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Author:

Zuckoff, Mitchell.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Harper,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

391 pages.

Subject:

United States.--Army Air Forces--Search and rescue operations.
World War, 1939-1945--Search and rescue operations--Greenland.
Airplane crash survival--Greenland.
Greenland--History, Military--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-376) and index.

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 survived. 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.

ISBN:

0062269372
9780062269379

LCCN:

2012532376

Locations:

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)

BLPC611 -- Earlham Public Library (Earlham)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

8USX522 -- Lone Tree Community School (Lone Tree)

GCPC771 -- Mitchellville Public Library (Mitchellville)

LEPI975 -- Woodbury County Library (Moville)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

NVPB663 -- Riceville Public Library (Riceville)