 Knight was afflicted with the dietary deficiency scurvy and was cared for by Ada until he died on June 23, 1923.The other three men were never seen again, and so Ada was left alone except for the company of the expedition's cat, Vic.Ada learned to survive in the extreme freezing conditions until she was rescued on 19 August 1923 by a former colleague of Stefansson's, Harold Noice.