Escaping Alaska: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Escaping Alaska follows a group of young Eskimos (Nuala, Mary, Tamara, Frank, and Q) as they leave their villages for the first time and secretly escape to San Diego, defying the expectations of their families in order to experience life beyond the harsh realities of Alaska. They are a generation torn between their deep-rooted cultural traditions and the modern pop culture of the lower 48 states. This is their story of independence, survival, adventure and forming a new family. Leaving an Inuit community for any earthly reason is difficult, so our cast members are lying about their true intentions, telling their community that they are going on a cultural/religious mission.

Series details

• Title: Escaping Alaska
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2014-07-27
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-09-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TLC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 23702
• IMDb ID: tt3839222
• TVDB ID: 284403

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-07-27; final listed air date 2014-09-25; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Escaping Alaska on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.