About this season
They are the first line of defense on the last frontier, the roughly 400 state troopers who patrol the rugged and unforgiving terrain of America’s largest state — Alaska. One of the toughest law enforcement agencies in the nation, these officers often travel hundreds of miles in piercing subzero temperatures to uphold the law. Responding by land, air and sea — with backup sometimes days away — they face danger to protect the people and wildlife of Alaska.
Episodes (12)
1. Trail of Blood
Aired 15 September 2013 • 60 min
Spring approaches and the Iditarod sled race heats up in the Season 5 opener. Also: Troopers go head-to-head with a suspicious man at a gas station; and a woman escapes an alleged abuser by running down the highway.
2. Loaded for Bear
Aired 22 September 2013 • 60 min
A man who recently escaped from a mental-health facility poses a threat in the Mat-Su Valley; an injured hiker is in need of rescue; hunters take more than their share of resources along Alaska's Inside Passage.
3. Bear Aware
Aired 29 September 2013 • 60 min
Troopers work through the spring to prevent bear attacks; a man chases campers with a knife; and two troopers track a wanted criminal to a suspicious-looking shed.
4. Lock'N'Load Neighbors
Aired 6 October 2013 • 60 min
An intoxicated man starts trouble with troopers in Butte; arrests are made after a fight in a Fairbanks hotel; an altercation between neighbors involves guns; and brown bears settle into a village dump.
5. Smell of Death
Aired 13 October 2013 • 60 min
Troopers search for a dead body near an abandoned campsite; a suspicious car crash might be linked to a dangerous perpetrator.
6. Burglars & Bears
Aired 20 October 2013 • 60 min
Troopers chase a getaway car containing a stolen firearm; campers are rescued from rivers.
7. Hammered on the Holiday
Aired 3 November 2013 • 60 min
A trooper searches for missing hunters. Also: an off-road chase; Independence Day celebrations.
8. Carnival Chaos
Aired 24 November 2013 • 60 min
Two wildlife troopers navigate their patrol boat out of troubled waters before a gale threatens to sink it.
9. Wildest Calls
Aired 1 December 2013 • 60 min
Two troopers find themselves in a showdown with a heavily-armed man who has barricaded himself inside a home. Also: Troopers respond to calls during the dead of winter.
10. Battling Demons
Aired 1 December 2013 • 60 min
A man beats a car's windshield with his bare hands; troopers respond to an arson call that turns into a knife and Taser fight; a trooper looks for teens who are poaching birds in migration.
11. Frozen Justice
Aired 2 December 2013 • 60 min
A trooper rushes to a fire to save a disabled man.
12. Shotgun Standoff
Aired 8 December 2013 • 60 min
A high-intensity situation unfolds when shots are fired at the Troopers. In Soldotna, Trooper Hunter Hull and Alaskan police are in a standoff with a man with a shotgun. The standoff escalates when the armed man fires right through the door! In Kenai, Trooper Maggie Stang is on a wildlife patrol near the salmon fisheries when she corners a group of fisherman illegally snagging fish. In Kodiak, a resident calls Troopers when she spots tourists wandering close to a family of brown bears.