Na Kanadském severu : Zpátky do divočiny – Šimánek Leoš (2007)

Leoš Šimánek continues in this book from his best-selling photographic publication Canada: Life in the Wild, which he published with his friend – cameraman and co-author – Čestmír Šebesta. The feature documentary film Life in the Wild was a great success throughout German-speaking Europe.
After years spent in the Canadian Mackenzie Mountains, the author returned to his wilderness home with his new wife Lenka and son Jakub. They lived for almost an entire year in a cabin they built themselves, completely isolated from the outside world, surrounded by mountains and forests – two hundred kilometers from the nearest human settlement. Their only neighbors were wild animals, with whom it was not easy to coexist. However, they had to accept them and tried to tolerate them. The pristine northern nature gifted them experiences of all kinds, both beautiful and dramatic. After a hot summer with forest fires, a harsh winter arrived with temperatures plunging to fifty degrees below zero. Leoš Šimánek had years of experience with the challenges of wilderness living, which were essential for survival. The awakening spring meant for the Šimánek family a return to civilization to prepare for their planned expedition along the Pacific coast in Alaska.