The disastrous Wrangel Island Arctic expedition
Phillips, Katrina M.2023
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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.
Main title:
The disastrous Wrangel Island Arctic expedition / by Katrina M. Phillips, Ph.D. ; illustrated by Dave Shephard.
Author:
Phillips, Katrina M., authorShephard, David (Illustrator), artist
Imprint:
Oxford : Raintree, [2023]©2024
Collation:
32 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour), map (colour) ; 23 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: 2022.Book band level: Dark red."Book band level: Dark red"--Back cover.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781398242388 (pbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3418440
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