Alaska: The Last Frontier

2021
4.7
2.51K reviews
TV-14
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Season 1 episodes (13)

1 Before the Freeze
10/2/12
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.
2 Fueling the Fire
10/2/12
The first storm of the winter is fast approaching so the entire Kilcher homestead must race to finish preparing for the next eight months. Atz Sr. races ahead of the storm to lead a herd of cattle on a dangerous trek across flooded glacial rivers.
3 Snow, Cold and Darkness
10/2/12
The early winter storms have left the entire homestead unprepared. A desperate search for a newborn calf and its mother forces Otto's wife and their youngest son into a night snowstorm while Otto is away building shelter for his herd.
4 Dead of Winter
10/2/12
The extended Kilcher family struggle to get through a record-breaking harsh winter. Desperate for food, Atz Lee and Jane venture onto the ice to try fishing. Patriarchs Otto and Atz embark on a dangerous mission to bring aid to a fellow homesteader.
5 Spring Has Sprung
10/9/12
Spring finally arrives on the homestead. Eivin mills lumber, builds a large chicken house from scratch and helps wife Eve take out a rogue cannibal hen. Desperate for food, Jane goes fishing for king salmon solo while husband Atz Lee hunts for black bear.
6 Cattle Drive
10/16/12
Otto and family battle the elements and predators to drive their cattle to the summer pasture. A missing calf causes Otto and Eivin to head off for a dangerous late night rescue mission. Atz Lee and Jane build a makeshift greenhouse from cast off supplies
7 Range Riding
10/23/12
Atz begins his summer range riding season to protect Otto's cattle herd. A bear menaces from the edge; a wolf invades the herd. Otto and family race the clock and the elements to gather in winter's hay crop. Eivin and Eve's cannibal hen strikes again.
8 The River Wild
10/30/12
The Kilchers rally and call in favors to tackle their largest project this season. They have 48 hours to build a long cattle fence and rebuild a cabin, or the treacherous river's tide will trap their barge full of critical equipment for another month.
9 Something's Fishy
11/6/12
Summer half over, the Kilchers head out fishing, but it's not for fun...at least not entirely. They need 100s of pounds of fish to eat and barter with during winter. Each couple has their own time-proven technique for catching salmon, halibut and trout.
10 Legend of "Terrible Island"
11/13/12
Atz Lee and Eivin travel 160 miles and brave the bears of "Terrible Island" to hunt deer. Otto refuses to admit defeat and will use all the blackpowder he has to remove a pesky stump blocking his progress. Eve helps Charlotte solve a swarming bee problem.
11 Fall Feast
11/20/12
Fall arrives; the Kilchers scramble to finish their winter prep. Otto confronts a predator killing calves from inside his herd. Atz Lee and Jane catch and smoke salmon in their secret fish camp. Eivin uses a samurai sword to prepare Thanksgiving dinner.
12 Life According to Otto
11/27/12
Season-only
Cattleman Otto Kilcher sees life a little differently. Some people think he's crazy, but he'll tell you it's just his willingness to accept whatever life brings him. Otto's sense of humor is infectious and his ingenuity inspires family and neighbor alike.
13 Homestead Innovations
12/4/12
Season-only
For the Kilchers, necessity truly is the mother of invention and recycling takes a on whole new level -- from bone yard scavenges and make-do parts to tasty roadkill suppers. And it's not just the Kilcher men who have to be tough and resourceful.

About this show

Always pushed to their limits by the elements, circumstances and each other, the Kilchers continue to work together as a family to sustain the rich heritage of homesteading.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
2.51K reviews
Lilo Starr
July 30, 2017
This is a show about a bunch of morons mucking about in a place they shouldn't be. You'd think after 75 years, one of them would have thought to familiarize themselves with the tides, since they insist on messing about on the beach for no good reason. Hunting bears at night and not keeping track of the time is two things a grade schooler would have known not to do. I'm sure real Alaskans cringe at this phony show. The producers could have found some genuine Frontiersmen to showcase.
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Dianne Warner
December 28, 2020
I boycott this entire station forever. WHY would you highlight and enable perverse idiots as they hunt a wild goat herd: a group of wild animals harming no one, struggling to survive and procreate in their natural environment? Sick jerk. My God, I’ve never seen such uneducated, wasteful, brutal people — EVER. Are YOU native people in need of food? No. You are useless stupid boring idiots. Sick! Go get a bucket of Kentucky Fried and stuff your fat cheeks for $4.99. Screw you and your high powered rifles. I detest you.
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Van Mauzy
January 5, 2016
I like the show overall & the characters too (for the most part), but some frustration w/the overconfidence(overstated) displayed by a few of the players. I.E.-Shooting abilities are sorely lacking w/the "younger" members, as demonstrated by the failure of "one shot" kills and the rifle scope in the eye episode. Also way too many close calls w/machinery for "EXPERIENCED" operators. Hunter&Ex.SeaBee
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