The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness

The inspiration for The Last Alaskans-the eight-part documentary series on Animal Planet

Hundreds of hardy people have tried to carve a living in the Alaskan bush, but few have succeeded as consistently as Heimo Korth. Originally from Wisconsin, Heimo traveled to the Arctic wilderness in his feverous twenties. Now, more than four decades later, Heimo lives with his wife approximately two hundred miles from civilization-a sustainable, nomadic life bounded by the migrating caribou, the dangers...