On June 7th, 1576, English navigator Martin Frobisher [1], seeking a Northwest Passage [2] to the Pacific Ocean [3], departed England, and weeks later he reached Labrador [4] and Baffin Island [5] and discovered the bay that now bears his name [6].
On June 7th, 1776, Richard Henry Lee [7] of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence.
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I heard from my #1 Son that they’ve just added a number of new listings across the central US at SurvivalRealty [8]. A couple of new listings of note:
- Missouri: Multi-family rural getaway [9].
- Texas: Versatile Off-Grid Homestead in San Marcos [10]
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SurvivalBlog Writing Contest
Today we present another entry for Round 107 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [11]. The prizes for this round include:
First Prize:
- The photovoltaic power specialists at Quantum Harvest LLC are providing a store-wide 10% off coupon [12]. Depending on the model chosen, this could be worth more than $2000.
- A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, two, or three-day course [13] (a $1,095 value),
- Two cases of Mountain House freeze-dried assorted entrees [14] in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Made Resources (a $350 value),
- A $250 gift certificate good for any product [15] from Sunflower Ammo,
- American Gunsmithing Institute (AGI) is providing a $300 certificate good towards any of their DVD training courses [16].
- Two sets of The Civil Defense Manual, [17] (in two volumes) — a $193 value — kindly donated by the author, Jack Lawson.
Second Prize:
- A course certificate from onPoint Tactical for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses [18], excluding those restricted for military or government teams. Three-day onPoint courses normally cost $795.
- A SIRT STIC AR-15/M4 Laser Training Package, courtesy of Next Level Training, that has a combined retail value of $679
- A $300 gift certificate from Good2Goco.com [19], good for any of their products: Home freeze dryers, pressure canners, Country Living grain mills, Emergency Essentials foods, and much more.
- Two 1,000-foot spools of full mil-spec U.S.-made 750 paracord [20] (in-stock colors only) from www.TOUGHGRID.com (a $240 value).
- Two Super Survival Pack seed collections [21], a $150 value, courtesy of Seed for Security, LLC,
- A transferable $150 FRN purchase credit from Elk Creek Company [22], toward the purchase of any pre-1899 antique gun. There is no paperwork required for delivery of pre-1899 guns into most states, making them the last bastion of firearms purchasing privacy!
Third Prize:
- Three sets each [23] of made-in-USA regular and wide-mouth reusable canning lids. (This is a total of 300 lids and 600 gaskets.) This prize is courtesy of Harvest Guard (a $270 value)
- A Royal Berkey water filter, courtesy of [24] Directive 21 (a $275 value),
- Montana Survival Seed [25] is providing a $225 gift code for any items on its website, including organic non-GMO seeds, fossils, 1812-1964 US silver, jewelry, botany books, and Montana beeswax.
- A transferable $150 FRN purchase credit from Elk Creek Company [22], toward the purchase of any pre-1899 antique gun.
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More than $800,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. We recently polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics [26]. Refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic. Round 107 ends on July 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail [27] us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging.