anybody watch"Llife before zero"?

scottyboy76

This is about people who live around or above the arctic circle, not as a part of a corporate or govt. settlement or whatever, as hard as that would even be, I mean folks who bring their own food and heat to live.

One lady "Sue Akins" lives a couple hundred miles above the arctic circle, let me repeat, she lives, on her own for the most part, 200 miles above the arctic circle.

One day she wakes up to realise she had been attacked by a polar bear, dislocating both hips, and lets just say that was the least of the damage.

There was no cell service, no 911, and she is still out there years later in a hunting camp she owns that looks suspiciously like the camp in the Kurt Russell movie, "The Thing"

there also native couples who bring seal carcasses into their kitchens to butcher with their kids, and so many others.

Fascinating

Dennis Gardner

I enjoy the show. Also watch out for "Mountain Men" on History. The new season starts Sunday. They all live off the land, few are able to do that anymore.

http://www.history.com/shows/mountain-men

scottyboy76

Dennis Gardner wrote: »

I enjoy the show. Also watch out for "Mountain Men" on History. The new season starts Sunday. They all live off the land, few are able to do that anymore.

http://www.history.com/shows/mountain-men

Deb and i started out loving Mountain men.

it began to repeat storylines, like life below zero, but we still loved the cinematography, the visuals, in HD, even out in the boonies were staggeringly beautiful, even if the storys began to be quite suspect, or set up.

boston1450

Im watching this Alaska series on Netflix where they live off the land & they are going to the summer range with their cows by the beach & tide comes in & a calf is missing. I should find out soon whats up with that LOL. Kinda cool show. Old guy is funny crazy hillbilly cool show on wilderness nowwa days

oldmodman

That woman Sue has got to be one of the toughest people anywhere. I really like the episode where she was running out of diesel fuel and Avgas. She had to take out a little bulldozer in 40 degree below zero weather and create a runway on the ice so a huge plane could land. And she is so far from any civilization that the plane only had enough fuel to take one attempt at landing. So the "runway" had to be right the first time. No landing, no fuel for any of her customers, and no heating oil for her.
What a tough existence.
And did you see the Arctic Snow Fox she has as a pet?

boston1450

boston1450 wrote: »

Im watching this Alaska series on Netflix where they live off the land & they are going to the summer range with their cows by the beach & tide comes in & a calf is missing. I should find out soon whats up with that LOL. Kinda cool show. Old guy is funny crazy hillbilly cool show on wilderness nowwa days

they found the calf & strapped it to the front of 4wheeler ROLMAO & brought it back to momma. show is awesome

muncybob

We watch all the shows mentioned above. They all tend to repeat their messages though but it's still worth the time to watch them. The views are part of the reason we watch but of course, TV is nothing like the real thing. If you have a bucket list and have never been to the wilds of Alaska you owe it to yourself to add that.

scottyboy76

BTW its "Life below zero"

I wrote before zero above.

heiney9

Dennis Gardner wrote: »

I enjoy the show. Also watch out for "Mountain Men" on History. The new season starts Sunday. They all live off the land, few are able to do that anymore.

http://www.history.com/shows/mountain-men

Yep watch both these shows. Another one is Alaska The Last Frontier, with the Kilcher's. That is where Jewel grew up and those are her Dad and Brother's and Uncle's and Cousin's living on the Kilcher Homestead.

H9

steveinaz

Yep--I love shows about Alaska. Check out Alaska bush people too.

WastelandWand'r

Have yet to see one. Where does it take place at again?
Nathan