Alaska Native Knowledge Network
Resources for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing.

ANKN Home About ANKN ANKN Publications Academic Programs Curriculum Resources Calendar of Events ANKN Listserv and Announcements ANKN Site Index

You are here

 

KARLUK; THE GREAT UNTOLD STORY OF ARCTIC EXPLORATION

:

McKinlay, William Laird


1976

Useful
Book
Iñupiaq
Referenced by: Alaska Yukon Library

Grade Level(s): 8, 9, 10, 11

Theme(s): Exploring Horizons, Outdoor Survival

In September 1913, the Arctic exploratory ship KARLUK was trapped in a sea of moving ice, crushed and destroyed. Left stranded on the sea ice was a crew of sailors and scientific observers abandoned by Steffanson. This is the story of death and survival on Wrangel Island.

Information about the resource can be found at:
Alaska Yukon Library
Anchorage, AK
Telephone: (907) 474-5897
email: Alaska Yukon Library

» Culturally-Based Curriculum Resources

Keyword(s):

Go to University of Alaska The University of Alaska Fairbanks is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, educational institution and provider is a part of the University of Alaska system. Learn more about UA's notice of nondiscriminitation.