Lost in Alaska
About
Lost in Alaska follows two strangers forced into an unforgiving wilderness after a bush plane crash strands them seventy miles from civilization. Jake Marshall, a widowed Alaskan pilot who trusts solitude over people, and Lena Anderson, an ambitious New York journalist chasing success, survive the impact but face an even greater battle: time, weather, and themselves.
With limited supplies and no rescue in sight, Jake teaches Lena the harsh rules of survival—fire, water, shelter, patience—while Lena challenges Jake’s emotional isolation. Days turn into weeks as wolves circle, a grizzly threatens, injuries worsen, and winter descends. Their fragile partnership evolves into trust, then dependence, as each saves the other in different ways.
Lena begins documenting their ordeal, not for publication but to preserve hope. Jake confronts grief he has buried for years. When rescue fails to come, they attempt a desperate trek across frozen wilderness, enduring starvation, avalanches, blizzards, and the slow collapse of the body.
At the edge of death, they discover connection is the true form of survival. Found barely alive by a Coast Guard helicopter, they return changed forever—no longer strangers, but proof that hardship can strip life down to what matters most: resilience, sacrifice, and love.