03389cam a2200613 i 4500 1056182852 TxAuBib 20191205120000.0 151106s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015029636 9781613730980 trade 1613730985 trade KHPB566 eng rda DLC ICrlF TxAuBib rda Caravantes, Peggy, 1935-, author. Marooned in the Arctic : the true story of Ada Blackjack, the "female Robinson Crusoe / Peggy Caravantes. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2016. x, 194 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Women of action Women of action (Chicago, Ill) Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-188) and index. School Library Journal, February 2016. Publisher's Weekly, November 2015. Kirkus Review, January 2016. School Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly. Kirkus Review. "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. Young Adult Follett Library Resources. Young Adult. 20191205. Blackjack, Ada 1898-1983 Juvenile literature. Blackjack, Ada 1898-1983. Inuit women Biography Juvenile literature. Inuit women Biography. Women explorers Arctic regions Biography Juvenile literature. Women explorers Arctic regions. Women explorers Biography. Biographies. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Adventure & Adventurers. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage. Arctic regions Discovery and exploration Juvenile literature. Arctic regions Discovery and exploration. Arctic regions Exploration. Wrangel Island (Russia) Discovery and exploration Juvenile literature. Wrangel Island (Russia) Discovery and exploration. Wrangel Island (Russia) Exploration. Women of action. Women of action (Chicago, Ill.)