The ultimate survival guide.

Includes glossary and index.

Preparing to survive Survival psychology.--Survival kit and clothing.--Preparation.--Fit to survive Survival on home ground Survival in the home.--Natural disasters Outdoor survival Fire and shelter.--Camp skills.--Water.--Plant foods.--Animal foods.--Food preparation and storage Hunting and trapping Hunting weapons.--Hunting techniques.--Trapping.--Fishing Defending yourself Unarmed combat.--Armed combat Hostile climate survival Predicting the weather.--Desert survival.--Jungle survival.--Mountain survival.--Polar survival.--Aquatic survival Making a bad situation better Signalling and navigation.--First aid.--Hygiene.--Hiding and evading.--Capture and imprisonment.--Escape.

Illustrated throughout with easy to follow artworks demonstrating how to perform essential survival tasks, The Ultimate Survival Guide requires no previous knowledge or experience, but will give you the core skills you need to survive, whatever the world might throw at you.