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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.
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Þorsteinn Gunnar Bjarnason
Þorsteinn Gunnar Bjarnason
Júlíus Víðir Guðnason
Þorsteinn Gunnar Bjarnason
Júlíus Víðir Guðnason
Stefán Björgvinsson
Stefán Björgvinsson
Stefán Björgvinsson
Stefán Björgvinsson
Stefán Björgvinsson
Ingólfur Arnar Björnsson
Ingólfur Arnar Björnsson
Sigurður Ölvir Bragason
Ingólfur Arnar Björnsson
Sigurður Ölvir Bragason
Hólmsteinn Brekkan
Hólmsteinn Brekkan
Sigurður L. Þorgeirsson
Hólmsteinn Brekkan
Sigurður L. Þorgeirsson
Sigurður Guðmann Diðriksson
Sigurður Guðmann Diðriksson
Anton Sigþórsson
Sigurður Guðmann Diðriksson
Anton Sigþórsson
Gunnar Friðriksson
Gunnar Friðriksson
Gunnar Friðriksson
Gunnar Friðriksson
Gunnar Friðriksson
Arne Froge
Arne Froge
Arne Froge
Arne Froge
Arne Froge
Halldór Gunnarsson
Halldór Gunnarsson
Halldór Gunnarsson
Halldór Gunnarsson
Halldór Gunnarsson
Magnús Guðfinnsson
Magnús Guðfinnsson
Hafsteinn Böðvarsson
Magnús Guðfinnsson
Hafsteinn Böðvarsson
Bjartur Guðmundsson
Bjartur Guðmundsson
Jón Snæbjörnsson
Bjartur Guðmundsson
Jón Snæbjörnsson
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