Season 10 of Alone premieres June 8 in Canada. (Screenshot/Alone)

By Derek Cornet

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Reindeer Lake location of The HISTORY Channel survivalist reality show

Jun 7, 2023 | 12:56 PM

Season 10 of The HISTORY Channel’s popular non-fiction survival series Alone will take place in Northern Saskatchewan.

Alone is produced by Wavelength Entertainment and the show features 10 survivalists who are dropped off in undisclosed, remote locations and equipped with just 10 survival tools, and enough camera gear to self-document their experiences. The survivalist who endures the longest will win a $500,000 grand prize.

The new season specifically takes place at Reindeer Lake, the traditional territory of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. A media release describes the area as extremely rugged and remote with healthy black bear, wolf and moose populations.

“The Arctic winds and the waves they produced along with cold and snow of a true Saskatchewan winter put the grit of the participants to the test,” the release stated.

Previous seasons of Alone have been filmed across a range of remote locations, usually on Indigenous-controlled lands, including northern Vancouver Island, Chilko Lake in interior British Columbia, Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, as well as Patagonia in Argentina and Northern Mongolia.

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“Wavelength Entertainment is thrilled to be in partnership with Leftfield Pictures/ITV America on a series as popular as Alone,” said Jeff Stecyk, the principal/executive producer for Wavelength Entertainment.

“It was a beautiful collaboration that will inevitably lead to other opportunities for our company and the province. Alone has captivated millions of viewers around the world since its debut season in 2015 and it was a pleasure to help bring it to Saskatchewan.”

Season 10 of Alone was a recipient of Creative Saskatchewan’s Feature Film and TV Production Grant program, with the agency committing $818,534 to the production.

“This investment is expected to see an estimated $4.3 million of positive economic outputs back into Saskatchewan.” said Erin Dean, the CEO of Creative Saskatchewan.

“We invest in productions with a market trigger and solid business and marketing strategies in place that create significant ripple effects for Saskatchewan people. The team at Wavelength have done exactly that, and we can’t wait to watch the first episode.”

This season of Alone in Saskatchewan cost more than $2.3 million with much of it spent in the North.

Alone premieres on The HISTORY Channel in Canada on June 8 from 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. EST, and in the US on June 8 from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. EST. A preview can be found online here.

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derek.cornet@pattisonmedia.com

Twitter: @saskjourno