“He Should Have Died At Least 81 Times!”

(Part II of IV)

He Shouldn’t Be Alive:  Here’s the continuation of a TRUE Alaskan wilderness survival story that should have been made into a Hollywood movie.

24) How To Drink Water:  Again 1^st Lt. Crane used the frozen river to CAREFULLY travel across the frozen Alaskan wilderness (see 58) Checking Ice Thickness).

When he found water percolating up through a small opening in the frozen ice, he just didn’t walk over with his full weight and start drinking the super cold water.

1^st Lt. Crane carefully spread his body weight over the ice and inched his way towards the percolating water source.  He inched his way forward using his mukluks to grab and carefully slide him forward over the ice.  Reaching the water source, he then licked-up the water like a critter.

This way if the ice showed any signs of starting to give way (sounds, cracking,…) he could back-up without putting his full weight on the patch of weakened ice layer and escape the ice trap.

He drank till he was almost full.  He didn’t know when he’d find his next water source.  Plus, a full stomach of water helped to offset his hunger for food.

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25) Mind-Over-Matter:  When 1^st Lt. Crane lapped at the super cold water.  He’d pretend he was tasting one his most favorite desserts – a milkshake.  It WORKED, but only for a few seconds.

He actually tricked his tastebuds into tasting a delicious milkshake.  It had him escape his super freezing Alaskan trap for a few seconds.  See Note below.

And I can definitely relate to Crane’s Mind-Over-Matter Application.  I did the same exact thing except with a grape soda.  Read my own Mind-Over-Matter Application – “Author’s 1st Mind-Over-Matter Experience” in my Survival Book below:

https://www.survivalexpertblog.com/52-survival-books/

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1^st Lt. Crane also did another Mind-Over-Matter Application, ‘he talked to himself.’  He talked to himself to:

• Think things out
• Assure himself
• Debate over possible survival actions
• Fight loneliness

1^st Note:  In honor of 1^st Lt. Leon Crane, the crew of the Iceberg Inez and all World War II vets and our Allies, on 17 May 2021 (Monday), I’m going to Dairy Queen and order a Strawberry Milkshake.  And for the entire month of June 2021, each week, I’m going to order more strawberry milkshakes.

2^nd Note:  I kept my promise.  Yesterday (17 May 2021), I had a DELICIOUS Dairy Queen (DQ) strawberry milkshake.  1^st week of June 2021, I got another DQ strawberry milkshake.  I’ll carry-on with my promise the next 03 weeks of June 2021.

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26) Keeping Occupied:  Keeping occupied has great benefits in a survival situation.  Keeping occupied fights off the 02 Greatest Enemies of Survival – FEAR & PANIC.

1^st Lt. Crane conducted the following activities during his 81-days of ‘deep freeze’ survival:

• Constructed a layer of bedding for his sleeping area
• Collected tinder and driftwood for fires
• Observing and learning Alaskan weather
• Constructed S O S signals
• Searching for water sources
• Searching for signs of small & big game
• Searching for signs of natives
• Searching for man-made structures
• Searching for predators (wolves)
• Searching for food (vegetation)
• Testing his trekking path for thin ice
• Constant rest stops
• Searching for RONs (Rest Over Night)
• Periodic ‘Hibernations’ (02 – 03 days)
• Hunting small game
• Constructing a sledge (toboggin) with harness
• Packing found supplies
• Constructing a rucksack
• Constantly planning next day activities

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27) Art of Suffering:  Since the 1990s, I’ve talked about the Art of Suffering many many times throughout my Newsletters, Survival Books, Blog Posts,…  The Art of Suffering is simply putting yourself out there in bad weather and tolerating it hundreds of times.

You’re being weathered.  Overtime, the bad weather (hot, cold,…) doesn’t affect you like most people.  Instead of coming in from the bad weather, you stay out there and suck it up.

Native American Indians were absolute experts at the Art of Suffering.  So were aboriginal tribes, bushmen, nomads,… throughout the world.  In these modern times, most people (99.999%) are fragile creatures of comfort and have no inkling of the Art of Suffering.  Some military personnel have learned the Art of Suffering like Special Operations soldiers and Infantry soldiers.

In my humble opinion, 1^st Lt. Leon Crane didn’t know it, but he was being immersed in the Art of Suffering.  Between the Art of Suffering his Mind-Over-Matter and being Acclimatized, and a helping of extreme stubbornness & luck, 1^st Lt. Leon Crane beat the odds about a billion to one.

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28) 1960 Semi-Starvation Study:  In early 1960, an American study was conducted on Semi-Starvation using human participants.  The Semi-Starvation study found:

• Calorie burn increased especially in a cold environment
• Participants lost a daily average of 03-pounds
• Blood volume decreased
• Blood plasma decreased
• Red blood cells decreased
• Serum electrolytes decreased
• Muscle function decreased
• Salt levels drop
• Body begins cramping
• Memory deteriorates
• Lack of concern over mental tasks
• Lack of concern over physical tasks

The 1960 Semi-Starvation Study found very healthy men dropped to a level of “very poor condition.”  The study also found that the participants minds were ‘moving towards surrender.’

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29) What The Heck To Eat:  1^st Lt. Crane had no problems with water sources for super cold drinking water.  But finding food sources was another problem.

You must see:

• 30) Squirrel Vittles
• 31) Ptarmigan Vittles
• 34) The 3 Threes

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30) Squirrel Vittles:  Red squirrels were dominant in 1^st Lt. Crane’s survival region.  The Red Squirrel were very difficult to capture.  He tried:

• Clubbing them
• Spearing them
• Grabbing them
• Bow and Arrow
• Sling Shot
• Throwing Rocks

The Red Squirrels were just too quick no matter what he tried.  At one point, he shouted at the Red Squirrels – “You little bastards.”

Not until 1^st Lt. Crane found Berail’s cabin did his luck turn around BIG TIME.  He found a .22 caliber rifle with ammunition.  And 1^st Lt. Crane got his revenge on those tasty “little bastards.”

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31) Ptarmigan Vittles:  There are 03 species of ptarmigan birds in Alaska.  They are the:

• Willow Ptarmigan (Alaska’s State Bird – 1955)
• Rock Ptarmigan
• White-Tailed Ptarmigan

Ptarmigan birds weigh-in about 01 to 02 pounds.  When 1^st Lt. Crane discovered the .22 caliber rifle with ammunition, this was his life-saving ticket to getting food – ptarmigan birds.

He initially butchered (screwed-up field dressing) his 1^st ptarmigan bird he shot, but he got better at dressing the birds real quick.  The key was to dress them before they froze solid.  Cooking-up the tasty bird, he ate just about everything to include the crispy cooked bones.

On one hunting trip, 1^st Lt. Crane dressed a ptarmigan bird.  He discovered the bird’s stomach was full of reddish vegetation.  So he reconned the area and about ¼-mile away, found the same feeding spot, the vegetation the ptarmigan bird was feeding on.  And guess what he observed?  A bunch more ptarmigan birds.  His private shooting gallery!

1^st Lt. Crane collected the hearts and livers of the ptarmigan birds and added them to his evening stews.  See White-Tailed Ptarmigan in this Survival Book.

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32) Ptarmigan Vittles Again:  On this day, 1^st Lt. Crane figured there was a few hours of daylight before it got dark.  So he left his tent and supplies and reconned the grove nearby.  Jackpot!  A chunky ptarmigan was eating.  He took aim with his .22 caliber rifle and hit it.

The ptarmigan bird was plucked, dressed and skewered over a small fire.  The tasty bird fried to a crispy brown.  1^st Lt. Crane ate everything to include the bones.

After eating his ptarmigan dinner, he estimated he survived 71-days so far in the Alaskan wilderness.

See White-Tailed Ptarmigan in this Survival Book.

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33) Moss Vittles:  Back then, the military survival manual stated:  “you can consume anything green that animals eat as long as it doesn’t have an intense bitter tase.”

1^st Lt. Crane wanted food.  He noticed patches of moss poking out from underneath the snow.  He took a branch and started hacking away at the snow, digging to the frozen ground.  He reached the frozen ground that held the green moss.  He pulled-up a handful of green moss and placed it in his mouth.

The green moss was almost tasteless.  He chewed it and it kept its soggy glob consistency.  He swallowed a little bit and it stuck in his throat.  Gagging, he tried to wash it down with some snow.  He quickly concluded, eating moss was not an option.

MOST IMPORTANT NOTE:  In my humble opinion, 1^st Lt. Crane cheated death again.  He’s alone.  What if he swallowed a soggy glob of green moss just a little bit bigger?  It would surely get caught in his throat and there’s nobody there to perform the Heimlich Maneuver on him to clear his airway.  He would have passed out and his hands & fingers would be exposed to the super freezing temperatures.  Even if he survived, by the time he gained consciousness, his hands and fingers would be beyond repair.

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34) The 3 Threes:

• You can go 03-minutes without air before serious physical and mental problems surface
• You can go 03-days without water before serious physical and mental problems surface
• You can go 03-weeks without food before serious physical and mental problems surface

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35) Precious Ammo:  The .22 caliber rifle 1^st Lt. Crane found at Berail’s was a gift of his life time.  But the .22 caliber rifle was just a club without the Precious Ammo.  With the temperatures being so cold, it was extremely difficult to grip the small bullets with his stiff freezing fingers.  He already lost a few bullets that fell into the snow.

So whenever he handled anymore ammunition, he always rolled out his sleeping bag to catch and bullets he dropped.

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36) Emergency Weapons:  1^st Lt. Crane had the materials to build the following weapons to stun or kill red squirrels and ptarmigan birds for emergency food.  The materials to build the following weapons can be constructed from his silk parachute.  His Boy Scout knife will surely come in handy to construct both weapons.  The weapons I’m talking about are:

• David’s Sling
• Cloth Sling

Let’s start with the David’s Sling.

Ingredients Needed to Build a David’s Sling:  Similar to the Cloth Sling, but perhaps more effective. To construct the David’s Sling, you’ll need a leather pouch about 02 1/2 inches wide by 03 1/2 inches long.  Insure the leather pouch is pliable.  You can also use a piece of canvas, nylon, Levi jean material… – just make sure the pouch material is durable.

The reason I recommend leather material is because of its great durability.  Try getting this material from old leather boots (tongue) or go to a shoe repair store, they may have bunches of scraps laying around.  You’ll also need two pieces of cord or leather strips about 02 feet in length.  For ammunition, you’ll need small rocks about a couple pounds in weight to insure velocity, sure-flight and effective as a weapon in your survival environment.

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How to Build and Use the David’s Sling:  Take your pouch and form a 1/8th inch hole at each end (lengthwise) of the pouch.  Both apertures should be about 1/4th of an inch from the very edge.

Take each of your cords and tie a round-turn and two half-hitches to each of the holes on the leather pouch.

Next take one end of one of the cords and tie an end-of-rope bowline (big enough to fit around your middle-finger).  This loop will be secured around your middle-finger of your throwing hand while the other end is simply grasped by your thumb and index finger of the same hand.

In a safe area, place both ends of the cord in your throwing hand (loop secured around your middle-finger and the other cord simply grasped by the thumb and index finger of the same hand).  Insure both cords are even and the pouch is level!

Next place a rock in the pouch.  Aligned with your target, rock the David’s Sling back and forth and as the arc gets wider begin a clockwise rotation (right-handed person).  Increase the rate of rotation to an optimum speed.  Once you feel an optimum rotation, just at the horizontal level (or almost pointed at your target), release the cord that is grasped between the thumb and index finger.  The rock in the pouch should be propelled to your target at a great speed under the built-up momentum from the centrifugal force of rotations.  The David’s Sling requires practice.  INSURE you practice in a safe area.

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Cloth Sling

Ingredients Needed to Build a Cloth Sling:  This unique weapon, you’ll only need a strip of durable cloth 40-inches long by 03 to 04 inches wide, and a round rock about 03 to 04 pounds.

How to Build and Use the Cloth Sling:  Double-up the strip of cloth.  One end of the cloth should be securely wrapped around your throwing hand while the other end is simply grasped by the same hand.  With the Cloth Sling formed and laying vertical, place your weighted round rock inside the cupped sling.

Begin rocking your Cloth Sling back and forth.  Begin rotating the cloth Sling in a clock-wise motion (if your right-handed).  Increase the rate of rotations till you reach an optimum rate of rotations.

When you estimate that the Cloth Sling is at an almost horizontal position, release one end of the Cloth Sling.  The rock should be propelled down range!  To obtain accuracy with this survival weapon, practice is recommended.

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37) Crane’s Human Hibernation:  Throughout 1^st Lt. Cranes severe freezing survival, he hibernated more than a few times.  In other words, he stayed put in one place and just slept or kept his activities to a bare minimum.  He hibernated for up to 02 – 04 days at a time.  This hibernation gave him the rest he needed to re-charge his batteries, heal-up, recuperate so to carry-on with his severe survival in the unforgiving deep Alaskan wilderness.

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38) Smoke Signals:  1^st Lt. Crane kept fire going day after day hoping it could be seen by any rescue planes.  01 week after parachuting into the Alaskan wilderness, he attempted to make Smoke Signals.  All his attempts failed.

The smoke rose but was scattered by the winds before it reached the tops of the spruce trees.  1^st Lt. Crane didn’t know it, but Ladd Field had already given up the search for the crew of the Iceberg Inez.

See 82) Search And Rescue Time Limit.

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THE SECRETARY OF WAR

On 29 December 1943, the parents of 1^st Lt. Crane received the following telegram:

THE SECRETARY OF WAR DESIRES ME TO EXPRESS HIS DEEP REGRET THAT YOUR SON FIRST LIEUTENANT LEON CRANE HAS BEEN REPORTED MISSING SINCE TWENTY ONE DECEMBER IN ALASKA.

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39) Frostbitten Fingers:  1^st Lt. Crane had no gloves to protect his hands and fingers.  He left behind his cold weather mittens on his plane, trying to hurriedly donn his parachute.

His fingers were in bad shape.  His fingers were turning into wood.  In other words, frostbite was embedded in his fingers.  It took great effort just to make a fist so to get some blood into his fingers.

But his extreme stubbornness had him make fists while his hands were wrapped in his silk parachute.

See 52) Crane’s Frostbite Remedy.

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40) Napoleon’s Freezing Retreat:  In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s forces advanced on Russian opponents.  The freezing Russian weather turned Napoleon’s military campaign into a disaster.  Napoleon’s chief doctor – Baron Dominique Jean Larrey was reported to have amputated HUNDREDS of limbs from soldiers suffering severe cold weather injuries.

Baron Dominique Jean Larrey was one of the very first physicians to scientifically document the causes and progression of frostbite.

He concluded:  ‘It’s far better to keep skin covered and at a relatively stable temperature – even if still cold and unpleasant – rather than go through repeated cycles of fireside thawing and then freezing.’

See 52) Crane’s Frostbite Remedy.

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41) Mental Faculties:  29 December 1943 (Wednesday), it was barely more than a week surviving the killer freezing Alaskan wilderness when 1^st Lt. Crane realized his mental faculties were going out the window.  It started a few days ago.  He noticed:

• Few disjointed thoughts
• More frequent disjointed thoughts
• Lose track of burning firepit
• Staring into space
• Judgement calls diminishing

Note:  The times I remember going hypothermic, my speech turned to gibberish.  To me I thought I was talking normal.  I remember the Advanced Navigation cadre laughing at my speech when I showed them where I was located on the map.  I stated “I’m right here Sergeant” pointing to my exact location on the map using a small twig.  They laughed at me and took off in their truck.

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42) Gino Ferri Survival Advice:  Gino Ferri out of Ontario, Canada is a noted cold weather survival expert.  He is noted to advise:  extreme cold “plays tricks on your psyche.”  “Your reptilian brain takes over.  It is telling you, ‘I got to get the hell out of here at any cost.’  That is when disaster is looming.”  In other words, FEAR and PANIC, the 02 Greatest Enemies of Survival, are governing your thoughts, your decision-making process.  Odds are, you’re doomed.

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43) Enemies of Survival:  The 02 Greatest Enemies of Survival are FEAR and PANIC.  Whether you’re in deep water, in the wilderness lost, a home-invasion, a car-jacking, somebody next to you having a heart attack, home fire,…  If you let FEAR and PANIC.take over your thought process, survival is lost.

There are other Enemies of Survival like:

• Boredom
• Cold
• Fatigue
• Hunger
• Loneliness
• Pain
• Thirst

No doubt 1^st Lt. Crane qualified for all the Enemies of Survival listed above.  Through my ‘Intensive Research’, I found no evidence of 1^st Lt. Crane letting FEAR and PANIC invade his survival efforts.

To AVOID survival threats in the first place, see PRSC towards the end of this Survival Book.

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44) 1942 Far North Survival Study:  Approximately a year before the Iceberg Inez crashed, in 1942, the US military initiated the 1942 Far North Survival Study.  The Study wisely wanted to learn from the REAL SURVIVORS!  That’s EXACTLY what I do, and you’re learning from one of the many many many examples right here.

The Study conducted live interviews from dozens of Alaskan Old Timers.  It doesn’t indicate if the 1942 Far North Survival Study included interviews from Alaskan Native Americans.

At this time, I attempted to find the 1942 Far North Survival Study.  I came up empty.

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45) Stutter Step:  1^st Lt. Crane left his winter mittens in his plane while hurriedly donning his parachute.  He had to protect his fingers from frostbite or he was a dead man.

When you fall, you automatically thrust your arms & hands forward to help soften the fall and protecting you from hitting obstacles (rocks, deadfall,…) on the ground.

So to prevent from falling in the first place, 1^st Lt. Crane invented his own Stutter Step.  This is what he did to be sure-footed for each step to prevent from falling over / tripping:

• Let his boot (mukluk) sink half-way in the snow
• Pause a second
• Push the same boot deeper in the snow
• Feel for rocks, hard surface
• Rest full weight of the same boot on the hard surface
• Repeat process with the other boot advancing forward

This Stutter Step process was extremely slow and very tiresome.  1^st Lt Crane had to stop & rest every 10 steps.  But his Stutter Step, worked.  It kept him from accidently falling.  He didn’t have to expose his hands and fingers unnecessarily to the extreme freezing temperatures.

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46) Native Hot Gear:  They’re called ‘Survival Expert’ because they’re able survive impossible 24/7 freezing conditions in their environment.  Natives around the Bering Strait were constantly in super freezing conditions.

Besides their very numerous cold weather survival tricks, they had proven clothing that protected them from super freezing temperatures.

Their selected clothing included:

• Inner Parka: Inner parka was from a 01-month old reindeer fawn.
• Outer Parka: Outer parka is from the skin of a reindeer killed at middle summer when the fur is the finest.
• Best Protecting Hides: Best protecting hides came from a pregnant moose killed in late March.
• Extreme Cold Undergarments: Only in extreme cold were undergarments worn.  Extreme Cold Undergarment come from squirrel and rabbit fur.

You must see Musk Oxen in this Survival Book.

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47) Clear Alaskan Sky Weather Forecaster:  1^st Lt. Crane studied the weather and learned to forecast it.  A clear sky overhead that had no cloud cover to hold the pittance of daylight warm air meant trouble.  The clear sky during the day meant the temperatures were going to drop like a rock that night.  That night, he estimated the night temperature dropped to MINUS 40-DEGREES BELOW ZERO FAHRENHEIT!

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48) Hands & Fingers Feel Like Wood:  If you’re out in the cold wilderness and you find that your hands & fingers feel like wood, and you’re alone, in my humble opinion, you’re in serious trouble.  I’ve been there several times, so cold I’m cussing and my hand and finger are so numb, you can’t do nothing with them.  My hands & fingers feel like wood.  Why?

I don’t know what the US Army issues its soldiers, but the time I was in the Army, everybody was issued green wool inserts and black leather gloves.  Those black leather gloves were absolutely fuc&*n’ WORTHLESS.

Not until I joined the ranks of US Army Special Forces did I shit can those WORTHLESS black gloves and I got me some black Gortex gloves. Great gloves to keep your hands warm.

1^st Lt. Crane set-off from Berail’s cabin to find natives or settlements, anyone that could help him.  After travelling approximately 12-hours, “his hands were too numb to attempt to light a match for a fire.”

He WISELY decided to stop and turn around.  Following his own tracks.  He never stopped.  He stubbornly pushed on.  If he stopped, he knew he was a dead man.

About 30-hours after he departed, he finally reached Berail’s cabin.  Inside the cabin, it took everything he had just to start a fire.  He wrapped himself in his silk parachute and lay in the bunk.  He slept for 48-hours.

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49) Moose-Hide Mittens:  After his 48-hours of sleeping hibernation, looking up at the stilt-raised shelter, 1^st Lt. Crane, realized he never looked under the 2^nd tarp.

Climbing the latter, he removed the tarp to find 02 wooden crates.  In the 1^st crate he discovered a life-saving treasure of:

• Dried beef and beans, 30-pounds
• Flour, 25-pounds
• Rice, 30-pounds

In the 2^nd wooden crate, he discovered an even better life-saving treasure of:

• .22 caliber rifle and ammunition
• Bearskin
• Candles (see 52) Crane’s Frostbite Remedy)
• Can of cocoa
• Dried eggs
• Dried onions
• Long Underwear
• Matches
• MOOSE-HIDE MITTENS
• Mukluks, 02 pair (better than his military issue mukluks)
• Overalls, 02 pairs
• Powdered soup mix
• Snowshoes
• Sugar
• Tea
• Wool blanket
• Wool socks, 03 pair

1^st Lt. Crane’s hands and fingers were in bad shape.  They were a pasty white color and he couldn’t feel them and most of the movement was gone.  He needed all the emergency supplies he found in Berail’s cabin.  But them Moose-Mittens were a life-saving gift.

He made him a meal using tallow (animal fat), flour baking soda, melted snow, rice and sugar.  With some hot cocoa he made a toast to the New Year – 1944.

Again, see 52) Crane’s Frostbite Remedy.

Note:  The emergency supplies listed above are some wise examples of what you might want to store in your home, cabin, secret cache,… for emergency supplies.

See my Survival Book below for many foods and their shelf-life and much much more:

https://www.survivalexpertblog.com/52-survival-books/

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50) Lighter Fluid Defroster:  Between Watson Lake, Canada and Ladd Field was named “Million Dollar Valley.”  It was called “Million Dollar Valley.” Because of all the planes that went down in the area.  In February 1943, pilot, Major George Racey Jordan was piloting a C-47 Transport plane.  The plane was at 14,000-feet and the interior heater was busted.  Major Jordan estimated the outside temperature was MINUS 70-DEGREES BELOW ZERO FAHRENHEIT.

It was so cold in the plane, Major Jordon is quoted as saying: “I never knew a person could be so cold.”  The interior of their plane was so cold, their breathing iced all the windows.  The pilots flew by instruments till approaching Ladd Field.

To make a small hole so they could see through the windshield to land their plane, they used lighter fluid to defrost a small hole.

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51) Vitamin D:  Living in Alaska in the wintertime, sunlight is limited and the Vitamin D it provides.  Major R. C. Ragle and his wife Jane, set-up a bright sunlamp in their home to provide some Vitamin D for the whole family.

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52) Crane’s Frostbite Remedy:  1^st Lt. Crane’s hands and fingers were tore up.  Initially he protected his hands from the killer cold by wrapping his hands in his insulating silk parachute.  He exposed his hands for a very short period of time when he had to make a warming fire.  But his hands and fingers were still damaged from the super freezing temperatures.  Both hands and fingers were a pasty white color.  A sure indicator of frostbite.

His hands and fingers were also cut-up from all the tasks he conducted like gathering tinder and kindling for his emergency fires.  His hands and fingers also took a beating every time he fell, he broke his falls using his hands.

At Berail’s cabin, he found some candles.  He got the idea to use melted candle wax was to heal his hands and fingers.  He melted candle wax in the palm of his hand and spread the hot candle wax over both hands and fingers.  He then wore the moose mittens he found in Berail’s cabin.

He did this same application every day for 06-days.  His hands and fingers showed improvement.  Color came back and he was able to move his fingers.  While healing-up his hands and fingers, 1^st Lt. Crane was sleeping about 18-hours a day.  See Human Hibernation, Polar Bear Shelters and Crane’s Human Hibernation.

And see Heinerman Frostbite Remedy, Washakie Indian Frostbite Remedy, Gottlieb Frostbite Remedy and Gottlieb Frostbite & Hypothermia Preventative in this Survival Book.

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53) Osgood Survival Tricks:  In 1928, an ethnographer (study of people), named Cornelius Osgood was doing some winter research in northernmost Canada.

His lone isolation was causing him to deteriorate.  He became severely careless.  He abandoned his daily survival chores.

In his own words:  “I would say to myself, ‘For God’s sake, do something!’…Hour after hour I would stay in the little room from which I could not see, alternately dreaming and hating myself.”

Osgood pulled himself together and applied these methods for his survival:

• Osgood narrowed his goals
• Osgood focused on one specific task at a time

During 1^st Lt. Crane’s survival, he knew it was a life-saver:

• To stay busy
• To stay focused

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54) Learn From The REAL SURVIVORS:  In Berail’s cabin, 1^st Lt. Crane found some old Saturday Evening Post magazines.  Lighting up the Coleman Lamp, at night he read survival articles about outdoor life, and Old West cowboy ways.  He read one particular article that gave him great interest.  The article in the Saturday Evening Post magazine that interested 1^st Lt. Crane was titled ‘In Wind, Build Your Fire In A Hole.’

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