Survival Situation -- Then What?

I recently watched this series of videos on YouTube and began to wonder a bit about the days, weeks, and months after a survival situation has come to a close.

If you abandon your vehicle in the desert and successfully walk out do you go back in to find it or is it now lost forever to the sands?

Do you face fines like those unfortunate ice fishermen who lose their vehicles to the bottom of the lake?

What about the costs of a Search and Rescue mission? Do you have some liability?

If you lose a vehicle or gear in a survival situation can you be reimbursed by your insurance?

Anybody out there have any ideas?

Thanks for reading,


B