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Caravantes, Peggy, 1935-
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Blackjack, Ada, 1898-1983.
Inuit women -- Alaska -- Biography.
Inuit -- Arctic regions -- Biography.
Survival -- Siberia -- Wrangel Island -- Biography.
Wilderness survival -- Arctic regions -- Biography.
Women explorers -- Arctic regions -- Biography.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
Wrangel Island (Russia) -- Discovery and exploration.
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Caravantes, Peggy, 1935-
Blackjack, Ada, 1898-1983.
Inuit women -- Alaska -- Biography.
Inuit -- Arctic regions -- Biography.
Survival -- Siberia -- Wrangel Island -- Biography.
Wilderness survival -- Arctic regions -- Biography.
Women explorers -- Arctic regions -- Biography.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
Wrangel Island (Russia) -- Discovery and exploration.
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Marooned in the
Arctic
: the true story of Ada Blackjack, the "female Robinson Crusoe" / Peggy Caravantes.
by
Caravantes, Peggy, 1935-
Chicago Review Press, [2016]
Call #:
919.804 C262m
Subjects
Blackjack, Ada, 1898-1983.
Inuit
women
--
Alaska
--
Biography
.
Inuit
--
Arctic
regions
--
Biography
.
Survival
--
Siberia
--
Wrangel Island
--
Biography
.
Wilderness survival
--
Arctic
regions
--
Biography
.
Women explorers
--
Arctic
regions
--
Biography
.
Arctic
regions
--
Discovery and exploration.
Wrangel Island (Russia)
--
Discovery and exploration.
Series
Women of action (Chicago, Ill.)
ISBN:
9781613730980 (hc.)
1613730985 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
x, 194 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and index.
Summary:
"In 1921, four men ventured into the
Arctic
for a top-secret expedition: an attempt to claim uninhabited Wrangel Island in northern Siberia for Great Britain. With the men was a young
Inuit
woman named Ada Blackjack, who had signed on as cook and seamstress to earn money to care for her sick son. Conditions soon turned dire for the team when they were unable to kill enough game to survive. Three of the men tried to cross the frozen Chukchi Sea for help but were never seen again, leaving Ada with one remaining team member who soon died of scurvy. Determined to be reunited with her son, Ada learned to survive alone in the icy world by trapping foxes, catching seals, and avoiding polar bears. After she was finally rescued in August 1923, after two years total on the island, Ada became a celebrity, with newspapers calling her a real "female Robinson Crusoe." The book also describes the uses of cats on ships, the phenomenon known as
Arctic
hysteria, and aspects of
Inuit
culture and beliefs. With excerpts from diaries, letters, and telegram and historic photos. Ada Blackjack (née Delutuk) was born in Solomon, Alaska in 1898."--Provided by publisher.
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Woodlawn Public Library
Adult Nonfiction - Indigenous Peoples Collection
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