Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for the Lost Heroes of World War II

FrozeninTimeisagrippingtruestoryofsurvival,bravery,andhonorinthevastArcticwildernessduringWorldWarII,fromtheauthorofNewYorkTimesbestsellerLostinShangri-La.OnNovember5,1942,aUScargoplaneslammedintotheGreenlandIceCap.Fourdayslater,theB-17assignedtothesearch-and-rescuemissionbecamelostinablindingstormandalsocrashed.Miraculously,allninemenonboardsurvived,andtheUSmilitarylaunchedadaringrescueoperation.Butafterpickinguponeman,theGrummanDuckamphibiousplaneflewintoaseverestormandvanished.FrozeninTimetellsthestoryofthesecrashesandthefateofthesurvivors,bringingvividlytolifetheirbattletoendure148daysofthebrutalArcticwinter,untilanexpeditionheadedbyfamedArcticexplorerBerntBalchenbroughtthemtosafety.MitchellZuckofftakesthereaderdeepintothemosthostileenvironmentonearth,throughhurricane-forcewinds,viciousblizzards,andsubzerotemperatures.Movingforwardtotoday,herecountstheeffortsoftheCoastGuardandNorthSouthPolarInc.–ledbyindefatigabledreamerLouSapienza–whoworkedforyearstosolvethemysteryoftheDuck’slastflightandrecovertheremainsofitscrew.AbreathtakingblendofmysteryandadventureMitchellZuckoff'sFrozeninTime：AnEpicStoryofSurvivalandaModernQuestforLostHeroesofWorldWarIIisalsoapoignantreminderofthesacrificesofourmilitarypersonnelandatributetotheeverydayheroismoftheUSCoastGuard.