Tougher in Alaska Episode Guide

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Extreme Isolation

Original Airdate: 2008-08-01

Synopsis:

Rugged terrain and isolation define Alaska; Geo Beach explores the state's Southeast Panhandle to see how people manage with very few roads; the state capital of Juneau can be reached only by air or water.

Frozen Freeway

Original Airdate: 2008-07-27

Synopsis:

Examining how Alaska's climate and terrain challenges travelers; dogsleds; bush pilots; hovercraft; traveling the frozen Kuskokwim River, a 724-mile lifeline for native communities scattered along its length.

Arctic Troopers

Original Airdate: 2008-07-20

Synopsis:

State troopers face unique challenges trying to keep the peace in vast Alaska; Geo joins recruits for an intense survival course at the academy in Sitka; investigating caribou crime scenes; hunting alcohol smugglers.

Wild Waste

Original Airdate: 2008-07-13

Synopsis:

Getting rid of waste is a problem as old as Alaska itself; collecting trash in Ketchikan before black bears can get it; Geo Beach teams up with the sole plumber, electrician and carpenter for nearly a dozen bush villages.

Extreme Salvaging

Original Airdate: 2008-07-06

Synopsis:

Geo Beach explores Alaska's dramatic history of shipwrecks, rides a Coast Guard helicopter and joins a team trying to salvage a wrecked barge in the middle of a severe winter storm.

Dangerous Roads

Original Airdate: 2008-06-29

Synopsis:

The lonely and deadly Haul Road is the only road connecting the oil fields of Alaska's North Slope to the rest of the state; Geo Beach rides shotgun with a legendary trucker during the dangerous winter season.

Forces of Nature

Original Airdate: 2008-06-24

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Dangerous Earth

Original Airdate: 2008-06-19

Synopsis:

Alaskans have learned to live with seismic changes and geographical challenges throughout history, including volcanoes, glaciers and deadly storms.

Deadly Winter

Original Airdate: 2008-06-12

Synopsis:

While spending a week in Fairbanks during a winter cold snap, Geo joins a volunteer fire department, hunts wolves and gets a taste of daily life in Alaska's second largest city.

Railroading

Original Airdate: 2008-06-05

Synopsis:

Geo Beach hops aboard the Alaska Railroad for a trip through some of the most perilous and unforgiving terrain on the planet, a region where avalanches, earthquakes and giant mountains test railroaders and their equipment.

Winter

Original Airdate: 2008-06-03

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Logging

Original Airdate: 2008-05-29

Synopsis:

Unforgiving coastal mountains and steep valleys make logging especially dangerous in Alaska's Southeast Panhandle; host Geo Beach works with loggers in Ketchikan, located in the heart of the Tongass National Forest.

Electric Linemen

Original Airdate: 2008-05-22

Synopsis:

Host Geo Beach flies to the remote village of Kasigluk and visits Fairbanks to witness the challenges of keeping the electric power on in a state where more than half of the population lives off the grid.