There are a lot of bad reality TV shows about wacky Alaskans out there, but this show is not one. I am really digging The Last Alaskans on Animal Planet right now. Not sure why it's on Animal Planet- the show is definitely about the people, not the animals, though it being Alaska, there are animals everywhere. It's about the 7-8 cabin-owners who are the last remaining inhabitants permitted in the Artic National Refuge, an area the size of South Carolina. They are quiet, hardy, salt-of-the-earth people who LIKE living in almost complete isolation. The distances are truly staggering- captions like "meanwhile, 360 miles to the north..." are common on-screen transitions between one family and the next.) It's kind of amazing that these very introverted folks even allowed camera crews to follow them around at all. I would love to see the behind-the-scenes on how this all got filmed. The cinematography is absolutely gorgeous, especially the panning areal shots (must be drones?) of the wilderness below. Watch this show if you can- I highly recommend!

I love all the people in this show. But most specially Heimo and Edna and the eldest daughter Milley, Ashley Selden, The Lewis family particularly Cindy.Bob Harte and Family.If only we have a planet which is 100 times bigger than what we have now. We can all have this kind of lifestyle, which I think, God would be more pleased to see us living like this. I think life would be more meaningful than having to live a life which is all created by man. Rules and way of life which doesn't give that much options.I don't know about the music, who made it so depressing and why?

I love this show. The scenery is breathtaking, the storyline fascinating, but the music is depressing. This sounds like a funeral or a death march. To me, this is a MAJOR distraction on this show. I do hope they will change it. Lighten up. You are taking a fantastic show and making it suck. I watch everything from Alaska and like them all but The Last Alaskans is just about the best storyline, scenery and cinematography. I like all the families involved and there is a true lack of "written in" drama.Some of the folks featured in some of the below zero type shows have become too full of themselves and I can no longer enjoy hearing her, I mean them. Please don't ruin this one.

By far the best 'reality' show I have ever viewed. I have visited Alaska half a dozen times and this series catches the spirit of the place. These are not actors, but real people who share their methods, inner thoughts, and lifestyle for the benefit of the viewer. Very highly recommended. Videography and music are first class. Four groups are featured: a single man in his 60's, a couple of around the same age, a couple of about 30, and a family of 5 with 3 daughters about 20. Be aware that these people hunt and fish in order to eat. As one says, they are not paying someone else to do their killing for them. Thus, a few scenes reflect that. Not gruesome at all, just a fact of life.