Episode
Life Below Zero: Back in the Saddle
Overview
With the summer ending, Alaskans must overcome exhaustion, injury and failure; after seeking medical aid, Andy returns home to pick up the pieces; Jessie harvests salmon; Sue searches for winter food; the Hailstones gather key resources.
Details
- Series
- Life Below Zero
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2019-01-29
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Back in the Saddle is Episode 8 in Season 12 of Life Below Zero. It aired on 2019-01-29. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 7: Highways of the Arctic
In Alaska, summer is spent preparing for what lies ahead; the Hailstones spend a night on the water; Sue Aikens battles river currents to source coal; Ricko DeWilde secures food with nets made by his late mother; Jessie Holmes gathers firewood.
Episode 9: Race Against Time
As summer wanes, Alaskans race against Father Time to harvest nature's bounty.
More episodes from this season
Episode 6: Treading Water
Sue deals with a flooded runway; the Hailstones patch their fishing net before the run of fish occurs in Kiwalik; Ricko and his children head out to secure camp food; Jessie builds a new raft to haul firewood throughout the summer season.
Episode 10: No One Fights Alone
Alaskans scramble to secure provisions before winter; Andy Bassich must secure clean water to grow vital crops; Sue Aikens stalks a herd of caribou; Jessie Holmes returns to a familiar area to hunt a dangerous predator.
Episode 5: The Nightmare
Alaskans make the transition into the Arctic summer; the Hailstone family contends with a natural obstacle; Jessie harvests food; Sue hustles to protect Kavik before clients arrive; Ricko and his children face a deadly threat.
Episode 11: Cost of Winter
At the edge of the warm season, Alaskans prepare to pay winter's cost; Ricko DeWilde heads out on a proxy moose hunt to aid a village elder; Sue Aikens builds an arctic entryway; Jessie Holmes works to finish his dream cabin before conditions worsen.
Episode 4: The Great Changeover
Sue rips out her old kitchen to build a new one; the Hailstones go picking for vegetables; Ricko goes fishing with his kids; Jessie goes beaver hunting.
Episode 3: Open Season
The everyday struggles of living in the Alaskan wilderness where one wrong decision could be deadly.
Episode 2: The Burning Man
Sue sharpens her survival skills; Jessie sets out for food and medicine; Glenn burns a manmade structure to the ground so that nature can reclaim its rightful place; the Hailstones embark on a traditional hunt for valued seal meat and oil.
Episode 1: Winds of Change
The Hailstone family rushes to prepare camp for a possible storm; winds jeopardize Sue's camp and livelihood; as goose season opens, Ricko teaches his daughter to hunt; Glenn heads out to replenish his family's meat supply.