Arctic Survival

This Arctic Survival Guide audiobook talks you through, step by step, what to do in an emergency or survival situation if you find yourself stuck in an arctic or mountainous environment.

For quick navigation, the audiobook is in survival priority order. You can quickly skip to the chapter which best fits your situation. As the audiobook plays there will be prompts to act upon and there are spaces of a few seconds in the commentary to allow you to complete tasks. The audio will then carry on, but you can pause it and restart it at any time.

Chapters and content covered:

First Aid:    
        The recovery position – needed for unconscious casualties 
        Treating bleeding
        Treating burns and scalds
        Treating shock
        Treating fractures and breaks
        Treating hypothermia
        Treating frost bite
        Treating bites and stings
        Moving a casualty

Rescue:        
        Analyzing your resources
        Calling the International Emergency Number
        Tips for keeping warm
        Attracting attention
        Using Morse Code to signal for help

Shelter:    
        Using natural shelter
        Create a snow trench shelter
        Create a Quinzhee shelter
        Create ground-to-air markers

Location:    
        Prepare to move
        When to stop
        Route finding
        Calculating distance
        Hiking skills
        River crossings
        Navigational aids
        Clothing

Fire:        
        Fire by friction – using bow drill
        Tinder
        Fuel
        Constructing a fire
        
Water:        
        Collecting fresh water 
        Making a water filter
        Melting snow
        
Food:        
        Trapping: small mammals and birds
        Hunting: spear, bola, club, slingshot 
        Fishing: hooks, nets, traps and harpoons
        Gathering: universal edibility test
        Cooking: methods, preparing deer, rabbits, birds and fish        

Camp craft
        Cutting tools: knives, saws and axes
        Using cordage
        Making and using a raft
        Making signal fires
        Hygiene; how to stay clean
        Making a snow shoe

Morale:    
        How to stay positive, optimistic and increase your chances of survival

Did you know?
- The arctic covers 10.4% of the world’s surface
- 15% of all fatalities in Greenland are due to hypothermia

Survival timeline:
    Wet: <36hrs
    Dry: Max 36hrs
    Dry and Insulated: >36hrs
    No means of melting snow: <120hrs