women explorers

In 1921, four men and one woman ventured deep into the Arctic in a top-secret expedition to Wrangel Island. Only one would survive---Ada Blackjack, an Alaskian Inuit. She had been hired to sew and cook for the expedition and was happy to get the work as she had to support her young son. But soon the expedition went horribly wrong and all four men eventually went missing or died. Ada was left alone on the island to fend for herself. Two years later she was miraculously rescued and hailed as a heroine for her survival under impossible conditions.

Discusses the lives and accomplishments of five women who traveled and explored the mountainous regions of the world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Interviews many women pioneers who are exploring the Antarctic.

Examines the life and work of Ada Blackjack, an Inuit woman who traveled with four explorers to the Arctic but became stranded with one of them when winter set in.

Profiles twelve women explorers of the land, sea, and air: Jeanne Baret, Florence Baker, Annie Smith Peck, Josephine Peary, Arnarulunguaq, Elisabeth Casteret, Nicole Maxwell, Sylvia Earle, Junko Tabei, Kay Cottee, Sue Hendrickson, and Ann Bancroft.

Discusses the lives and accomplishments of five twentieth-century women who traveled and explored the oceans of the world, some of whom also studied marine life.

A picture book biography of oceanographer Sylvia Earle, discussing her childhood along the Gulf of Mexico, her passion for the environment, and her experiences in ocean exploration.

Tells the stories of over eighty women explorers and adventurers who challenged the physical and social limitations of their times to expand the world's body of knowledge, including tenth-century Viking Unn the Deep Minded, botanical painter Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, and aviator Beryl Markham.

Story of Helen Thayer's 27-day odessey skiing 345 miles through the desolation of the Arctic to the Pole.