Farthest North, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Farthest North, Volume 1, credited to Fridtjof Nansen, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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Librivox recording of Farthest North, Volume 1 by Fridtjof Nansen. Read by Sharon Riskedahl. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram", 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen / by Fridtjof Nansen ; with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup (Summary by Fridtjof Nansen) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Farthest North, Volume 1
• Author credits: Fridtjof Nansen
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 18
• Listed recording duration: 13:41:39

Catalogue topics

• nonfiction
• explorers
• arctic circle
• north pole
• adventure
• memoir
• science

Track guide

1. 01 - Contents — 1:03
2. 02 - Chapter 1, Introduction, Part 1 — 45:07
3. 03 - Chapter 1, Introduction, Part 2 — 44:17
4. 04 - Chapter 2, Preparations And Equipment — 45:21
5. 05 - Chapter 3, The Start — 24:32
6. 06 - Chapter 4, Farewell To Norway — 56:44
7. 07 - Chapter 5, Voyage Through The Kara Sea, Part 1 — 57:44
8. 08 - Chapter 5, Voyage Through The Kara Sea, Part 2 — 59:02
9. 09 - Chapter 6, The Winter Night, Part 1 — 52:53
10. 10 - Chapter 6, The Winter Night, Part 2 — 58:11
11. 11 - Chapter 6, The Winter Night, Part 3 — 59:24
12. 12 - Chapter 6, The Winter Night, Part 4 — 48:16
13. 13 - Chapter 6, The Winter Night, part 5 — 44:24
14. 14 - Chapter 6, The Winter Night, part 6 — 34:18
15. 15 - Chapter 7, The Spring And Summer Of 1894, Part 1 — 46:11
16. 16 - Chapter 7, The Spring And Summer Of 1894, Part 2 — 53:44
17. 17 - Chapter 8, Second Autumn In The Ice, Part 1 — 39:25
18. 18 - Chapter 8, Second Autumn In The Ice, Part 2 — 51:12

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