I've read all the authors mentioned in that article, but I would add "The
Stars, the Snow, the Fire: Twenty-five Years in the Northern Wilderness" by
John Haines. Really interesting account of running a trap line in the winter,
with a startling recipe for making moose stew.
>
>> >....This situation is not at all uncommon. Somebody drives up to Alaska to
>> >escape whatever life they have in the Lower-48, acquire a cabin beyond
>> >nowhere. Live off of their pension or disability check and basically
>> >hunt and fish for their meals. Every month or two, they get to a
>> >community where they can take care of whatever they need to or head to
>> >Anchorage or Fairbanks, stop at Costco for supplies and head
>> >back.....snippy, snip
>
>Not everyone who goes up there lives off the dole. e.g. our neighbors
>
><https://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/01/27/living-in-a-dreamscape-how-one-couple-forged-a-future-on-the-yukon-river/>
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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