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Survival Skillset

Lesson 11 of 12

Bears, wolves and keeping food from animals

45 min

You are walking a trail beside a glacial river in Alaska. The water is loud, the alders are thick on either side, and you are tired, so you have stopped talking. Round a bend the mud on the trail holds a print as long as your boot, with five toes in a nearly straight line and claw marks well out in front. The edges are crisp. There are no raindrop…

In this lesson

  • Bear tracks
  • Bears: telling black from brown
  • Avoiding bear encounters
  • Bear encounters and attacks
  • Polar bears
  • Wolves, coyotes and other wild dogs
  • Wolves and feral dogs
  • Food storage against animals
  • Common mistakes
  • Check yourself
  • Key points

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