Better than Bleach: Use Calcium Hypochlorite to Disinfect Water
Knowing how to make your water safe to drink can not only keep you healthy – it could save your life. We often take for granted access to safe, uncontaminated, potable water. So much so that many...
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How to Find the North Star
Where is the North Star? – A good way to locate the North Star is to line up these two stars that are on the more easily found Big Dipper constellation. For many thousands of years Polaris has been...
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That Water is Unsafe to Drink
Think That Water is Clean? This, or worse, could be laying in your water supply just upstream. Your best chance of survival and staying healthy depends upon proper treatment of ALL sources of water. In...
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Balsam Fir Pitch
A broken bark blister oozes sticky pitch onto the head of a tomahawk In wilderness survival knowing how to utilize trees like the balsam fir can enhance your ability to survive. Uses for the balsam fir...
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Bannock
Cooking Bannock on an Open Fire – Bannock is very easy to make and cook on an open fire.Here I have wrapped a snake-like strip of bannock around a green stick. Makes me hungry just looking at this...
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Clean Your Cooking Gear with Wood Ashes
Wood Ash Soap – You can use wood ashes instead of soap to clean your mess kit and cooking gear. Shown here is a greasy pot with food residue that we want to clean, a bottle of water that has been...
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Edible Pine Bark
Eastern White Pine Logs – Freshly cut logs oozing pitch. This tree was over 3-feet thick at the base and eighty feet high. Ever eat a tree? Survival Topics will show you how. Where others starve,...
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The Dakota Fire Hole
Dakota Fire Hole Diagram – This is how a Dakota Fire Hole works. As hot air from the fire exits through the top of the fire pit, a suction is created that draws fresh air down through the tunnel and...
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Flint and Steel: What Causes the Sparks?
Iron Burning – Upon contact with the air, a shower of tiny iron particles spontaneously catch on fire. Starting a fire with flint and steel (the steel is also known as a “firesteel”) brings to mind the...
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Boresighting a Rifle
Boresighting a Rifle – Remove the bolt and lay your rifle on a steady platform. Position the rifle so that you can see the target through when looking through the barrel of the rifle. On a snowy day...
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