Timogen: "I was craving things that I would never eat. ... It's like an obsession and a pain that you can't really touch" Timogen says he overfished the land with only four fish in his first few days of fishing. He then began to catch more fish, but it took two weeks for him to break down. The series premieres tonight at 10 p.m. ET on CNN.
Can science help you survive in the Arctic? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly learn about what happens to the body during starvation and harsh conditions with survival doctor and contestant on S9 of Alone, Dr. Teimojin Tan.
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