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and moss which are perfect for getting a fire started. no matches, no lighter, no problem. i will smear some of this chapstick into this cotton ball, and it will act like a candle. reporter: eddie keeps chapstick and a few cotton balls on him at all times. it sounds strange until you add sparks. it goes. reporter: both carry a simple flint to scrape with a trusty knife. soon we are melting snow over a raging fire. we had pine needles for flavor for a kind of back woods tea. if you put it in a cup of starbucks people would pay 5 bucks for this. it is not saying much about this, but saying a lot about people. reporter: dallas and eddie built a shelter in the trees for us like it s nothing. as night falls on our adventure, eddie shows me his survival necklace. always want a leatherman, tools, knife sharpener, mini l.e.d.
light. that s the flint. reporter: eddie starts another chapstick and cotton ball fire despite soaking wet wood. in terms of survival skills, this has to be number one, being able to start a fire? absolutely. if you have the ability to build a fire, that s going to buy you a lot of time. reporter: sitting in the glow of a warm fire on a freezing night eating beans and rice in front of melted snow, everything tasted good and anything seemed possible for these two. for them, this series is a way to show off their reality. on tv it almost looks romantic. i know. i m proud of myself for always having cotton balls and chapstick in my purse. you do that, right? all the time. by the way, it debuted last night on the national geographic channel last night. looks cool. i will watch it. a moving tribute to nelson mandela in an unexpected place.
marathon runner and survival expert. for eddie and i and so many other alaskans the wilderness is our homes. i would be far more afraid spending a week on my own in new york than i was a week on my own in alaska. reporter: that s nice and cold. there you go. reporter: dallas and eddie are two of the motley crue of elite who have put their life skills on the line for the national geographic show, ultimate survival alaska. snowshoeing with dallas and eddie, they told us staying warm and having something to drink is critical. you warm the core. heat people from the outside in, fire warm clothes, et cetera. but if you drink something hot, all of a sudden you are burning up. reporter: we stomped on snow to clear an area to make a fire and gather wood with a fold-out saw. even when everything is soaking wet, they showed me birch bark
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