Karamat Wilderness Ways: 26 books

When You Meet a Black Bear   This booklet is a rock bottom sysnopsis on what one needs to know about the black bear if you plan to spend time in their environment. The best advice is to acquire an extensive natural history of the creatures you fear, such as cougars, grizzlies...

Fire Use in Northern Forest Survival The why, when and where in justifying the use of fire. A good campfire holds a special fascintation for some and is therapeutic for others. Its warmth and calming effect may help to dissipate the insanities induced by modern life, something difficult...

The Inuit Snow House   Note the avoidence of the word Igloo when you mean to say INI. This training booklet provides enough concise information to teach oneself the principals of snow dome construction from proper snow drifts. To make suitable artificial snow blocks refer to...

  21 Native Wild Edible Plants The few wild plants listed here are likely the only ones that are about as close as domestic plants can be in digestability. Of the 1800 flowering plants in Alberta, about 800 are mentioned as being used as food. I suspect some wild edible plants may require weeks to really acclimatize to them. Written by Mors Kochanski

The Northern Night Sky   This booklet is a nature guide that provides a concise approach to help identify about 40 constellations in a relatively short time. Some of the knowledge may be useful in navigation, otherwise knowing something about the stars can provide considerable enjoyment for the rest of your life. Written by Mors Kochanski

The Two Kilogram Survival Kit Field Manual   This booklet is a training manual that is also useful to include in a survival kit as a reference. To learn to construct the survival kit component super shelter, the ski shoes, bucksaw and packframe require two days of training, three for slow learners. Written by Mors Kochanski

Fire Skills for the Northern Forest Knowledge Helpful in Lighting Fires Many factors participate in the process of combustion. If these factors are identified and understood firelighting may be less of a challenge and skills may be acquired more quickly. Written by Mors Kochanski

Breaking the Chain of Contagion, Your Survival May Depend on It Avoiding infections by cold, flue and other pathogens. How to handle food contamination and food illnesses.

The Lean-To and It's Variants Used in Survival and Bush Bough Beds Open Fronted Lean-to Principles, The Simple Open-Fronted Lean-to, Thermal Mass Version, Insulation Version, The Open-Fronted Lean-to Made of Flexible Materials, More Than One Occupant, Bough Beds, The Simple Bed, The Standard...

Bush Arts by Mors Kochanski Produce a variety of practical and attractive items using only natural and easily found materials such as cattail, sedge, spruce and willow, a few simple tools and traditional folk and Native craft techniques. This useful and easy-to-follow guide, created by one...

The Simple Cattail Doll   This nature-handicraft booklet provides the basic details and directions for crafting dolls from the commonly available cattail plant. To do true justice to this topic one needs a fairly large book. This should be considered an indispensible booklet...

Stovemanship The wood stove is making a comeback where firewood is cheap enough and concerns with air pollution don't prohibit its use. This article is directed at the safe and efficient use of the small portable wood stove when weight is not a major problem, in winter camping by toboggan, on the remote trap line, in horse packing and canoeing.