Frozen in time : an epic story of survival and a modern quest for lost heroes of World War II

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Label

Frozen in time : an epic story of survival and a modern quest for lost heroes of World War II

Title remainder

an epic story of survival and a modern quest for lost heroes of World War II

Statement of responsibility

Mitchell Zuckoff

Creator

• Zuckoff, Mitchell

Subject

• Aircraft accidents -- Greenland
• Greenland -- Search and rescue operations
• United States, Army Air Forces -- Search and rescue operations
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American

Language

eng

Summary

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

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

940

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography