Alaska’s Ultimate Bush Pilots

Tanalian Aviation battles winter weather to ferry ice climbers onto the Knik Glacier.

rescue for an experienced hiker deep in the winter wilderness.

Joel and Mark Barker tempt fate and fly into no man's land to find and salvage a white airplane in a snowy forest, and fight hypothermia along the way.

Mark Barajas on the top of the Chugach Mountains for some hellacious heli-skiing.

Tanalian Aviation bush pilots Joel and Josiah earn their keep slinging a stranded snow machine.

The bush pilots have to use all their skills - scuba diving, underwater rigging and expert flying - to try and salvage a de Havilland Beaver wing at the bottom of the 6 Mile Lake.

The Tanalian bush pilots transport extreme paragliders to Moose Creek, in the Talkeetna Range, for a once-in-a-lifetime airborne experience.

On water raft where few have gone before - on top of the massive Knik Glacier.