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After My Husband Died, I Learned to Homestead Solo and Feed Our 3 Kids. Here’s How We Survived

By Olive A. Fredrickson

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Is It a Guide’s Job to Risk His Life for a Client?

By Eric Collier

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My Wife and I Escaped Our Flooding Cabin — Then Nearly Froze to Death in the Yard

By Angus Franklin MacIver

A college student who rescued a man from a hole in the ice.

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‘It’s a Miracle.’ College Student Rescues Older Ice Fisherman Who Fell in a Lake, Survived for 3 Hours

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Helicopter Video Shows Officers Rescuing Duck Hunters Trapped in a Frozen River

By Alex Robinson

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A Polar Bear Tried to Eat My Neighbor — and Other Close Calls With Nanuq in Alaska’s High Arctic

By Scott Haugen

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Wilderness Survival

The Unsolved Mysteries of Trapper and Hunter Deaths Still Haunt the Yukon Wilderness Today

Three Florida fishermen with a big red snapper.

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Search Suspended for Missing Florida Fishermen Whose Boat Was Found Drifting in the Gulf

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I Became Trapped on an Ice Sheet in Lake Michigan — and Survived Against All Odds

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Podcast: Our Senior Staff Writer Nearly Died on a Backcountry Hunt. Here’s What We’ve Learned from the Experience

By Alex Robinson

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This Happened to Me: I Almost Froze to Death on a Solo Bighorn Hunt

By Cassidy Caron, as told to Scott Einsmann

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The Mysterious “Little People” of Northwest Alaska Are Just One Example of the Supernatural in Arctic Wilderness

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Five Men Met Up for a Deer Hunt. Only Three of Us Survived

An offshore kayak fisherman with a big yellowtail.

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Search for Missing Fishing Influencer Ends 4 Days After Capsized Skiff Found Drifting Off Baja Coast

An illustration of a man, Frank Glaser, flying off a sled led by sled dogs.

Wilderness Survival

The Legend of Frank Glaser, the Toughest Woodsman Alaska Has Ever Seen

Two search-and-rescue professionals hike along a hillside in Oregon.

Wilderness Survival

Oregon National Guard Deployed as Search for Missing Deer Hunter Enters Third Day

A composite image of Ian Stasko and Andrew Porter, elk huntersw ho died in Colorado last month

Wilderness Survival

‘Tragically Unlucky.’ The Real Story of What Happened to the Elk Hunters Who Disappeared in Colorado’s Wilderness

An illustration of a man kneeling in the snow over a fire.

Wilderness Survival

This One Stupid Decision Nearly Cost Me My Life on a Maine Deer Hunt

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The Tlingit Legend of the Kóoshdaa Káa

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Wilderness Survival

Do Bears Hold Grudges? The Legendary Tale of a Wounded Alaskan Grizzly