Alaska: The Last Frontier

2011•10 series
Available on
Discovery

The breathtaking beauty of Alaska sometimes hides the fact its winters can be incredibly harsh, especially for those who live in the state's outlying areas. `Alaska: The Last Frontier' perfectly illustrates this reality, as the programme profiles life for the Kilcher family in the isolated community of Homer. For four generations the Kilchers have lived off what their 600-acre homestead has provided, but cultivating that living is never easy. Led by patriarch Atz Kilcher and his brother Otto, the family spends the short summer and fall gardening, hunting and fishing for food, gathering supplies from the land and preparing their animals for the winter. Viewers, who may or may not have a fancy phone by their side while watching on their big-screen high-def TV, also see the Kilchers living off the grid, where running water and electricity aren't daily staples, nor is contact with the outside world. Atz, by the way, is the father of music superstar Jewel, who does not appear on the show.

Life According to Otto: Episode Image
Episode 0Life According to Otto

Meet cattleman Otto Kilcher who sees life a little differently. Some people think he's crazy, but it's just his readiness to accept whatever life brings him.(S01,E12)

Family Ties: Episode Image
Episode 0Family Ties

The Kilchers share never-before-seen family footage and stories about patriarch Yule. Otto and Atz share stories of their own parental style, with their sons chiming in.(S02,E101)

Homestead Innovations: Episode Image
Episode 0Homestead Innovations

For the Kilchers, necessity truly is the mother of invention and recycling takes on a whole new level - from make-do parts to tasty roadkill suppers.(S01,E13)

Dead of Winter: Episode Image
Episode 1Dead of Winter

The extended Kilcher family struggle through a record-breaking harsh winter. Desperate for food, Atz Lee and Jane venture into the brutal elements in search of food.(S01,E04)

Spring Has Sprung: Episode Image
Episode 2Spring Has Sprung

Spring finally arrives on the homestead. Eivin mills lumber, builds a large chicken house from scratch and helps his wife Eve take out a rogue cannibal hen.(S01,E05)

Cattle Drive: Episode Image
Episode 3Cattle Drive

Otto and his family battle the elements and predators to drive their cattle to the summer pasture. Atz Lee and Jane build a makeshift greenhouse from cast off supplies.(S01,E06)

Range Riding: Episode Image
Episode 4Range Riding

Eivin and Eve's cannibal hen strikes again. Meanwhile, Atz begins his summer range riding season to protect Otto's cattle herd, but will he keep the predators at bay?(S01,E07)

The River Wild: Episode Image
Episode 5The River Wild

The clan have 48 hours to build a cattle fence and rebuild a cabin, or the hazardous river's tide will trap their barge full of critical equipment for another month.(S01,E08)

Something's Fishy: Episode Image
Episode 6Something's Fishy

With summer half over the Kilchers head out fishing. They need 100s of pounds of fish to eat and barter with during winter. But will they reach their target?(S01,E09)

Legend of Terrible Island: Episode Image
Episode 7Legend of Terrible Island

Atz Lee and Eivin travel 160 miles and brave the bears of "Terrible Island" to hunt deer. Meanwhile, Eve helps Charlotte solve a swarming bee problem.(S01,E10)

Fall Feast: Episode Image
Episode 8Fall Feast

Autumn arrives and the Kilchers scramble to finish their winter preparations in time. Meanwhile, Eivin uses a samurai sword to prepare Thanksgiving dinner.(S01,E11)

Till the Cows Come Home: Episode Image
Episode 9Till the Cows Come Home

Half the herd returns early from the summer grazing grounds, so the Kilchers drive the rest home across icy rivers. But will they escape any casualties?(S02,E01)

Poopscicle: Episode Image
Episode 10Poopscicle

Otto must move the outhouse due to frozen soil. Eivin takes Eve on her first deer-hunt on Afognak Island and Atz and sons gather trees for a big new project.(S02,E02)

Eve's Hunting Dilemma: Episode Image
Episode 11Eve's Hunting Dilemma

Otto pulls porcupine quills out of a colt's face. Eve has conflicting thoughts about deer hunting and Atz gives Jane a lesson in rabbit skinning.(S02,E03)

Fall Flurry: Episode Image
Episode 12Fall Flurry

The Kilchers race through the last few days of fall, prepping the cabins, winterising the bee hive, sorting the cellar, bottling raspberry mead and creating a new field.(S02,E04)

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