Ordeal in the Arctic
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| Genre | Drama |
| Based on |
Death and Deliverance: The True Story of an Airplane Crash at the North Pole by Robert Mason Lee |
| Written by | Robert Mason Lee (nonfiction book "Death and Deliverance") Paul F. Edwards (as Paul Edwards) |
| Directed by | Mark Sobel |
| Starring |
Richard Chamberlain Catherine Mary Stewart Melanie Mayron Scott Hylands Page Fletcher |
| Music by | Amin Bhatia |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Ronald I. Cohen David R. Ginsburg Robert Lantos |
| Producer(s) |
R.B. Carney Jeff King Wayne Stuart |
| Cinematography | Miklós Lente |
| Editor(s) | Allan Lee |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Alliance Communications Corporation Citadel Provocative Pictures |
| Distributor | ABC |
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| Original network | ABC |
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Ordeal in the Arctic is a television film written by Paul F. Edwards and directed by Mark Sobel. The film stars Richard Chamberlain, Catherine Mary Stewart, Melanie Mayron, Scott Hylands and Page Fletcher.
The accident that Ordeal in the Arctic depicted, occurred on October 30, 1991, when Canadian Forces Lockheed CC-130E Hercules (130322), from 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron (a part of Operation Boxtop 22), was flying from Edmonton, Alberta via Thule Air Base, Greenland on a bi-annual resupply mission to Canadian Forces Station Alert. At night, while on final approach to the airstrip, the pilot apparently was flying by sight rather than relying on instruments. The aircraft struck a rocky slope and crashed on Ellesmere Island, approximately 16 km (9.9 miles) short of the runway, resulting in the death of four of the 18 passengers and crew. Subsequent rescue efforts by personnel from CFS Alert, USAF personnel from Thule AB and CF personnel from 440 Squadron, CFB Edmonton, Alberta, and Trenton, Ontario, were hampered by a blizzard and local terrain. The pilot died of exposure while awaiting rescue.
While heading to Alert in the far north on October 30, 1991, pilot Captain John Couch (Richard Chamberlain) misjudges his altitude and crashes 10 miles from the base. Master Corporal Roland Pitre (Blair Haynes), the loadmaster, is the first to die while three others also do not survive the impact: Warrant Officer Robert Grimsley (Larry Yachimec), Master Warrant Officer Tom Jardine (Nathan Fillion) and Captain Judy Trépanier (Cecily A. Adams).
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