Winter has come to Port Protection and with it a scramble to address any remaining necessities. After a series of failed hunts, 70-year-old Gary Muehlberger treks deep into the Alaskan wilderness in search of a doe. To ensure she'll have enough firewood to get through the freeze, Timothy Curly Leach teaches his friend Mary Miller how to chop down her first dead-standing tree. Sam Carlson builds a woodstove for new resident Amanda Makar so she'll have a heat source on her houseboat before she moves in. And the Porters look to a true Alaskan pioneer to assist them in a much-needed overhaul on their firewood trail.