Survival Without Shelter offers a comprehensive guide to surviving extreme weather conditions using only natural resources. It focuses on understanding weather patterns, mastering natural shelter construction, and regulating body temperature, critical skills when modern gear is unavailable.

The book blends historical survival techniques with modern science, showing how knowledge and adaptability are keys to transforming a potentially fatal situation into a manageable one. The book uniquely details how to forecast weather using natural indicators and construct shelters like debris huts and snow caves. It examines the principles of heat transfer and explains how to use the environment to prevent hypothermia and hyperthermia.

Organized into three sections, the book first establishes survival psychology and weather forecasting. It then progresses to shelter construction, and concludes with temperature regulation techniques, supported by research and case studies.