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Death and Deliverance: The True Story of an Airplane Crash at the North Pole

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The author does an outstanding job at offer the details of survival in the north. I lived in Trenton for many years and know some of the people mentioned. It is embarassing as a Canadian to see how ill equiped we are and what we make our troops do with so little to work with.

The rescue part in the book was a bit abrupt and final...perhaps he could have offered more insight to the final rescue moments.

"Death and Deliverance" by Robert Mason Lee tells the ture story of crash of a CC-130 Hercules that crashes near the Nole Pole. Even though they are a few miles from the base, they were forced to spend hours in the cold waiting and hoping to be recsue. The books also tells the of the would be rescuers were fighting the elements to reach the survivers. The movie "Ordeal in the Arctic" is based on this book and I can say the the book was much better. Mr. Lee is able bring out the stories from the crash victims to those risked their lives to save them. This is a great story about in the fact of death the human spirit doesn't give up, no matter the odds.

A thrilling story how just real life can write it. Realistic to the bone with these magic moments which you cannot explain. They just happen and everybody has its own idea what it was for. This book enriches your world of symbols and you learn about the (protection-?) function of phantasy in extreme situations. The book is full of very personal ways to death and back to life. Lots of details make it to more than a "light at the end of the tunnel story". All this is framed by the technical world of the search and rescue schemes with its todays heros: The people of the rescue squads. These storyline let the reader rest after the emotional parts of personal (the main characters) hardship. Both storylines together build up the enormous suspense of this book. To the author: Good, very sensitive recherche realisticly narrated. Perfect for this story.+++ Thanks to all the people who added their for sure not very pleasant memories to make this book possible +++