Alaska State Troopers

2009 • National Geographic Channel
4.7
343 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (5)

1 Ice Patrol
10/14/09
Some call it Alaska's version of spring break—the annual Arctic Man Ski and Sno-Go Classic. For four days, the remote Hoodoo Mountains are transformed into the state's fourth largest city. National Geographic joins troopers patrolling this rowdy festival, where roughly 10,000 people convene for physically demanding winter sports. It's up to just 13 troopers to keep the peace, enforce the laws and perform dangerous search and rescue missions.
2 Crime on the Kenai
10/21/09
Unforgiving terrain mixed with big city crime makes challenging work for troopers in Soldotna—a city on the Kenai Peninsula. National Geographic follows the troopers as they investigate a collision between a motorcyclist and a semitruck, track down a 11-year-old runaway, and search for two hunters stranded in the southeastern wilderness—an area with one of the highest concentrations of bear maulings in Alaska.
3 Drug Bust
11/4/09
Despite its small-town feel and remote location, the western outpost of Bethel has its share of big-city problems. In a city plagued with alcohol and drug problems, a special drug unit prepares for an undercover mission to bust an OxyContin dealer. Then, in the dead of winter, wildlife troopers gear up and head out on ATVs to patrol 20 miles across frozen lakes and swamps. And under the midnight sun of summer, people are up and out at all hours of the night—and so are the troopers, keeping the towns and highways safe.
4 Frontier Force
11/11/09
Go inside one of the world's most unique law enforcement agencies as the Alaska State Troopers fight crime, enforce fish and game regulations, and conduct search and rescue operations in America's last frontier. Troopers fight crime on the streets of Wasilla, conduct a search and rescue operation on the frozen Yukon River, enforce hunting regulations in the wilds near Fairbanks, and train for survival in Sitka.
5 The Wild West
11/25/09
Meet the brave men and women fighting crime in the Seward Peninsula, an unforgiving region in western Alaska. During the winter, daylight lasts less than four hours—leaving a lot of time for trouble under the cover of darkness. On the Seward Peninsula, alcohol leads to more than 95 percent of all crime, and many villages have opted to ban booze, fueling a black market where a fifth of whiskey can go for $250 to $300.

About this show

They are the first line of defense on the last frontier, the roughly 400 state troopers who patrol the rugged and unforgiving terrain of Alaska. One of the toughest law enforcement agencies in the nation, these officers often travel hundreds of miles in piercing subzero temperatures, where any person they encounter could be armed.

With rare access, National Geographic follows the Alaska State Troopers capturing a mixture of raw nature and criminal activity throughout the Alaskan wilderness and its remote villages.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
343 reviews
Eric C. Welch
December 28, 2012
I liked this show and bought a couple of seasons, but I have to admit that after watching about ten episodes, they start to become redundant and begin to all look the same with just a different cast of characters. Got to had it to the wildlife troopers in particular. They have a huge territory to cover and have a very risky job. I also don't envy the cameramen who have a really tough job. Loved the episode where the perp is caught and asks who the cameramen are. The trooper replies it's the National Geographic. To which the guy says, " I don't see any bears..."
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Anthony W. Parran, Sr.
February 22, 2015
I was hooked from day one. To hear it will be no more really put a dent in my viewing schedule. Oh yes, love the scene were a guy gets a DUI and later tells the cameraman to put the camera into a dark orifice. Snicker. I lived in Canada for 20-years and feel they treat their criminal element very respectful regardless of the situation when compared to the RCMP. Yeah the lower 48 could use a few lessons.
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Tera Goodall
January 3, 2013
Alaska is a beautiful place, i don't envy the troopers, they really have their work cut out for them! The"boot camp" they go threw to be troopers in Alaska, is really a smaller version of being paid badly by our government, if you get what I'm saying..the army. :-)
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