Episode
Alaska: The Last Frontier: New Ways on the Homestead
Overview
With winter coming to a close, the Kilchers spring into action preparing the homestead. Eivin and August struggle to resupply the head of the bay. Jane and Eve embark on a ptarmigan hunt. Atz Sr. and Atz Lee build a weather station on Perl Island.
Details
- Series
- Alaska: The Last Frontier
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2019-10-06
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
New Ways on the Homestead is Episode 1 in Season 9 of Alaska: The Last Frontier. It aired on 2019-10-06. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 3: Bears Descend
To prepare for the spring cattle drive, Atz Lee, Otto and August survey the homestead for signs of bear and employ modern surveillance to track their movement. Eivin and Eve take the kids on a kelp-harvesting expedition and Atz Sr. goes bear hunting.
Episode 4: Boat Rescue Mission
While collecting coal on the beach after a storm, Eivin & Eve find a capsized boat and immediately begin looking for survivors. Otto, Charlotte & August build a shelter for their calves and Jane brings the family together with a new spring tradition.
Episode 5: Greener Pastures
With predators stalking the homestead, the need for safe cattle grazing land is greater than ever. Atz Sr and Atz Lee head to Perl Island to begin plans for new pasture, while Otto and Eivin work to transport a small herd to the island by boat.
Episode 6: Otto's Surprise
When Jane and Charlotte get word of a sick calf at the Head of the Bay, they trek through bear country to protect their herd. Three generations of Kilchers build a line shack on Perl Island, and Otto has a surprise for Charlotte.
Episode 7: Moving Mountains
Things get explosive when the Kilchers expand a road on their homestead with detonation expert Desmond Duffy; Jane and Charlotte get stuck in the mud on a fishing trip; Atz Sr. and Bonnie brave the back country to salvage vital resources.
Episode 8: Turkey With A Side Of Hay
In the midst of Thanksgiving preparations, a baby seal needs help getting back to its family in time for dinner. Later, Eivin and August engineer a hay baler that will literally take a load off their backs.
Episode 9: By Land or By Sea
The Kilchers navigate their newly blasted road for the first time, hauling a huge pole barn up the hill and across the homestead. Eivin and Atz Sr. get tangled in a mooring line as the tide comes in, pushing Eivin's boat towards the rocky beach.
Episode 10: Christmas Wonderland Woes
The Kilchers rally when warm weather brings holiday rain to the homestead.
Episode 11: Dangerous Waters
The Kilchers take on a risky river cleanup and a solo moose hunt.
Episode 12: A Right Of Passage
Honoring tradition and the ways of the past, the next generation of Kilcher men venture out on their first big game hunts. Later, the family rushes to complete unfinished projects before winter's arrival.