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In 1963, two strangers boarded a small plane heading into the Yukon. What followed was a brutal crash in the wilderness—and a 49-day fight to survive with no survival skills, no rescue plan, and no one coming to save them. This is the unbelievable true story of the Yukon Plane Crash—told with deep research, maps, and a few personal stories from my own life in the north. For more deep-dive adventure disasters, check out my YouTube channel, Adventures Gone Wrong. Send us Fan Mail Support the ...
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