Episode
Mountain Men: Polar Vortex
Overview
Eustace and Raleigh battle a polar vortex to get their lumber business back online; Mike braves a bear-infested landscape in search of fresh meat; Morgan and Margaret chase the migrating caribou, hoping to secure enough food for winter.
Details
- Series
- Mountain Men
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2019-06-13
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Polar Vortex is Episode 2 in Season 8 of Mountain Men. It aired on 2019-06-13. The runtime is 42 min.
Previous / Next
Episode 1: New Blood
As winter closes in, Morgan and Margaret fly North to track down the great caribou migration and secure meat; Marty preps his trapline for the arrival of his daughter, Noah; Jake starts his season tracking two lions. Eustace takes on an apprentice and uncovers some illicit activity on his new land; Kidd and Harry rescue horses from a pack of hungry wolves.
Episode 3: Darkness Falls
As night descends across the mountains, Mike treks through bear country with fresh meat on his back; Morgan battles dark and dangerous terrain in a last-ditch effort to fill his freezer; Jake's latest lion hunt takes him deep into wolf territory.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4: Family First
Jake will do anything to get his injured dog to the vet; Tom and his brother are left high and dry when the well on his ranch stops pumping; Mike has to go back on the hunt after bears pillage his provisions.
Episode 5: Final Farewell
Jake sets off alone on the hunt for elk meat; Jason rolls the dice on an experimental smelter; Morgan and Margaret combat a critical water problem; Mike targets Kodiak Island's most dangerous quarry; and Marty bids a final farewell.
Episode 6: The Long Haul
Eustace and Raleigh set out in search of a deer to replenish their food stores; Jason faces the moment of truth in his attempt to create his own steel; Jake hauls 400 pounds of fresh elk meat out of the mountains; Kidd and Harry pack supplies.
Episode 7: Desperate Measures
Kidd and Harry battle time and rough terrain on a backcountry supply run; Jake and his dogs track down a repeat offender; Tom gets back to business in the Yaak; Morgan checks his remote trapline for high-dollar fur.
Episode 8: Breaking Point
Jake has a problem lion on his hands and soon discovers it's not alone; Tom and his brother, Jack, break down on the road to the Yaak Valley; Morgan crosses the Great Alaska Range on an emergency supply run.
Episode 9: No Guts, No Glory
Kidd and Harry set their sights on bagging a buffalo; Jake goes after a mountain lion caught too close to civilization; and Morgan fights the deadly skies of Alaska in a race to resupply his homestead.
Episode 10: All or Nothing
Tom and Sean face off against a coyote threat; Eustace and Raleigh enlist some much-needed help building their lookout cabin; Jason takes one final crack at creating Ozark steel; Morgan and Margaret push deep into the back country.
Episode 11: Tooth and Claw
Tom turns coyotes into cash; Eustace and Raleigh take to the forge to raise money for roofing materials; Mike scouts bears for the spring hunting season; Morgan and Margaret go fishing.
Episode 12: The Bus Stop Bandit
Jake hunts a lion caught stalking a school bus stop; Tom sets out to end his trapping season on a high note; Eustace and Raleigh struggle to put a roof on their outpost cabin; Morgan and Margaret prepare their horses for a critical supply run.
Episode 13: Seize the Day