Wilderness Survival Resources and Skills
This is a list of articles and resources about Canadian Wilderness Survival. They include a full range of how-to's, hint sheets, and other resources. As more become available this section will be expanded. Please feel free to e-mail any article suggestions to this site.
How to Articles
- Building Lampwick Snowshoe Binding [Wilderness Rhythms]
- Common Shelters of the Boreal Forest [Mors Kochanski]
- Commonly Used Fires in the Boreal Forest [Mors Kochanski]
- Dressing for the Cold [Mors Kochanski]
- Fire Lighting with a Striker [Bruce Zawalsky]
- How-To: Bow Drilling [Wilderness Rhythms]
- Igloo Building, In the Path of the Elders [Wilderness Rhythms]
- Making a Survival Bow [Mors Kochanski]
Professional Training Articles
- Breakdown of the Length of Survival Situations [Bruce Zawalsky]
- BWI's 15 Critical Items [Bruce Zawalsky]
- BWI's Survival Kit in a Pot [Bruce Zawalsky]
- How Far Can I Push It? [Bruce Zawalsky]
- Survival in the Boreal Forest [Mors Kochanski]
- Survival Kit Contents [WSC Survival School]
- Survival Kits vs. Critical Survival Items [Bruce Zawalsky]
- Surviving in the Wilderness [WSC Survival School]
- The Top Five Priorities [WSC Survival School]
- Vehicle Survival Considerations [Bruce Zawalsky]
Survival Instruction, Instructors, & Personalities
- Les Stroud Online [SurvivorMans Website]
- Mors Kochanski [Wikopedia Article]
- Cold Comforts; Learn to be a Winter Survivor in the Alberta Wilderness [Katherine Jacob ]
- Thank You from a First Hand Survivor [Trina Jackson]
- Why Professional Survival Training is Necessary [Bruce Zawalsky]
- How Do I Become a Professional Survival Instructor [Bruce Zawalsky]
Resource Articles
- Boreal Forest[Atlas of Canada]
- Boreal Forest Resources [Borealforest.org]
- Bushcraft, Outdoor Skills and Wilderness Survival [Book by Mors Kochanski]
- Hypothermia Information [SARBC]
- Survival Skills [Wikopedia Article]
- The Psychology of Wilderness Survival [Book by Gino Ferri]
- What are Primitive Survival Techniques? [Bruce Zawalsky]
- What is Bushcraft? [Bruce Zawalsky]
- What is Modern Wilderness Survival? [Bruce Zawalsky]