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Four Degrees Celsius A Story of Arctic Peril

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ISBN-10: 1459700511

ISBN-13: 9781459700512

Edition: 2012

Authors: Kerry Karram

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This true story begins in August 1929. A group of eight prospectors, led by C.D.H. MacAlpine of 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 Andy Cruickshank, on the most extensive aviation search in Canadian history. However, these men encountered trouble: turbulent weather, forced landings, and plane crashes.Reduced to a diet of sled dogs' food, the prospectors waited edgily for freeze-up and the anticipated walk across sea ice to a trading post at Cambridge Bay, while Cruickshank's team tried to…    
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Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Natural Heritage/Natural History, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/21/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 8.50" wide x 5.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

Kerry Karram, in 2008, found her grandfather's diary inside a worn, dusty envelope. Her grandfather was Andy Cruickshank, and his diary chronicled the most extensive aviation search and rescue in Canadian history. Kerry loves the great outdoors, particularly the North, and the slopes of Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver is where she calls home.

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Maps
Leaving for the Barrens
Preparations for the Search
Grounded by Weather
Moving Northward
Crash of G-CASQ
Peril on Ice
Arrival at Cambridge Bay
Evacuation Planning
Airborne to Fort Reliance
Two More Planes Down
A Crowded Journey Home
Epilogue
Appendix The People Involved
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author