The Encyclopedia of Outdoor Survival

by Davies, Barry

• ISBN13: 9781930983199
• ISBN10: 1930983190
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Lewis Intl Inc

Summary

Based on the training and techniques of the SAS, The Encyclopedia of Outdoor Survival is broken down into sections covering survival techniques applicable to the many different terrains of the world. Entries are helpfully arranged in order of survival priority.
-- Essential Survival: basic techniques of shelter construction, sourcing water, first aid, fire-making, food, hunting, signaling, navigation, equipment -- all the skills and knowledge which are required in any survival situation.
-- Arctic Survival: skills specific to the Arctic, any mountain area or conditions of extreme cold.
-- Desert Survival: specialist practices pertinent to survival in the desert, from finding water and preserving supplies to hazards and navigation.
-- Jungle Survival: from protection from insects and predators, the plentiful food and water sources, to building and maintaining a fire in damp conditions.
-- Sea and Coastline Survival: floating and swimming, liferafts, signaling, dangerous creatures, food, water and rescue.
-- Escape and Evasion: how a soldier on

Author Biography

Barry Davies served with the SAS for eighteen years. During this time he became an expert in the art of survival. The SAS sent him to the International Long Range Patrol School in Germany as a senior survival instructor. On leaving the army Barry was instrumental in setting up the survival company BCB International Ltd, now the largest supplier of survival equipment in the world. Barry now travels the world to give lectures on survival and writes full-time

Table of Contents

Survival Essentials Aids and Techniques
Basic Equipment	p. 10
Medical Priorities	p. 21
Survival Medicine	p. 33
Shelter	p. 42
Fire	p. 50
Water	p. 62
Food	p. 66
Navigation	p. 114
Travel	p. 124
Rescue	p. 133
Arctic
The Polar Regions	p. 144
Clothing and Equipment	p. 145
Surviving Forced Landings	p. 147
Medical Hazards	p. 149
Frostbite	p. 149
Hypothermia	p. 150
Insects	p. 152
Shelter	p. 153
Construction	p. 154
Fires	p. 158
Camp Life	p. 160
Food	p. 163
Plants	p. 164
Hunting and Trapping	p. 165
Fishing	p. 169
Travel	p. 171
Considerations and Dangers	p. 171
Means of Travel	p. 174
Rivers, Lakes and Ice	p. 176
Signalling and Rescue	p. 181
Desert
Climate and Terrain	p. 184
Preparation and Clothing	p. 184
Surviving Forced Landings	p. 186
Environmental Effects	p. 187
Dangerous Wildlife	p. 188
Water	p. 190
Distribution and Location	p. 190
Plant Sources	p. 193
Shelter	p. 194
Construction	p. 194
Fires	p. 195
Food	p. 196
Animals	p. 196
Plants	p. 196
Travel	p. 198
Navigation	p. 198
Obstacles and Hazards	p. 198
Signalling and Rescue	p. 200
Jungle
Jungle Environment	p. 204
Equipment	p. 205
Clothing	p. 206
Medical Hazards	p. 209
Wildlife	p. 211
Shelter	p. 215
Materials	p. 216
Construction	p. 216
Fires	p. 217
Water	p. 218
Plant Sources	p. 218
Hazards	p. 218
Food	p. 220
Plants	p. 220
Animals	p. 221
Travel	p. 223
Navigation	p. 224
Obstacles and Hazards	p. 224
Signalling and Rescue	p. 224
Sea and Coastline
The Ocean	p. 228
Floating and Swimming	p. 228
Liferafts	p. 229
Medical Emergencies	p. 232
Signalling	p. 230
Dangerous Creatures	p. 233
Food	p. 234
Water	p. 234
Coastlines and Islands	p. 236
Beaching	p. 236
Water	p. 236
Food	p. 237
Rescue	p. 239
Military
Equipped, Trained and Hunted	p. 242
Psychological Battle	p. 242
Short Term Survival	p. 244
Equipment	p. 244
Concealment	p. 245
Long Term Survival	p. 245
Escape Techniques	p. 247
Lock Picking	p. 249
Escape Tools	p. 251
Escape and Evasion	p. 252
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