Dead in the Water.

You may think an insensitive title for any story that could involve a maroon-style tragedy,

and you'd be right, except for the fact that in this case, we have a remarkable young woman,

who, yes, was in fact dead in the water, but once she got out,

she was eventually okay. So the title's okay. Maybe even more than okay. Welcome to Maroon,

harrowing tales of the catastrophically lost. I'm Jack Luna. This is Aaron Hable.

Anna Elizabeth Johansen Bagenholm was born in 1970 in Sweden.

She was one of eight children.

Anna went to medical school specializing in orthopedic surgery and did her surgical internship

under a Dr. Jones at Narvik Hospital in northern Norway.

She went on to become an assistant surgeon at the hospital in 1998,

and Anna, she loves skiing.

She had grown up doing it, and she was considered an expert skier.

Anna would often go skiing on the steep slopes outside the city

after finishing her internship shifts

for the day. On the day of the incident, she was Telemark skiing. Telemark skiing is a technique

using both Alpine and Nordic skiing. The skier keeps balance with the rear foot, leading with the front

foot in order to turn on downhill skis.

The name comes from Telemark, a region in Norway from where the style originates.

She was also skiing off track along the natural terrain.

On May 20, 1999, 29-year-old Anna, went skiing in Narvik, that's in Norway, northern Norway, with two of her colleagues, Marie Falkenberg and Torvind Naisheim. Both Falkenberg and Nysheim were doctors.

It was a crisp spring day with blue skies. The three were surrounded by the beautiful nature

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