Lost up in no-man's land
In the Northwest Territories
They were lost up in no-man's land
The Martin Hartwell story
The Martin Hartwell story
verse 1
On November the eighth of seventy two
North of the arctic circle
A plane took off for Cambridge Bay
And the pilots name was Hartwell
They had to make it to Yellowknife
Although the night was stormin
To save the lives of an Eskimo boy
And a pregnant Eskimo woman.
verse 2
"I pray that you will guide us
To save the life of the woman with her child
And the boy with appendicitis
But the wind it blew and the storm it grew
And the signal of controita
They missed by miles and flying wild
They crashed beside Lake Hota
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Lost up in no-man's land
Of The Northwest Territories
They were lost up in no-man's land
The Martin Hartwell story
The Martin Hartwell story
verse 3
She never lived to waken
And the lives of the mother and child
Were both soon after taken
But the pilot woke to find himself
And the Eskimo boy were livin
Left in pain beside the plane
To search the sky's of heaven
verse 4
With both his ankles broken
And it took the lad everything he had
Just to keep the fire stokin
While in the sky to far away
The rescue team was seekin
For a signal wave that might be traced
To Hartwell's radio beacon
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Lost up in no-man's land
Of The Northwest Territories
They were lost up in no-man's land
The Martin Hartwell story
The Martin Hartwell story
Verse 5
Was said to be completed
Until someone cried their still alive
And the search must be repeated
And the day the beep was finally heard
Is a day we'll all remember
A man was found safe and sound
On the ninth day of December
Verse 6
at thirty five below zero"
And the reason Hartwell did services
Is the boy had died a hero
"he brought me food when I couldn't move,
While he himself grew feeble,
Yes,Davy Kutook died a saint
And a credit to his people"
Davy Kutook died a saint
And a credit to his people
Chorus
Lost up in no-man's land
Of The Northwest Territories
They were lost up in no-man's land
The Martin Hartwell story
The Martin Hartwell story