Total Seasons :11Total Episodes : 165
Centers on the Kilcher family and their community outside Homer, Alaska. Begun by patriarch Yule Kilcher who immigrated from Europe during WWII, and currently led by his sons, Otto and Atz Kilcher (singer Jewel's father) the family have lived on their land for four generations. The show also features the homesteaders who live nearby and interact with the Kilchers.
Meet the Kilcher family, who live on a 600-acre homestead in Alaska. With another brutal winter approaching, and bears having killed two of the family's cattle, they are forced to pin all of their hopes of surviving the winter on one last hunting trip.
Air Date : 2011-12-29
The first storm of winter approaches as the family races to finish preparing for the next eight months; Atz herds cattle across flooded glacial rivers.
Air Date : 2012-01-05
The storms hit earlier than expected; search for a newborn calf and its mother; Otto builds shelter for his herd.
Air Date : 2012-01-12
Desperate for food, the Kilchers struggle to get through a harsh winter.
Air Date : 2012-10-03
Spring arrives and the family deals with a rogue hen and hunts for food.
Air Date : 2012-10-10
The family battles danger to drive their cattle to the summer pasture.
Air Date : 2012-10-17
Atz begins range riding to protect Otto's cattle herd from predators.
Air Date : 2012-10-24
The Kilchers call in favors to help build a fence before the high tide.
Air Date : 2012-10-31
The Kilchers fish for the hundreds of pounds of fish needed over winter.
Air Date : 2012-11-07
Atz Lee and Eiven travel to "Terrible Island" to hunt deer.
Air Date : 2012-11-14
Fall arrives and the Kilchers scramble to finish their winter preparations.
Air Date : 2012-11-21
Otto's sense of humor and ingenuity inspire his family and neighbors.
Air Date : 2012-11-28
The Kilchers must not only reuse and recycle, but also reinvent.
Air Date : 2012-12-05