I am going to tell you all a stoty that will captivate you totaly.It will take me a few weeks to tell this story so please bear with me.It would be nice if no one replied to it untill it is over.I promise to write some of it every day. Here I go, please enjoy.
High on the coast of Labrador,the icy waters of snow fed streams flow to meet the sea through the steep, rocky walls of Saglek fjord.Between June and October they flow, but for the remainder of the year all exposed water is frozen, often to the depths of several feet.Archaeologists have uncovered the residue of ancient residents who hunted and fished the waters of the fjord as early as 2580 B.C. Their stone hearth, with charcol still intact, has been uncoverd on Rose Island in the mouth of the bay.
Today a small U.S. Air Force converted radar site houses a tropospheric comminications link to the northmost outposts of our hemispheric defence systems.From the steep hieghts,U.S. contractor maintenance personal overlook the vast stretches of frozen tundra and infrequently visible blue green of the Atlantic.On a flat stretch of this barren land, at the base of the steep bluff now crowned by a radome and the concave billboard antennas of the site, our story finds a setting.No more than fifty yards from the present runway site, lie the weatherd remains of a B26 medium bomber of World War II VINTAGE.
On 30 November 1942, the 18oo foot cliff overlooking the ocean and Saglek Bay witnessed the beginning of a tragedy.Although only a few miles from an Eskimo village, none of the crew walked out.On December 23, three members started south in a boat that was part of the aircrafts emergency gear. They were never seen again.The remaining crewmen stayed with the downed plane,existing for months in sub zero temperatures in the belief that help would arrive. The diary of the B26 pilot has been retained intact, the last entry added in February 1943.
The story begins at Bw1, Greenland, as the long arctic winter has shortened the days and winter is closing in as the seven man crew awaits clearance for the flight home.First stop Goose Bay Labrador.
High on the coast of Labrador,the icy waters of snow fed streams flow to meet the sea through the steep, rocky walls of Saglek fjord.Between June and October they flow, but for the remainder of the year all exposed water is frozen, often to the depths of several feet.Archaeologists have uncovered the residue of ancient residents who hunted and fished the waters of the fjord as early as 2580 B.C. Their stone hearth, with charcol still intact, has been uncoverd on Rose Island in the mouth of the bay.
Today a small U.S. Air Force converted radar site houses a tropospheric comminications link to the northmost outposts of our hemispheric defence systems.From the steep hieghts,U.S. contractor maintenance personal overlook the vast stretches of frozen tundra and infrequently visible blue green of the Atlantic.On a flat stretch of this barren land, at the base of the steep bluff now crowned by a radome and the concave billboard antennas of the site, our story finds a setting.No more than fifty yards from the present runway site, lie the weatherd remains of a B26 medium bomber of World War II VINTAGE.
On 30 November 1942, the 18oo foot cliff overlooking the ocean and Saglek Bay witnessed the beginning of a tragedy.Although only a few miles from an Eskimo village, none of the crew walked out.On December 23, three members started south in a boat that was part of the aircrafts emergency gear. They were never seen again.The remaining crewmen stayed with the downed plane,existing for months in sub zero temperatures in the belief that help would arrive. The diary of the B26 pilot has been retained intact, the last entry added in February 1943.
The story begins at Bw1, Greenland, as the long arctic winter has shortened the days and winter is closing in as the seven man crew awaits clearance for the flight home.First stop Goose Bay Labrador.