Season 9
18 episodes
51 min. per episode
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A rugged family battles nature and each other, forging bonds that test their survival in Alaska's breathtaking wilderness.
Episodes
With winter ending early, the Kilchers spring into action. Eivin and August struggle to resupply the head of the bay while Jane and Eve go hunting.
Otto surveys the condition of his rusting barge after a winter in drydock, while Eivin and Eve use explosives to clear land for a new root cellar. And later, Jane builds an innovative dogsled for Atz Lee.
In preparation for the spring cattle drive, Atz Lee, Otto and August survey the homestead for signs of bear and employ modern surveillance to track their movement. Eivin and Eve take the kids on a kelp-harvesting expedition and Atz Sr. goes bear hunting.
While collecting coal on the beach after a storm, Eivin and Eve find a capsized boat and immediately begin looking for survivors. Otto, Charlotte and August build a shelter for their calves and Jane brings the family together with a new spring tradition.
Atz Sr and Atz Lee plan a new pasture on Perl Island for safer grazing. Otto, Charlotte and August take on the cattle drive.
Centers on Kilcher family and their community outside Homer, Alaska. Begun by patriarch Yule Kilcher who immigrated from Europe.