1:00:01
This gigantic complexity
of tumbling ice and abysses
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separated Treadwell
from the world out there.
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And more so, it seems to me
that this landscape in turmoil
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is a metaphor of his soul.
1:00:27
Off there in the distance
is his bay and his campsite
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where he battled his demons.
1:00:35
What drove Timothy
into the wild?
1:00:39
We visited his parents
in Florida.
1:00:44
Timothy grew up with
four siblings in Long Island
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in a solid middle-class family
1:00:50
where the father worked as the foreman
of a construction team
1:00:54
for a telephone company.
1:00:56
There must have been
an urge to escape
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the safety of
his protected environment.
1:01:03
I was moved to find that among
all memorabilia in the house,
1:01:08
his mother was clutching
Timothy's favorite bear.
1:01:11
This has been to Alaska
many times.
1:01:15
I'm sure he loved it
to the end, you know?
1:01:18
It's just... his childhood toy.
1:01:22
Tim's childhood pointed towards
nothing extraordinary.
1:01:27
A normal everyday kid.
1:01:29
Never any trouble in school.
Always a good student.
1:01:34
Not an "A" student,
a "B" student.
1:01:36
And got along great
with kids and animals.
1:01:41
Him and I were extremely connected
to animals in the house.
1:01:44
I think more so
than anybody else.
1:01:48
This squirrel named Willie
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became Timothy's best friend.
1:01:53
Teddy bears meant a lot to him.
1:01:57
He seemed to develop into
an all-American boy, handsome,