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"Drawing upon all his experiences as a soldier, mountaineer and seasoned adventurer, watch as Bear strands himself in popular wilderness destinations. Armed with a few supplies and the clothes on his back, see how he claws his way back to civilization while demonstrating survival techniques along the way."--Container insert.
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Dropping into a viper pit in Panama's Camino Real; navigating a crevasse of one of the world's largest glacier; battling extreme conditions in frozen Siberia; it's all in a day's work for adventurer Bear Grylls. Bear is a former British Special Forces soldier who shares ingenious and often shocking techniques for surviving in some of the world's most treacherous environments.
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Bear Grylls takes on the elements in some of the toughest, most inhospitable places on Earth. Bear employs his unique survival techniques to show how you can stay alive as he endures a week of challenges in the sort of places you wouldn't last a day. Includes thirteen astonishing episodes, plus a bonus episode featuring a celebrity guest and extraordinary extended scenes that you must see to believe.
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Adventurer Bear Grylls heads back into the wild for the fifth season, where he tackles extreme survival challenges in some of the most inhospitable places on Earth. Bear goes from the extremes of Eastern Europe's frozen mountains to the searing humidity and crocodile-filled landscape of Northern Australia's Arnhem Land. In the Torres strait, south of Papua New Guinea, Bear is marooned on a desert island. He must find food and water before setting...
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Les 'Survivorman' Stroud uses skills, bravery, and ingenuity to tackle seemingly impossible situations as he attempts to survive without food or shelter in some of the world's harshest environments. Features: Sierra Nevada; Colorado Rockies; Arctic Tundra; Deep Woods; Australian Outback; and Papua New Guinea.
11) Snowbound
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"Stranded on a desolate mountain road, Jim (Neil Patrick Harris) and Jennifer Stolpa (Kelli Williams), and their baby, end up locked in a desperate fight for survival against the elements in this gripping drama. Based on a true story, this engrossing movie will keep you glued to your screen. When Jim realizes that they will not be rescued in time to save their lives, he ventures off on a perilous 50 mile journey with only one goal in mind: survival...
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A two-week trek through the Cascade Mountains tries the survival instincts of five adventuresome teenagers. At first, it's all a good time. Shooting the rapids, exploring caves and making new friends. But when an accident occurs, Mother Nature raises the stakes and challenges the hikers to the greatest test of their young lives.
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Michael Cooper is a designer whose state-of-the-art ski lodge is in harm's way of a titanic avalanche that buries his new wife, Emily, and a resentful teenage daughther, Paige, inside. In a desperate race against time, Emily leads the survivors on a treacherous journey to freedom, while Michael mounts rescue efforts before a second, even more devastating avalance hits.
16) Courage
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An aspiring author and his family crash their boat during a storm and become stranded on a small rocky island in the middle of a treacherous river. After the father is injured, the mother and stepdaughter must set aside their troubled relationship if they are to survive.
17) Survivorman
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Imagine being stranded in the most extreme environments for 7 days. With no support crew and operating the camera himself, survival expert Les Stroud tackles this question as he tests himself in the wilderness, ranging from the desert to the Arctic.
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Be ready when disaster strikes. If an unexpected emergency or disaster hits, are you prepared to leave your home fast? You will be if you follow the advice in this book. This book shows you how to create a self contained disaster preparedness kit to help you survive your journey from ground zero to a safer location. Survival expert Creek Stewart details from start to finish everything you need to gather for 72 hours of independent survival: water,...
