Oct 08, 2004
57 min
Full-HD

Alone in the Wilderness (2004)

Dick Proenneke retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin in the wilderness at the base of the Aleutian Peninsula, in what is now Lake Clark National Park. Using color footage he shot himself, Proenneke traces how he came to this remote area, selected a homestead site and built his log cabin completely by himself. The documentary covers his first year in-country, showing his day-to-day activities and the passing of the seasons as he sought to scratch out a living alone in the wilderness.

Category

Documentary History

Country

United States of America

Companies

Bob Swerer Productions

Dick Proenneke

Himself

Bob Swerer Jr.

Narrator

Wendy Ishii

Narrator

Pamela Guest

On-air Co-host

Bob Swerer Sr.

Narrator

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