Tea and Talks: The Canadian Arctic Expedition: The Karluk Tragedy's Awful Unauthorized Sequel

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Thursday, October 8th, 2020
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM

Join Caroline Preston for this week's Tea & Talk to discuss stories from the Canadian Arctic Expedition. During the Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-18), the ship Karluk was trapped in the ice and drifted nearly to Wrangel Island off Siberia; 12 out of 25 survived in a harrowing example of heroism, frailty and a flawed leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. This talk�s focus is his unauthorized �colonization� of Wrangel Island for Canada (1921-23). Out of five (including one token young Canadian), only the Inupiat woman Ada Blackjack survived. They were all heroes and their stories should be told.