Ep 1: The Friendly Arctic (ft. Sarah Marshall)

About this episode

The episode tells the story of Ada Blackjack, who joins a secret expedition in 1920s Alaska, unaware that she will be the only survivor.

Ada Blackjack wants one thing: To make enough money to bring her son home from an orphanage. But good work is hard to find in 1920s Nome, Alaska, so when four strangers come to town, looking to hire someone for a secret yearlong expedition, Ada embarks on the trip—not knowing that she’ll be the only one of them to survive.  Featuring guest Sarah Marshall of You’re Wrong About. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Blair Braverman

Guest: Sarah Marshall

Topics covered

• expedition
• survival
• Alaska
• history
• orphanage
• true crime

Keywords

• Ada Blackjack
• Nome Alaska
• expedition
• survival
• 1920s
• orphanage
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Nome, Alaska

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