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Sources

• Bicevskis, Rob. "Fire From Ice." wildwoodsurvival.com, 2007. http://wildwoodsurvival.com/survival/fire/ice/rb/rbfirefromice1.html
• " How to make a fire in the wilderness." wilderness-survival-skills.com, 2007. http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/how-to-make-a-fire.html
• "Fire from a Can of Coke and a Chocolate Bar." wildwoodsurvival.com, 2007. http://wildwoodsurvival.com/survival/fire/cokeandchocolatebar/
• "Fire." survivaliq.com, 2007. http://www.survivaliq.com/survival/cold-weather-survival_s8.htm
• "Fire." wilderness-survival.net, 2007. http://www.wilderness-survival.net/cold-8.php
• "How to build a Fire." wilderness-survival.net, 2007. http://www.wilderness-survival.net/fire-4.php
• "How to Start a Fire." nationalgeographic.com, 2007. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pathtoadventure/handbook/
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