Alaska: Silence & Solitude
Sep 06 2005
•1h 57m
•Documentary
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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Dick Proenneke
Himself
Bob Swerer Jr.
Himself
Bob Swerer Sr.
Himself
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