National Geographic Channel delves into a growing subculture who’ve adopted “re-wilding” on the upcoming new series, “Live Free or Die.”

The show, which follows five members of the “re-wilding” culture, premieres on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 10 p.m. ET. In December, the series will be available in 171 countries and 45 languages.

The cast members have left the comforts of modern society behind in an effort to use just their skills and intuition to survive. The series’ cameras follow its subjects into the wilderness and swamps where they’ve built simple homes without running water or electricity. At times, they suffer from weather extremes and scarcity of food. But, “re-wilders” find the prize is in having the endurance to survive such challenges.

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“There’s a cost sometimes to living this way,” says Thorn, a cast member who lives in a self-made hut in the forests of the Blue Ridge Mountains, said in a statement.

He continued, “But at least I have a lot of time. When I lived in the city, I was a schoolteacher. It was wonderful, but being on someone else’s terms was really difficult and I just wanted to drop out of it. This forest just gave me this unique opportunity to get away from that and actually live free.”

Produced by National Geographic Studios, Tim Pastore, Brian Lovett and Jarrett Lambo serve as executive producers with co-executive producer Charles Marquardt.

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Watch the show’s first trailer above.

Read Nat Geo’s bios for the cast members’ below: