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Life Below Zero (styled as Life Below Zero° on the title card) is a documentary television series that illustrates the daily and seasonal activities of subsistence hunters as they make their living in remote areas of Alaska. Produced by BBC Studios, the show airs on National Geographic.
- 15 Some Fans Feel Chip Hailstone Exploits His Wife's Inupiaq Heritage
- 14 Sue Aikens Sued The Show After A Stunt Went Wrong
- 13 Some Parts of The Show Are Scripted
- 12 When Sue Feeds The Foxes She's Actually Breaking The Law
- 11 The Film Crew Keeps Batteries Warm by Strapping Them to Their Bodies
- 10 The Kavik River Camp Is An Expensive Glamour Camping Destination
- 9 The Hailstones Aren't as Isolated as The Show Leads Us to Believe
- 8 Fans Threatened to Boycott The Show If Andy remained on It
- 7 Glenn Villeneuve Once Chased A Cameraman Away in The Middle of The Night
- 6 Crew Members Have Suffered Broken Bones and Close Calls with Bears
As he is not a native Inupiaq, Chip Hailstone is not allowed to legally hunt on the land. But his wife and children are allowed to hunt and gather, which led some fans to think he was exploiting his wife's heritage for the sake of the show. Needless to say, he's never been a fan favorite.
Fan-favorite Sue Aikens filed a lawsuit against the showafter she was injured performing a stunt at the producers' insistence. She claimed that they forced her to drive her snowmachine across an icy river at a dangerous speed, which resulted in her being thrown from the vehicle and suffering serious injuries.
While the show is not meant to be scripted, the producers do sometimes ask the reality stars to perform certain actions or say certain things for the camera. It can be difficult to film something in just one shot, especially in cold and dangerous conditions so there is a little scripting and planning required.
Alaska State law specifically says it isillegal to feed or leave food out for the wildlife, but Sue Aikens does it anyway. She's often been seen on the show leaving food out for the foxes that surround her camp, in the hopes of luring them closer. Sweet, but still against the law.
Extremely cold temperatures wreak havoc on batteries, something the crew of Life Below Zero quickly discovered. According to showrunner Joseph Litzinger, they sometimes have to change their camera batteries every 15 minutes just to keep filming. They've learned to keep the spare batteries strapped to their bodies to keep them warm. Smart!
Life Below Zero mainly shows Sue Aiken all alone in her tent in the middle of nowhere, but theKavik River Campisn't as lonely as we're led to believe. It's a high-end camping destination for those who love hunting, fishing or hiking and there's wifi, phones, and even souvenirs.
The Hailstone family lives in Noorvik, a settlement with a population of only around 600, but they are not as isolated as the show would like us to believe. Noorvikis only 42 miles from Kotzebue, which is the biggest city in Northwest Alaska. And while roads can be impassable by car, travel by snowmobile or boat is usually possible.
After watching Andy lash out in anger again and again at his wife Kate, fans were pleased when she finally decided to leave him. But when the next season of Life Below Zero aired they couldn't believe their eyes - Andy was back on the show, as if nothing had happened. RELATED: 12 Reality TV Stars Nobody Wants To Work With (+ 8 Who Are Surprisingly ...
Glenn Villeneuve once got so annoyed with a new cameraman that he chased him away in the middle of the night. "It got to the point where one night, up on a mountain in the dark, I could tolerate him no longer. I told him where to go. A helicopter was sent to whisk him away," he said.
According to showrunner Joseph Litzinger, it's not all fun and games behind-the-scenes of Life Below Zero. "We have had a few instances of frostbite and many broken bones; close calls with bears and other predators; and situations where crew members have fallen through icy rivers and off moving boats," he revealed.
Life Below Zero: With James Franzo, Agnes Hailstone, Sue Aikens, Chip Hailstone. The everyday struggles of living in the secluded state of Alaska where one wrong decision could cost you your life.
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- 2013-05-19
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6 days ago · Multiple Emmy award-winning series LIFE BELOW ZERO follows the lives of rugged individuals living subsistence lifestyles in remote areas of Alaska as they brave the frigid winter temperatures and the ensuing spring breakup.
Sep 5, 2023 · The series Port Protection Alaska returns to NatGeo, rebranded as Life Below Zero: Port Protection. Meet its cast members, and see what makes it different than Life Below Zero.
Sep 18, 2024 · Your favorite frost-covered faces are back to fight their way through another brutal Alaskan winter in Season 23 of the award-winning Life Below Zero.
Life Below Zero: First Alaskans: With Steven Strassburg, Joel Jacko, Jody Potts-Joseph, Marvin Agnot. Follows Alaskan Natives who are focusing on their right to preserve their threatened ways of life, to ensure its survival for the next thousand years.
