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Sources

• "Building a Survival Shelter." Wilderness Survival Skills, 2007. http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/survivalshelter.html
• Gonzalez, Laurence. "How to Build Shelter." The Adventurer's Handbook. National Geographic, 2007. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pathtoadventure/handbook/ ­survival/survival3.html
• "How to build a wilderness shelter." CNN.com, June 25, 2003. http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/06/18/coolsc.shelter.nature/index.html
• "Shelters." Wilderness Survival, 2007. http://www.wilderness-survival.net/chp5.php
• "Survival, Evasion, and Recovery." U.S. Military Field Manual 21-76-1, June 1999.