The wounded German pilot who was rescued thirty-two days after his light aircraft crashed in the frozen Canadian Arctic wastes has attributed his survival to an Eskimo boy who was one of his passengers -- and who died after tending him for three weeks. Two other passengers in the aircraft -- a British nurse and a pregnant Eskimo women being flown to hospital -- died soon after the crash.

In a news conference at his hospital bed in Yellowknife the pilot -- former German Luftwaffe flier, Martin Hartwell, aged 45 - told reporters of his ordeal. This film, received by satellite from Canada, shows him talking about his saviour. We apologise for the poor quality of the sound.

SYNOPSIS: The pilot of the crashed light aircraft in the Canadian Arctic, who lived wounded in icy wilderness for thirty-two days before being rescued, has attributed his survival to an Eskimo boy passenger - who died three weeks after the crash. The pilot German-born Martin Hartwell, talked to reporters about the boy....