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Richard Louis Proenneke (/ ˈ p r ɛ n ə k iː /; May 4, 1916 – April 20, 2003) was an American self-educated naturalist, conservationist, writer, and wildlife photographer who, from the age of about 51, lived alone for nearly thirty years (1968–1998) in the mountains of Alaska in a log cabin that he constructed by hand near the shore of Twin Lakes.
In 2006, Stroud produced a 90-minute special documenting his family's journey to building an off-the-grid home. The show, Off the Grid with Les Stroud, chronicled the process of buying property and refitting an old farm house with solar and wind power, a raincatcher and well, as well as the adjustments the Stroud family had to make to adapt to ...
Off-the-grid or off-grid is a characteristic of buildings and a lifestyle [1] designed in an independent manner without reliance on one or more public utilities. The term "off-the-grid" traditionally refers to not being connected to the electrical grid , but can also include other utilities like water, gas, and sewer systems, and can scale from ...
Jessie Holmes – lives in Brushkana, Alaska, where he is a fisherman, hunter and dogsled racer living alone with his 40 sled dogs. [9] [10] Andy Bassich – lives on the Yukon River [11] near Eagle, Alaska, with his 25 sled dogs. He came to Alaska after moving from Washington, D.C., with his wife, Kate Bassich. Andy and Kate divorced in 2016.
An autonomous building is a building designed to be operated independently from infrastructural support services such as the electric power grid, gas grid, municipal water systems, sewage treatment systems, storm drains, communication services, and in some cases, public roads. The literature mostly refers to housing, or the autonomous house.
Raymond E. Kelley (December 1, 1951 – July 16, 2023), usually known as SunRay Kelley, was an American builder known for his fanciful structural designs.His approximately 70 structures featured unusual designs such as turrets, peaked and curved roofs (sometimes with living plants growing on top), and the use of raw natural materials such as tree branches. [1]
The Last Alaskans is an American reality television series that premiered on Animal Planet on May 25, 2015. [1] The second season premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2016. [2]
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