Mayday Landed on river Engine out Floating toward the falls When the engine of their float plane fails during a water landing near the head of Canada s monumental Virginia Falls what began as a sightseeing detour turns into a survival mission for two high school students and their elderly companion With the brutal sub arctic winter about to fall like a hammer Gabe Rogers his boarding school roommate Raymond Providence and Raymond s great uncle Johnny Raven are trapped in a deadly wilderness Braving icy rapids and desperately hunting for moose in their struggle to fend off starvation all three travelers must rely on the others knowledge and courage or survival is out of the question From the window of the small floatplane fifteen year old Gabe Rogers is getting his first look at Canada s magnificent Northwest Territories with Raymond Providence his roommate from boarding school Below is the spectacular Nahanni River wall to wall whitewater racing between sheer cliffs and plunging over Virginia Falls The pilot sets the plane down on the lake like surface of the upper river for a closer look at the thundering falls Suddenly the engine quits The only sound is a dull roar downstream as the Cessna drifts helplessly toward the falls With the brutal subarctic winter fast approaching Gabe and Raymond soon find themselves stranded in Deadmen Valley Trapped in a frozen world of moose wolves and bears two boys from vastly different cultures come to depend on each other for their very survival - from Amzon