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319 pages, colour illustrations
At head of title: DK Contents include: Before you go -- On the trail -- Camp craft -- Taking shelter -- Water and food -- In an emergency -- First aid
Summary: The Survival Book is the ultimate visual guide to camping, wilderness, and outdoor survival skills. Written by Colin Towell, an ex-SAS Combat Survival Instructor, The Survival Handbook is bursting with survival tips, manual skills, camping essentials, and advice on how to survive whatever the great outdoors throws at you. Learn how to read a map, how to light a fire, and how to build a raft and be prepared for every outdoor situation. Catch your own dinner and cook it in the mess tin, revel in inspirational real-life survival stories, or serve The Survival Handbook up as a truly unique gift. From survival basics such as finding water and catching fish, to extreme situations including being adrift at sea or lost in the jungle, The Survival Handbook will steer you through life's toughest adventures in the world's harshest climates.