Heimo and Edna's biggest concern was us [filmmakers] being picky eaters. They had a documentary crew out there 17 years ago - though they talk about it like it was yesterday - and they didn't inspire much confidence about us. But we loved it. My favorite food out there was the caribou steak cooked over an open flame. It was not the most exotic thing we ate--we had moose heart and caribou liver. But it was all just so solid. I have stomach problems, but I never had an issue. We were eating the most organic, free range meat on the planet. It was frozen in their yard, and it never touches a plate. It doesn't even touch a kitchen. He just saws and cooks it and we eat it right off the grill. It was the best food I ever had in my life.
Life in ANWR is isolated but not boring for the family, Feinberg says, and Heimo is not really a survivalist.
They avoid loneliness and cabin fever by keeping extraordinarily busy. There's always something to be done. He always knows what day of the week it is, constantly checks the weather and definitely has his own routine. ... Heimo loves good food. And crossword puzzles, and playing Tetris on his Game Boy. And he loves above all the feeling of being able to provide food for him and his family. And as much as he talked about how going to the supermarket doesn't give you the same feeling, and having someone else kill and make your food for you isn't as fulfilling, he told us the first thing we had to do when we got back to Fairbanks was go to College Town Pizza.
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