OK, he deserves a bashing for driving randomly in Alaskan winter without survival gear.

But read the article again. Once stuck he really perfomed superbly. Making outmost of his local material he improved his insulation (paper in the socks and all that) as much as he could. Eating frozen beer - who would have thought of that? Ingenious. Strictly rationing the fuel reserves of his car - excellent.

To me, this is both a tale of stupidity (totally inadequate prepared) and of the survival mindset we need to develop.