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Survival Skillset

Lesson 14 of 14

Food in other climates: cold, tropical and dry lands

35 min

Everything so far in this module has been rooted in British woods, hedges, becks and shores. The principles travel: water before food, identify or leave it, count the cost of every mouthful, and cook what you catch. The plants and fish do not. On the tundra almost nothing grows tall enough to eat, and what does grow takes decades to recover. In the tropics the forest is crowded with plants,…

In this lesson

  • Arctic and mountain plant foods: lichens and berries
  • Berries
  • Lichens
  • Tropical plant foods
  • Desert plant foods
  • Poisonous and risky fish abroad
  • Before you travel: building local knowledge
  • Common mistakes
  • Check yourself
  • Key points

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