The Frozen North by Edith HORTON ( - )
Genre(s): Children's Non-fiction
Read by: Laura Victoria in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Preface
00:02:22 - 01 - Introduction
00:12:38 - 02 - Sir John Franklin 1818
00:18:43 - 03 - Franklin's First Land Journey 1819-1821
00:29:38 - 04 - Franklin's Second Land Journey 1825-1827
00:37:08 - 05 - The Voyage of the Erebus and the Terror 1845
00:48:08 - 06 - Elisha Kent Kane 1853
00:53:36 - 07 - Winter in Rensselaer Harbor 1853-1854
01:00:01 - 08 - The Eskimoes 1854
01:06:29 - 09 - Hunting in the Icy North
01:14:51 - 10 - Home Again 1855
01:26:13 - 11 - Nordenskjold and the Northeast Passage 1878-1879
01:45:25 - 12 - Voyage of the Jeannette 1879-1881
02:01:09 - 13 - Greely in Grinnell Land 1881-1883
02:09:13 - 14 - Farthest North of the Greely Party 1882
02:20:52 - 15 - Lieutenant Schwatka in Alaska 1883
02:35:04 - 16 - Nansen Crosses Greenland 1888
03:00:02 - 17 - The Voyage of the Fram 1893-1896
03:17:29 - 18 - Peary Crosses Greenland 1891-1897
03:44:03 - 19 - Andrees Balloon Expedition to the Pole 1897
03:51:46 - 20 - Expedition of 1902
03:58:02 - 21 - The Discovery of the North Pole by Robert E. Peary
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
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