Cameras aren't working.
It's getting super frustrating.
This is what it's like on "Life Below Zero."
Cameras already down.
Tough conditions all around to film in.
No heat.
No power.
No anything.
Won't even turn on.
I've fallen too many times.
We have bad winds.
It's just a typical day on the Arctic.
Making best with what we got.
Takes a lot of food to feed a bunch of people for a few weeks
out in the wilderness to make the show while we're out there.
We're getting ready for a winter move off.
And the place we want to go is to the Kiwalik.
We go down there, sometimes for several months at a time,
and we hunt, fish, and gather.
It's worth the challenge.
It's worth the dangers.
It's worth the time.
And the unknown doesn't bother me because nobody knows.
Today we're loading up our entire show in order
to follow the hailstones to Kiwalik for some adventures
out there.
And part of what we have to do is
load everything that we need for a couple of weeks in the field.
One sled with most of the camera gear.
Personal camping gear here.
Another sled that's mostly food.
A bunch of propane.
A generator.
We use a tremendous number of camera batteries
on a daily basis, so we have to run a generator
when we're out in remote areas.
I always carry this safety bag that's
got our communication devices.
It let's us keep in touch with our office in Anchorage
and L.A. And then also it's got emergency provisions,
medical kit, and emergency shelter,
warm clothes, and food, and fire,
and everything you would need if you are stuck somewhere.
Pretty excited to go.
Hailstones are almost ready to leave.
So we're going to start up the machines
and haul them out to Kiwalik.
[music playing]
So we're carrying this big load out to Kiwalik.
We were going over these really hard-packed wind drifts,
and it's pushed up the gate.
It's bent the gate the wrong direction
on two of these hitches now.
So we're kind of in a bit of a sticky place here.
See, this thing's at an angle.
Yeah.
There it is.
OK now, see if you can get this-- yeah, there you go.
- There it is. - Yeah.
Hallelujah.
One, two, three.
[engine reving]
Just another day on "Life Below Zero."
So we're here in Kiwalik.
We finally made it.
This is a bit of a victory celebration
going on at 3:00 AM.
110 miles over some really rough terrain,
across tundra and frozen Bering Sea, and got here.
Pretty much just had to make hard luck shelter
and get some food into the crew.
We've got everything that we need for the next month with us
in these four sleds.
Roll out our sleeping bags and get some rest.
And then wake up in the morning and build
our little tent city here.
Everyone's pretty excited to be here.
This is what it takes to follow the Hailstones
into the middle of nowhere.
Woo hoo.