A 52 minute documentary where a film crew visits an older couple, Heimo and Edna Korth, who live in the Brooks Range of Alaska. They fish, trap, hunt and skin a bear. I enjoyed it.
Surviving Alone in Alaska
Surviving Alone in Alaska
Surviving alone in Alaska: Vice Magazine (Video)
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Ever watch the Dick Proenneke saga's? If you liked this one, you'll love Proenneke. Plays on PS TV every once in a while. Probably on UTube as well. If you ever wind your way up to Twin Lakes in the Lake Clark NP, you can visit his cabin.
http://www.nps.gov/lacl/historyculture/proennekes-cabin.htm
Some discussion of that, along with Youtube links in this (gasp) bigfoot thread. 
http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/bigfoot-sighting-i-swear-it-wasnt-me.5170/page-2#post-89536
http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/bigfoot-sighting-i-swear-it-wasnt-me.5170/page-2#post-89536
I used to see that "Alone in the wilderness" on all the fundraiser drives on PBS before I gave up Television.
I have watched the Dick Proenneke series a few times on PBS and have admired his skills, ingenuity and resolve, and have fantasized about living that kind of simple, stress free life. But I don't believe I could handle living in the same degree of solitude that he endured. I enjoy some time of solitude where I can be alone out in the wilderness with my own thoughts, but being alone all the time? No.
Dick Proenneke lived alone for decades among bear, moose, caribou, elk, mountain goat, lynx, fox, and wolverine. Canoed on ice cold lakes in the mountains and endured -50 degree winters. Worth another look and if you haven't watched, makes the Pine Barrens look pretty tame by comparison.
