81 Days Below Zero

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by Brian Murphy


  Search for Iceberg Inez, 37–39, 50–51

  odds of rescue, 27–30

  Selfridge, Thomas, 210–211

  Service, Robert W., 145, 167

  Shackleton, Ernest, 146

  Shpola (Ukraine), 82, 85

  Sibert, James B., 152

  discovery of body, 213

  fate of, 23, 54, 113

  flight preparation and, 15–16, 17, 18

  interment of remains, 216

  Sibert, Margaret, 197

  Situational awareness logs, 194

  6th Depot Repair Squadron, 13

  Skookum, 190

  Slaven, Frank, 186

  Sledges, 137, 141, 142, 145, 147, 148, 168–169

  Smith, “Mudhole,” 41

  Smith, Valentine “Woodchopper,” 185–186

  Smoke signaling, 72

  Snow, thirst and, 61

  Snowshoes, 141, 184

  Soviets

  in Fairbanks, 122–124

  spy rumors regarding, 123–124

  Soviet Union, Lend-Lease program with United States, 12, 117–122

  Spirit of St. Louis (airplane), 81

  Squamish winds, 172

  SS Ben Lomond, 31

  SS Illinois, 77–78

  Starvation, loss of mental acuity and, 90. See also Hunger

  Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 126

  Stevens Village (Alaska), 41

  Stevinson, Harry, 29

  Stewart, Jimmy, 55

  Stinson V77 plane, 191, 195

  Sugden, Leonard, 167

  Survival, psychology of, 145–148

  Survival stories, 30–31

  Survivor’s guilt, Crane and, 217–218

  Tanana River (Alaska), 37, 64, 100, 101, 139

  Test crews, for military flights, 12

  Thanksgiving menu, at Ladd Field, 64

  Thirst, snow and, 61

  Tintina Fault, 173

  Titanic (ship), 77

  “To Build a Fire” (London), 71

  Trans Alaska Corporation, 40–41

  Transcendentalists, 69–71

  Trappers, 181

  Treasure Island (film), 40

  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Verne), 126

  Twin Mountain (Alaska), 143

  U-boat attacks, 51–52, 55

  Umnak (Alaska), 47

  United States

  Lend-Lease program with Soviet Union, 12, 117–124

  Manhattan Project, 123

  U.S. Army Dirigible Balloon No. 1, 211

  US military

  aviation program (see Military aviation)

  B-24 Liberator and, 58

  counteroffensive for Attu, 49–50

  letters to families regarding crash, 152

  propaganda efforts, 49

  study of Far North survival techniques, 90

  University of Alaska, 39

  University of Pennsylvania, 83

  USS Monitor, 112

  Vacuum selector valves, 203

  Vertical stabilizers, 202

  Vietnam, search for MIAs, 111

  Vitamin A poisoning, 146–147

  Wada, Jujiro, 133

  Washington-Alaska Bank, 101

  Weeks Field (Alaska), 42

  Welch, Jack, 186–187

  Welch, Kate, 186–187

  Wenz, Carol, 216

  Wenz, Ralph, 152

  airfield named after, 216

  crash and, 21, 23

  discovery of body, 213

  failure to make last radio call, 28–29, 201

  fate of, 113

  flight preparation and, 16

  radio contact with Ladd Field, 18

  Western Union telegrams, 73–76

  Wheeler, Burton, 118

  White, John, 123–124

  White, Sam O., 40

  White Pass Trail, 167

  Wickersham, James, 101, 186

  Wien, Noel, 181

  Wien, Ralph, 40

  Wien Alaska, 181, 188, 191

  Wilderness survival, enemies of, 89–90

  Wilkins, Hubert, 126

  Williwaws, 171–172

  Willow Run Aircraft Factory, 56–57, 59

  Windmilling, 14

  Winds, 144, 174

  williwaws, 171–172

  Wiseman (Alaska), 41

  Wolf packs, 143

  Women’s Army Corps, 121

  Woodchopper (Alaska), 106, 131, 134, 185–191

  Woodchopper Creek, 131, 185

  dredge mining on, 134–135

  Woodchopper Roadhouse, 185–188

  World War I, end of immigration wave, 79–80

  World War II

  Alaska and, 11–13

  Allied progress in, 136

  cold weather gear, 8

  development of new technologies for war, 55

  JPAC and, 111–112

  Lend-Lease program, 12, 117–124

  missing in action, 2, 112

  WP (cold-weather survivor), 34–35

  Wright, Orville, 210–211

  Wright Field (Ohio), 84

  Yega, 68

  Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, exploration of Iceberg Inez crash site, 53–54, 59–60

  Yukon River, as reference point, 26

  Yukon Sun (newspaper), 133

  Zero fighters, 55

 

 

 


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