Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Nat'l Geographic Vid
• VHS Release Date: July 9, 1997
• Run Time: 58 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304476051
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #251,952 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Four men brave the elements in Northwest Canada and Alaska to make an 1,800-mile trek on foot, skis, and by log raft and dogsled to retrace the trail taken by 10,000 people through the Yukon Passage in 1898. Sounds exhilarating. While the trip is intriguing, you never feel like you get to know these four wanderers who've undertaken a journey that demands they perform such superhuman stunts as spend days in the forest chopping down 20 trees to build a raftlike sailboat. Amazingly, the inherent drama of the trip doesn't translate into the gripping footage usually associated with a National Geographic production. Often, it feels a little staged, like when a story is read aloud for the cameras or the guys interview a modern pioneer. An entertaining history lesson about the Yukon gold rush is woven in, though, made all the more listenable by the golden narration of Jimmy Stewart. --Valerie J. Nelson

Product Description

Narrator Jimmy Stewart takes you on a wild adventure through the frozen reaches of Canada and Alaska. Journey back in time with four courageous young men who set out on a danger-filled trip inspired by the hardship and romance of the men and women lured by the Gold Rush of 1898. The four adventurers face the desolation and biting cold of the Arctic Circle and brave the roaring rapids of the Yukon River as they travel 1,800 miles on foot, skis, log raft and dogsled.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm the little boy in the log cabin..., March 20, 2006

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Oskar Ruckle (Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: National Geographic's Yukon Passage [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm glad to see you actually still can buy this tape. It's an awsome adventure no doubt. I am the little blond boy living with my dad Dale, mom Inger (The swedish wife), and sister Marika in the log cabin by the Yukon river. I haven't been back to Alaska, but every time I see this film I get all exited and want to pack my bag and show my wife and kid where I grew up.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great documentry, March 5, 2005

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ICEMAN (Keokuk, Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Geographic's Yukon Passage [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw this show a long time ago on TV and thought I would never see it again till I rented it at a local shop...3 different times...the shop is long gone but I still wanted to see it again and here it is on Amazon.....I agree with the other reviewer and feel like quitting my job and heading north every time I watch this tape...I have showed this to everyone in my family and my kids thought it was very interesting material...the scenery is fantastic and the narration by James Stewart is both comic and informative...After seeing this movie once again in 1990 I managed to paddle a canoe 125 miles down the Mississippi River, and I kept thinking of these guys on their tour of the Yukon....

Buy this tape and see for yourself that there is a life beyond the towns and cities that we live in and escape for one hour to the wilds of Alaska and Cananda for a very enjoyable ride....

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adventure awaits in this video, September 12, 2002

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"justleavemealone" (Cheyenne Wyoming) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Geographic's Yukon Passage [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Like the previous reviewer, I too am hooked on this wonderful film and had to buy a copy. It is about four men, 30ish, who set out to build a huge raft and guide it down the Yukon River until the winter hits. At that point they take the raft apart, build a super-cool log cabin to live in until the river freezes solid, then take dog sleds across the frozen river to the remote Eskimo village of Marshall, Alaska. It is a tad dated, being shot in 1977, but is still well worth watching. All the guys are extremely intelligent and gregarious, and the scenery and action are fantastic. This one shines; buy a copy.