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**__From the acclaimed author whose beloved books inspired the hit television show,__ The Deadliest Catch, __comes a thrilling true adventure tale in the Alaskan seas__**A Malaysian cargo ship on its way from Seattle, Washington to China ran aground off the coast of western Alaska's Aleutian Islands on December 8, 2004 during a brutal storm, leading to one of the most incredible Coast Guard rescue missions of all time. Two Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopters lifted off immediately from Air Station Kodiak during the driving storm in an effort to rescue the ship's eighteen crew members before it broke apart and sank in the freezing waters. Nine of the crew were lifted from the ship and dropped aboard a nearby Coast Guard cutter. But during attempts to save the last eight crew members, one of the Jayhawks was engulfed by a rogue wave that broke over the bow of the ship. When its engines flamed out from ingesting water, the Jayhawk crashed into the sea. The seven crew members from the ship who had been hoisted into the aircraft, along with the chopper's three-man crew, plunged into the bitterly cold ocean where hypothermia began to set in immediately. Interviewing all the surviving partici

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Author

Spike Walker

Publisher

St. Martin's Publishing Group

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312286347

Category

history

Subjects

Anthropology, Fiction, Nature

Rating

3.79 / 5 (231 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14