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Science of Survival:Shelter from the Snow

Survivorman Les Stroud shows you how to survive a long, cold night stranded in the snow.

A lot of desperate situations, that started out by people having spent a cold night in a vehicle. Not so bad for me, I got my snack food.

Energy bars or any high calorie foods, like candy are all great.

“My sleeping bag, and I even got a candle. If I have to, I can always start the car, every once in a while just to heat up, once I keep the windows crack opened a bit because of the carbon monoxide. And also make sure that I keep the tailpipes clear off any snow. Well, the snow is getting deep, and the hour’s getting late. Let me see. Bottom of the sun, one, two, three hand widths. It’s about three hours. From what I can see, the spot down here, the fallen over tree might make a good shelter.

Les stops in some good time to get some shelter for the night. Remember that hub cap from the truck? A key element of survival is staying calm and keeping focused on basic essentials. In cold temperatures, these are water, warm and shelter.

I’m not gonna knock this snow out of my way, because snow is a fantastic insulator. If you can use it to your advantage, then do so. It blocks out the winds and keeps in the heat.

Without an ax, look for dead wood is easier to break. Les has a neat way to snap logs to size. Driving the branches into firm snow gives a quick and easy lean-to to keep the wind off. Another essential is kindling for a fire.

These branches are dead like this, for the beetles are beginning to attack the tree. Bad for the tree, but good for a fire starter. The ability to make fire is everything when it comes to surviving the cold.

Les has some cotton wool and petroleum jelly. The cotton acts as a wick and the petroleum jelly as a fuel to make it a great fire starter. The cotton soaks up the petroleum jelly and burns just like a candle. One of the biggest problems that people have when it comes to getting a fire going is simple preparation. They want the fire too quickly; they get a little tiny flame. Then they throw on it some big hunk of wood, it’s not gonna do. You got to break it down to tiny, tiny elements, start slowly. I wanna a small fire that I can put inside the shelter and have the heat in there with me. Hub cap makes a nice fire basin, doesn’t it?

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Les Stroud 将向你展示怎样在被困于漫长，寒冷的雪夜中求生。

被困于车辆中度过一个寒冷的夜晚是非常绝望的。但是对我来说，情况没有那么糟糕，因为我准备了一些食物。

任何高能量的食物，比如糖果，都是不错的选择。

“我有睡袋，甚至还有一支蜡烛。如果必要的话，我还可以启动汽车，每隔一段时间启动一次来取暖，每次还要打开窗户通风，这样可以避免一氧化碳中毒。同时，要确保尾气管没有任何雪。现在，雪越积越深，时间越来越晚，让我看一下，太阳的余光有三臂宽，已经大约三个小时了。从我可以看到的景象来看，下面的地方，倒下的树木是比较好的藏身之处。”

Les在适当的时机停下来寻找夜晚的庇护所。还记得卡车上的毂盖吗？求生的关键要素就是保持冷静，集中精力于基本因素。 在低温环境下，这里有水，取暖设备和藏身之处。

在没有斧头的情况下，寻找枯木更容易一些。Les有一个简单快捷的方法可以迅速将原木削到合适的大小。将树枝深埋于雪中可以简单迅速的抵御寒风。另外一个要素是点火。

这些树枝已经枯死了，因为昆虫已经开始侵蚀树木。这对树木来说很糟糕，但是对引火来说非常好。对寒冷环境下求生来说，点火的能力是无比重要的。

Les有一些棉毛线和凡士林。棉毛线可以做灯芯，凡士林可以作为燃料，让火燃得更旺。棉线浸入凡士林，像蜡烛一样燃烧起来。在点火中最大的问题之一就是简单的准备。他们求火心切，只有比较微弱的火苗，然后扔上大堆的木柴，这样是不行的。必须将木柴劈成很小的小块，慢慢开始。我可以点一个比较小的火堆放在藏身的地方，我就可以一直取暖。毂盖可以作为火盆，不是吗？（参考翻译：QIHUI QQ:21767317）