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2004

Alone in the Wilderness

Directed by Dick Proenneke

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.

Duration

0h 57m

Released

October 8, 2004

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7.8

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Cast5

  • Dick Proenneke
  • Bob Swerer Jr.
  • Wendy Ishii
  • Pamela Guest
  • Bob Swerer Sr.

Part ofThe The Dick Proenneke Collection

Includes Alone in the Wilderness (2004), Alaska: Silence & Solitude (2005), The Frozen North (2006), and Alone in the Wilderness: Part II (2011).

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