What happened to Kate on Life Below Zero? Patrizia Rizzo, SEO Reporter Updated: 24 Mar 2021, 13:17 Patrizia Rizzo, SEO Reporter Invalid Date, LIFE Below Zero’s Kate Bassich joined the cast of the popular National Geographic series in 2013. The series focuses on the most remote regions of Alaska and shows how people survive in the frozen tundra. 3 What happened to Kate on Life Below Zero? Kate Bassich ended her two-year stint on Life Below Zero after divorcing her co-star Andy Bassich in 2015. She left the series and went to live in Newfoundland, Canada though it is unclear what she does now. The ex-TV star sometimes updates her fans about her new life on her Facebook page.