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May 14, 2012

His dream coming true: A year alone on an island in Alaska, ‘me and my dog'

  • Charles Baird will build a 12x12 shed to shelter him from the elements, and plans to hunt, fish and fend off an occasional black bear.
    • By MARK THIESSEN
    Associated Press

    ANCHORAGE — Charles Baird is going off the grid for a year.

    The 40-year-old oil company employee and filmmaker from Anchorage will move to the mostly uninhabited Latouche Island in Alaska's Prince William Sound at the end of May, completing a dream he's been contemplating for 17 years.


     
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