Life Below Zero · S7 · E14
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Sue's loader travels to Kavik on a convoy. Glenn builds a snow cave and stays on the mountain overnight. Andy rebuilds his wind turbine. Agnes and Chip travel home to Noorvik.
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Sue's loader travels to Kavik on a convoy. Glenn builds a snow cave and stays on the mountain overnight. Andy rebuilds his wind turbine. Agnes and Chip travel home to Noorvik.
Season 7
1On the Edge
60 minApr 7, 2016
Sue readies her camp for the coming winter. Glenn makes his move from Fairbanks to Chandalar. Jessie revamps his entire dog lot. The Hailstones begin work on a mobile home.
2Pride and Power
60 minApr 14, 2016
Sue waits on a fuel delivery. Glenn goes on a moose hunt. Jessie revamps his dog lot. The Hailstones begin to build a mobile home.
3Falling Apart
60 minApr 21, 2016
Sue makes needed repairs around camp. Jessie collects fish from his fish wheel. Glenn works to haul a moose back to camp. Chip processes and trades pieces of a caribou.
4Deadly Tracks
60 minApr 28, 2016
With the freeze under way, Alaskans scramble to secure their livelihoods. Sue Aikens returns to find a dangerous predator lurking just outside of camp.
5Breaking Through
60 minMay 5, 2016
The Arctic’s late freeze presents unique challenges for Alaskans as they attempt to gather food and resources for survival.
6Shakedown
60 minMay 12, 2016
Repairs, hunting and errands are all on the to-do list as five Alaskans struggle to get through the everyday grind as a long, dark winter looms ahead.
7Ghosts of Winter
60 minMay 19, 2016
The looming arrival of dark winter forces Alaskans to tackle various obstacles to ensure a prosperous season.
8No Boundaries
60 minMay 26, 2016
In the dead of winter, Alaskans travel into the mountains and across frozen rivers and tundra to obtain resources for survival.
9Trapped and Hunted
60 minJun 2, 2016
Though not easy tasks, trapping and hunting are essential activities for Alaskans to get crucial food and fur to survive dark winter.
10Winter Kill
60 minJun 9, 2016
Alaskans pursue scarce resources in anticipation of the coming spring and face some unexpected surprises.
11Sue Aikens
60 minJun 9, 2016
Sue Aikens has chosen to carve out a life of perilous isolation in the remote artic tundra, overcoming constant challenges to thrive at Kavik River Camp, a remote refueling station on the North Slope of Alaska. Sue reveals her journey to Kavik, starting from a rough childhood and tracing through three marriages and numerous ups and downs, and she shares what it is that draws her to a life of solitude.
12Loaded
60 minJun 9, 2016
Sue gets stuck with the loader on the road from Deadhorse to Kavik. Glenn suffers a leg injury on a trek home. Andy kills and processes a lynx. Chip hunts for muskox.
13The Hailstones
60 minJun 16, 2016
Chip and Agnes Hailstone struggle to live in the Artic and survive as a family, while passing along the importance of their heritage and native traditions to their children. Chip and Agnes discuss their background and experiences, sharing the struggles they have had living a semi-nomadic subsistence lifestyle while hunting, fishing and gathering to survive in the harsh conditions of Northwest Alaska.
14No Shortcuts
60 minJun 16, 2016Now viewing
Sue's loader travels to Kavik on a convoy. Glenn builds a snow cave and stays on the mountain overnight. Andy rebuilds his wind turbine. Agnes and Chip travel home to Noorvik.
15Glenn Villeneuve
60 minJun 23, 2016
Sixty-five miles above the Arctic Circle, in a sparse Brooks Range, Glenn Villeneuve has given up nearly all modern conveniences to carve out a life of freedom in the wild.