Buying Alaska

2012 • Destination America
4.6
71 reviews
TV-G
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Season 1 episodes (10)

1 Alaska's Salmon Capitol
10/21/12
Scott and Kelly are Alaskan born-and-bred and are true outdoorsmen that love fishing. All Scott wants is a place on the Kenai River, home to the some of the greatest King Salmon fishing in Alaska. The goal is to fish right from his backyard.
2 Seldovia Fishing Paradise
10/21/12
Robert and Kristen Lamb travel from Utah every year with their four children to go fishing for some of the best halibut and salmon in Alaska. They are looking for a cabin right on Kachemak Bay near their favorite fishing spots.
3 A Dog Musher's Dream
10/28/12
Andy and Carolyn are avid dogsledders from New Jersey. They are moving to Alaska in hopes of becoming champion dog mushers. But to do that, they first need to find a home where they can raise and train their team.
4 Hunting Headquarters
10/28/12
Bud Jacque is a former Merchant Marine looking for his Alaskan wilderness home with his wife, Susan. He's a man of simple tastes; all he wants is a great view, and somewhere he can spend his days hunting and fishing. She might want a little more.
5 Off the Grid
11/4/12
Ryan and Skippy want to be able to get everything they need to live right on their own land. And after buying a series of homes with major problems, they want this home to be their own piece of Alaska.
6 Bear Necessities
11/11/12
Mike York and his son Hunter live on Alaska's wildest island, Kodiak! Best friends and hunting partners, they are looking for a remote recreational property to hunt North America's biggest land based predator, the Kodiak Brown Bear.
7 The Ultimate Alaskan Island
11/18/12
Former Broncos kicker Jason Elam and his wife Tammy have moved to Alaska for their post-NFL lives. They're looking for the ultimate secluded home - their own private island, in Sitka, Alaska, where there's thousands of islands up for sale.
8 Flying Home
11/25/12
Jackson Meyer is a licensed pilot in Soldotna, Alaska. He and his wife, Kandi, are looking for a remote cabin for their family in Seldovia that they can fly to every chance they get to enjoy the great Alaskan outdoors.
9 Moose Mount Cabins
12/2/12
Ernie came to Alaska over twenty years ago to "kill things," and he's passed along his love of hunting to his wife and kids. They have a cabin with no running water and electricity, but they want an upgrade in time for the fall moose-hunting season.
10 Alaska Man Caves
12/2/12
Dan Miotke is a fireman living with his wife and two daughters in Homer, Alaska. He's taking the idea of a man cave to a new level, looking for a cheap property that he can fix up into his own man cabin to store all his hunting and fishing toys.

About this show

Buying Alaska follows one home buyer as they check out three unique properties to find their ultimate Alaskan retreat. From the bear necessities, to actual bears, to breathtaking frontier vistas that make it all worthwhile, living in Alaska is a challenge unlike any other.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
71 reviews
Cathy Hockett
April 1, 2015
Love the show. It is kind of weird though that so many of the women are taken aback by the outhouses. What did they expect, especially since most of them already live in Alaska. just strange....
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A Google user
November 6, 2012
A decent show that could use some tweaks to make it a great show. I would like to have a more through explanation of the different technologies and difficulties encountered by the perspective buyers. For instance; how does an incineration toilet work? How would further construction take places? Infographs and telestrations could help explain these. More followup with the homeowners and any renovations they undertook would be interesting as well.
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Anthony Izzo
June 23, 2015
Evrrything but i wish they showed you the house in more detail. Othrr than that this is amazing
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