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Life Below Zero

7.3(44 votes)

2013–2025

23 Seasons • 240 Ep

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Series Storyline

Viewers go deep into an Alaskan winter to meet six tough and resilient residents as they try to stay one step ahead of storms and man-eating beasts to make it through to spring. The closest neighbor to Sue Aikens is more than 300 miles away. Eric Salitan subsists solely on what he hunts and forages. Chip and Agnes Hailstone catch fish for currency in bartering for supplies, and Andy and Kate Bassich use their pack of sled dogs for transportation.

Seasons (24)

Specials

5 Episodes • 2014

Season 1

10 Episodes • 2013

Season 2

6 Episodes • 2013

Spring has sprung for our four Alaskan households living miles from the nearest road network in different corners of this merciless territory. After the harsh winter, breakup is under way in remote Alaska and Life Below Zero's hardy characters face a whole new set of challenges.

Season 3

12 Episodes • 2014

In the weeks just before freeze up, our four households are focused on last ditch efforts to bring in enough meat and supplies to enable them to make it through winter. But hungry grizzly bears and unpredictable weather pose a constant threat – and soon bone-chilling cold will add to their minute-by-minute test of survival. Among the many adventures featured in this series, Chip and his family embark on long treks in the blistering cold of the Arctic in their search for remote new hunting grounds, Sue navigates a new all-terrain vehicle back to her remote outpost home across 100 miles of desolate tundra in the dark and -50F temperatures, while Andy and Kate take on the task of teaching a newcomer how to survive life off the grid.

Season 4

8 Episodes • 2014

With temperatures rising across Alaska, Sue must battle the elements to keep her camp running in the face of threats from waking predators. In Eagle, break-up on the Yukon River marks the most arduous time of the year, with Andy and Kate spending every hour building and preparing for the oncoming freeze. The Hailstones venture to a new summer camping ground with plans to teach their girls how to stock fresh fish, meat, and other resources while the land is plentiful. With a small window for their subsistence hunting, Erik and his new wife set out to harvest fresh spring meat. As the waterways thaw, Glenn must test his building skills in order to access nearby hunting areas in search of available food sources.

Season 5

12 Episodes • 2015

The icy adventures continue for Life Below Zero's hardy characters as they race to prepare for their survival as the oncoming winter freeze begins to take hold in Alaska. With temperatures plummeting and limited daylight, it's a battle to secure the last of available resources.

Season 6

8 Episodes • 2015

When spring arrives in Alaska, the thaw means it’s time to begin preparing for the next freeze, by hunting, fishing or relocating for the summer. The Hailstones and Jessie work on projects to take advantage of the summer bounty. Glenn searches for a long lost cabin, and Sue reopens her camp.

Season 7

15 Episodes • 2016

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.

Season 8

10 Episodes • 2016

In remote Alaska live the hardy characters who make their homes in one of the toughest areas of the world. In this season we follow their lives through the summer thaw as they race against the clock to prepare for the next dark winter freeze.

Season 9

10 Episodes • 2017

The icy adventures continue for the hardy characters who have chosen to live off the grid in the wilds of Alaska. This season, Sue prepares camp for what she believes will be the worst winter in years, and it's all go for Agnes and her daughters in Chip's absence as they need to hunt for caribou to get them through the winter.

Season 10

8 Episodes • 2017

Season 11

11 Episodes • 2018

Rejoin the icy adventures of Life Below Zero's resilient characters as the show returns to Alaska to chart their day-to-day lives in one of the toughest areas of the world.

Season 12

11 Episodes • 2018

With a seasonal shift spreading across the Arctic, wicked conditions force Alaska residents to plan for the worst or risk losing everything.

Season 13

11 Episodes • 2019

Follow the further icy adventures of Life Below Zero's resilient characters as the series charts their day-to-day lives in Alaska. In an increasingly unpredictable Arctic climate, they must quickly adapt to the changing landscape in their quest for freedom and survival.

Season 14

8 Episodes • 2019

As Mother Nature becomes more erratic, survival in Alaska has never been more uncertain. The Hailstones fight to keep their native traditions alive as their family expands. Sue Aikens creates new tools to survive in the brutal, ever-changing tundra, and battles her aging mind and body in the process.

Season 15

11 Episodes • 2020

More gripping adventures of the resilient characters surviving the punishing environment of the frozen North, as a new season of change and unpredictability in the unforgiving Arctic brings unique threats for the Alaskans.

Season 16

11 Episodes • 2020

Documentary television series that illustrates the daily and seasonal activities of subsistence hunters as they make their living in remote areas of Alaska.

Season 17

11 Episodes • 2021

The residents living in the Arctic wilderness are pushed to new limits. Jessie Holmes recovers from a near-death accident. Andy Bassich and Denise Becker seek new resources on the Yukon River. Cole Sturgis teaches his daughters to survive in the Southeast. Sue Aikens restores her body and spirit on the tundra.

Season 18

8 Episodes • 2021

When bears, wolves and foxes are your only neighbors, life can be lonely. Extreme low temperatures and a constant battle for basic supplies and you see the constant challenges those who live in remote corners of Alaska face.