Found this on NetFlix. It's the story about Duane Ose. On July 4th 1985, he walked 57 miles into the wilderness of Alaska and built a house. He's decided it was time to move out due to age and ran a contest to give it away to another couple to continue. There's some little contests based on Alaskan survival skills and whoever is evaluated as doing best gets a shot to go live at the 3 story log cabin he and his wife built. They do some chores around the house and talk about circumstances etc to try and make a decision.
I'm enjoying it as the story and video of Duane is one of those wow a person actually did that, but in an admiring way. The style isn't games show, it's documentary with old footage from the house construction mixed in and what seems like genuine people. IDK how they found them, but all are UK area finds. Seems to me they'd have done better going for survivalist groups, but we got policemen, aircraft engineers, accountants and (best I've seen) farmers.
I'll finish it because it's easy to watch with some fascinating story line mostly about real people.
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I'm enjoying it as the story and video of Duane is one of those wow a person actually did that, but in an admiring way. The style isn't games show, it's documentary with old footage from the house construction mixed in and what seems like genuine people. IDK how they found them, but all are UK area finds. Seems to me they'd have done better going for survivalist groups, but we got policemen, aircraft engineers, accountants and (best I've seen) farmers.
I'll finish it because it's easy to watch with some fascinating story line mostly about real people.
Where Are Rena And Duane Ose Now?
The Netflix Original ‘Win the Wilderness’ is an astonishing series that follows 6 British couples as they compete to lay claim on a property in the heart of the Alaskan wilderness built by Duane and Rena Ose. The building couple spent nine years making their three-story home and had been living...
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