Alone in the Wilderness
by Bob Swerer
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Director: Bob SwererBrand: PBS
Primary Contributor: Dick Proenneke
Narrator: Bob Swerer Sr.
Commentary: Bob Swerer Sr.
Producer: Bob Swerer
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Running Time: 60 unknown-units
Published: 2003
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Bob Swerer Productions
Movie Reviews of Alone in the Wilderness
Movie Review: Living alone in absolute bliss
Summary: 5 Stars
If you have ever dreamed of getting away from everything and living a wonderful
life alone in absolutely the most beautiful place in the world, this dvd will put
you there. I have the book, which has been my winter read now for several years.
Between reading this book several times and having friends living in Alaska, I decided I had to purchase the dvd to actually see through this man's eyes, exactly
everything in detail, that he seen and accomplished.
It is absolutely amazing. I have had the video for three days and have watched it each day....it takes you through building his cabin, which had logs in place up to roof edge in 10 days, with nothing but hand tools. Very few men could
even begin to accomplish this today, especially alone and with no modern tools.
He canoe's through miles of beautiful lake front which also has great fishing.
When he slips the canoe into the water, you will see some of the most
beautiful, serene background that will just about take your breath away.
It is hard to actually describe everything in this dvd, creating his own furniture from scratch, down to making a spoon for his sourdough pancakes to creating bowls. It shows picking mountain blueberries and one scene shows taking wild cranberries and making his own syrup.
He makes friends with birds and some animals by providing meat scraps during the long months of snow and ice. If you are a hunter or animal lover, you will
definitely appreciate the many scenes that are often so close you can count the
hair above their eye's. There are both caribou and moose with racks that are huge. One caribou has a rack that looks the same height as its own body. Even makes you wonder how in the world he could carry such a rack. There are bear with cubs, mountain sheep with full curl horns, wolves, beaver and even one
huge wolverine playing in the snow and rolling down a long slope.
He picked beautiful flat stones up and down his many lake trips and created a
fantastic stone fireplace. One scene in the film does show him sitting beside it with a fire going. It looks so warm, when you consider, that just outside, the
snow is almost to the edge of the roof.
He creates a huge wooden sled for hauling over the snow and ice, just out of
spruce boughs.
This man did more physical work in one 10 day period while constructing his
cabin, than most men would do in a one year period. He spent 35 years in the wilderness, absolutely alone, except for the occasional visit by plane, of a friend that would re-supply some of his basic food needs, such as flour, sugar, etc., In 1998 at the age of 82 years, he could no longer stand the 50 degree below temperature and turned his wonderful creation over to the Lake Clark National Park.
As said, I have make his book a yearly winter read and now with the dvd, I can
relive his time spent there. What a fantastic creation this man made for
other people to enjoy.
Summary of Alone in the Wilderness
"Alone in the Wilderness" is the story of Dick Proenneke. To live in a pristine land unchanged by man... to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed... to choose an idyllic site, cut trees and build a log cabin... to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available... to be not at odds with the world, but content with one's own thoughts and company... Thousands have had such dreams, but Dick Proenneke lived them. He found a place, built a cabin, and stayed to become part of the country. This video "Alone in the Wilderness" is a simple account of the day-to-day explorations and activities he carried out alone, and the constant chain of nature's events that kept him company.Similar DVD Movies
Call of the Wild: My Escape to Alaskaby Guy Grieve
Hodder & Stoughton; Published: 2007-09-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.18
Price in other shops:
How to Build and Furnish a Log Cabin: The easy, natural way using only hand tools and the woods around youby W. Ben Hunt
Collier Books; Published: 1974-11-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.66
Price in other shops:
Alone Across Alaska: 1,000 Miles of WildernessRelease date: 2008-01-01; DVD
Best price: $24.95
Alaska Silence & SolitudePBS; Published: 1998; DVD
Best price: $24.95
Alaska: Into the WildernessTopics Entertainment; Release date: 2009-08-11; DVD
Best price: $10.67
Price in other shops:
The Frozen NorthBob Swerer Productions; Published: 2006; DVD
Best price: $24.95
More Readings From One Man's Wilderness: The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke, 1974-1980by Richard L. Proenneke
National Park Service; Published: 2006-01-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $33.50
More Readings From One Man's Wilderness: The Journals of Richard L. ProennekeSkyhorse Publishing; Published: 2012-03-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.50
Price in other shops:
Alone in the Wilderness part IIPublished: 2011; DVD
Best price: $24.95
One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odysseyby Sam Keith, Richard Proenneke
PBS; Alaska Northwest Books; Published: 1999-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.23
Price in other shops: