Alaska: Silence & Solitude

Alaska: Silence & Solitude

Part of The Dick Proenneke Collection

2005•57m•6.5/10

Documentary

Ratings

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6.5/10(17)

Alaska Silence & Solitude is the follow up to Alone in the Wilderness, filmed 20 years later. Bob Swerer and Bob Swerer Sr. visit Dick Proenneke at his famous cabin on Twin Lakes where the wildlife is still abundant and the scenery is spectacular.

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Bob Swerer Productions

Language

EN

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Released

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Dick Proenneke

Dick Proenneke

Himself

Bob Swerer Jr.

Himself

Bob Swerer Sr.

Himself

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