Chapter 10 - "A Lonely, Unloved Ship - Finding Hazard the More Bitter When Matched With Trifles" Summary and Analysis

Gann and his crew expect to have some food, sleep, and return to Goose Bay. Such is not their fate, however. They are informed that their plane has been unloaded and reloaded with cargo destined for Reykjavik, Iceland. Gann begins to enjoy the freewheeling experience of flying for the military without the strictures and procedures of commercial aviation. He also enjoys the freedom of being a civilian pilot. With time only to gulp some coffee and receive verbal navigation instruction, the crew boards the plane and takes off.

They spiral up through heavy clouds, using instruments only, until they achieve 11,000 feet and leave the cloud cover. The massive ice...