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Complete Course Description:

The Five Basic Needs: What are they and how can you meet them in an arctic climate?
1. Signaling
2. Personal Protection: Clothing/Equipment, Shelter, Fire
3. Health
4. Travel Techniques
5. Sustenance: Water, Food

Your Knife/Tools: How to choose the right one for your needs, how to choose a good sharpening device and how to sharpen and maintain your knife in top condition.
1. Choosing the right one/s for cold weather
2. Sharpening tools
3. How to sharpen
4. How to keep it in top shape

Signaling: Learn methods to make yourself BIG in snowy conditions, how to aid rescuers in your own recovery and return home safely.
1. The three types of signals
2. What to look for in a good Signaling/Recovery site
3. Ways to build ground-to-air signals in deep snow
4. Preparing a recovery site, vectoring in rescuers, winter considerations, etc…\

Travel basics: Learn simple navigation concepts to keep safe and in control if you must move.
1. When to/not to travel and a basic scouting technique
2. How to use a map and compass, and natural navigation aids
3. Safe movement techniques and improvised snowshoe designs for deep snow

Water: An essential and fairly immediate need in virtually every survival situation
1. Ways to melt and prepare it for consumption
2. Learn how to protect your source and methods to keep it from freezing

Knots: Learn the “hammer and nails” of a survivor. With a knowledge of knots, you can improvise more effectively and keep you and yours safer.
1. Nomenclature of a line/rope
2. What makes a “good” knot?
3. Learn several multi use, effective knots and their uses
4. Practice using knots over the course of the weekend

Shelter basics: Learn several types of cozy winter shelters you can make.
1. What to look for in a shelter site and the winter hazards to avoid
2. How to choose a shelter type that works for the situation at hand
3. Make a winterized shelter for the night
4. Practice making a natural insulation bed
5. Practice winter shelter living considerations

Fire principles: Learn the fundamentals that many folks skip over and thus end up failing when a fire is most needed and is the hardest to make: in cold, wet and/or snowy weather.
1. Become familiar with the fire triangle and how to balance it
2. Locate and prepare fire materials that may be available in arctic conditions
3. Practice working with fire from ignition to banking
4. Learn concepts for working successfully with fire specifically in winter conditions

Food: Learn how to use wisdom in your decisions around food when in a serious situation.
1. How to ration what you have
2. Learn winter sources of edible plant matter

Survival Kits: Learn how to make a kit for arctic scenarios.
1. How to use the basic needs format to design a kit
2. What types of items to choose based on the type of kit you’re making