>
>> a book about a fellow who bailed out of a crippled B-24D east of
>>Fairbanks in December 1943. He was the only survivor and spent 81
>>days out in the wild.
>
>One neighbor and his wife moved up to that area in the 1970's and lived
>there in the bush on the Yukon River for 20 years. Moved to the big city
>(Eagle) because of the kids. Just retired from the NPS Gates of the
>Arctic. Nobody retires and stays in AK.
>
The plane crashed near the Charley River, and the survivor (copilot)
landed about two miles away. The pilot was identified within the last ten
years, and one crewmember is still missing. The copilot survived the winter by
way of a trap line cabin that hadn't been used in years but still had an intact
elevated food cache. Damned interesting story.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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