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[2018], Juvenile, 45th Parallel Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Explores the true survival story of Inuit woman Ada Blackjack, who went on an expedition to Wrangel Island and became a castaway, but survived in the frigid clime of Alaska.
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By Healy, Luke2016., Adolescent, Nobrow Call No: GN HEA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Weaving together the real life, historical expeditions of Ada Blackjack and Robert Bartlett with a contemporary fictional story, How to Survive in the North is a unique and visual narrative journey that shows the strength it takes to survive in even the harshest conditions - whether that be struggling for survival in the Arctic in the 1900s or surviving a mid-life crisis in the present day.
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2016., Adolescent, Chicago Review Press Call No: Biography NF CAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Women of action (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: "In 1921, four men ventured into the Arctic for a top-secret expedition: an attempt to claim uninhabited Wrangel Island in northern Siberia for Canada. 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.""--Provided by publisher.
