From the article in The Columbian by Tracee M. Herbaugh:
Nicole Apelian first learned how to live primitively by tracking lions through the South African bush while doing academic research. More recently, she started gathering wild plants to eat to slow the progress of her multiple sclerosis.
In many ways, that made the 46-year-old native of Worcester, Mass., a natural fit for the cast of “Alone,” a History Channel reality series that follows 10 survivalists on a remote part of Canada’s Vancouver Island. Season 2 recently premiered.