Great Wild North

As a brutally cold winter and trapping season begins, a handful of tough, modern day Northerners head out to their traplines in remote parts of Yukon and Alaska, battling sub-zero temperatures and hazardous terrain. Outside of Dawson City, Guy Couture attempts a dangerous snowmobile crossing over a jagged mountain ridge. Megan Melanson and her 2-year-old daughter Tasin fly in a white out with hopes of landing at their family cabin in Bear Lake. In Alaska's Mount DuRelle region, Mike Willard and Dave Bruss are trying to wind their way across the deadly Tazlina glacier. And on the Sixty Mile River, Cor Guimond gets his season off to a strong start with a stunning catch.

With only four months to earn a paycheck, trappers are busy working their lines. In Dawson City, Cor faces a painful choice when his lead dog gets injured. In Yukon's Bear Lake, Megan is forced to take baby Tasin with her to rescue Brian on a frozen lake. Guy's eagerness to start trapping in the Ladue River Valley nearly ends in disaster and in southern Alaska, Mike's quest to claim an untapped valley gets stuck in a minefield of ice.

Trapping is a way of life in the unforgiving Western frontier that dates back centuries: to make money, you've got to catch fur. Deep in the Yukon, a timber wolf wreaks havoc on Megan and Brian's trapline. Cor's push to reach remote Matson Creek ends in heartbreak.

As a warm Chinook wind sweeps thru Yukon and Alaska, winter makes an unexpected retreat, creating problems in the bush. On the far side of the Tazlina Glacier, Mike and Dave must make a dangerous river crossing to get to new trapping ground.

A long, grueling winter is taking its toll, pushing equipment, supplies and nerves to a breaking point. Dangerously low on food supplies, Megan and Brian hunt for survival. Another snowmobile breakdown forces Guy to make a bitter choice.

More than half way through the trapping season, it's come down to survival of the fittest as both man and animal compete for dwindling resources in harsh winter wilderness. In Yukon's remote Bear Lake, Megan and Brian need to outsmart a fox that's wreaking havoc on their trapline while across the border in Alaska