Mary's home is threatened by dying trees, and she calls on Curly for help. Sam and Dave hatch a scheme to use the tide to generate electricity, and Matt heads over to Litzi to help her with the boardwalk

As the community of Port Protection moves on with their lives, Squibb and Troy join forces to repair a sinking float that could cause a massive oil spill.

Father-son hunting trips put skills to the test; Breanna sets out on her own deer hunt; Squibb helps Veronica with repairs; new water system projects take shape.

Sam Carlson's youngest son comes to visit from Washington. Mary goes out fishing with Curly to get bait for the crab pots. Troy assists Oliver with some much needed float repairs to his home.

As winter draws near, Port Protection residents ready themselves for Mother Nature's cruelest months. With his freezer low on venison, Gary Muehlberger trudges through the Alaskan brush in search of deer. Matt Carlson begins a long journey home alone after having left his family behind in Ketchikan. Mary Miller must first repair an outhaul before collecting firewood.

Neighbors lend a hand—helping fell dangerous trees and strengthen floating structures; Curly checks on the water system; Sam takes part in his final salmon season.

Curly hunts deer between storms; Troy explores a shipwreck; Veronica and Terry revitalize Litzi’s old garden; Sam and Squibb haul in a large catch.

A long winter changes the paths of the Port Protection's residents

In Port Protection, good friends equal survival, as one hand helps another.

Sam and Troy embark on a treasure dive. Mary starts her hunting. Curly sets a big bait for a big fish and Oliver builds up his firewood supply.

Sam and David pull out the gill net for the season. Oliver upgrades his fresh water system to be more independent. Carl improves his garden. Mary, Kristina and Breanna give Veronica some tree felling lessons.

Stuart Andrews, and Dave Squibb pull out the fire boat to attend to a controlled burn of a derelict home in Port Protection. Sam Carlson heads out to help Gary Muehlberger with a boat repair. Curly Leach takes Mary Miller on a beaver trapping teaching trip, but Mary is more interested in deer hunting. Matt Carlson takes his family to the boat graveyard to salvage useful items and collect Devils club plant.

Curly Leach needs firewood, and unable to get his old truck started in the freezing conditions, takes to the boat. Sam Carlson prepares his traps for the winter fur season. Gary Muehlberger feels the need for some clams, since his stock is finished and heads out to dig. Matt Carlson is almost out of water and takes his tank to town to fill it.

Sam, Oliver and Breanna head out on a bear hunt, while Carl, Morgan, Matt, Troy and Dave Palmer work on the old sawmill installation. Veronica gets fishing lessons from Jiggy and David Squibb does some tree felling.

The community celebrates their dogs; Troy and Sarah gather salmon for Brutus; villagers build ramps to aid mobility; Oliver and Breanna continue construction projects.

Challenging hunts and laborious construction test residents; berry-picking and food gathering continue; storms damage homes and docks.

Carl hunts a deer, Troy dives, and Curly and Veronica embrace danger.

Curly helps battle a group of deadly trees on his neighbour's property.

Brianna and Oliver try another bear hunt, while David adds to his wood storage. Curly sources trees to help Carl and Troy with their wood milling operation, which will enable them to continue with their home builds.

Summer’s peak keeps everyone busy; Troy fishes for halibut; Squibb works on dock repairs; Carl faces challenges in commercial fishing.

Port Protection residents must work together to make it through the winter. Sam Carlson and his son Matt explore new terrain in the hopes of bagging a buck. Gary Muehlberger brings down a massive tree to build a woodshed. New Port Protection resident Breanna Miethe takes on the challenge of felling her first tree. Fisherman Stuart Andrews struggles to fill his winter freezer with fish.

A massive tree blocks the waterway and Matt Carlson makes a plan to deal with it. Curly Leach bags his bear, and newcomer Veronica Arrants learns some halibut techniques from David Squibb

Dave, and Sam give Curly some assistance to build a hoist for his dock. Veronica forages for greens while Gail and Mike fish for salmon.

The spring season progresses and the residents of Port Protection encounter tasks and challenges. When Curly tries to be a good neighbor by helping his friend Jiggy with a rotten tree that threatens to fall on his house, he finds his experience and determination tested. Mary passes the torch of knowledge to Amanda, teaching her the finer points of how to hunt and track game, to provide her with the tools to survive on her own. Sam readies the fire patrol boat, staging a fire drill with other community members, which involves setting a real fire.

Its time to stock up in Port Protection. Curly Leach goes out to get fire wood, but struggles to stop the rocks damaging his new skiff. Gary Muehlberger's first fishing trip is a bust and he decides a beer is a better idea. The next day he catches food for the cat and dog. Mary Miller goes deer hunting and hopes she doesn't become the hunted when she gets lost. Sam Carlson converts an old propane tank into a bio charcoal maker, to enrich the soil for his garden.

Winter’s end is approaching and the change of season brings new opportunities while closing the door on others. Sam has heard from other fishermen that halibut have been caught nearby. After months of living off of frozen food, he’s eager to catch some of the savory fish. Meanwhile trapping season is coming to a close and that means Gary is losing one of his main sources of income. He sets out for one last trapping trip in an effort to get enough fur to help meet his expenses for the year. Curly gets word that a massive tree is threatening a local house, and Mary sets out on the inexhaustible hunt for firewood.

With Squibb's help, Troy works on his new home, while Sam resurrects an old stove as a house warming gift. Curly heads off fishing, after giving Junior a luxury seat on the boat. Breanna and Oliver go duck hunting.

After losing one of its own, in a tragic fire, Port Protection residents try to pick themselves up, regroup, and move forward with their lives off the grid.

The residents of Port Protection deal with the forces of nature, yet again. Curly decides to support the community and take on pesky beavers. Sam finds it’s time to start his garden and encounters bad soil so he has to search the surrounding area for the necessary ingredients to sweeten it up. Rough weather and high winds complicate Timbi’s situation when she suspects she has a life-threatening blood clot and can’t leave the island. Meanwhile, Gary sets out to do some king salmon fishing and encounters another competitor, which jeopardizes his attempts to catch a fish.

The community of Port Protection encounters tasks and challenges as Gary goes shrimping, something he hasn’t done for a while. Meanwhile, Timbi searches for a natural remedy for Hans’ aches and pains. Curly tries to pull a tree from the forest, and Sam takes a camping trip into the island’s wilderness to hunt bear.

Gary Muehlberger goes on a wood hunt. Felling a huge dead pine, he is set for wood for the whole winter. Curly Leach tries to get some geese with his trainee dog, but the training is a work in progress. Sam Carlson and Dave Squibb build a giant version of a rocket stove. Their idea is to burn Port Protection waste as cleanly and efficiently as possible. Mary Miller hunts for fish for her and her animals while trying not to be sunk by a whale.

With some help from David Squibb, Curly finally replaces the death trap decking right outside his front door. Sam Carlson builds a rocket stove.

Timothy “Curly” Leech and Amanda Makar set out to catch halibut with some borrowed equipment. Gary Muehlberger decides to test his mettle — and age — by returning to some old hunting grounds to catch a “hooter” and see if he’s still “got it.” Resident inventor and all-around DIY’er Sam Carlson tries to cobble together a vertical access wind turbine out of junk and scrap metal from an old shipyard. And Hans Porter sets out to test the pH levels of the town’s water supply, only to discover a dead-standing tree threatening the town’s pipeline.

Living in Port Protection is a never-ending education on the art of survival. David Squibb fights tides and a rocky beach to install a wind generator. Mary Miller uses her carpentry skills to better preserve her meat supplies. Gary Muehlberger and old friend Litzi Botello try their luck catching a yellow eye. Curly Leach must repair his home before stockpiling firewood.

As the temperatures drop in Port Protection, it is critical that residents continue to survive despite the cruel environment around them.

As winter approaches in Port Protection, residents must be prepared or face consequences. Open deer season provides Gary Muehlberger with an opportunity to stockpile meat. Stuart Andrews and Dave Squibb fish for halibut to fill their freezers. Mary Miller faces her fears to harvest firewood for the winter. In the wake of Jethro's passing, Curly Leech trains a new dog for life in Southeast Alaska

Port Protection's residents must complete vital tasks before winter, with the help of family or friends. Sam Carlson and his son Matt venture to remote, dangerous terrain in hopes of harvesting deer. Gary Muehlberger enlists his friend, Curly Leach, to make vital repairs to his home before the snow flies. Dave Squibb and his partner, Kristina, work to install solar panels for energy independence.

In Port Protection, tools aren't always used for what they're intended.

Spring has come to Port Protection and with it a host of chores and opportunities. Mary Miller takes advantage of bear season and heads into the nearby woods to hunt her first black bear. Gary Muehlberger sets out to trap a beaver in the hopes of teaching Port Protection’s newest resident, Amanda Makar, how to skin and treat it for its fur. And Hans and Timbi Porter overcome their recent surgeries and hike up a nearby mountain for firewood to an astonishing patch of land known as “the blow down.”

Spring has arrived, and in Port Protection that means there is work to be done despite erratic bursts of rain, sleet and snow. Hans and Timbi set out to put up a greenhouse in order to grow fresh vegetables and herbs for the year, but they’ll have to make it with supplies they can piece together on the island. Sam scours the burned-out wreckage of Jack’s old warehouse for materials to build a portable hunting stove. Mary must travel to town through brutal weather to acquire supplies she needs for the spring hunting season. And Curly takes Amanda out for a grueling lesson in dropping trees and collecting much-needed firewood.

Spring has arrived and the residents of Port Protection complete essential builds and chores. Hans and Timbi take a giant step in realizing their dream of owning a working farm, by constructing a large duck pen. Sam forges staples, a small but critical tool, before heading out on his skiff to harvest firewood from the beaches surrounding Port Protection. Across the island, Mary reaches a remote mountain lake in order to catch freshwater trout, but a late spring squall has put the trip in jeopardy. Using milled wood from local trees, Curly attempts to breathe new life into his old truck by building a new flatbed, one that will provide the community with more firewood during the long, cold winter ahead.

The residents step up to a wide variety of challenges in Alaskan waters.

The Port Protection, tides ebb and flow, and so do its long-time residents.

Fishing season is underway. Sam and Matt replace their old boat rigging while Carl and Morgan target valuable Salmon. Curley, David and Terri tackle a dangerous fallen tree. Oliver plans to re-purpose an abandoned skiff.

Gary makes a supply run to Wrangell, Alaska, and is asked by Hans and Timbi to bring back some very precious cargo — ducks — that the whole community is counting on. Meanwhile, Hans and Timbi call on their neighbors, Mary and Amanda, to help them finish the duck barn in time for the Gary’s return. Curly, needing meat for the summer, sets out on a solo bear hunt. Sam and his friend Stuart try to solve the mystery of the town’s water shortage.

As winter moves in on Port Protection, residents take advantage of some rare mild weather to increase their chances of survival throughout the season.