Things are tough up close to the arctic. I was a flyer, by trade, and was watching a National Geographic piece where a young pilot flying a Super Cub rescued a stranded young man off a sand bar. I was thinking at the time flying a Super Cub at those latitudes is a tricky business as a normally aspirated engine can get bad carb ice on days one would think other wise. That and wing icing is a real problem for that aircraft in those conditions. Sure enough a few segments later there was a memorial to that young pilot that had died in an air crash.

I don't think I would last long up there. That is tough country for tough men.

Last edited by pooch; 05/20/17 09:29 AM.