Frozen In Time An Epic Story Of Survival And A Modern Quest For The Lost Heroes Of World War Ii

Frozen In Time An Epic Story Of Survival And A Modern Quest For The Lost Heroes Of World War Ii

2013 • 391 pages

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In Nov. 1942 a U.S. cargo plane crashed into the Greenland ice cap, the B-17 sent on the search-and-rescue mission got caught in a storm and also crashed, miraculously all nine men aboard surrived. A second rescue operation was launched, but the plane, the Grumman Duck, flew into a storm and vanished. The survivors of the B-17 spent 148 days fighting to stay alive while waiting for rescue by famed explorer Bernt Balchen. Then in 2012 the U.S. Coast Guard and North South Polar mount an expedition to solve the mystery of the vanished plane and recover the remains of the lost plane's crew.

This book tells the story and fate of the survivors of a 1942 B-17 crash as they spent 148 days fighting to stay alive while waiting for rescue by famed explorer Bernt Balchen. The text contains profanity.

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Good story, good narrative style, interesting topic. Will make a good unintentional trilogy with “The Worst Journey in the World” and ...?

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