Fast in the Ice: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Fast in the Ice by R.M. Ballantyne: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 11 original MP3 tracks, 2:52:26 running time and a link to listen.
Fast in the Ice, credited to R.M. Ballantyne, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
Librivox recording of Fast in the Ice by R.M. Ballantyne read by Esther. At the age of 16 Ballantyne went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson’s Bay Company. His rule in writing, being in every case, was to write as far as possible from personal knowledge of the scenes he described. In this book he details the lives of the crew as they must overwinter in the frozen north including their meetings with Eskimos and bears and their struggles with disease. This is a realistic account of what life was like for the explorers of the Arctic. (summary by Esther, adapted from wikipedia)
Recording facts
- Recording title: Fast in the Ice
- Author credits: R.M. Ballantyne
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 11
- Listed recording duration: 2:52:26
Catalogue topics
- arctic
- Canada
- adventure
- Eskimo
Track guide
- 01 - Introduction — 6:57
- 02 - At Sea, The First Storm — 10:16
- 03 - In the Ice, Dangers of Arctic Voyaging — 16:02
- 04 - Difficulties, Troubles, And Dangers — 16:04
- 05 - A Gale, Narrow Escapes, Signs Of Winter, Set Fast — 17:03
- 06 - Preparations for Wintering, Remarkable Adventures with a Bear — 18:13
- 07 - A Great Battle with the Walrus — 26:36
- 08 - The Cause of Ice-Bergs, Fox-Chase, A Bear — 14:12
- 09 - A Visit to the Eskimos, Wonderful Doings, A Mystery — 14:46
- 10 - The Tale of a Kite, A Great Bear-Fight — 12:56
- 11 - Christmas Time, Death, Return of Light and Hope, Disasters and Final Deliverance — 19:29
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