‘Life Below Zero’ Star Sue Aikens And Producers Talk Shooting In Frigid, Remote Alaska – Contenders TV: Docs + Unscripted
deadline.comLife Below Zero has been entertaining viewers on National Geographic for an astounding 17 seasons so far. One of the main reasons for the popularity of the documentary series is primary subject Sue Aikens, who lives by herself in a remote area of Alaska, almost 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle.The 58-year-old grandmother possesses a remarkable capacity to put her experience into words.“Every day I get up and I look in that mirror.
I review what I did the day before, and if I need to make amends for something, I do it immediately. And if I did something really great, you’ll hear me go, ‘Yay, Sue!
Go Sue!’” Aikens recounted as she and members of Life Below Zero’s production team joined Deadline’s Television: Documentary + Unscripted event.“Even from a young child, I lived in between my own ears more than I did anywhere else… And I think in pictures, so I try to describe how I live, how I feel, in colors, shapes and sounds.
But I only have words, and a deathly stare.”Field producer Crofton Diack has become accustomed to filming with Aikens in frigid conditions.“The very first leg that I went out with Sue we got separated from our food.
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