Les Stroud is shipwrecked on the desert island of Tiburon. Avoiding packs of wild coyotes, scorpions and rattlesnakes, he treks in-land in search of food, water and shelter.

In his own words, Les Stroud is barely surviving when he is trapped inside a car running out of gas in the middle of the mountains in Norway, a land known for its extremes in both weather and topography. In the harsh and cold land where even the Vikings struggled to survive, Les is stranded with no food at hand, and it is up to him and his ingenuity to find a way back home. Part 1.

Les Stroud is stranded in the Norwegian mountains. Surviving for ten days, Les has no food supplies and little water. Alone and exhausted, Les tests the will to live like never before.