WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.166 --> 00:00:01.101 [CLOSED CAPTIONING PRESENTED BY 2 00:00:01.101 --> 00:00:04.404 OUTDOOR CHANNEL] 3 00:00:04.404 --> 00:00:06.573 THIS IS THE TEAM OS ISLAND AIR. 4 00:00:09.976 --> 00:00:15.415 EVERYDAY THEY RISK EVERYTHING. 5 00:00:15.415 --> 00:00:17.350 THE KODIAK PEAKS AND WICKED SEAS 6 00:00:17.350 --> 00:00:18.852 MAKE THE ISLAND THE WORLD'S 7 00:00:18.852 --> 00:00:21.254 MOST TREACHEROUS PLACE TO FLY. 8 00:00:27.727 --> 00:00:30.030 THESE ARE THE TALES OF ALASKA'S 9 00:00:30.030 --> 00:00:32.165 ULTIMATE BUSH PILOTS. 10 00:00:32.165 --> 00:00:34.401 (MUSIC) 11 00:00:38.671 --> 00:00:40.340 OFF THE COAST OF ALASKA IS ONE 12 00:00:40.340 --> 00:00:42.042 OF THE PLANET'S MOST VOLATILE 13 00:00:42.042 --> 00:00:46.479 LANDSCAPES. KODIAK, ALASKA, THE 14 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:48.948 3500 SQUARE MILE ISLAND IS A 15 00:00:48.948 --> 00:00:50.817 VAST WILDERNESS. 16 00:00:50.817 --> 00:00:51.584 BOB: IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE 17 00:00:51.584 --> 00:00:53.720 LOWER 48. 18 00:00:53.720 --> 00:00:55.789 WHEN WE'RE FLYING AREAS THAT 19 00:00:55.789 --> 00:00:57.724 MOST PEOPLE WOULD LOOK AT AND 20 00:00:57.724 --> 00:00:59.559 GO, YOU'RE GOING WHERE? 21 00:00:59.559 --> 00:01:00.693 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LANDING WHERE? 22 00:01:00.693 --> 00:01:03.029 (MUSIC) 23 00:01:08.168 --> 00:01:09.135 ANNOUNCER: BOB STANFORD AND HIS 24 00:01:09.135 --> 00:01:10.670 TEAM OF PILOTS AT ISLAND AIR 25 00:01:10.670 --> 00:01:13.406 FACE DANGER DAILY. 26 00:01:13.406 --> 00:01:14.274 BOB: RIGHT STRAIGHT TO THE WEST 27 00:01:14.274 --> 00:01:16.342 OF US IS A MONSTER STORM. I'M 28 00:01:16.342 --> 00:01:17.377 GOING TO WAIT FOR TIDE CHANGE 29 00:01:17.377 --> 00:01:18.278 AND I'M JUST GOING TO GET THE 30 00:01:18.278 --> 00:01:20.280 PLANE READY TO GO. 31 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:21.614 ANNOUNCER: A MIX OF WILD WEATHER 32 00:01:21.614 --> 00:01:23.950 AND EXTREME ISOLATION MAKE BUSH 33 00:01:23.950 --> 00:01:25.919 PLANES THE BEST WAY TO ACCESS 34 00:01:25.919 --> 00:01:27.654 KODIAK ISLAND. 35 00:01:27.654 --> 00:01:28.388 PETER: ALL RIGHT, WELL I'M GOING 36 00:01:28.388 --> 00:01:29.422 TO GET MY PLANE READY AND GET 37 00:01:29.422 --> 00:01:30.557 THIS FIRST ONE DONE. 38 00:01:30.557 --> 00:01:31.357 ANNOUNCER: THE PILOTS TAKE 39 00:01:31.357 --> 00:01:32.892 HUNTERS AND THRILL SEEKERS UP 40 00:01:32.892 --> 00:01:35.128 DAILY, BUT THEY ARE ALSO A 41 00:01:35.128 --> 00:01:36.863 LIFELINE TO PEOPLE LIVING ON 42 00:01:36.863 --> 00:01:39.599 THE ISLAND FULL TIME. 43 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:40.467 PILOT: WE GOING TO JUST TO 44 00:01:40.467 --> 00:01:41.501 UGANIK? 45 00:01:41.501 --> 00:01:44.070 (MUSIC) 46 00:01:45.438 --> 00:01:46.439 ANNOUNCER: FOR RESIDENTS LIKE 47 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:48.041 LANCE PARKER, ISLAND AIR IS 48 00:01:48.041 --> 00:01:49.342 THEIR SOLE CONNECTION TO 49 00:01:49.342 --> 00:01:51.511 CIVILIZATION. 50 00:01:51.511 --> 00:01:52.645 LANCE: ISLAND AIR IS MY HERO. 51 00:01:52.645 --> 00:01:53.847 (LAUGHTER) 52 00:01:53.847 --> 00:01:55.014 ANNOUNCER: AS A TRAPPER, LANCE'S 53 00:01:55.014 --> 00:01:57.484 SEASON IS SHORT AND ANY MISHAP 54 00:01:57.484 --> 00:01:59.252 HAS GRAVE CONSEQUENCES. 55 00:01:59.252 --> 00:02:01.521 (MUSIC) 56 00:02:03.456 --> 00:02:04.757 LANCE: I WAS JUST RUNNING MY 57 00:02:04.757 --> 00:02:06.292 LINE, IT WAS THE LAST RUN OF 58 00:02:06.292 --> 00:02:08.328 THE SEASON, I BROKE MY 59 00:02:08.328 --> 00:02:09.462 PROPELLER ON A ROCK THAT I 60 00:02:09.462 --> 00:02:12.632 DIDN'T SEE. I JUST LIMPED IN ON 61 00:02:12.632 --> 00:02:14.334 THE BROKEN ONE, BUT IT'S A 62 00:02:14.334 --> 00:02:15.535 MISERABLE GO. 63 00:02:15.535 --> 00:02:16.369 ANNOUNCER: REPLACEMENT PARTS CAN 64 00:02:16.369 --> 00:02:18.371 BE HARD TO COME BY IN THIS 65 00:02:18.371 --> 00:02:20.273 REMOTE PART OF THE WORLD. 66 00:02:20.273 --> 00:02:21.107 BOB: TRYING TO STAY AHEAD OF THE 67 00:02:21.107 --> 00:02:22.842 PARTS GAME IS UH, IT'S A 68 00:02:22.842 --> 00:02:24.944 CHALLENGE. YOU, YOU HAVE TO 69 00:02:24.944 --> 00:02:27.046 KIND OF BUILD A CONFIDENCE OR A 70 00:02:27.046 --> 00:02:28.348 KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT ARE READILY 71 00:02:28.348 --> 00:02:29.916 AVAILABLE AND WHAT AREN'T. 72 00:02:29.916 --> 00:02:30.950 ANNOUNCER: LUCK IS ON LANCE'S 73 00:02:30.950 --> 00:02:33.119 SIDE TODAY, THEY FOUND ANOTHER 74 00:02:33.119 --> 00:02:35.722 BOAT PROP RIGHT IN KODIAK. 75 00:02:35.722 --> 00:02:36.656 ERIK: ISLAND AIR, ONE UP 76 00:02:36.656 --> 00:02:37.790 (UNCLEAR) 77 00:02:37.790 --> 00:02:38.758 ANNOUNCER: PILOT, ERIK HOWARD 78 00:02:38.758 --> 00:02:40.360 PICKED UP THE PART FOR LANCE 79 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:42.428 AND WILL FLY TO PORT BAILEY, 26 80 00:02:42.428 --> 00:02:44.631 MILES NORTHWEST OF ISLAND AIR 81 00:02:44.631 --> 00:02:45.632 TO DELIVER IT. 82 00:02:45.632 --> 00:02:46.432 ERIK: WE'RE ON KODIAK HERE, 83 00:02:46.432 --> 00:02:47.600 EVERYBODY HELPS EACH OTHER. 84 00:02:47.600 --> 00:02:48.568 EVERYONE'S WILLING TO DROP WHAT 85 00:02:48.568 --> 00:02:49.536 THEY'RE DOING AND HELP BECAUSE 86 00:02:49.536 --> 00:02:50.403 EVERYONE'S BEEN IN THAT 87 00:02:50.403 --> 00:02:52.138 SITUATION BEFORE, THEMSELVES. 88 00:02:52.138 --> 00:02:54.340 BOB: ALASKA MAYBE THE BIGGEST 89 00:02:54.340 --> 00:02:55.642 STATE IN THE UNION, BUT IT'S 90 00:02:55.642 --> 00:02:56.676 ALSO THE SMALLEST STATE IN THE 91 00:02:56.676 --> 00:02:58.311 UNION. WE ARE DEPENDENT ON EACH 92 00:02:58.311 --> 00:03:01.981 OTHER. 93 00:03:01.981 --> 00:03:04.684 ERIK: AND WE MADE IT. 94 00:03:04.684 --> 00:03:05.518 ANNOUNCER: A PRESENT DAY 95 00:03:05.518 --> 00:03:07.654 NECESSITY DELIVERED. 96 00:03:07.654 --> 00:03:08.521 LANCE: THANKS, ERIK. WE'LL SEE 97 00:03:08.521 --> 00:03:10.456 YOU LATER. 98 00:03:10.456 --> 00:03:13.092 (ENGINE REVVING) 99 00:03:13.092 --> 00:03:15.695 (MUSIC) 100 00:03:16.729 --> 00:03:17.864 ANNOUNCER: ERIK'S NEXT MISSION 101 00:03:17.864 --> 00:03:21.668 FOCUSES ON THE PAST. 102 00:03:21.668 --> 00:03:22.368 ERIK: MORNING, GUYS. 103 00:03:22.368 --> 00:03:23.203 PATRICK: MORNING, ERIK. 104 00:03:23.203 --> 00:03:24.037 NATALIE: MORNING. 105 00:03:24.037 --> 00:03:24.871 ERIK: LOOKS LIKE WE GOT SOME 106 00:03:24.871 --> 00:03:25.838 AWESOME WEATHER TO GO UH, TAKE 107 00:03:25.838 --> 00:03:26.773 A LOOK AROUND. 108 00:03:26.773 --> 00:03:27.674 ANNOUNCER: PATRICK AND NATALIE 109 00:03:27.674 --> 00:03:28.908 ARE FROM THE ALUTIIQ MUSEUM ON 110 00:03:28.908 --> 00:03:30.743 KODIAK AND ARE HEADING OUT TO 111 00:03:30.743 --> 00:03:32.145 DISCOVER SOME OF THE ISLAND'S 112 00:03:32.145 --> 00:03:33.913 ARCHAEOLOGICAL TREASURES. 113 00:03:33.913 --> 00:03:34.747 PATRICK: PRETTY MUCH EVERY 114 00:03:34.747 --> 00:03:36.049 SURVEY WE EVER DO ON KODIAK, WE 115 00:03:36.049 --> 00:03:37.684 USE A FLOAT PLANE. YOU CAN'T 116 00:03:37.684 --> 00:03:38.718 GET THERE WITHOUT A PLANE. 117 00:03:38.718 --> 00:03:41.521 (MUSIC) 118 00:03:45.358 --> 00:03:46.159 ANNOUNCER: THEY'RE LOOKING FOR 119 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:47.627 NATIVE ALUTIIQ VILLAGES THAT 120 00:03:47.627 --> 00:03:51.564 DATE BACK OVER 500 YEARS. 121 00:03:51.564 --> 00:03:52.532 PATRICK: THIS IS THE ALUTIIQ 122 00:03:52.532 --> 00:03:53.866 HISTORY BOOK, THESE SITES. 123 00:03:53.866 --> 00:03:54.867 ANNOUNCER: ERIK IS DROPPING THE 124 00:03:54.867 --> 00:03:56.135 ARCHAEOLOGISTS OFF IN THE 125 00:03:56.135 --> 00:03:58.638 SHELIKOF STRAIT, A LOCATION 126 00:03:58.638 --> 00:03:59.939 THAT TROUBLES THE VETERAN 127 00:03:59.939 --> 00:04:04.110 PILOT. 128 00:04:04.110 --> 00:04:04.944 ERIK: WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON THE 129 00:04:04.944 --> 00:04:05.845 SHELIKOF STRAIT YOU HAVE A 130 00:04:05.845 --> 00:04:07.380 REALLY BIG TIDES AND UH, YOU 131 00:04:07.380 --> 00:04:08.448 ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE WINDS AND 132 00:04:08.448 --> 00:04:09.282 CURRENTS. 133 00:04:09.282 --> 00:04:11.451 (MUSIC) 134 00:04:12.051 --> 00:04:12.919 ANNOUNCER: WHEN THE THREESOME 135 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:14.454 LEFT ISLAND AIR, THE SKIES 136 00:04:14.454 --> 00:04:17.357 LOOKED CLEAR, BUT ON KODIAK, 137 00:04:17.357 --> 00:04:19.626 THE WEATHER CHANGES DRASTICALLY 138 00:04:19.626 --> 00:04:22.028 FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER. 139 00:04:22.028 --> 00:04:22.795 ERIK: OH, THIS IS LOOKING A 140 00:04:22.795 --> 00:04:23.963 LITTLE WORSE OUT HERE NOW. 141 00:04:23.963 --> 00:04:25.064 PATRICK: YEAH. 142 00:04:25.064 --> 00:04:25.999 ERIK: OH YEAH, LOOK AT THE 143 00:04:25.999 --> 00:04:27.033 WAVES, THEY'RE TOO BIG. 144 00:04:27.033 --> 00:04:28.201 YEAH, PRETTY MUCH YOU SEE WHITE 145 00:04:28.201 --> 00:04:29.902 ON THE BEACH, IT'S PRETTY HARD 146 00:04:29.902 --> 00:04:32.171 TO GET THE FLOAT PLANE TO IT. 147 00:04:32.171 --> 00:04:33.039 YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING 148 00:04:33.039 --> 00:04:35.375 TO GET ON THAT BEACH TODAY. 149 00:04:35.375 --> 00:04:36.276 PATRICK: KILLS ME WE DIDN'T GET 150 00:04:36.276 --> 00:04:37.510 THERE. THAT WAS WHERE I REALLY 151 00:04:37.510 --> 00:04:39.245 WANTED TO GO. 152 00:04:39.245 --> 00:04:40.280 ANNOUNCER: HIGH WAVES ARE POSING 153 00:04:40.280 --> 00:04:41.180 PROBLEMS FOR THE 154 00:04:41.180 --> 00:04:43.383 ARCHAEOLOGISTS, BUT FOR ANOTHER 155 00:04:43.383 --> 00:04:45.585 CLIENT AT ISLAND AIR, THE WAVES 156 00:04:45.585 --> 00:04:47.420 ARE A WELCOMED SIGHT. 157 00:04:47.420 --> 00:04:49.589 (MUSIC) 158 00:04:52.458 --> 00:04:53.159 EMILY: GOOD MORNING. 159 00:04:53.159 --> 00:04:53.860 JEN: GOOD MORNING. 160 00:04:53.860 --> 00:04:54.694 EMILY: HOW ARE YOU GUYS TODAY? 161 00:04:54.694 --> 00:04:55.762 JEN: GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? 162 00:04:55.762 --> 00:04:56.663 EMILY: EXCELLENT. READY TO GO 163 00:04:56.663 --> 00:04:57.597 SURFING? 164 00:04:57.597 --> 00:04:58.398 JEN: YES. 165 00:04:58.398 --> 00:04:59.332 ANNOUNCER: JEN AND STEVE MOVED 166 00:04:59.332 --> 00:05:01.801 TO KODIAK FIVE YEARS AGO. AVID 167 00:05:01.801 --> 00:05:03.803 SURFERS, THEY DIDN'T LET THE 168 00:05:03.803 --> 00:05:05.672 COLD CLIMATE KEEP THEM FROM 169 00:05:05.672 --> 00:05:09.542 THEIR FAVORITE PAST TIME. 170 00:05:09.542 --> 00:05:10.310 STEVE: TODAY WE'RE HERE AT 171 00:05:10.310 --> 00:05:11.511 ISLAND AIR TO TRY TO GET ON A 172 00:05:11.511 --> 00:05:12.578 FLOAT PLANE AND SEE IF WE CAN 173 00:05:12.578 --> 00:05:14.213 TO SOME NEW SURF SPOTS AND SOME 174 00:05:14.213 --> 00:05:15.782 SPOTS THAT HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN 175 00:05:15.782 --> 00:05:18.785 SURFED BY ANYONE BEFORE. 176 00:05:18.785 --> 00:05:20.586 SAME STORMS THAT BRING BIG WAVES 177 00:05:20.586 --> 00:05:21.788 TO HAWAII IN THE WINTER, THEY 178 00:05:21.788 --> 00:05:23.122 ORIGINATE UP HERE, OFF THE 179 00:05:23.122 --> 00:05:24.257 COAST OF ALASKA, SO WE'LL GET 180 00:05:24.257 --> 00:05:25.124 WAVES FROM THOSE STORMS AS 181 00:05:25.124 --> 00:05:28.861 WELL. 182 00:05:28.861 --> 00:05:29.729 JEN: THE ONLY THING IS, IT'S A 183 00:05:29.729 --> 00:05:32.965 LOT COLDER HERE THAN UH, HAWAII 184 00:05:32.965 --> 00:05:36.169 OR EVEN CALIFORNIA. 185 00:05:36.169 --> 00:05:37.036 STEVE: YOU HAVE TO WEAR A THICK 186 00:05:37.036 --> 00:05:39.005 WET SUIT WHETHER IT'S JULY OR 187 00:05:39.005 --> 00:05:41.207 JANUARY, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME. 188 00:05:41.207 --> 00:05:42.208 JEN: IT'LL BE ABOUT TWO HOURS 189 00:05:42.208 --> 00:05:44.177 OUT THERE BEFORE MY FEET START 190 00:05:44.177 --> 00:05:45.545 GETTING COMPLETELY NUMB. 191 00:05:45.545 --> 00:05:47.747 (MUSIC) 192 00:05:51.851 --> 00:05:52.852 READY TO GO. 193 00:05:52.852 --> 00:05:55.288 (MUSIC) 194 00:05:58.091 --> 00:05:59.025 ANNOUNCER: PETER WILL TAKE THE 195 00:05:59.025 --> 00:06:00.259 COUPLE TO SURFER'S BEACH, ABOUT 196 00:06:00.259 --> 00:06:03.096 25 MILES SOUTH OF ISLAND AIR. 197 00:06:03.096 --> 00:06:04.964 THE AREA IS RENOWNED FOR ITS 198 00:06:04.964 --> 00:06:06.632 COLOSSAL WAVES. 199 00:06:10.303 --> 00:06:11.137 JEN: IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT 200 00:06:11.137 --> 00:06:12.271 WE'RE FLYING A FLOAT PLANE, WE 201 00:06:12.271 --> 00:06:13.339 DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 202 00:06:13.339 --> 00:06:15.808 GET IN TERMS OF WAVES AND WHERE 203 00:06:15.808 --> 00:06:17.343 THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE US. 204 00:06:17.343 --> 00:06:18.311 SO YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE NERVE 205 00:06:18.311 --> 00:06:19.245 WRACKING. 206 00:06:19.245 --> 00:06:20.580 (LAUGHTER) 207 00:06:20.580 --> 00:06:22.281 (UNCLEAR) 208 00:06:27.019 --> 00:06:27.787 PETER: FLYING THROUGH A LITTLE 209 00:06:27.787 --> 00:06:28.921 BIT OF A RAIN SHOWER. 210 00:06:28.921 --> 00:06:30.089 ANNOUNCER: KODIAK'S SEVERE 211 00:06:30.089 --> 00:06:32.792 STORMS CREATE MASSIVE WAVES, 212 00:06:32.792 --> 00:06:34.794 PERFECT FOR SURFING, BUT THEY 213 00:06:34.794 --> 00:06:36.028 SPELL TROUBLE FOR A FLOAT 214 00:06:36.028 --> 00:06:37.463 PLANE. 215 00:06:43.736 --> 00:06:45.805 (MUSIC) 216 00:06:56.449 --> 00:06:57.417 ANNOUNCER: KODIAK ISLAND'S 217 00:06:57.417 --> 00:06:59.085 NOTORIOUSLY HIGH SEAS ARE 218 00:06:59.085 --> 00:07:01.721 LEGENDARY, MOST PEOPLE TRY TO 219 00:07:01.721 --> 00:07:03.423 AVOID THE OCEAN WHEN THE WAVES 220 00:07:03.423 --> 00:07:05.458 ARE ROUGH. TODAY, PETER IS 221 00:07:05.458 --> 00:07:07.427 TAKING A COUPLE OF SURFERS OUT 222 00:07:07.427 --> 00:07:09.295 TO RIDE THOSE WAVES. 223 00:07:12.565 --> 00:07:13.566 PETER: FLYING THROUGH A LITTLE 224 00:07:13.566 --> 00:07:15.334 BIT OF A RAIN SHOWER. 225 00:07:15.334 --> 00:07:16.402 ANNOUNCER: MASSIVE WAVES ARE 226 00:07:16.402 --> 00:07:18.604 EXACTLY WHAT SURFERS CRAVE, BUT 227 00:07:18.604 --> 00:07:20.273 THEY'RE DISASTROUS FOR A FLOAT 228 00:07:20.273 --> 00:07:22.542 PLANE. LANDING ON SWELLS THIS 229 00:07:22.542 --> 00:07:25.812 SIZE IS TRICKY. 230 00:07:25.812 --> 00:07:26.512 PETER: GOING TO BE PRETTY ROUGH 231 00:07:26.512 --> 00:07:27.547 IN HERE. 232 00:07:31.050 --> 00:07:31.818 STEVE: WITH THE UH, STORM 233 00:07:31.818 --> 00:07:33.019 APPROACHING THE SWELL IS SO BIG 234 00:07:33.019 --> 00:07:34.153 RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW 235 00:07:34.153 --> 00:07:35.655 IF A PLANE WILL BE ABLE TO LAND 236 00:07:35.655 --> 00:07:37.323 IN THE SPOTS WE WANT TO SURF. 237 00:07:37.323 --> 00:07:38.157 PETER: WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET 238 00:07:38.157 --> 00:07:39.258 ON THE WATER HERE, UM, WITH 239 00:07:39.258 --> 00:07:40.092 THE PLANE. 240 00:07:40.092 --> 00:07:42.695 (MUSIC) 241 00:07:57.643 --> 00:07:58.578 YEAH, JUST KIND OF IN THIS BACK 242 00:07:58.578 --> 00:07:59.712 CORNER, WE'RE PROTECTED FROM 243 00:07:59.712 --> 00:08:02.114 THAT SWELL. 244 00:08:02.114 --> 00:08:03.716 JEN: BEAUTIFUL. 245 00:08:03.716 --> 00:08:04.517 PETER: THERE YOU GO, GUYS. GO 246 00:08:04.517 --> 00:08:05.485 GET YOUR BOARDS OUT AND TAKE 247 00:08:05.485 --> 00:08:06.419 YOU OUT. 248 00:08:06.419 --> 00:08:07.353 JEN: SOUNDS GOOD. 249 00:08:07.353 --> 00:08:08.254 STEVE: AWESOME. 250 00:08:08.254 --> 00:08:10.256 (MUSIC) 251 00:08:16.128 --> 00:08:18.197 PETER: COOL. AND THEY'RE OFF. 252 00:08:18.197 --> 00:08:19.098 YEAH, WE DID IT A LITTLE BIT 253 00:08:19.098 --> 00:08:20.166 DIFFERENTLY HERE IN KODIAK, WE 254 00:08:20.166 --> 00:08:21.133 DON'T UH TOW YOU AND SURF, 255 00:08:21.133 --> 00:08:22.134 WE'LL DROP YOU IN THE FLOAT 256 00:08:22.134 --> 00:08:24.003 PLANE THOUGH. SO I HOPE THESE 257 00:08:24.003 --> 00:08:25.104 GUYS HAVE A GOOD TIME. 258 00:08:25.104 --> 00:08:27.607 (MUSIC) 259 00:08:36.048 --> 00:08:36.983 JEN: SAW SOME SEA LIONS OUT 260 00:08:36.983 --> 00:08:38.317 THERE WHILE WE WERE SURFING, 261 00:08:38.317 --> 00:08:40.586 SOMETIMES THEY START (IMITATING 262 00:08:40.586 --> 00:08:42.188 SEA LION) AT YOU. 263 00:08:42.188 --> 00:08:43.222 (LAUGHTER) 264 00:08:43.222 --> 00:08:44.156 STEVE: WE'VE EVEN HAD WHALES 265 00:08:44.156 --> 00:08:45.091 COME UP TO US BEFORE WHILE 266 00:08:45.091 --> 00:08:46.459 WE'RE SURFING IN KODIAK SO IT'S 267 00:08:46.459 --> 00:08:48.060 A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE. 268 00:08:48.060 --> 00:08:50.730 (MUSIC) 269 00:08:53.866 --> 00:08:54.600 JEN: DID YOU HAVE FUN? 270 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:55.434 STEVE: IT WAS AWESOME. 271 00:08:55.434 --> 00:08:56.369 JEN: YEAH. 272 00:08:56.369 --> 00:08:57.303 STEVE: ALL RIGHT. 273 00:09:00.239 --> 00:09:01.541 ANNOUNCER: 40 MILE NORTHWEST OF 274 00:09:01.541 --> 00:09:03.409 SURFER'S BEACH, TRAPPER LANCE 275 00:09:03.409 --> 00:09:06.913 PARKER ISN'T HAVING FUN. 276 00:09:06.913 --> 00:09:08.714 THE BOAT PROP ISLAND AIR 277 00:09:08.714 --> 00:09:10.716 DELIVERED THIS MORNING DOESN'T 278 00:09:10.716 --> 00:09:13.119 FIT HIS ENGINE. 279 00:09:13.119 --> 00:09:14.453 EMILY IMMEDIATELY TRIES TO 280 00:09:14.453 --> 00:09:16.355 LOCATE THE CORRECT PART, BUT 281 00:09:16.355 --> 00:09:20.059 IT'S NO EASY TASK ON KODIAK. 282 00:09:20.059 --> 00:09:21.227 EMILY: IT'S EMILY AT ISLAND AIR. 283 00:09:21.227 --> 00:09:23.863 WELL HE'S IN PORT BAILEY, OH. 284 00:09:23.863 --> 00:09:25.197 YIKES. 285 00:09:25.197 --> 00:09:26.632 ANNOUNCER: BUT WITH NO LUCK. 286 00:09:26.632 --> 00:09:29.168 (MUSIC) 287 00:09:31.971 --> 00:09:33.272 THEY LOCATE THE RIGHT PART IN 288 00:09:33.272 --> 00:09:35.708 ANCHORAGE, BUT A STORM THERE 289 00:09:35.708 --> 00:09:37.176 HAS GROUNDED PLANES UNTIL 290 00:09:37.176 --> 00:09:40.079 TOMORROW. FOR TONIGHT, LANCE IS 291 00:09:40.079 --> 00:09:43.049 STRANDED ON A COLD BEACH. 292 00:09:43.049 --> 00:09:43.916 LANCE: I WORRIED ABOUT IT ALL 293 00:09:43.916 --> 00:09:47.720 NIGHT. 294 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:48.654 ANNOUNCER: WEATHER IS ALSO 295 00:09:48.654 --> 00:09:50.523 POSING A PROBLEM FOR ERIK AND 296 00:09:50.523 --> 00:09:51.591 THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS HE'S 297 00:09:51.591 --> 00:09:53.793 TRANSPORTING. 298 00:09:53.793 --> 00:09:54.660 ERIK: OH THIS IS LOOKING A 299 00:09:54.660 --> 00:09:55.761 LITTLE WORSE OUT HERE NOW. 300 00:09:55.761 --> 00:09:56.596 PATRICK: YEAH. 301 00:09:56.596 --> 00:09:57.563 ANNOUNCER: ERIK IS TRYING TO 302 00:09:57.563 --> 00:09:59.799 LAND IN THE SHELIKOF STRAIT BUT 303 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:01.667 HIGH WINDS HAVE KICKED UP AND 304 00:10:01.667 --> 00:10:03.502 THE SEAS ARE TOO ROUGH. 305 00:10:03.502 --> 00:10:04.236 ERIK: PRETTY MUCH ANYTIME YOU 306 00:10:04.236 --> 00:10:05.738 SEE WHITE ON THE BEACH, IT'S 307 00:10:05.738 --> 00:10:06.706 PRETTY HARD TO GET THE FLOAT 308 00:10:06.706 --> 00:10:08.107 PLANE TO IT. OH YEAH, LOOK AT 309 00:10:08.107 --> 00:10:10.276 THE WAVES, THEY'RE TOO BIG. 310 00:10:10.276 --> 00:10:11.677 YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING 311 00:10:11.677 --> 00:10:13.112 TO GE ON THAT. 312 00:10:13.112 --> 00:10:14.046 ANNOUNCER: THERE IS ANOTHER 313 00:10:14.046 --> 00:10:15.481 VILLAGE SITE THAT HASN'T BEEN 314 00:10:15.481 --> 00:10:17.883 EXPLORED IN AFOGNAK BAY. THE 315 00:10:17.883 --> 00:10:19.452 SHORELINE IS MORE PROTECTED 316 00:10:19.452 --> 00:10:21.420 THERE, SO ERIK MIGHT BE ABLE TO 317 00:10:21.420 --> 00:10:23.623 LAND. 318 00:10:23.623 --> 00:10:24.390 ERIK: LET'S GO LOOK AT THIS 319 00:10:24.390 --> 00:10:25.625 BEACH OVER HERE. THAT'S ONE BIG 320 00:10:25.625 --> 00:10:27.493 VILLAGE DOWN THERE. 321 00:10:27.493 --> 00:10:28.227 YEAH, I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT IN 322 00:10:28.227 --> 00:10:29.662 THERE. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO, 323 00:10:29.662 --> 00:10:30.563 GUYS. 324 00:10:34.033 --> 00:10:35.001 PATRICK: KODIAK HAS AN 325 00:10:35.001 --> 00:10:36.068 INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF SITES, I 326 00:10:36.068 --> 00:10:37.136 MEAN THERE'S ALREADY 1200 327 00:10:37.136 --> 00:10:38.771 RECORDED ONES AND NATALIE FOUND 328 00:10:38.771 --> 00:10:40.373 A HUNDRED THIS YEAR. SO AND 329 00:10:40.373 --> 00:10:41.273 WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO FIND A 330 00:10:41.273 --> 00:10:42.508 FEW MORE TODAY. 331 00:10:42.508 --> 00:10:43.342 ERIK: SEE YOU GUYS. 332 00:10:43.342 --> 00:10:44.110 PATRICK: AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S 333 00:10:44.110 --> 00:10:44.877 GETTING A LITTLE ROUGH. A 334 00:10:44.877 --> 00:10:45.978 ERIK: LITTLE BIT OF WIND OUT 335 00:10:45.978 --> 00:10:46.779 THERE. BUT UH, WE'LL BE BACK TO 336 00:10:46.779 --> 00:10:47.580 GET YOU. 337 00:10:47.580 --> 00:10:48.314 NATALIE: OKAY. 338 00:10:48.314 --> 00:10:49.115 ERIK: SEE YOU GUYS. 339 00:10:49.115 --> 00:10:50.016 PATRICK: YEP, THANKS. 340 00:10:50.016 --> 00:10:52.318 (MUSIC) 341 00:10:53.419 --> 00:10:56.188 AH HA, LOOK! A HOUSE PIT. YOU 342 00:10:56.188 --> 00:10:58.157 KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR THATCHED 343 00:10:58.157 --> 00:11:00.860 ROOF, FISH HANGING FROM THE 344 00:11:00.860 --> 00:11:02.862 CEILING. THIS PROBABLY SOME 345 00:11:02.862 --> 00:11:03.796 BENCHES. 346 00:11:03.796 --> 00:11:04.764 NATALIE: YEAH, THIS IS HUGE. 347 00:11:04.764 --> 00:11:05.498 PATRICK: YEAH, THIS IS A PRETTY 348 00:11:05.498 --> 00:11:06.599 BIG ONE. THIS IS PROBABLY A 349 00:11:06.599 --> 00:11:09.402 WINTER VILLAGE. 350 00:11:09.402 --> 00:11:10.069 ANNOUNCER: WHILE PATRICK AND 351 00:11:10.069 --> 00:11:11.871 NATALIE HAVE BEEN EXPLORING, 352 00:11:11.871 --> 00:11:13.706 THE WIND'S SPEEDS AND SWELLS 353 00:11:13.706 --> 00:11:16.042 HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY, A 354 00:11:16.042 --> 00:11:17.810 FLOAT PLANE PICK UP IS NOW 355 00:11:17.810 --> 00:11:19.812 IMPOSSIBLE. 356 00:11:19.812 --> 00:11:20.680 ERIK: YEAH, IT'S NOT LOOKING TOO 357 00:11:20.680 --> 00:11:22.415 GOOD RIGHT NOW. 358 00:11:22.415 --> 00:11:23.883 EMILY: ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, 359 00:11:23.883 --> 00:11:26.485 THANKS. BYE. I JUST GOT A CALL 360 00:11:26.485 --> 00:11:28.921 FROM ERIK, UM, TODAY WE WONT BE 361 00:11:28.921 --> 00:11:30.523 ABLE TO GO PICK UP PATRICK OR 362 00:11:30.523 --> 00:11:32.425 NATALIE. SO I HAD TO CALL 363 00:11:32.425 --> 00:11:34.326 KELLER WATTUM AND HE HAS A 364 00:11:34.326 --> 00:11:35.528 PLANE THAT CAN ACTUALLY LAND ON 365 00:11:35.528 --> 00:11:38.597 BEACHES. 366 00:11:38.597 --> 00:11:39.465 KELLER: THEY'RE GOING TO BE A 367 00:11:39.465 --> 00:11:42.902 LITTLE SURPRISED TO SEE ME. 368 00:11:42.902 --> 00:11:43.769 ANNOUNCER: KELLER IS A FREE 369 00:11:43.769 --> 00:11:45.104 LANCE PILOT WHO HELPS OUT 370 00:11:45.104 --> 00:11:46.639 ISLAND AIR IN THESE KINDS OF 371 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:49.108 SITUATIONS. 372 00:11:49.108 --> 00:11:51.477 KELLER: I LOVE FLYING WHEELS. 373 00:11:51.477 --> 00:11:52.678 LANDING ON BEACHES AND REMOTE, 374 00:11:52.678 --> 00:11:55.014 YOU KNOW RIVER BANKS AND TOPS OF 375 00:11:55.014 --> 00:11:56.048 MOUNTAINS AND IT'S COMPLETELY 376 00:11:56.048 --> 00:11:57.917 DIFFERENT. 377 00:11:57.917 --> 00:11:58.851 ANNOUNCER: KELLER MUST MAKE IT 378 00:11:58.851 --> 00:12:01.120 TO AFOGNAK QUICKLY, THE WEATHER 379 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:02.955 HAS TURNED AND HIGH TIDE IS 380 00:12:02.955 --> 00:12:04.757 APPROACHING. IF THE BEACH 381 00:12:04.757 --> 00:12:06.425 FLOODS, HE WONT BE ABLE TO 382 00:12:06.425 --> 00:12:08.427 LAND, AND THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS 383 00:12:08.427 --> 00:12:10.162 WILL BE STRANDED OVERNIGHT WITH 384 00:12:10.162 --> 00:12:12.865 NO SHELTER, ON AN ISLAND FULL 385 00:12:12.865 --> 00:12:16.502 OF 1500 POUND BROWN BEARS. 386 00:12:16.502 --> 00:12:17.336 KELLER: THEY'RE STILL FIVE, SIX 387 00:12:17.336 --> 00:12:18.571 FOOT, PIN FOOT SWELLS OUT 388 00:12:18.571 --> 00:12:21.107 THERE. 389 00:12:21.107 --> 00:12:22.608 ANNOUNCER: WEATHER PLAYS THE 390 00:12:22.608 --> 00:12:24.744 LEAD ROLE IN ALASKA'S AVIATION 391 00:12:24.744 --> 00:12:27.446 WORLD. IT DEMANDS RESPECT, IF 392 00:12:27.446 --> 00:12:30.116 IGNORED IT CAN COST A PILOT HIS 393 00:12:30.116 --> 00:12:33.552 LIFE. 394 00:12:33.552 --> 00:12:36.756 BOB: I CAME TO ALASKA WITH A MAN 395 00:12:36.756 --> 00:12:38.824 NAMED JAMIE O'MADSEN, HE WAS 396 00:12:38.824 --> 00:12:41.093 MY BEST FRIEND. HE HAD DONE A 397 00:12:41.093 --> 00:12:42.528 FLIGHT DOWN THE ALASKA 398 00:12:42.528 --> 00:12:46.265 PENINSULA. AND HE WAS REFUELED 399 00:12:46.265 --> 00:12:47.767 AND HE WAS HEADING INTO KODIAK 400 00:12:47.767 --> 00:12:51.303 AND IT WAS CLEAR AND CALM HERE. 401 00:12:51.303 --> 00:12:53.506 UM, BUT OVER THE RANGE, EARLIER 402 00:12:53.506 --> 00:12:57.476 THAT DAY, UH, THERE HAD BEEN 50 403 00:12:57.476 --> 00:13:00.079 KNOT EASTERLY WINDS BLOWING. 404 00:13:04.150 --> 00:13:06.919 AND HE LEFT KING SALMON AND 405 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:09.155 OBVIOUSLY HE RAN INTO ICING, 406 00:13:09.155 --> 00:13:10.322 HIS VERY LAST WORDS WERE, 407 00:13:10.322 --> 00:13:12.558 MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY TWIN 408 00:13:12.558 --> 00:13:14.260 CESSNA ONE ECHO CHARLIE LOSING 409 00:13:14.260 --> 00:13:17.062 CONTROL, ICE. I'VE BEEN FLYING 410 00:13:17.062 --> 00:13:19.465 ALMOST 40 YEARS AND I'VE NEVER 411 00:13:19.465 --> 00:13:21.500 USED THE WORD MAYDAY. WHEN YOU 412 00:13:21.500 --> 00:13:23.068 SAY THAT WORD SOMETHING VERY 413 00:13:23.068 --> 00:13:24.236 SERIOUS IS HAPPENING. 414 00:13:24.236 --> 00:13:26.405 (MUSIC) 415 00:13:36.148 --> 00:13:37.316 ANNOUNCER: BEING A BUSH PILOT IN 416 00:13:37.316 --> 00:13:40.419 ALASKA IS A GUTSY DECISION. 417 00:13:40.419 --> 00:13:42.988 OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, 54 418 00:13:42.988 --> 00:13:44.623 FATAL PLANE CRASHES HAVE 419 00:13:44.623 --> 00:13:47.126 OCCURRED. BOB STANFORD HAS LOST 420 00:13:47.126 --> 00:13:49.028 CLOSE FRIENDS OVER THE YEARS 421 00:13:49.028 --> 00:13:50.830 HE'S BEEN FLYING. ONE 422 00:13:50.830 --> 00:13:52.798 PARTICULAR CRASH STILL HAUNTS 423 00:13:52.798 --> 00:13:54.099 HIM. 424 00:13:54.099 --> 00:13:56.335 BOB: HE LEFT KING SALMON, AND 425 00:13:56.335 --> 00:13:58.370 OBVIOUSLY, HE RAN INTO ICING. 426 00:13:58.370 --> 00:14:00.005 HIS VERY LAST WORDS WERE, 427 00:14:00.005 --> 00:14:01.240 MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY, TWIN 428 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:02.908 CESSNA ONE ECHO CHARLIE LOSING 429 00:14:02.908 --> 00:14:05.744 CONTROL, ICE. I'VE BEEN FLYING 430 00:14:05.744 --> 00:14:08.314 ALMOST 40 YEARS AND I'VE NEVER 431 00:14:08.314 --> 00:14:11.383 USED THE WORD MAYDAY. 432 00:14:11.383 --> 00:14:12.384 WHEN YOU SAY THAT WORD, 433 00:14:12.384 --> 00:14:13.419 SOMETHING VERY SERIOUS IS 434 00:14:13.419 --> 00:14:16.789 HAPPENING. 435 00:14:16.789 --> 00:14:17.823 AND WE LOOKED FOR HIM FOR FIVE 436 00:14:17.823 --> 00:14:19.625 DAYS, IT SNOWED FIVE DAYS. FOR 437 00:14:19.625 --> 00:14:20.559 FIVE STRAIGHT DAYS IN THE 438 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:23.495 KATMAI RANGE AFTER HE WENT 439 00:14:23.495 --> 00:14:26.699 DOWN. WE NEVER FOUND HIM. I'VE 440 00:14:26.699 --> 00:14:27.733 BEEN GOING OVER THERE FOR FOUR 441 00:14:27.733 --> 00:14:30.269 DECADES AND I, EVERY TRIP, I 442 00:14:30.269 --> 00:14:32.304 THINK ABOUT HIM. I STILL LOOK 443 00:14:32.304 --> 00:14:35.507 FOR HIM. 444 00:14:35.507 --> 00:14:36.408 WHEN YOU LOSE SOMEBODY CLOSE TO 445 00:14:36.408 --> 00:14:38.577 YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU REALIZE 446 00:14:38.577 --> 00:14:41.714 IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU. 447 00:14:41.714 --> 00:14:46.185 (SIGH) 448 00:14:46.185 --> 00:14:47.119 YOU KNOW IT'S, EVEN AFTER ALL 449 00:14:47.119 --> 00:14:49.088 THESE YEARS, IT STILL AFFECTS 450 00:14:49.088 --> 00:14:52.725 ME. 451 00:14:52.725 --> 00:14:53.859 ANNOUNCER: ALASKA'S PLANE CRASH 452 00:14:53.859 --> 00:14:56.328 FATALITIES ARE 20 TIMES HIGHER 453 00:14:56.328 --> 00:14:57.863 THAN THE NATIONAL RATE. 454 00:14:57.863 --> 00:15:00.266 (MUSIC) 455 00:15:06.071 --> 00:15:07.273 READING THE WEATHER SIGNALS IS 456 00:15:07.273 --> 00:15:09.375 CRUCIAL TO SURVIVAL IN THIS 457 00:15:09.375 --> 00:15:11.543 DANGEROUS BUSINESS. 458 00:15:11.543 --> 00:15:12.478 KELLER: LOOK HOW HIGH THE TIDE 459 00:15:12.478 --> 00:15:13.646 IS, MAN. 460 00:15:13.646 --> 00:15:14.713 ANNOUNCER: PILOT KELLER WATTUM 461 00:15:14.713 --> 00:15:16.148 IS TRYING TO INTERPRET THE 462 00:15:16.148 --> 00:15:17.683 TIDE. HE'S PICKING UP 463 00:15:17.683 --> 00:15:19.985 ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN AFOGNAG, BUT 464 00:15:19.985 --> 00:15:21.253 IF THE TIDE HAS FLOODED THE 465 00:15:21.253 --> 00:15:23.589 BEACH, A LANDING WILL BE 466 00:15:23.589 --> 00:15:25.858 IMPOSSIBLE. 467 00:15:25.858 --> 00:15:26.759 KELLER: WITH THE DROPPING TIDE, 468 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:27.593 YOU CAN'T PUT THE PLANE ON THE 469 00:15:27.593 --> 00:15:29.828 BEACH. SO YOU GOT TO KIND OF 470 00:15:29.828 --> 00:15:31.363 LIKE, LOOK AT IT FROM UP HERE 471 00:15:31.363 --> 00:15:33.866 AND DECIDE. THAT'S THE BEACH 472 00:15:33.866 --> 00:15:35.601 RIGHT THERE THOUGH. I CAN 473 00:15:35.601 --> 00:15:36.435 DEFINITELY GET IN THERE, IT'S A 474 00:15:36.435 --> 00:15:38.170 WORKABLE LAGOON. WE'LL SEE WHAT 475 00:15:38.170 --> 00:15:39.071 HAPPENS. 476 00:15:39.071 --> 00:15:41.674 (MUSIC) 477 00:15:55.087 --> 00:15:56.021 PATRICK, HOW'S IT GOING? 478 00:15:56.021 --> 00:15:56.822 PATRICK: GOOD. 479 00:15:56.822 --> 00:15:57.556 KELLER: NATALIE. 480 00:15:57.556 --> 00:15:58.357 NATALIE: HI. 481 00:15:58.357 --> 00:15:59.124 KELLER: UM, I'M PICKING YOU GUYS 482 00:15:59.124 --> 00:16:00.326 UP TODAY BECAUSE ISLAND AIR 483 00:16:00.326 --> 00:16:01.193 COULDN'T GET BACK WITH THE 484 00:16:01.193 --> 00:16:02.061 BEAVER. WE'RE GOING TO GO ON 485 00:16:02.061 --> 00:16:02.895 WHEELS INSTEAD. 486 00:16:02.895 --> 00:16:03.729 PATRICK: OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF 487 00:16:03.729 --> 00:16:04.997 I'VE EVER DONE THAT. SOUNDS, 488 00:16:04.997 --> 00:16:06.365 SOUNDS COOL. 489 00:16:06.365 --> 00:16:07.666 KELLER: IT WILL BE FUN. SO LET'S 490 00:16:07.666 --> 00:16:08.567 GET YOU GUYS LOADED UP AND 491 00:16:08.567 --> 00:16:09.568 WE'LL BE OUT OF HERE. 492 00:16:09.568 --> 00:16:10.302 PATRICK: OKAY. 493 00:16:10.302 --> 00:16:11.837 KELLER: ALL RIGHT. 494 00:16:11.837 --> 00:16:13.138 ANNOUNCER: KODIAK'S TIDAL RANGE 495 00:16:13.138 --> 00:16:15.441 IS NEARLY TEN FEET AND HIGH 496 00:16:15.441 --> 00:16:17.509 TIDE IS HITTING. KELLER MUST 497 00:16:17.509 --> 00:16:19.645 GET THE PLANE AIRBORNE BEFORE 498 00:16:19.645 --> 00:16:21.080 THE BEACH IS COMPLETELY 499 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:24.316 SUBMERGED. 500 00:16:24.316 --> 00:16:25.050 KELLER: TIDE'S COMING UP, SO WE 501 00:16:25.050 --> 00:16:26.018 HAVE TO GO. 502 00:16:26.018 --> 00:16:28.354 (MUSIC) 503 00:16:38.931 --> 00:16:39.932 THEY DON'T BACK UP IN THIS LIKE 504 00:16:39.932 --> 00:16:42.468 BEAUTIFUL FLAT VALLEY IN HERE. 505 00:16:42.468 --> 00:16:43.802 PATRICK: YEAH, THIS IS AWESOME. 506 00:16:43.802 --> 00:16:44.670 GLAD WE GOT TO GET HOME A LITTLE 507 00:16:44.670 --> 00:16:45.771 EARLY TOO. 508 00:16:45.771 --> 00:16:47.106 KELLER: THAT'S GOOD. 509 00:16:47.106 --> 00:16:48.073 ANNOUNCER: WITH THE 510 00:16:48.073 --> 00:16:49.008 ARCHEOLOGISTS SAFELY HEADING 511 00:16:49.008 --> 00:16:50.642 HOME, ISLAND AIR CAN NOW TURN 512 00:16:50.642 --> 00:16:52.911 IT'S ATTENTION TO A NEW MEMBER 513 00:16:52.911 --> 00:16:54.279 OF THE FAMILY. 514 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:56.215 (MUSIC) 515 00:16:58.617 --> 00:17:00.185 A SEVEN MONTH OLD LABRADOR 516 00:17:00.185 --> 00:17:05.024 RETRIEVER PUPPY NAMED, PIPER. 517 00:17:05.024 --> 00:17:06.925 BOB: EMILY GOT A PUPPY THAT WAS 518 00:17:06.925 --> 00:17:09.328 UH, ACTUALLY RAISED OUT IN THE 519 00:17:09.328 --> 00:17:11.263 BUSH. OF COURSE, SHE NAMED IT 520 00:17:11.263 --> 00:17:13.332 AFTER AN AIRPLANE AND PIPER'S 521 00:17:13.332 --> 00:17:14.666 PART OF THE FAMILY NOW. 522 00:17:14.666 --> 00:17:15.667 ANNOUNCER: AN ADORABLE FAMILY 523 00:17:15.667 --> 00:17:18.103 MEMBER, BUT ONE WHO HAS BROKEN 524 00:17:18.103 --> 00:17:19.271 THE LAW. 525 00:17:19.271 --> 00:17:20.506 EMILY: PIPER HAS A CRIMINAL 526 00:17:20.506 --> 00:17:21.807 RECORD. 527 00:17:21.807 --> 00:17:23.008 ANNOUNCER: PIPER HAS VIOLATED 528 00:17:23.008 --> 00:17:25.244 KODIAK'S RARELY ENFORCED LEASH 529 00:17:25.244 --> 00:17:26.645 LAW. 530 00:17:26.645 --> 00:17:28.213 BOB: I WATCHED DOGS RUN AROUND 531 00:17:28.213 --> 00:17:30.082 DOWN IN THE BASIN FOR MY ENTIRE 532 00:17:30.082 --> 00:17:32.384 LIFE HERE AND PIPER'S THE FIRST 533 00:17:32.384 --> 00:17:33.952 DOG I'VE EVER SEEN GET A TICKET 534 00:17:33.952 --> 00:17:36.889 FROM THE DOG POLICE. 535 00:17:36.889 --> 00:17:39.024 (MUSIC) 536 00:17:40.392 --> 00:17:41.326 EMILY: WHEN SHE'S ON LEASH WITH 537 00:17:41.326 --> 00:17:43.028 ME SHE HATES IT. SHE HATES IT 538 00:17:43.028 --> 00:17:44.630 A LOT, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I 539 00:17:44.630 --> 00:17:46.665 LIKE IT VERY MUCH EITHER. COME 540 00:17:46.665 --> 00:17:49.968 ON, PIPER. 541 00:17:49.968 --> 00:17:51.003 ANNOUNCER: PIPER'S EXUBERANCE IS 542 00:17:51.003 --> 00:17:53.072 EXHAUSTING HER OWNER. SO THE 543 00:17:53.072 --> 00:17:54.973 ISLAND AIR FAMILY HAS BRAIN 544 00:17:54.973 --> 00:17:56.742 STORMED A WAY TO GIVE PIPER HER 545 00:17:56.742 --> 00:18:02.147 FREEDOM AND EMILY A BREAK. 546 00:18:02.147 --> 00:18:03.482 PETER AND EMILY WILL TAKE PIPER 547 00:18:03.482 --> 00:18:06.652 TO UGANIK BAY, 35 MILES WEST OF 548 00:18:06.652 --> 00:18:07.953 ISLAND AIR. 549 00:18:07.953 --> 00:18:12.391 PETER: COME ON, PIPER. 550 00:18:12.391 --> 00:18:17.696 EMILY: THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. 551 00:18:17.696 --> 00:18:18.497 PETER: ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU GUYS 552 00:18:18.497 --> 00:18:19.264 READY TO GO? 553 00:18:19.264 --> 00:18:20.099 EMILY: WE ARE. 554 00:18:20.099 --> 00:18:23.268 (LAUGHTER) 555 00:18:24.803 --> 00:18:25.838 LOOK IT, PIPER. 556 00:18:30.943 --> 00:18:33.912 DO YOU WANT TO GO OUTSIDE? 557 00:18:33.912 --> 00:18:35.380 PETER: PIPER, YOU'RE FOGGING UP 558 00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:38.550 MY WINDOWS. 559 00:18:38.550 --> 00:18:39.318 EMILY: YOU'RE GETTING EXCITED 560 00:18:39.318 --> 00:18:42.454 ABOUT THAT, HUH? 561 00:18:42.454 --> 00:18:44.857 ARE YOU HAVING FUN, PIPER? 562 00:18:44.857 --> 00:18:47.893 (LAUGHTER) 563 00:18:47.893 --> 00:18:49.728 PIPER'S RUNNING FREE. AND SHE'S 564 00:18:49.728 --> 00:18:51.463 SO HAPPY. IT MAKES ME HAPPY TO 565 00:18:51.463 --> 00:18:52.631 SEE HER THIS WAY. 566 00:18:52.631 --> 00:18:54.500 (MUSIC) 567 00:18:57.503 --> 00:19:00.506 (MUSIC) 568 00:19:00.506 --> 00:19:01.473 ANNOUNCER: OVER NIGHT THE 569 00:19:01.473 --> 00:19:03.175 MASSIVE STORM THAT GROUNDED 570 00:19:03.175 --> 00:19:05.410 ANCHORAGE'S PLANES YESTERDAY IS 571 00:19:05.410 --> 00:19:06.979 NOW HEADING STRAIGHT FOR 572 00:19:06.979 --> 00:19:08.447 KODIAK. 573 00:19:08.447 --> 00:19:09.314 BOB: RIGHT, STRAIGHT TO THE 574 00:19:09.314 --> 00:19:11.717 WEST OF US IS A MONSTER STORM. 575 00:19:11.717 --> 00:19:13.185 YOU KNOW, I CALLED THE WEATHER 576 00:19:13.185 --> 00:19:14.586 SERVICE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 577 00:19:14.586 --> 00:19:16.488 75 KNOT WINDS, 90 MILES AN 578 00:19:16.488 --> 00:19:18.023 HOUR. YOU KNOW, WE WOULD 579 00:19:18.023 --> 00:19:19.258 DEFINITELY BE BATTING DOWN THE 580 00:19:19.258 --> 00:19:20.459 HATCHES. 581 00:19:20.459 --> 00:19:22.561 EMILY: 48 MILES PER HOUR IS A NO 582 00:19:22.561 --> 00:19:25.364 GO FOR OUR AIRPLANES. 583 00:19:25.364 --> 00:19:26.899 ANNOUNCER: MORE BAD NEWS FOR 584 00:19:26.899 --> 00:19:28.800 TRAPPER, LANCE PARKER, WHO'S 585 00:19:28.800 --> 00:19:30.302 BEEN WAITING FOR A REPLACEMENT 586 00:19:30.302 --> 00:19:32.337 PROPELLER FOR HIS BOAT. 587 00:19:32.337 --> 00:19:33.205 DISPATCHER: THERE AREN'T ANY 588 00:19:33.205 --> 00:19:34.706 PLANES MAKING IT INTO KODIAK. 589 00:19:34.706 --> 00:19:35.774 ANNOUNCER: WITH FLYING ON THE 590 00:19:35.774 --> 00:19:37.543 ISLAND AT A STAND STILL, LANCE 591 00:19:37.543 --> 00:19:39.845 WILL BE FORCED TO SPEND ANOTHER 592 00:19:39.845 --> 00:19:41.813 NIGHT IN THE ELEMENTS. 593 00:19:45.117 --> 00:19:46.752 AFTER WEATHERING A HUGE STORM 594 00:19:46.752 --> 00:19:48.420 OVER NIGHT. 595 00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:49.688 BOB: ISLAND AIR, BASIN, 7 ALPHA 596 00:19:49.688 --> 00:19:50.656 KILO. 597 00:19:50.656 --> 00:19:51.757 ANNOUNCER: KODIAK IS FLYING 598 00:19:51.757 --> 00:19:53.458 AGAIN. 599 00:19:53.458 --> 00:19:55.594 (MUSIC) 600 00:19:56.762 --> 00:19:57.996 ERIK: PORT BAILEY, ISLAND AIR, 601 00:19:57.996 --> 00:19:59.364 WE'LL BE LANDING SHORTLY. 602 00:19:59.364 --> 00:20:00.365 ANNOUNCER: ERIK CAN NOW MAKE THE 603 00:20:00.365 --> 00:20:02.167 FLIGHT TO PORT BAILEY AND 604 00:20:02.167 --> 00:20:05.237 DELIVER LANCE'S BOAT PROP. 605 00:20:05.237 --> 00:20:05.938 ERIK: DOESN'T LOOK TOO WINDY, 606 00:20:05.938 --> 00:20:06.972 IT'S PRETTY NICE DOWN THERE. SO 607 00:20:06.972 --> 00:20:07.839 WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY 608 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.974 ISSUE GETTING IN THERE. UH, 609 00:20:08.974 --> 00:20:10.709 SHOULD MAKE LANCE PRETTY HAPPY 610 00:20:10.709 --> 00:20:11.476 SO HE CAN GET BACK ON THIS 611 00:20:11.476 --> 00:20:13.278 BOAT. 612 00:20:13.278 --> 00:20:14.613 AND I THINK WE BROUGHT OUT A 613 00:20:14.613 --> 00:20:15.747 LITTLE BIT OF TOBACCO TOO, SO 614 00:20:15.747 --> 00:20:17.816 THAT'LL MAKE HIM EVEN HAPPIER. 615 00:20:17.816 --> 00:20:19.952 (MUSIC) 616 00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.853 LANCE: I DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE 617 00:20:21.853 --> 00:20:23.155 GOING TO MAKE IT. BUT SON OF A 618 00:20:23.155 --> 00:20:24.456 GUN, THEY DID MAKE IT. 619 00:20:24.456 --> 00:20:27.025 (MUSIC) 620 00:20:27.025 --> 00:20:28.860 ERIK SHOWED UP, JUST LIKE 621 00:20:28.860 --> 00:20:30.696 PERFECT, LIKE ISLAND AIR ALWAYS 622 00:20:30.696 --> 00:20:34.733 DOES. THAT LOOKS LIKE THE BABY. 623 00:20:34.733 --> 00:20:35.534 ERIK: WELL I GOT TO GET BACK, 624 00:20:35.534 --> 00:20:36.535 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME, GOOD 625 00:20:36.535 --> 00:20:37.269 LUCK. 626 00:20:37.269 --> 00:20:38.003 LANCE: YOU BET, MAN. 627 00:20:38.003 --> 00:20:38.770 ERIK: ALL RIGHT. 628 00:20:38.770 --> 00:20:39.538 LANCE: THANKS. 629 00:20:39.538 --> 00:20:42.674 (MUSIC) 630 00:20:44.743 --> 00:20:47.679 TOOK THE PROP OUT THE BOX AND 631 00:20:47.679 --> 00:20:49.848 SAW THAT IT FIT AND BOLTED IT 632 00:20:49.848 --> 00:20:52.251 ON. NOW I'M READY TO GO HOME. 633 00:20:52.251 --> 00:20:53.485 I'VE GOT SOME TRAPS TO CHECK ON 634 00:20:53.485 --> 00:20:54.620 THE WAY HOME THAT I'M GOING TO 635 00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:56.888 PULL OUT OF THE GROUND AND THEN 636 00:20:56.888 --> 00:20:57.789 THAT WILL BE THE END OF MY 637 00:20:57.789 --> 00:20:58.890 SEASON. 638 00:20:58.890 --> 00:20:59.958 [CLOSED CAPTIONING PRESENTED BY 639 00:20:59.958 --> 00:21:02.227 OUTDOOR CHANNEL] 640 00:21:02.227 --> 00:21:03.629 ANNOUNCER: TO BOB STANFORD, 641 00:21:03.629 --> 00:21:05.430 RUNNING ISLAND AIR ISN'T ABOUT 642 00:21:05.430 --> 00:21:07.833 MONEY, IT'S ABOUT CARING FOR 643 00:21:07.833 --> 00:21:10.068 THE PEOPLE OF KODIAK. 644 00:21:10.068 --> 00:21:10.936 BOB: IT'S A RUSH, THAT'S WHY I 645 00:21:10.936 --> 00:21:13.238 DO IT. IT'S AWESOME. IT'S UH, 646 00:21:13.238 --> 00:21:15.073 YOU KNOW, EVEN AT MY AGE, AT 59 647 00:21:15.073 --> 00:21:16.942 IT'S JUST LIKE BEING 21 WITHOUT 648 00:21:16.942 --> 00:21:19.011 ALL THE ENERGY. SO YEAH, THIS 649 00:21:19.011 --> 00:21:20.879 IS WHY I'VE DONE THIS FOR 39 650 00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:23.282 YEARS, I LOVE THE CHALLENGE. 651 00:21:23.282 --> 00:21:24.449 AND PASSING THAT KNOWLEDGE ON, 652 00:21:24.449 --> 00:21:26.285 WATCHING THESE GUYS. I'M PROUD 653 00:21:26.285 --> 00:21:28.086 OF THEM. I CAN TRUST THEM TOO. 654 00:21:28.086 --> 00:21:30.622 WHEN I, WHEN I PUT MY HEAD DOWN 655 00:21:30.622 --> 00:21:32.190 AT NIGHT I KNOW THEY'VE GOT THE 656 00:21:32.190 --> 00:21:33.625 BEST DRIVERS OF THESE AIRPLANES 657 00:21:33.625 --> 00:21:34.760 WHEN PEOPLE FLY ON OUR AIR 658 00:21:34.760 --> 00:21:36.728 SERVICE. THEY UH, THAT'S WHY 659 00:21:36.728 --> 00:21:38.597 OUR PILOTS ARE SO SOUGHT 660 00:21:38.597 --> 00:21:40.299 AFTER. PEOPLE TRY TO HIRE THEM 661 00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:42.267 ALL THE TIME FROM US. YEAH, 662 00:21:42.267 --> 00:21:43.402 THESE GUYS ARE AWESOME, 663 00:21:43.402 --> 00:21:44.403 THEY GOT IT.