SOS: How to Survive

TV Show · Documentary · Educational

If a person is in a life-or-death battle with the elements, his or her knowledge of what to do in the situation can be the difference between walking away from it alive or not. Survivalist Creek Stewart and his team want to help people learn what to do in perilous scenarios with this show that teaches innovative skills to help people survive when they're in trouble. Stewart recaps real-life survival situations and gives his opinion on what the people involved did right and wrong as they fought for their lives. Among his tips are how to repurpose everyday objects to help with survival, such as using a camera lens to start a fire.

2017 · 42m
Starring Creek Stewart

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Lost in the Mountains
    A young couple go off a trail for a photo and can't find their way back, and their 3-day attempt to hike down extreme mountainous terrain leads them into a dead-end canyon.
    43m
  • EPISODE 2
    Trapped in a Blizzard
    The Kim family takes a wrong turn and gets stuck in the snow on a logging road; with two infant children and no real knowledge about mountains and frigid temperatures the family's situation turns desperate.
    43m
  • EPISODE 3
    Storm Surge
    A record storm surge created a river that surrounds the Yorks' house; Superstorm Sandy tosses Kim Joyce and her cats into its churning waters; a wind-whipped storm surge from Hurricane Ike hammers the home of Carole Hamadey.
    43m
  • EPISODE 4
    Deadly Cold
    Rulon Gardner gets soaked when his snowmobile is stuck in a river, and, with temperatures plunging to 25 below zero, he faces death; Mike Vilhauer ventures into the woods, but loses his way back, and spends days trekking through the rugged terrain.
    43m
  • EPISODE 5
    An Injury in the Wilderness
    John Sain breaks his leg far off the trail, and believes his only choice is a slow death or a quick one; on a three-hour hike in the Joshua Tree desert, realtor Ed Rosenthal becomes lost, and runs out of water in the 100-degree heat.
    43m
  • EPISODE 6
    Desert Heat
    Rick McFarland and Cathy Frye take off for a one-day hike in the Texas desert, lose their way and become desperately dehydrated; when Cathy is overcome and can no longer move, Rick becomes their only hope of getting out alive.
    43m

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Cast & Crew

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    Creek Stewart
    Self

About

SOS: How to Survive

Documentary

If a person is in a life-or-death battle with the elements, his or her knowledge of what to do in the situation can be the difference between walking away from it alive or not. Survivalist Creek Stewart and his team want to help people learn what to do in perilous scenarios with this show that teaches innovative skills to help people survive when they're in trouble. Stewart recaps real-life survival situations and gives his opinion on what the people involved did right and wrong as they fought for their lives. Among his tips are how to repurpose everyday objects to help with survival, such as using a camera lens to start a fire.

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Released
2017
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PG
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