In cold river vally, a former Eagle Scout, a tech-obsessed New Yorker and a man handicapped by a rare bone disease must build "super shelters," start fire from a fire piston and tinder fungus, and eat big beetles, then one is rushed to the hospital.

Three men learn how to survive in a pine forest by building a shelter out of pine needles; mastering a difficult method of starting a fire; eating reindeer moss; making rose-hip tea; and setting a trap for quail.

Survival expert Creek Stewart teaches men with sedentary lifestyles how to cope with extreme conditions during a week in the wilderness in this series, which begins with three friends from Los Angeles who learn how to build a wickiup shelter; start and maintain a fire; snare a rabbit for food; and, if necessary, how to go it alone, all in severely low temperatures.