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Arctic Rescue
Originally Aired: December 22, 1952
Suspense #492, "Arctic Rescue," stars Joseph Cotten as Gerald Stewart, first mate of the Jessica, a ship embarked on a perilous Arctic expedition. The story begins with a stark contrast: Stewart and Captain Jonathan Blake lie stranded on a desolate ice flow in the Arctic night, waiting helplessly for death. Flashing back to June 1852, we learn how they arrived at this desperate situation. Lady Franklin has commissioned Captain Blake and his crew to search for her missing husband, Sir John Franklin, and his two ships, the Erebus and Terra, which vanished…
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