Winter Survival Exercise
Team Members: Alina Dragan, Eric Buras, Maxwell Heinemann, Umer Mehtab, Areeba
Qureshi, Abhishek Suryawanshi, Delaney Young
Captain: Areeba Qureshi
Overview:
Location: Either North Minnesota or Southern Manitoba
We are not sure of our location because since the pilot was trying to avoid the storm, we
went off planned route. All we know is that we were 80 miles northwest of a small town.
Month: January
Land: Thick woods and broken by many lakes and rivers
Temperature: -25 degrees in the daytime and -40 degrees during the nighttime
Clothes: Men and women are wearing business attire (pants and jackets), street shoes, and
overcoats
Question 1: Decide if you are staying at the crash site or leaving... everyone has to do the
same thing (no splitting up of your group) ... this will play a role in how you rank the items as
a team.
I think that the survivors should stay at the crash site, because they will be easily
traceable by the rescuing team. The air defense will inform the rescue team about the crash, and
they will track black box of the plane.
In order for our team to leave the crash site, we would have to answer yes to the
following questions: are we in good health, are we able to walk for long period of times, will we
survive with the clothes we are wearing, and what type of resources we have as food and water.
