National Geographic’s multi Emmy award-winning series Life Below Zero follows the extreme lifestyles of tough residents living off the grid in Alaska, fighting for survival in one of the most far-flung regions in the world. Continuing the Life Below Zero adventure is the brand new spin-off series Life Below Zero: Next Generation, which follows all-new and less experienced Alaskans who’ve tried contemporary life and rejected it in favor of freedom in the brutal Alaskan bush.

Meet Sue Aikens and Brittany Rowland, two daring and inspiring women – with similar, yet very different backgrounds:

Sue Aikens, Life Below Zero series subject: Sue owns and operates Kavik River Camp, a base of refuge on the North Slope, which she calls home. Her address is a GPS coordinate, and her closest neighbor — besides the 80-something grizzly bears within a 10-mile radius — is more than 300 miles south. Although she considers the area’s arctic foxes her friends, she is aware that, if something bad were to happen, there is no one around to help her.

Brittany Rowland, Life Below Zero: Next Generation series subject: Unlike Sue, Brittany considers herself a city girl and is less experienced with the outdoors. She’s raising two young children with her husband, Kaleb, and they’re currently making the transition into living a full-time remote and self-sustaining lifestyle in the Alaskan bush. She’s hoping to provide her young children with the unique and rewarding experience of being raised in nature, instead of the hustle and bustle of a city.