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Anthem to the North

Experience North
North will challenge your limits and reveal your weaknesses;
North will purify your spirit and harden your body.
Its magnificent beauty will take your breath away;
It will cure you and bring you peace.

If you decide to live here, you will never want to leave;
If you leave, you will keep coming back.
You will never forget its Northern Lights;
And pristine water of lakes and rivers.
Test yourself and experience power of the North.

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  • Surviving overboard

    Get rid off your shoes and everything that does not float.
    If there is no place to swim to (not visible coast), then do not take off your clothes: it will keep you a little warmer.
    Drinking sea water is not recommended !!! Originally it brings relief, but the body quickly builds up sodium, and excess of sodium in your blood catastrophically disrupts metabolism and decreases level of consciousness.
    To keep you afloat it is sufficient to have a rescue mean with 1 kg of buoyancy. In order to keep someone’s head above the water (in case of the loss of consciousness) person m...

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    by Bushman on Monday, Jan 16 2012 1 like

  • How to Survive In A Boreal Forest

    There have been many cases where people, having gone into the forest and not
    having sufficient experience and knowledge of local conditions, easy strayed from the
    roads, and, losing orientation, found themselves in distress.
    How should people behave lost in the woods? Losing orientation, person must immediately stop moving and try to restore it with a compass or by using different natural signs. If this is difficult, it is necessary to organize a temporary place to stay in a dry place that is not easy to do, especially in the mossy forests, where the ground completely cov...

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    by Bushman on Tuesday, Dec 6 2011 1 comment 1 like

  • Natural Signs for Weather Forecasting

    Having a passion for wilderness I found it very helpful to read about natural signs of weather change and carefully observe them. Whether you are in the cottage and planning to spend day or two on fishing trip, or you are with the tent in the middle of woods with no access to weather network, or you just don’t rely on official forecasting, these nature signs can save you from disappointing canoe trips or being soaked in the cold Northern rain as they did for me..

    Nature displays variety of these signs. These are the optical phenomena in an atmosphere, character of clouds, te...

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    by Bushman on Sunday, Dec 4 2011 3 likes