WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.602 [CLOSED CAPTIONING PRESENTED BY 2 00:00:02.602 --> 00:00:04.604 OUTDOOR CHANNEL] 3 00:00:04.604 --> 00:00:09.542 THIS IS THE TEAM OF ISLAND AIR. 4 00:00:09.542 --> 00:00:15.115 EVERY DAY THEY RISK EVERYTHING. 5 00:00:15.115 --> 00:00:17.517 THE KODIAK PEAKS AND WICKED SEAS 6 00:00:17.517 --> 00:00:19.452 MAKE THE ISLAND THE WORLD'S MOST 7 00:00:19.452 --> 00:00:22.055 TREACHEROUS PLACE TO FLY. 8 00:00:27.527 --> 00:00:30.463 THESE ARE THE TALES OF "ALASKA'S 9 00:00:30.463 --> 00:00:35.468 ULTIMATE BUSH PILOTS." 10 00:00:35.468 --> 00:00:38.638 [MUSIC] 11 00:00:38.638 --> 00:00:40.473 DURING HUNTING SEASON, ISLAND 12 00:00:40.473 --> 00:00:42.075 AIR TRANSPORT HUNDREDS OF 13 00:00:42.075 --> 00:00:44.310 HUNTERS AROUND KODIAK. 14 00:00:44.310 --> 00:00:46.179 TODAY THEY ARE FLYING A GROUP TO 15 00:00:46.179 --> 00:00:48.148 EAGLE HARBOR FOR THEIR ANNUAL 16 00:00:48.148 --> 00:00:50.717 SITKA BLACKTAIL DEER HUNT. 17 00:00:50.717 --> 00:00:51.785 MAN: THAT'S ONE OF THE BEAUTIES 18 00:00:51.785 --> 00:00:53.019 OF WORKING IN ALASKA IS YOU HAVE 19 00:00:53.019 --> 00:00:54.954 A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DO 20 00:00:54.954 --> 00:00:56.723 HUNTS LIKE THIS. 21 00:00:56.723 --> 00:00:57.824 WE'RE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO 22 00:00:57.824 --> 00:01:00.393 DO THIS. 23 00:01:00.393 --> 00:01:01.728 ANNOUNCER: EAGLE HARBOR IS 30 24 00:01:01.728 --> 00:01:03.696 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE BASIN IN 25 00:01:03.696 --> 00:01:05.498 AN ISOLATED AND REMOTE PART OF 26 00:01:05.498 --> 00:01:07.000 THE ISLAND. 27 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:08.601 TEEMING WITH DANGEROUS BROWN 28 00:01:08.601 --> 00:01:11.504 BEARS, HUNTING HERE IS ONLY FOR 29 00:01:11.504 --> 00:01:16.242 THE VERY EXPERIENCED. 30 00:01:16.242 --> 00:01:18.011 MAN: IT'S REMOTE AND THERE'S NO 31 00:01:18.011 --> 00:01:19.179 ROAD SYSTEM TO IT. 32 00:01:19.179 --> 00:01:20.246 IT'S ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY BOAT OR 33 00:01:20.246 --> 00:01:24.517 AIRPLANE. BEAUTIFUL PLACE. 34 00:01:24.517 --> 00:01:25.919 ANNOUNCER: A FAST-MOVING COLD 35 00:01:25.919 --> 00:01:27.320 FRONT FROM THE BERING SEA HAS 36 00:01:27.320 --> 00:01:29.556 CREATED COLOSSAL WAVES, 37 00:01:29.556 --> 00:01:31.257 MAKING THE HARBOR A PERILOUS 38 00:01:31.257 --> 00:01:32.892 LANDING STRIP. 39 00:01:32.892 --> 00:01:35.195 A SINGLE WAVE CAN EASILY SLAM A 40 00:01:35.195 --> 00:01:37.530 PLANE INTO THE RUGGED ROCKS. 41 00:01:37.530 --> 00:01:39.833 SO FOR NOW THE HUNTERS ARE IN A 42 00:01:39.833 --> 00:01:41.367 HOLDING PATTERN. 43 00:01:41.367 --> 00:01:43.336 [TELEPHONE RINGS] 44 00:01:43.336 --> 00:01:45.138 >> ISLAND AIR. THIS IS 45 00:01:45.138 --> 00:01:49.075 EMILY. OHH. DANG. 46 00:01:49.075 --> 00:01:50.710 EAGLE HARBOR IS A NO GO. 47 00:01:50.710 --> 00:01:52.545 THE SWELLS ARE TOO BIG. 48 00:01:52.545 --> 00:01:53.613 THERE'S NO WAY WE'LL BE 49 00:01:53.613 --> 00:01:54.380 ABLE TO GET THE FLOAT PLANES IN 50 00:01:54.380 --> 00:01:55.882 THERE. 51 00:01:55.882 --> 00:01:57.584 BOB: THOSE SWELLS BREAK ON THE 52 00:01:57.584 --> 00:01:59.419 BEACH, AND YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE 53 00:01:59.419 --> 00:02:01.821 TO MANIPULATE THAT AIRPLANE. 54 00:02:06.793 --> 00:02:07.961 ANNOUNCER: HANDLING THESE 55 00:02:07.961 --> 00:02:09.796 PLANES IN KODIAK'S WILD WEATHER 56 00:02:09.796 --> 00:02:12.799 TAKES HOURS OF INTENSE TRAINING. 57 00:02:12.799 --> 00:02:15.235 18 MONTHS AGO, PILOT PETER 58 00:02:15.235 --> 00:02:16.536 ROSENDAHL BEGAN FLYING FLOAT 59 00:02:16.536 --> 00:02:18.538 PLANES AT ISLAND AIR. 60 00:02:18.538 --> 00:02:20.206 HIS TRAINING WITH BOB HAS BEEN A 61 00:02:20.206 --> 00:02:22.609 RIGOROUS EDUCATION IN EXPERT 62 00:02:22.609 --> 00:02:24.244 AVIATION. 63 00:02:24.244 --> 00:02:26.513 [MUSIC] 64 00:02:30.083 --> 00:02:34.087 BOB: [UNCLEAR] 65 00:02:34.087 --> 00:02:36.089 ADD A LITTLE POWER. 66 00:02:36.089 --> 00:02:38.324 CUT IT. CUT IT. CUT IT. 67 00:02:38.324 --> 00:02:40.093 CUT IT. IT'S THERE. 68 00:02:40.093 --> 00:02:42.028 TOO LATE. TOO LATE. 69 00:02:42.028 --> 00:02:43.029 WE'RE JUST GONNA CALL IT GOOD 70 00:02:43.029 --> 00:02:43.763 FOR NOW. 71 00:02:43.763 --> 00:02:45.698 PETER: OK. 72 00:02:45.698 --> 00:02:47.200 ANNOUNCER: ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL 73 00:02:47.200 --> 00:02:48.902 KNOWLEDGE TO MASTER THE THIRD 74 00:02:48.902 --> 00:02:51.004 MOST DANGEROUS PROFESSION IN THE 75 00:02:51.004 --> 00:02:52.505 WORLD. 76 00:02:52.505 --> 00:02:53.540 PETER: TO DO THIS JOB YOU NEED 77 00:02:53.540 --> 00:02:54.607 TO BE PRETTY CONFIDENT IN WHAT 78 00:02:54.607 --> 00:02:56.042 YOU DO. YOU DEFINITELY LEARN 79 00:02:56.042 --> 00:02:57.544 FROM YOUR MISTAKES. 80 00:02:57.544 --> 00:02:59.979 TAKE--TAKE EVERY FLIGHT AND 81 00:02:59.979 --> 00:03:02.115 APPLY IT TO THE NEXT FLIGHT. 82 00:03:02.115 --> 00:03:04.484 [MUSIC] 83 00:03:06.786 --> 00:03:08.254 ANNOUNCER: TODAY IS PETER'S 84 00:03:08.254 --> 00:03:09.455 FINAL EXAM. 85 00:03:09.455 --> 00:03:11.291 BOB WILL TAKE HIM TO MARKA LAKE 86 00:03:11.291 --> 00:03:13.159 ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF 87 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:14.194 ISLAND AIR. 88 00:03:14.194 --> 00:03:15.695 THE LAKE IS TOUGH TO NAVIGATE 89 00:03:15.695 --> 00:03:17.330 DUE TO ITS SHORT LANDING SITES 90 00:03:17.330 --> 00:03:18.631 AND ROCKS 91 00:03:18.631 --> 00:03:22.502 HIDDEN JUST UNDER THE WATER. 92 00:03:22.502 --> 00:03:23.836 BOB: IT'S KIND OF LIKE TEACHING 93 00:03:23.836 --> 00:03:25.338 YOUR TEENAGER TO DRIVE THE FIRST 94 00:03:25.338 --> 00:03:26.539 TIME. IMAGINE THEM GIVING THEM 95 00:03:26.539 --> 00:03:28.541 THE CAR, AND IT'S A NICE CAMARO 96 00:03:28.541 --> 00:03:30.777 WITH 300-PLUS HORSE POWER. 97 00:03:30.777 --> 00:03:31.978 OK, WE'RE GONNA ENTER THE 98 00:03:31.978 --> 00:03:33.846 FREEWAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. 99 00:03:33.846 --> 00:03:35.582 SO I'M A NERVOUS WRECK. 100 00:03:35.582 --> 00:03:39.319 LORD, KEEP US SAFE. [CHUCKLES] 101 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:40.486 IT'S A TACTICAL LITTLE PLACE 102 00:03:40.486 --> 00:03:41.321 HERE. IT'S-- 103 00:03:41.321 --> 00:03:44.824 PETER: YEAH. 104 00:03:44.824 --> 00:03:47.227 [UNCLEAR] 105 00:03:47.227 --> 00:03:48.494 BOB: SO YOU CAN SEE 106 00:03:48.494 --> 00:03:49.729 THE ONE ROCK ON THE CORNER. 107 00:03:49.729 --> 00:03:50.797 PETER: YEAH, I THINK I SEE IT 108 00:03:50.797 --> 00:03:53.833 JUST BELOW THE WATER OVER THERE. 109 00:03:53.833 --> 00:03:55.335 BOB: DON'T WANT GET TOO TIGHT ON 110 00:03:55.335 --> 00:03:57.804 THAT ROCK NOW. THERE YOU GO. 111 00:03:57.804 --> 00:03:59.005 OK, PUSH IT OVER. 112 00:03:59.005 --> 00:04:02.008 PUSH IT OVER. PUSH IT OVER. 113 00:04:02.008 --> 00:04:08.481 POWER BACK. OK, ROUND IT OUT. 114 00:04:08.481 --> 00:04:10.883 ALL THE WAY. 115 00:04:10.883 --> 00:04:12.452 YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PROBABLY DO 116 00:04:12.452 --> 00:04:14.687 IT ON A TURN. 117 00:04:14.687 --> 00:04:16.623 [MUSIC] 118 00:04:21.194 --> 00:04:23.363 THERE YOU GO. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. 119 00:04:23.363 --> 00:04:24.697 PETER: YEAH? 120 00:04:24.697 --> 00:04:27.133 BOB: JUST GOTTA COME BACK. 121 00:04:31.337 --> 00:04:32.372 PETER: ONE OF HIS TRAINING 122 00:04:32.372 --> 00:04:33.439 THINGS, LIKE HE'S OVER 123 00:04:33.439 --> 00:04:34.307 THERE TALKING A WHOLE LOT 124 00:04:34.307 --> 00:04:35.241 AND TELLING ME HOW HE 125 00:04:35.241 --> 00:04:36.209 WANTS IT TO BE DONE AND HOW IT 126 00:04:36.209 --> 00:04:37.210 SHOULD BE DONE. 127 00:04:37.210 --> 00:04:39.012 YOU GOTTA TAKE THE LOUD TALKING 128 00:04:39.012 --> 00:04:40.246 OR YELLING, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO 129 00:04:40.246 --> 00:04:41.681 CALL IT, YOU KNOW, WITH A BIT 130 00:04:41.681 --> 00:04:43.816 OF SALT. 131 00:04:43.816 --> 00:04:45.084 BOB: HE DID GOOD. 132 00:04:45.084 --> 00:04:46.252 HE DID REAL GOOD. 133 00:04:46.252 --> 00:04:47.687 I MEAN, I WAS IMPRESSED. 134 00:04:47.687 --> 00:04:48.554 PETER: MADE IT OUT. 135 00:04:48.554 --> 00:04:49.389 DIDN'T BEND ANY METAL. 136 00:04:49.389 --> 00:04:50.223 SO IT DIDN'T SEEM TO SCARE BOB 137 00:04:50.223 --> 00:04:50.757 TOO MUCH. 138 00:04:51.157 --> 00:04:53.259 PROUD OF HIM. 139 00:05:01.434 --> 00:05:03.002 AND SO HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB 140 00:05:03.002 --> 00:05:04.871 ON IT. I TRUST HIM. 141 00:05:04.871 --> 00:05:06.506 YOU KNOW, I JUST KEPT MY MIND GO 142 00:05:06.506 --> 00:05:07.840 BACK TO LAST YEAR WHEN YOU SAW 143 00:05:07.840 --> 00:05:09.175 HIM DOING THAT TRAINING. 144 00:05:09.175 --> 00:05:11.010 THAT'S WHY WE TRAIN. 145 00:05:11.010 --> 00:05:14.013 HE'S PRETTY BAD ASS, ACTUALLY. 146 00:05:14.013 --> 00:05:16.282 TOP NOTCH DAY. 147 00:05:25.191 --> 00:05:25.992 PETER: HEY, GUYS. 148 00:05:25.992 --> 00:05:26.826 WHAT'S HAPPENING? 149 00:05:26.826 --> 00:05:27.527 WOMAN. HI. 150 00:05:27.527 --> 00:05:28.361 PETER: WELCOME TO KODIAK. 151 00:05:28.361 --> 00:05:29.295 MAN: THANK YOU. 152 00:05:29.295 --> 00:05:30.463 PETER: I GOT TWO SIGHTSEERS 153 00:05:30.463 --> 00:05:31.431 GOING IN THE AIR. WE'RE GONNA 154 00:05:31.431 --> 00:05:32.432 SHOW THEM THE ISLAND, SHOW THEM 155 00:05:32.432 --> 00:05:33.466 THE SITES. 156 00:05:33.466 --> 00:05:34.434 ANNOUNCER: MIKE AND HIS WIFE 157 00:05:34.434 --> 00:05:35.902 STACY HAVE RECENTLY MOVED TO 158 00:05:35.902 --> 00:05:38.638 KODIAK FROM PHOENIX. 159 00:05:38.638 --> 00:05:40.340 MIKE: BIG, BIG DIFFERENCE FROM 160 00:05:40.340 --> 00:05:41.541 PHOENIX TO ALASKA. 161 00:05:41.541 --> 00:05:43.176 STACY: I THINK BIG IS AN 162 00:05:43.176 --> 00:05:44.210 UNDERSTATEMENT. 163 00:05:44.210 --> 00:05:45.745 IT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE. 164 00:05:45.745 --> 00:05:46.879 ANNOUNCER: TO GET TO 165 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:48.414 KNOW THEIR NEW HOME, THEY'RE 166 00:05:48.414 --> 00:05:50.083 TAKING A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT 167 00:05:50.083 --> 00:05:52.719 AROUND THE ISLAND WITH PETER. 168 00:05:52.719 --> 00:05:53.720 PETER: SO THIS IS THE HIGHLAND 169 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:54.721 BEAVER. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A 170 00:05:54.721 --> 00:05:55.388 BEAVER BEFORE? 171 00:05:55.388 --> 00:05:56.055 STACY: NO. 172 00:05:56.055 --> 00:05:56.723 PETER: FANTASTIC. 173 00:05:56.723 --> 00:05:57.724 WELL, IT'S AN AWESOME AIRPLANE. 174 00:05:57.724 --> 00:05:58.891 MIKE: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN 175 00:05:58.891 --> 00:05:59.559 A BEAVER? 176 00:05:59.559 --> 00:06:00.727 PETER: UH, WELL, I GOT HERE THIS 177 00:06:00.727 --> 00:06:02.228 MORNING AT ABOUT 8:00. 178 00:06:02.228 --> 00:06:04.864 SO HERE WE GO. 179 00:06:04.864 --> 00:06:06.065 STACY: BEING OUR FIRST TIME ON A 180 00:06:06.065 --> 00:06:07.800 FLOAT PLANE, A LITTLE NERVOUS. 181 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:09.602 BUT I KNOW IT'LL BE--THE VIEWS 182 00:06:09.602 --> 00:06:12.171 WILL BE WORTH IT. 183 00:06:12.171 --> 00:06:13.373 ANNOUNCER: RIDING IN A KODIAK 184 00:06:13.373 --> 00:06:15.241 BUSH PLANE ISN'T LIKE FLYING ON 185 00:06:15.241 --> 00:06:17.043 A COMMERCIAL AIRLINER. 186 00:06:17.043 --> 00:06:19.312 HIGH WINDS, WIND SHEARS, AND 187 00:06:19.312 --> 00:06:21.180 SQUALLS CAN CAUSE MASSIVE 188 00:06:21.180 --> 00:06:22.248 TURBULENCE 189 00:06:22.248 --> 00:06:24.584 AND APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE. 190 00:06:24.584 --> 00:06:29.756 PETER: [UNCLEAR] 191 00:06:29.756 --> 00:06:30.990 STACY: WE JUST TAKE OFF 192 00:06:30.990 --> 00:06:32.091 REALLY FAST? 193 00:06:32.091 --> 00:06:32.825 PETER: YEAH, IT'LL BE PRETTY 194 00:06:32.825 --> 00:06:33.826 QUICK. 195 00:06:33.826 --> 00:06:34.761 STACY: SO THERE'S NO 196 00:06:34.761 --> 00:06:35.928 COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS? 197 00:06:35.928 --> 00:06:36.929 PETER: UH... 198 00:06:36.929 --> 00:06:38.431 [LAUGHTER]. 199 00:06:38.431 --> 00:06:41.934 HERE WE GO. 200 00:06:41.934 --> 00:06:43.870 STACY: OH, GOD. 201 00:06:47.840 --> 00:06:49.642 MIKE: A LOT DIFFERENT THAN A-- 202 00:06:49.642 --> 00:06:55.248 STACY: [UNCLEAR] 203 00:06:55.248 --> 00:06:57.717 MIKE: ALL RIGHT. 204 00:06:57.717 --> 00:06:59.986 STACY: OH, THAT'S SO DIFFERENT. 205 00:06:59.986 --> 00:07:01.320 PETER: WE'RE CRUISING HERE AT 206 00:07:01.320 --> 00:07:02.488 600 FEET RIGHT NOW. 207 00:07:02.488 --> 00:07:03.523 JUST WAITING TO SEE STUFF A 208 00:07:03.523 --> 00:07:04.824 LITTLE BIT BETTER. 209 00:07:04.824 --> 00:07:05.792 STACY: WOW, IT'S SUCH A 210 00:07:05.792 --> 00:07:07.727 DIFFERENT VIEW. 211 00:07:13.065 --> 00:07:15.435 MIKE: YOU FLY AROUND ALL DAY. 212 00:07:15.435 --> 00:07:16.969 IS THIS YOUR HAPPY PLACE, OR DO 213 00:07:16.969 --> 00:07:18.271 YOU HAVE A HAPPIER HAPPY 214 00:07:18.271 --> 00:07:19.305 PLACE? 215 00:07:19.305 --> 00:07:20.807 [LAUGHTER] 216 00:07:20.807 --> 00:07:21.808 PETER: NO, THIS IS MY HAPPY 217 00:07:21.808 --> 00:07:24.944 PLACE. 218 00:07:24.944 --> 00:07:25.812 STACY: HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO 219 00:07:25.812 --> 00:07:26.946 LEAVE ANYBODY? 220 00:07:26.946 --> 00:07:27.847 PETER: JUST THE ORNERY 221 00:07:27.847 --> 00:07:28.981 PASSENGERS. 222 00:07:28.981 --> 00:07:32.819 [LAUGHTER] 223 00:07:32.819 --> 00:07:34.053 PETER: ALL RIGHT, SO WE GOT 224 00:07:34.053 --> 00:07:36.055 SOME GOATS DOWN THERE. 225 00:07:36.055 --> 00:07:36.989 MIKE: OH, THERE'S A BUNCH 226 00:07:36.989 --> 00:07:37.657 OF THEM. 227 00:07:37.657 --> 00:07:38.624 STACY: WOW. 228 00:07:38.624 --> 00:07:39.692 PETER: YEAH, THEY'RE RUNNING ON 229 00:07:39.692 --> 00:07:40.993 STUFF FULL SPEED THAT YOU CAN 230 00:07:40.993 --> 00:07:42.261 HARDLY STAND ON. 231 00:07:42.261 --> 00:07:44.997 STACY: WOW. 232 00:07:44.997 --> 00:07:46.766 PETER: THAT'S PRETTY COOL. 233 00:07:46.766 --> 00:07:47.800 EVERY DAY'S A NEW ADVENTURE, 234 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:49.602 THAT'S FOR SURE. 235 00:07:54.207 --> 00:07:55.475 ALL RIGHT, GUYS, IT MIGHT BE A 236 00:07:55.475 --> 00:07:58.344 LITTLE BIT BUMPY HERE. 237 00:07:58.344 --> 00:08:00.179 STACY: OH. 238 00:08:00.179 --> 00:08:01.280 MIKE: YEAH, THAT WIND COMING 239 00:08:01.280 --> 00:08:03.716 UP OVER THAT MOUNTAIN IS-- 240 00:08:03.716 --> 00:08:06.519 STACY: OH. I DON'T LIKE WHEN YOU 241 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:09.188 DO THAT, PETER. 242 00:08:09.188 --> 00:08:10.556 ANNOUNCER: THE STORM THAT 243 00:08:10.556 --> 00:08:12.058 GROUNDED THE HUNTERS HAS 244 00:08:12.058 --> 00:08:13.659 EXPANDED QUICKLY, 245 00:08:13.659 --> 00:08:15.328 THROWING WINTER SQUALLS RIGHT 246 00:08:15.328 --> 00:08:18.097 INTO PETER'S FLIGHT PATH. 247 00:08:18.097 --> 00:08:21.033 [MUSIC] 248 00:08:36.415 --> 00:08:37.817 ANNOUNCER: SUDDEN SQUALLS 249 00:08:37.817 --> 00:08:39.752 HAVE KICKED UP, AND THE WEATHER 250 00:08:39.752 --> 00:08:45.725 IS DETERIORATING FAST. 251 00:08:45.725 --> 00:08:46.959 PETER: WHEN YOU'RE FLYING 252 00:08:46.959 --> 00:08:48.294 AROUND, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE TIME 253 00:08:48.294 --> 00:08:49.395 YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT A MILLION 254 00:08:49.395 --> 00:08:50.263 THINGS A MINUTE. 255 00:08:50.263 --> 00:08:51.163 BUT YOU ALWAYS GOTTA KEEP YOUR 256 00:08:51.163 --> 00:08:53.533 COMPOSURE. AND YOU MAY LOOK CALM 257 00:08:53.533 --> 00:08:54.867 AND COLLECTED ON THE OUTSIDE, 258 00:08:54.867 --> 00:08:56.335 BUT ON THE INSIDE YOU'RE GOING 259 00:08:56.335 --> 00:08:57.603 CRAZY THINKING ABOUT WHAT CAN GO 260 00:08:57.603 --> 00:08:58.638 WRONG, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO 261 00:08:58.638 --> 00:09:00.973 MAKE IT ALL RIGHT. 262 00:09:00.973 --> 00:09:02.642 SO WE'RE ALSO PLAYING WITH THE 263 00:09:02.642 --> 00:09:06.712 WIND FACTOR HERE. 264 00:09:06.712 --> 00:09:08.114 ANNOUNCER: PETER DECIDES TO CUT 265 00:09:08.114 --> 00:09:09.982 THE FLIGHT SHORT AND PUT DOWN AT 266 00:09:09.982 --> 00:09:11.784 THE CLOSEST BODY OF WATER TO 267 00:09:11.784 --> 00:09:14.954 FISH AND WAIT OUT THE WEATHER. 268 00:09:14.954 --> 00:09:17.256 [MUSIC] 269 00:09:29.335 --> 00:09:30.703 STACY: NEVER LANDED IN THE WATER 270 00:09:30.703 --> 00:09:33.205 BEFORE. 271 00:09:33.205 --> 00:09:34.407 MIKE: DEFINITELY A BIG 272 00:09:34.407 --> 00:09:38.177 DIFFERENCE. 273 00:09:38.177 --> 00:09:39.579 ANNOUNCER: PETER WILL STAY 274 00:09:39.579 --> 00:09:42.848 GROUNDED UNTIL THE SQUALLS PASS. 275 00:09:42.848 --> 00:09:44.016 PETER: WHAT Y'ALL THINK ABOUT 276 00:09:44.016 --> 00:09:44.984 THAT FLIGHT? 277 00:09:44.984 --> 00:09:45.918 MIKE: OH, YEAH. 278 00:09:45.918 --> 00:09:47.119 STACY: THE VIEWS, VERY NICE. 279 00:09:47.119 --> 00:09:49.021 THE TURBULENCE, NOT A BIG FAN. 280 00:09:49.021 --> 00:09:50.790 [LAUGHTER] 281 00:09:50.790 --> 00:09:52.191 ANNOUNCER: BUT ON THE GROUND, 282 00:09:52.191 --> 00:09:53.826 MIKE AND STACY FACE 283 00:09:53.826 --> 00:09:55.261 OTHER THREATS. 284 00:09:55.261 --> 00:09:56.495 MIKE: WE GOT SOME ACTIVITY GOING 285 00:09:56.495 --> 00:09:58.798 ON OUT HERE SOMEWHERE. 286 00:09:58.798 --> 00:10:00.366 STACY: HOLY GUACAMOLE. 287 00:10:00.366 --> 00:10:01.467 ANNOUNCER: KODIAK BROWN 288 00:10:01.467 --> 00:10:02.435 BEARS CAN GROW TO BE MORE 289 00:10:02.435 --> 00:10:04.704 THAN 10 FEET TALL AND WEIGH OVER 290 00:10:04.704 --> 00:10:06.906 1,500 POUNDS. 291 00:10:06.906 --> 00:10:07.773 STACY: ARE YOU TRAINED IN FIRST 292 00:10:07.773 --> 00:10:09.976 AID SURVIVAL? 293 00:10:09.976 --> 00:10:11.143 ANNOUNCER: PETER KNOWS THE 294 00:10:11.143 --> 00:10:12.445 BEARS SHOULDN'T POSE A PROBLEM 295 00:10:12.445 --> 00:10:14.380 THIS TIME OF YEAR. IT'S 296 00:10:14.380 --> 00:10:16.515 THE END OF SALMON SEASON, AND 297 00:10:16.515 --> 00:10:18.184 BEARS ARE MORE INTERESTED IN 298 00:10:18.184 --> 00:10:21.053 HIBERNATION THEN PEOPLE. 299 00:10:21.053 --> 00:10:23.623 MIKE: OK. FISHY, FISHY, I NEED 300 00:10:23.623 --> 00:10:25.057 YOU IN MY LIFE. 301 00:10:25.057 --> 00:10:26.058 STACY: I'M GONNA GET THAT ONE 302 00:10:26.058 --> 00:10:27.727 RIGHT THERE. THAT ONE'S MINE. 303 00:10:27.727 --> 00:10:28.861 MIKE: LOOK. YOU SEE THAT BIG OLD 304 00:10:28.861 --> 00:10:30.563 FISH GRAB IT? WOW! 305 00:10:30.563 --> 00:10:31.697 STACY: THAT'S THE SAME ONE I'M 306 00:10:31.697 --> 00:10:33.566 GOING FOR. GO TRY OVER THERE. 307 00:10:33.566 --> 00:10:35.067 YOU STEAL MY THUNDER WHEN IT 308 00:10:35.067 --> 00:10:37.136 COMES TO FISH. OOH, I GOT IT. 309 00:10:37.136 --> 00:10:38.804 OOH, I GOT SOMETHING. 310 00:10:38.804 --> 00:10:42.742 OOH! HEY! OH, MY GOD. 311 00:10:42.742 --> 00:10:43.809 MIKE: WHAT HAPPENED? 312 00:10:43.809 --> 00:10:44.744 STACY: LOOK, 313 00:10:44.744 --> 00:10:45.578 I'VE CAUGHT SOME GRASS. 314 00:10:45.578 --> 00:10:47.446 [LAUGHTER] 315 00:10:47.446 --> 00:10:48.748 MIKE: OH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. 316 00:10:48.748 --> 00:10:49.582 GOT HIM. 317 00:10:49.582 --> 00:10:50.750 STACY: OH, THAT'S A BIG ONE. 318 00:10:50.750 --> 00:10:54.253 MIKE: OHH! 319 00:10:54.253 --> 00:10:55.821 IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE BUSH 320 00:10:55.821 --> 00:10:57.056 PLANE, I WOULDN'T BE CATCHING 321 00:10:57.056 --> 00:10:58.624 ALL THESE BIG OLD SALMON RIGHT 322 00:10:58.624 --> 00:11:04.096 HERE. COME ON. 323 00:11:04.096 --> 00:11:05.064 HEY, STACE. 324 00:11:05.064 --> 00:11:06.165 STACT: YEAH? 325 00:11:06.165 --> 00:11:07.133 MIKE: CHECK THIS GUY OUT. 326 00:11:07.133 --> 00:11:08.701 STACY: OH, THAT IS PRETTY BIG. 327 00:11:08.701 --> 00:11:09.935 NICE CATCH, BABE. 328 00:11:09.935 --> 00:11:13.272 MIKE: THANK YOU. WHOA. 329 00:11:13.272 --> 00:11:14.373 SORRY, BUDDY. 330 00:11:14.373 --> 00:11:15.608 PETER: I GOT IT, THOUGH. 331 00:11:15.608 --> 00:11:17.243 MIKE: YOU NEVER KNOW. 332 00:11:17.243 --> 00:11:18.744 ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GOOD ONE. 333 00:11:18.744 --> 00:11:20.112 THANK YOU. 334 00:11:20.112 --> 00:11:22.114 [LAUGHTER] 335 00:11:22.114 --> 00:11:25.351 GOT A BIG SALMON IN ALASKA. 336 00:11:25.351 --> 00:11:26.318 STACY: GENTLEMEN, THIS IS THE 337 00:11:26.318 --> 00:11:27.286 BEST EXPERIENCE I'VE HAD IN 338 00:11:27.286 --> 00:11:28.454 MY LIFE. 339 00:11:28.454 --> 00:11:29.488 ANNOUNCER: THE SQUALLS HAVE 340 00:11:29.488 --> 00:11:30.589 PASSED AND PETER IS CLEARED 341 00:11:30.589 --> 00:11:31.891 TO FLY. 342 00:11:31.891 --> 00:11:33.459 THE INTERRUPTED FLIGHTSEEING 343 00:11:33.459 --> 00:11:35.594 TOUR HAS PAID OFF IN SPADES WITH 344 00:11:35.594 --> 00:11:37.797 MIKE'S SALMON AND STACY'S FIRST 345 00:11:37.797 --> 00:11:40.566 EVER FLOAT PLANE RIDE. 346 00:11:40.566 --> 00:11:41.934 STACY: I WOULD DO IT AGAIN. 347 00:11:41.934 --> 00:11:46.972 I WOULD DEFINITELY DO IT AGAIN. 348 00:11:46.972 --> 00:11:48.474 ANNOUNCER: PETE HAS ACED HIS 349 00:11:48.474 --> 00:11:52.578 FIRST RIDE WITH PASSENGERS. 350 00:11:52.578 --> 00:11:54.080 BOB: IF YOU ASKED ME WHAT MY 351 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:56.482 JOB IS, IT'S TRAINING. 352 00:11:56.482 --> 00:11:59.585 IT'S TO WATCH WHO'S OUT THERE SO 353 00:11:59.585 --> 00:12:00.986 WHEN MY CUSTOMER ASKS ME WHO'S 354 00:12:00.986 --> 00:12:02.488 FLYING? WHO'S THE NEW GUY? WE 355 00:12:02.488 --> 00:12:04.156 HAVE NEW GUYS EVERY 18 MONTHS. 356 00:12:04.156 --> 00:12:05.591 IT'S AN 18-MONTH COMMITMENT. 357 00:12:05.591 --> 00:12:07.493 WE DON'T RUSH IT. THEY JUST-- 358 00:12:07.493 --> 00:12:10.162 THERE'S A LOT TO COVER 359 00:12:10.162 --> 00:12:11.897 AND A LOT OF CONFIDENCE 360 00:12:11.897 --> 00:12:12.998 TO BUILD. 361 00:12:12.998 --> 00:12:14.100 NEVER KNOWING WHAT'S AROUND THE 362 00:12:14.100 --> 00:12:15.267 NEXT CORNER, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE 363 00:12:15.267 --> 00:12:16.669 TO BE--YOU GOTTA GO TO YOUR 364 00:12:16.669 --> 00:12:18.070 HAPPY PLACE. 365 00:12:18.070 --> 00:12:20.039 AND IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT, THEN 366 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:23.943 THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO FLY. 367 00:12:23.943 --> 00:12:25.344 ANNOUNCER: ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT 368 00:12:25.344 --> 00:12:27.313 HITTING THE ENTIRE ISLAND, THE 369 00:12:27.313 --> 00:12:29.048 STORM HAS INTENSIFIED ON THE 370 00:12:29.048 --> 00:12:31.851 SOUTHWEST SIDE. 371 00:12:31.851 --> 00:12:32.852 CRAIG: WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD 372 00:12:32.852 --> 00:12:34.220 STORM MOVING IN ON US NOW, 373 00:12:34.220 --> 00:12:35.287 BRINGING US HEAVY RAIN AND SOME 374 00:12:35.287 --> 00:12:36.655 BIG WINDS. AND NOW 375 00:12:36.655 --> 00:12:37.790 10-FOOT SEAS ARE 376 00:12:37.790 --> 00:12:40.359 FORECAST TO COME IN HERE. 377 00:12:40.359 --> 00:12:42.862 [THUNDER] 378 00:12:42.862 --> 00:12:43.796 ANNOUNCER: BAD NEWS 379 00:12:43.796 --> 00:12:44.964 FOR A GROUP OF HUNTERS WHO ARE 380 00:12:44.964 --> 00:12:46.499 TRYING TO GET TO EAGLE HARBOR 381 00:12:46.499 --> 00:12:48.267 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 382 00:12:48.267 --> 00:12:49.835 ISLAND AIR. 383 00:12:49.835 --> 00:12:51.003 MAN: PRETTY TYPICAL IN ALASKA. 384 00:12:51.003 --> 00:12:52.538 YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU GO TO 385 00:12:52.538 --> 00:12:54.573 REMOTE HUNT, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S 386 00:12:54.573 --> 00:12:55.808 ALWAYS--THE WEATHER IS ALWAYS A 387 00:12:55.808 --> 00:12:56.675 FACTOR. 388 00:12:56.675 --> 00:12:57.743 PETER: HUNTERS WILL GET STUCK 389 00:12:57.743 --> 00:12:58.544 HERE IN KODIAK. 390 00:12:58.544 --> 00:12:59.211 THE WEATHER WILL BE TOO BAD 391 00:12:59.211 --> 00:13:00.045 HERE OR WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO 392 00:13:00.045 --> 00:13:01.747 GET TO. 393 00:13:06.252 --> 00:13:07.853 EMILY: WEATHER DAYS ARE ALWAYS A 394 00:13:07.853 --> 00:13:09.622 FUN TIME AT ISLAND AIR. 395 00:13:09.622 --> 00:13:15.227 CLIENTS CAN GET...CRABBY. 396 00:13:15.227 --> 00:13:16.428 ANNOUNCER: ESPECIALLY WHEN A 397 00:13:16.428 --> 00:13:18.564 STORM DECIDES TO STICK AROUND 398 00:13:18.564 --> 00:13:21.567 FOR DAYS. 399 00:13:21.567 --> 00:13:23.068 EMILY: I HAVE YOU SCHEDULED TO 400 00:13:23.068 --> 00:13:24.403 GO OUT TO EAGLE HARBOR WITH US 401 00:13:24.403 --> 00:13:26.205 TODAY. WEATHER IS NOT LOOKING 402 00:13:26.205 --> 00:13:27.106 GOOD FOR THAT AREA. 403 00:13:27.106 --> 00:13:29.108 THE WIND IS BLOWING PRETTY HARD. 404 00:13:29.108 --> 00:13:30.409 AND SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO FLY 405 00:13:30.409 --> 00:13:32.511 YOU OUT THERE. 406 00:13:36.348 --> 00:13:38.284 GOOD MORNING, JAY. 407 00:13:38.284 --> 00:13:44.490 MORE BAD NEWS. 408 00:13:44.490 --> 00:13:46.258 I JUST HEARD FROM EAGLE HARBOR, 409 00:13:46.258 --> 00:13:48.761 THOUGH, AND THEY HAVE BIG SWELLS 410 00:13:48.761 --> 00:13:50.296 AND SO WE CANNOT GET TO THE 411 00:13:50.296 --> 00:13:52.264 BEACH TODAY. 412 00:13:52.264 --> 00:13:54.767 NO, WE'RE NOT UP AGAIN TODAY. 413 00:13:54.767 --> 00:13:57.870 MAN: [GROANS] YOU'RE KILLING 414 00:13:57.870 --> 00:13:59.138 ME HERE. 415 00:13:59.138 --> 00:14:00.239 PETER: EVERYBODY'S KIND OF 416 00:14:00.239 --> 00:14:01.273 GETTING REALLY ANTSY, AND 417 00:14:01.273 --> 00:14:02.942 TENSIONS GET HIGH, BUT YOU KNOW, 418 00:14:02.942 --> 00:14:04.577 WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FLY SAFE 419 00:14:04.577 --> 00:14:05.611 TRANSPORTATION SERVICE TO AND 420 00:14:05.611 --> 00:14:07.580 FROM THEIR--FROM THEIR HUNT. 421 00:14:07.580 --> 00:14:09.048 DAVE: SOMETIMES PEOPLE WANT YOU 422 00:14:09.048 --> 00:14:11.050 TO FLY WHEN YOU KNOW DARN WELL 423 00:14:11.050 --> 00:14:12.284 YOU SHOULDN'T. 424 00:14:12.284 --> 00:14:13.619 IT'S NOT SAFE FOR YOU. 425 00:14:13.619 --> 00:14:15.120 IT'S NOT SAFE FOR THEM. 426 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:16.288 BUT IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR BUSH 427 00:14:16.288 --> 00:14:17.690 PILOTS IS LEARNING WHEN TO 428 00:14:17.690 --> 00:14:18.657 SAY NO. 429 00:14:18.657 --> 00:14:20.192 ANNOUNCER: SAYING NO TODAY 430 00:14:20.192 --> 00:14:21.794 MIGHT BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 431 00:14:21.794 --> 00:14:24.396 LIFE AND DEATH. 432 00:14:31.937 --> 00:14:33.172 ANNOUNCER: AN INTENSE 433 00:14:33.172 --> 00:14:34.974 COLD FRONT FROM THE BERING SEA 434 00:14:34.974 --> 00:14:39.678 HAS KODIAK IN A STRANGLEHOLD. 435 00:14:39.678 --> 00:14:41.213 THE STORM HAS KEPT ISLAND AIR'S 436 00:14:41.213 --> 00:14:43.048 PLANES GROUNDED FOR THE PAST 437 00:14:43.048 --> 00:14:44.884 SIX DAYS. 438 00:14:44.884 --> 00:14:46.185 FRUSTRATING FOR A GROUP OF 439 00:14:46.185 --> 00:14:48.721 HUNTERS WHO ARE STUCK IN KODIAK 440 00:14:48.721 --> 00:14:51.390 UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. 441 00:14:51.390 --> 00:14:52.391 MAN: WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET 442 00:14:52.391 --> 00:14:53.459 OUT TO EAGLE HARBOR FOR 443 00:14:53.459 --> 00:14:55.961 SIX DAYS. 444 00:14:55.961 --> 00:14:58.497 >> IT'S COMING IN. 445 00:14:58.497 --> 00:15:00.666 SOMETIMES THESE STORMS DON'T 446 00:15:00.666 --> 00:15:04.336 STOP FOR 20 DAYS. 447 00:15:04.336 --> 00:15:05.604 >> HOLY MOLY. 448 00:15:05.604 --> 00:15:06.939 ANNOUNCER: IT'S DESCRIBED AS 449 00:15:06.939 --> 00:15:09.141 THE WORST WEATHER IN THE WORLD, 450 00:15:09.141 --> 00:15:10.910 AND ITS UNPREDICTABILITY CAN 451 00:15:10.910 --> 00:15:14.346 WREAK HAVOC ON EVERYONE. 452 00:15:19.952 --> 00:15:21.086 BOB: THIS WAS ABOUT 20 YEARS 453 00:15:21.086 --> 00:15:22.121 AGO, AND I TELL YOU IT REALLY 454 00:15:22.121 --> 00:15:25.291 MESSED WITH ME. 455 00:15:25.291 --> 00:15:26.859 I WAS GOING ALONG RIGHT WHERE 456 00:15:26.859 --> 00:15:29.061 WE'RE AT NOW, AND RIGHT ABOUT 457 00:15:29.061 --> 00:15:33.432 NOW I SHOULD'VE BEEN CLIMBING. 458 00:15:33.432 --> 00:15:34.800 WE HAVE A WIND THAT'S A LITTLE 459 00:15:34.800 --> 00:15:35.901 DIFFERENT. WOULD'VE BEEN COMING 460 00:15:35.901 --> 00:15:37.069 FROM MY RIGHT. 461 00:15:37.069 --> 00:15:39.138 BUT IN THAT DAY WAS THE LEFT. 462 00:15:39.138 --> 00:15:41.774 I STARTED RIGHT DOWN THIS PASS, 463 00:15:41.774 --> 00:15:43.108 BUT I WAS--I'LL TELL YOU, 464 00:15:43.108 --> 00:15:44.243 I WAS QUITE A BIT LOWER. 465 00:15:44.243 --> 00:15:45.678 I WAS LITERALLY SKIPPING ALONG 466 00:15:45.678 --> 00:15:47.112 THE SURFACE. 467 00:15:47.112 --> 00:15:48.447 I COULD NOT GET THE PLANE TO 468 00:15:48.447 --> 00:15:50.149 COME UP. 469 00:15:50.149 --> 00:15:52.384 TO THIS DAY I DO NOT KNOW WHY IT 470 00:15:52.384 --> 00:15:57.189 DIDN'T RISE. 471 00:15:57.189 --> 00:15:59.224 AND I WAS RIGHT ABOUT HERE 472 00:15:59.224 --> 00:16:00.526 LITERALLY AT TREETOP LEVEL 473 00:16:00.526 --> 00:16:01.794 STARING AT THOSE TREES RIGHT IN 474 00:16:01.794 --> 00:16:05.464 FRONT OF ME. 475 00:16:05.464 --> 00:16:08.100 I SHOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO JUST 476 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:10.536 CLIMB LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL 477 00:16:10.536 --> 00:16:15.107 GOING OUT OF THERE. COULD NOT 478 00:16:15.107 --> 00:16:16.942 GET THE PLANE TO CLIMB. 479 00:16:16.942 --> 00:16:18.310 I SAID A PRAYER RIGHT THEN. 480 00:16:18.310 --> 00:16:20.312 THAT'S ONE OF THE MOMENTS I-- 481 00:16:20.312 --> 00:16:24.750 I SAID A PRAYER AND I TOLD THIS 482 00:16:24.750 --> 00:16:29.588 AIRCRAFT TO RISE. 483 00:16:29.588 --> 00:16:31.890 AND FINALLY, RIGHT ABOUT NOW, IT 484 00:16:31.890 --> 00:16:33.425 RELEASED ME AND I CAME RIGHT UP 485 00:16:33.425 --> 00:16:34.827 OVER THESE TREES AND IT LET ME 486 00:16:34.827 --> 00:16:37.129 GO. WHY DID THAT DOWNDRAFT 487 00:16:37.129 --> 00:16:38.397 FINALLY RELEASE ME? 488 00:16:38.397 --> 00:16:41.500 HONESTLY, IN MY HEART I BELIEVE 489 00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:43.669 THAT THE GOOD LORD WAS TRYING TO 490 00:16:43.669 --> 00:16:46.739 TEACH ME SOMETHING, AND IT'S ONE 491 00:16:46.739 --> 00:16:48.741 OF THE FEW TIMES IN MY 40-YEAR 492 00:16:48.741 --> 00:16:51.844 CAREER THAT I ASKED FOR DEFINITE 493 00:16:51.844 --> 00:16:58.183 ACTION AND HELP. AND I GOT IT. 494 00:16:58.183 --> 00:17:00.519 THAT WAS A MOMENT THAT I'LL 495 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:03.022 NEVER FORGET. 496 00:17:03.022 --> 00:17:04.957 [MUSIC] 497 00:17:10.195 --> 00:17:11.663 THAT WAS A PERIOD 498 00:17:11.663 --> 00:17:13.032 IN MY LIFE WHERE THE FUN WENT 499 00:17:13.032 --> 00:17:14.166 OUT OF IT. 500 00:17:14.166 --> 00:17:16.101 IT WAS ALL WORK ALL THE TIME. 501 00:17:16.101 --> 00:17:17.503 AND FOR THE NEXT YEAR I WAS 502 00:17:17.503 --> 00:17:19.438 HYPER AWARE OF EVERYTHING I WAS 503 00:17:19.438 --> 00:17:20.706 DOING IN A PLANE. 504 00:17:20.706 --> 00:17:22.541 AND I JUST--THE ENJOYMENT 505 00:17:22.541 --> 00:17:23.876 LEVEL WENT OUT OF IT. 506 00:17:23.876 --> 00:17:27.279 IT WASN'T A FUN PERIOD. 507 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:29.314 [MUSIC] 508 00:17:32.384 --> 00:17:33.886 HONESTLY, IT TOOK ME A WHOLE 509 00:17:33.886 --> 00:17:35.187 SEASON, TOOK ALMOST A YEAR, TO 510 00:17:35.187 --> 00:17:36.855 GET THAT FEELING TO GO AWAY. 511 00:17:36.855 --> 00:17:38.057 SO I GUESS IT'S A TRUST IN 512 00:17:38.057 --> 00:17:39.992 YOURSELF AND YOUR 513 00:17:39.992 --> 00:17:43.562 DECISION-MAKING ABILITY IN 514 00:17:43.562 --> 00:17:45.664 THAT AIRCRAFT. 515 00:17:49.835 --> 00:17:53.338 [MUSIC] 516 00:17:53.338 --> 00:17:55.040 THE STORM THAT'S BEEN BATTERING 517 00:17:55.040 --> 00:17:57.176 THE ISLAND HAS DISSIPATED. 518 00:17:57.176 --> 00:17:58.444 GREAT NEWS FOR A GROUP OF 519 00:17:58.444 --> 00:17:59.812 HUNTERS THAT HAVE BEEN TRYING TO 520 00:17:59.812 --> 00:18:02.114 GET TO EAGLE HARBOR. 521 00:18:02.114 --> 00:18:03.182 PETER: THE WEATHER BROKE FOR US 522 00:18:03.182 --> 00:18:04.216 THIS MORNING. WE'RE ACTUALLY 523 00:18:04.216 --> 00:18:05.250 SEEING SOME SUN OUT, SO 524 00:18:05.250 --> 00:18:06.418 HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA SNEAK 525 00:18:06.418 --> 00:18:08.087 THESE GUYS IN. 526 00:18:08.087 --> 00:18:09.021 ANNOUNCER: THE HUNTERS ARE 527 00:18:09.021 --> 00:18:10.823 CARRYING MORE THAN 2,000 POUNDS 528 00:18:10.823 --> 00:18:12.858 OF GEAR, TOO MUCH WEIGHT FOR ONE 529 00:18:12.858 --> 00:18:14.493 PLANE TO HANDLE, 530 00:18:14.493 --> 00:18:16.395 SO PETER WILL FLY A SECOND 531 00:18:16.395 --> 00:18:21.200 BEAVER. 532 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:23.869 THE PLANES CAN NOW TAKE OFF, 533 00:18:23.869 --> 00:18:27.806 BUT CAN THEY LAND SAFELY? 534 00:18:27.806 --> 00:18:29.007 PETER: ALL THAT ENERGY BUILT UP 535 00:18:29.007 --> 00:18:30.976 BY THE STORMS HAS BEEN 536 00:18:30.976 --> 00:18:31.810 BUILDING UP THIS SWELL, 537 00:18:31.810 --> 00:18:32.878 AND IT JUST DOESN'T TURN OFF 538 00:18:32.878 --> 00:18:34.646 OVERNIGHT. 539 00:18:37.749 --> 00:18:39.218 BOB: WE'VE HAD EASTERLIES NOW 540 00:18:39.218 --> 00:18:42.454 FOR OVER A WEEK, UPWARDS OF, 541 00:18:42.454 --> 00:18:44.623 YOU KNOW, ALMOST 40 KNOTS. 542 00:18:44.623 --> 00:18:46.325 THE SWELL IS STILL QUITE 543 00:18:46.325 --> 00:18:47.960 PRONOUNCED. 544 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:50.028 I MEAN, IF YOU HEAD OUT THIS 545 00:18:50.028 --> 00:18:52.064 DIRECTION, NEXT STOP IS 546 00:18:52.064 --> 00:18:54.399 ANTARCTICA. 547 00:18:54.399 --> 00:18:55.801 ANNOUNCER: MANY PLANES HAVE 548 00:18:55.801 --> 00:18:57.603 PERISHED BY ATTEMPTING TO LAND 549 00:18:57.603 --> 00:19:02.441 IN THESE ROUGH SEAS. 550 00:19:02.441 --> 00:19:03.709 PETER: YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE 551 00:19:03.709 --> 00:19:05.744 CAN MAKE IT IN THAT LAGOON. 552 00:19:05.744 --> 00:19:07.679 [MUSIC] 553 00:19:16.722 --> 00:19:21.927 YEAH, IT'S KINDA MURKY IN THERE. 554 00:19:21.927 --> 00:19:24.596 ALL RIGHT [UNCLEAR]. 555 00:19:24.596 --> 00:19:26.532 [MUSIC] 556 00:19:33.038 --> 00:19:34.206 BOB: THE SWELL'S NOT TOO BAD 557 00:19:34.206 --> 00:19:35.607 IN HERE. ACTUALLY I 558 00:19:35.607 --> 00:19:37.309 EXPECTED A LOT WORSE. BUT WHAT'S 559 00:19:37.309 --> 00:19:38.610 GONNA HAPPEN IS WHEN THESE GUYS 560 00:19:38.610 --> 00:19:40.279 GO ON TO THE BEACH RIGHT NOW, 561 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:42.681 PLANE'S GONNA SURGE IN AND OUT. 562 00:19:42.681 --> 00:19:43.815 ANNOUNCER: WITH SOME OF THE 563 00:19:43.815 --> 00:19:44.783 BIGGEST TIDAL SWINGS IN THE 564 00:19:44.783 --> 00:19:47.786 WORLD, KODIAK BEACHES CAN BECOME 565 00:19:47.786 --> 00:19:53.225 A FLOAT PLANE GRAVEYARD. 566 00:19:53.225 --> 00:19:54.493 PETER: IF WE GET A REALLY BIG 567 00:19:54.493 --> 00:19:56.028 WAVE, WE GET PUSHED UP TOO HIGH, 568 00:19:56.028 --> 00:19:58.630 AND THEN WE'RE KIND A ON DRY 569 00:19:58.630 --> 00:19:59.798 LAND. THAT'S NOT WHERE A FLOAT 570 00:19:59.798 --> 00:20:01.033 PLANE WANTS TO BE. 571 00:20:01.033 --> 00:20:02.100 BOB: JUST THINK ABOUT IT. 572 00:20:02.100 --> 00:20:03.168 IF IT WAS POINTING TOWARDS THE 573 00:20:03.168 --> 00:20:05.204 BEACH AND STARTED GOING DRY, 574 00:20:05.204 --> 00:20:06.471 THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO. 575 00:20:06.471 --> 00:20:07.539 WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT TO FLOAT 576 00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:08.907 AGAIN. 577 00:20:08.907 --> 00:20:10.042 >> PULL IT AROUND AND 578 00:20:10.042 --> 00:20:11.643 THEN GET THAT TAIL ROLLED. 579 00:20:11.643 --> 00:20:13.579 >> GET MY MOUTH POINTED OUT. 580 00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:18.984 POINTED OUT. 581 00:20:18.984 --> 00:20:20.152 PETER: WE WERE DEFINITELY 582 00:20:20.152 --> 00:20:20.986 GETTING BEAT UP ON THE BEACH 583 00:20:20.986 --> 00:20:25.190 A BIT. 584 00:20:25.190 --> 00:20:26.792 TRYING TO UNLOAD THE AIRPLANE, 585 00:20:26.792 --> 00:20:27.759 AND THE AIRPLANE'S ROCKING UP 586 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.827 AND DOWN. 587 00:20:28.827 --> 00:20:30.162 >> DON'T LET THEM PUSH ON THAT 588 00:20:30.162 --> 00:20:33.665 ELEVATOR. 589 00:20:33.665 --> 00:20:34.967 PETER: WE JUST DON'T WANT TO 590 00:20:34.967 --> 00:20:37.336 GET IT TOO HIGH. 591 00:20:37.336 --> 00:20:39.271 [MUSIC] 592 00:21:08.066 --> 00:21:09.401 ANNOUNCER: LADY LUCK WAS ON 593 00:21:09.401 --> 00:21:13.505 THEIR SIDE TODAY. 594 00:21:13.505 --> 00:21:14.873 THE SWELLS DIDN'T BEACH THE 595 00:21:14.873 --> 00:21:16.642 PLANES, AND THE HUNTERS ARE 596 00:21:16.642 --> 00:21:18.410 FINALLY OFF TO START THEIR 597 00:21:18.410 --> 00:21:19.711 ADVENTURE. 598 00:21:19.711 --> 00:21:20.746 BOB: NOT GONNA SAY THERE'S ANY 599 00:21:20.746 --> 00:21:21.880 GLORY IN THIS. YOU LEARN YOUR 600 00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:24.049 TRADE. IT'S HARD. IT'S 601 00:21:24.049 --> 00:21:26.718 TIRING. I GUESS WE ASK WHY DO WE 602 00:21:26.718 --> 00:21:28.720 KEEP DOING THIS? I DON'T KNOW IF 603 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:30.656 IT'S THE ADRENALINE AT TIMES. 604 00:21:30.656 --> 00:21:32.524 IT'S JUST THE SEEING MOTHER 605 00:21:32.524 --> 00:21:34.826 NATURE IN HER GLORY AROUND HERE. 606 00:21:34.826 --> 00:21:37.229 I MEAN, JUST IT'S THE ANIMALS. 607 00:21:37.229 --> 00:21:38.797 IT'S ALL THE AWESOME PEOPLE YOU 608 00:21:38.797 --> 00:21:39.898 MEET IN THE VILLAGES. 609 00:21:39.898 --> 00:21:41.400 AND I JUST THINK I'M SUPPOSED TO 610 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:43.669 BE DOING IT.