I remember this came out the same time as Bear Grylls stuff came out. I love them both back in the day but something about him filming it himself just drew me into his show. seems more real and he seems definitely like he's all about it and I definitely rather be stranded with him
@@markperkins8941 I totally agree like I just posted on someone else's comment I remember this came out the same time as Bear Grylls.just something about recording it himself and being alone was like wow this guy is the real deal
27:00 'the hardest part isn't the cold,the hunger in my belly or the survival....Its running the cameras.theyre such a pain' lool thanks les you big legend
@@songailiux two camera cases opened up next to the tripod meant to capture the walking away shot. But as he says after collecting the camera, "Forgot to hit record." He usually films three different angles at once.
I feel like it would have been more beneficial to dump out the gunpowder and use the shell to get a spark. I mean it worked, it just seems easier this way.
It's so cool to have all of Les's work available now, really missed seeing this guy on TV, he was so authentic at a time right before this whole survival genre really took off and got ruined by phonies and people who eat energy bars off camera, like Bear. I support Les 110% and have a few pieces of merch, this man deserves every penny.
I know Bear Grilles was silly. If you're in a survival situation, the last thing you want to be doing is running and jumping 12 feet down below and swinging around on vines like a tarzan. you get injured and you die.
@@rommelthedesertfox3089I lost all respect for Man vs Wild when I saw bear jump off a cliff with his camera man. A real survivor would never take such an unnecessary risk.
@@ryanlastname3039 u kno who I enjoy much more and I’m pretty sure is legit is les stroud he’s did the who survival thing way before it became popular and he’s out for 7 days with no camera crew he films everything himself
It’s amazing how Les swears so little, even though he puts himself in the most difficult situations. I understand this is a show with language restrictions, but props to Les for being so cool an calm...
Rear Admiral Byrd, who spent 5 months alone in a shack in Antartica observed the folliwing: "The longer Byrd spent in isolation, the more he noticed the trappings of his old life fall away. He grew his hair out. Dropped his table manners. And, interestingly, stopped swearing. “Although at first I was quick to open fire at everything that tried my patience,” he observed, “Now I seldom cuss.”
Breathtaking. Probably the most genuine survivial series ever filmed. What a wealth of knowledge. I could only dream of experiencing what he has in a single lifetime.
Can we appreciate for a minute that the camera gear alone is probably at least of the weight he's lugging around? One of these Pelicase camera cases weighs in at around 7 kilograms and that's without anything in it! They are sturdy, which is good, but they weigh an absolute ton. And I saw at least two of them. And in these temperatures he would have needed an imperial buttload of batteries as well plus some way of keeping them somewhat warm. Cold batteries die like flies. Calling all that stuff a pain probably felt like the understatement of the century.
The camera gear alone is like 55 pounds. And he sets it up, crosses a sketchy river, then needs to come back across said sketchy river to get the camera and cross it again. He does it so seamlessly I always forget and remember again how much energy alone is put into filming, never mind surviving.
I have no idea how he can do all that. It seems that most self filmed/solo shows and documentaries however are always the best perspective, most intimate, and most genuine. Thinking about the pain in the butt it must be to get all those shots and haul all the extra equipment distracts me from the show. I try to forget about it. Imagine the extra calories you would burn in a place where it is hard to get food. All that adds up, with laryngitis and polar bears to boot. I would be getting frustrated having to go back and forth getting cameras all the time, plus the weight of them and their case alone. Yeah, that would suck.
@@alexhaid2983 Oh...Nice! Listen up, everybody! We have ourselves a real expert here. He is of course absolutely right...how dare Les have a safety line in case things go pear-shaped? And how foolish by people to care about his safety! All this OF COURSE makes the entire survival idea pointless because a radio and a crew 50 miles away will practically reduce the weight and bulk of the kit to zero....And they will also magically teleport him out if things go south. We should all listen to the wisdom brought to us by this great guy. He is certainly going places. /s Just go back to your cave. Or your mom's basement. Or wherever else you came from. Trolls will not be fed here.
Shirtless with the Caribou pants, suspenders, make shift sunglasses, & beanie. Les looks straight out of a futuristic Sci-Fi post apocalyptic film! Lol. And how bad ass was the man who came & rescued Les at the end?!
Huge fan here. Watched every episode tbh. Imagine how much easier it would be for Les to carry around equipment nowadays with all the modern conveniences. Go pro's and such
If bear Grylls got sick a couple days prior to shooting a episode he would hunker down in his hotel room for weeks. Even though everyone knows it it’s just another reason why you’re the best out there les. So many times you got sick before shooting and yet you still went out there💪💪💪
Bear Grylls is to Les Stroud as SmashLab is to Mythbusters... same kinda idea, except fake/produced/dumbed-down versus genuine and truly interesting to watch
Too many shows originally released on TV treat RU-vid as The Enemy and refuse to upload here and go after anyone who does with Copyright Strikes. It's always good to see a former TV producer make their old reruns available here properly without all the senseless warfare.
Does anyone besides me can watch this episodes over and over again day after day even when home on the weekends? 🤔😂 I don’t think I can get tired of survivorman!
120lbs you dragged with you?! Jesus christ Les that's an absolutely insane achievement. You're one hell of a specimen. I wish I could be a quarter as tough as you are
Every time I watch Les, I feel like shit sleeping in my comfortable bed under blankets, eating food from the refrigerator, and the truth is this lifestyle has made me soft. Les is the most manliest of all Morden men out there!
I have to be honest. This looks like one of the tougher survival trips Les has ever been on. I mean, just look at his face in certain parts of this. This looked really difficult.
When "Survivorman" first came out on TV (Discovery Channel?), "Arctic" was one of my favorite episodes. For most of us here in the Lower 48 (California for me), Anchorage, Alaska or the National Parks of southern Canada - Banff for example - is about as far north as we will ever get. As of 2017, it is now possible to drive to Tuktoyuktuk, but only a handful of the most intrepid adventurers will ever do this. In Alaska, in theory, it is possible to drive the winter ice road to Coldfoot, or even Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean if you have business there, but I am long past the time of my life where I might be able to take on a challenge like that. This episode of "Survivorman" took me to a place on this planet that I dreamed of as a child, reading stories like Kipling's "The White Seal" and Jack London's "Call Of The Wild", but I'll never see them for myself now. I find myself drawn to videos that people post, who have been able to visit CFS Alert, the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world, only 800 km south of the North Pole, way out there on the northeast cape of Ellesmere Island. "Arctic" showed me the reality of my childhood dreams, that a place still existed where the earth has seldom felt the presence of Man, where ice and snow are pristine and not littered with fast-food containers and trash, and "the wild majestic mountains stand alone against the sun". Now if we can just save what's left of wilderness, and somehow not change the climate so radically that polar bears and all the other species that depend on at least a few months of real winter, are driven to extinction. Thanks for doing what you do, Mr. Stroud.
"Damn it I didn't press record" Les the absolute authority in Survival. If Les said so, then it is. What a legend. All those survivor shows owe him, the granddaddy of the genre.
I just wish Les would show more step by step instructions for certain things. Like if I killed a seal for food I’d have no idea what to do with it or how long to cook it.
I am extremely impressed with how little food you went with. It's weird because you know there's no way to survive without catching a seal, but bringing food makes it look like a campout. So you had to just lost 10lbs of fat (35000+ calorie deficit, 3500 calories per pound of fat) for the show. It's similar to the Kalahari Desert, there's no way to get water but you had to make yourself go without it for a bit just for the show.
It's also realistic as many people who get lost do have some water/snacks at the time depending on their activity. No one in their right mind would go to Kalahari without water - even for a day trip.
I remember seeing this epusode years ago and i am again surprised that bear passed you within such close distance, given the fact they see people as prey
@@Ed19601 Absolutely Lol There is no way on earth a polar bear wouldn't smell him and his seal meat and blubber from 30ft away haha The sense of smell of a polar bear is probably the strongest in the animal kingdom.
When these first few survivorman episodes came out I was in my prime! Married, great job and couldn’t get enough of this stuff. Great times, he may never read this but I’m sure he knows he’s very special to many folks.. god bless you brother!
Les, I’m here to tell you, the fact you are your own cameraman, out there, getting the shots and doing the work too, makes you the most badass of the genre.
These are so nostalgic for me ! I learned so much as a teenager from these shows. Thank you for uploading these. No false bravado or unsafe actions. Just the real deal. And the fact that he films it all alone make it that much more impressive. I can’t imagine trekking through the woods or Arctic and circling back constantly to retrieve your gear
I like Les because of the way he documents and narrates his episodes. Back in 2005. Season 1 was filmed in 480i so you have to take that into consideration in terms if the clarity of today's resolution. He filmed everything himself from what I understand and performs his actions and explanations in a realistic manner. I have his DVDs and could not think of another survivalist that presented himself as a real person going through these experiences. I'm glad that he is on youtube started watching his program back in 2005. Shows like this are rare these days.
I absolutely love and respect Les Stroud for who he is, and what he does, but as a guy who loves to play with tools, by far the most satisfying thing about these videos is that Les can basically disassemble anything with a multitool and a straight blade knife.
Normal people will try to repair the motor to get out from the extreme place but abnormal people will distroy the motor and think to stay there and waiting to die, like this man.
I'll never forget seeing the igloo scene when it aired. I laughed and felt satisfied I could 1 thing Les couldn't. I'm sure he can do it proper now, but that's all I had on his skills. I take pride in it because I grew up weirdly oppressed in a first Nation dominant neighbourhood that's ghetto but mainly cause I'm autistic so being different has always been.
Words cannot express how happy I get when I find an episode of Survivorman that I haven't seen yet. Thank you for making these, Les. If anyone deserves the Order of Canada for their contributions to Canadian culture, it's you.
I'm curious how long time did you take to recover before filming another episode? I'dd figure it takes some time before you wanna do another week of survival.
No better show ever regarding outdoors. I watch these while running or biking outta guilt 😆.. Les works so hard i feel it's a great way for me to say "I GOT THIS" Appreciate Les in sooo many ways. 😉👊 👍 OLD G USA
I'm always amazed at the shots he manages to get. Like the shot within the ice cave. How did he get the shot within that ice cave after he just said it was a ten foot straight drop and if he went back in there he wouldn't be able to get back out. And then the shots where the camera is in the different crevice.
Thank you for being so committed to your craft. Logging all that additional camera gear makes your surviving so much more difficult. When you could so easily have a selfie stick and spare yourself but you wouldn't do that to your audience because you're just that awesome. Thanks man!
Thanks les I know filming is hard but you bring such happiness and joy through your pain and agony! We live through u and greatly appreciate all you do for us! Thanks so much!
I like the fact that he keep mentioning its polar bear territory yet the amount of time he left his rifle on his cart to go 100 yard up a glacier to take a look around. Idk rather to take him seriously or to take him as a joke.
Man. Yeah We love you les. And appreciate everything you've done to put us visually into these experiences. But I've also gotta hand it to the crew. Going back for all the litter. And I can't imagine all the work and research that went into "safely" executing these episode also things like going back for everything. Those are the excursions that could also leave them in full on survival situations. And Mann. It's so white on screen I needed a "extra dark screen app" I cant imagine actually being there. But I bet he is one interesting person to meet and talk too by now. And he's gonna be a cool ass grandpa to listen too. And the kids will have to believe it all. It's on camera.
This man fucking starved for 7 days straight in the middle of the arctic wilderness, what a brutal experience that must have been. Man the stuff he goes through...
24:03 is one of my favorite moments in Survivorman. The shot is just stunning, eerie and desolate at the same time. I mean this is about as alone as you can be.
42:27 really drives the point home of how INCREDIBLY hard it is to live in the polar regions. There's a very good reason that the Inuit are very communal and interdependent with each other and are raised to never brag or be self-centered- individualism will get you killed out there. (Also, I don't remember this ending. I remember watching this on TV and him actually eating the seal eyeball on camera while the dogs all howled in the background!)
MAN YOU ARE TRULY A SURVIVOR. WOW MY HAT IS OFF TO YOU. NICE JOB. GOD WAS SURELY WATCHING OVER YOU AND KEEPING YOU COMPANY. GOD BLESS YOU, AND STAY SAFE OUT THERE. AND REMEMBER JESUS LOVES YOU .
Am I the only one who remembers a scene from this episode at the end where Les is eating the eye of the seal in front of the camera and the sled dogs are losing their shit in the background at the smell?
