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Richard Proenneke, a Rare card
Richard Louis Proenneke was an American self-educated naturalist, conservationist, writer, and wildlife photographer who, from the age of about 51, lived alone for some 31 years in the mountains of Alaska in a log cabin that he constructed by hand near the shore of Twin Lakes.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 39
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 340,000
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Richard Proenneke quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Richard Proenneke card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Proenneke hunted, fished, raised and gathered much of his own food, and also had ______ flown in occasionally.
Answer
supplies. Proenneke hunted, fished, raised and gathered much of his own food, and also had supplies flown in occasionally. From the Richard Proenneke article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Richard Proenneke. Richard Proenneke 64 · René Roy 60 · TTC7A 57 · November 1976 lunar eclipse 50 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Jeremy Hansen. Jeremy Hansen 1,300,000 · Richard Proenneke 340,000 · TTC7A 730 · René Roy 520 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Proenneke hunted, fished, raised and gathered much of his own food, and also had supplies flown in occasionally.
- He documented his activities in journals and on film, and also recorded valuable meteorological and natural data.
- The journals and film were later used by others to write books and produce documentaries about his time in the wilderness.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Richard Proenneke article was read about 340,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 39: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Richard Proenneke (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The original uploader was Osbojos at English Wikipedia ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

