Alone in the Wilderness

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Alone in the Wilderness is a 2004 documentary and history movie directed by Dick Proenneke, Bob Swerer Jr. and Bob Swerer Sr.. It stars Dick Proenneke, Bob Swerer Jr. and Wendy Ishii. It runs 57m and is rated G. TMDB users rate it 7.9 out of 10.

Dick Proenneke retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin in the wilderness at the base of the Aleutian Peninsula, in what is now Lake Clark National Park. Using color footage he shot himself, Proenneke traces how he came to this remote area, selected a homestead site and built his log cabin completely by himself. The documentary covers his first year in-country, showing his day-to-day activities and the passing of the seasons as he sought to scratch out a living alone in the wilderness.