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.

A historic lack of snowfall prevents Stan Zuray from reaching his trapline. Charlie Wright joins forces with Stan to defend an ancestral trapline from an unknown invader. Courtney Agnes passes on dying native traditions to her daughter Cuppie.