For 10 years I have lived remote off-grid in the interior of Alaska. No roads, helicopter access only, that kind of off-the-grid. I have always had a love of the wilderness, the cold, snow and the seas. I work at sea in Alaska now and return to the mountains after each hitch. I have worked at sea on icebreakers in both Antarctica and the Arctic, but now only in Alaskan waters. Some consider me lucky that I work and live off-the-grid. Guess there is some luck involved, but mostly lots of work and sweat, even at sub zero temperatures. Follow along as I show you a bit of my remote off grid life, interior Alaska style.
How are you Ed? ( silly question....i know you are always) Today is Thursday July 25th. I hope everything is well. I'm looking forward to your next video. Take care!
All good here. It will be awhile until my next video but it should be a good one. Lots going on now and when I get home there will be a race to get summer tasks completed before winter sets in once again.
Ed, I use a coal shovel to deal with snow. It is a little smaller than a grain scoop and made of steel. It is very sturdy and has many uses. If you can't find one up there, I can round one up here and send it up. They were used in the coal mines for hand loading and to feed boilers.
Problem with using a steel shovel for snow is the snow/slush freezes to the steel and your 7 pound shovel becomes 40 pounds very quickly. That’s why you see snow shovels only made from aluminum or plastic.
No need for cooling other than open the cabin windows and let the mountain breeze inside. I have a box fan in one window and I’ll turn that on from time to time also.
Hi there Ed. Summer fun-days! I love my little ole Stihl saw and that DeWalt pressure washer might be something to look into. Good to see this year's crop of rabbits is doing well 😁 thanks for sharing some summer work time.
Yes, the existing sauna and workshop will be torn down and used to build a woodshed. Bad snowdrift location where they are at now. Not a good spot for any structure. I may put in a small garden where those buildings are at now.
Fjallraven Keb Trousers. They are awesome pants. Better than any other I’ve ever worn. I have a few pairs that are 6 years old and still no holes or issues.
I do but storing large amounts of meat is problematic until I get a very large chest freezer. Won’t get that until my new workshop is built. I do like the Stihl files.
Ed, your love for the 360 view on your cabin- is the reason your redyness to react for the case that the china- invasion starts? Get ready make ready the 50 caliber? We in Germany love watchtowers. We have them on castels on mountains in church towers in forrests and so on. For hunting we have mobil once or high end from "Zauberjagd" a tower with oven solar and best insolation. (Here you’ll find premium hunting blinds in a modular system that can be modified, which is manufactured in Germany and is sustainable. They are reusable and do not mean a permanent interference with nature even when moving to a new hunting ground.) Such a tower would fit into your cabin world.By having such a tower you could build a toiletroom a mudroom and so on on your cabin platform to get more comfy... Frank
