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Author:

Phillips, Katrina M., author.

Title:

The disastrous Wrangel Island expedition / by Katrina M. Phillips ; illustrated by David Shephard.

Publisher:

Capstone Pressan imprint of Capstone,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Graphic novel.
Blackjack, Ada,--1898-1983--Juvenile literature.
Inuit women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Inuit--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Wrangel Island (Russia)--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.
Wilderness survival--Wrangel Island--Wrangel Island--Juvenile literature.
Women explorers--Arctic regions--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Arctic regions--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Nonfiction comics.
Graphic novels.

Other Authors:

Shephard, David (Illustrator), illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) 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.

Series:

Deadly expeditions

ISBN:

1666322369
9781666322361
1663958912
9781663958914

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1260190419

LCCN:

2021029786

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)