Life Below Zero — Season 7
An early winter strikes across Alaska, with temperatures plummeting and snow closing in. Each one of our characters must pursue their last chance to gather, hunt, fish, and build before the land freez
About this season
An early winter strikes across Alaska, with temperatures plummeting and snow closing in. Each one of our characters must pursue their last chance to gather, hunt, fish, and build before the land freezes around them. As dark winter arrives, these bush dwellers fight to prepare for months of extreme isolation where they must rely only on themselves to survive.
Episodes (15)
1. On the Edge
Aired 7 April 2016 • 60 min
Sue readies her camp for the coming winter. Glenn makes his move from Fairbanks to Chandalar. Jessie revamps his entire dog lot. The Hailstones begin work on a mobile home.
2. Pride and Power
Aired 14 April 2016 • 60 min
Sue waits on a fuel delivery. Glenn goes on a moose hunt. Jessie revamps his dog lot. The Hailstones begin to build a mobile home.
3. Falling Apart
Aired 21 April 2016 • 60 min
Sue makes needed repairs around camp. Jessie collects fish from his fish wheel. Glenn works to haul a moose back to camp. Chip processes and trades pieces of a caribou.
4. Deadly Tracks
Aired 28 April 2016 • 60 min
With the freeze under way, Alaskans scramble to secure their livelihoods. Sue Aikens returns to find a dangerous predator lurking just outside of camp.
5. Breaking Through
Aired 5 May 2016 • 60 min
The Arctic’s late freeze presents unique challenges for Alaskans as they attempt to gather food and resources for survival.
6. Shakedown
Aired 12 May 2016 • 60 min
Repairs, hunting and errands are all on the to-do list as five Alaskans struggle to get through the everyday grind as a long, dark winter looms ahead.
7. Ghosts of Winter
Aired 19 May 2016 • 60 min
The looming arrival of dark winter forces Alaskans to tackle various obstacles to ensure a prosperous season.
8. No Boundaries
Aired 26 May 2016 • 60 min
In the dead of winter, Alaskans travel into the mountains and across frozen rivers and tundra to obtain resources for survival.
9. Trapped and Hunted
Aired 2 June 2016 • 60 min
Though not easy tasks, trapping and hunting are essential activities for Alaskans to get crucial food and fur to survive dark winter.
10. Winter Kill
Aired 9 June 2016 • 60 min
Alaskans pursue scarce resources in anticipation of the coming spring and face some unexpected surprises.
11. Sue Aikens
Aired 9 June 2016 • 60 min
Sue Aikens has chosen to carve out a life of perilous isolation in the remote artic tundra, overcoming constant challenges to thrive at Kavik River Camp, a remote refueling station on the North Slope of Alaska. Sue reveals her journey to Kavik, starting from a rough childhood and tracing through three marriages and numerous ups and downs, and she shares what it is that draws her to a life of solitude.
12. Loaded
Aired 9 June 2016 • 60 min
Sue gets stuck with the loader on the road from Deadhorse to Kavik. Glenn suffers a leg injury on a trek home. Andy kills and processes a lynx. Chip hunts for muskox.
13. The Hailstones
Aired 16 June 2016 • 60 min
Chip and Agnes Hailstone struggle to live in the Artic and survive as a family, while passing along the importance of their heritage and native traditions to their children. Chip and Agnes discuss their background and experiences, sharing the struggles they have had living a semi-nomadic subsistence lifestyle while hunting, fishing and gathering to survive in the harsh conditions of Northwest Alaska.
14. No Shortcuts
Aired 16 June 2016 • 60 min
Sue's loader travels to Kavik on a convoy. Glenn builds a snow cave and stays on the mountain overnight. Andy rebuilds his wind turbine. Agnes and Chip travel home to Noorvik.
15. Glenn Villeneuve
Aired 23 June 2016 • 60 min
Sixty-five miles above the Arctic Circle, in a sparse Brooks Range, Glenn Villeneuve has given up nearly all modern conveniences to carve out a life of freedom in the wild.