Grizzly bears, wolves, and coyotes remind the Kilchers that the humans aren't always the apex predator on the homestead, but threats to the Kilcher's food supplies and livelihood also come in many other shapes and sizes and from unexpected places.
With winter on their doorstep., the Kilchers race to finish their summer projects. Otto's enormous new project strains his marital bliss. Atz's horse strands him on the range. Eivin works some chicken magic. Atz Lee teaches Jane to fell a tree.
The Kilchers, fellow homesteaders & cattlemen pay tribute to a fallen friend by driving over 100 cattle back home. Atz Lee winterizes the Hunters Cabin, preparing to move further off the homestead. Jane & Eve's halibut fishing trip ends with a bang.
In an effort to fill an empty freezer, Eivin and Atz Lee head to a remote island to hunt for deer. Meanwhile, Charlotte must deal with the reality of farm life and care for a dying cow.
Fall is over. The Kilchers take care of last minute projects before the winter freeze--and the baby-- arrive. Jane faces wicked weather and quicksand while on her very first cattle drive with Otto. Eivin and Eve introduce the newest Kilcher to the world.
The Kilchers' lifestyle is dictated by the season they're in, so they adapt to extremes--from rescuing calves born in late winter snow to fighting swarms of mosquitos in almost 24 hr solstice sun. In spring, Otto tries to live down his fisherman's curse.
The Kilchers face fallout from the warmest Alaskan winter in decades. Atz Sr, Otto, Atz Lee & Eivin tackle an emergency mission to supply & secure their hunting cabins at the head of the bay. Charlotte & Jane desperately search for a missing newborn calf.
Atz Sr, Bonnie, Atz Lee & Shane struggle to move a two-ton bridge to ensure crossing of glacial rivers for crucial access to the head of the bay, while Otto & Charlotte fight a serious threat to their cattle.
The Kilchers band together to protect their livelihood on the homestead and beyond. Atz Lee and Jane encounter disaster in a hunt for Jane's first black bear. Atz Sr, Bonnie & Shane defend the head of the bay against grizzlies.
Early spring, life is returning to the homestead, but with temperatures soaring things are far from normal. Tensions reach the breaking point on the annual Kilcher cattle drive as Otto struggles to maintain control of his novice crew and chaos ensues.
Atz Lee and Jane venture out in a risky hunt for black bear, but instead come face to face with a massive grizzly. Using the constructor, Otto and Eivin race the tide to transport and introduce two new bulls into the family herd at the head of the bay.
The Kilchers race to finish a year's worth of work in just four months. To fill their freezer, Atz Lee and Jane chase the first salmon run of the season, while Otto and Eivin bolster the homestead's defenses to contain their unruly cattle herd.
Otto, Charlotte, Eivin & Eve harvest a sterile cow to stock up on meat for winter, repurposing its byproducts to make homesteader soap, and tanning its hide for building corrals. At the head of the bay, Atz Sr.'s range riding skills are tested.
Homesteaders who work together, give thanks together. Join the Kilcher family as they celebrate Thanksgiving with the friends who helped prepare the homestead for winter.
At the head of the bay Atz Sr. divulges the secrets of the range rider to Atz Lee and Eivin in preparation of the future. To heat the family's cabin, Otto, Charlotte and August must transform more than 1000 pounds of metal pipe into a working chimney.
In this MEGA episode the Kilchers face their biggest challenges yet. Otto, Jane & Shane help a fellow homesteader transport a cabin to the distant and uninhabited Perl Island but things take a sinister turn when they discover a predator on the loose.
Homesteading requires a good relationship between husband and wife to get through everything life in Alaska throws your way. Otto and Charlotte, Atz and Bonnie, Eivin and Eve, Atz Lee and Jane stand by their spouses through thick and thin.