themerle Posted April 4, 2012 #26 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Here's another thread on books, with some non-fiction and suggestions for both mystery and history buffs.: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1586822 Thanks for sharing this link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRHPrinceJim Posted April 17, 2012 #27 Share Posted April 17, 2012 TV Series: Sarah Palin's Alaska (Discovery) I couldn't resist mentioning it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chenega Posted April 17, 2012 #28 Share Posted April 17, 2012 A golden oldie from the silent era: Charlie Chaplin's THE GOLD RUSH. Released in 1925, most of it was filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California at at the Chaplin studios in L.A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akfishergirl Posted April 17, 2012 #29 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Working on the Edge Coming Back Alive Nights of Ice Alaska On the Edge of Survival all by Spike Walker.... All intense Non Fiction about the Alaska fishing industry....Coming Back Alive is written about friends of mine.... Dana Stabenow actually has 3 Alaska series, Kate Shugak, Liam Campbell and Star Svensdotter.... all a great books Check PBS website for OVER ALASKA DVD's beautiful!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanSmithJr Posted April 29, 2012 #30 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Northern Exposure was one of my favorite TV series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolforkatz Posted April 29, 2012 #31 Share Posted April 29, 2012 The original "Runaway Train" - parts of it were filmed in Whittier, Portage and the surrounding area. You can see the Buckner Building in some shots, as I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akfishergirl Posted April 29, 2012 #32 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Northern Exposure was one of my favorite TV series. This was actually 100% filmed in and around Roslyn Washington...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising Carol Posted April 29, 2012 #33 Share Posted April 29, 2012 I've read and enjoyed Stan Jones' books set in Alaska, A Village of the Ghost Bears and White Sky, Black Ice. Also like John Straley's Cecil Younger series that begins with The Woman Who Married a Bear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishfire Posted May 5, 2012 #34 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Anyone remember Northern Exposure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gardyloo Posted May 5, 2012 #35 Share Posted May 5, 2012 This was actually 100% filmed in and around Roslyn Washington......Actually the bulk of the indoor filming was done in a soundstage in Redmond. Some of the exteriors were also shot in the Snoqualmie Valley, around Carnation. Those of us who had lived in Alaska always thought it was pretty funny. A town of Cicely's size would have scheduled air service and a small hospital, rather than being reliant on a hot bush pilot and some doctor drafted to work off his education expense. But that's Hollywood for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary_228 Posted May 6, 2012 #36 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Looking For Alaska by Peter Jenkins non-fiction account of his family's year in AK and the various people he met all over the state. Some hair raising stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharecruises Posted May 8, 2012 Author #37 Share Posted May 8, 2012 LOL>> I just remembered a crazy TV show, back in the days when Bachelor was new and people really thought they would find love on tv this one set a bunch of women up to Alaska to meet all the lumberjack/fisherman/adventure type guys I recall they all dressed in white bridal gowns in the end, set against snow and ice...what a farce LOL Looking for Love: Bachelorettes in Alaska (2002) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taters Posted May 8, 2012 #38 Share Posted May 8, 2012 How 'bout more recently - Big Miracle - This is a Drew Barrymore movie about true events that happened in Barrow in the 1980s. My dear friend, Kathryn Harris, is even in a scene... She plays the teacher in the classroom scene. They hired many local Alaskans for parts in the movie. We saw it here in Fairbanks on opening day, Feb. 3rd, 2012. The DVD release date for Big Miracle is June 19th, 2012. It's a lot of fun! Cheers! Taters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky252 Posted May 8, 2012 #39 Share Posted May 8, 2012 First thing that came to my mind: White Fang by Jack London, book and film based on this book.Jack London also wrote 'The Call of the Wild'. It was one of my favorite books as a child, and has been made into a movie many times over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blonde375 Posted May 8, 2012 #40 Share Posted May 8, 2012 I'll play... OP - you're obsessed! Welcome to my world;)! My husband says I'm obsessed too, so count me in!! Can't believe he has to listen to me talk about Alaska for the next 114 days!!!!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blonde375 Posted May 8, 2012 #41 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Did anyone mention the TV show Men in Trees? Anne Heche was the main character I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assateague Island Princes Posted May 9, 2012 #42 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Oh, I LOVED Men in Trees, and was SO disappointed when it went off the air - thanks for reminding me! Hey blonde, you think you've got it bad at 114 days??? I've got 365 plus change til our trip in 2013!:eek: Never mind that it will be my fifth trip back, I've been spoiled because we went the last two years - on HAL'S 14 day itinerary no less, so I'm REALLY Jonesing for Alaska!:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted May 9, 2012 #43 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Oh, I LOVED Men in Trees, and was SO disappointed when it went off the air - thanks for reminding me! Hey blonde, you think you've got it bad at 114 days??? I've got 365 plus change til our trip in 2013!:eek: Never mind that it will be my fifth trip back, I've been spoiled because we went the last two years - on HAL'S 14 day itinerary no less, so I'm REALLY Jonesing for Alaska!:o 374 days until my Alaska :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalleyeLJ Posted May 9, 2012 #44 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Big Miracle - Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, out earlier this year. Heartwarming story about the people working on savings trapped grey whales in the 1980s:). L.J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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