Surviving Alone in Alaska

Heimo Korth is the last man standing in 19 million acres of Alaskan wilderness. His neighbors are polar bears and caribous. Say good bye to civilization and see how they do it in the arctic circle on the last frontier in America.

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 Americas Final Frontier.

Hosted by John Martin & Thomas Morton | Originally released in 2009 at http://vice.com

Part I: First Night (00:00)
Part II: Learning to Survive (15:46)
Part III: Life in a Cabin (19:20)
Part IV: Man vs. Beast (33:36)
Part V: Death of a Daughter (44:41)
Part VI: Going Home (49:27)

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[justinmeyerr]

Morton is my favourite Vice host.

[retardedHenko]

ehm like the rest of the world does? killing them slowly with oil leaks, polluting the air/water, destroying their homes in the woods. This man kills the animals to survive, rest of the world kill the animals cus they dont give a fuck.

[crystalblur3]

So how remote is Homer??

[DrEvan12345]

i feel bad for laughing at the rabbit being killed :P

[natenttahn]

Plus you act like this planet was for them it's as much for them as it is for us we are children of the planet is well its the circle of life mainstream media want you to believe that you're not worth it but you are this is your planet

[natenttahn]

Planet Rockford do you prefer all the war desolation they kill to eat they kill to survive they don't kill for shoes or drugs or to hurt someone if the rabbit were killed in the wild it would be eaten alive ripped to shreds that is death how is it different

[Sam Johnson]

them guys shud hav left their gear there to giv to that family..they can get new gear in town ..damn..u don't bring stuff back from an area like that...

[planetrockford]

A human goes in to the unspoilt wilderness and kills whatever takes his fancy, I was hoping for something more uplifting than this.

[thatbrownkidTalha]

All you little bitches getting upset over this, shut the fuck up.

[Snappy Sauce]

I agree with this man. We've all become reliant on purchasing our food. We should at least appreciate the hunter gatherer life-style and even experience catching and killing our own food. This way we won't take for granted the things we eat.

[DMosPx]

I want a bear head hat LOL!