It was a honeymoon trip that brought Bill and Ruth Albee to the north, but this was far from a typical vacation. The newlyweds had a desire to experience true wilderness and learn about the people who lived in the arctic and boreal forest. More interestingly, though, is that they wanted to do it in a way that no one had done before. Starting in British Columbia, they planned to … [Read more...] about Alaska Challenge: Bill and Ruth Albee
Alaska Wildnerness Living
Call of the American Wild
Guy Grieve seemed to have it all – a wonderful wife and two kids, a home and a steady job at a newspaper in Scotland. Yet he was miserable. The job felt like a prison he couldn’t escape, and he spent all his waking hours searching for a way out. His search led to Alaska, and Guy began dreaming about building a cabin in the wilderness and living alone off the land. With the … [Read more...] about Call of the American Wild
One Man’s Wilderness: Dick Proenneke
The idea of living a remote lifestyle in the woods is appealing to most of us outdoors folk. We get a small taste of it each time we’re out there hunting, fishing or hiking, and wonder what it would be like to be ‘out there’ full time. The reasons we give to ourselves and others about why we never pursued that wilderness dream are varied - too busy, need a job to pay the … [Read more...] about One Man’s Wilderness: Dick Proenneke
Fort Yukon Trader
Imagine an entire economy based on wild fur. A community where the primary breadwinners are wilderness trappers who spend the majority of the year out in the bush, living off the land in remote cabins and harvesting furbearers, fish and game to survive. As far away as that may sound, just a couple of generations ago that’s the way it was in remote villages of interior Alaska … [Read more...] about Fort Yukon Trader
More Than Wolverine: An Alaska Wilderness Trapline
As a young man I dreamed of moving to Alaska. Finding the middle of nowhere. Building a cabin. Trapping and hunting. Living off the land. Then, life got in the way. An education, a good job, a wife and kids, a home and a farm all happened over the course of fifteen years, and that Alaska dream kind of drifted into the background. A few years back, life kind of settled down … [Read more...] about More Than Wolverine: An Alaska Wilderness Trapline