Mail Bag: Blades and Firestarters
A Survival Topics reader asks Ron questions about blades and firestarters... 7 April 2008Do Not Feed the Wildlife
Feeding wildlife is not in the best interest of man or beast. When wildlife comes into town the animals are susceptible to a variety of hazards. Warning to the sqeemish - graphic picture... 31 March 2008Ice Flowers in Springtime
Spring has not yet sprung at the Survival Topics compound but flowers are blooming... 30 March 2008Learn to Predict Local Weather
An important survival skill that takes years of observation and practice to master is the ability to predict the local weather with a high degree of accuracy... 28 March 2008Late March Snowshoe Trek
Fresh moose blood in the snow and the discovery of a rare chaga conk while on a Spring snowshoe hike in the Great North Woods... 28 March 2008Still Winter at Survival Topics
Survival Topics is of necessity still in winter mode because it is still winter here in spite of what the calendar claims... 27 March 2008Real Survival Skills at Survival Topics
Many other survival websites merely regurgitate survival skills between one another as they sit in comfortable armchairs.
Survival Topics survival skills as true and real as the situations you may find yourself in should you need to use them to save your life...
14 March 2008Ontario Knives RAT Cutlery in the Back
RAT Cutlery puts out some of the best survival blades. Little wonder that a larger company is attempting to steal the RAT name through underhanded legal means. Survival Topics is calling for a boycott of the products of the offending company... 9 March 2008Survival, Survivalism, and Preparedness
Wilderness and urban survival, survivalism, and preparedness are often treated as separate categories. However when it comes to well rounded survival ability, you would do well to sample from each. 29 February 2008Tracking a Porcupine in Winter
You can learn alot about survival from the local survival experts; the animals that successfully survive in the area you are in. Today we follow a porcupine and learn something more about this solitary forest dweller... 17 February 2008February 17 2008
When the winter snow becomes too deep for the wild animals, they will often choose to follow packed snowshoe trails. This gives us the opportunity to observe some of the habits of these wild wilderness survival experts and perhaps even obtain food from them in a survival situation. 8 February 2008Deep Snow and Wilderness Survival Kits
Travel is difficult in the deep snow of the Great Northwoods for both man and beast.
Breaking a snowshoe could have been a survival emergency had it not been for an important item in my survival kit...
1 February 2008February 1 2008
During a winter storm we explore a deer trail through deep snow, cross an ice covered stream without falling through, and become spruce trapped...
25 January 2008January 25 2008
The medicinal uses of the Chaga tinder fungus, an 1890's recipe for meat preservation, and assorted survival and bushcraft quotations. 24 January 2008January-24-2008
Today's Survival Topics: Roald Amundsen's survival gear advice. 17 January 2008Coyote Bags a Partridge
A coyote catches a partridge and shows us how an expert survives in the wilderness... 25 October 20072007-10-24
30 January 2007Survival News 2007-01-30
A local survival topics day. Here we ahve a demonstration of what to do when you fall through the ice in a pond, lake, or stream. Pet survival and first aid skills are always important for you pet lovers out there. And increasingly local people are taking preparations for pandemics into their own hands.
24 January 2007Survival News 2007-01-24
An Austrialian successfully survives a shark attack and Aoraki/Mount Cook claims two more mountaineers. 21 January 2007Survival News 2006-01-21
We ask ourselves if the human race can survive, do you want jelly with that, and a man and woman test the most popular way to die in the wilderness 19 January 2007Survival News 2007-01-19
In which we read about Emergency Survival Buckets, long falls with hard landings, a man who muddles through, a mountaineering tragedy, and an orange furry feline that has what it takes to survive. 17 January 2007Newspaper Survival Articles on the Rise
The lack of basic knowledge of how to take care of oneself when faced with survival situations is at epidemic proportions. Many newspapers are trying to change that. 30 December 2006Fire Bow Drill Contest
Jeff Wagner of FirePistons.com has posted a bounty consisting of a $100 custom made fire piston to the person who can produce a coal in the fewest number of bow strokes. “The challenge is - how fast can you make a coal by primitive bow drill ...no holds barred.” 27 December 2006Dying the High Life
When in the high mountains it is stalking you and members of your party. It is a silent killer that can strike without warning, in the middle of the night or on the trail even in the best of weather. 25 December 2006The Physics of Keeping Warm
What are the mechanisms that cause you to loose body heat and what are the basic methods that the survivor can employ to stop this from happening?
This is an important topic. For many of us, we learn how to survive in the outdoors through trial and error. But when it comes to surviving in the cold, errors can be deadly.
Knowledge is power and this power is hot indeed.
22 December 2006Lost in a Big World
It can happen to anyone. One moment your moving along minding your own business and thinking your own thoughts and then the next moment it suddenly hits you. Your lost.
When you are lost in the wilderness you are lost in a big world. Here is what you do...
12 December 2006A Popularity Contest to Avoid
What are the top ways to meet your end in the outdoors? Lions and tigers and bears? An angry stingray? Not likely. While there are many ways to loose your life in the wilderness, a mere handful account for about 90% of fatalities. And they are not necessarily the ways you might think.Other Survival Topics Pages: Home Page | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0
