Marooned In The Arctic

Author : Peggy Caravantes
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781613731017

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Marooned in the Arctic by Peggy Caravantes Pdf

The first and only young adult book about Ada Blackjack and her remarkable, true-life survival story In 1921, four men ventured into the Arctic for a top-secret expedition—an attempt to claim the remote, uninhabited Wrangel Island in northern Siberia for Canada. With the men was a 23-year-old Inuit woman named Ada Blackjack, who had signed on as a cook and seamstress to earn money to care for her sick son, left at home. Conditions soon turned dire for the team when, after rations ran out, 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, ill team member whom she cared for but 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. She taught herself to shoot a shotgun and a rifle. After Ada was finally rescued in August 1923, after two years total on the island, she became an instant celebrity, with newspapers calling her a real "female Robinson Crusoe." The first and only young adult book about Ada Blackjack and her remarkable story, Marooned in the Arctic includes sidebars on relevant topics of interest to teens, such as the uses of cats on sailing ships, the phenomenon known as Arctic hysteria, and various aspects of Inuit culture and beliefs.

Author : George Norrie,Harry Norrie
Publisher : Trinity Enterprise Inc.
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0973903635

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From Cloddy Earth to Glittering Gold by George Norrie,Harry Norrie Pdf

Author : Jennifer Niven
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781401304423

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Ada Blackjack by Jennifer Niven Pdf

From the author of The Ice Master comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate, uninhabited Arctic island In September 1921, four young men and Ada Blackjack, a diminutive 25-year-old Eskimo woman, ventured deep into the Arctic in a secret attempt to colonize desolate Wrangel Island for Great Britain. Two years later, Ada Blackjack emerged as the sole survivor of this ambitious polar expedition. This young, unskilled woman--who had headed to the Arctic in search of money and a husband--conquered the seemingly unconquerable north and survived all alone after her male companions had perished. Following her triumphant return to civilization, the international press proclaimed her the female Robinson Crusoe. But whatever stories the press turned out came from the imaginations of reporters: Ada Blackjack refused to speak to anyone about her horrific two years in the Arctic. Only on one occasion--after charges were published falsely accusing her of causing the death of one her companions--did she speak up for herself. Jennifer Niven has created an absorbing, compelling history of this remarkable woman, taking full advantage of the wealth of first-hand resources about Ada that exist, including her never-before-seen diaries, the unpublished diaries from other primary characters, and interviews with Ada's surviving son. Ada Blackjack is more than a rugged tale of a woman battling the elements to survive in the frozen north--it is the story of a hero.

Author : David Roberts
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780743272315

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Four Against the Arctic by David Roberts Pdf

In 1743, four stranded Russian sailors survived the next six years in the Arctic with no provisions. Making a bow and arrows from driftwood--since there are no trees there--they survived on reindeer meat until another ship blown off course rescued them.

Author : Richard Pearce
Publisher : Canada? : s.n.
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : UOM:39015027929689

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Marooned in the Arctic by Richard Pearce Pdf

In search of minerals, C.D.H. MacAlpine and his group of explorers become lost. The diary they kept of the journey and their activities until rescue is presented here.

Author : Hampton Sides
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307946911

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In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and heroism in the Gilded Age from the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers. • “A splendid book in every way…a marvelous nonfiction thriller.” —The Wall Street Journal On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San Francisco on the USS Jeanette. Heading deep into uncharted Arctic waters, they carried the aspirations of a young country burning to be the first nation to reach the North Pole. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the Jeannette's hull was breached by an impassable stretch of pack ice, forcing the crew to abandon ship amid torrents of rushing of water. Hours later, the ship had sunk below the surface, marooning the men a thousand miles north of Siberia, where they faced a terrifying march with minimal supplies across the endless ice pack. Enduring everything from snow blindness and polar bears to ferocious storms and labyrinths of ice, the crew battled madness and starvation as they struggled desperately to survive. With thrilling twists and turns, In The Kingdom of Ice is a spellbinding tale of heroism and determination in the most brutal place on Earth.

Author : Jill C. Wheeler
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9798384910145

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Extreme Cold Survival Stories by Jill C. Wheeler Pdf

Polar regions are the world's most unpopulated areas and offer visitors vast expanses of beauty. But spending time in very cold regions has potentially deadly risks. This title examines the experiences of people who have faced death in cold places and survived. Readers will learn about the unique features and dangers of polar areas and discover how to prepare for and stay safe on an adventure in these regions. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Greer Macallister
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781728215709

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The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister Pdf

A dozen women join a secret 1850s Arctic expedition—and a sensational murder trial unfolds when some of them don't come back. Eccentric Lady Jane Franklin makes an outlandish offer to adventurer Virginia Reeve: take a dozen women, trek into the Arctic, and find her husband's lost expedition. Four parties have failed to find him, and Lady Franklin wants a radical new approach: put the women in charge. A year later, Virginia stands trial for murder. Survivors of the expedition willing to publicly support her sit in the front row. There are only five. What happened out there on the ice? Set against the unforgiving backdrop of one of the world's most inhospitable locations, USA Today bestselling author Greer Macallister uses the true story of Lady Jane Franklin's tireless attempts to find her husband's lost expedition as a jumping-off point to spin a tale of bravery, intrigue, perseverance and hope.

Author : Lawrence Millman
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1560254114

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Lost in the Arctic by Lawrence Millman Pdf

A fresh collection of true-life adventure stories by the acclaimed author of An Evening Among Headhunters from across the globe takes readers to remote Pacific Islands, the Arctic, and Alaska, among other wild places. Original.

Author : Kerry Karram
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459700529

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Four Degrees Celsius by Kerry Karram Pdf

A dramatic story of the rescue of eight men on a prospecting mission in the Arctic that covers a period of four suspenseful months in the fall of 1929. This true story began in August 1929. A group of eight prospectors, led by C.D.H. MacAlpine of the Dominion Explorers, flew into the Arctic in search of mineral wealth. Grossly underequipped, the expedition ran out of fuel and was stranded above the Arctic Circle. Within days, Western Canada Airways sent a rescue team headed by Captain Andy Cruickshank, in what was to become the most extensive aviation search in Canadian history. The searchers encountered trouble: turbulent weather, forced landings, and plane crashes. The prospectors were also struggling, as they waited edgily for freeze-up and the anticipated crossing to Cambridge Bay. While Cruickshank and his team were trying to reconstruct a damaged aircraft, MacAlpine and his men were forced to run more than 112 kilometres on barely frozen ice to arrive at Cambridge Bay, where they still awaited rescue.

Author : Kerry Karram
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459700512

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Four Degrees Celsius by Kerry Karram Pdf

This dramatic story of the rescue of eight men on a prospecting mission in the Arctic covers a period of four suspenseful months in the fall of 1929. A rescue team, headed by bush pilot Andy Cruikshank, at a time when aviation was in its infancy, encountered harrowing experiences but finally completed its mission.

Author : Steven Heighton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 061877341X

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Afterlands by Steven Heighton Pdf

In 1871 off the coast of Greenland, 19 men, women, and children, cast adrift on an ice floe from their foundering ship, the Arctic explorer "Polaris," endured a six-month winter ordeal before finally being rescued the following spring. In "Afterlands," Heighton provocatively fills in the blanks of the documented history of this event.

Author : William James Mills
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2003-12-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781576074237

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Exploring Polar Frontiers [2 volumes] by William James Mills Pdf

Covers the entire history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration, from the voyage of Pytheas ca. 325 B.C. to the present, in one convenient, comprehensive reference resource. Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia is the only reference work that provides a comprehensive history of polar exploration from the ancient period through the present day. The author is a noted polar scholar and offers dramatic accounts of all major explorers and their expeditions, together with separate exploration histories for specific islands, regions, and uncharted waters. He presents a wealth of fascinating information under a variety of subject entries including methods of transport, myths, achievements, and record-breaking activities. By approaching polar exploration biographically, geographically, and topically, Mills reveals a number of intriguing connections between the various explorers, their patrons and times, and the process of discovery in all areas of the polar regions. Furthermore, he provides the reader with a clear understanding of the intellectual climate as well as the dominant social, economic, and political forces surrounding each expedition. Readers will learn why the journeys were undertaken, not just where, when, and how.

Author : Knud Rasmussen,Harald Viggo Moltke,G Herring
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0342620436

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The People of the Polar North; A Record by Knud Rasmussen,Harald Viggo Moltke,G Herring Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : United States. Department of the Air Force
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Airplane crash survival
ISBN : SRLF:D0002309151

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Rescue and Survival Specialist by United States. Department of the Air Force Pdf