Woman was abandoned on a Arctic ISLAND! It was only after a long time that she was discovered

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What does $50 mean to you personally? An opportunity to go to a good restaurant or brim your fuel tank? It might be hard to believe now, but even some 100 years ago this amount was considered incredible. What might be even more difficult to imagine is that it could become the price of a sick child's life. What is a mother capable of doing to save her child, having learnt such terrible news? Different thoughts come to mind when you think about it, but not the one that occurred to this unfortunate woman. She was ready to go to one of the most remote and harsh places on the planet for the sake of her son.

 

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Amazon.com: Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic: 0884868749932: Niven, Jennifer: Books

Amazon.com: Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic: 0884868749932: Niven, Jennifer: Books

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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full advantage of the wealth of first-hand resources about Ada that exist, including her never-before-seen diaries, the unpublished diaries from other primary characters, and interviews with Ada's surviving son.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.

 

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