In graphic novel format, presents three incidents in which people had to survive after being lost in the wilderness. Also offers survival tips and three additional descriptions of true survival stories.

Includes index.

Wide open spaces -- Wilderness survival -- Caught in the cauldron of fire : Mount St. Helens, Washington, 1980 -- Alone and injured in the African bush : Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, 2003 -- Lost in the snow : Ansel Adams Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, California, 2004 -- More survival stories.