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Ordeal in the Arctic (1993)

Danish title: Helvede i polarkulden

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 96min. (1h. 36min.)

Language: English

My rating: Not Yet Rated

Cast: (36 - show/hide all)

Richard Chamberlain...Captain John Couch
Catherine Mary Stewart...Captain Wilma De Groot
Melanie Mayron...Susan 'Sue' Hillier
Scott Hylands...Fred Ritchie
Page Fletcher...Lieutenant Joe Bales
Christopher Bolton...Lieutenant Michael 'Mike' Moore
Richard McMillan...Unname character
Tom Butler...Arnie Macauley
Per Aabel...Unname character
Robert Clinton...Sergeant Paul West

Crew:

Mark Sobel
...Direction
Paul F. Edwards
...Script
Amin Bhatia
...Music

Plot:

Everybody expected military flight Boxtop 22 from Thule into the vast frozen wilderness of Canada's North Western territories to be boring routine, but in a matter of minutes a crash reduces Gulf War veteran pilot Captain John Couch's crew and passengers to ever-growing despair. First they consider themselves relatively lucky as 14 out of 18 aboard are alive, including Captain Wilma De Groot, a medical doctor, but as time progresses the merciless cold makes it seem hopeless to check on Bob and Sue, who cannot be moved near the only campfire, while rescue attempts on land from Alert ('only' about 10 miles) and by air from Edmonton (8 hours flying) take no less then 32 hours to reach the plane wreck...
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