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Episode 1

The Cost of Paradise

Synopsis

As winter approaches in Port Protection, residents must be prepared or face consequences. Open deer season provides Gary Muehlberger with an opportunity to stockpile meat. Stuart Andrews and Dave Squibb fish for halibut to fill their freezers. Mary Miller faces her fears to harvest firewood for the winter. In the wake of Jethro's passing, Curly Leech trains a new dog for life in Southeast Alaska

Episode 2

45 Mins

The Company of Wolves

Synopsis

Its time to stock up in Port Protection. Curly Leach goes out to get fire wood, but struggles to stop the rocks damaging his new skiff. Gary Muehlberger's first fishing trip is a bust and he decides a beer is a better idea. The next day he catches food for the cat and dog. Mary Miller goes deer hunting and hopes she doesn't become the hunted when she gets lost. Sam Carlson converts an old propane tank into a bio charcoal maker, to enrich the soil for his garden.

Episode 3

45 Mins

Trial by Fire

Synopsis

Gary Muehlberger goes on a wood hunt. Felling a huge dead pine, he is set for wood for the whole winter. Curly Leach tries to get some geese with his trainee dog, but the training is a work in progress. Sam Carlson and Dave Squibb build a giant version of a rocket stove. Their idea is to burn Port Protection waste as cleanly and efficiently as possible. Mary Miller hunts for fish for her and her animals while trying not to be sunk by a whale.

Episode 4

45 Mins

The Crusher

Synopsis

Sam Carlson and Dave Squibb build a crusher attachment for a log splitting machine to recycle aluminium cans. Getting near the end of the duck season, Gary Muehlberger goes hunting in the hope of bagging a few. Mary Miller feels like a change in her diet and tries her hand at shrimping. Needing more firewood for winter, Stuart Andrews looks for felled trees to cut up.

Episode 5

45 Mins

Dangerous Grounds

Synopsis

Port Protection's residents must complete vital tasks before winter, with the help of family or friends. Sam Carlson and his son Matt venture to remote, dangerous terrain in hopes of harvesting deer. Gary Muehlberger enlists his friend, Curly Leach, to make vital repairs to his home before the snow flies. Dave Squibb and his partner, Kristina, work to install solar panels for energy independence.

Episode 6

45 Mins

Eyes of the Forest

Synopsis

Gary Muehlberger heads into the forest to set his mink traps for a late harvest. Mary Miller heads up her trail to clean up falling trees for safety and for fire wood. Curly Leach takes to the boat to get some small fish to use as bait for more edible halibut. Sam Carlson and Dave Squibb set up trail cams to check on the wolf population.

Episode 7

45 Mins

New Blood

Synopsis

Sam Carlson needs to take down trees threatening his home without damaging any of his buildings. Gary Muehlberger goes on the hunt for some mushrooms and then harvests his garden before the freeze. Matt Carson packs up the family for a fishing trip to stock up for winter..

Episode 8

45 Mins

Dark Days

Synopsis

Curly Leach needs firewood, and unable to get his old truck started in the freezing conditions, takes to the boat. Sam Carlson prepares his traps for the winter fur season. Gary Muehlberger feels the need for some clams, since his stock is finished and heads out to dig. Matt Carlson is almost out of water and takes his tank to town to fill it.

Episode 9

45 Mins

Blood and Snow

Synopsis

Now in mid winter, all hunting in Port protection is closed except for trapping, and Gary Muehlberger ventures out to set his. To stretch out his meat stock, Sam Carlson repairs his smoker, mixes pork and venison and makes sausage. Curly Leach pulls his boat, Little Pelican, to the dock for some much needed maintenance, and Dave Squibb trims back trees to get more power out of his solar panels.

Episode 10

45 Mins

Playing with Fire

Synopsis

Stuart Andrews, and Dave Squibb pull out the fire boat to attend to a controlled burn of a derelict home in Port Protection. Sam Carlson heads out to help Gary Muehlberger with a boat repair. Curly Leach takes Mary Miller on a beaver trapping teaching trip, but Mary is more interested in deer hunting. Matt Carlson takes his family to the boat graveyard to salvage useful items and collect Devils club plant.