A woman who lives in a remote cabin in Alaska where temperatures drop to -40C says she "loves it" - despite having no running water or heating.<br /><br />Karma Wilcox, 19, moved back into her childhood home in, Homer, Alaska, US, in March 2023, as she was craving a sense of "freedom". <br /><br />Californian-born Karma had lived in the cabin with her dad, Luna, 43, who is the creator of the Altruist Relief Kitchen Project- working with people in war-torn areas across the world. <br /><br />When she turned eight, she moved back to San Francisco, California, with her mum, Misty, 38, a life coach, but also lived in central Hollywood, Los Angeles.<br /><br />But after turning 18 Karma decided to head back to the cabin, which is over 100 years old and has no running water or heating.<br /><br />She says she loves it and wouldn't want to live anywhere else. <br /><br />Karma, a content creator, said: "The insulation is not the best, the logs are cut down and layered around the cabin with moss with sticks nailed in between to keep some warmth in.<br /><br />"My main source of heating is firewood which is on 24/7 and I go through about a box of logs a day.<br /><br />"When it snows, I go snowboarding pretty much every day which is so fun and I'm very lucky to have an endless garden around the cabin."<br /><br />Karma enjoyed growing up while living in the wilderness. <br /><br />"The cabin is such a good place to grow up as a child because you have no worries," she said. <br /><br />"We used to play in the garden and go on really long hikes and ever since coming back it's been nice to relive the memories."<br /><br />Luna's godfather rented the cabin to people in the area and Karma's dad convinced her to move into the cabin when she was old enough. <br /><br />She added: "The cabin itself is owned by my dad's godfather, Tom, and he is who I pay rent to each monthly." <br /><br />Karma moved back to the cabin when she turned 18 in 2023 - for a sense of freedom.<br /><br />She now pays $275-a-month in rent. <br /><br />She added: "It's a two-storey cabin - the downstairs is the living room, so it has the kitchen and the lounge area and the upstairs has two bedrooms."<br /><br />Karma uses 5G to connect with others and doesn't need to pay for wi-fi as she gets good signal - despite being out in the sticks. <br /><br />She said: "People think Alaska is really off grid but it's actually not - my 5G works just fine.<br /><br />"Its such a lovely place to live and I'm loving it.<br /><br />"The cabin looked very different when I lived there before and my dad has fitted a new roof but I'm more of an interior designer than him."<br /><br />Despite loving her current lifestyle, Karma doesn't think she will live in the cabin forever.<br /><br />She said: “I can’t live with no running water for my whole life but I'll probably stay in here for another year before I go to med school."<br /><br />“I don’t want to stay in Homer, but I would like to go back there in the future.”
