The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Volume 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition' (Version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Volume 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition' (Version 2), credited to Robert Falcon Scott, 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 Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Volume 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition' (Version 2) by Robert Falcon Scott. Read in English by Steve Gough Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the Antarctic Pole in 1911 is part triumph, part tragedy – but also a mythic adventure story which has inspired books, articles, and films over the generations. As so often in such cases the ‘truth’ of the explorers’ experiences (and there were many important figures in the party besides Scott) is much more rich, varied, and fascinating than the boy scout stereotype. Few know for example how much time during the many months of the journey were spent in scientific researches which remain of huge value to this day. But what comes across most vividly in Scott’s fascinating and finally very moving diary account is the complexity of the man and his closest comrades who reached the Pole fatally too late (the Norwegian Amundsen has beaten them to it by many weeks), then died trekking home, facing tortuous weather conditions, dwindling food supplies, and that gnawing, bitter sense of defeat. Ironically Robert Falcon Scott is now far more famous than Amundsen: his triumph secured by history and by myth. For if Scott was finally an imperfect explorer, he was the perfect author of his own amazing tale. Scott’s account is introduced by Clements R. Markham, president of the Royal Geographical Society at the time of the expedition; and concluded by E.L. Atkinson, a member of Scott’s party and leader of the relief expedition which found the bodies of Scott and his comrades some months after their death in November 1912. - Summary by Steve Gough

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Volume 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition' (Version 2)
• Author credits: Robert Falcon Scott
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 45
• Listed recording duration: 17:29:57

Catalogue topics

• antarctic
• captain scott
• journals
• last expedition
• exploration

Opening tracks: first 24 of 45

1. 00 - Preface and Expedition Members — 10:03
2. 01 - Chapter I, Through Stormy Seas, Part One — 23:00
3. 02 - Chapter I, Through Stormy Seas, Part Two — 23:40
4. 03 - Chapter II, In The Pack, Part One — 20:39
5. 04 - Chapter II, In The Pack, Part Two — 29:35
6. 05 - Chapter II, In The Pack, Part Three — 27:29
7. 06 - Chapter III, Land, Part One — 22:40
8. 07 - Chapter III, Land, Part Two — 23:49
9. 08 - Chapter IV, Settling In, Part One — 27:25
10. 09 - Chapter IV, Settling In, Part Two — 25:09
11. 10 - Chapter V, Depot Laying to One Ton Camp, Part One — 19:15
12. 11 - Chapter V, Depot Laying to One Ton Camp, Part Two — 22:06
13. 12 - Chapter V, Depot Laying to One Ton Camp, Part Three — 18:56
14. 13 - Chapter VI, Adventures and Peril, Part One — 21:38
15. 14 - Chapter VI, Adventures and Peril, Part Two — 13:50
16. 15 - Chapter VII, At Discovery Hut, Part One — 27:18
17. 16 - Chapter VII, At Discovery Hut, Part Two — 22:56
18. 17 - Chapter VIII, Home Impressions and an Excursion — 29:47
19. 18 - Chapter IX, The Work and the Workers, Part One — 22:44
20. 19 - Chapter IX, The Work and the Workers, Part Two — 23:39
21. 20 - Chapter X, In Winter Quarters: Modern Style, Part One — 17:09
22. 21 - Chapter X, In Winter Quarters: Modern Style, Part Two — 19:14
23. 22 - Chapter XI, To Midwinter Day, Part One — 24:01
24. 23 - Chapter XI, To Midwinter Day, Part Two — 28:30

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