Scrambling from the start, 12 elite survivalists take on their harshest location yet, the sub-freezing Rocky Mountains of Montana. Jake injures his feet during insertion but tries to push through. Severe dehydration puts a survivalist's challenge at risk.
With Joe on the brink, Ky and Gabby secure the first food win. Wes and Jermaine struggle after drinking tainted water. Teams fortify their shelters against the cold. Medics must intervene after a fainting spell. A survivalist is forced from the challenge.
Desperate for food, Jake and Waz brave frigid water to build a dam. Gabby takes a huge risk that could lead to hypothermia. Jermaine and Sarah clash over survival strategies. A team secures the first big food win of the challenge.
An overnight snowstorm tests the survivalists' will. Pushing through foot injuries, Jake scavenges a challenge-changing food win. With Jeremy struggling, Trish needs to step up. Heart conditions put Sarah and Joe's challenges at risk.
Wes confronts Sarah about her contributions to the team. A mountain lion stalks the survivalists. Jermaine's trapping efforts are rewarded. Ky taps her primitive skills to treat an injury. Medics are forced to remove a survivalist from the challenge.
Just days before extraction, a grizzly bear mauling leads to a frightening search and rescue mission. Montana delivers a ferocious windstorm the night before extraction. Jake's damaged feet have medics looking to pull him from his final challenge.
Innovative mining strategies pay off for Chris and Shawn. A crew screwup leaves Kris once again behind in the gold count. A shocking discovery reveals why Emily's crew hasn’t been seeing any gold in the box.
Chris McCully continues to pose a serious threat to Mr. Gold. Vernon and crew are plagued by mishaps. The Kellys wait for a game-changing piece of gold mining equipment to arrive. Shawn competes in Nome's biggest snowmobile race.
When a deckhand suffers a possible heart attack on board, Keith goes into emergency mode, attempting to save his crewman's life. An explosion rocks the Time Bandit, burning Freddy and shaking Johnathan to his core. Facing capsizing, Jake must dump pots.
Captain Wild Bill heads to Russia as captain-for-hire. As an Opilio biomass concentrates along the Russian line, the Dutch Harbor fleet must prepare for a winter season far to the north where ice and waves are most severe and rescue is out of range.
When Sig loses GPS navigation in crowded waters, Mandy must work a decades-old magnetic compass with no margin for error. OJ's replacement on the Wizard makes a misfit crew a bit more awkward. Bob's Bairdi haul earns her bragging rights and breakdowns.
Shawn and Zeke each risk dangerous ice missions in the hopes of big paystreaks. Kris' gold mining miracle has arrived but requires some assembly. Jane does her best with an absent Emily and a diver who can't swim.
When Sig loses GPS navigation in crowded waters, Mandy must work a decades-old magnetic compass with no margin for error. OJ's replacement on the Wizard makes a misfit crew a bit more awkward. Bob's Bairdi haul earns her bragging rights and breakdowns.
Shawn and Zeke each risk dangerous ice missions in the hopes of big paystreaks. Kris' gold mining miracle has arrived but requires some assembly. Jane does her best with an absent Emily and a diver who can't swim.
The greenhorns start their final week of their trial period hungry to secure their place onboard. Greg’s time managing the Hook Machine known as “The Soul Crusher” ends in utter disaster, while Caitlin’s future as a deckhand is hanging on by a thread.
Off the coast of Iceland, the fishing boat Valdimar hits an Arctic storm making fishing nearly impossible and less fish means less money. On the Páll Jónsson, a horrendous injury puts the boat a man down, forcing the crew to work overtime.