The Frozen North


Read by Laura Victoria

(4.6 stars; 28 reviews)

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 (4 hr 15 min)

Chapters

Preface 2:22 Read by Laura Victoria
Introduction 10:16 Read by Laura Victoria
Sir John Franklin 1818 6:05 Read by Laura Victoria
Franklin's First Land Journey 1819-1821 10:55 Read by Laura Victoria
Franklin's Second Land Journey 1825-1827 7:30 Read by Laura Victoria
The Voyage of the Erebus and the Terror 1845 11:00 Read by Laura Victoria
Elisha Kent Kane 1853 5:28 Read by Laura Victoria
Winter in Rensselaer Harbor 1853-1854 6:26 Read by Laura Victoria
The Eskimoes 1854 6:28 Read by Laura Victoria
Hunting in the Icy North 8:21 Read by Laura Victoria
Home Again 1855 11:23 Read by Laura Victoria
Nordenskjold and the Northeast Passage 1878-1879 19:12 Read by Laura Victoria
Voyage of the Jeannette 1879-1881 15:44 Read by Laura Victoria
Greely in Grinnell Land 1881-1883 8:04 Read by Laura Victoria
Farthest North of the Greely Party 1882 11:39 Read by Laura Victoria
Lieutenant Schwatka in Alaska 1883 14:13 Read by Laura Victoria
Nansen Crosses Greenland 1888 24:58 Read by Laura Victoria
The Voyage of the Fram 1893-1896 17:27 Read by Laura Victoria
Peary Crosses Greenland 1891-1897 26:34 Read by Laura Victoria
Andrees Balloon Expedition to the Pole 1897 7:44 Read by Laura Victoria
Expedition of 1902 6:16 Read by Laura Victoria
The Discovery of the North Pole by Robert E. Peary 17:48 Read by Laura Victoria

Reviews

A book not to miss!


(5 stars)

This book chilled me to the bone! Intrepid explorers brave the savage cold. This is history everyone should know! And you'll not find a better reader in all of Librivox than Laura Victoria, aka Laura Caldwell. Don't miss any of her narrations.


(5 stars)

Nice reading by Laura Victoria of the explorers that dared the frozen tundra to give the world much needed data of the polar regions! 5 stars for the reader Laura has a nice easy to listen to voice and just makes listening to this book a pleasant experience. If you like these type of books on exploring this is a nice easy listen and lots of information on the men that dared the challenge, and some gave their lives, for the betterment of mankind.

A history not to be missed!


(5 stars)

This book chilled me to the bone! Incredibly intrepid explorers brave the savage cold. It is a story of amazing success and deep tragedy. This is history everyone should know. And you’ll not find a better narrator anywhere in Librivox than Laura Victoria, aka Laura Caldwell. Don’t miss any of her readings.