Into the Frozen South: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Into the Frozen South, credited to James William Slessor Marr, 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 Into the Frozen South by James William Slessor Marr. Read in English by mleigh James Marr was a Boy Scout selected to go along with Sir Ernest Shackleton aboard the Quest in 1921 for the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition to Antarctica. This book provides a description of what would be Shackleton's last exploration due to his untimely death en route. - Summary by mleigh

Recording facts

• Recording title: Into the Frozen South
• Author credits: James William Slessor Marr
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 10:18:40

Catalogue topics

• antarctica
• polar exploration
• shackleton

Track guide

1. 00 - Publisher's Note — 2:12
2. 01 - Hope Realized — 9:54
3. 02 - London’s Good-bye — 25:51
4. 03 - The Voyage Begins — 35:58
5. 04 - Lisbon to Madeira — 25:31
6. 05 - Experiences Afloat — 25:35
7. 06 - On the Way to Rio — 39:14
8. 07 - Christmas in Southern Seas — 56:20
9. 08 - We Run into Ice — 23:04
10. 09 - The Great Blow Falls — 8:35
11. 10 - Frank Wild Takes Command — 28:34
12. 11 - All Ice Where Eye Could See — 34:22
13. 12 - The Great Struggle Begins — 38:05
14. 13 - Going Doggedly On — 43:32
15. 14 - We Make for Elephant Island — 48:55
16. 15 - A Rough Time with Ice and Wind — 23:45
17. 16 - South Georgia Again — 28:24
18. 17 - A Spell on Tristan da Cunha — 41:23
19. 18 - Among the Islands — 30:21
20. 19 - Asail for Home — 49:05

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