[music playing]
Cameras aren't working, and it's getting super frustrating.
This is what it's like on "Life Below Zero."
Camera's already down.
Tough conditions all around to film in.
CROFTON DIACK: No heat, no power, no anything.
Argh!
Won't even turn on.
CROFTON DIACK: I've fallen too many times.
We have bad winds.
It's just a typical day in the arctic.
MAN: Making best with what we got.
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I built this time lapse lockbox.
And what we're going to do with this one
is try and catch the freeze-up.
Hey, how come I get the heavy [bleep]??
SIMEON HOUTMAN: I love doing stuff like this,
getting out there trying to get like different shots and shots
that maybe we haven't seen before, like a lake freezing
up.
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MAN: Oh boy.
Let's see.
We might be able to pull right--
SIMEON HOUTMAN: So we want to get some elevation, and then
a nice clear, unobscured view.
MAN: I think these kind of specialty type shots
are some of the most fun part of this whole
being involved in this program.
I just really get a kick out of trying to experiment
and do new things.
And so this is a big part of that.
Are you still pretty good for level?
SIMEON HOUTMAN: This is completely enclosed,
and this is waterproof too.
So in theory, it should be good to go and be able to withstand
all conditions.
We've got a solar panel hooked up to a battery that ideally is
going to keep charging this camera,
and it can run for as long as it can.
She's set.
She's going.
Now we just got to wait and see.
[music playing]
[helicopter blades whirring]
Could you drop me off and I can jump out?
The problem is the ridge is only like a knife edge.
I don't know how adventurous you are.
CROFTON DIACK: What we're trying to do
is set up a really long time lapse
so that we have the Yukon breaking up.
So we're just looking for that bluff visual
that looks out over the river.
If you take a second look at it and it doesn't look
right, then let's not do it.
Yeah, I don't want anybody to fall there.
I mean, you could fall off.
Bye, guys.
Be safe on that little knife ridge.
[music playing]
The safety guy and the director of photography just left.
They're up there right now getting
dropped off at basically a knife's edge of a peak.
And I am really excited, a little bit nervous.
[music playing]
It's going to take a couple of car batteries
to run the camera out so that it doesn't quit
on us because we only have one opportunity to get
this time lapse.
And we think it's going to happen in this two-week window
when the ice of the frozen Yukon river breaks up.
Is my job this cool?
Yeah, it is.