S8 E1 • New Frontiers

For eighty years, the Kilcher family has flourished in the deep Alaskan wilderness, but with chronic damage to the homestead, the family legacy is jeopardized, and the Kilchers embark on their greatest challenge yet: a complete homestead overhaul. Will the Kilchers be able to reconstruct and ensure the homestead's survival, or will their way of life come to an end?

Première diffusion : 7 octobre 2018

S8 E2 • A Predator Strikes

Otto and Charlotte defend against the homestead's first predator attacks; Atz Lee and Jane travel to Lake Louise to catch massive lake trout; Atz Sr. renovates his new floating homestead; and Eve takes on more work as Eivin recovers from a broken rib.

Première diffusion : 14 octobre 2018

S8 E3 • Roll Yuletide Roll

Atz Lee and Jane rush to aid of a fellow homesteader; Atz Sr. searches for a remote spot to anchor his floating homestead; Otto, Eivin and Levi rebuild a homestead hot tub; and Charlotte takes extreme measures to protect her herd from predators.

Première diffusion : 21 octobre 2018

S8 E4 • The Beach Is Burning

Otto and Eivin fight to douse a raging coal seam fire on Kilcher beach; Atz Sr. attempts the most unconventional bear hunt of his life; and Jane and Charlotte take a girl's day adventure clamming.

Première diffusion : 28 octobre 2018

S8 E5 • Range Danger

Otto creates a calf caboose for his spring cattle drive at the head of the bay; Atz Lee and Jane bring sustainable power to their remote cabin; Atz Sr. builds a smoker to preserve the meat from his epic hunt; and Levi renovates his childhood cabin.

Première diffusion : 4 novembre 2018

S8 E6 • A Bridge and a Bear

Atz Lee builds a bridge and encounters a predator in the backcountry. Otto's hay season nearly comes to a halt when a broken tractor forces him to get creative.

Première diffusion : 11 novembre 2018

S8 E7 • A Yuletide Thanksgiving

The Kilcher Family celebrates Thanksgiving at Atz Sr.'s floating homestead.

Première diffusion : 18 novembre 2018

S8 E8 • To Live or Die on Perl Island

Atz Lee journeys to Perl Island to build a homestead for a friend. Tempers flare as Otto, Eivin, and Levi work to move an old workshop cabin to Otto's property. Tela constructs a fence for a surprise horse for her children.

Première diffusion : 25 novembre 2018

S8 E9 • Earning Seven

Singer Jewel Kilcher throws her son Kase a coming-of-age celebration on the Yuletide. Atz Lee battles worsening weather to help Grady build a homestead on Perl Island. Otto constructs a drawbridge between his cabin and his new man cave.

Première diffusion : 2 décembre 2018

S8 E10 • Calling All Kilchers

The Kilchers mobilize a major sea/land effort to help finish Grady's Perl Island cabin build, under threat of the approaching remnants of a typhoon; Charlotte and August build a cat patio to keep their house cats from killing the local animals.

Première diffusion : 9 décembre 2018

S8 E11 • Coming of Age

Eivin takes son Findlay on his first ever, coming of age hunt. Atz Lee and Jane venture far out into the wilderness to fish for elusive pike. Atz Sr. upgrades the Yuletide for the impending cold.

Première diffusion : 16 décembre 2018

S8 E12 • Holly Jolly Homesteading

This Christmas, it's the first-ever Couples Secret Santa. And this year, the Kilchers film themselves making inventive homemade gifts.

Première diffusion : 23 décembre 2018

S8 E13 • Hill Country Hunt

Atz Lee and Atz Sr. take Jane on an epic hunt on horseback in the foothills. Eivin builds a one-of-a-kind motorized cart for Findlay. Otto, Charlotte, and August race to repair a fence breach after their cattle escape.

Première diffusion : 30 décembre 2018

S8 E14 • Wind and A Prayer

Otto and Levi bring wind power to the remote cabin. Atz Lee and Jane help homesteader Mike repurpose an old city house into a cabin. Tela gets help from the Kilchers as she struggles to fix her dry spring. August moves back home on his 21st birthday.

Première diffusion : 6 janvier 2019

S8 E15 • Thrill of The Hunt

Première diffusion : 13 janvier 2019

S8 E16 • Collision Course

Otto and August radio Eivin for rescue after facing an emergency at sea; Atz Sr. must choose between living on the Yuletide and returning to the family homestead; Atz Lee puts Jane's homesteading skills to the test with a wilderness scavenger hunt.

Première diffusion : 20 janvier 2019

S8 E17 • High and Dry

With the Constructor dead in the water, it's up to Otto and his crew of family and friends to save the invaluable boat for future use; Eivin takes novice hunter Levi on a last-chance hunt to Shuyak Island to stockpile deer meat for winter.

Première diffusion : 27 janvier 2019