Loved this documentary since I seen it on the BBC as a kid. I have been trying to locate it for years. Thanks for posting - the narrator never registered when I was a kid. More documentary makers should consider well known voices.
This was a neat documentary. However... i can't figure out how they managed to build the raft at lake bennett and then float it all the way down past carmacks. I'm going to look into it some more but i'm pretty sure that as of 1958 or so there is a dam on the yukon downstream of miles canyon at whitehorse. Even if this doc was made during a time when the dam was not in place miles canyon and the whitehorse rapids would have been an impassible obstacle for the raft.
I've had this vid for nearly 30 years...one of the best ones NGS ever did. Asking Jimmy Stewart narrate it was a stroke of genius. I, too, have often wondered what happened to the guys......
@wizwow77 ---The really cool thing is they did it TWICE..I've been in touch with Keith Tryck, who lives in Anchorage. I'm drawing from memory, but I think he told me Paul & Bob live close by, and Jerry lives in Washington state. Keith still does a little prospecting in the Yukon. The cabin they built in the video is still there. I'd suggest buying Keith's book that chronicled their trip(s), "Yukon Passage"---It's a good read....
I would put this up there with Alone in the Wilderness. I ordered Keith Tryck's book from a bookseller in Seattle and when I got it I was pleasantly surprised to find it signed by the author! You can order this DVD off of National Geographic. This is in my top five all time favorite movies, documentary or otherwise...
Thank you so much for uploading this! I ordered the VHS tape from Amazon a few years ago just to watch it again!
Hollyweeds 2 months ago
Thank you so much for putting this on here! My grandparents taped this when it originally aired, and I would watch it all the time as a kid.
zakiechan 4 months ago
Loved this documentary since I seen it on the BBC as a kid. I have been trying to locate it for years. Thanks for posting - the narrator never registered when I was a kid. More documentary makers should consider well known voices.
stuartseric 6 months ago
This was a neat documentary. However... i can't figure out how they managed to build the raft at lake bennett and then float it all the way down past carmacks. I'm going to look into it some more but i'm pretty sure that as of 1958 or so there is a dam on the yukon downstream of miles canyon at whitehorse. Even if this doc was made during a time when the dam was not in place miles canyon and the whitehorse rapids would have been an impassible obstacle for the raft.
04023088 1 year ago
I've had this vid for nearly 30 years...one of the best ones NGS ever did. Asking Jimmy Stewart narrate it was a stroke of genius. I, too, have often wondered what happened to the guys......
captainscott2 1 year ago
@captainscott2 yeah i wonder to how these dudes ended up..they had one hell of an adventure.
wizwow77 8 months ago
@wizwow77 ---The really cool thing is they did it TWICE..I've been in touch with Keith Tryck, who lives in Anchorage. I'm drawing from memory, but I think he told me Paul & Bob live close by, and Jerry lives in Washington state. Keith still does a little prospecting in the Yukon. The cabin they built in the video is still there. I'd suggest buying Keith's book that chronicled their trip(s), "Yukon Passage"---It's a good read....
captainscott2 8 months ago
I would put this up there with Alone in the Wilderness. I ordered Keith Tryck's book from a bookseller in Seattle and when I got it I was pleasantly surprised to find it signed by the author! You can order this DVD off of National Geographic. This is in my top five all time favorite movies, documentary or otherwise...
godric303 2 years ago
Thank you very much for uploading this. I have searched and searched.
GgRrYyPpHhOoNn 2 years ago 2
does anyone know the whereabouts or what happened to the guys in the video
tabaloany 2 years ago
Thanks, I had to do homework on this.
TheStickmanShowOC 2 years ago
best documentary ever
aroncace 3 years ago