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Alone in the Fortress of the Bears

70 Days Surviving Wilderness Alaska: Foraging, Fishing, Hunting

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Alone in the Fortress of the Bears

By: Bruce Nelson
Narrated by: Bruce L. "Buck" Nelson
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On the last day of June, my bush pilot left me alone and without food in a wilderness rain forest of Southeast Alaska. He would return in September.

For the next 10 weeks my survival would depend on foraging, hunting, and fishing on an island I would share with 1,600 brown bears.

This is my story of hunger and solitude, salmon fishing and stormy seas, torrential rains and mountain sunsets, giant halibut and deer hunting, campfires and killer whales.

©2015 Bruce L. "Buck" Nelson (P)2019 Bruce L. "Buck" Nelson Hunting Hunting & Fishing Outdoors & Nature Fishing
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i absolutely loved this book. i found myself lost in his adventure. i loved how he explained every aspect of his day as it helped me really throw my self into the story and as a man that grew up in the bush, hunting, fishing and camping out it was a great escape from my day to day life. ive listened to this book 3 times now. please keep the adventures coming mate.

great adventure

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Loved this adventure. Buck is so lucky & talented. Lived it vicariously. Thanks Buck.

So good I listened to it twice back to back.

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The title suggests an exciting story however it mostly involves canning food and eating. Couldn’t listen to the whole novel.... yawn

Boring

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I ended up returning this book. There are only so many times you can listen to someone checking crab pots and cooking fish. Very boring.

Yawn

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