New web show called Far Out"

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Saw this trailer tonight on VBS.tv at the same time as Browsing the W/S forum. I just had to post it.... (VBS.TV has some very good and "out there" mini documentary films. Be warned some of it is NSFW, but this link is safe. )

Here is the description from the website:

In 1980, Jimmy Carter established the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the Alaskan Interior, cutting off 19 million acres of prime boreal wilderness from the mitts of fur trappers, oil tycoons, and would-be lodge owners alike. Only six families of white settlers were grandfathered in and allowed to keep cabins in the refuge—of them, only one still stays there year-round living off the land. His name is Heimo Korth, and he is basically the Omega Man of America’s Final Frontier.

Raised in suburban Wisconsin, Heimo set off in his teens to the Alaskan Bush to pursue the Davy Crockett lifestyle in more or less the only place it was still possible. Amid numerous setbacks and misadventures, Heimo gradually learned how to master his terrain, provide for his Eskimo wife, and rear children in one of the most inhospitable environments in North America.

In this premiere edition of Far Out, we take a bush plane to the middle of nowhere, Alaska, to catch up with Heimo and his wife, Edna—now reaching their golden years. Over the course of our ten-day stay, the Korths show us everything you need to know about fur-trapping, caribou-hunting, caribou-eating, river-crossing, boredom-staving, bear-avoidance, and bear-defense to live happily over 100 miles from the nearest neighbors. Vegans, you have been warned.


All episodes here:
Part 1: http://www.vbs.tv/watch/far-out--2/h...-refuge-1-of-5
Part 2: http://www.vbs.tv/watch/far-out--2/h...-refuge-2-of-5
Part 3: http://www.vbs.tv/watch/far-out--2/h...-refuge-3-of-5
Part 4: http://www.vbs.tv/watch/far-out--2/h...-refuge-4-of-5
Part 5: http://www.vbs.tv/watch/far-out--2/h...-refuge-5-of-5
 
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Thanks for the heads up and the link. His story is one of my favorites, I first saw him on the Nat Geo program Braving Alaska in the early 1990's. He also wrote a book with James Campbell titled The Final Frontiersman.
http://www.jamesmcampbell.net/
 
Are the Korth's one of the couples in the old documentary "Bush Families"?
 
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