Resourcefulness is key to survival in Port Protection and for 56-year resident Sam that means making...

Winter’s end is approaching and the change of season brings new opportunities while closing the door...

The residents of Port Protection deal with the forces of nature, yet again. Curly decides to support...

Spring has come to Port Protection and with it a host of chores and opportunities. Mary Miller takes...

The spring season progresses and the residents of Port Protection encounter tasks and challenges. Wh...

Spring has arrived, and in Port Protection that means there is work to be done despite erratic burst...

Timothy “Curly” Leech and Amanda Makar set out to catch halibut with some borrowed equipment. Gary M...

The community of Port Protection encounters tasks and challenges as Gary goes shrimping, something h...

Spring has arrived and the residents of Port Protection complete essential builds and chores. Hans a...

Gary makes a supply run to Wrangell, Alaska, and is asked by Hans and Timbi to bring back some very...

With winter almost upon them, the residents of Port Protection are busy using the remaining days of...

For the residents of Port Protection, a transition from fall to winter means not only a change in we...

Mary and Curly head out on a duck hunt that tests their limits. Sam hunts for a Sitka black-tailed d...

As winter moves in on Port Protection, residents take advantage of some rare mild weather to increas...

In order to survive the menacing winter months, residents scramble to gather any remaining necessiti...

Hans and Timbi head out in an old box van to pick up new additions to their family farm. Strangers h...

Residents tackle repairs and community duties as the mild winter comes to and end.

As winter comes to an end, Port Protection residents confront the tenuousness of an Alaskan lifestyl...

The community takes advantage of unseasonably warm winter weather to complete necessary builds and e...

The Porters enlist volunteers to help put finishing touches on their self-sustaining farm. After a v...

As winter approaches in Port Protection, residents must be prepared or face consequences. Open deer...

Its time to stock up in Port Protection. Curly Leach goes out to get fire wood, but struggles to sto...

Gary Muehlberger goes on a wood hunt. Felling a huge dead pine, he is set for wood for the whole win...

Sam Carlson and Dave Squibb build a crusher attachment for a log splitting machine to recycle alumin...

Port Protection's residents must complete vital tasks before winter, with the help of family or frie...

Gary Muehlberger heads into the forest to set his mink traps for a late harvest. Mary Miller heads u...

Sam Carlson needs to take down trees threatening his home without damaging any of his buildings. Gar...

Curly Leach needs firewood, and unable to get his old truck started in the freezing conditions, take...

Now in mid winter, all hunting in Port protection is closed except for trapping, and Gary Muehlberge...

Stuart Andrews, and Dave Squibb pull out the fire boat to attend to a controlled burn of a derelict...

As winter draws near, Port Protection residents ready themselves for Mother Nature's cruelest months...

The residents of Port Protection prepare to survive the harsh winter. Gary Muehlberger ventures outs...

Living in Port Protection is a never-ending education on the art of survival. David Squibb fights ti...

Port Protection residents must work together to make it through the winter. Sam Carlson and his son...

As the temperatures drop in Port Protection, it is critical that residents continue to survive despi...

With winter approaching, last minute chores take priority. Wether it is gathering wood for the commu...

Persistence and patience are necessary skills for the residents of Port Protection.

Residents of Port Protection rely on their hard-earned skills to survive the winter.

With winter coming fast, David and Sam tackle a large tree, Gary and Matt get busy building, Curley...

Mary's home is threatened by dying trees, and she calls on Curly for help. Sam and Dave hatch a sche...

After losing one of its own, in a tragic fire, Port Protection residents try to pick themselves up,...

While some residents investigate other income generating opportunities, others handle some basic mai...

The old hands teach the now blood how to survive in Port Protection, while others fine tune their fo...

Brianna and Oliver try another bear hunt, while David adds to his wood storage. Curly sources trees...

Carl and Morgan give their log hauler a major testing, while Sam and Troy go gill net fishing for Sa...

Sam helps Troy with a new spearfishing rig for halibut, while David does it the hook and line way. C...

Matt and Sam give Troy a hand starting his new home. Oliver and Breanna make some safety improvement...

With Squibb's help, Troy works on his new home, while Sam resurrects an old stove as a house warming...

Work continues on Troy's new home with David, Sam and Oliver lending a hand , while Mary and Mike he...

Matt marches through rain, wind, and snow to get some deer for the months ahead. Others tackle house...

Mary goes to the wood store, Curly visits the fish shop without success, and Sam goes on a hunt. Tro...

Curly helps Oliver and Breanna with duck hunting skills. Matt gets his boat on the lift for some muc...

Curly sets off on a beaver hunt to reduce the infrastructure damage. Sam repairs some community boar...

Curly helps Mary with some dangerous tree maintenance. Carl and Morgan add water collection equipmen...

As the community of Port Protection moves on with their lives, Squibb and Troy join forces to repair...

A massive tree blocks the waterway and Matt Carlson makes a plan to deal with it. Curly Leach bags h...

Sam Carlson's youngest son comes to visit from Washington. Mary goes out fishing with Curly to get b...

Sam helps Breanna and Jason set up a shooting range. Carl and Morgan build a foundation for their sa...

Sam, Oliver and Breanna head out on a bear hunt, while Carl, Morgan, Matt, Troy and Dave Palmer work...

Sam and David pull out the gill net for the season. Oliver upgrades his fresh water system to be mor...

Fishing season is underway. Sam and Matt replace their old boat rigging while Carl and Morgan target...

With some help from David Squibb, Curly finally replaces the death trap decking right outside his fr...

Dave, and Sam give Curly some assistance to build a hoist for his dock. Veronica forages for greens...

Sam and Troy embark on a treasure dive. Mary starts her hunting. Curly sets a big bait for a big fis...

Curly constructs a duck blind and Oliver tries to get a load of crab along with Breanna, while the r...

Tim and his dog are threatened by the arrival of a wolf pack. Veronical and Breanna sharpen their gu...

Its hunting and building time in Alaska. Breanna goes on a deer hunt. Sam finishes off his workshop...

Oliver and Breanna set out their shrimp pots. Matt undertakes some much needed boat maintenance and...

With winter approaching, the Port Protection community are all busy finishing off jobs and stocking...

Everyone is trying something new. Curley takes Sam duck hunting. Matt, Carl and Morgan go crabbing i...

A long winter changes the paths of the Port Protection's residents

Carl hunts a deer, Troy dives, and Curly and Veronica embrace danger.

In Port Protection, tools aren't always used for what they're intended.

Curly helps battle a group of deadly trees on his neighbour's property.

In Port Protection, good friends equal survival, as one hand helps another.

Sam and Squibb's solar panel installation project lands Sam on a rotten boat roof trying to salvage...

Oliver tries new fishing gear, while Curly builds a new fish table.

Residents tackle tough tasks under a stormy spring sky.

The residents step up to a wide variety of challenges in Alaskan waters.

The Port Protection, tides ebb and flow, and so do its long-time residents.