Now that Christmas is over, and we're waiting for the calendar to say 2016, why don't spend some time and watch some good documentaries on Survival and Prepping? We've found some great documentaries that are freely (and legally) available online.

Do you have any recommendations for free documentaries on prepping or survival? Add a comment below, and we'll add them to the list!

Surviving Alone in Alaska

Heimo Korth is the last man standing in 19 million acres of Alaskan wilderness. His neighbors are polar bears and caribous. Say good bye to civilization and see how they do it in the arctic circle on the last frontier in America.

Surviving in The Siberian Wilderness

In 1936, a family of Russian Old Believers journeyed deep into Siberia's vast taiga to escape persecution and protect their way of life. The Lykovs eventually settled in the Sayan Mountains, 160 miles from any other sign of civilization. In 1944, Agafia Lykov was born into this wilderness. Today, she is the last surviving Lykov, remaining steadfast in her seclusion. In this episode of Far Out, the VICE crew travels to Agafia to learn about her taiga lifestyle and the encroaching influence of the outside world.

World's Most Dangerous: SAS Special Forces

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znuQf3e0pEg

BBC Military Documentary | American's Top Secret Weapons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vk2L39ycLM

DARPA was created in 1958 as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Its purpose was to formulate and execute research and development projects to expand the frontiers of technology and science, with the aim to reach beyond immediate military requirements.[3] The administration was responding to the Soviet launching of Sputnik 1 in 1957, and DARPA's mission was to ensure U.S. military technology be more sophisticated than that of the nation's potential enemies.

Preppers UK: Surviving Armageddon

"Lights Out: The Danger to US Power Grid" - The EMP Threat

Judge Jeanine Pirro investigates the danger posed to Americans' lives, property, and way of life if an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack, a solar flare, or a terrorist attack brings down the US power grid. In this special program Jeanine Pirro interviews Frank Gaffney, former CIA Director James Woolsey, the Wall Street Journal's Rebecca Smith, former SEAL Christopher Heben, Andrea Boland, Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), former Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and other experts on the threat, the consequences, and the need to secure the grid from attacks and shutdown.

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