Episode
Alaska: The Last Frontier: New Frontiers
Overview
Otto and his son Eivin's hunt for Ptarmigan ends in disaster; Atz Lee and Jane tour Jane's past and travel to remote Adak Island in search of Caribou; Atz Sr.'s pioneer spirit leads him to an abandoned barge.
Details
- Series
- Alaska: The Last Frontier
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2018-10-07
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
New Frontiers is Episode 1 in Season 8 of Alaska: The Last Frontier. It aired on 2018-10-07. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 3: Roll Yuletide Roll
Atz Lee and Jane rush to aid a fellow homesteader; Atz Sr. searches for a remote spot to anchor his floating homestead; Otto, Eivin and Levi rebuild a homestead hot tub; Charlotte takes extreme measures to protect her herd from predators.
Episode 4: The Beach Is Burning
Otto and Eivin fight to douse a raging coal seam fire on Kilcher beach; Atz Sr. attempts the most unconventional bear hunt of his life; Jane and Charlotte take a girl's day adventure clamming.
Episode 5: Range Danger
Otto creates a calf caboose for his spring cattle drive at the Head of the Bay; Atz Lee and Jane bring sustainable power to their remote cabin; Atz Sr. builds a smoker to preserve the meat from his epic hunt; Levi renovates his childhood cabin.
Episode 6: A Bridge and a Bear
Atz Lee builds a bridge and encounters a predator in the backcountry. Otto's hay season nearly comes to a halt when a broken tractor forces him to get creative.
Episode 7: A Yuletide Thanksgiving
The Kilcher family takes Thanksgiving to Atz Sr.'s floating homestead, the Yuletide; steeped in family tradition, each person brings something special to share, from homestead dishes to the dinner table itself.
Episode 8: To Live Or Die On Perl Island
Atz Lee journeys to Perl Island to build a homestead for a friend; tempers flare as Otto, Eivin and Levi work to move an old workshop cabin to Otto's property; Tela constructs a fence for a surprise horse for her children.
Episode 9: Earning Seven
Singer Jewel Kilcher throws her son a coming-of-age celebration on the Yuletide; Atz Lee battles worsening weather to help Grady build a homestead on Perl Island.
Episode 10: Calling All Kilchers
The Kilchers mobilize a major sea/land effort to help finish Grady's Perl Island cabin build, under threat of the approaching remnants of a typhoon; Charlotte and August build a cat patio to keep their house cats from killing the local animals.
Episode 11: Coming Of Age
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Episode 12: Holly Jolly Homesteading
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