True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World, credited to Adolphus W. Greely, 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 True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Adolphus W. Greely. Read in English by BettyB; Kristine Bekere; Mark Ernest; Martin Shewfelt The Arctic has always been a fascinating area for us. This is true today just as much as in Adolphus Greely's time. In 1912, Greely published this volume of notable Arctic explorations and the explorers. The modern reader can follow a very readable account of the successes and failures of these early explorers comfortably from the armchair, and learn a lot of history in the processes. - Summary by Carolin

Recording facts

• Recording title: True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World
• Author credits: Adolphus W. Greely
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 9:08:37

Catalogue topics

• travel
• exploration
• 1912
• USA
• Canada
• arctic
• north pole
• geography

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 4:25
2. 01 - The Loyalty of Philip Staffe to Henry Hudson — 14:18
3. 02 - Franklin's Crossing of the Barren Grounds — 38:56
4. 03 - The Retreat of Ross from the Victory — 28:11
5. 04 - The Discovery of the Northwest Passage — 24:16
6. 05 - The Timely Sledge Journey of Bedford Pim — 26:22
7. 06 - Kane's Rescue of his Freezing Shipmates — 17:49
8. 07 - How Woon Won Promotion — 17:26
9. 08 - The Angekok Kalutunah and the Starving Whites — 23:50
10. 09 - Dr. Rae and the Franklin Mystery — 24:00
11. 10 - Sonntag's Fatal Sledge Journey — 17:05
12. 11 - The Heroic Devotion of Lady Jane Franklin — 28:49
13. 12 - The Marvellous Ice-Drift of Captain Tyson — 44:33
14. 13 - The Saving of Petersen — 25:42
15. 14 - Life on an East Greenland Ice-Pack — 26:56
16. 15 - Parr's Lonely March from the Great Frozen Sea — 21:54
17. 16 - Relief of American Whalers at Point Barrow — 31:51
18. 17 - The Missionary's Arctic Trail — 21:30
19. 18 - Schwatka's Summer Search — 23:47
20. 19 - The Inuit Survivors of the Stone Age — 28:32
21. 20 - The Fidelity of Eskimo Brönlund — 30:52
22. 21 - The Wifely Heroism of Mertuk, the Daughter of Shung-Hu — 27:33

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