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Alaska: The Last Frontier

  • TV-14
  • 2011–2022
  • 11 seasons
  • Reality
  • 7.3

Centers on the Kilcher family and their community outside Homer, Alaska. Begun by patriarch Yule Kilcher who immigrated from Europe during WWII, and currently led by his sons, Otto and Atz Kilcher (singer Jewel's father) the family have lived on their land for four generations. The show also features the homesteaders who live nearby and interact with the Kilchers.

Episodes

15 episodes
  1. 1'Till The Cows Come Home

    44 minMay 20, 2013

    The Kilchers rush to finish winter prep work and Otto drives his herd home.

  2. 2Poopsicle

    45 minMay 27, 2013

    Otto gets creative in beating the frozen soil when moving the outhouse.

  3. 3Eve's Hunting Dilemma

    45 minJun 3, 2013

    Eivin's deer quota is met and it's up to Eve to bring home enough meat.

  4. 4Fall Flurry

    45 minJun 10, 2013

    The Kilchers race through the last few days of fall before winter hits.

  5. 5Family Ties

    43 minJun 15, 2013

    With extended scenes, added facts and fan tweets - Take a deeper look at Kilcher family history with archived footage including Yule, the family patriarch and original homesteader and his wife Ruth. Otto and Atz share parenting insights and Otto and Eivin search for gold.

  6. 6Something's Fishy

    43 minNov 6, 2012

    With summer half over, the Kilchers head out fishing, but it's not for fun... at least, not entirely. They need hundreds of pounds of fish to eat and barter with during winter. Each couple has their own time-proven technique for catching salmon, halibut and trout.

  7. 7Legend of "Terrible Island"

    43 minNov 13, 2012

    Atz Lee and Eivin travel 160 miles and brave the bears of "Terrible Island" to hunt deer. Otto refuses to admit defeat and will use all the blackpowder he has to remove a pesky stump blocking his progress. Eve helps Charlotte solve a swarming bee problem.

  8. 8Fall Feast

    43 minNov 20, 2012

    Fall arrives; the Kilchers scramble to finish their winter prep. Otto confronts a predator killing calves from inside his herd. Atz Lee and Jane catch and smoke salmon in their secret fish camp. Eivin uses a samurai sword to prepare Thanksgiving dinner.

  9. 9Life According To Otto

    43 minNov 27, 2012

    Cattleman Otto Kilcher sees life a little differently. Some people think he's crazy, but he'll tell you it's just his willingness to accept whatever life brings him. Otto's sense of humor is infectious and his ingenuity inspires family and neighbor alike.

  10. 10Homestead Innovations

    43 minDec 4, 2012

    For the Kilchers, necessity truly is the mother of invention and recycling takes on a whole new level -- from bone yard scavengers and make-do parts to tasty roadkill suppers. And it's not just the Kilcher men who have to be tough and resourceful.

  11. 11Till the Cows Come Home

    43 minMay 19, 2013

    Late fall. Half the herd returns early from the summer grazing grounds so the Kilchers drive the rest home across icy rivers. The family rushes to finish other winter prep work but still makes time for a beach-scavenged gourmet picnic.

  12. 12Poopsicle

    43 minMay 26, 2013

    Otto gets creative to beat the frozen soil when he realizes he must move the outhouse, now. Eivin takes Eve on her first deerhunt on Afognak Island, which is teeming with wild animals including awake bears. Atz and sons gather trees for a big new project.

  13. 13Eve's Hunting Dilemma

    43 minJun 2, 2013

    Otto pulls porcupine quills out of a colt's face. With Eivin's legal quota met, it's up to Eve to bring home more deer meat from their hunting trip, but she's conflicted about the kill. Atz and Atz Lee snare rabbits; Jane gets a lesson in rabbit skinning.

  14. 14Fall Flurry

    43 minJun 9, 2013

    The Kilchers race through the last few days of fall before winter finally hits, prepping the hunter and cattleman cabins, winterizing the bee hive, sorting the root cellar, bottling the raspberry mead, and creating a new field with an excavator and barge.

  15. 15Family Ties

    43 minJun 15, 2013

    Take a deeper look at Kilcher family history with archived footage including Yule, the family patriarch and original homesteader. Otto and Atz share parenting insights and Otto and Eivin search for gold.

Where to watch Alaska: The Last Frontier

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Series cast

Atz KilcherSelf166 episodes
Atz Lee KilcherSelf166 episodes
Otto KilcherSelf166 episodes
Charlotte KilcherSelf166 episodes

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