wilderness survival

Draws upon letters and journals of the members of Robert Scott's second expedition to Antarctica to examine the story of how Scott and five other explorers survived stranded in the winter cold of the South Pole.

While backpacking in the desert, thirteen-year-old Mark falls into a tube of blue light and is transported into a more primitive world, where he must use his knowledge and skills to survive.

After the destruction of their floatplane, sixteen-year-old Gabe and his Dene friend, Raymond, struggle to survive a winter in the wilderness of the Northwest Territories of Canada.

Offers advice on how to survive an injury, getting lost, or being stranded in a wilderness area, explaining the importance of thinking clearly, and discussing shelter and warmth, fire, water and food, first aid, and other topics; and includes the stories of people who have survived life-and-death situations.

At the end of the twenty-first century, when the Earth is under the control of a single intelligence known as One True, a group of humans settle on Mars hoping to turn the inhospitable planet into a new home.

After fourteen-year-old Andy slips away from his kayaking group to visit the wilderness site of his archaeologist father's death, a storm strands him on Admiralty Island, Alaska, where he manages to survive, encounters unexpected animal and human inhabitants, and looks for traces of the earliest prehistoric immigrants to America.

Provides an account of the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington in 1980, and tells the story of how Sue Ruff and her boyfriend Bruce Nelson, camping fourteen miles from the volcano with friends, survived the blast.

A story about the relationship between a fawn and his mother and their fight for survival in the wilderness.

Provides photographs and information for young readers on outdoor adventures, discussing how to plan an outing, appropriate clothing and gear, outdoor cooking, navigation, observing nature, and basic skills such as using a knife, tying a knot, and first aid.