Dick Proenneke Speaks

dick-proenneke-snowshoes Any time I think about Dick Proenneke I associate him with the voice of the narrator from Alone in the Wilderness.  The folksy and plain stated narration blended with the beautiful images of Alaska and the skillful self-sufficiency of Dick Proenneke make Alone in the Wilderness worthy of repeated viewing.  I’ll watch it every couple of weeks or whenever my stress level starts to rise.  The film resets my brain chemistry to neutral every time.

Well that voice isn’t Dick’s.  The narration is done by Bob Swerer.  Bob produced Alone in the Wilderness along with Alaska Silence and Solitude, which documents a trip Bob made to visit Dick Proenneke at his cabin in 1997.

You’ll hear both Dick and Bob’s voices in this clip from Alaska Silence and Solitude.

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