# 99 Days in the Dark; The Overland Relief Expedition | E 231

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Podcast: [The CRUX: True Survival Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-crux-true-survival-stories-2136323)
Published: 2026-04-27T11:00:00+00:00
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In the winter of 1897, 265 whalers were locked in Arctic ice at the top of Alaska with no ship able to reach them until summer — so three men volunteered to walk 1,500 miles through polar night to bring the food to them. This is the true story of the most extraordinary overland rescue in American history, and the birth of the US Coast Guard.

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