>>1403300Been reading a lot about Canadian voyageurs and frontiersmen lately. They were actually pretty minimal packers just because they had to leave room for tons of furs on their back. The base setup aside from clothes seems to have been:
>a couple thick wool blankets>axe>knife>tin pot (sometimes a pan and/or kettle as well)>matches>compass>rifle + powder and shot>super simple and hardy rations like dried whitefish, bacon, or pemmicanThen they would just make sure to pitch camp well before it got dark so they could dig down into the snow and build a good lean-to and fire. Now, this is super antiquated knowledge these days, but the basis for surviving super cold temps is there. It really wouldn't take much to modernize it.