Viewers go deeply in an Alaskan winter to meet six tough and resilient residents as they make an effort to stay one step ahead of storms and beasts to make it to spring up. The nearest neighbor to Sue Aikens is more than 300 miles apart. Eric Salitan subsists solely on which he hunts and forages. Processor and Agnes Hailstone catch fish for money and Kate and Andy Bassich use their pack of sled dogs for transportation.