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    The Disastrous Wrangel Island Expedition
    The Disastrous Wrangel Island Expedition
    The Disastrous Wrangel Island Expedition
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    The Disastrous Wrangel Island Expedition

    By Katrina M. Phillips and David Shephard

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateJan 1, 2022
    ISBN9781666322385
    The Disastrous Wrangel Island Expedition
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    Katrina M. Phillips

    Dr. Katrina Phillips is a citizen of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe. She earned her BA and PhD in History from the University of Minnesota, and she teaches Native American history and the history of the American West at Macalester College.

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