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The weather is warming fast as the ice season closes and the miners rush to secure their futures. On the Clark, Zeke's hunt for a paystreak has him at breaking point.

The treacherous waters surrounding St Paul Island make off-loading crab a terrifying necessity. And another greenhorn walks off the Seabrooke in a cloud of shame.

As Opilio season winds down, two skippers suffer debilitating injuries and the captain of the Wizard physically assaults an unlikely victim.

Creig's carpenter Jim pays the ultimate price for building alone in remote Alaska. Plus, Rich's crew performs a balancing act to get out of the mud.

A couple in New Mexico plan to construct a self-sufficient structure, but with blowing dirt and variable temperatures they may have underestimated the desert.

A creative family builds a custom home where the mountains and desert collide in Colorado's last frontier. The dream project quickly turns into a hard job.

With winter fast approaching, it's moose hunting season for the families. Krin is determined to kill a moose, after trying unsuccessfully for 17 years.

Tyler and Dustin build a smokehouse and go hunting for moose meat to fill it with. Nancy and Talisha make a pilgrimage to Bob's cabin to scatter his ashes.

Home Is Where The Yurt Is. In the Tennessee mountains, the Raneys construct a massive yurt. They turn a rundown pond into a food source and create a workshop with a propane forge.

Boulder Boys Aaron and Ron almost lose their $60,000 excavator on unstable ground. Off-the-grid opal hunting family The McFarlanes race a storm in Lightning Ridge.

Desperate for a find, the Bushmen gamble on a dangerous mining method deep below ground. In Lightning Ridge an injury causes The Bros a serious setback.

The King Crab Season comes down to the wire, as the struggling skippers battle to top off their quotas. Who will land a bumper haul in this end of season sprint.

It's the start of the 2009 Crab Season, and things are looking up for our spectacular skippers. But will their dreams been shattered by a colossal rogue wave.

Crew conflict in winter weather puts Johnathan's leadership to the test. Sig and Mandy risk a heavy fine chasing the biomass along a boundary line.

Johnathan drives the Time Bandit into towering waves to haul the riskiest set of his career. Jake faces a potentially unstoppable magnesium fire.

The Gold Timers negotiate a lucrative deal to sell their mining rights. Torrential summer storms in Victoria threaten to shut down the Poseidon Crew's operation.

A former survivalist returns for his chance at redemption in the infamous haunted swamps of Louisiana and is joined by determined Air Force veteran.

Part 2. Jeremy and Melanie continue the hardest challenge of their lives. They endure constant threats from predators, while desperately trying to secure food.

Chris is expecting a helicopter delivery of 17,000 pounds of material. Then, Jeff fights the weather conditions to stay on schedule and Chappie's crew struggles.

As the new summer mining season begins, gold in Nome is drying up, pushing miners to extreme new locations in a desperate search for gold.

The miners of Nome continue their search for new gold. Whilst Zeke and Emily head to Sledge Island, Shawn continues his dreams of gold at the Bluff.

Mohawks & Madness, Goodness & Gladness. As the season with big pots and big paydays, the Seabrooke captain fights an illness and the Northwestern takes revenge on the Time Bandit.

The captains are left reeling when their crab quota is slashed. Should they continue fishing the depleted red grounds or risk everything to find elusive blue crabs.

Rich's build is down to two workers, which will make it difficult to reach their target. Plus, Creig's build is fraught with costly miscalculations.

Joey Caiafa takes on a dream project of building a cabin in Colorado. With the help of his friends, he builds a cabin suited for the ultimate outdoorsman.

A Colorado couple builds one of the most energy-efficient homesteads in the state. Mother Nature and original technologies give them a run for their money.

The long winter has arrived and trapping season has begun. Charlie is offered a lifeline by an old friend after the summer fire destroyed his trapline.

Tyler takes a break from his line to help at home and spend time with Sydney. Krin heads out to check her traps and finds more than she was looking for.

The Raneys face a swamp nightmare in Georgia. They must find an ingenious way to reclaim the Buchannans' land from a snake and gator-infested swamp.

The Young Guns' claim is ravaged by a vast dust storm. Meanwhile, the Boulder Boys chase old leads and the Bushmen face a disaster fifteen metres underground.

A summer storm sees the Young Guns race to save their only claim from a flood. And, former trucker Chris arrives in Lightning Ridge, desperate to make a fortune in opal.

When the fleet arrives on the Opi grounds a skipper regrets sending his men out in savage weather to save the boat - there are no second chances on the Bering Sea.

Three weeks in, the miserable conditions already have the crabbers turning on each other. Plus deadly ice stands between one skipper and the safety of harbour.

A Colorado war veteran's family and stable of horses are ravaged by hurricane-force winds that make subsistence all but impossible.

In the Pilbara region, the Ferals hit a run of nuggets that could transform their season. Meanwhile, the Gold Retrievers are rocked by a medical emergency.