sea survival
Staying alive adrift
Sea survival is the set of skills, techniques, and equipment needed to stay alive after a vessel sinks or an aircraft ditches at sea.
It encompasses flotation, signaling for rescue, obtaining drinking water, and protecting against exposure: The pilots underwent sea survival training before flying over the Pacific.
The term appears in military and maritime contexts where open-water emergencies are anticipated.
- extreme temperaturesSevere heat or cold conditions
- coast guardMaritime safety and rescue service
- rescue helicopterAircraft for emergency extraction
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
- life raftInflatable emergency watercraft
search and rescue · safety · mental fortitude · shark attack · flare gun · dehydration · water rationing · drinking water · desalination · emergency beacon · emergency · sun exposure · storms · fishing line · isolation · buoyancy · perseverance · man overboard
- sea rescuelifeboat, rescue, lifeguard, coastguard, SOS
- survival storiesescape story, shipwreck tales, shipwreck, plane crash, rescue story
- naval trainingofficer training, naval training, naval academy, seamanship, cadet training
- maritime trainingcadet training, seamanship, navigation training, officer training, maritime safety
- astronaut trainingflight simulation, simulators, centrifuge, spacewalking, crew training
- Flight Safetyoxygen mask, life vest, emergency exit, seat belt, black box
sea survivaldesert survival
Living through barren conditions
mountain survival · jungle survival · wilderness survival · urban survival