

On Christmas Eve in 1986, an Icelandic cargo ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. Of the eleven men on board, five lived. This is the remarkable story of the heroic rescue mission that brought them home.
Júlíus Víðir Guðnason
Stefán Björgvinsson
Sigurður Ölvir Bragason
Sigurður L. Þorgeirsson
Anton Sigþórsson
Gunnar Friðriksson
Arne Froge
Halldór Gunnarsson
Hafsteinn Böðvarsson
Jón Snæbjörnsson

On Christmas Eve in 1986, an Icelandic cargo ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. Of the eleven men on board, five lived. This is the remarkable story of the heroic rescue mission that brought them home.
2014-12-28
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