The boat, Karluk, carried salmon in the 1880s and then was used as a whaler. In the summer of 1913, the Karluk was pressed into service as an expedition ship. The leader of the expedition, Stefansson, wanted to find new islands in the far North. Stefansson invited an Inuit family to join the expedition. The ship becomes locked in ice and eventually sinks as the ice breaks the ship. Twenty-five people are left to survive the Arctic cold. Twelve people live to tell their story of surviving 14 months in the Arctic.--Ministry of Education website.

Social Studies grade 5 (2010).