Alive (1993)
Directed by Frank Marshall
When their chartered plane slams into a remote Andean glacier on the way from Uruguay to Chile, a young rugby team and their families must survive for weeks in the wreck until two of them set out on foot across the mountains for help.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Wrecked fuselage on the glacier≈ 00:09:00Flight 571 crash site (Valley of Tears), Andes, ArgentinaInferred
The plane loses its wings and tail in the mountains and the fuselage slides onto a glacier, where the survivors shelter for over two months.
- 2Climb over the ridge≈ 01:35:00High Andes on the Argentina–Chile borderInferred
- 3Riverbank where they meet the herdsman≈ 01:52:00Los Maitenes, Río Azufre valley, ChileInferred
- 4Helicopter rescue≈ 01:57:00Flight 571 crash site (Valley of Tears), Andes, ArgentinaInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 52 km
- Places
- 3
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 4
- On foot: 26 km
- Helicopter: 26 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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