A man goes on some kind of experimental mission in Alaska. He is invaded by rats in his little cabin. He eventually starts trapping and eating them. He befriends a wolf. Goes hunting, etc.

A man goes on some kind of experimental mission in Alaska. He is invaded by rats in his little cabin. He eventually starts trapping and eating them. He befriends a wolf. Goes hunting, etc.

It sounds like "Never Cry Wolf" which actually takes place in Canada. A Biologist is sent to study the caribou population decline which is mistakenly attributed to wolves. Along the way he starts to eat mice as do the wolves for the most part. Not familiar with a similar story in Alaska.