Alone (TV Series)

*See Also: Alone/Gallery*

Chilko Lake, season 8.

***Alone*** is an American reality television series on History. The first, second and fourth seasons were filmed on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and the third near Nahuel Huapi National Park in Patagonia, Argentina. The fifth season was set in northern Mongolia in Asia. The sixth and the seventh seasons were filmed in the shore of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It follows the self-documented daily struggles of 10 individuals (seven paired teams in season 4) as they survive in the wilderness for as long as possible using a limited amount of survival equipment. With the exception of medical check-ins, the participants are isolated from each other and all other humans. They may "tap out" at any time, or be removed due to failing a medical check-in. The contestant (or team in Season 4) who remains the longest wins a grand prize of $500,000.

The series premiered on June 18, 2015. On August 19, before the finale of season 1, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season, which would begin production in the fall of 2015 on Vancouver Island, Canada. Season 2 premiered on April 21, 2016. Season 3 was filmed in the second quarter of 2016 in Patagonia, Argentina and premiered on December 8. One day before the season 3 premiere, History announced that casting had begun for season 4. Season 4 was set in Northern Vancouver Island with a team dynamic and premiered on June 8, 2017. Season 5 was set in Northern Mongolia and allowed losers from previous seasons to return and compete. It premiered on June 14, 2018. Season 6 began in June 2019 and featured ten all-new contestants between the ages of 31 and 55. It was set just south of the Arctic Circle on a lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada.

In January 2017, a Danish version of the series premiered with the title *Alone in the Wilderness* (Danish: *Alene i vildmarken*) on DR3. It featured ten contestants and was filmed in northern Norway in the fall of 2016. Participants chose 12 items from a list of 18. The winner of the Danish version gets nothing but the honor. Since 2017, four more seasons with *Alone in the Wilderness* have been produced.

In the fall of 2017, a Norwegian version aired with 10 contestants spread around a lake with fish. It was near the tree line, so the few, small, mostly birch trees left few land resources.

The sixth season premiered on June 6, 2019.

The seventh season premiered on June 11, 2020. Participants attempted to survive for 100 days in the Arctic in order to win a $1 million prize.

## Spin-Off

***Alone: The Beast*** is the spin-off program to Alone. in it, three individuals showcase their survival skills and strategies in the wilderness in an attempt to stay alive for a period of 30 days with no modern amenities and tools.

### Spin-Off 2

The series was given 2 new series in 2022; **Alone: Frozen** selects 6 of the best former contestants to survive for a preset 50 days further inland to Labrador. **Alone: Skills Challenge** has 3 further contestants every week compete for building difficult shelters.

## Life Below Zero

### Spin-Off

Life Below Zero: The Thaw, Life Below Zero: Next Generation

## External Links

### Websites

)https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/shows/life-below-zero/

*See Also: Life Below Zero/Gallery*

***Life Below Zero*** (styled as ***Life Below Zero°*** on the title card) is a documentary television series which illustrates the daily and seasonal activities of subsistence hunters as they make their living in remote areas of Alaska. Produced by BBC Worldwide, the show airs on National Geographic.

On August 25, 2020, it was announced that the fourteenth season will premiere on September 7, 2020.

### Cast

* **Sue Aikens** – a 57-year-old (born July 1, 1963) woman and the sole resident of the Kavik river camp in Northern Alaska. The camp is located directly adjacent to the Kavik River, 197 miles North of the Arctic Circle. Her motto is "If it hurts, don't think about it."
* **Chip and Agnes Hailstone** – live with their seven children on the Kobuk River in Noorvik 19 miles North of the Arctic Circle. Chip lived in Kalispell, Montana before moving to Alaska. Agnes is Native Alaskan, an Inupiaq born in Noorvik and is the one member of the cast who has spent their entire life in Alaska, as well as the longest. She has family ties to the land that extend thousands of years and knowledge that has been passed down from generation to generation. Although Agnes is more the focus of the Hailstones segments, her whole family comes to the screen with her.
* **Glenn Villeneuve** – moved from Burlington, Vermont to Alaska in 1999. He lives alone in Chandalar 200 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska and 65 miles North of the Arctic Circle. Later he is joined by his wife and children.
* **Jessie Holmes** – lives in Brushkana, Alaska where he is a fisherman, hunter and dogsled racer living alone with his 40 sleddogs.
* **Andy Bassich** – lives on the Yukon River near Eagle, Alaska with his 25 sled dogs. He came to Alaska after moving from Washington D.C. with his wife Kate Bassich. Andy and Kate divorced in 2016. Andy's girlfriend, Denise, has now joined him at his homestead.
* **Erik and Martha May Salitan** – A young couple, well-versed in wilderness living, who live 67 miles north of the Arctic Circle in Wiseman, Alaska.
* **Ricko DeWilde** - An Alaskan Athabaskan who moves into his family's remote abandoned cabin near Huslia, Alaska. Later, he has his young children visit to begin teaching them about subsistence living.

## Spin-Off

***Life Below Zero: The Thaw*** is the spin-off series to Life Below Zero. It follows the same story as its mother program, only it takes place in the spring, when the snow is melting and animals are coming out of hibernation hungry.

## Spin-Off 2

**Life Below Zero: Next Generation** (or **Alaska**)is the second spin-off series to the hit Nat Geo series. It has 2 seasons. Individuals who have recently left their traditional lifestyle behind face a challenging new world off the grid in the wilds of Alaska.

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*Documentaries*

1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Alonetv/comments/pl08cr/this\_is\_the\_alone\_season\_9\_location/
2. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13049144/