>>> TO EMPATHIZE THE HEART AND
THE CONNECTION AND THE LOVE AND
HOW MUCH BEING IN THIS PLACE HAS
BEEN A RELATIONSHIP.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING
REALLY SPECIAL WOMEN OFTEN CAN
BRING TO BE AN INFLUENCE FOR
YOUNG WOMEN, TO BE A ROLE MODEL
FOR YOUNG GIRLS AND SHOW THEM
THEY'RE KPAPABLE OF, TO BE THE
ROLE MODEL I WISH I HAD HAS A
YOUNG WOMAN.
IT'S SO POWERFUL AND MINGSEANS S
MUCH TO ME. >> IT'S THE FIRST FEMALE WINNER
>> IT'S THE FIRST FEMALE WINNER
OF "ALONE: FROZEN."
SHE IS DETAILING HER EXPERIENCE
AND HER DEBUT MEMOIR ENTITLED
"NEVER ALONE" A SOLO ARCTIC
SURVIVAL JOURNEY.
IT IS SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
THAT WAS SO INCREDIBLE TO WATCH
THAT.
YOU COULD REALLY FEEL THE POWER
IN THAT MOMENT.
I GUESS I WANT TO HEAR MORE
ABOUT YOU.
I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS
QUESTION TELLS US A LOT.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO DO THAT?
>> THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION.
HONESTLY, I HAD NEVER PICTURED
MYSELF LIVING IN SUCH AN EXTREME
ENVIRONMENT, BUT HEADING INTO
THE WILDERNESS TO LIVE WITH ONLY
THE RESOURCES THAT I COULD
GATHER FROM IT HAS BEEN THE
FOCUS OF MY LIFE.
SO GETTING TO ACTUALLY APPLY
THOSE SKILLS FOR THE LONG TERM
WAS ONE OF MY DEAREST DREAMS.
>> I'M TOLD YOU NEVER FELT AT
HOME IN THE MODERN WORLD, IS
THAT CORRECT?
>> I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO
FELT LIKE THEY WERE BORN IN THE
WRONG TIME, THAT WHAT I WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WAS HUNTING
AND GATHERING.
EVEN AS A KID, THAT'S WHAT ALL
MY CHILDHOOD GAMES REVOLVED
AROUND.
>> THERE'S HUNTING AND GATHERING
AND THEN THERE'S BEING DROPPED
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN
FREEZING CONDITIONS.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MOST
HARROWING MOMENTS YOU
CONFRONTED?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THE COLD CERTAINLY, THE VERY
LONG-TERM STARVATION.
THIS BOOK IS ABOUT MY FIRST TIME
ON ALONE WHICH WAS SEASON SIX.
I'M A SMALL WOMAN.
I'M 5'4".
I DROPPED 50 POUNDS.
IT WAS INCREDIBLY PHYSICALLY
GRUELING.
>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
>> THOSE WERE ALL HARROWING, BUT
THE BEING THERE WASN'T ANYWHERE
NEAR AS HARROWING OR FRIGHTENING
TO ME AS ONE MIGHT THINK OR AS I
THOUGHT GOING IN, BECAUSE THE
BEAUTY OF THE PLACE AND FEELING
SO WANTED AND SEEN AND SUPPORTED
BY THIS INCREDIBLE WILD
LANDSCAPE BALANCED ALL OF THE
CHALLENGING PARTS AND MADE IT
OVERALL A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL
EXPERIENCE.
>> YOU'RE DROPPED ALONE IN THE
ARCTIC.
YOUR TAKE-AWAY, WHICH YOU WRITE
ABOUT BEAUTIFULLY IN THE BOOK,
IS THIS EXPERIENCE BROUGHT ON
YOU MORE HEALING THAN SUFFERING.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
BECAUSE POTENTIALLY FREEZING TO
DEATH AND STARVING TO DEATH
SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF SUFFERING TO
ME.
>> YEAH.
IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHETHER
SOMETHING IS HEALING OR
SUFFERING HAS MORE TO DO WITH
OUR MENTAL EMOTIONAL MAKEUP.
>> IS THAT LATER OR IN THE
MOMENT?
>> BOTH.
I THINK ONE THING WAS, AS I TALK
ABOUT IN THE BOOK, I WAS A
BOOKWORM.
I WAS THE PROVERBIAL KID WHO GOT
PICKED LAST FOR THE SOFTBALL
TEAM.
I DID NOT BELIEVE IN MY PHYSICAL
CAPACITY, SO BEING OUT THERE WAS
HEALING IN TERMS OF MY
SELF-IMAGE.
I LITERALLY HAD LONG-TERM
CHRONIC HEALTH ISSUES CLEAR UP
OUT THERE.
I USED TO HAVE A LOT OF JOINT
PAIN.
I HAD ALL OF THESE CHRONIC
ISSUES.
WHEN WE GO WITHOUT EATING OUR
BODY KIND OF EATS ITSELF AND IT
STARTS WITH THE LESS FUNCTIONAL
PARTS, LIKE THE GARBAGE THAT'S
SITTING AROUND IN OUR BODY.
IT ACTUALLY METABOLIZES THOSE
FOR ENERGY.
SO I HAD LONG-TERM SHOULDER
ISSUES CLEAR UP.
I HAD ISSUES WITH MY ACHILLES
TENDON.
I FELT MORE VITAL IN THAT
EXPERIENCE THAN I HAD IN MY 20s
AND 30s.
>> THAT'S LIVING IN ENDLESS
FREEZING CONDITIONS.
>> SURE.
YEAH.
>> NOT JUST HOURS, DAYS, WEEKS.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE NO WARM PLACE
TO GO, YOU TEND TO ACCLIMATE TO
THE ENVIRONMENT AS OPPOSED WHO
WHEN WE LIVE IN COLD CLIMATES
AND WE GO INTO OUR 70-DEGREE
TOASTY HOUSE, THEN OUR BODY
DOESN'T ADJUST.
>> YOU ARE INCREDIBLE.
THE NEW BOOK IS ENTITLED "NEVER