I like this series but some of the information about living in Alaska is missing. I visit Alaska frequently, with a son and two grandchildren there, plus I have worked for two Alaskan Native-owned companies and have been in some remote sites and villages where tourists do not visit. Even though these featured families at permitted sites have a subsistence lifestyle (as do many remote villagers) for food and even lodging, they need some income for all their personal clothing gear, firearms, ammunition, traps, canoes, boats, snow machines, dog sleds, store-bought camp essentials (pots, containers, spices, construction supplies, rope, and so forth). I do not think that selling furs from a trap line and the annual Alaska Fund payout are enough to cover all these expenses, not to mention the health care costs when someone is hurt or sick and has to go to the hospital in Fairbanks or the aircraft visit resupply expense. I do not think they are allowed to pan for gold with these permits, so how do they cover their expenses beyond the subsistence food and lodging?
Review of The Last Alaskans
