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Sue Aikens battles bears and lives life in Artic isolation

Sue Aikens is a 52-year-old grandmother who lives 197 miles north of the Arctic Circle and is featured on the National Geographic Channel show "Life Below Zero." She tells TODAY's Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb a harrowing story about her fight with a grizzly bear, and details of her life spent hundreds of miles from civilization.
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Sue Aikens is a 52-year-old grandmother who lives 197 miles north of the Arctic Circle and is featured on the National Geographic Channel show “Life Below Zero.” She tells TODAY’s Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb a harrowing story about her fight with a grizzly bear, and details of her life spent hundreds of miles from civilization.