I’ve been following Glenn Villeneuve since Season 3 of Life Below Zero dropped. Something about the guy quietly walking 40 miles through the Brooks Range with a bow and a half-frozen beard just stuck with me.
So when people started asking, “Is he dead?” or “Did he move back to Vermont?” I figured it was time to dig around and give you the straight story, the one I’ve pieced together from his own posts and messages from folks who actually live up there.
Short version: Glenn is still very much in Alaska, still living the same hardcore life, and honestly seems happier than ever now that the cameras are gone.
He Never Really Left the Bush
After BBC Studios basically ghosted him in 2019 (he filmed one episode of Season 12 and then got the “we’re going in a different direction” email), a lot of us thought he’d cash out and head south.
Nope. He kept the original cabin in Chandalar — 65 miles north of the Arctic Circle, no road, fly-in only, and over the last five years, he’s added a second place on eight acres closer to Fairbanks so the kids can catch school flights more easily.
He bounces between the two depending on the season. Winter = deep Brooks Range. Spring and fall = the Fairbanks spot for hunting moose closer to the road system.
Family Life Looks Totally Different Now
Most fans remember Trisha and little Agatha. They split up in 2023—zero drama from what I can see. Trisha took Amelia (his stepdaughter) back to Pennsylvania, but Agatha, who’s about eight now, stayed in Alaska with Glenn full-time.
His older two kids from his first marriage, Willow and Wolf, are teenagers and split time between Alaska and their mom down in the Lower 48. He’s been with a woman named Shalane for almost two years.
Shalane is an endurance athlete (did the Yukon Quest a few years back), and you’ll spot her in a bunch of his recent photos skinning caribou or skiing out to the cabin with him.
What He’s Actually Doing Every Day in 2025
Still hunts with a recurve bow 90 % of the time. Posted a monster bull moose this September 2025 that he packed out solo over three days.
Got his commercial pilot certificate a few years ago. Flies a beat-up Cessna 185 on floats/tundra tires. Uses it to haul meat, visit the kids, and do the occasional charter for cash.
Finished the White Mountains 100 ski race again this March — 17 hours 17 minutes. Guy’s 56 and still embarrassing people half his age.
Sells custom four-season tents and heated sled-dog boxes on Fairbanks Craigslist when he needs extra money. I bought one of his wall-tent stoves last year — thing is a tank.
He posts on Facebook maybe once a week. No Instagram stories, no TikTok dances, just photos of wolverines on his trapline, northern lights, or Agatha learning to drive the snowmachine (he actually accepts most friend requests).
His YouTube channel “Brooks Range Hunter” still gets the occasional upload when he’s in town with Starlink.
No, He’s Not Coming Back to TV
He’s been asked. Multiple production companies have reached out since the show wrapped its main run earlier this year.
His answer every time: “I already lived it once with cameras. Once was enough.”
So Where Exactly Is He Right Now?
As I’m typing this, he’s up at the Chandalar cabin for the dark months. Posted a picture three days ago of −52 °F on his thermometer and a lynx he caught in a snare. Caption just said “Quiet.”
That’s Glenn. Same as always. If you want to keep tabs on him without bothering the man, watch his public Facebook and YouTube links above — that’s literally the only places he shows up online.
Bottom line, the guy who taught a whole generation how to survive real Alaskan winters is still out there doing exactly that, just without the film crew.