In this thrilling, true-life adventure, Mitchell Zuckoff offers a spellbinding account of a November 1942 B-17 search-and-rescue mission -- the harrowing crashes and the fate of the survivors and their would-be saviors at the Greenland Ice Cap. The author also recounts the efforts of the Coast Guard and North South Polar Inc. in 2012 to recover the remains of its crew.

Greenland -- "A mother that devours her children" -- Flying in milk -- The duck hunter -- A shallow turn -- Man down -- A light in the darkness -- The holy grail -- Short snorters -- Frozen tears -- "Don't try it" -- "MOs--Quick!" -- Taps -- Glacier worms -- Shooting out the lights -- Snublebluss -- Outwitting the Arctic -- Shitbags -- Dumbo on ice -- Iceholes -- Crossed wires -- The Ten-meter anomaly -- "Some plan in this world" -- Down to the wire -- After Greenland.