After shelter and water, establishing and preserving your food supply is a top concern when you are out in the wild.
Wilderness Survival Series (Pt. III): Food
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Get a strategic framework for emergency preparedness from skilled survivalist Dr. Nicole Apelian. Learn how to build your own basic emergency field kit beginning with an emergency preparedness checklist that includes tools to use in any event from a car breakdown to inclement weather. Create your very own kit of survival essentials with Dr. Nicole’s emergency preparedness answers to your questions.
Wilderness Survival Series (Pt.II): Water
Let’s dive into water and survival: creating a cache, capturing water from rain and plants, purification and safety.
Long-Term Living in the Wild: The Art of Shelter Building
Nicole Apelian’s wilderness guide contains valuable info to help you keep your family safe in the event of a major crisis.
Adventure Awaits: Mastering Outdoor Skills with Your Kids & Family
With summer in full swing, it’s time for one of Nicole’s favorite family activities – deepening our outdoor survival skills!
Thriving Through Thirst: Top Drought Resistant Crops for a Warming World
Explore the full spectrum of drought resistant crops, including new developments, and great options for your own garden.
Prepping 101: Urban Dwellers
Don't Panic. Prepare Instead! While living in the city during a long-term disruption of water and electricity during a power grid failure is not the ideal or even possible for months on end, there are preparations you can make that will address the immediate needs of...
Prepping 101: Water!
Nicole shares tips for collecting, storing, and purifying water, so you can be prepared in any circumstance.
Prepping 101: Wilderness Field Kit and Herbal Medicine Chest
The fragility of our supply chain for essentials has the average person thinking preparedness isn’t just for those living off-grid anymore
Prepping 101: Food!
The pandemic has shown us that having long-term emergency food and other supplies is crucial to keeping our families safe during shortages.
My Emergency Field Kit is a Must-Have. Here’s Why.
Nicole talks emergency preparedness, and the items that are crucial to have on hand whenever you leave home.
Emergency Preparedness for Kids!
When my youngest son was 10 years old, he helped me create this video about emergency preparedness for kids and what's in his own emergency preparedness kit. He's 12 now, and he still carries these items every single day. He keeps them in his backpack during the...
Favorite Things: Foraging Field Reference Bandana
When the Wazoo Survival Gear crew asked me to help them create this foraging field reference bandana along with Mark Merriwether Vorderbruggen I was thrilled. Foraging is something I teach a few times every year because it is such an important part of being prepared...
Favorite Things: What’s in My Basic Emergency Field Kit?
There are a few things I keep on me AT ALL TIMES - I used all caps to really emphasize that I carry these items every day without exception. These are the items I would want to have on hand if I was stranded due to an accident or car breakdown, inclement weather,...
Wilderness Living & Survival Skills Workshop with Larry Roberts & Nicole Apelian
Experience what it takes to survive ALONE in the woods with Dr. Nicole Apelian and Larry Roberts from the History Channel’s TV show ‘Alone’ during this 3-day Survival Skills Workshop in Raymond, Washington Learn the skills Larry and Nicole used to survive and thrive...
The Sustainable Wild Podcast | Being Prepared for Wilderness Survival
Unfortunately, it appears that this podcast is no longer available. You can explore other interviews & podcasts with Nicole Apelian here and additional press items here. On this episode of The Sustainable Wild Podcast, I address the following questions: Are you...
Chinook Observer | ‘Survive and thrive’: Pacific County woman’s philosophy
Teacher, TV survival expert is role model for self-sufficiency From the Chinook Observer article authored by Patrick Webb: Nicole Apelian is a survivor. She leads safari groups to Africa, teaches outdoor survival skills and competes on TV reality shows which push...
Healthline | How to Prepare Your Emergency Survival Kit
From the Healthline article by Jessica Timmons: "If the worst happened — an earthquake, a tornado, extensive flooding, or some other large-scale natural disaster — would you be prepared? Being prepared for emergencies or disasters simply means being properly equipped...
Salon | Ben Foster on his role in indie hit “Leave No Trace”
From the Salon interview with actor Ben Foster on his role in the film "Leave No Trace" by Andrew O'Hehir: "I worked with someone named Dr. Nicole Apelian for these tribal skills, or primitive skills rather. Nature becomes legible. You get into the forest and it's...
5-Day Wilderness Survival Skills Workshop with Nicole Apelian and Larry Roberts
Join me and Alone Show alum Larry Roberts for a 5-Day Wilderness Survival Skills Workshop at my property in Raymond, Washington! There are still a couple of spots left for my upcoming 5-day Wilderness Survival Skills Workshop in the beautiful Willapa Hills of Raymond,...
The Daily Astorian | Experiencing ‘Alone’ with Nicole Apelian
From the article in The Daily Astorian | by Aaron Breniman: When I first saw History’s hit show “Alone,” I wanted to know more about the contestants, what they learned and how the experience changed them. The show features 10 contestants dropped off in the remote...
Portland Tribune | Nicole Apelian Gets Back To Basics
Survival skills pro and 'Alone' star is consulting on movie From the Portland Tribune article, authored by Lyndsey Hewitt: Apelian believes that humanity is too disconnected and needs to find its way back to community living. "Because these things have been taken out...
Deseret News | PrepperCon to offer tips, tools on surviving disaster
From the Deseret News article by Caresa Alexander Randall: "Guest celebrities this year include Alan Kay and Nicole Apelian of the History Channel’s “Alone,” and Salvador Alvarenga, who survived 438 days at sea. This year continues on the success of the past two...
Inquisitr | Nicole Apelian On Being One Of First Three Women on ‘Alone’
From the Inquisitr article by Danielle McGaw: Nicole Apelian is getting a fair amount of media attention because not only is she in that group of women that are first to be on Alone, but she has some special circumstances. She has multiple sclerosis. Of course, having...
The Truth About Knives | The Knives of History’s Alone, Season 2
From the article on The Truth About Knives by David C Andersen "NICOLE APELIAN / CUSTOM KUKRI: Nicole Apelian worked as a game warden for the Peace Corps and is a safari guide and anthropologist. She has brought along a whopper – a custom kukri-inspired blade,...
Nicole’s Packing List
Each challenger on The History Channel's show "Alone" was allowed to bring only 10 items of gear on their survival journey. Keep in mind that gear such as water filters, matches, tents and anything battery-operated was completely off-limits. So, what did Nicole...