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Title The disastrous Wrangel Island expedition / by Katrina M. Phillips, PhD ; illustrated by David Shephard.
Author Phillips, Katrina M., author.
Publication Info. North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone, [2022]
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Description 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Deadly expeditions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Ada Blackjack -- Stefansson and the Wrangel Island Explorers -- Ready for Adventure -- Life on the Island -- Ada on Her Own.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience Ages 8-11 Capstone Press.
Grades 4-6 Capstone Press.
Subject Blackjack, Ada, 1898-1983 -- Juvenile literature.
Inuit women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Inuit -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Wrangel Island (Russia) -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.
Wilderness survival -- Russia (Federation) -- Wrangel Island -- Juvenile literature.
Women explorers -- Arctic regions -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- Arctic regions -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Shephard, David (Illustrator), illustrator.
ISBN 9781663958914 (hardcover) : $31.32
1663958912 (hardcover)
9781666322361 (paperback)
1666322369 (paperback)
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