Deadly Descent

Untamed terrain and dangerous beauty draw people to Alaska from all walks of life, but it takes highly skilled bush pilots to fly people in and out of its remote wilds: pilots like Don Lee, who teaches advanced maneuvers to other experienced pilots, and Drake Olson, who has to make a dangerous glacier landing when unexpected weather strands skiers on the frozen peaks. Keller Wattum is the eye in the sky for a fishing vessel in Kodiak Island's annual herring run. And in Juneau, it's chopper pilot Dustin Carroll who's responsible for keeping basic services up and running when technicians need to find a problem at the local cell towers… 4,000 feet up in the mountains.