lain@lain@lain.com: @kaia ... why does she have a cat in the snow

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Kaia@kaia@pleroma.soykaf.com (2026-10-16 19:54:38)
Ada Blackjack, an Iñupiaq woman who accompanied an Arctic expedition to the uninhabited Wrangel Island, north of Siberia, eventually living alone on the island for eight months after the other expedition members deserted her or died.
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lain@lain@lain.com (2026-10-16 20:03:28)
@kaia ... why does she have a cat in the snow


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Kaia@kaia@pleroma.soykaf.com (2026-10-16 20:07:36)
@lain 
> The other three men were never seen again, and so Blackjack was alone, except for the expedition's cat, Victoria.[5] Blackjack survived in the extremely cold conditions for eight months, learning to hunt foxes, build boats, and sew parkas out of reindeer skin

I presume cat against rodents carried with food sled or whatever?