Description
John Wiseman served for 26 years with the Special Air Service (SAS). His book is their complete course: how to survive outdoors, on land or sea, in any weather, in any part of the world.
HOW TO SURVIVE
Preparedness and planning
A pocket survival kit
The survivor's needs
Water and how to obtain it
STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL
Accidents and escape procedures Sizing up your chances in:
- Polar regions
- Mountains
- Seashores
- Islands
- Deserts
- The tropics
FOOD
What you need to keep going
Edible plants
Animal foods
Hunting, trapping and fishing
Handling the kill
Animal tracks and signs
CAMP CRAFT
Building a shelter
Making and using fire
Preparing survival meals
Using tools
Organizing a campsite
Ropes, lashings and knots
READING THE SIGNS
Maps and map reading
Direction finding
Weather signs
ON THE MOVE
When to break camp
Planning your route
Tackling the terrain
Making sledges and rafts
HEALTH
First aid priorities
Treatment procedures
Tropical and other diseases
Cold-climate hazards
Natural medicine
Dangerous creatures
Poisonous snakes
SURVIVAL AT SEA
Man overboard
Survival afloat
Making a landfall
RESCUE
Signals and signalling
Rescue techniques
DISASTERS
Drought, flood and fire
Gases and chemicals
Hurricanes and earthquakes
Nuclear incidents
ISBN:9780002171854
ISBN:9780002171854
