81 Days Below Zero : : the Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness
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"Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a test flight. Only one ever returned: Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with little more than a parachute on his back when he bailed from his B-24 Liberator before it crashed into the Arctic. Alone in subzero temperatures, Crane managed to stay alive in the dead of the Yukon winter for nearly twelve weeks and, amazingly, walked out of the ordeal intact. 81 Days Below Zero recounts, for the first time, the full story of Crane's remarkable saga. In a drama of staggering resolve with moments of phenomenal luck, Crane learned to survive in the Yukon's unforgiving landscape. His is a tale of the human capacity to endure extreme conditions and intense loneliness--and emerge stronger than before. "-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, 2015.
Year Published: 2015
Description: x, 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780306823282
0306823284
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Vlahou, Toula,
SUBJECTS
Crane, Leon, -- 1919-2002.
Air pilots, Military -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
Airplane crash survival -- Alaska.
Wilderness survival -- Alaska.
B-24 (Bomber) -- Accidents -- Alaska.
Aeronautics, Military -- Accidents -- Alaska.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Alaska.