Storbyer verden over plages af monstrøse kaiju-uhyrer, der vader op af havet og smadrer alt. Monstrene har længe været holdt i skak af gigantrobotter, de såkaldte Jaegere, som hver styres af to mentalt forbundne piloter. Men menneskeheden er ved at tabe kampen. Deres sidste håb er den uglesete Raleigh og den uprøvede Mako, som viser sig at være en kampdygtig duo, når de sammen bemander en gammel Jaeger.
Canadieren Margaret står over for at blive udvist til sit hjemland fra USA, hvor hun bor og arbejder. For at få lov til at blive i USA erklærer hun, at hun er forlovet med sin hårdt prøvede assistent, Andrew. Margaret har været på nakken af Andrew i årevis. Alligevel går han med på legen - men ikke uden betingelser.
I den med spænding imødesete Simpson-film må Homer redde verden fra en katastrofe, som han selv har forårsaget. Da den rammer den lille soveby, Springfield, bliver Homer jaget vildt, og han og resten af familien må flygte over hals og hoved. Den miljøkatastrofe, som Homer har afstedkommet, er også et problem for USAs præsident Arnold Schwarzenegger og lederen af EPA (den amerikanske miljøstyrelse), Russ Cargill, som udtænker en djævelsk plan for, hvordan man inddæmmer katastrofen. Med Springfields og hele verdens skæbne på spil må Homer i gang med at redde situationen og dermed få genoprejsning, og tilgivelse fra Marge og resten af familien, som er på opløsningens rand.
Den aldrende politimand Will Dormer bliver sendt fra Los Angeles til en lille by i Alaska, da en kollega bliver myrdet under efterforskningen af mordet på en teenagepige. Dormers møde med den hovedmistænkte, Walter Finch, bliver noget af en styrkeprøve med den hovedmistænkte. Samtidig plages Dormer af søvnløshed i en grad så det truer med at undergrave hans dømmekraft og psykologiske ligevægt.
I foråret 1992 beslutter den 22-årige Christopher McCandless at give alle sine ting og penge væk for i stedet at blaffe til Alaska og leve et liv i pagt med naturen. På sin vej mod vildnisset møder drømmeren og idealisten Christopher en række mennesker der påvirker hans liv, ligesom han påvirker deres.
I 1890'erne bliver hunden Buck bortført fra sit trygge hjem og optrænet som slædehund i Alaska. Livet ændrer sig igen dramatisk for Buck, da han møder eventyreren Thornton. Sammen begiver de sig ud på deres livs rejse - gennem et landskab, der er lige så barskt, som det er storslået.
Et hold borebisser er på vej hjem på to ugers velfortjent ferie, da deres fly styrter ned i Alaskas iskolde ødemark. Kun otte af dem overlever - deriblandt jægeren John Ottway.
Hver vinter er der 30 dage, hvor den lille isolerede by Barrow i det nordlige Alaska befinder sig i en tilstand af totalt, arktisk mørke. Solen er sunket til under horisontlinjen, og de fleste af Barrows indbyggere drager mod mildere himmelstrøg sydpå, mens kulden og mørket har overtaget. Da mørket langsomt, men sikkert falder på, dukker der denne vinter pludselig en mystisk gruppe af fremmede op i den ellers øde by. Det er en gruppe blodtørstige vampyrer, som søger føde blandt de tilbageblevne beboere. Barrows sherif Eben, hans kone Stella og en lille gruppe af byens beboere må gøre alt, hvad de kan, for at undgå et blodbad og holde sig selv og hinanden i live, indtil solens stråler igen rammer den hårdt plagede by.
Historien om slædehunden Togo, der førte serumløbet i 1925, men blev af de fleste betragtet som for lille og svag til at føre et så intenst løb.
Henry, Ben og Kara er uden sammenligning verdens bedste taktiske jagerpiloter ... indtil deres team får et nyt umenneskeligt og usynligt medlem: sidste skrig inden for fuldautomatiske og ubemandede superhemmelige Stealth jagerfly. Men da det computerstyrede jagerfly først er lettet, lander det ikke igen. Jagerflyet efterlader sig et spor af ødelæggelse tværs over jordkloden, og teamet bliver nu sendt ud på en mission, der ikke må mislykkes – Stealth jagerflyet skal stoppes for enhver pris!
Beretninger om bortførelser, obskure eksperimenter og langfingrede væsner, hører måske til sjældenhederne, men det gør dem ikke mindre uhyggelige og The Fourth Kind gør dem mere sandsynlige. I løbet af de seneste 40 år er påfaldende mange mennesker forsvundet fra en by i Alaska. Der går rygter om, at rumvæsner står bag og da psykologen Abigail Tyler samler beviser for bortførelserne i form af videooptagelser med sine traumatiserede patienter, får FBI svært ved at nægte kendskabet til det overnaturlige.
I det barske Alaska flygter Manny og Buck fra et øde fængsel og hopper ombord på et fragt tog. Men pludselig dør togføreren af et hjertetilfælde, og toget begyndte at rase derudad i vild fart. Det smadrer alt på sin vej, og samtidig bliver Manny og Buck jaget fra luften af en sadistisk fængselsinspektør. De to er overbevist om, at det er dem mod resten af verden, men snart optager de, at en smuk kvinde også er ombord. Nu er de tre om at dele den usikre skæbne, der venter dem.
Balto er halv slædehund/halv ulv, og han ved ikke, hvor han hører til. I Alaska er han udstødt af alle undtagen sine virkelige venner. En dag spreder en difteriepidemi sig hurtigt blandt børnene i Nome. Da en voldsom snestorm lukker alle transportruterne, bliver det umuligt at få fat på den livsvigtige medicin, med mindre et hold slædehunde kan løbe 1000 km igennem den blændende arktiske storm og vende tilbage med en modgift. Kun Balto kan komme holdet til undsætning og redde børnene.
I det sydlige Florida nyder Ted Brooks sin karriere som tandlæge, et erhverv han var født til, tror han… En solskinsmorgen får han et brev – hvori der står at han har arvet fra sin oprindelige mor som kommer fra Alaska, problemet er bare han vidste ikke han var adopteret! Ted må bare komme til Alaska, for at se hvor han oprindeligt kom fra og få svar på om det egentligt var meningen om han skulle være tandlæge eller eskimo.
Da ulvehunden White Fang finder sin ejer dræbt i baghold, farer han straks af sted for at tage hævn. Vejen fører ham til en nærlingende by, hvor han bliver genforenet med sin ejers bortkomne søn, Kim. I mellemtiden har morderne fundet ud af at Kim´s far ejede en indbringende guldmine, og de kidnapper Kim. Kan White Fang redde Kim ?
Vagabonden Chaplin er på jagt efter rigdom i Yukon i denne udødelige klassiker. Oplev hvordan vagabonden forvandler elendigheden til en lykkelig stund, da han nyder sit Thanksgiving-måltid bestående af en kogt sko, forvilder sig ind i et hus, der hænger på kanten af en skrænt, indstuderer en snurrig dans og kaster sig ud i alle tænkelige farer med mod og mandshjerte. The Gold Rush er et filmisk vidunder.
To brødre, der ikke har været på talefod et stykke tid, genforenes ved deres barndomshjem i Alaska. Den ene bror er lige kommet ud af spjældet, mens den anden er byens sherif. De begiver sig på en 2-dages vandretur, hvor de forfølges af en vedholdende grizzlybjørn, som går under “kælenavnet” Red Machine.
I en lille by i Alaska forsvinder tre børn og antages at være blevet ofre for vilde ulve. Den unge mor Medora, der har mistet sin søn til ulvene, tilkalder hjælp ved den pensionerede ulveekspert Russell Core. Russell begiver sig ud i Alaskas vilde natur for at opstøve de skyldige ulve og finde de forsvundne børn. Russell og Medora kommer tæt på hinanden undervejs, men da Medoras mand Vernon vender hjem fra krigen i Irak og lærer om sin søns død, går han amok.
Follow the lives of ambitious miners as they head north in pursuit of gold. With new miners, new claims, new machines and new ways to pull gold out of the ground, the stakes are higher than ever. But will big risks lead to an even bigger pay out?
Follow the Alaskan adventures of the Tobin family as a single dad does his best to keep his weird bunch of kids close, especially as the artistic dreams of his only daughter lead her away from the family fishing boat and into the glamorous world of the local mall.
When a prison transport plane crashes in the remote Alaskan wilderness—freeing dozens of violent inmates—the region's lone marshal must protect the town he's vowed to keep safe.
After receiving a scholarship from the state, a recent Columbia University medical school graduate is required to set up his practice in an eccentric Alaskan town.
Forty-foot waves, 700 pound crab pots, freezing temperatures and your mortality staring you in the face…it's all in a day's work for these modern day prospectors. During each episode we will watch crews race to meet their quota and make it home safely.
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.
Profiles of some of the men who choose to live off the grid in the unspoiled wilderness, where dangers like mudslides, falling trees and bears are all part of everyday life.
In the frontier town of Nome, Alaska, there’s a gold rush on. But you've never seen gold mining like this before — here, the precious metal isn't found in the ground. It’s sitting in the most unlikely of places: the bottom of the frigid, unpredictable Bering Sea. And there are a handful of people willing to risk it all to bring it to the surface.
Deep in the Alaskan wilderness lives a newly discovered family who was born and raised wild. Billy Brown, his wife Ami and their seven grown children – 5 boys and 2 girls – are so far removed from civilization that they often go six to nine months of the year without seeing an outsider. They’ve developed their own accent and dialect, refer to themselves as a "wolf pack," and at night, all nine sleep together in a one-room cabin. Simply put, they are unlike any other family in America. Recently, according to the Browns, the cabin where they lived for years was seized and burned to the ground for being in the wrong location on public land.
The Alaskans is a 1959-1960 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series set during the late 1890s in the port of Skagway, Alaska. The show features Roger Moore as "Silky Harris" and Jeff York as "Reno McKee", a pair of adventurers intent on swindling travelers bound for the Yukon Territories during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush. Their plans are inevitably complicated by the presence of singer "Rocky Shaw", "an entertainer with a taste for the finer things in life". The show was the first regular work on American television for the British actor Roger Moore.
Relationship coach Marin Frist knows what to look for, what to avoid and what will make her happy. As the many fans of her two bestselling books could tell you, we're all in charge of our own happiness. But like many people full of advice, she fails to apply it to herself. On her way to a speaking engagement in Alaska, she learns that her fiancé has cheated on her. Slapped in the face with personal failure, a snowstorm then leaves her stuck in a small town full of the one thing she really doesn't need—available men.
Port Protection is home to the few who have left behind normal society and chosen a different life in a remote Alaskan community, where survival of the individuals and community cannot sustain without the other. The stakes are high. The land is rugged and unforgiving and the seas which surround Port Protection are cold and merciless. With risk comes a reward more profound than mere survival: a world of beauty and freedom with the security of community and without the constraints of bureaucracy. In Port Protection there are no clear roads to survival, inhabitants must carve one themselves.
“Buying Alaska” proves that forgoing basic amenities is a reasonable tradeoff when it comes to breathtaking views and stunning wild surroundings that you can't find anywhere in the lower 48 states. Offering much more than living quarters, these properties are so in tune with the extraordinary landscape that it's often what's beyond the house that proves to be the main attraction - from the ability to hunt and fish from a back deck, to extreme seclusion on your own private island, to self-sustaining features such as smokehouses and greenhouses. However, there are also dangers that come with all the beauty, and living in this rugged and remote terrain can lead to animal attacks and brutal winters that cut you off from society.
Centers on the Kilcher family and their community outside Homer, Alaska. Begun by patriarch Yule Kilcher who immigrated from Europe during WWII, and currently led by his sons, Otto and Atz Kilcher (singer Jewel's father) the family have lived on their land for four generations. The show also features the homesteaders who live nearby and interact with the Kilchers.
In 1980, the U.S. government banned new human occupation in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, a protected area, home to thousands of native animals and pristine terrain spanning roughly the size of South Carolina. Currently, only a handful of families spread across seven permitted cabins are allowed to remain in the refuge. Within less than 100 years, all remaining permits will reach expiration, and there will be no human presence left.
Five family-run mining camps risk everything in the hope of hitting the paystreak. Working grueling days under the midnight sun, the crews give it their all to battle the elements ... and each other.
In the extreme Alaskan wild, 16 survivalists compete for a chance to win a massive cash prize — but these lone wolves must be part of a team to win.
They are some of the toughest, most extreme survivalists from across the nation. In the second season of Ultimate Survival Alaska, four teams - woodsmen, mountaineers, military veterans, and endurance athletes go head-to-head in an epic arctic competition that only National Geographic could inspire.
Amid the untouched backdrop of Alaska, people go missing at an eerily high rate. It’s a place where people can go to get away from everything, where you can live off the grid and hide in plain sight. For a murderer, it provides the perfect cover to commit the perfect crime. often incorrectly refer to as Alaska:ice cold killers
'Alaska Revelada' is an approach to the artist's personal and professional life from a place of intimacy until now unknown. The metamorphosis of a pop icon who has not stopped reinventing himself throughout the different stages of his life. Always an advocate of transforming her body to also build her interior, in 'Salud' we explore what the journey has been like since she was a child to achieve a physical and spiritual transformation. In 'Money' we travel through the vast professional life of Alaska, full of high points of fame and money, as well as absolute economic ruins. In 'Amor' we structure Olvido's relationships with the other. The figure of his father, his relationship with his former manager Pito Cubillas, his great friendship with Nacho Canut and the great love of his life, Mario Vaquerizo. A documentary series articulated like a bolero along three concepts that define all human life: health, money and love.
