Animals Skins and Survival

One skill you need to master in order to survive is hunting, trapping and killing of animals. Over long periods, their meat can help to keep you alive. In or...

Fitness and Survival

Survival in the wilderness can depend on knowing several skills. But if you’re fit it will be a great deal easier. At times fitness can be the factor that...

What to Do After an Accident

Accidents can cause enough problems and cost enough lives in a built-up area. Out in the wilderness the dangers increase exponentially. If a group of you are...

Cold Weather Survival

Cold weather poses so many problems to survival. The freezing and sub zero temperatures are bad enough by themselves, but add in snow and ice and winter can...

The Boy Scout Handbook and Survival

In 1910 the first Official Handbook for Boy Scouts was published. Its full title was A Handbook of Woodcraft, Scouting and Life-craft, which gives an indicat...

Best Survival First Aid Kit

A survival first aid kit isn’t the same as a survival kit; it’s the first aid equipment that goes into the survival kit. That means you have to make some...

Survival Classes

Knowing how to survive in the wilderness isn’t a natural skill; it’s one you need to learn. There are books and DVDs, and these can be useful (very usefu...

Using the Stars to Navigate

If you’re out in the wilderness at night and without a compass, finding your way back to civilisation is still perfectly possible. What you need to do is f...

Surviving a Chemical Attack

With global terrorism an issue that has become a very real threat since the events of September 11, 2001 in New York City, it has become necessary for govern...

Making Tools from Natural Materials

If you are thrust into an unexpected survival situation in which you haven’t brought tools with you, it’s very useful to learn the skills to be able to c...