The BEST episodes of Alaska: The Last Frontier season 3

Every episode of Alaska: The Last Frontier season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Alaska: The Last Frontier season 3!

Following the Kilchers provides a look into life off the grid, where going without running water and electricity and having limited contact with the outside world is part of the daily routine. While capturing the spirit of pioneer living is never easy, Alaska: The Last Frontier transports you to a place where day-to-day life is truly different from what we know.

Last Updated: 4/19/2024Network: DiscoveryStatus: Continuing
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Parlors and Poop Chutes
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8.43
106 votes

#1 - Parlors and Poop Chutes

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2013

Eivin and pregnant Eve decide to finally add running water to their home, but Eivin hits more than water during the installation. Otto builds Charlotte a milking parlor but takes a faceful of fuel in the process. Atz and Atz Lee head out to hunt bear.

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Outhouses, Cow Bras and Bears, Oh My!
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8.42
102 votes

#2 - Outhouses, Cow Bras and Bears, Oh My!

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2013

Midsummer: the Kilchers scramble to make the most of 22 hrs of sunlight. Atz tracks down predators killing the herd. Otto gets creative to help a cow with an udder problem. Eivin builds an outhouse. Atz Lee and Jane are startled while fishing for salmon.

Spring Delicacy
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8.40
104 votes

#3 - Spring Delicacy

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/2013

Atz Lee and Jane climb reefs to hunt for octopus. Jane must face her fear of heights or be trapped by the tide. Otto struggles to keep a newborn calf alive during the annual spring cattle drive. Eve gives Eivin news that will change the homestead forever.

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Marital Maintenance
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8.39
93 votes

#4 - Marital Maintenance

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/2014

Atz and Atz Lee swim their horses across a chilly lake to get to bull moose hunting grounds. Bad weather and feeling under the weather won't deter them from the prize. Eivin hunts clams while Eve collects wild mushrooms. Otto and Charlotte bury a friend.

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Father-Son Ingenuity
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8.37
104 votes

#5 - Father-Son Ingenuity

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2013

Family projects: Before the spring thaw floods the area, Atz Sr and his 3 sons build a bridge across a river using chainsaws and fallen logs. Otto and Eivin create two amphibious crafts from their ATVs. Meanwhile, Atz Lee and Jane build a new smokehouse.

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Spring Has Sprung
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8.35
103 votes

#6 - Spring Has Sprung

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2013

Springtime on the homestead; Atz and the family goes on a black bear hunt; Atz, Sr.'s confidence wavers; Otto gives CPR to calves; Eve plants the family garden.

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Circle of Life
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8.33
93 votes

#7 - Circle of Life

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/2014

Atz Lee and Eivin take a bushplane and brave bears on a remote island to hunt deer. Charlotte scrambles to save a cow that went down during birthing. A very pregnant Eve struggles with the chores while Eivin is away. Atz cleans his chimney Kilcher style.

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Hunt in the Clouds
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8.30
101 votes

#8 - Hunt in the Clouds

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2013

Atz Sr, Atz Lee and Jane travel to the highest peaks to hunt for wild goat. A wasp infestation destroys Eivin and Eve’s bee hive and summer honey harvest. Otto and Charlotte get creative to protect what's left of their hay crop so it will last the winter.

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Call of the Wild
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8.27
93 votes

#9 - Call of the Wild

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/2014

Otto and Eivin use a duck hunt for some last minute father-son time before Eivin becomes a dad himself. Atz and Atz Lee's father-son bonding time is less fun; they're repairing the new bridge. Jane has her own adventure: fishing--and shooting--halibut.

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A Prickly Situation
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8.16
101 votes

#10 - A Prickly Situation

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2013

Thanksgiving on the homestead. The Kilchers come together to enjoy the fruits of their year-long labor and share each dish's story. From turkey and pumpkin pie to Yule's famous nettlebread and Homesteader pie, nothing comes easy when making this feast.

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Cabin Fever
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8.07
113 votes

#11 - Cabin Fever

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2013

After 8 months of winter, the Kilchers have cabin fever. Eivin and Atz Lee get caught overnight in the backcountry hunting an Alaskan delicacy. Otto uses ingenuity to get an orphan calf to connect with an unwilling mother. And there's much to do with poo.

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Of Moose and Men
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7.97
129 votes

#12 - Of Moose and Men

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/2013

A persistent porcupine nails several of the Kilchers' too-curious animals with quills. Taking them out is a painful and sometimes dangerous procedure. Atz and his family carefully jack up and move an old abandoned cabin. Eve finds her garden decimated.

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Thanksgiving
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7.71
66 votes

#13 - Thanksgiving

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/2013

Thanksgiving on the homestead. The Kilchers come together to enjoy the fruits of their year-long labor and share each dish's story. From turkey and pumpkin pie to Yule's famous nettlebread and Homesteader pie, nothing comes easy when making this feast.

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Baby Kilcher Arrives
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7.66
73 votes

#14 - Baby Kilcher Arrives

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/2014

The Kilchers work on last-minute projects before winter comes; Jane faces weather and quicksand on her first cattle drive; Eivin and Eve introduce a new Kilcher.

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Homestead for the Holidays
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7.58
66 votes

#15 - Homestead for the Holidays

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/25/2013

Homestead holidays bring gifts of kindness: Otto decides to give his "Wacky Yak" to a friend, but the gift rejects the idea of being given. Atz Lee gathers lumps of coal--for the nice--as his gift. Atz deals with cows on ice to bring a friend's herd home.

Extreme Seasons
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7.43
68 votes

#16 - Extreme Seasons

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/26/2014

The Kilchers adapt to the seasons; rescuing calves; swarms of mosquitoes; Otto tries to live down his fisherman's curse.

 Predators and Prey
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7.38
56 votes

#17 - Predators and Prey

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/2014

Grizzly bears, wolves, and coyotes remind the Kilchers that the humans aren't always the apex predator on the homestead, but threats to the Kilcher's food supplies and livelihood also come in many other shapes and sizes and from unexpected places.