A lone bush pilot races to stock ultra-marathon checkpoints, a heli pilot risks a sling-load at 4,000 feet and comes inches from disaster, and a vintage DC-3 plane is a village’s only lifeline as a storm closes in.

Live And Let Fly

The Cold Hard Count

To The Ends Of The Earth

Father-son aviators battle turbulence to refuel a remote mine, bush pilots fight an aerial jam to reach Alaska's biggest sled race, and the Coastguard turn a C-130 into a bomber to drop supplies on an isolated beach.

Fuel's Gold

Fish and Wildlife aviators battle Arctic conditions to track down a polar bear population, a bush pilot races fading daylight to save a business, Anchorage field crews battle to clear an icy runway, and CBP officers investigate.

Bear Knuckle Flight

Pilots fly over the dangerous Brooks mountains, so engineers can fix a remote weather station, a veteran pilot tests a rookie on their bush plane landings, crews fight ice and wind to save a winter festival, and engineers race.

A bush pilot races to refuel a remote rescue station during a deep freeze. Scientists search for caribou by air; a teen pilot tackles a dangerous helicopter test over a glacier, and Anchorage crews battle to keep flights moving during a snowstorm.

A chronicle of the daily challenges of the airport staff who manage to keep the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) open, freight flowing, and passengers flying, all despite weather that regularly dips to -38 Fahrenheit and wind speeds that typically exceed 100 mph.

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