North of Ordinary:

$27.99
ISBN-13: 9781464242564

How One Woman Left It All Behind for Wilderness and Wonder in Alaska's Frozen Frontier

Sue Aikens, Michael Vlessides (With)
Mar 10, 2026
Hardcover
Biography & Autobiography / Memoirs / Adventurers & Explorers / Entertainment & Performing Arts
 
 

Sue Aikens, star of the long-running National Geographic show Life Below Zero, takes readers on a breathtaking journey to Kavik, her remote Alaskan outpost 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle, in a story that isn't just about survival in the wild, but about surviving life. For readers of Wild and Nowhere for Very Long.

"Take this moment and make it good. "You may not know if you can do something...but you also don't know that you can't." - Sue Aikens

In the unforgiving wilderness of Alaska, where humans are just another prey item on a food chain dominated by wolves, grizzlies, and the relentless forces of nature, one mistake could mean the end.

In North of Ordinary, Sue Aikens, star of the long-running National Geographic show Life Below Zero, takes readers on a breathtaking journey to Kavik, her remote outpost 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle. This is no cozy Alaskan town, but an expanse of tundra where temperatures plummet to -70°F, the sun vanishes for months, and survival often means relying on nothing but grit, resourcefulness, and determination.