In 1921, Ada Blackjack, an Iñupiaq seamstress from Nome, joined an expedition to remote Wrangel Island. She was not chasing fame. She needed money to get her young son back. When the rescue ship never arrived, three men set out across the ice for help and vanished. Ada was left with a dying explorer, Lorne Knight. He died of scurvy on June 23, 1923. Alone, she learned to hunt, trap foxes, and keep herself alive through freezing months with almost no supplies. In August 1923 a ship finally broke through the fog. Ada had lasted nearly two years. She was the expedition’s only surviving human. She had gone for her son. Against impossible odds, she made it back to him.Follow StoryVerse Recaps for more 60-second stories.
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