Death and Deliverance

The alarm was raised at military rescue centres across North America in 1991. A Canadian CC-130 Hercules military transport aircraft had crashed into the Pole. This book explores both the massive logistics of the most northerly air rescue ever mounted and the subtle stirrings of the human heart.

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The urgent alarm was raised at military rescue centres across North America on 30th October 1991. A Canadian CC-130 Hercules military transport aircraft carrying people had crashed into the most isolated habitat in the world, the last ice-blasted spit of land before the Pole, 450 nautical miles to the north. As a fierce Arctic blizzard set in, pushing the temperature to near -70c, survivors and rescuers alike found themselves in a life-and-death battle against the elements. This book explores both the massive logistics of the most northerly air rescue ever mounted and the subtle stirrings of the human heart.