John Haslett is an adventure writer with decades of experience in the remote regions of Central and South America, including voyaging on primitive wooden vessels. His exploits have been featured in National Geographic Adventure magazine. Cameron M. Smith has traveled from Africa to Alaska and back using his expedition, mountaineering, and polar travel skills. His expeditions have been televised on the National Geographic Channel International and the Discovery Channel.

• Introduction 1Part 1: Stayin’ Alive: Basic Wilderness Survival Principles 5Chapter 1: Staying Safe in the Great Outdoors 7Chapter 2: Preparing Yourself for a Survival Situation 17Chapter 3: The Psychology of Survival: Gaining the Upper Hand 35Chapter 4: Survival Style: Keeping Warm or Cool 49Chapter 5: Making Fire in the Wilderness 65Chapter 6: Home, Sweet Hut: Simple Survival Shelters 83Chapter 7: Liquid Capital: Finding Drinking Water 95Chapter 8: Gathering and Hunting to Stay Alive in the Wilderness 111Part 2: Exploring Advanced Survival Techniques 145Chapter 9: Finding Your Way with Basic Navigation Tools 147Chapter 10: Looking Up to the Sky: Celestial Navigation 169Chapter 11: Trekking over Land 177Chapter 12: Signaling for Rescue 195Chapter 13: Administering First Aid 217Chapter 14: Survive or Thrive? Advanced Methods and Tools 245Part 3: Surviving in Extreme Land Environments 267Chapter 15: Special Considerations for Forests and Jungles 269Chapter 16: The Big Chill: Enduring in Snowy Places 287Chapter 17: Staying Alive under the Desert Sun 309Part 4: Surviving on the Seas, Oceans, and Great Lakes 333Chapter 18: Staying Afloat and Warm 335Chapter 19: The Great Drift: Aboard Life Rafts and Disabled Vessels 351Chapter 20: Finding Food and Drink at Sea 367Chapter 21: Emergency Travel and Navigation at Sea 385Chapter 22: First Aid on the Water 401Part 5: The Part of Tens 411Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Practice Wilderness Survival Skills 413Chapter 24: Ten Quick Escapes 417Index 425