survival Archives - Cottage Life

Walking through a potentially life-threatening injury in the forest.

Have you ever had a medical emergency while alone at the lake?

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Young man healing knee to a young woman who has been injured doing trekking

Important survival skills everyone should know: Part 2

Outdoors

Man lighting a fire in a dark winter forest, preparing for an overnight sleep in nature, warming himself with DIY fire. Adventure, scouting, survival concept.

Important survival skills everyone should know: Part 1

Outdoors

Camping

The best outdoor gear deals for campers

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Chinook helicopter and into the wild bus

Into the Wild bus airlifted out of Alaskan wilderness to deter tourists

Outdoors

baby-bears-in-a-forest

7 ways baby animals survive in the wild after being born

Outdoors

Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris) carrying grass to line its burrow for warmth and comfort.

10 surprising ways Canadian animals handle cold weather

Outdoors

Man standing next to an orange tent on a mountain facing a sunset.

AdventureSmart’s SARscene aims to make your outdoor adventures safer

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Canada geese flying over a lake in autumn.

How animals survive winter’s harsh weather (and what you can learn from them)

Outdoors

Two black bears on a rock.

80-year-old Russian man headbutts bear, falls off cliff, and survives to tell the tale

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Close-up of a person's feet while hiking in the woods.

Starving Quebec hiker sacrifices dog to survive after bear attack leaves him stranded

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