RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN IN
“ORDEAL IN THE ARCTIC”
© 2002. Okihei Enterprise, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Tribute to Richard Chamberlain

 

 
ORDEAL IN THE ARCTIC


Directed by
Mark Sobel 

Writing credits (WGA)
Robert Mason Lee

Cast: 
Richard Chamberlain --Captain John Couch


Catherine Mary Stewart--Captain Wilma De Groot 
Melanie Mayron-- Susan Hillier 
Scott Hylands--Fred Ritchie 
Page Fletcher-- Lieutenant Joe Bales 
Christopher Bolton--Lieutenant Michael Moore 
Tom Butler -- Amie Macauley 
Robert Clinton-- Sergeant Paul West 
Blair Haynes--Master Corporal Roland Pitre 
Stephen Sparks-- Master Corporal Tony Cobden 
Brian Jensen--Master Corporal David  Meace 
Steve Adams--Private Bill Vance 
David Cameron --Master Corporal Mario Ellefsen 

 

 
October 30th, 1991, a Canadian Airforce CC-130 Herc, Box Top 22 tail number 322, left Edmondton, 
via Greenland, on its way to Alert a top-secret military listening post on Ellesmere Island. 
The captain John Couch, could see the lights of 
the airstrip at Alert, so he decided to go by 
his eyes instead of his instruments. 

Eighteen passengers and only 5 were killed by the crash. Roland Pitre was the first to hit the ground, 
he was the loadmaster. 

Although they were only 2 miles from the base of Alert, a blizzard and the terrain, made it impossible for help to be sent at once, although every effort was made to get to them.

 
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The movie 
'Ordeal in the Arctic' is
based on the book 'Death and Deliverance'
by Robert Mason Lee.
In memory of those who did not return
to tell the tale.

Captain John Couch
Captain Judy Trépanier
Master Warrant Officer Tom Jardine
Warrant Officer Robert Grimsley
Master Corporal Roland Pitre

Died in the service of their country
October 30-31, 1991.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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