Alone In The Wilderness
February 25, 2007 – 9:24 am
I saw this short documenary a few years ago on PBS and I fell in love with it but it never dawned on me that it might be available for purchase. The other day I was browsing through Google Videos and the thought occurred to me to see if it was up there. Sure enough someone had posted it.
This one hour documentary is about Dick Proenneke, who retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin on the shore of Twin Lakes, Alaska. The first summer he scouted for the best cabin site, and cut and peeled the logs he would need for his cabin. He returned the next summer to finish the cabin where he lived for over 30 years. Dick filmed his adventures, and Bob Swerer later turned the film into a video so we can all watch this amazing man build his cabin by hand.
I don’t know about the copyright issues but for the time being you can watch the movie via streaming video or you can download the video and the Google player.
You can also visit the official website where you can buy this documentary and a couple of follow-up documentaries, as well as a book based on Dick’s journals over 30 years.