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Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Follows Alaskan Natives who are focusing on their right to preserve their threatened ways of life, to ensure its survival for the next thousand years.

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/shows/life-below-zero-first-alaskans

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Jody Potts-Joseph

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Daniel Apassingok

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Chris Apassingok

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Chase Apassingok

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Steven Strassburg

Self - Jody's Son

Self - Marvin's Nephew-In-Law

Glyndaril White Jr.

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Jacqueline Jacko

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Terrance Strassburg

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Aakapak Susan Apassingok

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Evan Strassburg

Self - Marvin's Nephew

Justin Phillips

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Amiya Strassburg

Self - Daniel's Nephew

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(chainsaw buzzing) - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

(chainsaw buzzing)

It's 65, 70 below
at night, but in the day, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

It's 65, 70 below at night, but in the day,

That's how you catch the rabbit. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

That's how you catch the rabbit.

There's been a lot of
folks that have fallen - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

There's been a lot of folks that have fallen

(gunshot) - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Well, I warmed up my hands
and my snares are ready. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Well, I warmed up my hands and my snares are ready.

If you can see your shot, take
the shot right behind the ear. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

If you can see your shot, take the shot right behind the ear...

JODY: Today we are going
to build a shed. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

JODY: Today we are going to build a shed.

If we just take the
time and go out and try, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

If we just take the time and go out and try,

In Alaska, you have to
do things in 40 below - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

In Alaska, you have to do things in 40 below

GLYNDARIL: Yeah, it
looked like they flew kinda
towards that way, I didn't... - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

GLYNDARIL: Yeah, it looked like they flew kinda towards that...

It's just gonna be
a real rough cut, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

It's just gonna be a real rough cut,

If I rope off your
overalls with that little - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

If I rope off your overalls with that little

I'm gonna set this snare
above the rabbit trail. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

I'm gonna set this snare above the rabbit trail.

So, the rabbit's gonna come
hopping through here and then, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

So, the rabbit's gonna come hopping through here and th...

That might have
been a pike maybe, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

That might have been a pike maybe,

JAMEY: The only problem with
being laced in the back, if - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

JAMEY: The only problem with being laced in the back, if

When we have a woodshed,
we'll be able to stockpile wood. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

When we have a woodshed, we'll be able to stockpile woo...

He must have hit the
road and ran out of here. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

He must have hit the road and ran out of here.

There's some ptarmigan
right behind that corner. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

There's some ptarmigan right behind that corner.

I taught my kids, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

I taught my kids,

We ran into a moose and I
finally seen some small - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

We ran into a moose and I finally seen some small

It took my bait!
It took my bait, Dad! - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

It took my bait! It took my bait, Dad!

(gun clicks) - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

But, I forgot to tell her
that the safety was on, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

But, I forgot to tell her that the safety was on,

Hopefully a rabbit will
come hopping through, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Hopefully a rabbit will come hopping through,

HAZEL: Yup.
TIG: I think I've got an idea. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

HAZEL: Yup. TIG: I think I've got an idea.

JODY: Can't lose my handsome
hunka-hunka-burning love. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

JODY: Can't lose my handsome hunka-hunka-burning love.

And I don't have no leader,
but we're gonna make one. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

And I don't have no leader, but we're gonna make o...

I'm gonna just keep looking
for really good rabbit trails to - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

I'm gonna just keep looking for really good rabbit trai...

Ah! No! - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Well burbot, they
don't got no teeth, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Well burbot, they don't got no teeth,

JAMEY: Okay.
Hand me that bucket, there. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

JAMEY: Okay. Hand me that bucket, there.

He ran along this willow line, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

He ran along this willow line,

So, I just twisted up
some of this snare wire. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

So, I just twisted up some of this snare wire.

A nice young bull,
small antlers on him, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

A nice young bull, small antlers on him,

CHRIS: We have to hunt in
order to eat to survive for - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

CHRIS: We have to hunt in order to eat to survive for

We're just gonna
throw it up real quick - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

We're just gonna throw it up real quick

JODY: The river is powerful
and unforgiving, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

JODY: The river is powerful and unforgiving,

Just like Lincoln Logs,
the weight will hold together. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Just like Lincoln Logs, the weight will hold together.

LOUISE: Just listening, see if
I hear any willows breaking. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

LOUISE: Just listening, see if I hear any willows breaking.

Yeah, (bleep), I
don't want to break it. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Yeah, (bleep), I don't want to break it.

Having something
simple like this, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Having something simple like this,

TIG: She's my ears,
I'm her eyes. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

TIG: She's my ears, I'm her eyes.

Knowing Glyn for
the 12 years that he's
been here in our village, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Knowing Glyn for the 12 years that he's been here in ou...

All right. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

I thought I got him. Dang. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

I thought I got him. Dang.

All right, let's see if we
can catch up to him again. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

All right, let's see if we can catch up to him again.

Jamey and I, in our lifetime
of experience on this land and - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Jamey and I, in our lifetime of experience on this land and

(singing central
Denaakk'e language) - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

(singing central Denaakk'e language)

All right, I'll go back
to moose hunting I guess. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

All right, I'll go back to moose hunting I guess.

Glyn is adamant and
open to me teaching him. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Glyn is adamant and open to me teaching him.

We've seen a walrus in the
crack of the water over there. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

We've seen a walrus in the crack of the water over ther...

I like to have Denali
to work with, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

I like to have Denali to work with,

It's so cold out here
that the guns freeze up, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

It's so cold out here that the guns freeze up,

MARVIN: I have my ups
and downs, but I got - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

MARVIN: I have my ups and downs, but I got

Right now, we don't
have any fish supply
in our freezer at all. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Right now, we don't have any fish supply in our freezer...

Only way I can look at
change is through me. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Only way I can look at change is through me.

We do go through tough times,
we do get a little bit hungry. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

We do go through tough times, we do get a little bit hungry.

Our freezer does run
a little low at times, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Our freezer does run a little low at times,

JODY: You always have
to be cautious and - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

JODY: You always have to be cautious and

I know my motor's hot, maybe
be able to steal some heat off - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

I know my motor's hot, maybe be able to steal some heat...

GLYNDARIL: Hopefully I
can salvage some of you, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

GLYNDARIL: Hopefully I can salvage some of you,

You have to be very respectful
of the power of this place. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

You have to be very respectful of the power of this place.

You gotta watch the weather,
watch the people, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

You gotta watch the weather, watch the people,

(singing central
Denaakk'e language) - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

(singing central Denaakk'e language)

JODY: We're just throwing
this together - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

JODY: We're just throwing this together

(singing in native language) - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

(singing in native language)

But the joys that I get to
have of working with my hands - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

But the joys that I get to have of working with my hands

I'm gonna set these
hooks real quick and a nice, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

I'm gonna set these hooks real quick and a nice,

My parents built our house,
our log home, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

My parents built our house, our log home,

Uutuks, on that minus tide,
and the seafood that we get - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Uutuks, on that minus tide, and the seafood that we get

JODY: It'll be nice,
and hopefully, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

JODY: It'll be nice, and hopefully,

Set these overnight hooks, just
gonna let time do its thing. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Set these overnight hooks, just gonna let time do its thing.

Pretty much everything that my
family had came from the land. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Pretty much everything that my family had came from the land...

I caught many, many, many lush
this exact same way right here. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

I caught many, many, many lush this exact same way right her...

So I'm just really happy to be
out with my dogs and my family, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

So I'm just really happy to be out with my dogs and my ...

(singing central
Denaakk'e language) - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

(singing central Denaakk'e language)

Take a little breather and
warm up a little bit, and - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Take a little breather and warm up a little bit, and

JOEL: Harvesting animals
is definitely the main key - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

JOEL: Harvesting animals is definitely the main key

It's a time of healing for me,
when I'm finally figuring out - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

It's a time of healing for me, when I'm finally fi...

(laughs) - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

(clicks) - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

I live in Gambell,
St. Lawrence Island, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

I live in Gambell, St. Lawrence Island,

DANIEL: It's a beautiful thing
that your children are learning - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

DANIEL: It's a beautiful thing that your children are l...

And when I do it, I'm ready to
go and do it all over again, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

And when I do it, I'm ready to go and do it all over ag...

Like any time that, you know,
it warms up from 60 below, - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Like any time that, you know, it warms up from 60 below,

My wife, Susan Apassingok, and
my two boys, Chris and Chase. - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

My wife, Susan Apassingok, and my two boys, Chris and Chase.

(laughs) - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Winter time out here is
very hard because we are - Life Below Zero: First Alaskans

Winter time out here is very hard because we are

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Follows Alaskan Natives who are focusing on their right to preserve their threatened ways of life, to ensure its survival for the next thousand years.

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Director: N/A

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Production: BBC Studios

Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

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ImdbRating: 8.0

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Released: 30 May 2022

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/shows/life-below-zero-first-alaskans

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