Andr�-Fran�ois Bourbeau is professor emeritus at the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi where he taught for over 30 years in the Outdoor Adventure Program he co-founded. He also founded and directed the university’s outdoor research laboratory. Bourbeau lives in the Saguenay region of Quebec.
LES STROUD is the author of Survive! and Will to Live . An expert survivalist, Les is also an award-winning filmmaker and singer-songwriter and the creator of the television shows Survivorman and Beyond Survival . A member of the prestigious Explorers Club, he has produced, hosted, and appeared in many television specials, including Shark Week's 20th Anniversary , Surviving Alaska and Off the Grid with Les Stroud . Visit him online at www.lesstroud.ca or on Facebook or follow him on Twitter @reallesstroud.