Life Below Zero

I'M GONNA BE GOING TO TOWN.

I AM MAKING SOME MAJOR DECISIONS FOR THE

BUSINESS THIS YEAR.

AND ONE OF THOSE IS, I'M GOING TO INVEST INTO GETTING

A BIG PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

THE BOBCAT IS MY GO-TO PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

BUT KAVIK IS NOW GROWING.

AND THE LITTLE BOBCAT, MUCH AS IT TRIES, IT CAN'T KEEP UP.

I AM BEATING IT TO DEATH.

I AM ASKING IT ALL OF THE TIME TO DO A JOB THAT FAR

EXCEEDS ITS ABILITIES.

THE FUTURE OF KAVIK IS GONNA GREATLY DEPEND ON BEING ABLE

TO DO MORE, NOT LESS.

HEY, BOB-O.

HEY, SUE.

THANKS FOR COMING OUT.

BUYING A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS A HUGE VENTURE.

IT WILL EITHER BE ONE OF THE SLICKEST,

SMARTEST THINGS I'VE EVER DONE TO CATAPULT MYSELF

INTO THE NEXT LEVEL OF BUSINESS IN LIFE,

OR IT'S GONNA BE A HUGE MISTAKE AND COST ME EVERY

PENNY I HAVE.

MY ENTIRE LIFE IS INVESTED IN THIS CAMP.

MY HEART IS INVESTED IN ITS SUCCESS.

I JUST KINDA SEE IT AS THE, THE NEXT GENERATION OF

INVESTMENT IN CAMP.

I'M CROSSING MY PAWS THAT IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT.

IT'S TIME TO START A NEW CHAPTER AT KAVIK, HOPEFULLY.

I AM IN TOWN.

FOR CAMP, I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPROVE,

ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.

I'M NOT GONNA SAY I BOUGHT A NEW TOY.

I BARTERED, TRADED, AND GOT SOME NEW EQUIPMENT.

AH, THERE SHE IS.

WHAT IS IT?

IT'S A 966 CAT.

THIS IS THE GROWNUP VERSION OF, THE BOBCAT IS SMALL,

THE SUE-CAT MEANS BUSINESS.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE NEXT BEAST FOR THE JOB.

SO, WHEN I SAY WELCOME TO KAVIK,

THE BEAST AND I WILL BE THERE TO MEET YA.

AH.

TAKES ME SEVERAL STEPS TO GET UP INTO HERE.

IT'S THE NATURAL PROGRESSION FOR WHERE I NEED TO GO.

I HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT FOR THE JOB.

BUCKET ON THE BOBCAT'S ABOUT THAT WIDE.

THAT'S FOUR TIMES, EIGHT TIMES THE BOBCAT.

I CAN GO OUT AND SCOOP UP GRAVEL AND FIX THINGS NOW,

AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, DOING IT A TEASPOON AT A TIME.

NOW, I'VE GOT A SHOVEL AT A TIME.

FIXING THE 966 AND GETTING IT GOOD TO GO ON THE,

ON THE TUNDRA, IS ONE SMALL PIECE.

AT THE SAME TIME THAT THAT'S BEING WORKED ON,

THERE'S A SLED.

ALL OF THIS IS ONE PIECE OF A VERY LARGE PUZZLE.

WELL, LITTLE BETSY, IT'S YOU AND ME NOW.

LET ME GET IN HERE AND SEE IF I CAN FIGURE IT OUT.

HOW'S IT GETTING HOME?

THERE'S NO ROADS OUT TO KAVIK.

I'VE GOT TO TAKE THIS ACROSS THE TUNDRA.

WOO-HOO!

I AM A BIT NERVOUS ABOUT THE TRIP.

IT'S A BIG JOURNEY, AND YOU GOT TO ASK YOURSELF,

WHY THE HELL WOULD A 50-SOMETHING-YEAR-OLD WOMAN

DECIDE, OH, THAT'S THE WAY TO GO HOME?

BECAUSE I HAVE TO.

BE SAFE, HAVE FUN WITH YOUR NEW TOY.

I WILL DO THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPROVE KAVIK.

TO KEEP MY LEASE, I GOT TO KEEP WORKING AT IT.

THERE'S NO SITTING DOWN, TAKE IT EASY AND HOPE IT

WORKS OUT OKAY.

I HAVE TO MAKE IT WORK OUT OKAY.

THIS IS GONNA GET THE JOB DONE,

SO LITTLE LADY WE'RE ONTO THE NEXT CHAPTER IN KAVIK.

THE FACT IS SUCCESS IS REALLY

OPPORTUNITY MEETING PREPAREDNESS,

SO WHAT WE DO IS WE PREPARE OURSELVES.

LOOKS LIKE SPRINGTIME'S HEADING OUR WAY SOON.

SOON THIS WILL ALL CHANGE.

ALL THIS WATER WILL FLOW, THE OCEAN'LL OPEN UP.

IT'LL GREEN UP, THE FISH WILL COME IN, THE BIRDS.

BUT FOR NOW, IT'S LIGHT WINTER.

THE THING TO DO TODAY IS GO LOOK FOR AN OX.

SO TODAY, ME AND AGNES ARE LEAVING KIWALIK.

WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND UP ON

THE RIDGE TOPS HERE UNTIL WE SPOT A HERD OF OX.

WELL, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO HUNT MUSKOX ISN'T SOMETHING

EVERYBODY GETS TO DO.

YOU HAVE TO WIN A DRAW.

AND THE DRAW IS BASED ON HOW MANY YEARS YOU'VE HUNTED OX,

HOW MANY YEARS YOU WOULD'VE HUNTED OX,

AND HOW MANY TIMES YOU'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

SO, I'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT THIS PLENTY OF TIMES.

ENOUGH TO WHERE I WAS ABLE TO QUALIFY AND OBTAIN A TAG.

SO, I'M PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT.

I SPENT THREE YEARS ON FELONY PROBATION FOR A

NONVIOLENT CRIME OF PERJURY.

I WASN'T ALLOWED TO USE ANY TYPE OF FIREARM WHATSOEVER,

SO I USED A BOW AND AN ARROW, AND I USED A LANCE.

AND I DID MY BEST.

I SAT BACK AND I WATCHED MY WIFE TAKE OVER THE HUNTING.

THIS HERE IS A . 50 CALIBER HAWKEN-TYPE RIFLE,

AND THIS IS LEGAL.

THIS IS BLACK POWDER.

THIS IS WHAT I CAN USE RIGHT NOW.

AND IF IT'S WHAT I GOT TO USE,

THEN I'M GONNA LEARN IT.

I'M GONNA USE IT WELL,

TILL I CAN GET BACK TO A CARTRIDGE GUN.

BASICALLY WHAT IT IS, IS THAT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE

CARTRIDGES OR USE WHAT THEY CONSIDER A MODERN FIREARM,

WHICH WOULD BE A FIREARM MANUFACTURED AFTER THE

YEAR OF 1898.

OH, DIDN'T GO OFF.

AW, MAN.

AT THESE TEMPERATURES,

THE GREASE JUST CONGEALS.

PUT ANOTHER CAP ON.

AIM AGAIN.

AH!

NOTHING.

A FEW GRAINS OF POWDER IN THERE.

OKAY, LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN.

AH.

IT'S WHY I GOT THE 12-GAUGE.

THIS HERE IS THE BACKUP.

WHOO!

THE SHOTGUN'S A SMOOTHBORE.

BUT THIS . 50 CALIBER RIFLE THROWS THE BULLETS

MUCH MORE ACCURATELY,

SO THE WHOLE DEAL WITH THIS 12-GAUGE,

IS THAT I HAVE TO BE A LOT CLOSER.

WELL, LET'S GO GET OUR OX.

YEE!

TO INTERCEPT MUSKOX,

THE HAILSTONES MUST TRAVEL INTO THE MOUNTAINS

WEST OF THEIR HUNTING GROUNDS IN KIWALIK.

WITH THEIR SHOTGUN AS THEIR ONLY WORKING FIREARM,

SUCCESS WILL RELY ON LOCATING A HERD WITHIN A

SHORT-RANGE DISTANCE.

YOU KNOW, A MUSKOX ISN'T A HUGE ANIMAL.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY RATHER SMALL WHEN YOU SEE 'EM,

IT'S KIND OF AMAZING.

BUT YET, THEY'RE PROBABLY TWICE THE AMOUNT OF MEAT

AS A CARIBOU.

WOW YOU CAN SEE FOREVER FROM UP HERE, HUH?

OH, I SEE SOMETHING OVER THERE,

PROBABLY MAYBE A HERD OF CARIBOU.

THERE'S SOMETHING OVER THERE.

OH, I THINK THOSE ARE MUSKOX, AGNES.

HERE, TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.

I BELIEVE YOU'RE RIGHT.

LIKE A HERD OF 'EM.

THE DEAL IS IF THEY WERE DOWN HERE WHERE

I COULD SNEAK UP CLOSE TO 'EM,

THAT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM,

BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S AS OPEN AS WHERE WE ARE.

YEAH.

AND THE ONLY WAY I'M GONNA GET AT

ONE OF THEM THINGS IS TO HAVE THAT RIFLE WORKING.

IF I DON'T HAVE THE RIFLE WORKING,

I'M GONNA HAVE TO USE THE SHOTGUN.

I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA GET UP THAT CLOSE.

SO BASICALLY, WE'VE COME OVER THIS FAR,

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MUSKOX IN THE AREA,

AND WE FINALLY LOCATED SOME.

AND WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY WITH 'EM.

THERE'S A LOT OF 'EM, THEY'RE LOOKING GOOD.

THE PROBLEM IS, I DON'T HAVE THE RANGE WITH THE SHOTGUN

THAT I BROUGHT, SO I GOT TO GET THE HAWKENS TO WORK.

THE ONLY WAY I CAN SEE GETTING THE HAWKENS TO WORK AND

QUICKLY, IS PROBABLY DRIVE TO DEERING, GO TO MY FRIEND,

JERRY, WHO'S AN ELDER, AND THEN HOPEFULLY,

REPAIR THE HAWKENS, COME BACK, AND WORK ON THOSE

OX OVER THERE.

WE KNOW WHERE THE MUSKOX ARE,

AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO FAR.

THEY'LL PROBABLY BE IN THE SAME AREA WHEN WE START

HEADING BACK TOWARDS THEM.

YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU GOT THE OX IN SIGHT,

ALL YOU NEED'S A WORKING GUN.

YOU GOT TO TAKE CARE OF IT

YOURSELF OUT HERE.

THAT TAKES KNOWLEDGE, IT TAKES EXPERIENCE.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING,

YOU DON'T BELONG OUT HERE.

TODAY, I'M GONNA HEAD TO THE EAST TO ANOTHER CAMP

I HAVE SET UP.

DOWN IN THE VALLEY, I HAVE A SMALL WALL TENT THAT I SET UP.

IT EXTENDS MY HUNTING RANGE.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE I CAN STAY FURTHER AWAY FROM HOME.

BUT THERE'S BEEN A BIG SNOWFALL SINCE THE LAST TIME

I WAS DOWN THERE.

HOPEFULLY, MY TENT'S OKAY.

IT SNOWED A LOT.

IT'S PROBABLY SNOWED A SINCE I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE.

THAT TANK COULD HAVE COLLAPSED.

BUT I'M GONNA GO DOWN THERE, TAKE CARE OF THINGS.

THE SNOW'S MORE THAN KNEE-DEEP NOW IN THE WOODS.