Ada Blackjack: Stranded in the Arctic | A Desolate Land | 1
Against The Odds22 Feb 2022

Ada Blackjack: Stranded in the Arctic | A Desolate Land | 1

In 1921, an expedition set out from Alaska for a remote island high in the Arctic Circle. With them was a 23-year-old Inuit woman named Ada Blackjack, who had been hired by four white explorers to cook and sew. For Blackjack, it was her last chance to earn enough money to pay for her young son’s medical treatment. But she had never spent any time in the wilderness, and the harsh Arctic surroundings would push her to her limits.


This is the story of how Ada Blackjack became the sole survivor of the Wrangel Island expedition.

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