VIDEOS

Full video 👉 https://youtu.be/Z9jR_svxHIA From my video “Ice Fishing Rare Trout & Winter Camping in the Snow with a Wall Tent & Wood Stove” @SteveUpinHali and I cooked up a delicious wild surf & turf with delicious brook trout we just caught, deer venison tomahawk steaks that Steve harvested and butchered, and Moose round stakes that I harvested. We cooked it all up over the fire and my campsite after a long day of ice fishing. It was delicious!

Full video 👉 https://youtu.be/SlFv9gbDxl4 Stranded: 4 Days Solo Winter Survival with NO TENT or Food (Polar Vortex) ❄️ In this one, I sumulate my snowmobile breaking down in the remote backcojbtry and am left to survive with basic survival tools in extream cold. I build a shelter and make fire with a ferro rod. I use bushcraft skills to make an ice chisel and hand line a lake trout out through a hole in chisel in the ice. I snowshoe through the forest looking for rabbits I can snare and sleep out in temps below -40 🥶 🏔️ 🧊 #bushcraftsurvival #wintersurvival #survival #icefishing #bushcrafttools #survivalkit #survivalshelter #polarvortex

The GoPro giveth, the GoPro taketh-away.

When my snowmobile broke down in the middle of nowhere, I had to improvise a way to get food.

#WinterSurvival #SoloSurvival #Bushcraft I simulated a survival situation where I was left stranded solo in a remote part of Northern Ontario’s Temagami wilderness when my snowmobile engine failed during a brutal polar vortex. With temperatures plummeting to -45°C with the windchill, and no tent, food, or water, I had to rely on basic survival gear and my bushcraft skills to endure four days in the freezing Canadian winter. Every decision was critical as I fought to maintain core body temperature and scavenge for resources in a landscape where mistakes can be fatal. To survive the sub-zero nights without shelter, I had to get creative with the limited gear I had left. I’ll show you how I hand-crafted a makeshift ice chisel and a jigging stick on-site to attempt ice fishing and secure a vital source of calories. This video isn't just about an engine breakdown; it’s a raw, solo winter survival challenge that tests the limits of self-reliance and primitive tool-making in one of North America’s most unforgiving environments. Of course, when my trip came to an end, my reliable Ski-Doo Skandic fired up at -36 after sitting in the deep cold for four days and I rode out of the bush with no issues. 🥶 #PolarVortex #Temagami #Snowmobiling #SurvivalSkills #PrimitiveSkills #OffGrid #JimBaird #AloneWinner #NorthernOntario #WildernessSurvival ❄️ Follow me on social media: 👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jbadventurer/ 👉 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jbadventurer 👉 tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@jbadventurer 🛒 Check out my Amazon shop here: https://www.amazon.ca/shop/jimbaird-adventurer?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsfshop_0K9WXSPJMJYHKKWCJ9C5 📖 Download my e-book" The Complete Written Works of Jim Baird here: https://www.theadventurer.com/product-page/complete-written-works-of-jim-baird-adventurer Chapters: 0:00 How I Got Stranded in the Temagami Region & my History on ALONE 1:10 Building an Emergency Survival Shelter 4:01 Cutting Firewood & making Fire 5:35 The Cold Task of Changing my Base Layers & Going to Sleep 9:27 Waking Up with my Head Covered in Snow 10:24 Making a Bushcraft Ice Chisel to Make Hole in the Ice for Fishing 11:28 Ice Fishing with Survival Kit Line & Lures 15:12 Back at my Shelter - making Fire, Cooking Up Fish Stew 18:19 Snowshoeing Through the Woods & Looking for Rabbit Tracks 23:44 Re-Lighting the Fire Using Coals & Cooking Emergency Rations 26:48 Morning in the Survival Shelter - Waking up to More Snow 32:40 Some Realities of Survival vs. Survival Myths 34:21 Cutting Firewood & Making Cedar Tea 36:09 Hydration is my Biggest Challenge 38:56 Extreme Cold - Enduring a Night of Polar Vortex Temps -37C (Windchill -45C)

Full video 👉 https://youtu.be/Z9jR_svxHIA?si=0JczmCo8vyw4tvKj On this winter camping and ice fishing journey, I chased a “trout trifecta” in the Haliburtin Forest. One of the fish I caught is a rare strain. #icefishing #wintercamping #outdoors #underwaterfishingfootage

#jimbairdadventurer #outdoors #icefishing #wintercamping The Ice Fishing Trout Trifecta: 3 Species, 1 Remote Winter Camping Trip We headed deep into the Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve for a rugged backcountry winter camping expedition. Our goal was the ultimate challenge: the Trout Trifecta. After snowmobiling to remote lakes and setting up my canvas wall tent, the action started on Day-1 when I landed a Haliburton Gold lake trout—a genetically unique glacial relic found only in these waters. Throughout this ice fishing adventure, we battle freezing temperatures and travel cross-country to find Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, and Brook Trout all in one trip. This is remote Ontario ice fishing and winter survival at its finest. I have my Dog North along on the adventure too! I did this trip with my friend Steve, and he shot a YouTube video on this adventure too. Check out his channel here 👉 @SteveUpinHali Check out some of my previous winter adventures here: ☃️ Deep Winter in Northern Ontario | Ice Fishing, Family Winter Camping & a Ski-Doo Expedition to Hudson Bay (winter 2025 Compilation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlBlRzyze7Y&t=39s 🧊 🎣 Winter Camping & Ice Fishing in the Haliburton Forest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ZQmDFo0qs&t=2262s ❄️ 36-Days Solo Across Arctic Québec: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6dYCcUmIx0&t=3762s 🌨️ Snow Cave Survival Camping with my 4-Year-Old Son: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvyY4SOSg0E Follow me on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jbadventurer/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jbadventurer tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@jbadventurer Check out my Amazon shop here: https://www.amazon.ca/shop/jimbaird-adventurer?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsfshop_0K9WXSPJMJYHKKWCJ9C5 Buy the Complete Written Works of Jim Baird here: https://www.theadventurer.com/product-page/complete-written-works-of-jim-baird-adventurer Chapters: 0:00 What This Adventure is all about! 0:38 Getting into it! Snowmobiling to our first Fishing Spot (Slip & Fall 😬) 4:00 Sawing a large rectangle in the Ice for "Sight Fishing Ice Fishing" 6:27 Chasing Gold - Landing a Beautiful "Haliburton Gold" at Last Light 8:23 Setting up my canvas wall tent & wood stove in the dark 9:58 Surf & Turf! Moose Steaks, Fresh Trout and my Beer of Choice 11:01 Peaceful Morning at Camp, Bacon & Eggs 🥓 🍳 but -25 🥶 11:39 What North Eats for Breakfast 🦴 🐕 (First Mate's Pacific Ocean) 12:08 Snowmobile Track is Frozen! & How to unstick it 12:55 Big Ride to the First Ice Fishing Spot of the Day & Brook Trout! 14:46 Battle Royal with a BIG Trout! 18:31 Heading across the Lake to a new Brook Trout Spot 20:00 Riding back to our "Sight Fishing Ice Fishing" pop-up shelter 12:02 Surf & Turf Over the Fire, Trout, Deer Tomahawks & Moose Steaks 22:47 Transporting Fire From the Campfire Pit to Tent's Wood Stove 23:13 Early Morning and North is Missing 23:56 Chasing the Trifecta! Rainbow Trout Remains, Can we Catch it? 27:59 Packing up and Final Thoughts on Winter Adventures

Full video 👉 https://youtu.be/_o2XPqq2tiA?si=O5g0rPxI0isdmgVc The best type of axe to bring on a canoe trip is the Hudson Bay Axe. It was traded heavily by the Hudson Bay Company through the fur trade era and was the axe-style of choice for the voyageurs. This one is made by ​⁠Cold Steel Knives@csknives #outdoors #axe #canoecamping #survivalgear