Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-543)

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Frozen in time

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

813911753

Responsibility statement

Mitchell Zuckoff

Sub title

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

Summary

On November 5, 1942, a U.S. cargo plane on a routine flight slammed into the Greenland ice cap. Four days later, a B-17 on the search-and-rescue mission became lost in a blinding storm and also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on the B-17 survived. The U.S. military launched a second daring rescue operation, but the Grumman Duck amphibious plane sent to find the men flew into a severe storm and vanished. Mitchell Zuckoff offers a spellbinding account of these harrowing disasters and the fate of the survivors and their would-be saviors. Frozen in Time places us at the center of a group of valiant airmen fighting to stay alive through 148 days of a brutal Arctic winter by sheltering from subzero temperatures and vicious blizzards in the tail section of the broken B-17 until an expedition headed by famed Arctic explorer Bernt Balchen attempts to bring them to safety. But that is only part of the story. In present-day Greenland, Zuckoff joins the U.S. Coast Guard and North South Polar -- a company led by the indefatigable dreamer Lou Sapienza, who worked for years to solve the mystery of the Duck's last flight -- on a dangerous expedition to recover the remains of the lost plane's crew

Table Of Contents

The Duck -- Greenland -- "A mother that devours her children" -- Flying in milk -- The duck hunter -- Man down -- A light in the darkness -- The holy grail -- Short snorters -- Frozen tears -- "Don't try it" -- "MOs-- quick!" -- Taps -- Glacier worms -- Shooting out the lights -- Snublebluss -- Outwitting the Arctic -- Shitbags -- Dumbo on ice -- Iceholes -- Crossed wires -- The ten-meter anomaly -- "Some plan in this world" -- Down to the wire -- After Greenland

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