How to survive outdoors
Book - 2013
Could you survive in the wild? Polley provides essential advice and gives you basic survival skills, from finding water to building fires, as well as advanced insights into surviving in hostile conditions. If you spend any time outdoors, this practical handbook offers a wealth of life-saving tips and practical information.
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- Published
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London :
Teach Yourself
[2013]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xvi, 286 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781444196009
- Warning
- How to use this book
- Introduction
- Survival training
- Survival kits and equipment
- Water
- Fire
- Shelter making
- Food
- Signalling
- Navigation
- Ropes and knots
- Understanding the weather
- Medicine and first aid
- Tracking
- River crossings and raft building
- Travelling by land
- Travelling by sea
- Travelling by air
- Dealing with animals
- Seashore survival
- Jungle survival
- Mountain survival
- Desert survival
- Arctic survival
- The heat
- The cold.