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Edge of Alaska

2014–2017 · Ended · 4 seasons

Reality Documentary
First aired
Oct 24, 2014
Last aired
Nov 26, 2017
IMDb rating
6.9 / 10 481 votes

Overview

Hidden deep in the wilderness of eastern Alaska and built during the Gold Rush as Alaska's original 'Sin City', only 42 residents currently brave the extreme conditions in McCarthy. It's an isolated outlaw town - a refuge for people who don’t want to be found that’s surrounded by extreme wilderness over 100 miles from the authorities where young men go to prove themselves and old outlaws go to die; hunters, gold miners, gunsmiths, and survivalists who reside in this 'Old West' town are willing to risk their lives to live truly free. While some believe in continuing the town’s frontier way of life, others feel the future of McCarthy depends on dragging itself into the modern age. Which way of life will reign supreme?

Episodes

Season 2 · 8 episodes

  • E1 Wolves at the Door
    Aug 14, 2015 45 min

    A wolf pack descends on the frontier town forcing the residents to have to work together to get rid of them.

  • E2 Starvation Country
    Aug 21, 2015 45 min

    Winter's grip on McCarthy threatens starvation so locals must brave the frozen wilderness to hunt big game, but when the town's richest landowner begins his secret plan to open the frontier to the outside world, McCarthy could be fractured forever.

  • E3 Defend the Frontier
    Aug 28, 2015 45 min

    The hidden city is within reach, but the locals will need to help; temperatures drop, threatening ranchers; an emergency meeting is called.

  • E4 Dying Days Of Winter
    Sep 4, 2015 45 min

    In the dying days of winter, McCarthy locals join forces to survive wolf attacks and starvation, but the plan to open the frontier to the outside world turns residents against each other when locals night at the golden saloon turns into a free for all.

  • E5 The Breakup
    Sep 11, 2015 45 min

    Wolves are threatening the livestock. Later, Tim retreats to his mountain-top summit.

  • E6 Return to the Mother Lode
    Sep 18, 2015 45 min

    The battle for McCarthy wages on as a team of experts works to locate the only known entrance into the Mother Lode mine. Meanwhile, locals fight to break free of Neil's stranglehold on the town by casting their own ammo.

  • E7 The End of the Frontier
    Sep 25, 2015 45 min

    Neil breaks through to the Mother Lode mine; the locals battle waking bears; Jeremy and his son set up a tree stand; Jenny hunts the bear that has been stalking her cabin.

  • E8 Brave New McCarthy
    Oct 2, 2015 45 min

    Neil defies both nature and locals by developing his mine tour. However, a line is drawn in the sand after his secret construction project is discovered. Meanwhile, tragedy forces one of McCarthy's best to fight for their life.

Cast 8

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