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Title: Heimo Korth
Post by Walking School Bus on Jan 1^st, 2009 at 4:18am

I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Final Frontiersman this week. Heimo Korth's amazing adventures above the Arctic Circle are inspiring for us adventurers in the BWCAW!

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Post by Marten on Mar 6^th, 2012 at 3:10pm

I just finished "The Final Frontiersman" and was curious if Heimo and Edna were still living in the bush. A fantastic read by the way. Very well written with a lot of information on what happened with people who tried living in the Alaskan bush in the 1970's. I found this on youtube and it gives a great update on the Korth's. (You need to Login or Register

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Post by wally on Mar 6^th, 2012 at 10:01pm

I love how he takes anything with an old rusty .22cal. "Just shoot it in the
ear".

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Post by pine_knot on Mar 7^th, 2012 at 12:40am

Great read!!

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Post by bmaines on Mar 29^th, 2012 at 3:00pm

Great read. And A WI guy to boot.

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Post by Jim J Solo on Apr 2^nd, 2013 at 2:49pm

:thumbup :thumbup
Good read. I liked how it didn't glamorize how hard it was to live off the land. No doubt I couldn't handle it the way he did. Still some of the experiences are inspiring.

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Post by knafelc on Apr 3^rd, 2013 at 12:40am

...so where can I find this great read? Keep in mind that I'm essentially computer illiterate. :-[

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Post by Jim J Solo on Apr 4^th, 2013 at 1:43pm

Found mine at a used book store. I let him know what I like and he points me to certain areas. He'll even order me old books for an extra buck. It's the kind of place you have to turn sideways to get around and shoo cats away. Feels like I'm mining for hidden treasure. You can get an arm load for the cost of one new book at Barnes&Nobel. Not to mention that I'm recycling.

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Post by Joe_Schmeaux on Apr 5^th, 2013 at 5:03am

Jim J Solo wrote on Apr 4^th, 2013 at 1:43pm:

If you know what you want, abebooks sells used books online for dirt cheap. But they don't give personal recommendations or have cats (that I know of). You need to keep seeding your reading list with random stumbleupons too, and that's a lot easier to do browsing a bricks-and-mortar store.

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Post by Old Salt on Jun 14^th, 2015 at 11:27pm

Heimo and Edna Korth are featured on Animal Planet's 'The Last Alaskans', a very good show covering the lives of the last seven families allowed to live in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in NE Alaska, above the Arctic Circle. FYI. 8-)