Episode
Alaska: The Last Frontier: Thanksgiving on the Homestead
Overview
Homesteaders who work together, give thanks together. Join the Kilcher family as they celebrate Thanksgiving with the friends who helped prepare the homestead for winter.
Details
- Series
- Alaska: The Last Frontier
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2014-11-23
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Thanksgiving on the Homestead is Episode 8 in Season 4 of Alaska: The Last Frontier. It aired on 2014-11-23. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 7: Waste Not, Want Not
Otto, Charlotte, Eivin & Eve harvest a sterile cow to stock up on meat for winter, repurposing its byproducts to make homesteader soap, and tanning its hide for building corrals. At the head of the bay, Atz Sr.’s range riding skills are tested.
Episode 9: Secrets of the Range Rider
At the head of the bay Atz Sr. divulges the secrets of the range rider to Atz Lee & Eivin in preparation of the future. To heat the family’s cabin, Otto, Charlotte and August must transform more than 1000 pounds of metal pipe into a working chimney.
More episodes from this season
Episode 6: Greener Pastures
The Kilchers race to finish a year’s worth of work in just four months. To fill their freezer, Atz Lee and Jane chase the first salmon run of the season, while Otto and Eivin bolster the homestead’s defenses to contain their unruly cattle herd.
Episode 10: Journey to Perl Island
The Kilchers face their biggest challenges yet. Otto, Jane & Shane help a fellow homesteader transport a cabin to the distant and uninhabited Perl Island but things take a sinister turn when they discover a predator on the loose.
Episode 5: Loaded for Bear
Atz Lee and Jane venture out in a risky hunt for black bear, but instead come face to face with a massive grizzly. Using the constructor, Otto and Eivin race the tide to transport and introduce two new bulls into the family herd at the head of the bay.
Episode 11: Christmas Kaboom!
In true homesteader holiday spirit, the Kilchers put their own spin on a Secret Santa gift exchange: hand-making something useful for someone in the family. With gifts ranging from a crossbow to explosives this Christmas special is filled with surprises!
Episode 4: On the Move
Life returns to the homestead in the spring; tensions are high on the annual Kilcher cattle drive; Otto tries to maintain control of his crew.
Episode 12: Claims, Cans and Cabins
The Kilchers claim steel, stockpile salmon and break ground on a cabin.
Episode 3: Spring Forward
The family bands together to protect its livelihood; Atz Lee and Jane encounter disaster while bear hunting; Atz Sr., Bonnie and Shane defend against grizzlies.
Episode 13: A Hunt Above the Clouds
Changing weather forces the Kilchers to venture miles in search of food.
Episode 2: Moving Toward the Future
The family struggles to move a two-ton bridge to allow for crucial access to the head of the bay; Otto and Charlotte fight a threat to their cattle.
Episode 14: Call of the Cattleman
The Kilchers pay tribute to a fallen friend.