The Martin Hartwell Story

Chorus 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 "oh Mr.Hartwell"said the nurse "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 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 verse 3 Now Judy Hill the federal nurse 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 Day by day the pilot lay 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 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 Verse 5 After nineteen days the arial search 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 Harwell said"he should have died 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