Disaster Preparation

Disaster Preparation

Always be prepared for the worst case scenario! Become an expert survivalist. Learn how to build a fire in the woods or extinguish one in your home. Survive an earthquake or a flood, keep the wilderness at bay, make an emergency stove, kill insects, make weapons and tie a variety of knots. Sharpen your survival skills whether you are stranded on a desert island or the next contestant on Survivor.

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Survive a nuclear blast

Survive a nuclear blast! You'll have to drink a lot of rat's milk (really, A LOT).

How to survive a nuclear blast
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Make bruscetta in a wood stove

Ron and Tamere live in the sticks off the grid, in the Chakok river valley in Anchor Point Alaska. Ron shows his favorite way to toast bread ...more

How to make bruscetta in a wood stove
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Make a bow drill fire nest

Make a bow drill fire nest. Use shredded juniper bark. Shred the juniper by grinding it in your hand. Watch to find out more!

How to make a bow drill fire nest
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Use a bow and drill set to make fire

Use a bow and drill set to make fire. The spindle is extended using a deer canon bone and the chuck is yucca with a black willow bit on the ...more

How to use a bow and drill set to make fire
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Survive in the laplands

Check out this video to learn winter survival skills in lapland, including how to make a fire (of course!).

How to survive in the laplands
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Make fire with a bowdrill

Make fire with a bowdrill. Produce hot charcoal that will coalesce into coal.

How to make fire with a bowdrill
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Turn a pop can into a candle lantern

Turn a pop can into a candle lantern. Create a sharp edge with flint.

How to turn a pop can into a candle lantern
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Make a fire with a hacksaw blade

Make a fire with a hacksaw blade--use the side without teeth.

How to make a fire with a hacksaw blade
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Create primitive fire

Create primitive fire with these survival tricks and tips. Enjoy the didgeridoo in the background!

How to create primitive fire
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Exchange snuff with nomadic herders in Mongolia

Watch BBC's Ray Mears to learn how to participate in some traditional product exchanges that have been passed down through Nomadic ...more

How to exchange snuff with nomadic herders in Mongolia
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Identify poison oak

Check out this video to learn how to identify poison oak and avoid coming in contact with it! It's a really short video but it will give ...more

How to identify poison oak
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Make a blowpipe

Make a blowpipe. Ray Mears makes himself a traditional blowpipe used to kill birds for food.

How to make a blowpipe
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Make a perfect igloo

Survival expert Ray Mears from the BBC teaches you how to make the best igloo. It's pretty and lustrous too.

How to make a perfect igloo
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Build a Siberian chum from branches and reindeer hide

Watch how to build a Siberian chum from branches and reindeer hide. The BBC's Ray Mears demonstrates how to make a traditional Siberian ...more

How to build a Siberian chum from branches and reindeer hide
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Make buck skin moccasins

Learn how to make buck skin moccasins. Ray Mears from the BBC considers the traditional making of buck skin to be the most impressive ...more

How to make buck skin moccasins
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Make traditional boots

Watch this video to learn how to make traditional boots. Ray Mears is measured up for his very own pair of buck skin moccassins and ...more

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Dig up edible roots

Ray Mears joins a family to feast on roots in Africa. Learn how to dig up edible roots from this fascinating how-to.

How to dig up edible roots
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Set traps and catch reef creatures in Savaii

Check out this video to learn how to catch reef creatures in Savaii. Find out traditional ways to catch some of the reef's best meals.

How to set traps and catch reef creatures in Savaii
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Walk up a palm tree using a harness

Walk up a palm tree using a harness. Watch this video to see the BBC's Ray Mears work out some of the best uses for the humble palm tree.

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Catch prawns in a traditional sailboat

Check out this video to watch and learn from the BBC's Ray Mears as he tries to catch prawns in a traditional sailboat in India.

How to catch prawns in a traditional sailboat
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