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| In these uncertain times of economic turmoil and seemingly ever increasing natural and man-made disasters, people are looking for training and resources that provide basic and advanced survival skills, disaster and emergency preparedness as well as survival related equipment. Nor' Country Survival seeks to meet this need. |
| Why we do it: |
| Nor' is a derivative of North, therefore our name, Nor' Country Survival actually means North Country Survival. We are a 100% veteran owned business based in the state of Alaska specializing in survival and bushcrafting in sub-arctic boreal environments. |
| One of our classrooms. Photo: M. Charlie Thompson |
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| M. Charlie Thompson has been involved with outdoor skills and wilderness survival training for more than 35 years after taking his first survival training course in 1975. He enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard at age 26 during Desert Storm and quickly became a Gunner’s Mate and Small Arms Instructor. He was one of two armorers at the Coast Guard District 17 Armory in Ketchikan, Alaska where he also trained Coast Guard personnel pistol, rifle, shotgun and machine gun courses as well as pyrotechnics. He was also a nationally registered Emergency Medical Technician while on active duty. After leaving the Coast Guard, he put his background, skills and training in firearms to work and founded Liberty Flag Small Arms Training in 2001. Recognizing a lack of quality wilderness survival training in rural Alaska, he combined his firearms skills with his background in survival and eventually founded Nor’ Country Survival later that same year. Thompson is former rescue squad chief and is a FEMA certified master exercise practitioner and continuity of operations planner in addition to being a field training officer and career law enforcement officer. Thompson is the author of five books specializing in survival and hunting and holds MA degree with honors in Archaeology and Heritage as well as a MS degree in Law Enforcement. He has lived and hunted with his family in rural Alaska for twenty years. |
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| Latest News: November 25, 2014 - Breacher Bar Pocket Tools added to Knives and Tools page. Click here for details! |
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| In GOD we trust... |
| NOR' COUNTRY SURVIVAL |
| 100% Veteran owned and operated... |
| The Sub-Arctic Boreal Survival & Bushcraft Specialists... |
| Chisana River, Alaska. Photo: Jean Teasdale, Copyright 2012. |