The disastrous Wrangel Island expedition
Publication Information
North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone, [2022]
Physical Description
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Audience
Grades 4-6 Capstone Press.
Series
Summary
"In 1921, Inupait seamstress Ada Blackjack joined a a group of four white men who wanted to establish a trading post on Wrangel Island in the freezing Arctic Ocean. The explorers were stranded on the island when their return ship was forced to turn back due to ice. Facing harsh conditions and dwindling food supplies, the men died one by one, but Ada remained. Find out how she alone managed to survive the disastrous expedition"--
Contents
- Ada Blackjack
- Stefansson and the Wrangel Island Explorers
- Ready for Adventure
- Life on the Island
- Ada on Her Own.
Subjects
- Inuit women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Inuit > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Wilderness survival > Russia (Federation) > Wrangel Island > Juvenile literature.
- Women explorers > Arctic regions > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Explorers > Arctic regions > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Wrangel Island (Russia) > Discovery and exploration > Juvenile literature.
- Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > Juvenile literature.
- Blackjack, Ada, 1898-1983 > Juvenile literature.