Lost in the Canadian Arctic

Book Description

"Brace yourselves! We’re going down."

For an instant Norm and Pat felt relief. They hadn’t dared to look outside the plane for the last several minutes, so thought Selby’s words meant they had reached the airstrip. At last!

But when they looked for the runway, they saw only jagged boulders and rock-strewn tundra. There wasn’t a single airport light or sign of a runway or terminal.

"This is going to be a crash landing," Pat whispered hoarsely. Her brother nodded. He had come to the same conclusion. And by now he knew, probably better than Pat, the immense peril that lay before them.

"God is able to protect us, Pat. He sees us and will take care of us."

Norm said these words just as much to himself as to his sister. All three on board the tiny aircraft fell silent, praying. For the captain, feverishly working the controls with his feet and tightly gripping the stick, the prayer was like a cry, unuttered, inaudible. The next thirty seconds would tell the story.

Author

Piet Prins (pen name for Pieter Jongeling, 1909-1985) was born in the northern part of The Netherlands and studied to become a teacher. He indeed did teach for some years, but soon became the international correspondent of a Dutch newspaper. In 1942 he was arrested by the Germans and sent to a concentration camp. After the allied victory in 1945 he returned to The Netherlands and became one of the most important journalists and politicians in The Netherlands. For many years he was the editor of a Reformed Christian daily newspaper, in which he wrote most of his children's books as serials under the name Piet Prins. The first thing many people read when the newspaper arrived was these serials. In 1963 Mr. Jongeling became member of the Dutch parliament for the Reformed Political Alliance. One commentator mused: "What makes Jongeling such a remarkable parliamentarian? That's simple. The man works like a horse! He is always fully informed. When Jongeling speaks, the house listens."

Both as a journalist and a statesman, Pieter Jongeling knew himself bound by the inspired Word of God and as such his labour has born much fruit.

Additional Information

Cover: Softcover
Number of Pages: 184
Publisher: Inheritance Publications
Publication Date: 2025