
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- So, we're just going
to keep on pressing,

294
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stay behind these
oars as long as we can

295
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and get as far we can.

296
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- [Narrator] The human
body has millions

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of sensor receptors
designed to react

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to external circumstances,
prompting them

299
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to send electrical
signals to the brain.

300
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Two types of thermo-receptors
found on the skin

301
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detect changes in temperature.

302
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Long term exposure to
a specific sensation

303
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leads decreased signal activity
as the receptors wear out,

304
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making the human body numb to
those particular conditions.

305
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Long-term exposure to
extreme cold can lead

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to an unsafe drop in the
body's core temperature,

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also known as hypothermia.

308
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Low body temperature
can slow brain activity,

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breathing and heart rate,
causing confusion, fatigue

310
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and hampering a person's ability

311
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to make unintelligent choices.

312
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Unable to stop and
warm their bodies,

313
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hypothermia is a very real
threat to the brothers

314
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as they push towards extraction.

315
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- [Brothers] You
get the icicles?

316
00:13:20.699 --> 00:13:21.867
- Stalactites.

317
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- [Brother] Okay, or just put
me in them, one or the other.

318
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I got them, we're good.

319
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- [Brother] Got it.

320
00:13:32.845 --> 00:13:36.048
- It's a final push, headed
towards the pickup point here.

321
00:13:36.081 --> 00:13:38.317
We just plopped into this
valley and this river's

322
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gotten really, really big
compared to where we were.

323
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I mean the river was really
small where we started

324
00:13:45.191 --> 00:13:47.226
and it just keeps getting
bigger and bigger,

325
00:13:47.259 --> 00:13:48.761
but down here, man,
this thing is huge.

326
00:13:48.794 --> 00:13:51.096
It fills up this whole valley.

327
00:13:51.130 --> 00:13:54.033
So, I feel like we're
getting pretty close,

328
00:13:54.066 --> 00:13:57.570
but man, these babies
right here are cold.

329
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Home stretch, almost there.

330
00:14:04.376 --> 00:14:06.412
- [Narrator] Having covered
over 22 miles today alone,

331
00:14:06.445 --> 00:14:08.714
the brothers are nearing
our extraction area.

332
00:14:08.747 --> 00:14:11.217
While fighting the early
onset of hypothermia,

333
00:14:11.250 --> 00:14:13.953
Chris and Casey must
keep a sharp eye out

334
00:14:13.986 --> 00:14:15.454
for our proper landing zone.

335
00:14:15.487 --> 00:14:16.889
There are specific
requirements needed

336
00:14:16.922 --> 00:14:19.091
to a push plane in the
Alaskan wilderness.

337
00:14:19.124 --> 00:14:21.393
Should the brothers miss one
now, there's no guarantee

338
00:14:21.427 --> 00:14:24.930
they would find another
for several miles.

339
00:14:25.898 --> 00:14:27.900
- Getting close, I hope.

340
00:14:28.934 --> 00:14:31.270
The mileage is ticking down.

341
00:14:31.303 --> 00:14:33.505
We're not going to miss this
one like we missed the cache.

342
00:14:33.539 --> 00:14:35.875
We are going to make sure
we check every single bar

343
00:14:35.908 --> 00:14:37.509
and get a plane in here.

344
00:14:37.543 --> 00:14:38.944
- We're just kind of
checking every one

345
00:14:38.978 --> 00:14:39.912
of these gravel bars.

346
00:14:39.945 --> 00:14:41.714
We haven't seen a plane yet.

347
00:14:41.747 --> 00:14:43.082
- [Narrator] Chris and
Casey are searching

348
00:14:43.115 --> 00:14:44.316
for a gravel bar long
enough and wide enough

349
00:14:44.350 --> 00:14:46.485
for a helio courier to land.

350
00:14:46.518 --> 00:14:49.521
This plane is a certified
controlled short take-off

351
00:14:49.555 --> 00:14:51.824
and landing aircraft
or seastole.

352
00:14:51.857 --> 00:14:54.393
The plane's 31-inch
bush wheels are inflated

353
00:14:54.426 --> 00:14:56.695
to just 11 pounds
per square inch,

354
00:14:56.729 --> 00:14:58.898
allowing them to touch down
on uneven gravel strips

355
00:14:58.931 --> 00:15:01.033
and roll over large debris.

356
00:15:01.066 --> 00:15:02.835
At least 800 feet of
gravel bar is needed

357
00:15:02.868 --> 00:15:05.137
for the plane to take off the
full load of gear and fuel,

358
00:15:05.170 --> 00:15:07.907
soft spots and other
obstacles of the landing strip

359
00:15:07.940 --> 00:15:09.909
can make touchdown impossible,

360
00:15:09.942 --> 00:15:13.279
eliminating their
chances of extraction.

361
00:15:18.584 --> 00:15:20.486
- There's a good
ceiling so they're going

362
00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:23.455
to get us out of here today,

363
00:15:23.489 --> 00:15:25.257
but we're just like I
say, gonna check every one

364
00:15:25.291 --> 00:15:29.561
of these bars and see if
we can find the right bar

365
00:15:29.595 --> 00:15:32.865
that's got enough room
for the plane to land.

366
00:15:32.898 --> 00:15:34.934
We're blessed to do this,
it's pretty amazing.

367
00:15:34.967 --> 00:15:38.871
We get to spend this time
in these wild places.

368
00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:42.408
It's been an amazing journey.

369
00:15:42.441 --> 00:15:44.910
They put us to the
test this time.

370
00:15:44.944 --> 00:15:49.014
I can't wait to go home
and shower and be indoors

371
00:15:50.416 --> 00:15:52.651
with walls around me, warm.

372
00:15:56.322 --> 00:15:58.190
I was waiting to hear
the buzz of that plane.

373
00:15:58.223 --> 00:16:00.759
That's all I'm waiting on now.

374
00:16:00.793 --> 00:16:03.128
We can just keep on pushing.

375
00:16:04.897 --> 00:16:06.765
Alaska threw everything at us

376
00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:09.001
and we threw it right
back in her face.

377
00:16:09.034 --> 00:16:10.769
In your face, Alaska.

378
00:16:18.043 --> 00:16:19.945
After almost three
days of rowing,

379
00:16:19.979 --> 00:16:23.082
Chris and Casey are close
to their extraction area.

380
00:16:23.115 --> 00:16:25.284
With a storm nipping at their
heels, they can only hope

381
00:16:25.317 --> 00:16:28.487
they haven't missed
their ticket home.

382
00:16:30.255 --> 00:16:31.590
(laughing)

383
00:16:31.623 --> 00:16:33.125
- There's a plane.

384
00:16:34.560 --> 00:16:36.328
The plane, the plane.

385
00:16:37.262 --> 00:16:39.531
Everybody, well come on in.

386
00:16:41.166 --> 00:16:42.001
Yeah!

387
00:16:44.737 --> 00:16:45.571
Ah!

388
00:16:47.373 --> 00:16:50.275
We're going home,
we're going home.

389
00:16:52.177 --> 00:16:54.246
(laughs)

390
00:16:55.280 --> 00:16:57.816
We might have missed it.

391
00:16:57.850 --> 00:17:00.652
We're in the right neighborhood.

392
00:17:00.686 --> 00:17:03.288
(guitar music)

393
00:17:05.758 --> 00:17:06.592
- Yeah!

394
00:17:08.127 --> 00:17:09.561
That was a good sign.

395
00:17:09.595 --> 00:17:13.365
The plane recognized us
and did a little tip.

396
00:17:14.199 --> 00:17:15.034
Woo!

397
00:17:17.403 --> 00:17:19.905
Now we gotta go wherever
he's at right there.

398
00:17:19.938 --> 00:17:22.608
We gotta get to that extraction.

399
00:17:24.009 --> 00:17:27.446
- One last set of
rapids to go through.

400
00:17:27.479 --> 00:17:29.915
I can see the plane up there.

401
00:17:29.948 --> 00:17:31.116
I can just see it
when we just kind of

402
00:17:31.150 --> 00:17:32.718
came around that bend.

403
00:17:32.751 --> 00:17:34.219
(laughs)

404
00:17:34.253 --> 00:17:35.788
You can kind of see him
sticking out to the left.

405
00:17:35.821 --> 00:17:38.924
I could see the
wings, so we made it.

406
00:17:40.626 --> 00:17:41.427
- [Brother] We made it!

407
00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:42.828
- We made it baby.

408
00:17:42.861 --> 00:17:44.863
- We did it, we made it.

409
00:17:46.365 --> 00:17:48.634
You can't miss that one.

410
00:17:48.667 --> 00:17:50.836
You can't miss that plane.

411
00:17:52.304 --> 00:17:54.740
It's right here on the right.

412
00:17:56.208 --> 00:17:58.277
That's a beautiful sight.

413
00:18:03.048 --> 00:18:04.450
- [Narrator] It's
been almost a month

414
00:18:04.483 --> 00:18:06.118
since the brothers were dropped
in the high Arctic Lake.

415
00:18:06.151 --> 00:18:08.921
The unforgiving terrain
and lack of equipment

416
00:18:08.954 --> 00:18:11.090
has tested their
resolve and patience

417
00:18:11.123 --> 00:18:12.558
throughout their journey.

418
00:18:12.591 --> 00:18:16.528
- Barely escaping with
their lives more than once.

419
00:18:16.562 --> 00:18:18.564
The brother have earned
their way through Alaska's

420
00:18:18.597 --> 00:18:21.500
brooks range like never before.

421
00:18:21.533 --> 00:18:23.802
Having covered over
100 river miles,

422
00:18:23.836 --> 00:18:25.771
this trip has
challenged their ability

423
00:18:25.804 --> 00:18:27.706
to not only hunt, but survive.

424
00:18:27.739 --> 00:18:29.074
- They seem to be on
their last leg now.

425
00:18:29.108 --> 00:18:30.676
- [Narrator] The
primary goal has been

426
00:18:30.709 --> 00:18:32.411
to survive 30 days in
Alaska's wilderness

427
00:18:32.444 --> 00:18:34.313
on only what they
could hunt or find,

428
00:18:34.346 --> 00:18:38.517
with potential supply caches
awarded along the way.

429
00:18:38.550 --> 00:18:40.519
Fearing for their safety,
the producers were forced

430
00:18:40.552 --> 00:18:43.021
to cut their journey short
before an early winter

431
00:18:43.055 --> 00:18:46.058
storm buried the brooks
range in ice and snow.

432
00:18:46.091 --> 00:18:47.359
- [Brother] We got miles
and miles and miles

433
00:18:47.392 --> 00:18:48.861
or rowing to do.

434
00:18:48.894 --> 00:18:50.129
- [Narrator] Having
spotted the plane,

435
00:18:50.162 --> 00:18:53.365
Chris and Casey are
finally going home.

436
00:18:59.738 --> 00:19:01.540
- Well, this is the
last journal entry.

437
00:19:01.573 --> 00:19:04.543
That was another amazing
trip in the books.

438
00:19:04.576 --> 00:19:06.044
- This is one of those
bittersweet moments.

439
00:19:06.078 --> 00:19:08.814
I mean, this place, there's
something about Alaska.

440
00:19:08.847 --> 00:19:11.817
Every time I come up here,
you learn to respect it more

441
00:19:11.850 --> 00:19:14.520
and more and more
every single time.

442
00:19:14.553 --> 00:19:15.754
We battled it.

443
00:19:15.787 --> 00:19:16.989
We battled the elements,
we battled the cold,

444
00:19:17.022 --> 00:19:19.158
we battled the snow.

445
00:19:19.191 --> 00:19:21.927
It's all come down
to one thing for me.

446
00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:24.196
Alaska doesn't ask you to leave,

447
00:19:24.229 --> 00:19:25.697
it tells you to leave.

448
00:19:25.731 --> 00:19:28.100
- So the Arctic is definitely
not to be reckoned with.

449
00:19:28.133 --> 00:19:29.835
It's not to be messed with.

450
00:19:29.868 --> 00:19:31.270
And if you don't take
precautions and you don't

451
00:19:31.303 --> 00:19:32.571
think things through, it can be

452
00:19:32.604 --> 00:19:34.506
an extremely dangerous place.

453
00:19:34.540 --> 00:19:35.741
- And that's a little
bit nerve wracking

454
00:19:35.774 --> 00:19:37.075
to be honest with you.

455
00:19:37.109 --> 00:19:39.811
I mean, you're going
into the unknown 100%.

456
00:19:39.845 --> 00:19:41.113
It brings on a
whole new element.

457
00:19:41.146 --> 00:19:42.581
It brings an element
of uneasiness,

458
00:19:42.614 --> 00:19:44.483
a new element of nervousness,
but it also brings

459
00:19:44.516 --> 00:19:46.585
a new element of excitement.

460
00:19:46.618 --> 00:19:48.420
- I think one of the biggest
challenges of this one was

461
00:19:48.453 --> 00:19:49.988
that we didn't know what
we were going to get

462
00:19:50.022 --> 00:19:51.456
and when we were
going to get it.

463
00:19:51.490 --> 00:19:53.492
And so you have plans that
you're trying to make.

464
00:19:53.525 --> 00:19:55.260
You're trying to come
around every corner

465
00:19:55.294 --> 00:19:57.229
with some foot of execution
and you don't know

466
00:19:57.262 --> 00:19:58.797
what you're going to
have and you don't know

467
00:19:58.830 --> 00:20:00.299
what's going to happen.

468
00:20:00.332 --> 00:20:01.867
- There's something
to be said for that.

469
00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:03.268
There's something to be
said for sitting here

470
00:20:03.302 --> 00:20:06.672
on the other end of
that journey successful,

471
00:20:06.705 --> 00:20:09.408
that you can't really
frame up in a camera.

472
00:20:09.441 --> 00:20:11.577
You can't really
put it into words.

473
00:20:11.610 --> 00:20:14.646
It's something that you really
have to live to experience.

474
00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:16.448
And that's the best
way I can put it.

475
00:20:16.481 --> 00:20:18.317
Alaska threw everything
she possibly could at us,

476
00:20:18.350 --> 00:20:21.019
but at the end of the day
we made it to extraction.

477
00:20:21.053 --> 00:20:23.755
We made here safe and
we made it here together

478
00:20:23.789 --> 00:20:25.457
and that's what counts.

479
00:20:25.490 --> 00:20:26.992
- [Narrator] No matter
how hard it gets,

480
00:20:27.025 --> 00:20:30.462
sometimes you just have to
save the best things for last.

481
00:20:30.495 --> 00:20:34.666
- At that is the Snicker's
bar that was in the cache.

482
00:20:37.369 --> 00:20:39.438
(laughs)