The members of Nat Geo's "Ultimate Survival Alaska" camera crew are literally living on the edge — whether it's icy crevasses, killer rapids or jagged peaks.
And filming in the treacherous conditions of The Last Frontier doesn't make it any easier.
"Our camera guys deserve the lion's share of the credit for the show being what it is," says "Alaska" executive producer Brian Catalina. "Not only are they telling the story and operating the camera, they're doing everything you see the participants in the show do — which is unbelievably physically demanding."
In the competition reality series — returning Sunday night at 9 with a special two-hour episode — four teams are dropped into the Alaskan wilderness to compete in a series of often-death-defying challenges, including scaling glaciers.
Catalina is no stranger to this sort of terrain, since his reality TV resume includes the first season of Discovery's "Deadliest Catch," which tracks fishing vessels in the rough-and-tumble Bering Sea.
When arranging the "Ultimate Survival Alaska" competitions, Catalina and director of photography Bryan Miller have to walk a fine line between challenging the cast and crew — and keeping them alive.
"It's Alaska and that state is literally a gauntlet of danger," says Miller. "[There are] things that you really cannot control: ice, water, rock fall. There's literally a million ways to get killed up there."
"Ultimate Survival Alaska" teammates Marty Raney (left), Tyler Johnson and Vern Tejas navigate dangerous rapids.Photo: National Geographic Channels/MICHAEL MCALEENAN
To keep his camera crew safe throughout the grueling, 13-week shoot, Miller assembles a team of mountain guides and swift-water rescue personnel responsible for getting the crew prepared for whatever elements they will face — so they can keep up with the show's contestants.
"Nobody wants to watch 42 minutes of asses and elbows running through the forests," Miller says. "We have to be ahead of the action and we have to anticipate what the cast is going to do based on who they are and their skills.
"That's the most frustrating part for me," he says, "because a lot of times, I get it wrong. It's really frustrating to miss moments because you weren't able to be there with a camera."
Marty Raney, who's competed on all three seasons of "Ultimate Survival Alaska," says he feels a sense of excitement for the camera crew shooting the show — and the adrenaline rush they experience.
"They are getting the heck scared out of them — make no mistake about it — but they're having the adventure of a lifetime," he says. "You see the fear in their eyes and you know that Alaska rules supreme — and that they will never forget the experience of shooting this show.
"If [the show] goes off the air tomorrow, this one will be the one they remember in their old age," he says. "This will be the show that eclipses anything and everything that they will do."
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