Essential Survival Skills ─ Key Tips and Techniques for the Great Outdoors

As we come to rely on technology in almost every aspect of our everyday lives, there is a large and ever-growing interest in how we would survive without the conveniences of the modern age. The Survival Bookshows you not only how to adapt in such circumstances, but also how to thrive in the wilderness environment. Packed with specially commissioned, crystal-clear, step-by-step illustrations for every survival technique, from what to do if you meet a bear in the woods to how to navigate by the stars, thisbook also includes exciting stories of real-life survival-what happened, who survived, and how they did it.

Colin Towell joined the Royal Navy in 1977 and later qualified as a Combat Survival Instructor with 22 Regiment SAS. He has taught survival skills to the UK and USA Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force, has served as the Royal Navy’s Chief Survival Instructor, and was Chief Instructor at the US Navy SERE School for three years. He is?the author of Essential Survival Skills and The Survival Handbook.