Shelter
Bug-in resilience, bug-out shelters, hardening your home, off-grid construction, and what actually keeps people alive in cold weather. From renters to homesteaders.
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4-Day Fishing and Hunting in the Arctic: Ice Fishing, Tarmigan, and Field Cooking
Ice fishing for sheefish on the frozen Chukchi Sea, hunting tarmigan in the Arctic tundra, field dressing game, and cooking fresh catch in sub-zero conditions — hands-on food procurement and cold-weather survival skills in the Inuit village of Kotzebue.
3 Days Stranded in Alaska Without a Tent: Survival Shelters in Deep Snow
32-minute backcountry survival in Alaska interior: building insulated snow shelters, navigating 4+ feet of powder, fire-starting in extreme cold, and improvised gear repair under real constraints.
Bugout Camping in the Huron National Forest
64-minute hands-on walkthrough of bugout camping setup and gear testing in a real forest environment.
Survival Camping with 4-Year-Old: Trapping, Knapping, Friction Fire & Campfire Cooking
32-minute walkthrough of core survival skills: building deadfall traps, making fire with friction (bow drill and hand drill), flint knapping stone tools, and cooking foraged and trapped meat over an open fire.
4 Days Camping & Building a Trail to the River
Solo four-day wilderness camp while hand-cutting a quarter-mile trail through dense brush to access a remote river; hammock setup, fire-building with ferrous rod, foraging hazard awareness, cold-weather camp comfort, and family joining day-three onward.
Solo Backpacking 20 Miles to a Crashed B-29 Bomber: Alpine Navigation, Cold-Weather Camping, and Survival in Alaska
Twenty-mile alpine solo expedition in Alaska: navigating glacier and ice fields without crampons, establishing a bear-proof campsite above tree line, filtering water, sleeping in sub-freezing conditions, and locating a 1957 bomber crash site with historical context.
5 Days Fishing & Hunting in the Bayou: Catch and Cook Frogs, Crabs, Gar, Carp, Catfish, Duck & Nutria
Five-day immersion in Louisiana bayou hunting and fishing: duck hunting, spearfishing, trapline management, processing and cooking wild-caught fish and game; family-focused outdoor survival skills in a working wetland ecosystem.
Time Spent At Our Remote Alaska Cabin
31-minute walkthrough of a two-week remote cabin stay in Alaska, covering shelter maintenance, food procurement, and off-grid power management in practice.
Building and Maintaining a Log Cabin Survival Shelter Over 12 Months
Year-long documentation of hand-building a log cabin with axe and bow saw, including weatherproofing, chinking, wood stove installation, and cold-weather camping in Alaskan conditions.
Tecma Thetford Macerating Toilet Issues and Repair Troubleshooting
30-minute walkthrough of common macerating toilet failures, diagnostics, and field repairs for off-grid homesteading systems.
6 Days Winter Camping in Snow Storm in the Rocky Mountains — Day 1
First day of a six-day winter blizzard camping expedition in the Rocky Mountains, demonstrating shelter setup, fire-starting, and catch-and-cook fishing in severe cold.
See Why I'm Calling My Bug Out Bag Something Else - Part 1
Family-focused walkthrough of a point-to-point evacuation bag designed for planned relocation during emergencies, with realistic survival expectations and contents overview.
Survival Pack Mentality: Building Redundant Go-Bags for Multiple Scenarios
Forty-minute walkthrough of survival pack philosophy: redundancy principles (three ways to accomplish each critical task), multi-use gear, realistic bug-out scenarios, and why in-place shelter often beats wilderness evacuation.