![]() ![]() I have already watched it twice, once with my thirteen-year-old grandson, who was as astonished as I was. All of this, wrapped up in a breathtaking natural scenery, where he lived for over thirty years, until he was in his 80s! I immediately purchased the video. He only killed animals to eat (mostly fish). I was astonished to watch this 51-year old guy as he felled pine trees, shaped log notches for the cabin, ripped boards from the logs and even made wood hingesall with hand tools! I was even more impreed with Proennekes quiet and respectful way to deal with wildlife and nature. I was surrounded by a panoply of power tools, and making remarkably slow progre. He was working on his hand-built cabin in Alaska. Vermont PBS was on, and I caught Richard Proenneke (the sole protagonist of this incredible video) with the corner of my eye. If you like hearing a TV chef walk you through a recipe for enchiladas, just wait until you consume the creation of a log home in this volume, from the ground up.Alone in the Wilderne came up to my attention while I was struggling with a small woodworking project in our Montreal apartment. “Somehow Proenneke understood that his simple efforts build shelter, stay warm, find/hunt food, observe nature, respect life, would be well worth documenting, and boy howdy was he right. Heat griddle to medium, and plop the batter (should be foamy after adding baking soda) ⅓ cup at a time onto it.įlip after a few minutes. Place the sourdough in a medium-to-large sized bowl.Īdd all ingredients except the baking soda, and stir well.ĭilute the baking soda into roughly ⅛ cup warm water, and fold gently into the batter. We don’t have Dick’s recipe but Ruth Allman’s Alaska Sourdough pancakes are famous in Alaska and divine:Ģ cups sourdough starter, fed and active (method)Ĥ tablespoons vegetable oil or melted butter For more, read First Wilderness: My Quest in the Territory of Alaska, Sam Keith’s prequel, a manuscript which was lost for decades.ĭick can be seen making biscuits and pancakes in Bob Swerer Production’s PBS documentary Alone In The Wilderness II. The 50th Anniversary collector’s edition includes color photographs throughout-some not printed in the book for over twenty years. Now that’s a breakfast with atmosphere!įrom One Man’s Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey, 50th Anniversary Edition, by Sam Keith from the journals of Dick Proenneke. While I ate I peered out the window at a good-looking caribou bedded down on the upper benches. I smeared each layer with butter and honey and topped the heap with lean bacon slices. When bubbles appear all over, it’s time to flip.īrown, thin, and light-nothing quite like a stack of sourdough hotcakes cooked over a wood fire in the early morning. Then I dropped one wooden spoonful of batter, hissing onto the skillet. ![]() I let it stand for a few minutes while bacon strips were laid on a piece of paper towel and excess fat was drained from the pan. When these additions were gently folded into the batter, it seemed to come alive. Nature, Travel Documentary hosted by Graig Sechler, published by National Geographic in 2000 - English narration Cover Information. I gave it a good stirring, then sprinkled half a teaspoonful of baking soda on top, scattered a pinch of salt, and dripped in a tablespoon of bacon fat. As I uncovered it I could smell the fermentation. Time now to put the finishing touches to the sourdough batter. ![]() I poured off some of the fat and put it aside to cool. Thick bacon sliced from the slab sizzled in the black skillet. That business of breaking a hole in the ice and washing up out there sounds better than it feels. A pan of water was heating alongside the kettle. Soon I had a fire snapping in the stove, and shortly afterward could no longer see my breath inside the cabin. The peaks, awash in the warm yellow light, contrasted sharply with their slopes still in shadow. New ice, like a thin pane of glass, sealed the previously open water along the edge of the lake. A heavy white frost twinkled almost as if many of its crystals were suspended in the air. It seems a shame for eyes to be shut when such things are going on, especially in this big country. The following summer they embark on a three-week canoe journey back to civilization. Alone for more than a year, they build a cabin and hunt for food to see them through the Arctic winter. Up with the sun at four to watch the sunrise and the sight of the awakening land. Arctic Son: Fulfilling the Dream (203) 7.8 1 h 16+ This documentary recounts a family's solo journey into America's last great wilderness. This fall, we’ll release a 50th Anniversary edition of One Man’s Wilderness (with foreword by Nick Offerman, no less!) If you haven’t read this classic, here’s a taste: ![]()
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