jim gallien says people going to alaska have something in common. what is it?

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"People from Outside," reports Gallien in a slow, sonorous drawl, "they'll pick up a copy ofAlaska magazine, thumb through it, get to thinkin' 'Hey, I'm goin' to get on up there, live off the land, go claim me a piece of the good life.' But when they get here and actually head out into the bush—well, it isn't like the magazines make it out to be. The rivers are big and fast. The mosquitoes eat you alive. Most places, there aren't a lot of animals to hunt. Livin' in the bush isn't no picnic."