I spent 22 years in Alaska, the first two, in a 12X18 cabin I built (squatting on Rail Road Land), no electricity or running water.
I spent a great deal of time in the Villages along the Bering Sea in Western Alaska living with these people.
I've seen the Alaska shows. Last Frontier, Bush People, Life below zero, Yukon men....................none of these shows are any where close to what it really like.
For example, the closest is Yukon Men.............but again, take the stories about people panicking when they find a black bear at the dump.......the world is gonna end, the bears are gonna eat all the kids.
Go to Alaska, every town dump in Alaska is crawling with bears, yet not that many kids are eaten.
It the shows were any where close to reality, I'd go back there and get rich teaching the idiots how to shoot.