The Jacko Family

Joel and Jacqueline Jacko live with their 5-year-old daughter, Anzlie, in Pedro Bay, a small village on the northeastern tip of Iliamna Lake. Raised in Chignik, Alaska, Joel is Athabascan. Jacqueline is originally from Washington state and moved to Pedro Bay after meeting Joel while on vacation in Alaska. Together, they first fostered and later adopted Anzlie, who comes from Yup’ik roots. The Jacko family aims to live a 100% sustainable life, subsisting from the land and waters around them. This season, Joel teaches Anzlie the subsistence skills he was taught by his own father, and the family works together on building projects and the never-ending Alaskan task of gathering firewood.