National Geographic’s Braving alaska Imagine living hundreds of miles from your nearest neighbor, having groceries and mail delivered by airplane a few times each year, and battling long, harsh winters with temperatures that plummet to -51 C. Such are the living conditions chosen by the hearty few who inhabit America’s last frontier: the alaskan bush - a spectacular land of rivers and mountains so remote that many remain unnamed. Through the cameras of National Geographic, you’ll enter the lives of four families who have turned their backs on civilization to fulfill their dreams of living off the land. Join these modern-day pioneers as they face the daily challenges of survival - hunting for food, staying warm, and fending off grizzlies. You’ll experience America’s pioneering spirit through these remarkable people who are BRAVING alaska!
Customer Review: Awesome
I watched it several times in the few days since it arrived. This video gives a real picture of what life in the alaskan bush can be like. Although there’s not an abundance of formal teaching, it’s very informative seeing how these bush families live, eat, hunt, get supplies, and get along.

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Coal mining project puts Chuitna River on endangered list
Anchorage Daily News - If developed, it would be the largest coal mine in alaska. Many people living in nearby communities like Beluga and Tyonek Commercial fisherman Terry Jorgenson said Tuesday his state fishing lease would be right underneath the proposed coal trestle

Guides to getting out in the Northwest
San Francisco Gate - A section on the anatomy of rivers and lakes, and a primer on native and nonnative fish, make the fishing obsession somewhat comprehensible even to the uninitiated. “travellers’ Wildlife Guides: alaska,” by Dennis Paulson and Les Beletsky

Port wants to bar crews from living on fishing boats
Seattle Post Intelligencer - spending, he has to live cheap, and that means living onboard the Lass until the troller is seaworthy enough to reach alaska When the stringent rules were first proposed during April of last year, the fishing community was reeling from the loss of

Hook Shot
Salt Lake Tribune - T.J. Billmire, Park City: T.J., left, caught this 108-pound halibut while fishing with his father, Mark, in Gustavus, alaska, in August 2006. The Billmires made the trip to the Glacier Bay Eagles Nest Lodge, owned by the Huff family of Orem, to

Global warming not caused by man
Bismarck Tribune - They know that alaska will soon be a tourist meca and are ready to plant palm trees. ” Grumpy Art wrote on April 16, 2007 4:58 GL to concerned guy wrote on April 15, 2007 8:18 AM : “And how did any of this hunting and fishing practices change the weather

Wilde Refrigeration marks 30 years
Newport News-Times - When Dac first happened upon Newport, passing through en route to a job in alaska, he knew he’d found something he’d been During the 1980s, Dac took a temporary hiatus from his business to help out some friends for a few months fishing tuna in the

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