Tougher in Alaska

Season 1

TV-PG
Everything is tougher in Alaska. From earning a living to burying the dead, everyday life is shaped by unimaginably severe weather, impassable terrain and mind-bendingly vast distances.

13 Episodes

  • Gold Mining
    E1
    Gold MiningAn examination of the techniques and methods used by prospectors throughout Alaska as they mine for gold. Also includes a look at the miners as they blast through rock.
  • Salmon Fishing
    E2
    Salmon FishingTwo crews of fishermen head for the annual spawning run for sockeye salmon in Bristol Bay.
  • Electric Linemen
    E3
    Electric LinemenWatch as electric linemen of the Golden Valley Electric Association string power lines across the remote areas in below freezing temperatures.
  • Deadly Winter
    E4
    Deadly WinterA deadly winter cold spell hits Fairbanks as Geo takes a look at the volunteer fire companies, and goes on a search for the killer of family pets...wolves.
  • Rail Roading
    E5
    Rail RoadingAn examination of the importance of the railroad system and the challenges in building and maintaining the railway in such a harsh environment.
  • Logging
    E6
    LoggingAn observation of the loggers in the Tongass National Forest, and how some remote areas can only be reached by helicopter.
  • Dangerous Earth
    E7
    Dangerous EarthAn examination of the challenges of natural forces in Alaska, including volcanoes and the Yakutat glacier. Also, a visit to Lake Clark National Park to see its earthquake-tracking station, and a trip to the village of Newtok, which is sinking.
  • Dangerous Roads
    E8
    Dangerous Roads
  • Extreme Salvaging
    E9
    Extreme Salvaging
  • Frozen Freeway
    E10
    Frozen FreewayWhere else, but in Alaska, do high school sports teams travel to their away games on snow machines along a frozen river? Geo travels to the wide-open tundra of western Alaska to experience how life keeps moving along the Kuskokwim River. Translated from the Yupik word for "slow moving thing" - the Kuskokwim is a 724-mile lifeline for the Native Alaskan communities scattered along its length. The river provides a ready-made highway for moving people and goods, year-round. In this episode, Geo races the coming winter "freeze up" to deliver home heating fuel with a tug and barge crew. And once winter descends, he witnesses the transformation of the river into a frozen freeway as he plays mailman on a giant hovercraft for a day, plows out an emergency ice road so that a needy village can get heating oil before they run out and goes on a search and rescue mission for any stragglers on the icy, fierce frozen river.
  • Extreme Isolation
    E11
    Extreme Isolation
  • Wild Waste
    E12
    Wild Waste
  • Artic Troopers
    E13
    Artic Troopers

Watch Season 1 Videos

  • Tougher In Alaska: Season 1
    Tougher In Alaska: Season 1Trailer
  • Tougher In Alaska: Clip 1
    Tougher In Alaska: Clip 1Scene
  • Tougher In Alaska: Clip 2
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  • American Originals: Tougher In Alaska: Vol 7
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  • American Originals: Tougher In Alaska: Vol 8
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  • American Originals: Tougher In Alaska: Vol 9
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  • American Originals: Tougher In Alaska: Vol 10
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