ACCOUNTS of "HORRIFIC" survival despite lack of food.

[Sourdough]

Post "ONLY" accounts of what humans have endured through lack of food, or no food.

When I moved to Alaska 55 years ago, the Huntington brothers were top of the line champions of sprint-sled dog racing. I was introduced to one of them but have long ago forgot which one.

I'll start with this account (and hope @Alaskajohn can post the actual pages from the book "EDGE of NOWHERE".
https://www.bing.com/search?q=Edge+...ANNTH1&refig=905b1b5cd29943f49b13ea7b004048e8

Warning: this may super gross out some members, so read no further if you just finished a large greasy meal.

The book starts with recounting an experience when they were (I think four children) younger then 7 or 8 (I might be off a little on the age).

LAST WARNING: The account goes into substantial detail of what events led to this. Their mother died inside the cabin. Their father was away down river working. There was abundant food in a special closet, that all the children were forbidden to ever enter. So, they never entered that closet. (Note: I was raised in the 40's & 50's and if we were forbidden to do something.....you NEVER EVER considered violating the rules). I suspect that level of discipline and self-restraint is hard to grasp now days. The children were forced to survive eating the maggots that would go in and out of their dead & decomposing mother. I hope @Alaskajohn can copy and post those pages.

About the book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/751593.On_the_Edge_of_Nowhere

 

[Alaskajohn]

Sourdough, that book is at my place in Palmer and I might not get there for another week or two. Pretty busy time of year on the homestead with subsistence activities in full swing.

That is one of the better books on earth.

From that same book, mom was an absolute badass before she died. She had to go to Nome due to a legal issue, she had to walked 1,000 miles in the dead of winter to return to her family by herself with no map and only knew the general direction she had to travel. Zero human anything between Nome and her destination. A being Athabaskan, she absolutely needed to avoid any human contact as the Yupik and Athabaskan would absolutely kill each other back then. Half the trip was on the Yupik side. That part of Alaska stays dark in winter and temps are rarely above -30. And the winds howl.

Must read book.

 

[Caribou]

A book about roughing it in Alaska that I can recommend is "40 years in the Wilderness" by Dolly Faulkner. I never remember meeting her but I knew some of her kids. A remarkable woman.
https://www.amazon.com/Forty-Years-...fix=40+years+in+the+wilderness,aps,168&sr=8-9

 

[elkhound]

ok i got a story of survival...Callie North who was on Alone tv show several years ago on season 3..they are now on season 11...just told a story...her former partner was from Norway from very far north part called Finnmark...well she got to travel and spend time there and his grandmother was still alive and well and shared her survival story from ww2. She and family had to flee into the northern wilds there and they lived in a cave.She said the only reason they lived was they found 55 gallon drum of fish oil washed up on shore. The 6 of them lived on that fish oil and birch bark for 3 years. All her teeth and hair fell out but they all lived through it and obviously then went on to marry and raise children etc.