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197727 minPGdocumentary

One Man's Alaska

197727 minPGdocumentary

Dick Proenneke, a conservationist and wildlife cinematographer, builds a log cabin and documents the wildlife in the Lake Clark area of Alaska.

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Dick Proenneke, a conservationist and wildlife cinematographer, builds a log cabin and documents the wildlife in the Lake Clark area of Alaska.

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A documentary profile of conservationist and wildlife cinematographer Dick Proenneke at his wilderness home in the Lake Clark areas of Alaska. Includes scenes of area wildlife, along with clips of Proenneke carving his log cabin home out of the wilderness.

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