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Frozen and Forgotten: Leon Crane's 120-Mile Walk Through Arctic Alaska | E213

Podcast: The CRUX: True Survival Stories
Published: Feb 2, 2026
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Summary

In this episode of The Crux True Survival Stories, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen recount the harrowing experience of Leon Crane, a 24-year-old co-pilot who survived 84 days in the Alaskan wilderness after his B-24 Liberator plane crashed in December 1943. With no food, no map, and no wilderness experience, the 24-year-old city kid from Philadelphia somehow survived 84 days in the Arctic and walked 120 miles to safety.