holy cow beg kurtter I've never seen the
musk oxen in real life so walking up to
it I was surprised is actually bigger
than I thought it would be impressive
beast for sure I mean this thing is
gonna be a challenge the animal featured
in this show has been ethically
harvested in accordance with the laws of
Canada's Northwest Territories and those
of the Luntz el cajon a people we gotta
get something to cut all right let's do
this when I go looking for a rock to
make a knife I'm looking for something
that I can very quickly break that will
hold a sharp edge the best kind of rocks
when you hit the two rocks together
you'll hear that snap sound or crack
sound just like someone drop a pane of
glass but this is a huge huge animal and
they're trying to cut this thing open
with stone tools is going to be
horrendously difficult this muskox is
the hardest animal I've ever attended
the process I was just thinking like who
is the last guy to skin a musk ox in
this area with a stone it's probably
been a while so that's kind of cool you
feel connected to the past in that way
and it's like yeah this is challenging
but it'll humble you too as a hunter
something that I think very personally
needs to respect that animal we have a
full musk ox that gave its life so that
we can eat so my determination is to
preserve as much as we possibly can
there are a lot of tools that we can
make from the animal whether it be
making a bow drill making rope or
cordage there is a level of ingenuity a
level of engineering in trying to figure
out what different parts of this animal
we can use to make those tools that
we're going to desperately need my
biggest concern is the meat spoiling we
only have one shot at this if we mess up
and the meat goes bad we're gonna have a
real rough time surviving out here we
need to get a fire going
yes getting a fire started with our
tools it's really challenging we have to
make cordage first and then trying to
figure out the bow drill the fact that I
don't have a Ferro rod or anything to
start a fire with means they have to
start thinking back to how primitive man
survived and looking at the resources of
the land to accomplish this mission so
what we're looking for is the shoelace
on the inside and this is a small one
this will split right here they're going
dig out the spruce roots stripped them
and then braid them together is very
very time-consuming and they don't last
very long we're having one guy hold the
bearing block and the footboard and the
air two guys just operating the strap
until we get an ember keep having the
problem with the cordage wearing out
before we get enough heat we really need
a lot stronger quarters I think we
should see if we can utilize musk ox
hair to make stronger cordage and the
hair on a musk ox is so coarse and
strong that hopefully it won't break
every two tries it's good oh she's going
to be all you Rob I'm just going
straight over
it's all you yes good job buddy well
that changes the game today's day three
we woke up immediately jumped on fire
it's been 48 hours since I've had
anything to eat but we've got a lot of
work to do
there's an entire muskox to to finish
processing and smoke out what we're
hoping to do is build the smoking rack
so we can quit dry the meat quickly
drying it make it last a lot longer and
the smoke will kill all the bacteria
that's on the meat while preserving
quite a bit longer
when using primitive technology or
primitive skills you have to or he had
to you at that time just look around and
see what he had around there is no fancy
ropes no fancy knives he had to go on
the fly to build and use everything he
had I'm going to dig out the hillside a
little bit and try to put in a stove so
that can stay warm at night because
we're sleeping on the ground and it's
like sleeping on ice the whole goal was
to do an earthworm shell Turks try to
get the earth to protect us from the
wind and cold
you take spruce boughs and we break them
down and set them up so we have beds in
a fire inside the cold is coming if we
don't have ourselves prepared that's
gonna be a huge danger I am making a
primitive hatchet I've found this the
other day but like we've been using as a
hand axe Nate found a piece of wood to
use for the handle your hand gets stored
with all this type of work out here and
so using something with a handle makes
it a lot less vibration when you hit
things with it the sinews a really
strong cordage you know yeah
I'm making a fishhook made out of musk
ox bone
you Center tie it and you set your meet
and then I can pull it down and hook it
so that it travels through the water
like this when the fish takes it and
swallows it the hook spins perpendicular
to the line and it gorges itself in the
mouth of the fish so that it can't come
out everything is more difficult without
tools so we're gonna have to improvise
I'm really hoping to make some fishing
line out of sinew the way you process
sinew is to basically cut the large
tendons and then dry them thoroughly and
then you peel all that apart and you
have a bunch of really little very
strong strings distributing the fibres
weave them back together in the streams
we're good to go Fishman we do have all
this meat here but your body can only
use so much of it without the presence
of fat so a fish is mainly fat it's very
very important to our bodies and to our
survival out here that we catch fish so
we get that fat to keep us going
otherwise we're just not going to make
it to the end
the our nick is really a harsh place
it's raw
everything struggles to survive here
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sue-shaun Ben
fish mallet
oh my god finally oh my god oh my god
it's great I'm overwhelmed we got a fish
oh that's like right now it's moving
from surviving into sustaining with what
we had we know we can catch a fish to me
that's a step in the right direction
towards thriving oh my yeah
yeah what you seen ninja been with the
club that is our honker taking out the
internal organs of the fish is pretty
easy most times you can just pull on
them and they just pop reading way way
different than cutting red meat still
beating
fresh fish how is it that's not good bad
there's a warm beef yeah
well really tender meat after eating all
that musk ox it's like just such a
difference we're really grateful for it
and my body needed that that I could run
on like four days on this fuel you can
actually feel your body absorbing the
oil that it needs so so bad
come here energy we're ready to boogie
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final day yeah final day we wrote yeah
that's the end this experience has been
challenging we came out here with
nothing nothing to make fire no knives
no tools whatsoever having to deal with
wild animals and consuming one I've
gained a new appreciation for what we
shouldn't waste I just never really knew
the value and certain items offer an
animal coming out here with nothing I
have even more respect for the
intelligence and ingenuity or Stone Age
ancestors it's amazing to think of what
our ancestors went through and what they
overcame to get us where society is
today we're ready to keep going I feel
like we're leaving on top
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