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ADA BLACKJACK WRANGEL ISLAND SURVIVAL
In 1994, two friends set out to circle the Earth without engines or sails; 13 years later, one returned after nearly 46,000 miles, a crocodile attack and a dozen crossingsJason Lewis completed a thirteen-year journey around the world using only human power. He traveled by bicycle, pedal boat, inline skates, a...- In 1921, Alaskan seamstress Ada Blackjack joined an Arctic expedition for $50 a month; nearly two years later, she was rescued as its only surviving personAda Blackjack joined an Arctic expedition for $50 monthly pay. She became the sole human survivor after others perished or vanished. Blackj...
- King Charles’ alma mater students uncover possible 10th-century church, live without electricity and pump water from 1,000-year-old wellStudents from King Charles’ alma mater, Gordonstoun, have uncovered the remains of a possible 10th-century church on the remote Scottish is...
- Each female red crab can carry 100,000 eggs to the sea; Christmas Island closes roads and deploys bridges to protect the moon-timed journeyEvery year, millions of red crabs embark on a mesmerizing migration across Christmas Island as the wet season rains commence. Males lead th...
- Australia's Christmas Island used a bridge to solve road mortality for 50 million migrating crabs; the result transformed dangerous transit routes into safe canopy crossingsMillions of red crabs undertake an annual migration across Christmas Island. This remarkable journey begins with the first rainfall of the ...
- In 1826, mosquitoes arrived in Hawaii and pushed native birds toward extinction. Now, scientists are releasing millions of mosquitoes to save themHawaii's native birds face extinction due to avian malaria transmitted by mosquitoes. Conservationists are releasing sterile male mosquitoe...
- In 1845, two British ships entered the Arctic with 129 men searching for the Northwest Passage; both vessels and every member of the expedition disappearedThe collaboration between Inuit wisdom and Western scientific approaches facilitated the remarkable finding of two elusive ships from the F...
- In the 1940s, a few snakes arrived in Guam hidden in military cargo; decades later, nine of the island’s 11 native forest bird species were goneGovernment bodies are collaborating with local citizen scientists in a proactive approach towards snake removal on Guam. This program's aim...
- Meet Alaina Zhang, the 17-year-old Rhode Island student testing whether native seaweed can help clean polluted coastal watersSeaweed is unlikely to provide a complete solution to the many sources of nutrient pollution affecting coastal waters. Reducing the amount ...
- Around 1850, sailors drove giant Galápagos tortoises to extinction, keeping them as live food because they could survive for up to a year without food or water; then scientists found mysterious ‘alien’ survivors in 2000In an astonishing twist of fate, researchers found tortoises linked to a lineage believed to have vanished 150 years ago. Genetic testing r...
- In 1995, only 51 kakapo were left, including just 20 females. Now, New Zealand’s rare flightless parrot has reached 325, but they don't breed every yearNew Zealand's kakapo parrot has seen a remarkable increase in its population, which now stands at 325 individuals, a recovery from a mere 5...
- In the 1980s, rare shells linked to Captain Cook were thrown into a university dumpster; 40 years later, the forgotten collection returned to England's heritage archivesRare shells linked to Captain James Cook nearly vanished in the 1980s. The collection was thrown into a university dumpster, apparently for...
- Orangutans have the longest birth gap among mammals; a 2018 study explains how their 7.6-year wait for another baby, scarce forest fruit and solitary life may actually help them surviveOrangutans face rapid decline with fewer than 11,900 individuals remaining. Females reproduce slowly, averaging over seven years between bi...
- In 1865, rabbits were released on a remote New Zealand island as emergency food for shipwreck survivors; they survived for 127 years and developed distinctive traitsIn 1865, rabbits were brought to Enderby Island, evolving distinct traits over the next 127 years. As conservation efforts aimed to restore...
- In 1864, Tasmania imported brown trout for sport. 162 years later, it is building barriers to save a native fish reduced to just 6,000 individualsFor more than a hundred years, introduced brown trout have altered the freshwater ecosystems of Tasmania. In response, conservation teams a...
- In 1989, just 26 tiny snails remained on a Pacific island after a disastrous human experiment. Now 17,000 are backIn 1989, just 26 Partula nodosa snails remained after a failed biological-control effort nearly wiped out the species. The survivors were s...
- In 2018, scientists moved wolves to isolated Isle Royale island to rebuild its ecosystem; five years later, their population had grown to at least 27On Isle Royale National Park, wildlife managers achieved a remarkable feat by successfully reintroducing wolves in 2018. Since then, these ...
- This 10,000-acre Texas wetland was cut off from sea and turned into a dust bowl. 70 years later, many native flora and fauna are being restored by conservationistsBahia Grande, a South Texas wetland, was transformed into a dust bowl after a 1936 ship channel project. Conservationists reopened a channe...
- First detected in the 1950s, an invasive snake has multiplied to more than 2 million on a US territory, wiping out native birds and surprisingly causing another species to boom to levels 40 times higher than on surrounding areasThe brown treesnake invasion in Guam has wreaked havoc on local ecosystems, decimating native bird populations and leading to a surge in sp...
- In 1704, Alexander Selkirk was marooned on a Pacific island for over 4 years. 15 years later, Daniel Defoe published Robinson Crusoe, making his survival story a classicAlexander Selkirk was a Scottish sailor whose extraordinary experience of isolation became closely connected with Daniel Defoe’s famous nov...
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