Description: Further DetailsTitle: Marooned in the ArcticCondition: NewSubtitle: The True Story of Ada Blackjack, the "Female Robinson Crusoe"EAN: 9781613730980ISBN: 9781613730980Publisher: Chicago Review PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 03/01/2016Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 215mmItem Length: 139mmItem Weight: 371gAuthor: Peggy CaravantesGenre: Children's ReferenceBook Series: Women of ActionDescription: A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2017 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 first young adult book about Blackjack’s remarkable story, Marooned in the Arctic includes sidebars on relevant topics of interest to teens, including the use cats on ships, the phenomenon known as Arctic hysteria, and aspects of Inuit culture and beliefs. With excerpts from diaries, letters, and telegrams; historic photos; a map; source notes; and a bibliography, this is an indispensible resource for any young adventure lover, classroom, or library.Item Width: 20mmRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Marooned in the Arctic
Title: Marooned in the Arctic
Subtitle: The True Story of Ada Blackjack, the "Female Robinson Crusoe"
EAN: 9781613730980
ISBN: 9781613730980
Release Date: 03/01/2016
Release Year: 2016
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Women of Action
Book Title: Marooned in the Arctic : the True Story of Ada Blackjack, the Female Robinson Crusoe
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Topic: Biography & Autobiography / Women, Adventure & Adventurers, Biography & Autobiography / Historical, History / Exploration & Discovery, People & Places / Polar Regions
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2016
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction, Juvenile Nonfiction
Item Weight: 13.2 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Peggy Caravantes
Item Width: 5.5 in
Book Series: Women of Action Ser.
Format: Hardcover
