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Life Below Zero (2013)

Adventure · Documentary · Reality-TV

Viewers go deep into an Alaskan winter to meet six tough and resilient residents as they try to stay one step ahead of storms and man-eating beasts to make it through to spring. The closest neighbor to Sue Aikens is more than 300 miles away. Eric Salitan subsists solely on what he hunts and forages. Chip and Agnes Hailstone catch fish for currency in bartering for supplies, and Andy and Kate Bassich use their pack of sled dogs for transportation.

IMDb rating
7.9 (2,658 votes)
Seasons
9
Streaming (US)
Hulu · fuboTV · The Roku Channel · National Geographic
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (2013)

7.58 avg 10 episodes 7.6 → 7.9 44 min avg

  • Big finale
Ep 1: 7.6 · 60 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 47 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 47 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 42 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 41 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 35 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 37 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 36 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 33 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 35 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1End of the Road7.660
2Hunt, Barter and Steal7.547
3Winters Edge7.347
4Wolf at the Door7.542
5Blood, Sweat and Fear7.541
6There Be Monsters7.635
7Cold Dark and Alone7.837
8Checkmate7.536
9The Chase7.633
10Hell and High Water7.935

Season 2 (2013)

7.57 avg 6 episodes 7.6 → 7.5 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 28 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 26 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 23 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 23 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 24 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 25 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Hunt or Be Hunted7.628
2The Meltdown7.826
3The Mess of Success7.523
4Hungry Country7.523
5No Time to Lose7.524
6Long Road Home7.525

Season 3 (2014)

7.67 avg 13 episodes 7.6 → 7.9 43 min avg

  • Big finale
Ep 1: 7.6 · 27 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 25 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 24 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 22 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 22 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 21 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 22 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 21 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 18 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 19 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 19 votesEp 12: 7.8 · 20 votesEp 13: 7.9 · 13 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Winter's Warning7.627
2Deadly Grounds7.725
3Dark Times Ahead7.524
4Calling the Wild7.822
5Fire and Ice7.522
6Thin Ice7.621
7Return to the Wild7.822
8No Mercy7.721
9Breaking Point7.818
10Search and Rescue7.219
11The Howling7.819
12Dark Winter's End7.820
13Independent by Nature7.913

Season 4 (2014)

7.64 avg 7 episodes 7.7 → 7.6 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 20 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 19 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 19 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 18 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 18 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 19 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 18 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Waiting Game7.720
2Opportunity Knocks7.819
3The Harvest7.419
4Sink or Swim7.618
5Ticking Clock7.618
6Last Minute Push7.819
7End of Days7.618

Season 5 (2015)

7.84 avg 12 episodes 8.1 → 8.1 43 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 18 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 17 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 20 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 17 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 18 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 16 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 16 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 15 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 16 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 15 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 16 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 16 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Ready or Not8.118
2Armed for Winter7.317
3Out of Control7.920
4The Unknown8.017
5Ice Highway7.518
6Darkness Falls7.516
7Alone in the Dark7.916
8Emergency Cache7.715
9No Easy Out7.816
10Bent and Broken8.115
11The Crash8.216
12Aftermath8.116

Season 6 (2015)

7.69 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 7.6 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 18 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 14 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 15 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 14 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 14 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 14 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 15 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 14 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Resurrection7.718
2The Bottom Line7.814
3Running on Empty7.815
4Red Flag7.714
5Predator Control7.614
6Divide and Conquer7.714
7Under the Gun7.615
8Lost in the Wild7.614

Season 7 (2016)

7.61 avg 15 episodes 7.6 → 7.0 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 23 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 18 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 18 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 16 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 16 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 16 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 18 votesEp 8: 7.3 · 17 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 16 votesEp 10: 7.4 · 19 votesEp 11: 6.9 · 16 votesEp 12: 7.5 · 20 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 16 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 17 votesEp 15: 7.0 · 11 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1On the Edge7.623
2Pride and Power7.718
3Falling Apart7.618
4Deadly Tracks7.916
5Breaking Through7.916
6Shakedown7.916
7Ghosts of Winter7.918
8No Boundaries7.317
9Trapped and Hunted7.616
10Winter Kill7.419
11Sue Aikens6.916
12Loaded7.520
13The Hailstones8.616
14No Shortcuts7.317
15Glenn Villeneuve7.011

Season 11 (2018)

8.10 avg 22 episodes 8.3 → 8.2 46 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 27 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 21 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 19 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 20 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 19 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 19 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 19 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 19 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 20 votesEp 10: 8.7 · 23 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 18 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 18 votesEp 13: 7.6 · 19 votesEp 14: 7.9 · 16 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 16 votesEp 16: 8.4 · 17 votesEp 17: 8.3 · 16 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 15 votesEp 19: 8.1 · 14 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 14 votesEp 21: 7.8 · 14 votesEp 22: 8.2 · 15 votes
Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Changing of the Guard8.327
2End of the Rope8.221
3No Guarantees7.919
4Arctic Harvest8.320
5Home Again8.219
6The Great Unknown8.219
7A Lesson Learned8.119
8Into the Storm8.119
9Trail of Wolves7.920
10Trial by Fire8.723
11Window of Opportunity8.018
12Winds of Change7.918
13The Burning Man7.619
14Open Season7.916
15The Great Changeover8.216
16The Nightmare8.417
17Treading Water8.316
18Highways of the Arctic8.115
19Back in the Saddle8.114
20Race Against Time7.914
21No One Fights Alone7.814
22Cost of Winter8.215

Season 12 (2018)

8.19 avg 19 episodes 8.4 → 8.5 45 min avg

  • saved-best-for-last
Ep 1: 8.4 · 18 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 13 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 15 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 17 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 15 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 14 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 13 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 14 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 13 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 13 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 13 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 14 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 11 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 11 votesEp 16: 8.5 · 13 votesEp 17: 8.6 · 13 votesEp 18: 8.4 · 13 votesEp 19: 8.5 · 15 votes
Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Winds of Change8.418
2The Burning Man7.913
3Open Season7.815
4The Great Changeover8.417
5The Nightmare8.215
6Treading Water8.114
7Highways of the Arctic8.413
8Back in the Saddle7.814
9Race Against Time7.913
10No One Fights Alone8.213
11Cost of Winter7.513
12Winters End8.012
13First Blood8.614
14Shock & Awe8.311
15Domino Effect8.211
16Bear Scare8.513
17New Country8.613
18Beware the Wild8.413
19The New World8.515

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