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Montrealer Everitt |
Several members of the stranded team were experienced in the bush so the group managed to endure difficult conditions, rain, snow and near starvation to persevere.
Jim Vanstone, 20, a student from Toronto described it as a "wonderful experience," and told reporters, "I wouldn't have missed it for anything." In fact he said he'd do it all again if he knew it'd end up with a rescue.
The group agreed at the start that they would not quarrel and managed to share a tent of five-feet by nine-feet.
When the rescue team finally found them, part of the group had split off to find an Indian village, so they had to be found about nine hours away deep in the forest.

Everybody had lost between 25 and 40 pounds and death was staring them in the face, as their last bits of food were almost done.
The group had been lost on August 25 and were found October 2. Their flight was from the Fenimore Iron Company property at Fort Chimo near Ungava Bay and was flying to Roberval.
The men, if still alive, would be at least 80 years old now