Les will be performing at Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding Concert on Saturday December 13th 2008 at the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, AZ. To purchase tickets please visit www.alicepudding.com.
Posted: December 12th, 2008 under News.
Please see below a list of book signings Les will be doing for the month of December.
OFFICIAL BOOK LAUNCH
Mountain Equipment Co-op
Saturday December 6th 2008 from 3 - 5pm
400 King St. West, Toronto, ON, Canada
Indigo Book Signing Event
Wednesday December 3rd 2008
from 7 - 9pm
Yonge & Eglinton
2300 Yonge St., Toronto, ON, Canada
Costco Book Signing Event
Sunday December 7th 2008
from 1 - 3pm
41 Mapleview Drive East, Barrie, ON, Canada
The Bookcase
Tuesday December 16th 2008
from 5 - 7pm
93 Main St. East, Huntsville, ON, Canada
Posted: November 30th, 2008 under News.
Are you Les Stroud’s ultimate fan? If so, email us at ultimatefan@lesstroudonline.com and in 300 words or less tell us “Why you are Les Stroud’s Ultimate Fan?”. Winning entry will receive ‘The Ultimate Les Stroud Collection’ - including an autographed copy of his new book Survive!
Contest closes Thursday December 18th at 12pm (EST). Only one entry per person. Please include your mailing address with your entry. Winning fan will have their letter posted on www.lesstroudonline.com and www.survivorman.ca Good Luck!
Posted: November 30th, 2008 under News.
From the sun-scorched sands of the Kalahari to the snake-infested jungles of the Amazon, Les Stroud has survived it all. Now, the creator, producer, and host of the hit television show Survivorman shares his field-tested expertise and gives you a no-nonsense look at the real world of survival.
Fire * Water * Shelter * Food * Signaling * Psychology * Survival Kits * Skills * Dangers
Authoritative and practical, Survive! will arm you with the skills and tactics you need to get out of anywhere - alive!
Available in book stores and online now.
Buy it here:
Survive!: Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere - Alive
Posted: November 11th, 2008 under News.
Discovery Channel’s host and survival expert Les Stroud is back for his third season of SURVIVORMAN, premiering Friday, November 7 at 9PM ET/PT in the US, and airing for the first time in high definition.
Posted: November 7th, 2008 under News.
Discovery Channel’s host and survival expert Les Stroud is back for his third season of SURVIVORMAN, premiering Friday, November 7 at 9PM ET/PT in the US, and airing for the first time in high definition.
Want to see teasers for Season 3 - join the newsletter now and you will be sent secret URL’s to sneak previews starting November 3rd.
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Canadian viewers please stay tuned for your premiere date.
Posted: October 9th, 2008 under News.
Backwoods Warrior by Les Stroud featured in STUDIO Magazine.
Think you have on-location war stories? Try heading deep into the wilderness for seven days without a crew. Read more »
Posted: October 1st, 2008 under News.
Day 2 – Mid Day
But it’s hard to tell when it’s cloudy because there is 24 hrs of daylight. I’m 72°.46 N on the Northern end of Baffin Island. It’s been a bit of a ride just getting here. First we lost 2 days to rain and wind when we landed at Pond Inlet. On the way to our base camp we found ourselves beside a pod of killer whales. At one point we shut down the motor and 3 large whales came over to check us out. Just feet beneath the surface the 3 killer whales dove under our boat at the side, made a tight turn and resurfaced right at the bow of the boat. It was a once in a lifetime, thrill of a lifetime!
There were at least 18 whales in total. Then a short distance away we found what they were after. Narwhals! Thousands of them were all around our boat. Though most of them would not come close we could see their tusks come out of the water every now and then. They have been known to beach themselves right on to shore to escape the killer whales. Once we made it to our base camp I was supposed to spend a day on the land learning from an Inuit elder; which I did. But when we finished, the wind and rain came in again and held us down for 2 days before I could be boated over to where I am now.
Although the rain stopped the wind has increased and I am stuck – pinned down on an exposed point using some old crate plywood for a shelter. The polar bears are on the land now and I have to keep a sharp eye out for them. So far I have only seen arctic wolf tracks on this location, no bear tracks. For protection I have a shot gun, a bear banger pistol and bear spray. The arctic char are here along the coast and I can see them in the water. Yet even though I’m lucky enough to have fishing tackle, I am not getting any hits at all. Of course it is so windy that the lure just blows back in my face when I try to cast out into the ocean anyway.
My only supplies are a CB radio, fishing tackle and a handful of whale blubber.
I have to make up my mind on whether or not to stay where I am or relocate further inland – closer to bears but out of the wind.
Day 2 – Night
Since the spot inland by the river was pretty windy too, I decided to stay out on the point in my “crate shelter” one more night. I tried fishing again – no luck. Now in the evening the wind has finally calmed down. I hope it will stay this way for the morning so I can use the canoe and paddle the ocean instead of travelling over land and across the river. If I had a white water canoe I wouldn’t even think twice about handling the rapids but I have a folding canoe and I’m not sure how it would handle the fast water. One great thing today though – I have fire!!! I found some old steel wool in the refuse on the shore and ignited it by touching it to the two terminals on my CB radio battery. There is a load of scrap lumber littered about so it’s no problem keeping my fire going just inside my shelter.
Should be a much warmer night tonight. I found some old Thule Indian sod huts with bow-head whale skulls still in them. I also found some plants I can make wild tea out of and did so with an old tin cup I found in the refuse. Tomorrow – I move!
The wind picked back up again through the arctic night and now it’s raining!
Day 3 – Night
I spent the morning hauling my camera gear and canoe over land and down the river a bit to relocate. It blew strong the whole time and unbelievably it went dead calm, after it rained on me for a half hour, right after I got here. Had I known it was going to calm down I could have just paddled the coast and saved myself all that carrying! Oh well an hour later it was windy again anyway.
Fortunately I spotted a shallow spot in the river that I could cross by foot. This saved me paddling down some tricky rapids.
Since I’ve landed I made a shelter out of all the refuse of the fish camp and I set out a bird trap using hooks from my fishing tackle and some of the whale blubber I have with me. No takers yet. I’ve tried fishing but nothing is biting. At least it’s not raining and my fire is going.
Day 4 – Night
Well I’ve said it before – what a difference a day makes! Everything started out the same – more fishing – no hits. After storing away some firewood in a dry place I figured I would head out and get some wild edibles. After a few hundred yards I realized I had forgot my camera and went back for it. I saw the ocean was calm and the tide was high so I thought why not? Just for good luck I cast my line a couple of times and bang! An Arctic char hit! Then another and another until I had four large char caught. I spent the afternoon cutting them for traditional wind drying. Ate some sushi and cooked some fresh fillets! I’m stuffed and have enough fish for at least a week! What a day!!
Day 6
Nearly all 8½ hours of yesterday (day 5) was spent sitting in my shelter waiting out the rain. At least I had plenty of food and a fire going. I finally had to get out in the evening and walked a couple of hours inland searching for wild edibles – I found lots so it was a good trip. But now I have done a radio check in and with more bad weather coming the decision was made to bring me in today before we all - me and the safety crew – get stuck out here for another week!!
Posted: September 23rd, 2008 under Les' Journals from the Field.
Congratulations to Les Stroud and his team for receiving 3 nominations for the 23rd Annual Gemini Awards.
Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series
Les Stroud - Kalahari
Best Original Music for a Lifestyle/Practical Information or Reality Program or Series
Peter Cliche, Dan Colomby - The Amazon
Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human Interest or Talk Program or Series
Les Stroud - Kalahari
Awards will given out in October/November 2008.
Posted: August 26th, 2008 under News.
Surviving Sharks
Monday, July 28 at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on Discovery US.
Tues., July 29 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT on Discovery CANADA.
Survivorman’s Les Stroud hosts this look at how best to play it safe in the water, while testing popular theories of how to survive shark encounters. Stroud travels to the Bahamas and South Africa to test whether the behaviour of Caribbean reef sharks and great whites changes depending upon the time of day. While in South Africa, Stroud and marine biologist Jeremiah Sullivan conduct an analysis of the great white’s bite, test whether kicking and splashing attracts sharks and determines whether it’s safer to stay in a group or tread water alone if stranded in the ocean.
Posted: July 27th, 2008 under News.
