The Kilchers share never-before-seen family footage and stories about patriarch Yule. Otto and Atz share stories of their own parental style, with their sons chiming in.

The Kilchers race through the last few days of fall, prepping the cabins, winterising the bee hive, sorting the cellar, bottling raspberry mead and creating a new field.

Otto pulls porcupine quills out of a colt's face. Eve has conflicting thoughts about deer hunting and Atz gives Jane a lesson in rabbit skinning.

Otto must move the outhouse due to frozen soil. Eivin takes Eve on her first deer-hunt on Afognak Island and Atz and sons gather trees for a big new project.

Half the herd returns early from the summer grazing grounds, so the Kilchers drive the rest home across icy rivers. But will they escape any casualties?

For the Kilchers, necessity truly is the mother of invention and recycling takes on a whole new level - from make-do parts to tasty roadkill suppers.

Meet cattleman Otto Kilcher who sees life a little differently. Some people think he's crazy, but it's just his readiness to accept whatever life brings him.

Autumn arrives and the Kilchers scramble to finish their winter preparations in time. Meanwhile, Eivin uses a samurai sword to prepare Thanksgiving dinner.

Atz Lee and Eivin travel 160 miles and brave the bears of "Terrible Island" to hunt deer. Meanwhile, Eve helps Charlotte solve a swarming bee problem.

With summer half over the Kilchers head out fishing. They need 100s of pounds of fish to eat and barter with during winter. But will they reach their target?

The clan have 48 hours to build a cattle fence and rebuild a cabin, or the hazardous river's tide will trap their barge full of critical equipment for another month.

Eivin and Eve's cannibal hen strikes again. Meanwhile, Atz begins his summer range riding season to protect Otto's cattle herd, but will he keep the predators at bay?

Otto and his family battle the elements and predators to drive their cattle to the summer pasture. Atz Lee and Jane build a makeshift greenhouse from cast off supplies.

Spring finally arrives on the homestead. Eivin mills lumber, builds a large chicken house from scratch and helps his wife Eve take out a rogue cannibal hen.

The extended Kilcher family struggle through a record-breaking harsh winter. Desperate for food, Atz Lee and Jane venture into the brutal elements in search of food.