As the dark days descend, villagers scramble to make final preparations. Desperate for meat, the Morses come nose to nose with a bear. Stan makes a mad dash for his winter home on the Tozi.

Villagers face a new threat, as outsiders descend on sacred hunting grounds. Charlie and James track a moose and make a disturbing discovery. Stan races to find a new source of fresh water after a vital spring dries up.

Charlie clears trail along a treacherous stretch of the Yukon, with help from his daughter's new boyfriend. Chris and Jessi hatch a plan to hunt with homemade weapons. Pat's wife Lorene is rushed to a hospital in Fairbanks for emergency surgery.