The impossible rescue : the true story of an amazing Arctic adventure

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Author:

Sandler, Martin W.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Date:

2012

Publication Information:

Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c2012.

Physical Description:

163 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

ISBN:

9780763650803

Contents:

Stranded -- An audacious plan -- The long trek begins -- An extraordinary encounter -- Blizzards, reindeer and near disaster -- A desperate request -- Another agonizing decision -- Bertholf battles the odds -- A hazardous crossing -- Dire news of the whalers -- Contact -- Jarvis takes charge -- Voyage against time -- Epilogue -- What happened to them.

Corporate Subject:

Bear (Ship) -- Juvenile literature.

Conference Subject:

Overland Relief Expedition (1897-1898) -- Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

Whaling ships -- Accidents -- Alaska -- Barrow, Point -- Juvenile literature.

Whaling -- Alaska -- Barrow, Point -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Reindeer -- Alaska -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Rescues -- Alaska -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature..

Geographic Term:

Barrow, Point (Alaska) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.

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