Episode 72: Ada Blackjack

This is Survived with Sophie & Lexi! We started telling our Survived story (in college) and are moving on to bring you guys more! Though many different topics ADA BLACKJACK SET SAIL in 1921 for a remote speck of land north of Siberia, the petite Inupiat woman was an unlikely Arctic heroine. In her role as the seamstress for an expedition comprised of four men and a female cat named Vic, Blackjack was assured that during her one-year contract sewing survival gear on Wrangel Island, she would be well fed and cared for without needing to participate in day-to-day work