The Resource Marooned in the Arctic : the true story of Ada Blackjack, the "female Robinson Crusoe", Peggy Caravantes
Marooned in the Arctic : the true story of Ada Blackjack, the "female Robinson Crusoe", Peggy Caravantes
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The item Marooned in the Arctic : the true story of Ada Blackjack, the "female Robinson Crusoe", Peggy Caravantes represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
- 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 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.""--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 194 pages
- Contents
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- In the beginning : meet Vilhjalmur Stfansson
- Settling on the island : meet Milton Galle
- Changing winds : meet Lorne Knight
- Fading hopes : meet Allan Crawford
- Treacherous treks : meet Frederick Maurer
- Oh for a bear!
- Downward spiral
- Rescue!
- Conflict and confusion
- Afterword
- Isbn
- 9781613730980
- Label
- Marooned in the Arctic : the true story of Ada Blackjack, the "female Robinson Crusoe"
- Title
- Marooned in the Arctic
- Title remainder
- the true story of Ada Blackjack, the "female Robinson Crusoe"
- Statement of responsibility
- Peggy Caravantes
- Subject
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- Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature
- Biographies
- Biography
- Blackjack, Ada, 1898-1983
- Blackjack, Ada, 1898-1983
- Blackjack, Ada, 1898-1983 -- Juvenile literature
- Discoveries in geography
- Inuit women
- trueInuit women -- Biography
- Inuit women -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- Russia (Federation) -- Wrangel Island
- trueWomen -- Biography
- trueWomen explorers
- Women explorers
- Women explorers -- Arctic regions -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Wrangel Island (Russia) -- Discovery and exploration
- Wrangel Island (Russia) -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature
- Arctic Regions
- trueArctic regions -- Discovery and exploration
- Language
- eng
- 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 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.""--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1935-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Caravantes, Peggy
- Dewey number
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- 910.92
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Women of action
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Blackjack, Ada
- Blackjack, Ada
- Blackjack, Ada
- Inuit women
- Women explorers
- Discoveries in geography
- Inuit women
- Women explorers
- Inuit women
- Women explorers
- Women
- Arctic regions
- Wrangel Island (Russia)
- Arctic Regions
- Russia (Federation)
- Arctic regions
- Wrangel Island (Russia)
- Label
- Marooned in the Arctic : the true story of Ada Blackjack, the "female Robinson Crusoe", Peggy Caravantes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- In the beginning : meet Vilhjalmur Stfansson -- Settling on the island : meet Milton Galle -- Changing winds : meet Lorne Knight -- Fading hopes : meet Allan Crawford -- Treacherous treks : meet Frederick Maurer -- Oh for a bear! -- Downward spiral -- Rescue! -- Conflict and confusion -- Afterword
- Control code
- 1520336
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 194 pages
- Isbn
- 9781613730980
- Lccn
- 2015029636
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781613730980
- (OCoLC)907651735
- Label
- Marooned in the Arctic : the true story of Ada Blackjack, the "female Robinson Crusoe", Peggy Caravantes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- In the beginning : meet Vilhjalmur Stfansson -- Settling on the island : meet Milton Galle -- Changing winds : meet Lorne Knight -- Fading hopes : meet Allan Crawford -- Treacherous treks : meet Frederick Maurer -- Oh for a bear! -- Downward spiral -- Rescue! -- Conflict and confusion -- Afterword
- Control code
- 1520336
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 194 pages
- Isbn
- 9781613730980
- Lccn
- 2015029636
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781613730980
- (OCoLC)907651735
Subject
- Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature
- Biographies
- Biography
- Blackjack, Ada, 1898-1983
- Blackjack, Ada, 1898-1983
- Blackjack, Ada, 1898-1983 -- Juvenile literature
- Discoveries in geography
- Inuit women
- trueInuit women -- Biography
- Inuit women -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- Russia (Federation) -- Wrangel Island
- trueWomen -- Biography
- trueWomen explorers
- Women explorers
- Women explorers -- Arctic regions -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Wrangel Island (Russia) -- Discovery and exploration
- Wrangel Island (Russia) -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature
- Arctic Regions
- trueArctic regions -- Discovery and exploration
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