If you are a fan of the History Channel”s “Alone”, then I think this movie is going to be right up your alley. It is a first-hand documentary about the solo 4,000 km trek across arctic Canada by Adam Shoalts.
As you would expect from this endeavor, it features beautiful landscapes. At one point as he is crossing Great Bear Lake, the visuals reminded me of the trippy ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey – truly breathtaking.
It is true that there aren’t moments of sheer terror and anxiety like in 2018’s Free Solo, but that isn’t what is being achieved here. Here we are in the company of the extremely likable Shoalts, who is obviously connected to the land and ends up giving us some occasional history lessons of the area where he currently is in. It is gently done, and is a nice addition to the scenes of him struggling across some pretty horrendous terrain.
It is nice to know, and see, such bountiful natural beauty that hasn’t been pillaged at the hands of mankind. The documentary has a nice running time, and Shoalts always keeps his commentary and observations interesting.
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