Episode
Alaska: The Last Frontier: Preserving The Old Ways
Overview
Eivin guides August on his first-ever deer hunt, and Etienne goes on his first big game hunt. Plus, Atz Sr. and Otto attempt to reassemble a historic barn.
Details
- Series
- Alaska: The Last Frontier
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 2020-02-02
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Preserving The Old Ways is Episode 14 in Season 9 of Alaska: The Last Frontier. It aired on 2020-02-02. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 13: Making Kilcher History
Otto unearths and restores a homestead relic once used by Yule Kilcher himself. Jane is dropped into the harsh and unforgiving Arctic Circle with only a rifle and a backpack in her first ever solo hunt.
Episode 15: Fall Scramble
The Kilchers get busy on outdoor projects to prepare for the winter months. Atz Sr., Eivin and Nikos scavenge for lumber while Atz Lee and Etienne mill wood.
More episodes from this season
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.
Episode 16: Legacies Live On
Eivin and Eve build an epic homestead-style treehouse. Atz Lee, Jane and Etienne stock their freezers with trout while Otto and August refurbish an old tractor.
Episode 11: Dangerous Waters
The Kilchers take on a risky river cleanup and a solo moose hunt.
Episode 17: Chasing Caribou
Jane heads to the Arctic Circle hoping to bag a caribou before winter. Meanwhile, Otto, Eivin, Charlotte and August wrap up the season's final cattle drive.
Episode 10: Christmas Wonderland Woes
The Kilchers rally when warm weather brings holiday rain to the homestead.
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 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 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 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 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.