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Karram, Kerry.
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Cruickshank, Andrew David, 1898-1932.
Rescues -- Arctic regions.
Prospecting -- Canada, Northern -- History -- 20th century
Search and rescue operations.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Canadian.
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Karram, Kerry.
Cruickshank, Andrew David, 1898-1932.
Rescues -- Arctic regions.
Prospecting -- Canada, Northern -- History -- 20th century
Search and rescue operations.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Canadian.
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Four degrees celsius : a story of artic peril /
Kerry
Karram
.
by
Karram
,
Kerry
.
Dundurn Press , 2012.
Call #:
919.8 K188f
Subjects
Cruickshank, Andrew David, 1898-1932.
Rescues -- Arctic regions.
Prospecting -- Canada, Northern -- History -- 20th century
Search and rescue operations.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Canadian.
ISBN:
9781459700512
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220 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"This true story began in August 1929. A group of eight prospectors, led by C.D.H. MacAlpine of the Dominion Explorers, flew into the Arctic in search of mineral wealth. Grossly underequipped, the expedition ran out of fuel and was stranded above the Arctic Circle. Within days, Western Canada Airways sent a rescue team headed by Captain Andy Cruickshank, in what was to become the most extensive aviation search in Canadian history. The searchers encountered trouble: turbulent weather, forced landings, and plane crashes. The prospectors were also struggling, as they waited edgily for freeze-up and the anticipated crossing to Cambridge Bay. While Cruickshank and his team were trying to reconstruct a damaged aircraft, MacAlpine and his men were forced to run more than 112 kilometres on barely frozen ice to arrive at Cambridge Bay, where they still awaited rescue"--Jacket.
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