The Last Alaskans

2015

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8.6| 0h30m| TV-14| en| More Info
Released: 25 May 2015 Returning Series
Producted By: Half Yard Productions
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://go.discovery.com/tv-shows/the-last-alaskans
Synopsis

In 1980, the U.S. government banned new human occupation in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, a protected area, home to thousands of native animals and pristine terrain spanning roughly the size of South Carolina. Currently, only a handful of families spread across seven permitted cabins are allowed to remain in the refuge. Within less than 100 years, all remaining permits will reach expiration, and there will be no human presence left.

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Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews
Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...
Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
amandapan2 There are a lot of bad reality TV shows about wacky Alaskans out there, but this show is not one. I am really digging The Last Alaskans on Animal Planet right now. Not sure why it's on Animal Planet- the show is definitely about the people, not the animals, though it being Alaska, there are animals everywhere. It's about the 7-8 cabin-owners who are the last remaining inhabitants permitted in the Artic National Refuge, an area the size of South Carolina. They are quiet, hardy, salt-of-the-earth people who LIKE living in almost complete isolation. The distances are truly staggering- captions like "meanwhile, 360 miles to the north..." are common on-screen transitions between one family and the next.) It's kind of amazing that these very introverted folks even allowed camera crews to follow them around at all. I would love to see the behind-the-scenes on how this all got filmed. The cinematography is absolutely gorgeous, especially the panning areal shots (must be drones?) of the wilderness below. Watch this show if you can- I highly recommend!
Muffel Buffel See Part Two in Season 1 so you realize it's fake. Problem with an outboard motor that does not want to start .... the problem depends on the rocks .... rocks in what? The engine? At the propeller (one starts without having a gear in). This is so unusually bad for creating drama. That's not how it works. Sad. That was the last I saw of this series. Fake !!It gets better, much better with what's fake.S1E1. A bear has broken into a cabin. Why? To look for food? If this had reflected the reality, of course, the one who had the cottage did NOT leave food behind. So how does the bear break in? He hits the door of the cottage. How can a bear know what a door is? You see how fake this is. Well he breaks a door (how? banging? what?..its a solid door). If you do not think this is so stupid, then listen to this: then the bear apparently comes in three times, three times. Every time he does so he destroys a glass window (way????) Hahaha. My sweet lord Who the hell believe in this? How the hell corked, does this production company believe we are?
harleyredd This is the best show on television love it so much.wish it was on all year PastorHartwell.i miss Bob and Rutgers.i really thank god for their attitude toward their lifestyle.there are not many humans that can endure the colds d the winds. I feel the men's beards are going to fall off from the bitter weather. Bathing puzzles me in the winter ,but I know they all have a system for this.the shows are so real and it isn't scripted like other ones are.what puzzles me is the women's personal monthly hygiene..I feel the isolation there is so unreal to most city folk and hard to understand. What I think that is so wonderful is the 24hr nights and the beautiful aurora Boreas is. This is gods way for entertainment and a very peaceful lifestyle. You can't put a dollar amount on how this makes you feel and the solitude ,to me is priceless and full filling.
whitehous-26934 By far the best 'reality' show I have ever viewed. I have visited Alaska half a dozen times and this series catches the spirit of the place. These are not actors, but real people who share their methods, inner thoughts, and lifestyle for the benefit of the viewer. Very highly recommended. Videography and music are first class. Four groups are featured: a single man in his 60's, a couple of around the same age, a couple of about 30, and a family of 5 with 3 daughters about 20. Be aware that these people hunt and fish in order to eat. As one says, they are not paying someone else to do their killing for them. Thus, a few scenes reflect that. Not gruesome at all, just a fact of life.

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