Buying Alaska

Season 2

TV-G
Explore remote Alaskan properties, seeking wilderness over urban amenities. Unique homes boast private islands and smokehouses. The rugged landscape offers beauty but presents challenges, from severe weather to wildlife interactions.
20 Episodes
  • Snow Machines & Bear Attacks
    E1
    Episode 1Snow Machines & Bear AttacksNewlyweds Garret and Noelle Mischenko want a remote home in the Alaskan wilderness that's so off-the-grid, there's no road leading to it. In the winter, they'll have to travel by snow-machine! And the nearest general story is an hour away. With the wilderness comes bear attacks... which house is bear ready?
  • Baby on Board
    E2
    Episode 2Baby on BoardMatt and Jessica have a new baby and a dream of moving into a new home near the ocean around Juneau, Alaska. Waterfront homes are a bit too expensive so they choose a daring option - to live ON the water...in a liveaboard boat! This may be cheaper, but they discover life on a boat with an infant is not as easy as it is on land.
  • Isolated Village
    E3
    Episode 3Isolated VillageSean and Jolene want a home in the isolated Alaskan village of Gustavus, where the wildlife runs rampant. It's so remote that bears can walk into your house! There are no roads in or out; the only way to reach the town is by ferry or by plane. One home the list has decorations made from moose bones hanging in every corner of the yard, while another features a rustic hot tub that seems like a luxury... until you see what's floating in the water.
  • Ruff-ing It
    E4
    Episode 4Ruff-ing ItPete and Anja are dog mushers and want to buy an Alaskan home that's right for them and their 21 dogs. The first property they see, The Pond House, is tucked so far away in the wilderness that there's a guest house on an island of the pond in the yard but is there enough open area for the dogs?
  • Winter Wanderland
    E5
    Episode 5Winter WanderlandA home built to withstand the harsh snows of the mountainous Matanuska-Susitna Valley is sought by a couple, who look at a cabin decorated with animal heads, as well as one that has a moose for a neighbor and a place that doesn't have a roof.
  • Hooked on a Lake
    E6
    Episode 6Hooked on a LakeLife on an Alaskan lake is what Steve and Peg want, in the wilderness of the Mat-Su Valley. It's a secluded place where, even in the long, harsh Alaskan winters, fish teem beneath the frozen ice, ready to be caught for dinner.
  • Mrs. Alaska & Military Man
    E7
    Episode 7Mrs. Alaska & Military ManPat Harrigan is a soldier, newly stationed at the army base in Fairbanks, Alaska. His wife Rocky just won the crown as the current Mrs. Alaska, but she's a city girl at heart. They need to buy a house, but can this beauty queen cope with the rugged Alaska
  • Fish Out of Water
    E8
    Episode 8Fish Out of WaterGrant and Khrissy just got engaged. He's all-Alaskan but she's a fish out of water from the Deep South. Now, roughing it Alaskan-style is giving Khrissy major culture shock so the couple wants to buy a house that's a mix of the Alaska and Alabama.
  • Outhouse Life
    E9
    Episode 9Outhouse LifeSean and Charlotte want a home in Fairbanks, Alaska, that won’t cost them a penny in utility bills. So they’re going off-the-grid. And that means one thing...there’ll be no bathrooms...just an outhouse!
  • Hangar Homes
    E10
    Episode 10Hangar HomesBorn and bred Alaskans, Andy and Nicole, grew up in a town so remote, their family vehicles were airplanes! Now that they’re looking for a new home, a driveway and garage won’t cut it. They need a house with an airplane hangar and a runway.
  • Remote Coves
    E11
    Episode 11Remote CovesCharlie and Toni are outdoor adventure junkies who want a home in Alaska that’s so remote they can catch their next meal from the ocean right off their front porch. They search for houses hidden in the secluded coves of Alaska’s Kachemak Bay.
  • Homer Bound
    E12
    Episode 12Homer BoundNathan and Lindsay are brand new to the Last Frontier of Alaska. They want a house like where Nathan's pioneer grandfather lived, in the bayside town of Homer, surrounded by the great outdoors. But roughing it comes with a new way of life that they might
  • Life on a Mountain
    E13
    Episode 13Life on a MountainRuss and Dana search for a home in a small mountain town in Alaska where the views are spectacular, the area is prime for outdoor adventures, but life can change at any moment from the danger of an avalanche.
  • Guys Getaway
    E14
    Episode 14Guys GetawayDavid Parks and Chris Erickson are best friends. And they’re also professional handymen. They want to buy a weekend getaway house in the wilds of Alaska, but they don’t want to spend a lot of money.
  • Juneau Waterfront
    E15
    Episode 15Juneau WaterfrontChris and Heidi are marine adventurers who want Alaska’s marine wildlife to be right outside their front door. They want to buy a home on the coveted waterfront of the oceanside city of Juneau.
  • Tiny Homes, Big Mountain
    E16
    Episode 16Tiny Homes, Big MountainPete and Martha have lived and worked in some of the wildest locations in the U.S. Now they're in the untamed last frontier of Alaska and want an isolated home with views of the tallest peak in North America - Mount McKinley.
  • Dollars or Drains
    E17
    Episode 17Dollars or DrainsTexas native Colby wants an affordable home, but he’s in for a shock because, in Alaska, that means a dry cabin with no running water. He doesn’t know anything about life without plumbing so he enlists the help of his friend.
  • Dangerous Trails
    E18
    Episode 18Dangerous TrailsBrandon and Hanna want a home on an isolated lake far into the Alaskan wild, where there's no way in but off-roading through trails of mud or landing on water. There's no running water and wild animals are everywhere.
  • Jaws, Claws, and Beaver Fever
    E19
    Episode 19Jaws, Claws, and Beaver FeverShane and Erica want a home in the Alaskan wild, where it's so remote, the only way in is by a monster 8-wheeler. Homeowners beware! Bears attack the properties and beavers infect the drinking water with a painful disease.
  • No Roads In
    E20
    Episode 20No Roads InDave and Wendy want a remote cabin where they can escape to the Alaskan frontier way of life. They're in search of a place so hidden that the only way there is by off-road vehicle and no outhouse is safe from hungry bears.
 
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