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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Johansen, Michael, 1962-     Subjects     Winters, Burton, -2012 -- Death and burial.     Winters, Burton, -2012.     Teenage boys -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.     Search and rescue operations -- Political aspects -- Newfoundland and Labrador.     Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Johansen, Michael, 1962-       by title:      The boy who walked :...       by call number:      971.8205 J65b     Search the Web     Johansen, Michael, 1962-     Winters, Burton, -2012 -- Death and burial.     Winters, Burton, -2012.     Teenage boys -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.     Search and rescue operations -- Political aspects -- Newfoundland and Labrador.     Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.       MARC Display

The boy who walked : the death of Burton Winters and the politics of search and rescue / Michael Friis Johansen. by Johansen, Michael, 1962- Boulder Pub., c2013. Call #: 971.8205 J65b Subjects Winters, Burton, -2012 -- Death and burial.   Winters, Burton, -2012.   Teenage boys -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.   Search and rescue operations -- Political aspects -- Newfoundland and Labrador.   Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography. ISBN:  9781927099247 (pbk.) Description:  206 p. ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-206). Summary:  "On January 29, 2012, 14-year-old Burton Winters left the small Labrador town of Makkovik on his snowmobile. Traveling alone on the treacherous sea ice, his machine became stuck on the vast, featureless expanse. Lost, but determined to find his way home, Burton walked 19 kilometres through blinding snow before hypothermia took his life. It took four days for searchers to locate the youth's body--far too long for anyone to be exposed on the ice. Errors were made in the crucial first hours and days of the search, errors that speak to frightening shortcomings in Canada's Search and Rescue system. In the wake of Burton Winters tragic death, journalist Michael Friis Johansen investigates what went wrong--communication breakdowns, questionable protocols, inter-governmental squabbling, and disrepair of key lifesaving equipment--and what should happen to make Canada's wilderness and coastline safer for all. The Boy Who Walked is Burton Winters story: his life, his community, his final days, and his lasting legacy." -- Back cover. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 971.8205 J65b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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