Survival

A floatplane drops you on a remote lake in the Canadian boreal forest with 10 items. No food, no guide, no help. Live off the land as long as you can. The weather, the animals, the fish and the hares are different every time.

How long

Drop-off

Your 10 items

Everyone also gets: warm layered clothing and boots, a sleeping bag, a ferro rod, a small first-aid kit (2 dressings), and a satellite radio to tap out.

Calories are moneyEvery action costs. Spend on what pays back.
Don't get hurtNo doctor. A cut can kill in week six.
Let gear workNets and snares hunt while you sleep.
Build while strongWinter shelter before November.
Store the surplusSmoke, salt, dry, freeze. Protect it.
Eat fatLean meat alone starves you.
Guard your mindLoneliness ends more stays than hunger.

Inspired by the TV series Alone and northern trapper bushcraft. A game, not a survival manual.