Cats of Yore
Amazing photo of Allen Crawford and Vic, the Wrangel Island expedition cat in the 1920s. This expedition was an absolute nightmare. Only Vic and her owner, an extraordinary woman named Ada Blackjack, survived. I strongly encourage you to look up Ada! #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://collections.dartmouth.edu/archive/object/stefansson-wrangel/stefansson-wrangel-11-04-010#?page=stefansson-wrangel-11-04-010a
Wrangel Island Expedition Photographs

Sep 24, 2023 at 8:04amWeb
Show threadAphelionSep 24, 2023
@CatsOfYore Now there is a sturdy little cat who means BUSINESS. Look at that little face!
Show threadJust BobySep 24, 2023

@CatsOfYore Awesome photo!

unrelated but thanks for your great alt texts - I learn a lot from them (re how photos can be described interestingly) :))

Show threadJust BobySep 24, 2023
@CatsOfYore Update: looked up Ada! Wow, what a story
Show threadHat. AuDHD cat 😷🌺🍉🌻🔻Sep 24, 2023
@CatsOfYore caaaaaaat!
Also wow.
Thats quite an adventure for a kitten to go through.
Heroine indeed.
One of them anyway.
Two heroines survived.
Show threadombraSep 24, 2023
Ada Blackjack and her #cat Vic, only survivors of the Wrangel Expedition 1921
#Caturday https://collections.dartmouth.edu/archive/object/stefansson-wrangel/stefansson-wrangel-11-03-006?ctx=stefansson-wrangel#?start=24&length=12&view=list&col=stefansson-wrangel&oc_0=main-title&od_0=a&page=stefansson-wrangel-11-03-006a
Show threadAnti Faisisteach SaebhiarSep 24, 2023
@ombra alt text please
Show threadDr BiscuitSep 24, 2023
@CatsOfYore thanks ! Just read about the adventure and her life...truly impressive and sad how she was left out of everything having so little to live afterwards.
Show threadRachel RawlingsSep 24, 2023
@CatsOfYore The Wikipedia article says she was called "the female Robinson Crusoe," but after surviving all that with her cat, I'd call Blackjack "the original Ellen Ripley."
Show threadjustsusanholdingonSep 24, 2023
@CatsOfYore wow! Her story is so many things. Tragic, incredible, amazing and heroic. #BadassWomen #StrangeButTrue