Frozen North
Edith Horton
Play
Length 4 h 16 min
Chapters 21
First published 1904
The Frozen North offers short sketches of the first men who bravely took great risks to explore the unknown polar regions and unlock the mysteries held there. - Summary by Laura Victoria
Chapters
1
Preface Read by Laura Victoria 2:22
2
Sir John Franklin 1818 Read by Laura Victoria 6:05
3
Franklin's First Land Journey 1819-1821 Read by Laura Victoria 10:55
4
Franklin's Second Land Journey 1825-1827 Read by Laura Victoria 7:30
5
The Voyage of the Erebus and the Terror 1845 Read by Laura Victoria 11:00
6
Elisha Kent Kane 1853 Read by Laura Victoria 5:28
7
Winter in Rensselaer Harbor 1853-1854 Read by Laura Victoria 6:26
8
The Eskimoes 1854 Read by Laura Victoria 6:28
9
Hunting in the Icy North Read by Laura Victoria 8:21
10
Home Again 1855 Read by Laura Victoria 11:23
11
Nordenskjold and the Northeast Passage 1878-1879 Read by Laura Victoria 19:12
12
Voyage of the Jeannette 1879-1881 Read by Laura Victoria 15:44
13
Greely in Grinnell Land 1881-1883 Read by Laura Victoria 8:04
14
Farthest North of the Greely Party 1882 Read by Laura Victoria 11:39
15
Lieutenant Schwatka in Alaska 1883 Read by Laura Victoria 14:13
16
Nansen Crosses Greenland 1888 Read by Laura Victoria 24:58
17
The Voyage of the Fram 1893-1896 Read by Laura Victoria 17:27
18
Peary Crosses Greenland 1891-1897 Read by Laura Victoria 26:34
19
Andrees Balloon Expedition to the Pole 1897 Read by Laura Victoria 7:44
20
Expedition of 1902 Read by Laura Victoria 6:16
21
The Discovery of the North Pole by Robert E. Peary Read by Laura Victoria 17:48
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