Homesteading ANWR

A film crew from "Far Out," a series from the online media site, VBS.TV, spent ten days at the homestead of Heimo Korth and his family filming their life in one of Alaska's most remote, and most disputed, areas. Lots of people live a subsistence lifestyle in rural Alaska, so what makes the Korths so special? Korth is one of the last homesteaders to be allowed to live in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and he and his family are reportedly the only ones who still live there year-round. The Korth residence was grandfathered in when then-Pres. Jimmy Carter created ANWR, and judging from the video, the Korths have built a great set-up over the years. The video documentary consists of five parts, but it seems only parts one, two and three have been released so far. Some Outside outlets picking up on this documentary have been calling the Korth family "the last few people" or Heimo "the last man" to live in ANWR (sorry, Kaktovik). But the funniest comments come from Seattlest, which among other things, says the videos are "rated M for huge, dead moose head."