Wrangel Island

Wrangel Island may have been the last place on earth where mammoths survived.

Six male animals were imported from Wrangel Island, two of which died in the first months.

The survivors made it to Wrangel Island, where they found themselves in a hopeless situation.

Blackjack was rescued in 1923 after two years on Wrangel Island.

This represents an unprecedented run of good breeding years on Wrangel Island.

The vessel drifted several hundred miles with the ice, passing north of Wrangel Island.

After several weeks in a temporary ice camp they began efforts to reach the nearest land, Wrangel Island.

He was the first recorded European to set foot on Wrangel Island.

Wolves became extinct in Wrangel Island in the early 1980s.

He also sighted Wrangel Island in the western horizon.

There is no chamber of commerce for the birds of Wrangel Island.

Bartlett left 15 people to wait on Wrangel Island, including one indigenous woman (the wife of a hunter) and her two little girls.

Some western populations travel to Wrangel Island in Russia to breed.

Comments about history and tourism of Wrangel Island.

Wrangel Island was discovered much later.

Wrangel Island lies across the 180 meridian.

Wrangel Island has a severe polar climate.

An attempt was made to reach Wrangel Island, which was inaccessible because of sea ice.

Wrangel Island in particular was subject to claims by the United States and Canada.

The last known population of woolly mammoth, preserved on Wrangel Island, goes extinct.

It is found in Russia (where it was described from Wrangel Island).

Wrangel Island is influenced by both the Arctic and Pacific air masses.

It is found on Wrangel Island and in Chukotka.

Attempts to reach Wrangel Island by sea failed and it was feared that the team would not survive their fourth winter.

Wrangel Island is thought to have become separated from the mainland by 12000 BC.