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Trapped in the Arctic

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 4, 5
Page count: 10

Author

Teresa
Bateman

Appeared in

Cricket Magazine Vol 23, Num 5 & 6, Jan & Feb 1996

Story Summary

After the Karluk, flagship of the 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition went down in the frozen arctic waters, the only hope for saving the crew was a 700 mile trek for help undertaken by Captain Bartlett and Kataktovick, and Eskimo hunter.