The Cruise of the Corwin: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Cruise of the Corwin, credited to John Muir, 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 The Cruise of the Corwin by John Muir. Read in English by Mark Harrington. "The Cruise of the Corwin is John Muir's account of a voyage he took in 1881 on the steamer Thomas Corwin, which set sail from San Francisco for arctic waters off the coast of Alaska in search of the Jeannette, a ship tragically lost two years before. The Jeannette was never found, but Muir's notes convey the excitement of exploring far and little-known horizons -- climbing frozen mountains, sketching glaciers, examining rare flora, discovering Wrangell Island off the coast of Siberia and claiming it for the United States, observing polar bears, seal, walrus, whale, and reindeer, describing Inuet culture, exploring the wind-swept islands of the Bering sea and investigating a "village of the dead," where whole clans perished of starvation in the unforgiving landscape. Pieced together by Muir's literary executor, William F. Bade, from newspaper correspondence, published scientific articles, and unpublished journals after Muir's death in 1914 -- a vivid account of the last stretches of the American frontier." (Summary by Michele Fry)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Cruise of the Corwin
• Author credits: John Muir
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 7:10:12

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 41:37
2. 01 - I. Unalaska and the Aleuts — 25:46
3. 02 - II. Among the Islands of Bering Sea — 20:13
4. 03 - III. Siberian Adventures — 23:05
5. 04 - IV. In Peril from the Pack — 13:20
6. 05 - V. A Chukchi Orator — 16:51
7. 06 - VI. Eskimos and Walrus — 16:12
8. 07 - VII. At Plover Bay and St. Michael — 22:25
9. 08 - VIII. Return of the Search Party — 23:40
10. 09 - IX. Villages of the Dead — 21:45
11. 10 - X. Glimpses of Alaskan Tundra — 23:14
12. 11 - XI. Caribou and a Native Fair — 19:54
13. 12 - XII. Zigzags among the Polar Pack — 20:16
14. 13 - XIII. First Ascent of Herald Island — 15:56
15. 14 - XIV. Approaching a Mysterious Land — 17:46
16. 15 - XV. The Land of the White Bear — 25:03
17. 16 - XVI. Tragedies of the Whaling Fleet — 22:03
18. 17 - XVII. Meeting the Point Barrow Expedition — 14:18
19. 18 - XVIII. A Siberian Reindeer Herd — 20:04
20. 19 - XIX. Turned Back by Storms and Ice — 12:44
21. 20 - XX. Homeward Bound — 14:00

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