Everyone scrambles to finish salvaging, salmon harvesting and construction on a new cabin for the coming winter.

The Kilchers are nearing the end of the summer harvest but receive no breaks from Mother Nature as a fishing trip runs foul and a crucial beehive colony is dying off for unknown reasons.

The change of seasons has reached the frontier; the Kilchers will need to hunt and search for food in more dangerous and remote locations to sustain their winter stockpiles.