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#1 New York Times bestseller!
Frozen in Time is a gripping true story of survival, bravery, and honor in the vast Arctic wilderness during World War II, from the author of New York Times bestseller Lost in Shangri-La.
On November 5, 1942, a US cargo plane slammed into the Greenland Ice Cap. Four days later, the B-17 assigned to the search-and-rescue mission became lost in a blinding storm and also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on board survived, and the US military launched a daring rescue operation. But after picking up one man, the Grumman Duck amphibious plane flew into a severe storm and vanished.
Frozen in Time tells the story of these crashes and the fate of the survivors, bringing vividly to life their battle to endure 148 days of the brutal Arctic winter, until an expedition headed by famed Arctic explorer Bernt Balchen brought them to safety. Mitchell Zuckoff takes the reader deep into the most hostile environment on earth, through hurricane-force winds, vicious blizzards, and subzero temperatures.
Moving forward to today, he recounts the efforts of the Coast Guard and North South Polar Inc. – led by indefatigable dreamer Lou Sapienza – who worked for years to solve the mystery of the Duck’s last flight and recover the remains of its crew.
A breathtaking blend of mystery and adventure Mitchell Zuckoff’s Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II is also a poignant reminder of the sacrifices of our military personnel and a tribute to the everyday heroism of the US Coast Guard.
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“World War
II remains the mother lode of war adventure stories…Mitchell Zuckoff has found
another one, and what a story it is…This is the stuff of great survivalist
drama, and Zuckoff, a good storyteller, makes the most of it. He is alert to
the arbitrary twists of fate that keep one man alive but not another and has a
good eye for detail that suggests the daily suffering…behind the
larger-than-life heroics. This is not a genre known for literary style, but
Zuckoff’s clear-eyed prose does just what it needs to do—keep up the suspense
and make the pages turn…But what gives the book its weight is his genuine
interest in, and respect for, the men themselves.”—
Washington Post
