Survival Courses - Lapland Winter Training: 6 days

Cold, deep snow, frozen lakes and limited daylight transform even basic survival tasks. Making fire becomes essential. Water is locked beneath the ice. Moving a few kilometres can take hours. Shelter means learning to use the snow itself.

Over six days, you learn the fundamentals of winter survival and bushcraft through theory, demonstration and constant hands-on practice. You make fire in deep winter, build and sleep in your own igloo-style quinzee, access water through frozen lakes, practise primitive ice fishing and trapping, craft traditional snowshoes, navigate with map and compass, read snow and ice — and much more.

The course is built as a progression. Every new skill is immediately practised and then becomes part of everyday life. The fire you learn to make keeps you warm beside the shelter you built. The water you access through the ice becomes your water supply. Food skills allow you to cook at your own winter camp. Navigation gives you the confidence to move farther into the surrounding wilderness and find your way back.

No previous survival experience is required. The course is based around a remote, wood-heated log cabin that remains available throughout as a warm and safe backup.

The conditions are real. The training is demanding. But the objective is not unnecessary risk — it is learning how to function confidently and independently in an Arctic winter environment.