Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic by Jennifer Niven
Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic

Jennifer Niven

Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic

Jennifer Niven

431 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous slow-paced
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It was controversial explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson who sent four young men and Ada Blackjack into the far North to colonize desolate, uninhabited Wrangel Island. Only two of the men had set foot in the Arctic before. They took with them six month...

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adventurous 73%
informative 73%
sad 47%
dark 36%
emotional 31%
reflective 21%
challenging 15%
inspiring 15%
tense 15%
mysterious 10%

Pace

medium 70%
slow 30%

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